EVS IPDirector Version 6.0 - November 2012 Part 6 User's Manual - Manual (Page 12)

Note
As the term "clip" refers to a logical entity which includes A/V material, we will
use this term in the user manual if the elements included in a clip (XT clip, file,
growing clip or protect media) are irrelevant in the context. Should we want to
refer to a specific type of clip element, we would then mention this explicitly.
Virtual and Physical Playlist Elements
From IPDirector 5.8, playlists can be created with elements whose corresponding clips
are not yet available on the EVS video server where the playlist will be played out. For this
reason, we will distinguish the following statuses for playlist elements:
Element
Status
Description
Physical
playlist
element Playlist element which is available on an EVS video server of the XNet
network.
Virtual
playlist
element Playlist elements which are not yet present on an EVS video server of the
XNet network. These elements still need to be restored to the EVS server.
1.1.3. Off-Line and On-Line Playlists
The playlists made up using the Playlist Panel can be created in an off-line state.
A playlist is offline when it has been created by IPDirector, but has not yet been sent to
the XNet server network. Such a playlist is only defined in the IPDirector database, and
can only be seen in IPDirector.
A playlist becomes on-line once it is loaded on an EVS server channel, and thus is present
on an EVS server.
1.1.4. Playlists on the Playlist Panel Versus Clip-
Lists on the Control Panel
With the Playlist Panel, playlist advanced functions can be used, which means that
playlists with different transition effects between elements can be created in contrast to
simple clip-lists from the Control Panel. A variety of playout effects can be defined such
as audio and/or video transition effects, different playout speed, skipping an element,
looping playlist elements. Different stop or start options can be programmed for the
different elements of a playlist. Tags can be defined on playlist elements at specific
timecode to carry out specific audio or video actions during playout.
2 1. Playlist Panel
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