Configuring xplay for multi-device playout – Grass Valley Xplay Vertigo Suite v.5.0 User Manual

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Getting started with Xplay

Configuring Xplay for multi-device playout

When you want to use Xplay to control the playout on more than one output device or
control more than one keyer on the same device, we recommend that you set Xplay’s
Layout setting to M

ULTI

-D

EVICE

.

Figure 2-9. Multi-Device layout’s device views and Toolbar Panel

The Multi-Device layout allows you to specify the number of playout devices or keyers to be
controlled and then produces one Device View window in Xplay for each device channel or
keyer. For example, if I intend for Xplay to control and playout on one dual-channel Vertigo
XG with both channels having two keyer levels; I would set the N

UMBER

OF

DEVICES

setting

to 4. Consequently, this produces 4 device view windows in Xplay, which would be assigned
to these device channels/keyers. See

page 4-7

for more information about the Multi-Device

layout.

Once playout devices have been added to Xplay’s Device Manager (

page 2-9

) and the

layout is set to M

ULTI

-D

EVICE

, you can assign a device (channel and/or keyer) to each of the

On Air and Preview Device Views using the Active Device table in the Device Manager.

To configure Xplay to control and playout on multiple devices and/or keyers:
1.

Select T

OOLS

>S

ETTINGS

>G

ENERAL

and set the L

AYOUT

setting to M

ULTI

-D

EVICE

.

2.

On the same page, specify the number of devices and/or keyers to be controlled in the
N

UMBER

OF

DEVICES

setting.

3.

Select T

OOLS

>S

ETTINGS

>L

AYOUT

and set the M

ULTI

-D

EVICE

L

AYOUT

setting to

P

REVIEW

, O

N

A

IR

or P

REVIEW

O

N

A

IR

.

4.

Click OK and then restart Xplay.
When Xplay reopens it displays multiple Device View windows along the right-side in
the format specified by the M

ULTI

-D

EVICE

L

AYOUT

setting.

Toolbar Panel

Device Views

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