OPERATION MANUAL Version 14.00 - June 2015 OPERATION MANUAL Multicam LSM 14.00 Disclaimer This manual and the information contained herein are the sole property of EVS Broadcast Equipment SA and/or its affiliates (EVS) and are provided “as is” without any expressed or implied warranties, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In particular, EVS makes no warranty regarding the use or the consequences of use of this manual and the information contained herein. Furthermore, EVS may not be held liable for any direct or indirect, incidental, punitive or consequential loss, damage, cost or expense of any kind whatsoever and howsoever resulting from the normal or abnormal use of this manual and the information contained herein, even if advised of the possibility of such loss, damage, cost or expense. 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Remote Panel Operations 11 2.3.1. Main Menu 11 2.3.2. Function of the Small Keys 13 2.3.3. Function of the Operational Block 1 Keys 13 2.3.4. Function of the Operational Block 2 Keys 16 2.3.5. Rebooting the System from the Remote Panel 19 3. CONTROL MODES 21 3.1. Live, Search or Playback Mode 21 3.2. 1PGM+PRV Mode 22 3.2.1. 1PGM+PRV Mode 22 3.2.2. 1PGM+PRV Primary Menu Controls 23 3.2.3. 1PGM+PRV Secondary Menu Controls 24 3.2.4. Full Control and Lever Control 27 3.3. Multi PGM Mode 27 3.3.1. Multi PGM Overview 27 3.3.2. Multi PGM Primary Menu Controls 28 3.3.3. Multi PGM Secondary Menu Controls 30 3.3.4. Playlist Conditional Mode 31 3.4. Synchronization Mode (Switch To In) 33 3.5. Preference Mode (PREF) 33 3.6. Controlled and Primary Channels 34 3.7. Secondary Controller 34 Table of Contents III EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 14.00.A - June 2015 4. CLIP MANAGEMENT 36 4.1. Introduction 36 4.1.1. Clip Structure 36 4.1.2. Clip Numbering Hierarchy 37 4.1.3. Clip Availability on Disks 39 4.2. Clip Functions on the Remote Panel 39 4.2.1. Remote Panel Interface 39 4.2.2. Remote Panel Functions 40 4.3. Clip Functions on the VGA 43 4.3.1. Clip Screen Overview 43 4.3.2. Title Bar 44 4.3.3. Function Bar and Keys 45 4.3.4. Clip Information Area 47 4.3.5. Clip Management Area 50 4.3.6. Page, Bank and PGM Selection Area 51 4.3.7. VGA Interface - VDR Panel 53 4.3.8. VGA Functions - VDR Panel 55 4.4. Managing Clips 57 4.4.1. Clip Creation in Multi-Essence 57 4.4.2. Creating Clips 59 4.4.3. Deleting Clips 62 4.4.4. Playing Back Clips 64 4.5. Editing Clips 68 4.5.1. Naming a Clip 68 4.5.2. Changing the Primary Camera of a Clip 69 4.5.3. Editing the Ranking of a Clip 69 4.5.4. Shortening a Clip 69 4.5.5. Restriping a Clip 70 4.6. Transfering Clips 72 4.6.1. Clip Transfers in Multi-Essence 72 4.6.2. Copying and Moving Clips 73 4.6.3. Canceling a Network Copy 76 4.6.4. Pushing Clips 77 4.7. Searching for Clips 79 4.7.1. Searching for Clips by Timecode 79 4.7.2. Searching for Clips via Search Options 81 4.8. Managing Cue Points 89 5. PLAYLIST MANAGEMENT 92 5.1. Introduction 92 5.2. Selecting Playlists or Timelines 93 5.3. Playlist Functions on the Remote Panel 94 5.3.1. Edit and Playout Modes 94 5.3.2. Functions in Playlist Edit Mode 95 IV Table of Contents OPERATION MANUAL Multicam LSM 14.00 5.3.3. Functions in Playlist Playout Mode 97 5.4. Playlist Functions on the VGA 98 5.4.1. VGA Playlist Screen 98 5.4.2. VGA Playlist Bank Screen 99 5.4.3. Editing Functions in VGA Playlist Screen 100 5.5. Playlist Management in Multi-Essence 101 5.6. Operations on Playlists 102 5.6.1. Setting and Loading Playlists 102 5.6.2. Rolling a Playlist 103 5.6.3. Deleting Playlists 104 5.6.4. Copying Playlists 105 5.6.5. Naming a Playlist or Playlist Element 109 5.6.6. Consolidating a Playlist 110 5.6.7. Generating a Continuous TC in a Playlist 111 5.7. Operations on Clips in Playlists 112 5.7.1. Adding Clips in a Playlist 112 5.7.2. Deleting and Moving Playlist Elements 116 5.7.3. Browsing Within a Playlist 117 5.7.4. Changing the Camera Angle of a Playlist Element 118 5.7.5. Adding Cuts in Playlist Elements 118 5.7.6. Trimming Clips into a Playlist 119 5.7.7. Sorting the Playlist Elements by TC IN 120 5.8. Transition and Audio Operations 121 5.8.1. Overview on Transition Effects 121 5.8.2. Adding Transition Effects in a Playlist 125 5.8.3. Swapping Audio Tracks 126 5.8.4. Using the Split Audio Mode 130 5.8.5. Extending a Transition in Split Audio 133 5.8.6. V Base Editing in Split Audio 136 5.8.7. A Base Editing in Split Audio 138 5.8.8. Using the Replace Function 141 5.8.9. Adding an Auxiliary Audio Clip 145 6. KEYWORD MANAGEMENT 146 6.1. Overview 146 6.2. Managing Keyword Files 148 6.3. Assigning Keywords 151 6.4. Clearing Keywords 154 7. TIMELINE MANAGEMENT 155 7.1. Introduction 155 7.2. Timeline Mode 156 7.2.1. Overview of the Timeline Mode 156 7.2.2. Functions in Timeline Mode 157 Table of Contents V EVS Broadcast Equipment SA Issue 14.00.A - June 2015 7.2.3. Display in Timeline Mode 159 7.3. Managing Timelines 161 7.3.1. Creating Timelines 161 7.3.2. Copying Timelines 163 7.4. Editing Timelines 164 7.4.1. Overview of Editing Features 164 7.4.2. Adding Clips to a Timeline 166 7.4.3. Adding Cuts in Timeline Elements 166 7.4.4. Inserting Material into a Timeline 167 7.4.5. Deleting Part of a Timeline 172 7.4.6. Extending a Timeline Element 173 7.4.7. Changing the Speed of a Timeline Element 176 7.4.8. Adding Transition Effects in a Timeline 178 7.5. Playing Out Timelines 180 8. OPERATION ON XNET NETWORK 182 8.1. Overview 182 8.2. Selecting a Network Server 182 8.3. Recalling and Playing Back a Remote Clip 185 8.4. Naming a Remote Clip 186 8.5. Modifying IN and OUT Points of a Remote Clip 186 8.6. Inserting Remote Clips into a Playlist 187 8.7. Rolling a Playlist with Remote Clips 187 8.8. Creating Local Clips with Remote Record Trains 188 8.9. Disconnecting from XNet 189 9. ADVANCED CONTROL MODES 190 9.1. Paint Mode 190 9.1.1. Introduction 190 9.1.2. Monitor Display 191 9.1.3. Function Description 192 9.2. Target Mode 195 9.2.1. Introduction 195 9.2.2. Monitor Display 196 9.2.3. Tracking Object Creation 198 9.2.4. Highlighting Video Material 198 9.2.5. Managing Keyframes 199 9.2.6. Managing the Zoom Option 200 9.3. Offside Line Mode 201 9.3.1. Introduction 201 9.3.2. Accessing the Offside Line Mode 202 9.3.3. Commands Description 203 9.3.4.