Document Outline

• Xplay User Manual
• 1 Introducing Xplay
• 2 Getting started with Xplay
  • Installation and licensing information
  • Starting Xplay and connecting to the Xmedia Server
  • Overview of the Xplay interface
  • Configuring Xplay’s settings
  • Adding and connecting Xplay to playout devices
    • Adding output devices to Xplay’s Device Manager
    • Configuring Xplay for single or multi-device playout control
    • Connecting output devices to Xplay
• 3 Creating and editing playlists in Xplay
  • Setting the Playlist Editor’s Playlist View
  • Creating a new playlist
  • Loading an existing playlist
    • Playlist element verification
  • Navigating and selecting elements within the playlist
  • Adding playlist elements to a playlist
    • Using the Asset Browser to add pages, templates and clips to a playlist
    • Using Quick Recall to add templates, clips and pages to a playlist
    • Using Search XMS to find and add pages, template or clips to a playlist
    • Inserting or appending a playlist to a loaded playlist
    • Adding shared segment assets to a playlist
  • Grouping elements into playlist segments
    • Adding and populating playlist segments
    • Repositioning playlist segments and their elements
    • Deleting playlist segments from a playlist
  • Adding comment rows to the playlist
  • Repositioning playlist elements within the playlist
    • Repositioning primary playlist elements (clips, pages or comments)
    • Adding secondary elements to a clip in the playlist
  • Configuring and editing the playlist columns
    • Configuring the Playlist Editor’s column layout
    • Editing a playlist element’s properties
  • Deleting playlist elements
  • Reloading the playlist
  • Saving the playlist
• 4 Operator controlled preview and playout techniques
  • Preview and playout on a single device
    • Preparing to preview and playout on a single device
    • Previewing and taking playlist elements to air on a single device
  • Preview and playout on multiple devices, channels or layers
    • Preparing to preview and playout using the Multi-Device layout
    • Previewing and taking playlist elements to air on multiple devices
  • Additional operator controlled tasks
    • Editing playlist elements that are displayed in a Device View
    • Using a panel to control an additional keyer level on a device
    • Reloading and refreshing playlist elements
    • Marking / Unmarking playlist elements as Aired
• 5 Controlling Xplay devices using automation protocols
  • Specifying Automation settings in Xplay
  • Configuring Xplay to use the Evertz protocol over Serial
  • Configuring Xplay to use the Oxtel protocol over Serial
  • Configuring Xplay to use Xprotocol over TCP/IP
  • Configuring Xplay to use the Oxtel serial protocol over TCP/IP
  • Device forwarding of automation commands
• 6 Appendix A - Quick reference to Xplay’s menus and settings
  • Xplay’s menu commands
    • File menu
    • View menu
    • Actions menu
    • Tools menu
    • Help menu
  • Xplay’s settings
    • General settings
    • Layout settings
    • Playout settings
    • AFD settings
    • Display settings
    • Template Favorites settings
    • Panel Events settings
    • Automation settings
    • As Run Logging settings
    • Logging settings
    • Plugins settings
    • Servers settings
    • Playlist > Basic settings
    • Playlist > Status settings
    • Playlist > Highlight settings
• 7 Appendix B - Creating and editing pages in Xplay
  • Embedded versus Shared pages
  • Creating and adding embedded pages to a playlist
    • Creating and adding a single embedded page
    • Creating and adding multiple embedded pages
    • Using Template Favorites to create and add embedded pages
  • Creating and adding shared page assets to a playlist
    • Creating and adding new shared pages
    • Using the Asset Browser to add shared pages to a playlist
  • Editing pages in Xplay
    • Editing a page within a playlist using the Edit Page command
    • Editing a page when it is cued on a device
• 8 Appendix C - Using Xplay to support the Emergency Alert System (EAS)
  • Configuring Xplay’s EAS settings
    • Communication Settings
    • Target Device Settings
    • Protocol Settings
    • Device Forwarding
  • EAS status bar in the Xplay interface
• 9 Appendix D - Configuring GPI inputs
  • Configuring and controlling the GPI Server
  • Specifying the Video Bypass settings for the GPI inputs
  • Starting, stopping, and refreshing the GPI Server
  • Opening the GPI Configuration window in Xplay
  • Adding states for each GPI input
  • Adding a rule to a GPI input state
  • GPI input actions
  • Enabling and disabling GPI in Xplay