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USER MANUAL
XEDIO BROWSE
Version 4.2 - June 2012
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Table of content

TABLE OF CONTENT .................................................................................................... III
WHAT’S NEW? .............................................................................................................. IV
1. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 1
1.1 PURPOSE .................................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 USER INTERFACE ...................................................................................................................... 1
1.2.1 Opening Xedio Browse ........................................................................................................... 1
1.2.2 Overview of the Xedio Browse Window .................................................................................. 2
1.2.3 Area ........................................................................................................................................ 2
1.2.4 Description .............................................................................................................................. 2
1.2.5 Window Panes Display ........................................................................................................... 3
1.3 PROCESS OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................... 3
2. PLAYER.................................................................................................................. 5
2.1 OVERVIEW OF THE PLAYER PANE .......................................................................................... 5
2.2 VIDEO DISPLAY OF THE PLAYER ............................................................................................. 6
2.3 PLAYER CONTROLS .................................................................................................................. 7
2.3.1 Player Transport Controls ....................................................................................................... 7
2.3.2 Timecode Value Fields ............................................................................................................ 8
2.3.3 Video and Audio Monitoring Tools .......................................................................................... 9
2.3.4 Media and Jog Bars .............................................................................................................. 10
2.3.5 Loading Media on the Player Window ................................................................................... 12
2.3.6 Play Media in the Additional Player ....................................................................................... 13
3. TABS PANE ......................................................................................................... 14
3.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................ 14
3.2 THE MEDIA TAB ........................................................................................................................ 14
3.2.1 Overview of the Media Tab ................................................................................................... 14
3.2.2 Media List Area ..................................................................................................................... 15
3.2.3 Searching the Database ........................................................................................................ 16
3.3 THE VIRTUAL MEDIA PROPERTIES TAB ................................................................................ 26
3.3.1 Overview of the Virtual Media Properties Tab ....................................................................... 26
3.3.2 Creating a Virtual Media ........................................................................................................ 27
3.3.3 Auto Clipping Modes ............................................................................................................. 28
4. VIRTUAL MEDIA PANE ....................................................................................... 29
4.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................ 29
4.2 VIRTUAL MEDIA LIST DISPLAY ............................................................................................... 29
4.2.1 Displayed Columns ............................................................................................................... 29
4.2.2 Show Thumbnails.................................................................................................................. 30
4.2.3 Glossary of Column Headings .............................................................................................. 30
4.3 VIRTUAL MEDIA LIST CONTEXTUAL MENU ........................................................................... 31
5. MENU BAR ........................................................................................................... 32
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What’s New?

The following table descr ibes the sections updated to reflect the new a nd modified features on Xedio Brow se from Xedio Suite 4.02 (c ompared to Xedio Suite 4.01).
In the user manual, the icon has been added on left margin to highlight information on new and updated features.
Click the section number (or the description) in the table to jump directly to the corresponding section.
Section Description
1.2.2 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.
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1.1 PURPOSE

The Xedio Browse application allows a user to browse and preview media within a Xedio Suite environmen t.
The supported media can be either data already imported into the Xedio Suite or files currently being ingested into the sys tem 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 medi a can be created from the same source.

1. Introduction

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 USER INT ERFACE

1.2.1 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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1.2.2 OVERVIEW OF THE XEDIO BROWSE WINDOW

The Xedio Browse graphical interface consists of three main areas, besides the Menu bar. They are highlighted on the following screenshot and shortly described in the table below.
Note
The color of some user interface elements may vary with the Xedio skin installed.
Area
Description
1. Player 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 t o 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
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pane. It has the same powerful filtering and search attributes as other parts of the Xedio Suite of
This is also used to create virtual media within the
Virtual Media
Select a media from the Media Tab of the
Area
2. Tabs Pane The Tabs pane contains two tabs.
3.
Pane
Description
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
applications allowing to easily find the re quired material. The Virtual Media Properties tab displays the properties
and metadata of the media, or virtual media, loaded on the Player pane.
original file and ass ign it specific metadata. The Virtual Media pane gives the list of the virtual media
created from the origi nal file selected in the Media tab.

1.2.5 WINDOW PANES DISPLAY

Users can adapt the layout of the Xedio Browse window. 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 correspo nding option of the View me nu. Seven layouts are avai lable:
• Player + Tabs pane + V irtual Media pane
• Player + Tabs pane
• Player + Virtual Media pane
• Tabs pane + Virtual Me dia pane
• Player only
• Tabs pane only
• Virtual Media pane onl y
The different panes c an be resized.

1.3 PROCESS OVE RVIEW

The use of Xedio Browse can be summarized as fol lows:
Step See …
1.
Tabs Pane.
2. Load it on the Player Pane Section 2.3.5 on page 12
Section 3.2 on page 14
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Step See …
3. Create a virtual media from the loaded media Section 3.3.2 on page 27
4. View the list of virtual media associated to a
media
Section 4 on page 29
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2. Player

2.1 OVERVIEW OF THE PL AYER PANE

The Player pane provides a video display, a media bar and a jog bar to navigate within the element, video and audio selection and monitoring buttons, transport buttons and timecode fields. It slightly differs acco rding to the element loaded.
When a media is loaded from the Tabs pane, it loo ks as follows:
When a virtual media is loaded fr om the Virtual Media pane, the Player pane looks like the following screenshot:
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Both (Intra TC
This option offers a choice of aspect ratios for the

2.2 VIDEO DISPLAY OF THE PLAYER

When you right-click on the Video Display area of the Player pane, a contextual menu appears. This gives display opti ons for the video:
Option Description Show Timecode This option offers four choices to display timecode on the
Player window:
None does not display any timecode Intra TC displays the original timecode of
the media
Start TC displays a counter starti ng with 0
at the first frame of the media displays both the cou nter and the
– Start TC)
original timecode
Aspect Ratio
display:
Auto uses the aspect ratio (AR)
information stored in the database
4:3 sets the display AR to 4: 3 without
replacing database in formation
16:9 sets the aspect ratio to 1 6:9 without
replacing database in formation
Show SafeAreas This option displays a safe area cage on the window to
determine which areas of the picture will be seen. This allows to check the siz e of graphics within the media for a safe display.
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2.3 PLAYER CO NTROLS

2.3.1 PLAYER TRANSPORT CONTROLS

Please refer to the Xedio Manager user manual for a comprehensive list of the shortcuts.
Controls Common to Media Playe r and Virtual Medi a Player
Operation User Interface
Button
Play and Pause
↔
Play Near Live a media while ingesting (digitizing)
Go to Start of Media
Go to End of Media
Shortcut
+
Controls Specific to the Media Player
Operation User Interface
Button
Fast Forward
Fast Rewind
Goto Next Frame
Goto Previous Frame
Shortcut
+
+
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Controls Specific to the Virtual Media Pl ayer
When a virtual media is loaded on the Player, the four lower transport buttons become trim buttons fo r the IN and OUT points of t he virtual media:
Note
If the loaded virt ual media is declared as published or the original media is declared as treate d, you will not be able to use those four buttons.
Operation User Interface
Button
Remove 1 frame from Mark IN point
Add 1 frame to Mark IN point
(grey)
(grey)
Remove 1 frame from Mark OUT point
(colored)
Add 1 frame to Mark OUT point
(colored)

2.3.2 TIMECODE VALUE FIELDS

Three Timecode Value fi elds are displayed under t he Transport buttons.
Area Description
1. Media Start Timecode (first
recorded frame), even if a virtual media is
loaded
2. Current Timecode position (no wline)
3. Media End Timecode (last recorded frame), even if a virtual media is
loaded.
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2.3.3 VIDEO AND AUDIO MONITORING TOOLS

When a media is loade d on the Player pane, the video and audio tracks to monitor can be selected using the buttons underneath the Video Display.
Overview
All the available aud io sources from a media ar e displayed below the Play er. The video and audio tr ack buttons are represente d as follows:
A stereo track is represented by .
A 5.1 track is represente d by In stereo mode, up to 8 tracks appear as follows:
(4 stereo)
In 5.1 and stereo mode , up to 16 channels can be shown as follows:
(two 5.1 tracks and two stereo tracks)
(one 5.1 track and six
stereo tracks)
(8 stereo)
VIDEO AND AUDIO SELECTION
Clicking on the Video button will remove the video from the Player window.
The displayed button w ill turn to white.
respectively the left or right channel of the corresponding audio track. The displayed button will turn to white.
Clicking on the left or right triangle of an audio stereo track will disable
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A 5.1 audio track is d isabled by clicking the loudspeaker button on the right of the radio button
The table summarizes ho w the icons look like dep ending on the selection:
Enabled Disabled Video Audio
Audio Monitoring Selection
The radio buttons between each pair of stereo audio channel buttons or next to a
5.1 audio channel but ton allow the selection of on e audio track for monitor ing:
Audiometers
A set of audiometers are displayed on the right side of the Video Display. The number of audiometers differs according to the audio track selected: 6 for a 5.1 track, 2 for a stereo tra ck.

2.3.4 MEDIA AND JOG BARS

JOG
The lower area is the jog bar.
Dragging the jog bar allows you to move within the media at a variable speed, shown on the icon, depen ding on:
• the position of the s peed indicator
• the speed range covered by the jog area. The default range is set from -2 to
+2 in Xedio Manager but can be modified.
Audio can be heard whe n using the jog.
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MEDIA BAR
The upper area of the bar represents the whole original media of the element currently loaded in t he Player window.
When a media is loaded :
When a virtual media i s loaded:
The vertical lines represent t he different positions:
Line color Meaning
Green line Mark IN point (only visibl e when a virtual media is loaded) Red line Mark OUT point (only vi sible when a virtual med ia is loaded) Blue line Current position withi n the media (Nowline)
All of these lines can be moved to a new position by selecting them with the mouse and dragging them to the desired position .
The middle area, r epresented by a dark grey zone, is a shuttle control. This zone shows the portion of the media out of the whole media included in the top area and the position in t he whole media:
When a media has just been loaded, the top area represents the whole media: The dark grey area represents the whole media and covers the whole space in the middle area.
When a virtual media has just been loaded, the top area represents the whole media. The dark grey area represents the whole media and covers the whole space in the middle ar ea.
• A double-click on the dark grey area will toggle the portion covered by the
upper area from the entire media length to the virtual media length (between Mark IN and Mark OUT). The dark grey are a is reduced to represent the virtual media length and posit ion with regard to the whol e media.
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• If you click on the dark grey area and drag it, you shift the portion of media
included in the top area. The dark grey area is enlarged or reduced accordingly.
In this case, if the portion of the upper area covers only a part of the media, the nowline may disappear. Then, a red indicator, on the left side or on the right side of the med ia bar will be displaye d.
A click on that indic ator will focus on the now line.

2.3.5 LOADING MEDIA ON THE PLAYER WINDOW

You can proceed in different ways to load a media or a virtual media on the Player:
• Drag the virtual media from the Virtual Media pa ne to the Player window:
or drag the media (or the virtual media resulted from a search) from the Media
tab to the Player wind ow:
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• From the Media tab, doub le-click the media to loa d
or from the Virtual Media pane, double-click the vi rtual media to load.
At the same time, the Tabs Pan e will switch to the Virtual Media Properties tab.

2.3.6 PLAY MEDIA IN THE ADDITIONAL PLAYER

It is also possible to load media or virtual media on an additional Player window. To do so, right-click on a media or virtual media and select Play from the contextual menu. The media or virtual media cannot be modified using this player but can be viewed while another piece of media is still loaded within the Player pane.
To start or stop th e playout, click within the video area of the window or pr ess the Space bar.
The Media and Jog bars at the bottom of the window can be used as in the Player pane. Refer to section 2.3.4 ‘Media and Jog Bars’ on page 10.
The video and audio tools can be used as described in section 2.3.3 ‘Video and Audio Monitoring Tools ’ on page 9.
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3.1 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 mana ge.
• 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 creat ed.

3. Tabs Pane

3.2 THE MEDIA T AB

3.2.1 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.
At least two tabs exist on the left of the Media tab.
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media can be set as treated when virtual media have
Opens a new Player window to allow the media to be Opens the Render List window listing all types of
t were achieved for the selected
Opens the Media Properties window which shows the properties for the selected media. If a default metadata
• The Filter 0 tab: The element list displays the list of all media present in the
database, or it retur ns the result of a sear ch applied to the list.
• The Today tab: the el ement list shown the media w ith ‘creation date = toda y’.
Additional tabs are displayed when the users have saved filters applied to the database. Refer to section ‘Using Saved Filters’ on page 24 for more details. Media items are displa yed in columns.

3.2.2 MEDIA LIST AREA

DISPLAYED COLUMNS
It is possible to re-arrange the columns order, and to add or remove some columns.
Right-clicking on any of the column headings displays a contextual menu. The Choose Displayed Columns option opens the Select Visible Columns window allowing you to choose the columns you want to be displayed in the element l ist.
Please see the section 4.2.3 ‘Glossary of Column Headings’ on page 30 for detailed information on the column headings avai lable.
The column width and order can be adjusted using standard computer commands and drag and drop tech niques.
MEDIA LIST CONTEXTUAL MENU
A contextual menu is a vailable when you right-click on a media item in the list:
Menu Item Description Published State Allows the selection of a sub-menu to change the publish
state of the media between Published and Not Published. A published media will be displayed in the
database lists of all the software and thus available for use.
Treated State Allows the selection of a sub-menu to change the treated
state of the media between Treated and Not Treated. A been created from this media in Xedio Browse.
Play
browsed. Refer to section ‘Play Media in the Additional Player’ on page 13 for more information.
Render List
rendering that have b een done with the media.
Archive History Opens the Archive History window listing the archive and
restore processes tha media.
View Properties
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profile has been defined for the media, a metadata tab is
media metadata
Menu Item Description
displayed and allows to modify the values.

3.2.3 SEARCHING THE DATABASE

INTRODUCTION
When the database contains large amount s of data, it may become difficult to find a specific element. Th e Xedio Suite offers sever al ways to speed up your search:
• quick text search
• filters on parameters
By default, the columns that are taken into consideration for the Quick Text Search are the ones cu rrently visible in the grid.
If you wish to search in other columns, and view the string you are searching for in the columns, you can:
• add other columns to t he element list view
• use Filters, as expla ined in section ‘Advanc ed Filters’ on page 18
These search tools are explained in detail bel ow. Quick text search and filters on parameters, as well as several filters on
parameters, can be com bined and saved for later use. All the criteria must be met in the results list ( an ‘AND’ operator is applied). These Saved Filters can then be applied in one click.
QUICK TEXT SEARCH
Introduction
The Quick Text Search field is always available on the top of the database
content list:
It allows searching fo r a string in the dis played columns. The Quick Text Search option obeys specific rules which can be accessed via the
Help button next to the Quick Text Search field. For more details on thes e rules, refer to the section ‘Qu ick Text Search Rules’, on
page 17.
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ply a
, even if in two
in Name and
‘card’, even if in two different fields
How to Perfo rm a Quick Text Sear ch
To perform a Quick Text search, proceed as follow s:
1. Show t he columns you wish to per form a quick search on.
2. Type a search string in the Quick Text Search field, based on Quick Text
search rules available from the Help button and detailed in section ‘Quick Text Search Rules’ on page 17.
3. Depending on whether the AutoRefresh Filtering setting is selected or not,
you may have to click the Search button to apply the Quick Text Search. Refer to the tab Softw are > Parameter Profiles > G eneral > General.
The Quick Text Search is applied and the search result is displayed in the grid.
4.
To clear the applied Quick Text Search, click the button to the right of the search field or s elect <empty> from the Quick Text Search field.
5. The Quick Text Search f ield is a combo box that gives access to th e last 10
previously searched st rings. Select a filter from the list of the Quick Text Search field to ap
previous search.
Quick Text Se arch Rules
The string that you enter in the Quick Text Search field is analyzed according to the following set of rules, which can be accessed via the Help button next to
the Quick Text Search field. The free text search is not a case sensitive oper ation.
Search String Search Result
Yellow card Searches for the strings ‘yellow’ and ‘card’
different fields (columns), for example ‘yellow’ ‘card’ in Keywords.
"Yellow card" Searches for s trings containing ‘Yellow card’. Yellow | card Searches for ‘yellow’ or
For example a clip named ‘The Yellow Man’ with keywords ‘Red Card’ will be found, since it has yellow and card in 2 different fields.
(columns), for example ‘yellow’ in Name or ‘card’ in Keywords.
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Spaces around the | si gn are mandatory.
’ at the
’ at the
when all filter
when the filter
Search String Search Result
yell* Searches for ‘yell’ at the beginning of a string. *low Searches for ‘low’ at the end of a string. Ye*low Searches for strings with ‘ye’ at the beginning and ‘low
end.
Ye*low 123 Searches for strings with ‘ye’ at the beginning and ‘low
end and which contains ‘123’.
=card Searches for a string exactly equals to ‘card’.
For example, if a fiel d contains ‘yellow card’, the =card condition will not return any re sult.
=”yellow card” Searches for a string exac tly equals to ‘yellow car d’.
The use of quotes is required due to the space between ‘yellow’ and ‘card’.
ADVANCED FILTERS
Filters are available for more detailed search operations from the Filter 0 tab. The parameters available for filtering operations are the column headings and any metadata associated by the user.
From the Today tab, th e filter ‘creation date = today’ is aut omatically applied.
Filter Activation
Show/Hide Filter Butto n
To display, or hide, the Filter extended area, click the Show/Hide Filter button over the grid.
Filter Button Display Meaning
(white)
(colored)
The Show/Hide Filter button is white criteria are hidden. C onsequently, the filters are inactive.
The Show/Hide Filter button is colored extended area is visible, even if no filtering criterion is applied.
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fields displayed
media displayed in the results list fulfill all the
Filter Extended Area
The Filter extended ar ea is as follows:
The first field under the Show/Hide Filter button lists three options for the combination of criteri a to be taken into accoun t during the filtering op eration.
The second field is a filter field allowing the users to select a fir st filter parameter.
Criteria Combination
The available options are detailed in the table b elow:
Option Meaning
ALL criteria are met
All the criteria selected in the Filter under the Criteria Combination fie ld must be met.
The selected filter criteria.
ANY criteria is met At least one of the criteria selected in the Filter fields
must be met. The media displayed in the results list fulfill at least one
of the selected filt er criteria.
NO criteria is met None of the criteria selected in the Filter fie lds displayed
under the Criteria Combination fie ld must be met. The media displayed in the results list fulfill none of the
selected filter criteria.
Filter Fields
Under the Criteria Combination field, the users will be able to select as many filter parameters as they want and to choose specific value(s) for these filter parameters. The use of Filter fields is explained in the next section.
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Filter Fields
The Filter field provides the list of all the parameters on which a search can be performed. The following sc reenshot is an example of such a list. The options ma y differ between the applications of the Xedio Suite. Most relevant parameters are listed at the top of the list, then, all the other fields are displayed in alphabetical order.
Once a parameter has b een selected, an entire li ne is displayed.
Interface Element Description 1 Selected filter parame ter.
2 Various fields used to enter the filter criteria. Refer to
section ‘Search Fields Types’ on page 21. Used to remove the corr esponding filter line.
Used to add a new filt er line.
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value. This will include, or exclude, media containing the
Search Field s Types
According to the selected filter parameter, different types of search fields will be displayed. They are de tailed in the table below.
Filter Parameter Type
Timecode or Duration Parameter
Such as TC IN, TC OUT, Duration…
Range
Such as Timecode Range
Date
Such as Creation Date
Displayed Criteria Fields
Select a logical operator in the first field and then enter a timecode or duration v alue in the second field.
Select an option from the first field and then enter a timecode specified timecode val ue. Several Date Search fi lters exist. They are des cribed below.
a. Select a condition or a logical operat or in the first field
b. This will condition the next step:
• Search based on a specific date (e.g. with =…): a calendar
will be displayed for the selection of a da te.
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,…): no other field
r the
Filter Parameter Type
Displayed Criteria Fields
• Search based on an interval (e.g. with […] (between)…): two
calendars are displaye d for the selection of t wo dates.
• Search based on a specific date calculated from the current
date (e.g. with tomorrow, last month appears.
Time
Such as Last Rendered Date Time
Several Date Search filt ers exist. They are describ ed below. a. Select a condition or a logical operat or in the first field
b. This will condition the next step:
• Search ba sed on a specific date and time (e.g. with =…): two
additional fields will be displayed, a calendar fo selection of a date and drop-down list for the selection of time.
• Search based on a specific date and time calculated from
the current date and time (e.g. with next hour, last month,…): no other fiel d appears.
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and then enter a
Filter Parameter Type
Number
Such as DB Id
Option List
Such as Video Standard
Displayed Criteria Fields
Select a logical operator in the first field number in the second f ield.
Note <> means ‘differs from ’
Select a condition in the first field
Click the button to display the lis t of options available for the selected filter p arameter.
Boolean
Such as Published
Free Text
Such as Label
Example for the Video Standard:
Select an option from the list. Select Yes or No from the single crit eria field
Select a condition in the first field and then enter text in the second field.
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How to Perform a Search through Filter Fields
To enter search values in the Filter fields, p roceed as follows:
1. Choose the columns you wish t o perform a search on.
2.
Click the Show/Hide Filter button The following Filter a rea is displayed:
3. Select a criteria combination f rom the list:
4. Select a filter parameter from t he filter parameter lis t.
An entire line, corres ponding to the selected fi lter parameter, is dis played:
5. Enter filter criteria as explained in section ‘Search Fields Types’ on page
21. For free text fields, press ENTER to apply the fi lter. Otherwise, the results list is automatically res tricted.
6.
If required, click the button to add a filter parameter.
USING SAVED FILTERS
Once you have defined a filter cri terion, you may want to save it for later use. You will then be able to apply the same filter wit h a single click.
Right-clicking in the Filter 0 tab displays a contextual menu with the following options:
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Allows to change the name and/or description of the
Menu Option Description Create New Filter Allows to create a new filter tab.
Save Filter As Allows to create a new filter tab in which the current
search filter will be save d.
Filter Properties
selected filter tab.
Reset Filter Removes all search crit eria on the selected fi lter tab. Delete Filter Removes the filter tab.
How to Save Fi lters
To save filters, proceed as fol lows:
1. Defi ne the filter or filters combination you wish to save, as explained above.
2. Right-click the Filter 0 tab.
3. Select Save Filter As from the context ual menu.
The Filter Edit Dialog box opens.
4. Enter a label for the tab you are going to create and, if required, enter a
description.
5. Click OK to confirm.
The new filter tab is displayed on the left of the list.
How to Apply a Saved Filter
To apply a saved filt er, simply click the cor responding tab.
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3.3 THE VIRTUAL MEDIA PROPERTIES TAB

3.3.1 OVERVIEW OF THE VIRTUAL MEDIA PROPERTIES TAB

The Virtual Media Properties tab can only be selected when a media is loaded on the Player pane.
The tab display diffe rs according to the ty pe of media loaded. If the media is a complete or currently ingesting file (‘Media’), the tab will display
the properties of the loaded media and provides buttons to create virtual media from this media file:
If the loaded media is a virtual media file the tab will display its properties ready for update:
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The other fields from the General tab display the properties from the
values in

3.3.2 CREATING A VIRTUAL MEDIA

To create a virtual me dia, proceed as follows:
1. Load the required media from the Media tab to the Player pane.
2. Browse in the media until you select the Mark IN point and click the
button or press the key.
The Mark In Timecode field is fi lled and appears in green. The thumbnail IN is displayed.
A default label is automatically assigned into the Label field. This can be accepted or changed at this stage or later if nec essary.
3. Browse in the media until you select the Mark OUT point and click the
button or press the key.
The Mark Out Timecode and the Duration fields are filled and the Mark
Out Timecode field appears in red. The thumbnail OUT i s displayed:
4.
original media. You can accept or modify these values and you can enter a description.
5. Select the Published option if you want the other users to be able to see
the virtual media.
6.
In the Metadata tab, you can click in the cell next to ‘Metadata Profile’ and select a metadata profile; then, you can enter specific metadata the fields.
7. Click the Save button to save the virtual media.
The Virtual Media is i mmediately displayed in the Virtual Media pane.
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Note 1
If the virtual media has been recorded as published, it will be locked and not available for lat er update. You will get the following warning messa ge:
Note 2
There is an administrator setting which prevents creation of virtual media that overlap each other. If this setting is active a di alogue box will open to alert the user that t he virtual media overlap :

3.3.3 AUTO CLIPPING MODES

To go faster when creating the Virtual Media, it is possible to avoid the action of clicking the Save button.
From the XedioBrowse menu of the mai n toolbar, select Auto Clipping Modes and then Auto Save.
Then, a virtual media will be created as soon as you have defined both the Mark IN and the Mark OUT poi nts.
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4. Virtual Media Pane

4.1 INTRODUCTION

As soon as a virtual media has been created it appears in the list of the Virtual Media pane.
To display the list of virtual media associated to a media, select the media in the Media tab of the Tabs pane.
Virtual media items are displayed in columns. Some of the details can be edited from here, others are only for information.
Double-click the label of an unpublished virtual media to enable text entry or update in the cell.
A virtual media can be loaded on the Player pane as explained in section 2.3.5 ‘Loading Media on the Pl ayer Window’ on page 12.

4.2 VIRTUAL M EDIA LIST DISPLAY

The columns displayed can be re-ordered and re-sized using standard computer commands.

4.2.1 DISPLAYED COLUMNS

It is possible to re-arrange the columns order, and to add or remove some columns.
Right-clicking on any of the column headings displays a contextual menu. The Choose Displayed Columns option opens the Select Visible Columns window allowing you to choose the columns you want to be displayed in the element list. Please see the section 4.2.3 ‘Glossary of Column Headings’ on page 30 for detailed information on the column headings avai lable.
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where the media
The column width and order can be adjusted using standard computer commands and drag and drop tech niques.

4.2.2 SHOW THUMBNAILS

The Show Thumbnails option is available from the column headings contextual menu This option adds thumbnails in the Thumbnail IN and Thumbnail OUT columns of the Virtual Media pane, provided that those columns have been made visible.

4.2.3 GLOSSARY OF COLUMN HEADINGS

Column Heading Description Label A media or a virtual media can have a name added to the
label field in the t ab area.
ClassList This is the overall group to which a created clip belongs;
the structure of the classes is set by the administrator when designing a system i nstallation.
Thumb In / Thumb Out
A reference frame can be shown to visually identify the correct material.
Duration The item duration. TC In The IN timecode of the item. TC Out The OUT timecode of the item. Shooting Date A user defined date entry for the date the media was
originally shot.
Published Indicates if the media has been made available to other
users within Xedio Suite.
Treated A media that has already been worked on (browsed) for
virtual media creation.
Creation Date The date and time that the item was created; this refers
to when it was entered into the database.
Description A field for a free text entr y to describe the media. UserName The user who ingested the media to the system. Group The place (defined with groups) from
was ingested.
System Shows the video standard of the clip. FeedID The original identifier of the feed (given by the press
agencies for example).
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. A published
Opens a new Player window to allow the media to be
Play Media in the Additional
Column Heading Description External Ref Additional reference for the media that would already be
used (bar code of a d igitized tape for example).
Priority A rating for the item. Ratio Shows the video ratio of the clip, for instance 16/9 or 4/3.

4.3 VIRTUAL MEDIA LIST CONTEXTUAL MENU

A contextual menu is available when you right-click on a media item in the list, provided that it is not in Published state:
Menu Item Description
Published State
Delete Virtual Media Allows the deletion of the sel ected Virtual Media. Play
Displays a sub-menu which allows to change the publish state of the virtual media to Published media will be displayed in the database lists of all the software and will thus be available for use.
played. Refer to section ‘ Player’ on page 13 for more information.
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5. Menu Bar

Several commands are avail able from the Menu Bar at the top o f the Xedio Browse window.
A logbook can be displ ayed by selecting the View > Logbo ok bar option. This gives informati on about operations perform ed when using the Xedio Br owse
application.
The versions of the insta lled applications are available from the Help > About option.
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