Grass Valley FeedClip User Manual v.4.5

Copyright

Copyright © 2003 Grass Valley Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States
of America.

This document may not be copied in whole or in part, or otherwise reproduced
except as specifically permitted under U.S. copyright law, without the prior written
consent of Grass Valley Inc., P.O. Box 59900, Nevada City, California 95959-7900

Trademarks

Disclaimer

U.S. Government
Restricted Rights
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Revision Status

Grass Valley, FeedClip, NewsEdit, NewsQ, NewsShare, and Profile are either
registered trademarks or trademarks of Grass Valley in the United States and/or
other countries. Other trademarks used in this document are either registered
trademarks or trademarks of the manufacturers or vendors of the associated
products. Grass Valley products are covered by U.S. and foreign patents, issued
and pending. Additional information regarding Grass Valley’s trademarks and
other proprietary rights may be found at www.thomsongrassvalley.com.

Product options and specifications subject to change without notice. The
information in this manual is furnished for informational use only, is subject to
change without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by Grass
Valley. Grass Valley assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or
inaccuracies that may appear in this publication.

Use, duplication, or disclosure by the United States Government is subject to
restrictions as set forth in subparagraph (c)(1)(ii) of the Rights in Technical Data
and Computer Software clause at DFARS 252.277-7013 or in subparagraph c(1)
and (2) of the Commercial Computer Software Restricted Rights clause at FAR

52.227-19, as applicable. Manufacturer is Grass Valley Inc., P.O. Box 59900,
Nevada City, California 95959-7900 U.S.A.

Rev Date Description

April 2002 Release for Software Version 4.0

April 2003 Preliminary Release for Software Version 4.5

July 2003 Release 071-8142-03 for Software Version 4.5

Contents

Preface

Grass Valley Product Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Safety Summaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Safety Terms and Symbols. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Service Safety Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Certifications and Compliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Environmental Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Chapter 1 Introducing FeedClip

What is FeedClip? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Quick Overview of Creating Clips with FeedClip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Tour of the FeedClip Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

The Viewer Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

The Record Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

The Playback Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

The Scheduler Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Working in Shared or Local Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Navigating in FeedClip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Using the Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Using the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Using the Shortcut Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Tour of the FeedClip Keyboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

The Record Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Mark Point Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Transport Control Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Other FeedClip Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Chapter 2 Scheduling Feeds For Recording

Tour of the Scheduler Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Toolbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Understanding the Scheduler List Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Enabling the Scheduler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Adding New Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Modifying Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Editing Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Disabling Scheduled Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Scheduling Recurring Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Adding a New Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Editing an Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Removing an Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Using the Context-Sensitive Scheduler Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

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Chapter 3 Recording Feeds and Creating Clips

Tour of the Record Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Recording a Feed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Adjusting Audio Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Adjusting the Volume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Muting Audio Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Creating a Playlist While Recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Using the Auto-Mark Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Rearranging Your Playlist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Reordering Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Deleting Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Grouping Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Using the Context-Sensitive Record Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Chapter 4 Playing Feeds and Clips

Tour of the Playback Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Opening a Feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Closing a Feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Playing Feeds and Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Playing a Feed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Playing Clips in the Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Changing the Playing Speed While Viewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Creating a Playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Using the Auto-Mark Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Rearranging Your Playlist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Reordering Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Deleting Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Grouping Clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Adjusting Audio Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Adjusting the Volume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Muting Audio Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Using the Context-Sensitive Playback Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

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Chapter 5 Trimming Clips

Tour of the Trimmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

How to Trim a Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Navigating Through Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Playing Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Moving to Specified Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Changing Mark In and Out Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

More Ways to Use the Trimmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Using Handles to Add Frames to Your Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Locking the Duration of a Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Playing Past Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Using Control Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Looping Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Resetting the Mark Points on the Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Chapter 6 Sending Clips

Grouping Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Sending Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Understanding Clip Status Colors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Appendix A The FeedClip Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81

Contents

Appendix B Configuring FeedClip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Appendix C Tips for Using FeedClip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Index

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Grass Valley Product Support

To get technical assistance, check on the status of problems, or report new
problems, contact Grass Valley Product Support via e-mail, the Web, or by
phone or fax.

Web Technical Support

To access support information on the Web, visit the product support Web page
on the Grass Valley Web site. You can download software or find solutions to
problems by searching our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) database.

Grass Valley Product Support

World Wide Web:
Technical Support E-mail Address:

http://www.thomsongrassvalley.com/support/

[e-mail]

Phone Support

Use the following information to contact product support by phone during
business hours. After-hours phone support is available for warranty and
contract customers.

USA and Americas (includes Latin America and Canada)

Telephone [phone] (Toll Free)

[phone] (Direct Dial Toll Call)

Fax [phone]

Europe and UK

UK Regional
Service
Location

France Tel [phone]

Tel [phone]

Fax [phone]

Fax [phone]

Italy Tel [phone]

Germany Tel [phone]

Fax [phone]

Fax [phone]

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Asia Pacific

Australia Tel [phone]

Fax [phone]

China Tel [phone]

Fax [phone]

Hong Kong Tel [phone]

Fax [phone]

Authorized Support Representative

A local authorized support representative may be available in your country. To
locate the support representative for your country, visit the product support
Web page on the Grass Valley Web site.

Profile Users Group

You can connect with other Profile XP Media Platform users to ask questions
or share advice, tips, and hints.

Send email to profi[e-mail] to join the community
and benefit from the experience of others.

India Tel [phone]

Fax [phone]

Japan Tel [phone]

Fax [phone]

South East
Asia

Tel [phone]

Fax [phone]

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Safety Summaries

General Safety Summary

Review the following safety precautions to avoid injury and prevent damage to
this product or any products connected to it.

Only qualified personnel should perform service procedures.

While using this product, you may need to access other parts of the system.
Read the
cautions related to operating the system.

Review all system operator manuals, including manuals in electronic format on
the system hard drive.

Injury Precautions

General Safety Summary

Safety Summaries

in other system manuals for warnings and

Use Proper Power

Cord

Ground the Product

Do Not Operate

Without Covers

Do Not Operate in

Wet/Damp

Conditions

Do Not Operate in

an Explosive

Atmosphere

Avoid Exposed

Circuitry

To avoid fire hazard, use only the power cord specified for
this product.

This product is grounded through the grounding conductor of
the power cord. To avoid electric shock, the grounding
conductor must be connected to earth ground. Before making
connections to the input or output terminals of the product,
ensure that the product is properly grounded.

To avoid electric shock or fire hazard, do not operate this
product with covers or panels removed.

To avoid electric shock, do not operate this product in wet or
damp conditions.

To avoid injury or fire hazard, do not operate this product in
an explosive atmosphere.

To avoid injury, remove jewelry such as rings, watches, and
other metallic objects. Do not touch exposed connections and
components when power is present.

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Product Damage Precautions

Use Proper Power

Source

Provide Proper

Ventilation

Do Not Operate With

Suspected Failures

Battery

Replacement

Do not operate this product from a power source that applies
more than the voltage specified.

To prevent product overheating, provide proper ventilation.

If you suspect there is damage to this product, have it
inspected by qualified service personnel.

To avoid damage, replace only with the same or equivalent
type recommended by the circuit board manufacturer.
Dispose of used battery according to the circuit board
manufacturer’s instructions.

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Safety Terms and Symbols

Terms in This

Manual

!

These terms may appear in this and other product manuals:

WARNING

: Warning statements identify conditions or

practices that can result in personal injury or loss of life.

Safety Terms and Symbols

Terms on the

Product

Symbols on the

Product

!

practices that can result in damage to the equipment or other

CAUTION

: Caution statements identify conditions or

property.

These terms may appear on the product:

DANGER

indicates a personal injury hazard immediately

accessible as one reads the marking.

WARNING

indicates a personal injury hazard not

immediately accessible as you read the marking.

CAUTION

indicates a hazard to property including the

product.

The following symbols may appear on the product:

DANGER high voltage

Protective ground (earth) terminal

!

ATTENTION – refer to manual

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Service Safety Summary

Do Not Service

Alone

Do not perform internal service or adjustment of this product
unless another person capable of rendering first aid and
resuscitation is present.

No Power Switch

Use Care When

Servicing With

Power On

To avoid electric shock, disconnect the main power by means
of the power cord. The power cord is the main power
disconnect. Ensure that the power cord is easily accessible at
the rear of the product or at the power receptacle.

Dangerous voltages or currents may exist in this product.
Disconnect power and remove battery (if applicable) before
removing protective panels, soldering, or replacing
components.

To avoid electric shock, do not touch exposed connections.

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Certifications and Compliances

Canadian Certified

Power Cords

Canadian approval includes the products and power cords
appropriate for use in the North America power network. All
other power cords supplied are approved for the country of
use.

Certifications and Compliances

FCC Emission

Control

Canadian EMC

Notice of

Compliance

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the
limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the
FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable
protection against harmful interference when the equipment
is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment
generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and,
if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction
manual, may cause harmful interference to radio
communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential
area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the
user will be required to correct the interference at his own
expense. Changes or modifications not expressly approved
by Grass Valley can affect emission compliance and could
void the user’s authority to operate this equipment.

This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for
radio noise emissions from digital apparatus set out in the
Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department
of Communications.

Le présent appareil numérique n’émet pas de bruits
radioélectriques dépassant les limites applicables aux
appareils numériques de la classe A préscrites dans le
Règlement sur le brouillage radioélectrique édicté par le
ministère des Communications du Canada.

Canadian Certified

AC Adapter

EN55022 Class A

Warning

Canadian approval includes the AC adapters appropriate for
use in the North America power network. All other AC
adapters supplied are approved for the country of use.

For products that comply with Class A. In a domestic
environment this product may cause radio interference in
which case the user may be required to take adequate
measures.

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Laser Compliance

Laser Safety

Requirements

The device used in this product is a Class 1 certified laser
product. Operating this product outside specifications or
altering its original design may result in hazardous radiation
exposure, and may be considered an act of modifying or new
manufacturing of a laser product under U.S. regulations
contained in 21CFR Chapter 1, subchapter J or CENELEC
regulations in HD 482 S1. People performing such an act are
required by law to recertify and reidentify this product in
accordance with provisions of 21CFR subchapter J for
distribution within the U.S.A., and in accordance with
CENELEC HD 482 S1 for distribution within countries using
the IEC 825 standard.

Laser Safety

FCC Emission

Limits

Laser safety in the United States is regulated by the Center for
Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH). The laser safety
regulations are published in the “Laser Product Performance
Standard,” Code of Federal Regulation (CFR), Title 21,
Subchapter J.

The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)
Standard 825, “Radiation of Laser Products, Equipment
Classification, Requirements and User’s Guide,” governs
laser products outside the United States. Europe and member
nations of the European Free Trade Association fall under the
jurisdiction of the Comité Européen de Normalization
Electrotechnique (CENELEC).

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This
device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this
device must accept any interference received, including
interference that may cause undesirable operation.

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Certification

Category Standard

Certifications and Compliances

Safety

Designed/tested for compliance with:

ANSI/UL60950-2000

IEC 60950

CAN/CSA C22.2, No. 60950-00

EN60950:2000

- Safety of Information Technology Equipment (3rd edition, 1999)

- Safety of Information Technology Equipment

- Safety of Information Technology Equipment

- Safety of Information Technology Equipment (3rd edition)

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Environmental Criteria

The following table lists the environmental criteria for the FeedClip system.

Characteristics Description

Operating Temperature

Storage Temperature

Operating Altitude

Storage Altitude

Mechanical Shock

Random Vibration

Transportation

Equipment Type Supplemental Data: Information Technology

Equipment Class Supplemental Data: Class 1

Installation Category Requirement: Category II Local level mains, appliances,

Pollution Degree Requirement: Level 2 operating environment, indoor use

Relative Humidity Requirement: Operating 80% from +30° to +40°C

Requirement:

Requirement:

Requirement:

Supplemental Data:

Requirement:

Supplemental Data:

Requirement:

Requirement:

Requirement:

10° to 40°C

-40° to 65°C

To 10,000 feet

To 40,000 feet

Non-Operational: Class 5 Grass Valley

Grass Valley 001131500

IEC 60950 compliant to 2000 meters

Class 5 (30G) Grass Valley 001131500

Operational: Class 6 Grass Valley
001131500

001131500

portable equipment, etc.

only.

Non-Operating 90% from +30° to +60°C
Do not operate with visible moisture on the
circuit boards

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Chapter

1

Introducing FeedClip

FeedClip is a digital, interactive feed capture system for news applications that
enables broadcasters to quickly turn around live events faster than is possible in
a tape environment. With FeedClip, you can record video while simultaneously
creating, organizing, and playing back clips—you can save clips and use them
in a broadcast or export them to a NewsEdit workstation for further editing.

This manual shows you how to use FeedClip effectively and efficiently to
record news feeds and create clips for use in a broadcast news show.

This chapter discusses:

• What FeedClip is

• The feed capture process using FeedClip

• The FeedClip window

• Working in Local or Shared mode

• How to navigate around FeedClip

• How to use the FeedClip keyboard

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Chapter 1 Introducing FeedClip

What is FeedClip?

FeedClip is a feed capture system that allows you to record video and audio to
a disk and create and organize clips. You can mark clips on the fly while
recording a live broadcast or from a previously recorded file, then use clips for
broadcast or export selected clips to NewsEdit for further editing.

With FeedClip, you can undertake multiple tasks such as recording, clip
marking, scrubbing, and editing all at the same time—bringing greater
efficiency to your news and broadcasting operation.

FeedClip also lets you schedule events to record in the future.

Examples of use for FeedClip include:

• The President calls a news conference prior to your evening news broadcast.
You start FeedClip and begin recording the news conference in its entirety.
While the broadcast is recording, you review the incoming video and mark
clips in the recording. You then edit and organize these clips for broadcast
during your nightly news program.

• There is a live breaking news event in the middle of your evening broadcast.
You start FeedClip and begin marking clips. You then edit those clips and
play them back on the air without any transfer between machines.

• You need to create a highlight package of a sports event for your late sports
segment. You play the recording and mark clips of the highlights you want
to include in the broadcast, then organize a highlight package. When you
play back the clips, you can play them normally or in slow motion.

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Quick Overview of Creating Clips with FeedClip

Quick Overview of Creating Clips with FeedClip

You create clips with FeedClip following these general steps:

1. Record news feeds to disk.

You can record manually or schedule feeds to record at specific times on
specific dates.

2. Create clips from the news feed.

You can create clips while a feed is recording or later during playback.

3. Trim the clips, if necessary.

4. Send the clips to a NewsEdit workstation for additional editing or to a
network server to play to air.

This manual takes you through the process of recording feeds and creating clips
with FeedClip.

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Chapter 1 Introducing FeedClip

Tour of the FeedClip Window

The FeedClip window consists of a viewer window and three tabs — the
Record tab, the Playback tab, and the Scheduler tab.

Record

Tab

Playback

Tab

Scheduler

Tab

Viewer
Window

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Tour of the FeedClip Window

If you are using two channels with FeedClip, you have two Record tabs and two
Playback tabs — one for each channel, and one Scheduler for both channels.
You also have a viewer window for each channel.

Record
Tab for

Channel 1

Playback

Tab for

Channel 1

Tab for

Channel 2

PlaybackRecord

Channel 2

Scheduler

TabTab for

Viewer
Windows

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The Viewer Window

The viewer window lets you monitor the video while you are recording,
scrubbing, or playing back. You can view the video at full size, half size, or
quarter size.

View

1/4

Size

View

1/2

Size

View

Full

Size

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The Record Tab

The Record tab lets you record feeds immediately and create clips on the fly. If
you’ve scheduled a feed, it displays in the Record tab when it records. You can
also adjust the audio input levels.

The Record Tab

See Chapter 3, “Recording Feeds and Creating Clips,” for details on recording
feeds.

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The Playback Tab

The Playback tab lets you open a recorded feed and create clips. You can also
trim a clip, if necessary, and adjust the audio output levels.

See Chapter 4, “Playing Feeds and Clips,” for details on using recorded feeds.

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The Scheduler Tab

The Scheduler lets you set up feeds to record automatically at pre-defined times
and dates. You can also schedule recurring events, allowing you to record the
same feed every day of the week or once a week — you define the dates and
times.

The Scheduler Tab

See Chapter 2, “Scheduling Feeds For Recording,” for details on using the
scheduler to automatically record feeds.

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Working in Shared or Local Mode

You can use FeedClip either in shared or local mode:

• Shared mode uses a shared media database. All Digital News Production
workstations access the same bins; the bins are locked so two editors can’t
make changes to the same file at the same time.

• Local mode uses your computer’s local disk storage and a local media
database. Each FeedClip workstation has its own Bin on the FeedClip
machine, and cannot share the Bin. In order to use someone else’s files, you
need to import them.

You can change modes from the General Options menu; see “Setting General
Options” on page 88 for instructions.

FeedClip indicates your current mode at the top of the window.

FeedClip in Shared Mode

You record and play back media in FeedClip the same way regardless of what
mode you are working in. The main difference is that your Bin is shared, and
all editors using a Digital News Production workstation have access to the same
media files you do.

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Navigating in FeedClip

You work in FeedClip with the mouse, the keyboard, or a combination of both.
This manual includes instructions for both mouse and keyboard commands,
allowing you to use the method you prefer. You may generally find keyboard
operation easier.

Using the Mouse

To execute a mouse command, move the mouse pointer to a given menu or
button, then click the left mouse button. This manual uses the term click when
you press the mouse button once; double-click when you press the mouse
button twice in quick succession; press when you press and hold the mouse
button.

Using the Keyboard

The keyboard is customized with color-coded keys that allow you to see
commands at a glance. Keyboard commands are either a single keystroke or a
key combination. You execute key combinations such as
and holding the first key in the combination, and then pressing the second key.
A complete list of the keyboard keys and functions is in Appendix A.

Navigating in FeedClip

Ctrl+TAB by pressing

Using the Shortcut Menus

FeedClip also makes use of right-click shortcut menus, which provide a quick
way to access relevant commands without having to move the mouse pointer to
the toolbar or menu bar. To access these menus, press the right mouse button
once and a menu appears. The commands that appear depend on the position of
the mouse pointer when you right-click. For example, when you right-click in
the playlist on the Record tab, the shortcut menu provides quick access to
recording commands.

If you are comfortable using a mouse, shortcut menus provide a valuable means
of accessing commands quickly.

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Tour of the FeedClip Keyboard

FeedClip’s keyboard uses color-coded keys that correspond to FeedClip
functions. The keyboard you use with FeedClip is the same keyboard you use
with other Digital News Production products, including NewsEdit. Some of the
keys are used exclusively for NewsEdit and are not used with FeedClip. Keys
listed here apply to FeedClip functions. For a complete key reference, see
Appendix A.

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Transport Control Buttons

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You use the light purple buttons for playing clips; you use the avocado green
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Other FeedClip Buttons

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You use this green button to send clips to other workstations or video servers.

The black buttons round out the FeedClip application.

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