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The Edit Playlist Window Set
Chapter 5 Playout Sequence
Toolbar for the Playlist tab
The toolbar contains the following buttons when the
“Playlist” tab is selected.
Playlist tab
Lists the existing playlists.
There is a “Resolution” column on the list, so that you can
see which playlist has been created for which player
groups.
Edit Playlist window
The “Edit Playlist” window is used to create and edit
playlists, by adding materials, in the order of playout, into
the columns corresponding to the display layers of players.
When editing an existing playlist, the content of the
playlist selected in the “Content Management” window is
displayed in this window.
The “Edit Playlist” window consists of the following three
parts:
a Toolbar
Provides the following buttons that correspond to the
functions related to playlist editing.
b Playlist information
Shows the index number, title, and the current total
playout duration of the displayed playlist.
The resolution of the target players of the playlist is
displayed on the title bar of the “Edit Playlist”
window.
c Playlist
A “playlist” is a list of materials arranged as events in
layer columns such as “Background,” and “Video,” in
the order of playout. In each cell in which a piece of
material is specified as an event, its title is displayed.
When you move the mouse pointer over a title, a
popup window showing the index, type, title, and
duration of the event appears.
The “Start Time” column shows the start time of each
event. Events on the same line will start playing
simultaneously.
To create a playlist, drag the desired pieces of material
from the “Content Management” window and then
drop them onto the list.
To modify the start time or delete an event, right-click
the desired event and then select the desired command
from the popup menu.
Button Description
Displays content of the selected playlist in the
“Edit Playlist” window to edit it.
Deletes the selected playlist.
Opens a window for modifying the title and/or type
of the selected playlist.
Copies the selected playlist to the Windows
Clipboard.
Pastes a playlist stored on the Windows
Clipboard as a new playlist.
By using the copy and paste functions, you can
create a new playlist based on an existing playlist.
Opens the “Select VSP-NS7 for Preview” window
for selecting a player as a preview device.
Starts previewing of the selected playlist.
Stops previewing.
3 Playlist
2 Playlist information
1 Toolbar
Button Description
Clears the displayed playlist and starts
creating a new playlist.
Saves the displayed playlist.
Saves the displayed playlist as a new one,
with a new index number.
The “Save Playlist” window appears when this
button is clicked.
Opens the “Resolution Setting” window to
select the resolution of the target players.
Opens the “Change Default Duration” window
in which you can specify default duration for
material that doesn’t have a specific duration,
such as graphics. When such a piece of
material is added to a playlist, the specified
duration will be assigned temporarily.
Opens the “Select VSP-NS7 for Preview”
window for selecting a player as a preview
device.
Starts previewing of the displayed playlist.
Stops previewing.
