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Properties Button
Opens the Properties dialog box in which you can specify detailed information on the
playlist, such as the type and title, and whether playout should be repeated.
In the case of the Scheduling Application, the Properties dialog box also enables you to
specify the period of automatic playout, for example, from 03/06/07 to 03/06/13.
Video, Graphics and Text Lists
Registered material data (sequential number, type, and title) is displayed, in the same
way as in the Material Management window. Temporary pieces of material are listed at
the bottom.
The duration of video material, and the estimated time to display the piece of text
material are also displayed.
You can sort (ascending order) the material by clicking the title of the desired column.
Drag & drop the desired materials from here to the playlist. Note that a green
background indicates that the material is not ready (has not yet been converted), just as
in other windows.
Also, in the same way as in the Material Management window, you can right-click a
piece of material and use a command on the menu, such as [Preview on PC].
Playlist
A playlist is a list of materials arranged as events, in the order of playout. Each piece of
material to be played out is displayed as a separate event, depending on the material
type. There is a "Start Time" column at the leftmost edge of the list in which the start
time of each event appears. Events assigned the same number (No.) will start playing
simultaneously. The gray strip indicates a break, that is a period in which no material is
played out.
A drag & drop operation from the Video, Graphics, or Text list, above, to the playlist
adds/inserts an event at the drop position. Text material can only be added to a video or
a piece of graphics material. It cannot be an event by itself.
Hint
If an independent text event occurs, it appears in red on the playlist. The system does
not allow you to save such a playlist. Revise the playlist so that every text event will be
played together with a video and/or graphics event(s).
There is a Control column at the rightmost edge of the playlist. Right-clicking this
column displays a menu to add/clear a registered external device control command
to/from the event. Events with an external device control command are shown with the
external device control mark (
) in this column.
Right-clicking an event displays a menu that lists the functions available for the event,
such as deleting the event or specifying the display size and position of the event.
Note
In the case of NTSC video, the system regards one second as 30 frames of video signal
although it is approximately 29.97 frames (non-drop frame mode). Hence the actual
length is longer than the duration indicated for such a piece of video material. This
error is approximately two frames for one minute and 108 frames (3.3 seconds) for one
hour. The system adjusts this error to indicate the start times of the events on the
playlist, but there still is a small amount of error (less than one second) between the
indication and the actual start time.
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