Grass Valley M-Series iVDR User Manual v.2.0.10 - Manual (Page 158)

158 M-Series User Manual 20 April 2005
Chapter 7 Playing and Editing
Before using Player
The Player control application allows you to play media stored on the iVDR.,
including clips and programs. Player requires a single play channel. Player has two
views— Play View and Cue View. The Control view allows you to play clips, trim
clips by modifying clip mark-in and mark-out points, and create subclips. The Cue
view is used to add cue points within a clip. After adding cue points, you can use the
cue list to start playback from any cue point in the list.
Working with clips that are still recording
The following restrictions apply when working with a clip in the Player that is
currently recording:
• You cannot rename the clip.
• The clip mark-in/mark-out points cannot be modified.
• Subclips created from a clip currently being recorded can only have a Mark Out
equal to the last frame that has been recorded when the subclip is created. You
cannot create a clip longer than has been recorded under the assumption that the
unrecorded frames will “fill it in”.
Otherwise, clips that are currently being recorded behave normally. As a reminder,
“Read-Only” is displayed in the StatusBar when the clip loaded or playing is still
being recorded.
Monitoring the play channel
The Monitor pane displays status information for the loaded clip. The information that
is displayed can be customized using the Configuration application. Channel
information that can be displayed for a channel include: the loaded clip name,
transport status (e.g. Play or Stop), play speed, current timecode, and audio levels.
(
See “Configuring the Monitor pane display” on page 124 .)
During playback, you can monitor the audio for the active channel. If the iVDR has
the optional front panel installed, you can use the audio jack and volume control to
monitor the audio. Alternatively, there are two rear panel analog audio outputs for
monitoring the active channel. In iVDRs equipped with digital audio I/O (4ch/video),
you can choose which of the two stereo pair to monitor. (
See “Selecting the audio
monitor source” on page 177 .)
Playing a playlist saved as a program
Playlists cannot be loaded and played in Player. They must be played using Playlist
application. However, you can save a playlist as a program and then play it using
Player. A program includes all the media and transitions in the playlist, but does not
include any event that breaks the flow of playout, such as, a pause. When a program
is loaded in Player, it is handled in the same way as a simple clip as far as Player is
concerned. For more information on creating programs refer to
“Saving a list as a
program” on page 218 .