EVS IPDirector Version 6.0 - November 2012 Part 6 User's Manual - Manual (Page 34)

1.3.2. Off-Line and On-Line Playlists
A playlist is off-line when it has been created by IPDirector but no data has been sent to
the XNet server network and it cannot be seen in that network, it can only be seen on
IPDirector workstations. An off-line playlist only exists in the IPDirector database and has
no LSM ID. It can be modified and can only be viewed through the Software Player, not on
the EVS server output.
A playlist is on-line when it has become present on an EVS server. An on-line playlist will
have a LSM ID associated to it, as the address of where the playlist resides on the server.
On-Line Playlists and Alternative Control Protocols
Once on-line, a playlist can be accessed using any other protocol that can control an EVS
server. In an environment in which some EVS servers are controlled using IPDirector
only, Multicam software only, or having control of channels shared (either exclusively or in
parallel) between protocols; the user rights structure of IPDirector is not applicable to
channels when they are not under the exclusive control of IPDirector. Any playlist with on-
line status could therefore be on-air with any system controlling the channels of an EVS
server. In this case, care must be taken when manipulating an on-line playlist.
Playlist Management in Case of a Disconnection to the EVS Server
In case an EVS server is disconnected from the XNet, all playlists which were on-line on
that EVS server and which were present in a bin become off-line playlists. They are still
kept in the IPDirector database.
When the EVS server is reconnected later, no link is re-created between the playlist
present on the EVS server and the playlist present in the bins. In this case the playlist has
to be given its on-line status manually again.
1.3.3. Assigning a Player Channel or the Software
Player
Introduction
There are several methods to assign a player channel to the Playlist Panel.
• Assign a channel by drag-and drop-operation from the Channel Explorer to the Playlist
Panel.
• Assign a channel from the Player field in the Control Panel.
The ShuttlePRO device can take the control of a player channel or Software Player
assigned to a Control Panel.
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