EVS XEDIO Browse User Manual Version 4.35
USER MANUAL
Xedio Browse
Version 4.35 - August 2013
USER MANUAL Xedio 4.35 XedioBrowse
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Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS III
WHAT'S NEW? V
1. INTRODUCTION 1
1.1. Product Description 1
1.2. Opening Xedio Browse 1
1.3. Overview of the Xedio Browse Window 2
1.4. Process Overview 4
2. TABS PANE 5
2.1. Introduction 5
2.2. The Media Tab 5
2.2.1. Overview of the Media Tab 5
2.2.2. Media List Area 6
2.3. Searching for Elements in the List 7
2.3.1. Introduction 7
2.3.2. Quick Text Search 8
2.3.3. Advanced Search 10
2.3.4. Using Saved Filters 16
2.4. The Virtual Media Properties Tab 17
2.4.1. Overview of the Virtual Media Properties Tab 17
2.4.2. Creating a Virtual Media 18
2.4.3. Auto Clipping Modes 19
3. PLAYER 21
3.1. Overview of the Player Pane 21
3.2. Video Display Options 22
3.3. Player Controls 22
3.3.1. Player Transport Controls 22
3.3.2. Timecode Value Fields 24
3.3.3. Video and Audio Monitoring Tools 24
3.3.4. Media Bar and Jog Bar 27
3.3.5. Loading Media on the Player Window 30
3.3.6. Play Media in the Additional Player 31
4. VIRTUAL MEDIA PANE 32
4.1. Introduction 32
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4.2. Virtual Media List Display 32
4.2.1. Displayed Columns 32
4.2.2. Show Thumbnails 33
4.2.3. Glossary of Column Headings 33
4.3. Virtual Media List Contextual Menu 34
5. MENU BAR 35
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What's New?
In the user manual, the icon has been added on the left margin to highlight
information on new and updated features.
The sections updated to reflect the new and modified features on Xedio Browse from
Xedio Suite 4.03 and 4.35 (compared to Xedio Suite 4.02) are listed below.
Audio mono tracks can be used in the Xedio Suite
• See section "Video and Audio Monitoring Tools" on page 24.
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1. Introduction
1.1. Product Description
The Xedio Browse application allows a user to browse and preview media within a Xedio
Suite environment.
The supported media can be either data already imported into the Xedio Suite or files
currently being ingested into the system as a "live feed".
With Xedio Browse, the media can be segmented into several "virtual media". This can be
useful, for example, to break down a single news feed including multiple stories into
several sections each containing an individual story. In the case of a football match,
virtual media can be produced with the goals or highlights directly from the incoming feed.
Multiple virtual media can be created from the same source.
The virtual media does not require any splitting of the original file as it is only made of
markers placed on the original media file. There is no new media file created.
Specific metadata can be assigned to each virtual media.
1.2. Opening Xedio Browse
To start the Xedio Browse application, click on the Xedio Browse icon on the desktop.
This will display a login screen where you need to enter your username and password.
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1.3. Overview of the Xedio Browse Window
Illustration
The Xedio Browse window contains the areas highlighted on the screenshot below:
Note
The color of some user interface elements may vary with the Xedio skin
installed.
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Area Description
The table below describes the various parts of the Xedio Browse window:
Part Name Description
1. Player
Pane
2. Tabs
Pane
3. Virtual
Media
Pane
This is used to play media loaded from the Tabs pane or virtual media
loaded from the Virtual Media pane. The Player pane is used together
with the Tabs pane to create virtual media.
Everything that is outside the video content has the skin color. Video
such as letterboxed or pillarboxed video will show black bars as these
mattes are part of the video signal
The Tabs pane contains two tabs.
The Media tab displays the list of media available in the Xedio database.
This is used to select the media to load in the Player pane. It has the
same powerful filtering and search attributes as other parts of the Xedio
Suite of applications allowing to easily find the required material.
The Virtual Media Properties tab displays the properties and metadata of
the media, or virtual media, loaded on the Player pane.
This is also used to create virtual media within the original file and assign
it specific metadata.
The Virtual Media pane gives the list of the virtual media created from the
original file selected in the Media tab.
Adaptable Display
The layout of the Xedio Browse can be adapted to users' needs.
The different panes can be hidden either by clicking the cross at the top right corner of
each pane or by selecting one of the options of the View menu: Player, List area (Virtual
Media pane), Work area (Tabs pane). The hidden pane(s) can then be displayed by
selecting the corresponding option of the View menu. Seven layouts are available:
• Player + Tabs pane + Virtual Media pane
• Player + Tabs pane
• Player + Virtual Media pane
• Tabs pane + Virtual Media pane
• Player only
• Tabs pane only
• Virtual Media pane only
The different panes can be resized.
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1.4. Process Overview
The use of Xedio Browse can be summarized as follows:
1. Select a media from the Media Tab of the Tabs Pane.
See section "The Media Tab" on page 5.
2. Load it on the Player Pane.
See section "Loading Media on the Player Window" on page 30.
3. Create a virtual media from the loaded media.
See section "Creating a Virtual Media" on page 18.
4. View the list of virtual media associated to a media.
See section "Virtual Media Pane" on page 32.
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2. Tabs Pane
2.1. Introduction
The Tabs pane consists of two tabs: the Media tab and the Virtual Media Properties tab.
• The Media tab is used to select the media to manage.
• The Virtual Media Properties tab can be used to create virtual media from an existing
media. The virtual media is only made of markers placed on the original media file.
There is no new media file created.
2.2. The Media Tab
2.2.1. Overview of the Media Tab
The upper part of the Media tab gives access to the different filters which can be applied to
the media list.
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At least two tabs exist on the left of the Media tab.
• The Filter 0 tab: The element list displays the list of all media present in the database,
or it returns the result of a search applied to the list.
• The Today tab: the element list shown the media with "creation date = today".
Additional tabs are displayed when the users have saved filters applied to the database.
for more details. Media items are displayed in columns.
2.2.2. Media List Area
Sorting the Elements in the Grid
You can change the sort order of elements in the grid by clicking the column header for the
parameter according to which you want to sort the elements.
The blue arrow indicates the sorting order. Clicking the column header again changes the
sorting order from ascending to descending or vice versa.
Organizing Columns
Resizing Columns
A column can be resized by using the mouse pointer over columns intersection and
dragging it to the right or to the left.
Selecting Columns to Display
To select the columns to display in the grid, proceed as follows:
1. Right-click the column header area.
A menu is displayed.
2. Select Choose Displayed Columns.
The Select Visible Columns window opens and shows the list of columns in the
current order.
3. To select the column(s) you wish to add to the view, do one of the following:
◦ in the left pane, double-click the column(s) you wish to add to the view
◦ select them in the left pane and click the Add button
4. To select the column(s) you wish to remove from the view, do one of the following:
◦ on the right pane, double-click the column(s) you wish to remove from the view
◦ select them on the right pane and click the left arrow
5. Click OK.
Ordering Columns
To change the columns order, proceed in one of the following ways:
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