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ITX INTEGRATED PLAYOUT Desktop Operator Manual iTX v2.6 2015-03-16

Change the order of schedule events ... 138 Event warnings ...

The Event Editor Editing a stored schedule When you select the entry for a stored schedule in the Schedule Grid, the Event Editor displays details

The Event Editor Also, you can: • Change the title of the event. More details, page 85. • Change the timing of the event. More details, page 86.

The Event Editor Also, you can: • Change the title of the event. More details, page 85. • Change the timing of the event. More details, page 86.

The Event Editor Editing a split-break event When you select a split-break event in the Schedule Grid, the Event Editor displays details of propert

The Event Editor • Specify the sub-rating options for a rating category. More details, page 73. Also, you can: • Change the title of the event. M

The Event Editor Saving or cancelling changes to events When you change any event property in the Event Editor, the Store Changes button flashes gr

The Event Editor Setting event playout times About the timing properties that affect event start and end times The top section of the Event Editor

The Event Editor • Start Time – the time on a specified date that the event is scheduled to start. iTX displays the scheduled start time of the ev

The Event Editor Set the time mode for an event 1. Select an event in the Schedule Grid. The Event Editor displays the event details. 2. In the T

The Event Editor Manual events When there is a live event in a schedule, you may not know how long it is going to go on for. So, you may not be abl

The Schedule Manager ... 154 About the Schedule Manager

The Event Editor • When playout of the next primary event is on hold, iTX extends the duration of the current schedule event (if necessary, by hol

The Event Editor The next diagram shows the events moving from right to left along the timeline. Events in the join-in-progress stream are shaded g

The Event Editor You may add an event in the main schedule stream before the join-in-progress event. This causes the join-in-progress point to move

The Event Editor Deleting the join-in-progress event If you delete the join-in-progress event, iTX simply adds the remaining events in the join-i

The Event Editor About the display of local or UTC start times for events If a channel is configured with a timezone offset from the international

The Event Editor • You enter a start time of 01:20 for an event with a Fixed time mode. Since this falls within the hour that is repeated in local

The Event Editor Enter an event end time that could be before or after the end of DST In this procedure, you specify the end time of an event that

The Event Editor Change an event duration You can use this procedure to change the duration of an event of any type. 1. Select an event in the S

The Event Editor 4. Select Auto (the button turns red). 5. Click Store Changes. Setting the regional channel for a regional event About regional

The Event Editor There are times when a regional channel has no content of its own to play out. For example: when it starts up, when there is an ov

Removing a news-flash sequence before it starts ... 171 Using the Sequence Contro

The Event Editor Video and audio transitions for primary events When you select a primary event in the Schedule Grid, the Event Editor displays a p

The Event Editor Creating a picture-in-picture effect You may add a secondary event to a schedule by dropping a video clip onto a primary event on

The Event Editor • Select the way (mix or zoom) in which the picture-in-picture effect starts and ends. Note: • To change the timing of the seco

The Event Editor In each case, at the end of the picture-in-picture effect, the reverse process happens. About the picture-in-picture format dialog

The Event Editor • If you want to adjust the two video rectangle s with reference to guides, use the guide buttons (SD-480, SD-576, HD-720 and HD-

The Event Editor Change the format stored in a preset-format button After changing a preset format, you can store it in any of the preset-format se

The Event Editor Transitions and vision effects for secondary events Setting transitions and vision effects for logo events You use logos as overla

The Event Editor Set a wipe, slide or squeeze effect for a logo event You can set separate vision effects (wipe, slide or squeeze) for the start an

The Event Editor Using the Event Editor features for sequences When you select a sequence entry (rather than an event within a sequence) in the Sch

The Event Editor Once iTX starts playing a sequence, the break-window expiry time becomes irrelevant to playout operations: iTX continues to play a

Specifying properties for video clips and voiceover clips ... 193 Audio output channels ...

The Event Editor Apply a standard set of transitions to the events in a sequence Through the transition option buttons, you can define a standard s

The Event Editor Prevent iTX switching a pass-through channel back to its live source before a sequence has played out for a specified duration Ass

The Event Editor Changing volume levels for voiceover events After selecting a voiceover event in the Schedule Grid, you can adjust the volume leve

The Event Editor Replacing a video clip, live asset or logo in a schedule event While a video-clip event is selected in the Schedule Grid, you can

The Event Editor Selecting a videotape machine to play out a VTR event After selecting a VTR event (one featuring a video-clip with a videotape loc

The Event Editor Setting up the recording of sequences and live events A playout channel may be configured to enable the recording of schedule even

The Event Editor • Select a recording profile. This controls the formatting of the recorded file. • Select a recording mode. This controls how mu

The Event Editor This makes it quicker for you to set up recordings that require the default options. You can further simplify the set-up procedure

The Event Editor • Select a recording profile in the Record Profile box. • Select a recording mode in the Record Mode box. 5. Click OK to close

The Event Editor • Click the red disc in the Recording column for an event in the Schedule Grid. • Select an event in the Schedule Grid and click

Set the group number for a text block ... 215 Delete a text blo

The Event Editor • You may also cancel a recording by clicking Record Enable to turn off the option in the Record Settings dialog. Scheduling note

The Event Editor Changing the routing properties for a router event Your iTX system may include a matrix router that iTX can operate to connect var

The Event Editor Entering information in editable CG text blocks A CG may include editable text blocks, in which you can insert variable informatio

The Event Editor Changing page details in a VizRT CG event After selecting a VizRT CG event in the Schedule Grid, you can specify a different page

The Event Editor Changing the rating category for a rating-category event After selecting a rating-category event in the Schedule Grid, you can cha

The Event Editor Entering and viewing schedule notes For all schedule events you can record comments that can be viewed while the events are in the

The Event Editor Using the follow-next feature While monitoring the progress of a live schedule, you may often want to preview the next event while

The Timeline Display The Timeline Display About the Timeline Display The Timeline Display is a moving time-based graphic that shows you what events

The Timeline Display If the local time has an offset from UTC of 2 hours, the timezone-offset box shows "+2": If the local time is adjus

The Timeline Display While the Clip-X event has this status, you may change its properties in the Event Editor. Event status: Cued iTX indicates t

Using the template controls... 229 About the file-manag

The Timeline Display Viewing information about an event 1. Move your mouse pointer over a block on the Timeline Display. iTX displays a pop-up box

The Timeline Display Changing the track configuration of the Timeline Display You can configure the tracks of the Timeline Display in one of two wa

The Timeline Display 5. Click OK to close the dialog. The Timeline Display includes only the tracks that you specify in the Selected Tracks list.

The Schedule Grid The Schedule Grid About the Schedule Grid In the Schedule Grid, iTX displays a list of the events in the current schedule. This i

The Schedule Grid Channel-status indicators Indicators on top of the Schedule Grid show the status of the channel you are viewing: Indicator Desc

The Schedule Grid Noting the time mode of events iTX indicates the time modes of events by highlighting start times in different colors, as this il

The Schedule Grid Event status: Cued iTX indicates that the playout time for Clip X is within 15 seconds by highlighting the event green, showing

The Schedule Grid Viewing information about an event When you move your mouse pointer over an event in the Schedule Grid, iTX may display a pop-up

The Schedule Grid Show or hide secondary events A plus sign (+) next to an event in the Schedule Grid indicates that the event is a primary event w

The Schedule Grid Media limit warning The Schedule Grid displays a warning when a video-clip event is scheduled to play for longer than the duratio

Set up a recording source for live ingest ... 247 Set up a recordi

The Schedule Grid Add a filter to the Schedule Grid You can filter the Schedule Grid so that it displays only events that have a certain attribute

The Schedule Grid Using the options in the Schedule Grid menu When you right-click the Schedule Grid, iTX displays the Schedule Grid menu: The men

The Schedule Grid Defining the Schedule Grid view When you select the Define View option in the Schedule Grid menu, you call up the Schedule Displa

The Schedule Grid • Arrange the fields in the Displayed Fields list in the order in which you want the corresponding columns in the Schedule Grid

The Schedule Grid Show or hide secondary events in a filtered list You can view a list of schedule events that have a particular attribute in commo

The Schedule Grid Choose which tracks iTX displays information for in the Schedule Grid iTX can display information about events on all tracks in t

The Schedule Grid Cut and paste an event or group of events You cut and paste an event if you want to remove it from its current location and use i

The Schedule Grid Delete all events 1. Right-click the Schedule Grid and select Delete All from the displayed menu. 2. When iTX prompts you to co

The Schedule Grid You can update a schedule event with a modified media warning. You can perform this action on a single event or group of events.

The Schedule Grid Schedule event colors Events in the Schedule Grid change color to reflect the current event status. Background color Meaning Gre

Using the Instant Ingest Request panel ... 268 Request an ad-hoc recordin

The Schedule Grid If an Output Server cannot cache a particular media file before the start time of the event that requires the file, it does not t

The Schedule Grid Changing the duration and media limits from the Schedule Grid Note: • This applies to video clips and voice overs only. As well

The Schedule Grid Automatic replacement of missing media files with evergreen content There may be video-clip events in a live schedule that iTX ca

The Schedule Grid Play out a VTR event While the VTR event is cueing, the Schedule Grid displays the following message in the Error Details column

The Schedule Manager The Schedule Manager About the Schedule Manager From the Schedule palette on the Content Selector, you can add a stored schedu

The Schedule Manager Note: • In the Schedule Manager, you can load a schedule that has been created in a third-party traffic application. The sche

The Schedule Manager Load a schedule that has date and channel labels The name of a schedule may be made up of date and channel labels in the follo

The Schedule Manager iTX adds the events from the schedule in the Schedule Manager to the current schedule. Note: • You can append a schedule cont

The Schedule Manager Save the current schedule with channel and date labels In this process, iTX saves the current schedule as a new schedule ident

The Schedule Manager You can create a sequence by selecting events in the Schedule Grid and using the Schedule Manager to save them as a sequence i

Reloading an asset ... 289 Asset

The Schedule Manager Create a sequence or sequence template from a sequence entry 1. Select a sequence entry (rather than the events in the sequen

The Schedule Manager Note: • You need to use the Content Selector to add a looping schedule to a playout channel. • When you add a looping schedu

The Next-Event Control Panel The Next-Event Control Panel About the Next-Event Control Panel Through the buttons on the Next-Event Control Panel, y

The Next-Event Control Panel Color coding of Cue Next and Take Next buttons The color of the Cue Next and Take Next buttons indicates the status of

The Next-Event Control Panel Resume normal playout after a roll under 1. Click Roll Under. The on-air event fades out. The event in progress fades

The Live Logo Inserter The Live Logo Inserter About the Live Logo Inserter The Live Logo Inserter holds a logo that you can use as a secondary eve

The Live Logo Inserter Set up the Live Logo Inserter 1. Click the preview window to open the Live Logo Setup dialog. 2. Do the following if you w

Channel-control pop-up layouts Channel-control pop-up layouts The iTX Channel Control layout has a row of buttons that display pop-up layouts when

Channel-control pop-up layouts Using the Emergency Audio pop-up layout The Emergency Audio pop-up layout has features that enable you to adjust the

Channel-control pop-up layouts Using the Channel Health pop-up layout A Channel Monitor may be available on the Channel Health pop-up layout, which

Changing an event to hold its points ... 314 Disabling Hold

Channel-control pop-up layouts Using the News Flash pop-up layouts There are two News Flash pop-up layouts. Each enables you to insert a sequence i

Channel-control pop-up layouts 3. Click Prepare. iTX adds the sequence to the schedule immediately after the on-air event. 4. Click TAKE to star

Channel-control pop-up layouts Using the Selected Item Control pop-up layout When you select any event in the Schedule Grid, the Selected Item pane

Searching with PinPoint Searching with PinPoint Your iTX System Database may contain thousands of assets – video clips, logos, stills, schedules, e

Searching with PinPoint Generally, there are four simple steps to using PinPoint: Hidden panes Both the PinPoint dialog and the panel contain pane

Searching with PinPoint In the search-history pane, you can view and recall criteria for previous searches. In the metadata pane, you can view all

Searching with PinPoint Filter type Asset property the filter works for Duration The duration, between marked in- and out-points, of a video or au

Searching with PinPoint Specifying an asset name in a filter The piece of criteria that is most often used to find an asset is the asset name. The

Searching with PinPoint To build a search block, you select the logic connector and then define the filters that you want the connector to apply to

Searching with PinPoint When you enter a word as search criteria, iTX identifies the stem of that word — i.e. the main section of the word. The ste

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Hold the next event in all live schedules in a selected channel view ... 335 Cue the next event in all live s

Searching with PinPoint • You can cancel a selection by clicking Clear Selection. • You can vary the widths of the results-list columns by draggi

Searching with PinPoint Working in the results pane PinPoint can display search results in the results pane in either of two views: • In List view

Searching with PinPoint Navigating through a PinPoint list A page of a results list often contains more items than PinPoint can display at one time

Searching with PinPoint Working in Thumbnail view PinPoint displays a preview pane for each asset in a results list. If the asset is a video clip t

Searching with PinPoint Repeating searches PinPoint stores the set of search criteria for each of your 50 most recent searches, and lets you perma

Searching with PinPoint Repeat a search 1. Show the search-history pane. 2. Select a set of criteria under either tab. PinPoint immediately loads

Searching with PinPoint Another way to show the pane is to drag the right edge of the PinPoint dialog or panel to the left (when your mouse pointe

Common operational tasks for iTX Desktop features Common operational tasks for iTX Desktop features iTX sometimes displays the same feature in more

Common operational tasks for iTX Desktop features • You can use the slider on the duration bar to display the video frame that corresponds to the

Common operational tasks for iTX Desktop features Rewind a clip 1. Position the mouse pointer in the left of the image while the clip is playing o

About this manual About this manual This manual is for iTX, version 2.6. It contains these main sections: • About iTX: A brief description of iTX

Common operational tasks for iTX Desktop features Using the options in the preview-window menu When you right-click the preview window, iTX display

Common operational tasks for iTX Desktop features View detailed information about a clip 1. Right-click the preview window and select Details fro

Common operational tasks for iTX Desktop features Check the audio tracks in a clip When a video clip with multiple audio tracks is in the preview w

Common operational tasks for iTX Desktop features Changing the audio level of a previewing video clip The normal volume level at which the Asset vi

Common operational tasks for iTX Desktop features The clip properties you can specify are: • Which audio output channels iTX uses to deliver the a

Common operational tasks for iTX Desktop features The current associated source format and active region combination is highlighted in silver. You

Common operational tasks for iTX Desktop features Copy Guard settings When iTX plays out a video clip, it may insert a copy-protection flag into th

Common operational tasks for iTX Desktop features • For a video clip that is not formatted in this way, ensure Stereoscopic is not selected. 2. C

Common operational tasks for iTX Desktop features Slightly different time-entry boxes appear on some layouts, such as the Asset layout. These do no

Common operational tasks for iTX Desktop features Before using the Time Calculator, you select an input mode and a timecode format: • The input m

About this manual • Using iTX with a keyboard or hard panel: A statement about the ability to control certain iTX operations from a PC keyboard or

Common operational tasks for iTX Desktop features Entering values in a date-and-time box For some time-based properties (e.g. the preset time of an

The CG application The CG application About the CG application The CG application enables you to create CGs that you can use in iTX playout schedul

The CG application The workspace is an area in which you compose your CGs. It has a checkered background to help you position and resize the object

The CG application Editable text blocks Your CG may contain editable text blocks, which are useful for last-minute entering of information in a sta

The CG application Properties you set for a group apply to all objects in the group. You can set transitions and vision effects for the in- and out

The CG application Select the text operating mode 1. Click Text to select the text operating mode. The button turns green. Create a simple text

The CG application 3. Specify font options for the text. More details, page 209. 4. Set the text alignment. More details, page 209. Create an ed

The CG application Create a dynamic text block A dynamic text block contains a field into which iTX inserts specified information at the on-air ti

The CG application For any type of field other than a file or countdown field, you may clear the edit box; any entry in the edit box does not appea

The CG application Specify a font for CG text You use the font controls to set the font for text in a selected text block: 1. Select a text block

About this manual Valid characters in names and titles of media items When storing and retrieving media files, iTX identifies them by the unique fi

The CG application Set the spacing of CG text The typesetting controls enable you to adjust the text layout: 1. Select a text block. 2. To adjus

The CG application Apply a solid fill to CG text You use the solid-color controls to select fill and outline colors and vary the outline width of c

The CG application Example 1 Example 2 1. Select a text block. 2. Click Graduation to display the color-graduation controls. The color boxes sh

The CG application 4. Use PinPoint to select an image file. More details, page 173. The CG application applies the fill to the characters in the t

The CG application Note: • A text block with a crawl must be in its own group with no other object. • The maximum amount of text allowed in a cra

The CG application Set the group number for a text block A text block, like other objects, has a group number (from 0-9). You apply visual effects

The CG application 1. With the CG application in the rectangle operating mode, click New Rectangle. The CG application places a default rectangle

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The CG application The graduation can be simple, from one color to the other (Example 1). Or it can repeat, in the reverse direction, back to the f

The CG application 1. Select a rectangle. 2. Click Texture to display the image preview window. 3. Click the preview window. The CG application

About iTX About iTX iTX is a playout automation system for television. You use it to prepare television schedules and to play out the media content

The CG application • Side Bar, if you want the rectangle to form a vertical bar. • Block, if you want the rectangle to appear as a block. Set the

The CG application Working with background images Using the image controls You can load and modify images while the CG application is in the image

The CG application Resizing an image You can manually resize and move an image in the same way you do any other type of CG object. More details, pa

The CG application Resizing and moving CG objects You can manually resize and move objects of any type while they are selected. You can automatical

The CG application You can move multiple objects together after selecting them as a group. More details, page 225. Automatically centralize an obje

The CG application Working with multiple objects You can select multiple objects together (the objects may be of the same type or of different type

The CG application The Color Selector You display the Color Selector by clicking a color preview box when working with an object of any type: Use

The CG application Setting properties (visual effects, crawl speeds) for groups About groups Each object in a CG is assigned to one of up to 10 pos

The CG application Set a vision effect for a group 1. Enter a group number in the Group box. 2. Select In Effect or Out Effect (the button indica

The CG application Preview transitions and vision effects Once you have set the transitions and vision effects for each group, you can preview the

About iTX The main parts of an iTX system An iTX system has these main parts: • The System Database stores all the data required by the system.

The CG application Save changes in a new CG template In this procedure, you create a new CG template – after either making changes to an existing C

The CG application Change the position of an animated logo You can re-position an animated logo by using the positioning controls. 1. If you want

The CG application Show or hide the safe-area guide frame 1. Click Safe Area to switch the safe-area guide frame on or off. Closing the CG applic

Ingesting files through the Media Store Inbox Ingesting files through the Media Store Inbox If you have media files in a storage format that iTX ac

Ingesting files through the Media Store Inbox If you re-ingest the media file for a video clip, iTX keeps the original video clip in the System Dat

Ingesting files through the Media Store Inbox • If the filename and size of a media file in the Inbox matches that of an existing asset (for examp

Ingesting files through the Media Store Inbox • To update a reference file (for example, to add an audio track), copy the new essence files to the

Ingesting media by using an Encode Server Ingesting media by using an Encode Server There are two types of Encode Server that you can use to create

Ingesting media by using an Encode Server Another way of pre-registering a media file is to create a placeholder clip for it; you can do this on th

Ingesting media by using an Encode Server The ingest layouts The Manual Ingest layout The Manual Ingest layout contains three identical sets of rec

About iTX The iTX Desktop The iTX Desktop, illustrated below, is the user interface for the iTX system. It may include any number of iTX layouts.

Ingesting media by using an Encode Server The Dual Ingest layout The Dual Ingest layout has two identical sets of recording features, enabling you

Ingesting media by using an Encode Server The Ingest Multi layout The Ingest Multi layout has six identical sets of recording features: March 2015

Ingesting media by using an Encode Server The Tape Ingest layout The Tape Ingest layout contains a set of recording features for a single Encode Se

Ingesting media by using an Encode Server The Encode control panel To prepare and start a crash or automatic recording, you use the Encode control

Ingesting media by using an Encode Server Button Description Server while it is in this state. All other iTX Desktops show the red lock button (se

Ingesting media by using an Encode Server In the dialog, you specify how the Encode Server should encode the file. You also select an asset templa

Ingesting media by using an Encode Server Encode profiles You can save a set of encode settings, together with the selected clip template, as an en

Ingesting media by using an Encode Server Recall an encode profile 1. Select an encode profile in the Encode Profile selection pane. The Encode Se

Ingesting media by using an Encode Server Set up a recording source for tape ingest 1. Check the Encode Server is linked to a VTR through a contro

Ingesting media by using an Encode Server Lock or unlock an Encode Server For crash recordings and single automatic recordings, iTX locks an Encode

About iTX Pop-up layouts A layout may contain a selection button for a pop-up layout; this is a layout of any size that appears on top of the main

Ingesting media by using an Encode Server Using the Encode control panel to record media files Perform a crash recording from a line feed In this

Ingesting media by using an Encode Server Set up and start an automatic recording from a line feed In this procedure, you set up a video Encode Ser

Ingesting media by using an Encode Server Perform a crash recording from a videotape In this procedure, you play a videotape (using playback contro

Ingesting media by using an Encode Server Set up and start an automatic recording from a videotape In this procedure, you set up an Encode Server t

Ingesting media by using an Encode Server Cancelling a recording You can cancel a recording by clicking Cancel. You may do this either before the r

Ingesting media by using an Encode Server Using the Tape Ingest layout for single or batch ingest You use the Tape Ingest layout to record the medi

Ingesting media by using an Encode Server Features in the top, left of the layout enable you to select a placeholder clip from the System Database

Ingesting media by using an Encode Server Add placeholder clips to the Batch Ingest control panel from PinPoint 1. Click Load placeholders directl

Ingesting media by using an Encode Server Start a recording from the Encode control panel When you send a placeholder clip to the Encode control pa

Using Ingest Manager Using Ingest Manager About Ingest Manager If Ingest Manager is running in your iTX system, you can use this to automate the pr

Quick tour of the iTX Desktop Quick tour of the iTX Desktop In this section we introduce you to the key features of the iTX Desktop and its layouts

Using Ingest Manager Ad-hoc recordings Ad-hoc recordings are not generated through the Scheduled Booking Service. Instead, you decide – usually at

Using Ingest Manager Item Description 5 Settings button 6 Router Source selection buttons 7 Instant Ingest Request panel 8 Scheduled Bookings pop-

Using Ingest Manager The Scheduled Booking dialogs When you request a new planned recording, Ingest Manager displays the Create Scheduled Booking d

Using Ingest Manager Automatic clip names for repeat recordings No two video clips in the iTX System Database can have the same name. When entering

Using Ingest Manager • If you want Ingest Manager to name the clip from a naming rule, select Use Name Service. Select a naming rule from the list

Using Ingest Manager Editing bookings Edit a booking for a scheduled recording 1. Click Scheduled Bookings on an Ingest Manager layout. The Schedu

Using Ingest Manager 4. Select Booking Disable (the button indicator displays a red light). 5. Click Save and Close. Ingest Manager leaves the bo

Using Ingest Manager • In the Recording Name box, a clip name for the media file formed in the recording. The panel starts with default entries. Y

Using Ingest Manager Using the Instant Ingest Request panel We describe how to perform various tasks using the Instant Ingest Request panel below.

Using Ingest Manager 6. If Ingest Manager is set up to select a video feed by operating a router, click a source selection button to select a rout

Quick tour of the iTX Desktop The layout selection bar looks like this: You can select different layouts by clicking the layout selection buttons.

Using Ingest Manager Ingest Manager cues the selected Encode Server and replaces the Cue Recording button with the Start Recording button. 3. Clic

Using Ingest Manager If the naming rule includes a free-text element, the box to the right of the Rules Available box becomes active; this allows y

Using Ingest Manager Select which tracks appear on the Timeline Display On the Timeline Display, Ingest Manager gives information about the router

Using Ingest Manager View different parts of the timeline You can shift the focus of the Timeline Display to view different periods. 1. Do one of

Using Ingest Manager Adjust column widths in the Recording Schedule Grid You can change the width of the columns in the Recording Schedule Grid to

Using Ingest Manager Responding to failed recordings A scheduled recording will fail if none of the Encode Servers in the selected device pool is a

Preparing media items for playout Preparing media items for playout Once you have ingested media files into your system, there are a number of task

Preparing media items for playout Item Description 1 Media Viewer 2 PinPoint panel 3 Property Editor 4 Clock 5 Media Store Gauge On this layout,

Preparing media items for playout About database assets and media files When iTX ingests a media file through the Inbox on a Media Store, it create

Preparing media items for playout When you delete a media file instead of an asset, iTX does not automatically delete any assets that the file is a

Contents About this manual ... 1 Terminolog

Quick tour of the iTX Desktop Layout name Description Channel Control (Wide) Similar to the standard Channel Control layout but with a wider Sched

Preparing media items for playout Searching for assets On the Asset layout, PinPoint appears in a panel rather than as the dialog that you can disp

Preparing media items for playout Or you can view them as a series of thumbnail images: You select the type of view through the view selection bu

Preparing media items for playout Sometimes, you may want to perform the same asset-management task on a batch of assets; for example, to change ca

Preparing media items for playout Playback features for video and audio clips To play a file in the Media Viewer you may use a number of features o

Preparing media items for playout The position of the volume slider does not affect the audio level for playout, which is a property of the asset;

Preparing media items for playout • Enter new values directly in the timecode boxes. The markers move to the corresponding points on the duration

Preparing media items for playout • You can drag the slider along the duration bar to view any frame of the recorded media. (You cannot drag the s

Preparing media items for playout Through the menu, you can select options for the Media Viewer and change some properties of the loaded asset. We

Preparing media items for playout Preview and modify a video or audio clip in the Media Viewer 1. Select a video clip or an audio clip in the resu

Preparing media items for playout An example is the Clip Available flag. This marks a clip as either available or unavailable for playout. Where th

Quick tour of the iTX Desktop Layouts for the ingesting of media Layout name Layout purpose Manual Ingest For the manual recording of media from a

Preparing media items for playout The Asset tab Under the Asset tab, you can view details of key properties of an asset and edit some of these. So

Preparing media items for playout Note: • The Schedule Grid displays a warning icon for any video clip that is marked as not available. You may ig

Preparing media items for playout The duration changes automatically when you move either the in-point or the out-point. The out-point moves when y

Preparing media items for playout Change the transition type or duration Some assets (e.g. video clips, logos) have a transition or vision effect a

Preparing media items for playout Select a poster frame For any asset, you can select a poster frame to represent the content of the asset in searc

Preparing media items for playout Select an image that is not a keyframe as a poster frame for a video clip 1. Click Set Poster Frame. iTX display

Preparing media items for playout 3. Do the following to specify a router source. • Click Set next to the Source box to display the Router Source

Preparing media items for playout Audio Tracks panel In the Audio Tracks panel, you specify the format and distribution of the audio content in a l

Preparing media items for playout The Locations tab Under the Locations tab, the Property Editor displays details of the media files associated wi

Preparing media items for playout You can expand an asset entry to view the location details of each file: You can then expand any location entry

Quick tour of the iTX Desktop About service status indicators in layout components A number of layout components contain a service status indicator

Preparing media items for playout Note: • Deleting a file does not delete any associated asset from the System Database. • If you delete all the

Preparing media items for playout 2. Select the delete check box in the entry for any location that you want to delete the file from. 3. Click De

Preparing media items for playout To modify the properties, you use the Audio Track Mapping dialog: Manually group mono tracks Usually iTX automa

Preparing media items for playout Add a language tag to a track 1. Click Mapping to open the Audio Track Mapping dialog. 2. Click a Language box

Preparing media items for playout The Access Rights tab A number of permissions, giving different levels of user rights, can be set for any asset:

Preparing media items for playout Change the clip permissions for a user group 1. In the group-permissions table, click the check marks of any per

Preparing media items for playout Tag an asset with a category 1. Select an asset in the results pane. 2. For each category you want to tag the a

Preparing media items for playout The Notes tab Under the Notes tab, you can write comments in the Notes Editor and attach them to the selected as

Preparing media items for playout The Co-References tab A number of video clips may be created for the same media file. This happens, for example,

Preparing media items for playout The Actions tab iTX has a number of services – called job services – that can perform special actions on assets.

Working with schedules Working with schedules An iTX schedule is a list of events in which assets play out at specified times. The events may invol

Preparing media items for playout Note: • The job service that creates proxy media files can be configured to automatically create keyframes at th

Preparing media items for playout When performing a job, the job service requests the Vantage system to run a particular workflow; you specify this

Preparing media items for playout Durations and Media Limits Video clips, music events and voice over events can be scheduled using either the eve

Preparing media items for playout Method Example Support Soft segmented media If the schedule contains a movie that has commercial breaks every 1

Preparing media items for playout Each use case can be achieved with the following combinations of values and options: Use case In-point Out-Poin

Preparing media items for playout Disabling Hold Duration To disable Hold Duration: 1. Select an event in the Schedule Grid. The Event Editor disp

Preparing media items for playout Save a modified asset 1. Click Save to save an asset after modifying it. iTX overwrites the original asset. Crea

Preparing media items for playout You apply or release a lock by clicking the Lock button in the header bar for the asset or location: The Lock bu

Preparing media items for playout Edit Unlock state If you have the Asset Unlock security attribute, you can temporarily unlock an asset and its me

Preparing media items for playout Note: • You need to reload the video clip to update the display of the lock status on the Asset layout. Batch o

Working with schedules Monitoring and controlling live schedules The iTX Channel Control layout contains components that give information on the li

Preparing media items for playout 2. Under the Locations tab, display the entry for the media location you want to unlock. 3. Click the Lock butt

Preparing media items for playout The template stores settings for a group of asset properties; for example, the aspect ratio of a video clip. It a

Working with the Logo Editor Working with the Logo Editor When you select a logo on the Asset layout, the Media Viewer displays the logo and shows

Working with the Logo Editor • Set a transition for the logo. • Assign the logo to a particular layer. • Mark the logo as in the native format f

Working with the Logo Editor Set a transition or vision effect for a logo iTX can apply a transition or vision effect when switching a logo on and

Working with the Logo Editor When you close PinPoint, the name of the selected file appears in the Audio box. Note: You may cancel your selection o

Working with the Logo Editor Mark a logo as stereoscopic-3D formatted Each frame in a stereoscopic-3D signal contains two side-by-side video image

Working with the Logo Editor Entering values in the measurements panel You can change a value in the measurements panel in a number of ways. You m

Working on the Asset Segmentation layout Working on the Asset Segmentation layout If you have a long video clip, you may want to divide it into seg

Working on the Asset Segmentation layout Clip Segmenter features The Clip Segmenter has these main features: • A segment list – containing detail

The Content Selector The Content Selector About the Content Selector The Content Selector, on the iTX Channel Control layout, is one of a pair of

Working on the Asset Segmentation layout Load a base video clip in the Clip Segmenter 1. Do one of the following to display a list of video clips

Working on the Asset Segmentation layout Note: • You may select any segment by clicking its entry in the segment list or the section of the durati

Using iTX with a keyboard or hard panel Using iTX with a keyboard or hard panel For various tasks you perform at an iTX Desktop (e.g. the operation

Optional features Optional features As well as the features you use for basic playout, iTX includes a variety of optional features for other playou

Optional features The Live CG Inserter You use the Live CG Inserter to instantly switch a CG on or off during a live schedule, without creating a

Optional features Hold the next event in all live schedules in a selected channel view 1. In the Channel View selector, select a channel view. 2.

Optional features The Schedule Preview Control If your iTX system includes a preview channel, you may preview the transitions at the start and end

Optional features Preview a group of selected schedule events 1. On the Preview Channel layout, select a group of events in a playout or edit chan

Optional features Add a sequence with a video clip to the preview-channel schedule 1. Select a video-clip in the PinPoint panel. The clip name app

Optional features The Global Editor By using the Global Editor, you can modify a number of schedule events at the same time if they use the same as

The Content Selector Content Selector palettes The Content Selector organizes assets and other items that can feature in schedule events on palette

Optional features Using the Global Editor To use this feature, you select an event that uses the asset that is to be the focus of the schedule chan

Optional features Use the Global Editor to make schedule changes in multiple channels For this procedure, you use the Channel Group Control layout,

Optional features It is possible for an Output Server to have a second service that can also control the playout of events. This service, which is

Optional features 2. You may switch the output to the rolling-under channel at any time. When you do, the channel starts playing out events from t

Optional features When the playout order of multiple clips is important, you should use the second method and arrange the events in the edit channe

Optional features The Live Video Inserter loads the video clips from the events as you select them. It also loads any logos in secondary events ass

Optional features A playout channel can act as both the source and target channel. The selected events may include sequences or complete schedules.

Optional features The files appear in playout order, with the earliest required one at the top of the list. If the schedule event is included in mo

Optional features Note: • Just as when you set up the column arrangement in the Schedule Grid for a playout channel, you can set up the Schedule G

Appendix A: The iTX Import Protocol Appendix A: The iTX Import Protocol Through the iTX Import Protocol, you can import clip lists, schedules and w

The Content Selector Setting up palettes on the Content Selector To simplify the selection of palettes, you can set up the Content Selector to show

Appendix A: The iTX Import Protocol • If you want events to hold their duration when importing an OSC schedule: – The tc_dur key in the .OSC file

Appendix A: The iTX Import Protocol ITEM clip Local News-2403 mode 1 type 1 tc_in 00:00:15:00 tc_out 00:10:15:00 end ITEM clip CAPTION mode 4 overl

Appendix A: The iTX Import Protocol Formatting wipe lists Wipe lists are a list of clips to be deleted from the system. Each line contains the cli

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The Content Selector Managing the contents of a palette selection pane A palette selection pane contains a shortlist of assets that you can include

The Content Selector Editing a schedule by dragging and dropping assets from the Content Selector Creating schedule events You use the Content Sele

Previewing a video clip in the preview window ... 25 Changing video-clip pr

The Content Selector If a primary event has an associated secondary event, a plus sign appears in front of the primary event in the Schedule Grid.

The Content Selector You may drag an asset to the Schedule Grid to create a primary event with an Auto time mode. iTX locates the new event immedia

The Content Selector Note: • You can select any event in the Schedule Grid and check its properties in the Event Editor. You can edit some of thes

The Content Selector Note: • You can select any event in the Schedule Grid and check its properties in the Event Editor. You can edit some of thes

The Content Selector Working with video clips About the Video Clip palette On the Video Clip palette, you build a shortlist of video clips for incl

The Content Selector Adding a video-clip event to a schedule When you add a video-clip event to a schedule, you may make it either a primary event

The Content Selector Using an unknown video clip in a schedule event The first item, called Unknown, in the Selected Clips list of the Video Clip p

The Content Selector Working with logos About the Logo palette iTX creates logo assets for graphics files that are placed in the Logos folder in t

The Content Selector Note: • A logo has some asset properties that you can modify in the Logo Editor. More details, page 322. Adding a logo event

The Content Selector Temporary removal of all logos Sometimes, you may want to temporarily remove all logos that iTX is displaying – just while cer

Adding a live event to a schedule... 42 Display live-

The Content Selector Change the default duration of a logo event iTX assigns a default duration to any logo event you create with the Dur option se

The Content Selector Clearing all logos at the start of a new schedule There may be times when a schedule running in a playout channel is replaced

The Content Selector In building the list, you enter the details of logos that are stored on an external logo inserter. For each one, you specify:

The Content Selector Adding an external-logo event to a schedule Usually, a logo plays out as an overlay on a video clip or still image. In adding

The Content Selector Scheduling logos using the External Key and Fill inputs of the LGK-3901 iTX handles content from an external device in the sam

The Content Selector Working with CGs About the CG palette In the selection pane of the CG palette, you can assemble a set of CGs that you want to

The Content Selector Adding a CG event to a schedule Usually, a CG plays out as an overlay on a video clip or still image. In adding a CG event to

The Content Selector Working with subtitle files About the Subtitle palette In the Subtitle palette, you load a subtitle clip that you want to att

The Content Selector Working with still images About the Stills palette In the selection pane of the Stills palette, you assemble a set of still i

The Content Selector Adding a still-image event to a schedule You may add a still-image event to a schedule as either a primary event or a secondar

About the GPI palette ... 60 Adding

The Content Selector Working with voiceover clips About the Voice Over palette Through the Voice Over palette, you build a shortlist of voiceover

The Content Selector iTX enters the new voiceover-clip event in the Schedule Grid; it displays a block to represent the event on the V/O track on t

The Content Selector Working with live events About the Live palette An Output Server can be set up to receive a live feed from a matrix router: t

The Content Selector Display live-event properties 1. Select a live event in the Live Sources list. 2. Click Properties. iTX displays the Propert

The Content Selector Set the Aspect Ratio Properties for Live Events (OS2 only) For channels running on Output Server 2, Live assets include two As

The Content Selector The Aspect Ratio Properties can also be accessed and modified in the following ways: • By loading a Live event in the Live Co

The Content Selector Working with sequences About the Sequence palette You use the Sequence palette to add sequences to schedules. A sequence is a

The Content Selector Adding an existing sequence to a schedule Usually, you add a sequence to a schedule by dragging it from the Sequences list and

The Content Selector Create a sequence with a fixed duration You should create a sequence with a fixed duration only in a pass-through channel. 1.

The Content Selector schedules from the System Database. More details, page 179. You can add any stored schedule from the shortlist to the current

Editing a CG event ... 77 Edit

The Content Selector Working with split breaks About the Split Break palette A split break enables you to schedule playout of regional schedule ev

The Content Selector iTX handles the sequences in the split break as a single block of events, which you can move anywhere in your schedule. Enter

The Content Selector Adding events for playout in the main channel during a split break If you want the main channel to continue playing out events

The Content Selector • Select Slides. • Click Search to open PinPoint. • Use PinPoint to select still images from the System Database. More det

The Content Selector iTX displays the Slide Show Properties dialog. 3. Drag the Music Level slider along the scale to change the volume. 4. Click

The Content Selector Adding an external subtitle event to a schedule In adding an external subtitle event to a schedule, you make it a secondary ev

The Content Selector About the Clarity palette In the selection pane of the Clarity palette, you create a list of Clarity CGs that you want to be

The Content Selector Adding a Clarity CG event to a schedule Usually, a CG plays out as an overlay on top of a video clip or still image. In adding

The Content Selector About the VizRT palette In the selection pane of the VizRT palette, you create a list of VizRT CGs that you want to be availa

The Content Selector Add a VizRT CG page to the palette selection pane To specify a VizRT CG, you use the Create Page dialog: In this dialog, you

Set an automatic duration to make a secondary event start and finish at the same time as its primary event ...

The Content Selector Working with GPIs About the GPI palette GPIs are electronic switches that can control a wide range of equipment in a televisi

The Content Selector Select the GPI matrix 1. Click GPI Matrix. iTX displays the Select Matrix dialog. 2. Select the matrix that provides the GP

The Content Selector Working with studio sources About the Studio palette You use the Studio palette to add studio-source events to a schedule. A

The Content Selector Adding a studio-source event as a secondary event Usually you make a studio-source event a secondary event. To do this, you dr

The Content Selector Working with router events About the Router Event palette Your iTX system may be set up to operate a matrix router in respons

The Content Selector You make a by-pass event a primary event. To do so, you drag and drop the selected router source onto the Schedule Grid or a c

The Content Selector Working with a studio switcher About the Studio Switcher palette Where iTX is used in a news-studio environment, it may be se

The Content Selector Adding a studio switcher event to a schedule In adding a source or scene studio-switcher event to a schedule, you may make it

The Content Selector Adding a VANC-message event to a schedule In adding a VANC message to a schedule, you make it a secondary event. To do so, you

The Content Selector Working with enhanced SCTE104 data About the SCTE104 palette The SCTE104 palette enables you to create enhanced SCTE104 messa

Edit the recording properties for an event ... 118 Monitor a recording

The Content Selector The table below describes how the configuration of national and local breaks affects the messages that are output: National b

The Content Selector Set up and insert an enhanced SCTE104 message: 1. Open the Content Selector and select the SCTE104 tab. 2. If you want the e

The Content Selector Add an enhanced SCTE104 message event to a schedule After you set the properties for an enhanced SCTE104 message, you add it t

The Content Selector Adding a rating-category event to a schedule A rating category plays out as an overlay on top of a video clip. In adding a rat

The Content Selector Any selected sub-rating information is displayed with the rating category at the start of rated programs. 1. Select the ratin

The Event Editor The Event Editor About the Event Editor The Event Editor on the iTX Channel Control layout is one of a pair of components that you

The Event Editor Changing the properties of an asset in the Event Editor When you use the Event Editor to change any asset properties in an event,

The Event Editor • Change whether an event holds its duration, its media limits or both. More details, page 312. • Select the VTR (videotape mach

The Event Editor Editing an external-logo event When you select an external-logo event in the Schedule Grid, the Event Editor displays details of p

The Event Editor • Prevent iTX returning a pass-through channel to a live source too early. More details, page 111. • Prevent iTX continuing a s