EVS XEDIO Browse User Manual Version 4.2

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.

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 …

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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