Document Outline

• Copyright
• Disclaimer
• Improvement Requests
• Status on Chapters Updates For IPDirector V 5.6
• Part 1: General Workspace
• Part 2: Logging
• Part 3: Browsing
• Part 4: Ingest
• Part 5: Playout – Control Panel
• Part 6: Playout - Playlist
• Part 7: Editing
• 1. Introduction
  • A complete suite of production tools to manage networked XT series servers
    • Channel Explorer
    • IPLogger
    • Database Explorer
    • Ingest Scheduler
    • Recorder Panel
    • VTR Control Panel
    • Player Control Panel
    • Playlist Panel
    • IPEdit
  • 1.1 PRODUCTION APPLICATIONS
    • 1.1.1 Channel Explorer
    • 1.1.2 IP Logger
    • 1.1.3 Database Explorer
      • Clips & Playlists
      • Timelines
      • Files
      • Bins & Logs
    • 1.1.4 Recorder Panel
    • 1.1.5 Ingest Scheduler
    • 1.1.6 VTR Control Panel
    • 1.1.7 Player Control Panel
    • 1.1.8 Playlist Panel
    • 1.1.9 IPEdit
  • 1.2 MANAGEMENT AND SYSTEM APPLICATIONS
    • 1.2.1 Keyword Management
    • 1.2.2 Keyboard Shortcut Definition
    • 1.2.3 Logging Association Definition
    • 1.2.4 Transfer Monitoring
    • 1.2.5 EVS System Tools
• 2. IPDirectorMain Window
  • 2.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 2.2 USER INTERFACE
    • 2.2.1 Overview of the Main IPDirector Window
      • Menu Bar (1)
      • Application Toolbar (2)
      • Layout Panel (3)
      • Channel Status Panel (4)
      • Status Bar (5)
      • Workspace (6)
  • 2.3 MENU BAR
    • 2.3.1 File Menu
    • 2.3.2 View Menu
    • 2.3.3 Windows Menu
    • 2.3.4 Layout Menu
    • 2.3.5 Metadata Menu
    • 2.3.6 Tools Menu
      • Settings
      • Logging Manager
        • Refresh all associations between logs and clips
        • Refresh the keywords associated to the clip for a log sheet
        • Refresh the association between logs and clips for a log sheet
        • Delete a logging profile
      • Remote Control Manager
      • Recreate All Thumbnails
      • Define Shortcuts
      • Transfer Monitoring
      • Change Password
    • 2.3.7 Help Menu
    • 2.3.8 Freeze Workspace
    • 2.3.9 Lock Keyboard
  • 2.4 APPLICATION TOOLBAR
  • 2.5 LAYOUT PANEL
  • 2.6 CHANNEL STATUS PANEL
    • Opening and Closing the Channel Status Panels
    • 2.6.1 Recorder Status Panel
      • Displayed Status Information
      • Contextual Menus
    • 2.6.2 Player Status Panel
      • Displayed Status Information
      • Contextual Menus
  • 2.7 STATUS BAR
    • 2.7.1 Default Item Icons
      • Default Player Channel Icon
      • Default Bin Icon
      • Default Playlist Icon
    • 2.7.2 Loaded Layout Icon
    • 2.7.3 Minimised Icon
    • 2.7.4 Message Panel
      • Accessing and Closing the Message Panel
      • Information Available in the Message Bar
      • Message Colour
      • Message Filter
      • Acknowledge button
    • 2.7.5 Process Status Icons
    • 2.7.6 Licence Icon
    • 2.7.7 Shortcuts Icon
  • 2.8 METADATA PROFILE MANAGEMENT
    • 2.8.1 Metadata, Profiles, User Fields and Automatic Keywords
      • Metadata Profile
      • Log Sheet Profile
    • 2.8.2 Overview of the Metadata Profiles Management Window
      • Profiles Tab
      • Logsheet Profiles Tab
    • 2.8.3 Creating Profiles
      • How to Create a New Profile
      • New Profile Window
        • Window Overview
        • Possible Types of User Fields
          • Predefined Text values (64 characters)
      • How to Define Values for a User Field with Predefined Values
      • How to Create a Log Sheet Profile
    • 2.8.4 Editing Profile and User Fields
      • How to Edit a User Field
      • How to Remove a Selected User Field from a Profile
    • 2.8.5 Deleting User Field or Profile
      • How to Delete an Available User Field
      • How to Delete a Profile
      • How to Delete a Log Sheet Profile
    • 2.8.6 How to Copy a Profile
    • 2.8.7 Importing and Exporting Profiles
      • How to Import a Profile or a Log Sheet Profile
      • How to Export a Profile or a Log Sheet Profile
  • 2.9 LAYOUTS
    • 2.9.1 Overview
    • 2.9.2 Layout Menu
      • How to Create a New Layout
      • How to Open an Existing Layout from the Layout Menu
      • How to Save a Layout
      • How to Save a Layout with a New Name
      • How to Delete an Existing Layout
      • How to Publish a Layout
      • How to View or Change Layout Properties
      • How to Import a Layout
      • How to Export a Layout
    • 2.9.3 Layout Panel
      • Introduction
      • How to Create a Layout Toolbar
      • How to Add a Layout to a Layout Toolbar
      • Layout Toolbar Commands
        • Layout Toolbar contextual menu:
        • Layout Button contextual menu:
      • How to Open an Existing Layout from the layout Panel
  • 2.10 SETTINGS
    • 2.10.1 General Settings
      • Display XT Structure
      • Display File Directory Structure
      • Date Format Recognised in text searches
      • Select a Way to Copy/Move Elements
      • Action Taken when the Channel is Set to IDLE
      • Key Default Output
      • Language
    • 2.10.2 Auto-Name Settings
      • Auto-Name Settings for Clips
        • Clip Name – Format String
        • Clip Name Prefix – Format String
        • Clip Name Counter Value
      • Auto-Name Settings for Files
        • Clip File Name – Format String
        • Stream File Name – Format String
        • Playlist File Name – Format String
        • Image File Name – Format String
    • 2.10.3 Clips Settings
      • General Settings for Clips
        • Open Save Clip Window
        • Guardbands
        • Default Clip Duration
        • Create Clips on All Synchronised Recorders
        • Automatic Clip Creation based on Logs
        • Default Clip ID Display Mode
      • Clip Takes Settings
        • Default Effect Type
        • Default Effect Duration
    • 2.10.4 GPI Settings
      • Introduction
      • XT Server Selection
      • Use of TTL GPIs
      • Input GPIs Settings
        • Example
        • Action
        • Channel
        • Trigger Mode
        • Delay
      • Output GPIs Settings
        • Advance
    • 2.10.5 Image Capture Settings
      • Default Path for Captured Images
      • Capture Images on all Ganged Recorders or Linked Clips
• 3. Channel Explorer
  • 3.1 INTRODUCTION
    • 3.1.1 Background Color of Window Outline
  • 3.2 CHANNEL EXPLORER VIEWS
    • 3.2.1 Tree View
      • Status Icons
    • 3.2.2 Recorder View
    • 3.2.3 Player View
    • 3.2.4 XFile View
    • 3.2.5 VTR View
  • 3.3 OPERATING PROCEDURES
    • 3.3.1 How to Assign a Player Channel to a Control Panel
    • 3.3.2 How to Define the Default Player For IPDirector
    • 3.3.3 How to Start / Stop an XT Ingest
      • In Tree View
      • In Recorder View
    • 3.3.4 How to Start, Stop or Kill a Stream
    • 3.3.5 How to Lock a Channel
    • 3.3.6 How to Unlock a Channel
    • 3.3.7 How to Unlock Timeline Channels
    • 3.3.8 How to Gang Recorder or Player Channels
    • 3.3.9 How to Ungang Ganged Channels
    • 3.3.10 How to Associate Channels in PGM/PRV Mode
    • 3.3.11 How to Associate Channels in Fill & Key Mode
    • 3.3.12 How to Launch a new Ingest From Within Channel Explorer
    • 3.3.13 Assigning Your ShuttlePRO to a Channel
  • 3.4 CHANNEL EXPLORER SHORTCUTS
• 4. System Management
  • 4.1 SHORTCUT DEFINITION
    • 4.1.1 Introduction
    • 4.1.2 How to Change a Shortcut Setting
    • 4.1.3 General Shortcuts
    • 4.1.4 Channel Management Shortcuts
  • 4.2 VIDEO DISPLAY
    • 4.2.1 Introduction
    • 4.2.2 Displaying Video on the Video display Window
    • 4.2.3 Assigning a Channel to a Video Display
    • 4.2.4 Selecting the A/V Board in the Video Display
    • 4.2.5 Association Between player channel in Video Display and Database Explorer
    • 4.2.6 Association Between player channel in Video Display and Control Panel
    • 4.2.7 Selecting the A/V Board Settings
  • 4.3 REMOTE P CONFIGURATION
    • 4.3.1 Introduction
    • 4.3.2 Remote P Configuration
      • Opening the Control Manager Window
      • How to Assign Player Channels
      • How to Customize Transport Buttons
        • Available Transport Functions
      • How to Use the Remote P
  • 4.4 SHUTTLEPRO CONFIGURATION
    • 4.4.1 Introduction
    • 4.4.2 Button Configuration
    • 4.4.3 Quick Reference in Clip Mode
    • 4.4.4 Quick Reference in Play-List Mode