Grass Valley iTX System v.2.6 - Manual (Page 152)

Configuring channels
and television standard (PAL or NTSC) of a video clip. A television uses the stream to determine
how it displays the video.
This option does not apply to HD channels.
3D Channel
Select 3D Channel for a channel that is to deliver stereoscopic-3D content.
Manual Events
If you want all new primary events to be created as manual events as an operator adds them to
a schedule, select Manual Events.
Route on Failure
For a system that has main and back-up Output Server machines, selecting Route on Failure
allows iTX to operate the router to connect the back-up Output Server to the transmission
system if the main Output Server fails.
Important: You should disable this option in a system that uses a standby Output Server to
provide backup cover for a group of Output Servers. (This is sometimes called an n+1
redundancy configuration.)
You should also disable this option in a system that uses a dummy router.
Offset Channel panel
You use this panel to configure a transmission channel as a secondary channel.
A secondary channel is a mirror of its parent channel. Its purpose is to play out the same
schedule as the parent channel, but at a different time – usually later, but it could be earlier. All
schedule editing is done in the parent channel; it is automatically repeated in the secondary
channel.
In the Parent Channel box, you select the parent channel for the secondary channel. Clicking C
clears the selection.
You can set the secondary channel to have an offset from the parent channel; for example, to
delay the start time of the schedule in the secondary channel by an hour. To do so, you specify
the required offset in the Offset time box.
• To delay playout in the secondary channel, specify a positive offset by clicking the
button to the right of the Offset time box; ensure the button displays a plus sign.
• To start playout in the secondary channel early, specify a negative offset by clicking
the button to the right of the Offset time box; ensure the button displays a minus sign.
Search-domains panel
Through the search-domains panel, you may set up a channel to use its own search domains list
instead of the central list that you configure in the Media Watcher. More details , page 103.
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