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LSM-VIA

Version 1.4 | January 2022

USER MANUAL

Summary of Contents for LSM-VIA

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Page 5: ...g the Controlled Channel 21 3 3 Multi Operator Mode 24 4 Commands on the Remote Panel 27 4 1 Commands in the Main Menu 27 4 2 Commands on Left Operational Block 29 4 3 Commands on Right Operational Block 31 4 4 Commands on Bottom Operational Block 34 4 5 Commands from the Assignable Shortcut Keys 37 5 Working with Record Trains 43 5 1 Overview 43 5 2 The Live Screen on the Remote Panel Touchscreen...

Page 6: ...ole 72 6 3 Managing Clips 74 6 3 1 Navigating in Pages and Banks 75 6 3 2 Creating Clips 78 6 3 3 Selecting Clips 80 6 3 4 Deleting Clips 83 6 3 5 Searching for Clips 85 6 3 6 Copying and Moving Clips 100 6 3 7 Managing Mark Points on Clips 105 6 4 Editing Clips 108 6 4 1 Adding Metadata to a Clip 108 6 4 2 Naming a Clip 113 6 4 3 Editing the Clip Duration 114 6 4 4 Restriping a Clip 115 6 4 5 Cha...

Page 7: ...58 7 3 5 Selecting Playlist Elements 159 7 3 6 Copying Playlists 160 7 3 7 Deleting Playlists 163 7 3 8 Making Remote Clips Local in a Playlist 165 7 3 9 Exporting Playlists 166 7 3 10 Flattening a Playlist 168 7 4 Editing Playlists 169 7 4 1 Moving Playlist Elements 170 7 4 2 Sorting Playlist Elements by TC IN 172 7 4 3 Adding a Playlist into Another Playlist 173 7 4 4 Changing the Camera Angle o...

Page 8: ... Recalling Media by LSM ID from the LSM VIA Viewer 234 8 2 Accessing Network Record Trains 236 8 2 1 The Trains Screen 236 8 2 2 Setting Filters to Record Trains 239 8 2 3 Loading a Record Train from the Trains Screen 242 8 2 4 Loading Back the Local Record Train Back to Local 244 8 3 Using the Shotbox for Quick Actions 245 8 3 1 About Shotbox 245 8 3 2 The Shotbox Screen 246 8 3 3 Adding Media to...

Page 9: ...g functions have been added 2nd lever Fast Jog Back to Local Character Loop PGM Speed Trains giving access to the Trains screen A Shortcut key with a function assigned but without a color is now lit in white on the console A Shortcut key button is not lit available in modes where the function does not apply See section Commands from the Assignable Shortcut Keys on page 37 2nd lever range function ...

Page 10: ...Edit by Network parameter to be set to Yes on the network server edit move The following operations can be done on a network server even if that parameter has not been set to Yes on that server creating clips copying clips pushing clips flagging clips for archive exporting clips See section Managing Clips on page 74 See section Editing Clips on page 108 See section Transferring and Archiving Clips...

Page 11: ... Editing Playlist Element Speed on page 182 Playlist Edit Mode console key A key console is available to leave the Playlist Playout mode and enter the Edit mode See section Playlist Mode Commands on the Remote Panel Console on page 145 See section Playlist Modes on page 132 Recue function A shortcut is available to recue the playlist See section The Playlist Pane on the Viewer on page 139 See sect...

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Page 13: ...e network as well as to a visual representation of the active playlist Compared to the legacy LSM Remote the LSM VIA solution provides the following features among others faster access to content direct access by entering the LSM ID access to all the record trains on the whole XNet network faster metadata tagging new or improved ways of organizing content The Shotbox tool allows users to map media...

Page 14: ...The operator relies on the Multiviewer of the XT VIA server to view the requested IN and or OUT channels 2 January 2022 Issue 1 4 G ...

Page 15: ...d the LSM VIA Remote Panel 1 Double click the LSM VIA icon on the desktop of the LSM VIA workstation 2 Switch on the Remote Panel using the power switch at the back of the Remote Panel above the power supply 3 On the Remote Panel touchscreen in the IP Address field enter the IP address of the LSM VIA workstation When you enter three digits for an octet the focus shifts directly to the next octet O...

Page 16: ...nnections How to Close LSM VIA This closes LSM VIA on the LSM VIA workstation and on the LSM VIA Remote Panel 1 Switch off the Remote Panel using the power switch at the back of the Remote Panel above the power supply 2 Close the LSM VIA application using one of the following keyboard shortcut sequences from the LSM VIA Viewer How to Quit LSM VIA on the Remote Panel This closes the LSM VIA applica...

Page 17: ...if the LSM VIA Viewer is still open on the workstation If you switch off the Remote Panel the Viewer will still be able to communicate with the EVS server You can switch on the Remote Panel and connect again at any time If you close the LSM VIA Viewer the LSM VIA application on the Remote Panel will request you to quit the application USER MANUAL LSM VIA 1 Introduction 5 ...

Page 18: ...M VIA Remote Panel console features the areas highlighted on the screenshot below This section does not detail all key functions since they vary depending on the activated mode The specific key functions will be detailed further in this manual 6 January 2022 Issue 1 4 G ...

Page 19: ...34 7 Lever 8 Jog Dial Assignable Shortcut Keys 1 These keys allow you to apply predefined functions mapped to the buttons See section Commands from the Assignable Shortcut Keys on page 37 General Keys 2 Key Name Used among others to MENU access the Main menu SHIFT MENU cancel an action SHIFT access the key command specified in the upper part of the key display of the operational blocks for example...

Page 20: ...low you to access the various pages banks and positions in the banks as well as to save and load clips stored on these positions or to change the active playlist Some of them can also be used from the Main menu 8 January 2022 Issue 1 4 G ...

Page 21: ...the given key For example The functions displayed vary depending on the activated mode If nothing is shown on the key display no function is currently assigned to this key See the following sections for more details Commands on Left Operational Block on page 29 Commands on Right Operational Block on page 31 Commands on Bottom Operational Block on page 34 See also the following sections for the fun...

Page 22: ...SLSM 2x 33 in SLSM 3x Secondary lever range Another speed range can be defined with the Second Lever Range parameter set from the configuration tool This allows you to play the loaded material in this speed range for example from 400 to 400 To access this secondary speed range press SHIFT 2nd Lever on the Remote Panel console VarMax mode When the VarMax mode is activated the speed range is limited...

Page 23: ...nd the information displayed depends on the mode in which the Remote Panel is Live Mode Clip Mode Playlist Mode These modes relate to the media loaded on the smallest controlled PGM train clip playlist The screens displayed are described in the chapters dealing with each media type See sections The Live Screen on the Remote Panel Touchscreen on page 43 The Clip Screen on the Remote Panel Touchscre...

Page 24: ...hich server the displayed clips are stored on default features the local server when a remote server has been selected The server netnumber and netname are provided and the purple background highlights the remote state c Records Field This field specifies to which server the displayed record trains correspond Currently it is always Local as the displayed record trains are always those of the local...

Page 25: ...ort services and allows you to extract logs See section Extracting Logs on page 260 for more information on this subject Playlist Summary 2 Live mode and Clip mode It is displayed as follows The Playlist Summary features the following information about the active playlist from left to right Playlist LSM ID Playlist name if defined Playlist elements LSM IDs Auxiliary audio clip LSM ID if an AUX cli...

Page 26: ...gives access to operational parameters specific functions and macro See section The Clip Screen on the Remote Panel Touchscreen on page 62 Playlist screen displays the playlist elements of the active playlist See section The Playlist Screen on the Remote Panel Touchscreen on page 135 2 3 LSM VIA Viewer Overview At startup the LSM VIA Viewer screen shows the Clip grid 3 It features the areas highli...

Page 27: ...lp Button The Help button gives access to a menu with the following options About displays a window with the LSM VIA version number support phone numbers Extract Logs extracts the logs to a dedicated folder See section Extracting Logs on page 260 User Manual opens the LSM VIA user manual in the web browser Settings Button The Settings button gives access to the LSM VIA configuration window in the ...

Page 28: ...age bank navigation on the Remote Panel is automatically applied to the Viewer and vice versa See section How to Synchronize the Navigation on page 75 The Clip Grid the Playlist Grid or the Search Window 3 This area displays the Clip grid or the Playlist grid depending on the selected bank It can also display the Search window for the purpose of searching for media The area width can be reduced if...

Page 29: ...age 137 for more information The Search Window The Search window lists all the clip angles from the entire XNet network It provides searching and filtering tools to restrict the list of elements and more easily find the one s you need See section The Search Window on the LSM VIA Viewer on page 70 for more information USER MANUAL LSM VIA 2 Touring the User Interface 17 ...

Page 30: ...aylist See section The Playlist Pane on the Viewer on page 139 for more information How to Select the Focused Pane To move the focus from the Clip grid Playlist grid Search window to the Playlist pane or vice versa press A blue line appears at the top of the pane which has the focus 18 January 2022 Issue 1 4 G ...

Page 31: ...st elements The outputs can be controlled together but also individually The Multi PGM mode is more basic but gives the operator independent control of all outputs These outputs can be controlled together such as jogging back to a certain action on all outputs or individually PGM 1 2 or 3 When you open LSM VIA and connect the Remote Panel the default channel control mode is applied This default mo...

Page 32: ...ntrol mode from the Live screen or the Clip screen See sections The Live Screen on the Remote Panel Touchscreen on page 43 and The Clip Screen on the Remote Panel Touchscreen on page 62 When the new channel control mode is selected the record trains are loaded on the play channels depending on the defined mode and only the relevant commands are available on the Remote Panel See section Selecting t...

Page 33: ...ilities in each channel control mode Channel Control in PGM PRV Mode Channel Control in PGM Only Mode Channel Control in PRV Only Mode Channel Control in All PGM Mode Channel Control in Single PGM Mode Channel Control in PGM PRV Mode How to Control PGM and PRV When you enter the PGM PRV control mode both PGM and PRV channels are controlled by default When you are in PGM only control press the PGM ...

Page 34: ...ound active and the corresponding PGM and PRV keys are steady red active Channel Control in PGM Only Mode How to Control PGM Only Mode To control only the PGM press the PGM key on the right operational block Display on Remote Panel with PGM Control The OSD displays FULL CTRL on the PGM monitor and NO CTRL on the PRV monitor On the right operational block PGM is displayed on a yellow background and...

Page 35: ...L on the PRV monitor On the right operational block PRV is displayed on a yellow background and the corresponding PRV key blinks red Channel Control in All PGM Mode How to Control All PGMs When you enter the Multi PGM control mode all PGM channels are controlled by default When you are in one PGM control press the All key on the left operational block to regain the control of all PGMs USER MANUAL ...

Page 36: ...nel with Single PGM Control The OSD displays FULL CTRL on the controlled PGM on the monitor and NO CTRL on uncontrolled PGMs On the left operational block the controlled PGM is displayed on a yellow background and the corresponding PGM key is blinking red 3 3 Multi Operator Mode Description This feature allows up to 4 operators to work independently on the same server from their respective LSM VIA...

Page 37: ...operators work with the same server Operator 1 will configure his her workstation as follows Total Number of LSM VIA Connected to the Server 2 Operator Position Operator 1 When 4 operators work with the same server Operator 3 will configure his her workstation as follows Total Number of LSM VIA Connected to the Server 4 Operator Position Operator 3 Operator 4 will configure his her workstation as ...

Page 38: ...for Operator 2 PGM5 is for Operator 3 and PGM6 is for Operator 4 3 operators in a 6IN 6OUT configuration PGM1 and PGM2 are for Operator 1 PGM3 and PGM4 are for Operator 2 PGM5 and PGM6 are for Operator 3 The remote buttons will automatically be mapped appropriately 26 January 2022 Issue 1 4 G ...

Page 39: ...ote Panel menu from which you can perform the following actions Changing the current channel control mode Adding a log point in the logs Restarting the LSM VIA application How to Access the Main Menu To access the main menu from the Remote Panel console press USER MANUAL LSM VIA 4 Commands on the Remote Panel 27 ...

Page 40: ...w to Quit LSM VIA on the Remote Panel on page 4 PGM PRV Sets the channel control mode to PGM PRV See section Selecting the Channel Control Mode on page 19 Multi PGM Sets the channel control mode to Multi PGM See section Selecting the Channel Control Mode on page 19 Log Point Sets a log point in the logs to ease further log analysis in case an issue has to be investigated See section How to Define ...

Page 41: ...ect the PGM you want to control The number of PGMs depends on the running configuration All In Multi PGM mode the All key allows you to re enable and control all PGMs In Multi PGM when controlling a single PGM the CAM keys A B C etc can be made available on the left operational block to reassign a camera to a given PGM See section Changing the Camera Assignment to a PGM on page 46 Sync to The Sync...

Page 42: ...of the lever other than 0 is the one specified by the PGM Speed VarMax value set from the configuration tool which is up to 400 VarMax The Var Max function activates the Var Max mode When the loaded media is being played out the speed range covered by the lever corresponds to 0 the PGM Speed VarMax value set from the configuration tool which is up to 400 Rst Cam The Rst Cam function available with...

Page 43: ...for slow motion pictures with an SLSM 2x camera 33 for slow motion pictures with an SLSM 3x camera etc Recall The Recall function allows you to quickly find back a local or remote clip or playlist by typing directly its LSM ID without having to go back to its page and bank See section Recalling Clips or Playlists by LSM ID from the Remote Panel on page 232 It also allows you to connect to a remote...

Page 44: ...and Browsing and Playing Clips on page 123 Mark The Mark function allows you to add a mark point at a given timecode to all the trains or to the controlled clip angles See sections Managing Mark Points on Trains on page 57 and Managing Mark Points on Clips on page 105 Fast Jog The Fast Jog function allows you to browse the loaded media record train clip or playlist at a speed from 2x to 20x faster...

Page 45: ...eady recorded by the system with a delay of 3 frames compared to the live source on all audio and video tracks The E E key lights red when all the recorder channels of the local server are recording If one of the recorder channel is not recording the key is not lit Trains The Trains function gives access to the whole list of record trains from the online servers of the XNet would the server be loc...

Page 46: ...t function is not active if the current playlist is empty If the current playlist is not empty pressing Playlist loads the active playlist as follows Pressing Playlist once loads the active playlist in Playlist Edit mode on the element where the playlist has last been left Pressing Playlist twice loads the active playlist in Playlist Playout mode on the active element Pressing Playlist three times...

Page 47: ...The key will light differently depending on the situation Key color Meaning Red key The key lights red if the on air image is at this IN point Green key The key lights green when a train is loaded if an IN point exists but is not the image you see when a clip is loaded if the current TC IN point White key When a train is loaded and no IN point has been marked When a clip is loaded and the current ...

Page 48: ...ps on page 123 When you are in a playlist this function allows you go back to the OUT point of the current playlist element See section Browsing a Playlist on page 222 Take The Take function allows you to swap the camera or clip angles between play channels In PGM PRV mode pressing this key swaps the loaded content between the PGM and PRV monitors and vice versa In Multi PGM mode when a single PGM...

Page 49: ...ned to predefined functions and then quickly give access to these functions On the touchscreen the buttons are located at the bottom of the Live screen and Clip screen On the console the Shortcut buttons are located at the top A primary and a secondary function can be mapped to each button key The primary function displayed in the lower part of the touchscreen button is available when you tap the ...

Page 50: ... Push Push to Favorites Export list of available VIA Xsquare targets Dyvi macros Up to 6 Dyvi macros can be mapped to Remote buttons So the operator will be able to trigger the Dyvi macros from the Remote Panel console or touchscreen See the Prerequisites section hereafter Others functions Extract Logs Log Point Prerequisites for the Use of Dyvi Macros The Dyvi macros can be mapped to Shortcut but...

Page 51: ...een is displayed on the touchscreen 2 Select the Shortcut button to map the function to To map a primary function i Tap the desired button To map a secondary function i Tap or press The button is highlighted ii Tap the desired button A blue line is then displayed above the currently selected shortcut button 3 Select the function category on the left of the screen USER MANUAL LSM VIA 4 Commands on ...

Page 52: ... color assigned to the secondary function 7 Close the window and apply the selection in one of the following ways Tap on the touchscreen Press the blinking red key on the console The functions are mapped to the Shortcut buttons in the Live screen and Clip screen and have the selected color s The functions are also mapped to the Shortcut keys on the Remote Panel console These keys are permanently h...

Page 53: ...eared Tap the Shortcut button or and then the button 2 Tap None from the Generic category The function and the color are cleared How to Clear Both Primary and Secondary Shortcuts of a Single Button To clear the function s and color s assigned to a single Shortcut button 1 Tap the button 2 Tap Clear Shortcuts or press The Clear Shortcuts message is displayed The Button option is selected by default...

Page 54: ...olor s assigned to all the Shortcut buttons 1 Tap Clear Shortcuts or press The Clear Shortcuts message is displayed 2 Tap All 3 Tap Yes clear All the shortcuts to primary and secondary functions with their assigned colors are cleared 42 January 2022 Issue 1 4 G ...

Page 55: ...e access to record trains from the online remote servers of the network is done from a specific interface the Trains screen and is described in a dedicated chapter See section Accessing Network Record Trains on page 236 5 2 The Live Screen on the Remote Panel Touchscreen The Live screen appears on the touchscreen at startup and when a train is loaded on the smallest controlled PGM It features the ...

Page 56: ... at a speed from 2x to 20x faster than normal The speed is defined in the LSM VIA configuration tool with the Fast Jog parameter Post Roll This function activates the post roll mode A P appears on the OSD of the monitoring outputs When the Post Roll function is activated the playout will continue for the Post Roll duration defined in the configuration tool with the Post Roll Duration setting after...

Page 57: ... provides buttons giving quick access to specific functions From the current version only the following buttons are available Shotbox The Shotbox function allows users to have a quick access to frequently used media local or remote clips or playlists See section Using the Shotbox for Quick Actions on page 245 Recall The Recall function allows you to quickly find back a local or remote clip or play...

Page 58: ... screen you can also perform a search on a particular timecode See section Searching for Clips or Trains by Timecode on page 85 Last Search TC The Last Search TC function allows you to execute the last Search TC operation you have done and to go back to the result that was loaded when the Browse mode was previously active Assignable Shortcut Buttons 5 This area provides buttons which can be mapped...

Page 59: ...PGM In PGM PRV change the camera assigned to the PGM as follows For CAM A to D press the camera key to assign to the PGM For CAMs above D if the server has been configured in 5 IN press E otherwise first press E then the requested CAM key USER MANUAL LSM VIA 5 Working with Record Trains 47 ...

Page 60: ...to the PRV In PGM PRV change the camera assigned to the PRV as follows 1 Press PRV on the right operational block to get the PRV control 2 Select the camera to be assigned to PRV on the left operational block 48 January 2022 Issue 1 4 G ...

Page 61: ...erational block select the PGM to which you want to assign another camera 2 Press The left operational block now displays the CAMs 3 On the left operational block select the camera to be assigned to the PGM 4 Press USER MANUAL LSM VIA 5 Working with Record Trains 49 ...

Page 62: ...led play channels as follows 1 Take control on the channel s for which you want to reset the camera assignment In PGM PRV select one or both channels on the right operational block In Multi PGM select one or all channels on the left operational block 2 Reset the camera assignment of the selected channel s 50 January 2022 Issue 1 4 G ...

Page 63: ...nd the controlled channels Mode Controlled PGM Action performed on PGM PRV PGM and PRV PGM PRV PGM PRV PGM PGM PGM PRV PRV PRV in general PGM for Play Lever Multi PGM All PGMs All PGMs Multi PGM Single PGM Single PGM Default Settings Values Freeze on Marks This parameter specifies whether Multicam will freeze or not when it reaches a mark point set on the clip and or the record train that is being...

Page 64: ... speed up to 20x See section Fast Jog on page 32 come back to live without preserving IN OUT points E E come back to live preserving any IN OUT point defined Return play a record train at its standard speed before the live point Play play a record train before the live point at a speed between 1 and 100 depending on the lever position When the lever position does not change the playout speed remai...

Page 65: ...d Options The lever allows you to play the loaded media or to modify the playout speed The lever can work according to different modes standard mode second lever range mode PGM Speed mode VarMax mode See section LSM VIA Remote Panel Console on page 6 The Second Lever Range mode the PGM Speed mode and the VarMax mode are all mutually exclusive USER MANUAL LSM VIA 5 Working with Record Trains 53 ...

Page 66: ...he following ways press the function keys on the Remote Panel use the numeric pad on the touchscreen The Goto TC action is automatically launched as soon as you have entered the 8 digits of a timecode To clear the field or To navigate within the TC value 3 Validate your action by pressing or tapping The media is loaded at the selected TC You can leave the Goto TC screen at any time in one of the f...

Page 67: ... PRV with those of the PGM using the Sync PRV function Select Sync PRV whether you are in pause or play How to Synchronize a PGM with another PGM in Multi PGM Mode In Multi PGM mode when you control a single PGM it will get desynchronized with the other PGMs You can resynchronize the timecode and speed of the controlled PGM with another PGM using the Sync to function 1 Select Sync To 2 Press the P...

Page 68: ...efined if any Color Codes of IN and OUT buttons The following color codes is used for the IN and OUT buttons on the Remote Panel The IN button is white when no IN point has been defined The IN button is red when an IN point has been defined and the current timecode corresponds to the defined IN point The IN button is green when an IN point has been defined and the current timecode does not corresp...

Page 69: ...ion tool Freeze on Marks This parameter specifies whether Multicam will freeze or not when it reaches a mark point set on the clip and or the record train that is being played back By default the playout does not freeze on the mark points when clips or record trains are being played This can be changed from the LSM VIA configuration tool Mark Point Display When at least one mark point has been set...

Page 70: ... the Mark action With the current version in Playback mode mark points are only set on local trains A message is displayed on the top right of the touchscreen and the LSM VIA Viewer screen If different types of media are loaded on controlled PGMs Clips trains the mark points are only set on the type of media loaded on the smallest controlled PGM Browsing Through Mark Points How to Go to the Previo...

Page 71: ...oint to the next one or the previous one with the jog The Browse function can be disabled when other actions are performed on the Remote for example press Browse again press E E or Return press Play use the lever Deleting Mark Points How to Delete a Single Mark Point 1 Load a train on the smallest controlled PGM 2 Browse to the mark point you want to delete or The Mark key button lights up in red ...

Page 72: ...the Mark Points 1 Load a train on the smallest controlled PGM 2 Make sure you are not on a mark point The Mark key button must be lit up in green 3 Delete the mark points A message appears on the touchscreen 4 Confirm the action or All the mark points are deleted on all the trains 60 January 2022 Issue 1 4 G ...

Page 73: ... server operates in 6 channel mode this makes it possible to store 900 clips with up to 6 camera angles per clip which results in 5 400 clips on an EVS video server When the EVS server operates in 12 channel mode this makes it possible to store 900 clips with up to 12 camera angles per clip which results in 10 800 clips on an EVS video server Clip Numbering Clips are stored with a 4 digit code tha...

Page 74: ...t controlled PGM the Clip screen appears on the Remote Panel touchscreen It gives a quick access to some clip functions and to general operation parameters See section The Clip Screen on the Remote Panel Touchscreen on page 62 The functions available in Clip mode from the Remote Panel console then appear on the key display of the operational blocks See section Clip Mode Commands on the Remote Pane...

Page 75: ...aylist at a speed from 2x to 20x faster than normal The speed is defined in the LSM VIA configuration tool with the Fast Jog parameter Post Roll This function activates the post roll mode A P appears on the OSD of the monitoring outputs When the Post Roll function is activated the playout will continue for the Post Roll duration defined in the configuration tool with the Post Roll Duration setting...

Page 76: ...PGM See sections Managing Mark Points on Trains on page 57 and Managing Mark Points on Clips on page 105 Specific Functions Buttons 4 This area provides buttons giving quick access to specific functions From the current version only the following buttons are available Add to Shotbox This button is used to enter the Shotbox Edit mode The Add to Shotbox function allows users to quickly map the clip ...

Page 77: ...kly give access to up to 6 primary functions without the SHIFT button and to up to 6 secondary functions with the SHIFT button See section Commands from the Assignable Shortcut Keys on page 37 6 2 3 The Clip Grid on LSM VIA Viewer Overview of the Clip Grid on LSM VIA Viewer The Clip Grid on the LSM VIA Viewer is displayed when a clip bank is selected It contains the areas highlighted on the screen...

Page 78: ...en it is selected additional handles are displayed on each side of the clip angle Clip loaded on PRV When it is selected additional handles are displayed on each side of the clip angle When a clip angle is selected colored handles are added on each side of the clip position whether the clip is loaded or not The selection is blue for local clips and purple for remote clips If the clip is not loaded...

Page 79: ...y select the playlist bank The page number relates to the clips displayed in the Clip grid See section How to Navigate in Pages and Banks from the LSM VIA Viewer on page 76 Shortcuts Available from the LSM VIA Viewer Clip Grid This list gives a complete overview of all the possible shortcuts on the LSM VIA Viewer Clip grid To Press click See Section Navigation Shortcuts Toggle between Clip CAM mod...

Page 80: ...ndow on page 88 Navigate to another server on the network F9 Connecting to a Network Server on page 229 Open Close the Playlist pane F10 The Playlist Pane on the Viewer on page 139 Toggle focus between Clip grid Playlist Pane CTRL TAB LSM VIA Viewer on page 14 Clip Management Shortcuts Clear the Name field Esc Name the selected clip F1 Naming a Clip on page 113 Change Primary CAM Preference F4 Cha...

Page 81: ...ecode ALT T Restriping a Clip on page 115 Clip Loading Browsing Playing Shortcuts Load the selected Clip CAM on the controlled channels ENTER Loading Clips on page 118 Play Pause the media loaded on the controlled channels ALT P Browsing and Playing Clips on page 123 Recall media by LSM ID F3 Recalling Media by LSM ID from the LSM VIA Viewer on page 234 Back to local ALT L Connecting to a Network ...

Page 82: ... one s you need Element grid 1 This area displays the list of clip angles from the entire XNet network or the list of elements resulting from a search Quick Text Search field 2 This field is used to perform a quick text search on elements metadata See section Performing a Global Search on page 91 Refresh button 3 The Refresh button is used to refresh the results list without changing the sorting o...

Page 83: ...ering on Metadata on page 93 for more information on how to select define and apply Advanced Search filters Select Columns button 6 This button allows you to select the columns you want to see in the Element grid See section Organizing the Element View of the Search Window on page 89 Accessing and Leaving the Search Window How to Access the Search Window To access the Search window from the Clip g...

Page 84: ...s Click 1 at the top left of the Search 6 2 5 Clip Mode Commands on the Remote Panel Console When a clip is loaded some specific functions are available from the console Multi PGM 72 January 2022 Issue 1 4 G ...

Page 85: ...for archive It is only displayed when a clip is loaded on the smallest controlled PGM See section Archiving a Clip on page 129 Push The Push function allows you to easily send a copy of a clip to another machine on the network via the GbE network or the SDTI network It is only displayed when a clip is loaded on the smallest controlled PGM See section Pushing Clips to Network Servers on page 254 US...

Page 86: ...he Shotbox Edit mode to quickly map the clip or playlist loaded on the smallest controlled PGM to a box from the Shotbox It is only available when a clip or a playlist is loaded on the smallest controlled PGM See section Adding Media to the Shotbox on page 248 6 3 Managing Clips The current chapter mainly describes how a clip can be created deleted copied archived from the Remote or from LSM VIA V...

Page 87: ...ynchronized Clips and Playlist Banks Banks 1 to 9 of each page are clip banks and correspond to buttons F1 to F9 on the Remote Panel The bank 10 or PL of each page is the playlist bank and corresponds to the button F10 on the Remote Panel The bank last selected in a given page will be memorized when you navigate through pages For example if you select page 3 bank 5 and then navigate to another pag...

Page 88: ...age number A popup is displayed as soon as you press Shift Page go to the requested bank where the Function key corresponds to the bank number F1 9 for clip banks F10 for playlist banks On the Remote Panel touchscreen the active page and bank are displayed in the App bar How to Navigate in Pages and Banks from the LSM VIA Viewer You can reach a given page and bank from the navigation bar at the bo...

Page 89: ... page and bank are displayed in blue font How to Navigate to the Playlists Banks from the Navigation Bar The Playlist grid shows all the 90 playlists slots of the selected server To display the playlists you do not need to select a page Simply select the PL bank 1 Click the BANK button 2 Click the PL bank How to Navigate Using Shortcuts Shortcuts are available to navigate in pages and banks from L...

Page 90: ...s Duration setting Automake When a clip is created it is always created on the camera angles specified in the configuration tool with the Automake Clip for Cam setting Autoname Clips When a clip is created its name can be based on the metadata selected from the configuration tool with the Autoname Clip setting By default the option is disabled and no name is automatically assigned to the created c...

Page 91: ...are after the IN point IN is displayed on the OSD when you are before the IN point When you have set an OUT point OUT is displayed on the OSD when you are before the OUT point OUT is displayed on the OSD when you are after the OUT point How to Create a Clip from the Remote Panel Whatever the channel control mode you create a clip on the controlled camera angles and on all the camera angles defined...

Page 92: ... the clip is still growing not fully saved guardbands included the clip position will blink green on the Remote Panel if the growing clip is not loaded and red if the growing clip is loaded 6 3 3 Selecting Clips Selecting Clips from the LSM VIA Viewer Clip Grid Introduction A single clip or clip angle can be selected from the LSM VIA Viewer Clip grid See section Navigating in Pages and Banks on pa...

Page 93: ... you select clip s from the Clip grid or a playlist from the Playlist grid after playlist elements have been selected from the Playlist pane the latter are automatically deselected and vice versa How to Select Clip Angles CAM Mode To select in CAM mode a single angle click the CAM angle in the Clip grid OR press the arrow keys on your keyboard some angles from different clips press click all the C...

Page 94: ...ips remain selected With SHIFT click it is not possible to select content on more than two pages Only content selected on pages of first and last selection will be effectively selected For example selecting clips from pages 2 to 8 will not select clips on pages 3 to 7 but only clips on pages 2 and 8 Selecting Clips from the LSM VIA Viewer Search Window Introduction One or several clip angles can b...

Page 95: ...operation will not be done in the following cases Clip angle inserted in a playlist Clip angle loaded on a player channel Protected clip Remote clips Growing clip angles How to Delete a Clip from the Remote Panel When you delete a clip you delete all clip angles on a clip position 1 Select the requested page and bank the clip is stored on a b USER MANUAL LSM VIA 6 Working with Clips 83 ...

Page 96: ...d the bank function key on which clips have to be deleted A notification for the bank deletion is displayed at the top right of the Viewer and the top right of the touchscreen If a single clip angle cannot be deleted you will receive an error notification even if all other clips and clip angles could be deleted How to Delete a Clip or Clip Angle from the LSM VIA Viewer 1 Select the clip s Clip mod...

Page 97: ...lip is loaded on the smallest controlled PGM the Search TC function is available and allows you to search for media containing a specific timecode on the whole network The search can be performed on clips only trains only or both clips and trains The search is done on the last 24 hours Search results if any are sorted by increasing LSM ID with results from the local server listed first The first m...

Page 98: ...the Search TC Screen A search by TC can be performed from the Search TC screen once you have configured the Search TC function 1 Enter the requested timecode in one of the following ways press the function keys on the Remote Panel use the numeric pad on the touchscreen The Search TC action is automatically launched as soon as you have entered the 8 digits of a timecode 86 January 2022 Issue 1 4 G ...

Page 99: ...ly performed as follows Select the Search TC function The search is performed on the current timecode of the smallest controlled PGM on the resource type selected during the Search TC configuration How to Browse from One Result to Another To browse from one of the results to the other through the results list the Browse mode must be activated It is by default as soon as you have validated a search...

Page 100: ...e clip or train with the jog Searching for Network Clips from the Search Window From the LSM VIA Viewer a Search window allows you to see all the clip angles from the XNet network in a list view From this Search window powerful search tools allow you to search for network clips and easily find the result you want by restricting the list of elements displayed The filtering tools consist of a Quick ...

Page 101: ...the default organization Resizing Columns A column can be resized by placing the mouse pointer over columns intersection and dragging it to the right or to the left Selecting Columns to Display To select the columns to display in the grid 1 Click the Select Visible Columns button at the top right of the Element grid The list of available columns is displayed It contains the default columns general...

Page 102: ...ow Use the Reset button at the top of the Select Columns menu to return to the default configuration Ordering Columns The columns of the Element grid can be re ordered Select a column header and drag it to the left or right to the required place 90 January 2022 Issue 1 4 G ...

Page 103: ...st parameter the number of times needed for the required sorting order The little triangle indicates the sorting order 2 Press and click the column header of the second parameter The little triangle indicates the sorting order and numbers indicate the priority order of the parameters taken into account for sorting 3 optional Repeat step 2 to change the sorting order of the second parameter How to ...

Page 104: ...d How to Perform the Search 1 Enter the search string in the Quick Text Search field A list of proposals is displayed 2 Do one of the following actions select one proposal from the list The matching result is displayed in the Element grid press Enter The search will return any result containing the entered characters How to Clear the Filter To clear the filter applied in the Quick Text Search fiel...

Page 105: ...example for Rating Advanced Search Filter Status Meaning The Advanced Search filter has been selected No filter criterion has been selected yet A filter criterion has been selected The filter is not applied to the Element grid A filter criterion has been selected The filter is applied to the Element grid Displaying Advanced Search Filters How to Hide or Display the Advanced Search Filters Area To ...

Page 106: ... to Display To select the Advanced Search filter fields to display at the top of the grid 1 Click The list of available filters is displayed It contains the default metadata columns and metadata columns related to the EVS video servers 94 January 2022 Issue 1 4 G ...

Page 107: ...on to display buttons 2 Click the Hide Filter button The Filter field is removed from the Advanced Search Filters area The default Filter field cannot be hidden Defining the Filter Criteria Advanced Search Filter Types Different types of Advanced Search filters exist They can be based on a server from the network default filter this filter allows you to select a specific server but also some pages...

Page 108: ...sponding results in the grid The Filter button is highlighted The number of applied filters is displayed on the Show Advanced Search Area button How to Filter on a Server Page Bank Clip Position Cam Angle 1 Click the XT Server button The following pane is displayed 2 Select the options you want from the different menus For example for the Net Numbers 96 January 2022 Issue 1 4 G ...

Page 109: ...iteria are displayed as follows 3 Click Apply The filter is applied and the search returns all the corresponding results in the grid How to Define a Filter 1 For the other filters click the Filter button 2 Select or enter the option s 3 Click Apply The filter is applied and the search returns all the corresponding results in the grid USER MANUAL LSM VIA 6 Working with Clips 97 ...

Page 110: ...e a filter Click the Filter button It acts as a toggle active inactive active How to Edit a Filter Criterion 1 Hover the mouse over the Filter button to display the Edit Filter button 2 Click The filter pane expands 3 Edit the filter 4 Click Apply Resetting Search Filters How to Reset an Advanced Search Filter 1 Hover the mouse over the Filter button to display the Edit Filter button 2 Click The f...

Page 111: ... 1 Click The Select Filters menu is displayed 2 Click Reset No more advanced search filter is applied and only the default filter fields are displayed How to Reset all the Applied Filters To clear all the applied filters at once including Quick Text Search and Advanced Search filters USER MANUAL LSM VIA 6 Working with Clips 99 ...

Page 112: ...ent from the original It can therefore be trimmed named deleted etc without affecting the original Copying clips locally on a server does not duplicate the video and audio material on the drives it simply creates a separate reference to the same material This means that the available storage capacity will not decrease when making copies of clips on a server It also means that deleted copies of cli...

Page 113: ...After a system reboot the default options are selected Copy Clip Long Otherwise the options selected the last time the function was used are selected The clip name displayed is the name of the angle loaded on the smallest controlled PGM if it has a name 3 Tap Copy to copy the clip to the selected position 4 Tap Clip to copy all the clip angles or USER MANUAL LSM VIA 6 Working with Clips 101 ...

Page 114: ...ed CAM angles CAM mode of the selected clip are copied to the selected position In Clip mode Pref Cams remain the same if they were selected for the Copy operation In CAM mode Pref Cams remain the same if they were selected for the Copy operation If only the secondary CAM is selected it becomes the principal pref cam and the next smallest cam becomes the secondary pref cam How to Move a Clip from ...

Page 115: ...screen After a system reboot the default options are selected Copy Clip Long Otherwise the options selected the last time the function was used are selected The clip name displayed is the name of the angle loaded on the smallest controlled PGM if it has a name 3 Tap Move to copy the clip to the selected position 4 Tap Clip to move all the clip angles or Cam to move the controlled CAM angles of the...

Page 116: ...rincipal pref cam and the next smallest cam becomes the secondary pref cam How to Copy or Move a Clip from the LSM VIA Viewer 1 Select the Clip view to copy or move all the angles of a clip or or the CAM view to copy or move individual CAM angle or 2 Select the clip Clip view or the cam angle of the clip CAM view you want to copy or move See section Selecting Clips on page 80 3 To copy the selecte...

Page 117: ... points can be set They are linked to the workstation and they are lost after LSM VIA reboot Default Values Default Mark Points Depending on the Default Mark Points setting mark points can be added at the LIVE input timecode Live mode or at the current timecode of the clip or the train Playback mode By default the Live mode is set This can be changed from the LSM VIA configuration tool Freeze on M...

Page 118: ...s are only set on the type of media loaded on the smallest controlled PGM Browsing Through Mark Points How to Go to the Previous Mark in a Clip If mark points have been set to the media clip or train currently loaded on the smallest controlled PGM the Last Mark option is displayed on the Remote Panel console When a clip is loaded on the smallest controlled PGM pressing will go to the closest mark ...

Page 119: ...uired clip on the smallest controlled PGM 2 Browse to the mark point you want to delete or The Mark key button lights up in red 3 Delete the mark point The mark point is deleted on all the clip angles A message is displayed on the top right of the touchscreen and the LSM VIA Viewer screen How to Delete all the Mark Points 1 Load the required clip on the smallest controlled PGM 2 Make sure you are ...

Page 120: ...s on the network server hosting that clip edit keywords and rating rename retrim restripe TC update Pref Cam 6 4 1 Adding Metadata to a Clip Introduction Keywords and rating can be assigned to a loaded clip With the current version of LSM VIA this is done from the Metadata window which can be displayed on the Remote Panel touchscreen thanks to the Metadata function of the console As you are editin...

Page 121: ...e keyword file is updated the keyword list is automatically updated as soon as the file is saved Clip Metadata pane 2 This area displays the metadata keywords an rating associated with the loaded clip How to Add Keyword s to a Clip When you add keywords in the current version of LSM VIA you add them to the clip angle loaded on the first controlled PGM PGM or PGM1 not on all clip angles 1 Load a cl...

Page 122: ...ion key corresponding to the keyword ID shown in the Metadata grid For example press for the Goal keyword The corresponding Metadata box is highlighted in light gray ii Press to confirm The Metadata box is highlighted in blue The selected keyword s added to the clip angle are displayed on a blue background in the Keyword grid The added keywords are displayed on the Clip Metadata pane on the right ...

Page 123: ... Delete a Keyword from the Metadata Window In the Metadata window on the Clip Metadata pane do one of the following actions Tap the keyword to be deleted in the Clip Metadata pane tap the keyword in the Keyword grid USER MANUAL LSM VIA 6 Working with Clips 111 ...

Page 124: ...as shown on the Clip Metadata pane on the right How to Add a Rating to a Clip When you define a rating in the current version of LSM VIA you define it on the clip angle loaded on the first controlled PGM PGM or PGM1 not to all clip angles 1 Load a clip a b c 2 Open the Metadata window 112 January 2022 Issue 1 4 G ...

Page 125: ...at the bottom on the pane 6 4 2 Naming a Clip How to Name a Clip from the LSM VIA Viewer To name a clip from the LSM VIA Viewer 1 Make sure the focus is on the Clip grid not on the Playlist pane See section How to Select the Focused Pane on page 18 2 Type a name for the clip It is entered in the Name field of the LSM VIA Viewer USER MANUAL LSM VIA 6 Working with Clips 113 ...

Page 126: ...p angle to be retrimmed on the smallest controlled PGM See section Loading Clips on page 118 2 Jog to the desired IN or OUT point 3 Press to set the IN point and or press to set the OUT point The clip angle is automatically updated The Protect IN and or Protect OUT point s remain s the same How to Clear Short IN or Short OUT Points You can clear the Short IN point and or the Short OUT point of a l...

Page 127: ...o on Limitation With the current version of LSM VIA it is not possible to restripe a remote clip How to Restripe a Clip from the LSM VIA Viewer 1 Make sure the focus is on the Clip grid See section How to Select the Focused Pane on page 18 2 Select the clip Clip mode or the clip angle CAM mode to restripe In CAM mode only the timecode of the selected camera angle will be changed In CLIP mode the t...

Page 128: ...quested radio button If the User TC is selected it is displayed in yellow on the OSD 6 optional When the server is configured in 59 94 Hz NTSC the Drop Frame option is available Select the Drop Frame mode default or the Non Drop Frame mode by clicking In 50 Hz the Drop Frame option is not displayed 7 Press or tap You can restripe the TC of a multiselection of clips at once Then the restripe TC win...

Page 129: ...other clip angle can be set as primary pref cam or secondary pref cam This is only possible in CAM mode It is not possible on a multiselection of clip angles if becomes then becomes a cam other than pref cam a cam other than pref cam nothing else changes How to Change the Pref Cam of a Clip 1 Select the clip angle 2 To set it as the primary pref cam press To set it as the secondary pref cam press ...

Page 130: ...el Function Keys 1 Select the page where the clip is stored 2 Select the bank 1 9 where the clip is stored 3 Select the clip position The clip angles are loaded on the controlled play channels according to the loading behavior rules The clip Function key is red on the Remote Panel console How to Load a Clip in Clip Mode by Direct Selection from the LSM VIA Viewer Clip Grid 1 Select the desired cli...

Page 131: ...ip remote clip 2 Load the clip by pressing In CAM mode the clip is loaded on the smallest PGM controlled by the first connected Remote Panel In case no Remote Panel is connected to LSM VIA the clip is loaded on the smallest PGM of the server How to Load a Clip Angle by Direct Selection from the LSM VIA Viewer Search Window 1 Select the desired clip angle from the LSM VIA Viewer Search window 2 Loa...

Page 132: ... only control pressing the clip position loads the preferred clip angle on the PGM In PRV only control pressing the clip position loads the preferred clip angle on the PRV In Multi PGM control depending on the number of PGMs in the configuration pressing the clip position loads the preferred clip angle on PGM1 the second preferred clip angle on PGM2 the next available clip angle on PGM3 In Single ...

Page 133: ...tarts again with the preferred clip angle and the second preferred clip angle Single PGM When a clip is loaded and you press the same clip Function key again the second preferred clip angle is loaded on the controlled PGM then the next available clip angle and so on Nothing happens on the other PGMs PGM PRV When a clip is loaded and you press the same clip Function key again the clip angle on the ...

Page 134: ...key PRV only When you control only the PRV you will change the clip angle on the PRV in the same way How to Change the Loaded Clip Angle Using the CAM Keys in Multi PGM Mode When you are in Multi PGM mode with a single controlled PGM you can change the clip angle on the controlled PGM as follows 1 Press the key of the PGM you want to control 2 Press TAKE The CAMs are then displayed on the left ope...

Page 135: ...n clips or record trains are being played This can be changed from the LSM VIA configuration tool Playing a Clip Playback Speed Options The lever allows you to play the loaded media or to modify the playout speed The lever can work according to different modes standard mode second lever range mode PGM Speed mode VarMax mode See section LSM VIA Remote Panel Console on page 6 The PGM Speed mode the ...

Page 136: ...clip in loop according to the mode selected from the configuration tool with the Clip Loop Mode parameter Loop plays the loaded clip in a continuous loop Bounce plays the loaded clip from its IN point to its OUT point then backwards from OUT to IN and so on 1 Enter the Loop mode by pressing 2 Move the lever or press The Loop key display is highlighted on the console L is displayed on the OSD How t...

Page 137: ...re the OUT point on the first controlled play channel How to Go to a Given Timecode in the Clip To jump to a specific timecode in a clip loaded on the smallest controlled PGM 1 Select the Goto TC function The Go To TC screen opens on the touchscreen 2 Enter the requested timecode in one of the following ways press the function keys on the Remote Panel use the numeric pad on the touchscreen USER MA...

Page 138: ...e of the clip if that timecode is still available in the record train 1 In the clip jog to the timecode you want to find back in the record train 2 Use the Return function to load the record train at the same timecode 6 6 Transferring and Archiving Clips This chapter describes the ways to export clips to VIA Xsquare targets and to flag clips for archive The procedures to copy or move a clip to ano...

Page 139: ... assignable Shortcut keys of the Remote Panel for export purpose Prerequisite VIA Xsquare has been configured from the Infrastructure Settings and it can be joined Limitation With the current LSM VIA version the export can only be requested in CAM mode Exporting a Clip How to Export a Local or Remote Clip from the Remote Panel Console The clip angle loaded on the smallest controlled PGM can be exp...

Page 140: ...tcut Button Key See section Commands from the Assignable Shortcut Keys on page 37 to know how to map a VIA Xsquare target to a Shortcut button key 1 Load the clip angle to be exported on the smallest controlled PGM 2 Press the Shortcut key on the console or tap the Shortcut button on the touchscreen The clip angle is sent to the corresponding target The job is managed by VIA Xsquare Various target...

Page 141: ...equested in CAM mode Flagging a Clip for Archive How to Flag a Clip for Archive from the Remote Panel Console The clip loaded on the smallest controlled PGM can be flagged for archiving as follows 1 Load the clip angle to be archived on the smallest controlled PGM 2 Flag the clip for archiving How to Flag Clip s for Archive from LSM VIA Viewer From the LSM VIA Viewer you can request the archiving ...

Page 142: ...y blinking yellow background blinking green icon Archived Archive Key Display fixed yellow background fixed green icon Clearing an Archive Flag When the archiving of a clip has been requested a flag is shown on the console and on the Clip grid You can clear this flag From the Remote Panel console 1 Load the clip angle on the smallest controlled PGM 2 Clear the flag From the LSM VIA Viewer Clip gri...

Page 143: ...the first 9 banks are used for clips The last bank 10 is used for playlists Playlist Numbering Playlists are stored with a 2 digit code that relates to their location on the EVS video server Playlist 11 for instance is stored on Page 1 and is the first playlist on that Playlist bank The number of the EVS video server within the network structure is also added to define the precise location of the ...

Page 144: ...ion Playlist Mode Commands on the Remote Panel Console on page 145 7 2 2 Playlist Modes Playlist Playout Mode versus Playlist Edit Mode The playlist can be used according to two different modes The Playlist Edit Mode on page 132 is used to modify the playlist The Playlist Playout Mode on page 133 is used to roll the playlist on air Playlist Edit Mode How to Enter the Playlist Edit Mode The Edit mo...

Page 145: ...he LSM VIA Viewer if the active Playlist of the first connected Remote is loaded on any channel of the local server The playlist element loaded on the player is highlighted in red The playlist element that will be played out next is highlighted in green Playlist Playout Mode How to Enter the Playlist Playout Mode The Playout mode is enabled by pressing two or three times See section Loading a Play...

Page 146: ...st element is on a red background the next playlist element is on a green background On the LSM VIA Viewer the playlist displays as follows the current playlist element is on a red background the next playlist element is on a green background 134 January 2022 Issue 1 4 G ...

Page 147: ... mode See section LSM VIA Remote Panel Touchscreen on page 11 Playlist Summary 2 The Playlist Summary features the following information about the active playlist from left to right Playlist LSM ID Playlist name if defined Number of playlist elements Duration of the playlist Auxiliary audio clip LSM ID and duration if an AUX clip has been set If it is shorter than the playlist duration this is hig...

Page 148: ...range when video and audio effect durations differ Video transition effect type C Cut M Mix W Wipe V Fade to from color Fade from color Fade to color Video transition effect duration Audio effect icon blue when video and audio effect durations are the same orange when video and audio effect durations differ Audio transition effect duration Audio swap icon on the individual elements where an audio ...

Page 149: ...eenshot below Application Bar 1 See section LSM VIA Viewer on page 14 Toolbar 2 See section LSM VIA Viewer on page 14 for the description of the Server field and the Sync field Hide Empty Playlists This command is only displayed with the Playlist grid It allows you to hide the empty slots and only show the actual playlist slots USER MANUAL LSM VIA 7 Working with Playlists 137 ...

Page 150: ...y The Playlist Summary features the following information about each playlist from left to right Playlist LSM ID Playlist name if defined Number of playlist elements Duration of the playlist Auxiliary audio clip LSM ID and duration if an AUX clip has been set If it is shorter than the playlist duration this is highlighted in red 138 January 2022 Issue 1 4 G ...

Page 151: ...layed in the Playlist grid Navigation Bar 5 To display clips in the Clip grid you can select a server page and bank To display playlists simply select the playlist bank The page number relates to the clips displayed in the Clip grid See section How to Navigate in Pages and Banks from the LSM VIA Viewer on page 76 7 2 5 The Playlist Pane on the Viewer Accessing the Playlist Pane To display or hide ...

Page 152: ...active playlist from left to right Playlist LSM ID In case of remote playlist the remote server ID is also displayed Playlist name if defined Number of playlist elements Duration of the playlist or remaining duration during playout Playlist Elements 2 This area represents the playlist content Playlist Element Information For each playlist element the following information is displayed and some com...

Page 153: ... video and the audio transition effect durations are linked or not It can be used to apply an audio split the button is not available It happens when the Advanced Audio Editing setting has not selected or when the specific option has not been included in the package the video and audio transitions are linked the video and audio transitions are not linked They can be independently edited See sectio...

Page 154: ...ment have been muted from the LSM VIA Viewer or from the Remote Panel 6 Clip LSM ID 7 Clip name if defined 8 TC IN of the clip If the User TC has been selected for the clip used it is displayed in yellow 9 Duration of the playlist element hh mm ss ff 10 Speed of the playlist element Remote clips stored on unavailable remote server are displayed as Not available in the playlist Color Code The follo...

Page 155: ...been set 1 Add Aux clip button This button is used to define a clip selected in the Clip grid as auxiliary clip of the playlist It is not available with remote playlists 2 Aux clip LSM ID 3 Aux clip name if defined 4 Aux clip duration 5 Playlist duration 6 Graphical representation of the Aux clip duration towards the playlist duration If the Aux clip duration is shorter than the playlist duration ...

Page 156: ...cting Playlist Elements on page 159 Go to first playlist element Home Go to last playlist element End Display the previous elements Page Up Display the next elements Page Down Delete selected playlist elements CTRL DEL or ALT DEL Deleting Playlists on page 163 Load the selected playlist element on the controlled channels ENTER Loading a Playlist on page 218 Play Pause the media loaded on the contr...

Page 157: ...al Block on page 31 Commands on Bottom Operational Block on page 34 Film FX The Film FX function is used to create a film style effect during the playout by replacing one field every two fields The audio is also affected by this effect making it unusable and therefore muted Press Film FX to activate the mode and apply the effect Press Film FX to deactivate the mode The Film FX mode is automaticall...

Page 158: ...be played While the playlist is rolling the next element to be played out in the sequence is always displayed on the PRV screen and with a green background on the touchscreen The Skip function allows the operator to discard elements before they go on air The element that will be skipped is the one displayed on the PRV screen This function does not remove the element from the playlist but it simply...

Page 159: ...s you to copy locally the remote clips of a local playlist loaded in Edit mode See section Making Remote Clips Local in a Playlist on page 165 Oth er Angle The Oth Angle function allows you to replace a playlist element with another camera angle See section Changing the Camera Angle of a Playlist Element on page 176 Add Cut The Add Cut function allows you to split a playlist element into two eleme...

Page 160: ...g setting has been selected from the configuration tool The Edit Video key activates the Edit Video mode which gives access to advanced video editing functions such as the possibility to define a different video effect duration See section Edit Audio and Edit Video Modes Commands on the Remote Panel on page 193 Speed The Speed function allows you to edit the speed at which a playlist element will ...

Page 161: ...hapter mainly describes how a playlist can be created deleted copied from the Remote or from LSM VIA Viewer Behavior with a Remote Playlist A remote playlist cannot be edited So the following actions cannot be performed on a remote playlist In bold these are the actions described in the Managing Playlists on page 149 section It is not possible to add clips to a remote playlist merge a playlist int...

Page 162: ...laylist is automatically playlist 11 Ways to Make a Playlist Active A playlist can be made active in one of the following ways From the Remote Panel use the console Functions keys see section How to Change the Active Playlist from the Remote Panel Console on page 151 use the Recall function see section Recalling Clips or Playlists by LSM ID from the Remote Panel on page 232 From the LSM VIA Viewer...

Page 163: ... PL 10 and position The playlist must not be empty a b c 2 Select a playlist position This can be an existing playlist press a colored Function key The selected playlist is now your active playlist The procedure is finished an empty playlist position press a non colored Function key The following screen is displayed on the touchscreen USER MANUAL LSM VIA 7 Working with Playlists 151 ...

Page 164: ... a playlist was loaded on the controlled channel when you change the active playlist the new active playlist is then loaded if it is not empty the controlled player channels go back to LIVE if the new active playlist is empty 7 3 2 Adding Clips to a Playlist Ways to Add Clips to a Playlist From the Remote Panel There are different ways to add clips to a playlist from the Remote Panel Outside the P...

Page 165: ...Playlist Speed By default when an element is added to a playlist the playlist element speed is set to Unknown meaning that the speed of the previous element in the playlist will be used as a reference for the current element The default playlist element speed can be customized from the LSM VIA configuration tool Insert SLSM Native Speed This parameter defines whether an SLSM clip inserted into a p...

Page 166: ...een see B In Always mode you can also add the clip loaded on the PRV channel at the end of the loaded playlist by pressing the ENTER button Inserting Clips in the Loaded Playlist from the Remote Panel Prerequisites The channel control mode must be PGM PRV If the playlist was loaded in Conditional mode 1PGM when you load a clip the clip is loaded on the PGM and the Playlist mode is exited The playl...

Page 167: ...he playlist The clip is loaded on the PRV channel 4 Insert the loaded clip at the selected position in the loaded playlist in one of the following ways from the left operational block The inserted clip becomes the active element in the playlist In Clip mode you can also insert the loaded clip in the active playlist before or after the active element by using the Insert function Adding Clips to the...

Page 168: ...See section Selecting Clips on page 80 3 Click in the playlist pane where you want to insert the clip s When the playlist is empty the button only appears when a clip has been selected Clip s or clip angles are inserted into the playlist 156 January 2022 Issue 1 4 G ...

Page 169: ...on order and in CAM Pref order In CAM mode when multiple clip angles have been selected clip angles are added according to the selection order How to Add Clips to the Active Playlist from the Viewer Search Window 1 Select one or several clip angle s in the Search window 2 Click in the playlist pane where you want to insert the clip s Clip s or clip angles are inserted into the playlist USER MANUAL...

Page 170: ... Playlist To select a playlist do one of the following actions click the playlist line in the Playlist grid press the arrow keys on your keyboard The playlist is highlighted local playlist or remote playlist 7 3 4 Naming a Playlist Introduction It is possible to name or rename a local existing playlist from the Viewer A remote playlist cannot be renamed How to Name a Playlist To name a playlist fr...

Page 171: ... playlist is displayed in the Playlist pane or on the Remote Panel touchscreen the name is automatically updated 7 3 5 Selecting Playlist Elements Introduction A single playlist element can be selected from the Playlist pane of the LSM VIA Viewer screen It is then highlighted as described in section The Playlist Pane on the Viewer on page 139 A multiselection is possible as well Then the number of...

Page 172: ...s click the first playlist element then the last playlist element 7 3 6 Copying Playlists Principles You can copy a local or remote playlist from the LSM VIA Viewer or from the Remote Panel to the local EVS server Playlist metadata are kept when a playlist is copied The AUX clip if any is kept when a playlist is copied Audio swaps are kept when a playlist is copied Remote playlist elements if any ...

Page 173: ...10 and position The playlist must not be empty a b c 2 Select an empty playlist position where you want to copy the playlist press a non colored Function key The following screen is displayed on the touchscreen 3 Tap Copy PL to copy the playlist to the selected position USER MANUAL LSM VIA 7 Working with Playlists 161 ...

Page 174: ...st to a remote server 4 Validate your action press or tap The selected playlist is copied to the selected position and it becomes the active playlist How to Copy a Playlist from the LSM VIA Viewer 1 From the Playlist grid select a playlist click the playlist line in the Playlist grid or press the arrow keys on your keyboard The playlist line is highlighted local remote 162 January 2022 Issue 1 4 G...

Page 175: ...selected playlist is copied to the selected position but it does not become the active playlist 7 3 7 Deleting Playlists Principles A playlist can be deleted from the Remote Panel or from the Viewer Only the playlist will be deleted not the clips A loaded playlist cannot be deleted A remote playlist cannot be deleted How to Delete a Playlist from the Remote Panel 1 Select the requested page and ba...

Page 176: ...t to delete from the Playlist grid click the playlist line in the Playlist grid or press the arrow keys on your keyboard The playlist line is highlighted local 2 Delete the playlist in one of the following ways A message appears on the Viewer 3 Confirm the action by pressing or tapping A notification is displayed at the top right of the screen to confirm the deletion 164 January 2022 Issue 1 4 G ...

Page 177: ...meter must have been set to Yes on the XT VIA Server side Making Remote Clips Manually Local Principles A Make Local function is available from the Remote Panel console when a local playlist is loaded in Playlist Edit mode and contains remote clips The remote clips are copied locally on the server page set as Protocol Receive Page on Multicam side Remote clips added to the playlist while it is loa...

Page 178: ...Prerequisite VIA Xsquare has been configured from the Infrastructure Settings and it can be joined Limitations The active playlist must not be empty Would the playlist contains unavailable clips or black clips they will not be present in the exported playlist The transition effect after an unavailable clip will always be a Cut Exporting a Playlist How to Export a Local or Remote Playlist from the ...

Page 179: ... how to map a VIA Xsquare target to a Shortcut button key This Shortcut button key allows you to export the active playlist when a train or a playlist is loaded on the smallest controlled PGM If a clip is loaded on the smallest controlled PGM the Shortcut button will trigger the export of the clip Press the Shortcut key on the console or tap the Shortcut button on the touchscreen The active playli...

Page 180: ...taken into account in the flattened file Prerequisite VIA Xsquare has been configured from the Infrastructure Settings and it can be joined How to Flatten the Active Playlist from the Remote Panel Live Screen 1 From the Live screen tap the Flatten Playlist button The Flatten screen opens on the touchscreen 2 On the numeric pad enter the location to flatten the playlist to in one of the following w...

Page 181: ... from the Remote or from LSM VIA Viewer Then various editing actions are possible from one interface or the other or from both Behavior with a Remote Playlist A remote playlist cannot be edited So the following actions cannot be performed on a remote playlist In bold these are the actions described in the Editing Playlists on page 169 section It is not possible to add clips to a remote playlist me...

Page 182: ...st cannot be deleted A remote playlist can only be loaded browsed and played out 7 4 1 Moving Playlist Elements How to Move Playlist Elements from the Viewer 1 Select the playlist element s in the Playlist pane It is highlighted in blue 170 January 2022 Issue 1 4 G ...

Page 183: ...2 Click in the Playlist pane where you want to move the clip s Clip s are moved within the playlist USER MANUAL LSM VIA 7 Working with Playlists 171 ...

Page 184: ...the playlist elements and reset the transitions to the default values Limitations The active playlist must be local The playlist must not be loaded How to Sort Elements by TC IN from the Viewer 1 Make sure you set the requested playlist as the active playlist See section Selecting the Active Playlist on page 150 2 From the Playlist pane click Sort by TC IN at the top of the playlist 3 Click Confir...

Page 185: ...elements speed defined in the source playlist are kept in the destination playlist A playlist can be added to the active playlist without any impact on the playout These actions can be done from the LSM VIA Viewer How to Insert a Playlist into Another Playlist To insert a playlist into another playlist 1 Make sure you set the requested playlist as the active playlist See section Selecting the Acti...

Page 186: ...3 Click in the playlist pane where you want to insert the playlist 174 January 2022 Issue 1 4 G ...

Page 187: ...list 1 From the Playlist grid select the playlist to append to another playlist 2 Copy the playlist press 3 In the Playlist grid select the destination playlist 4 Paste the copied playlist press The first playlist is appended at the end of the second one USER MANUAL LSM VIA 7 Working with Playlists 175 ...

Page 188: ... the selected record train on the playlist receive page of the local server with the TC IN and TC OUT of the replaced element It also inherits its name metadata and playlist attributes like transition effect and duration speed If a local clip already exists for the selected angle with the same TC IN and TC OUT no clip is created The existing clip is used in the playlist and it keeps its name and m...

Page 189: ... element loaded on the PGM are displayed on top of the screen 4 Browse through the result list in one of the following ways use the jog to jump from one result to another when the Browse mode is activated tap the page number on the touchscreen or swipe the screen horizontally and then tap the train of your choice USER MANUAL LSM VIA 7 Working with Playlists 177 ...

Page 190: ...ode b Browse through the train with the jog 6 Validate your action by pressing or tapping A clip is automatically created with the TC IN and TC OUT of the clip used in the playlist and it replaces the element in the playlist To leave the Other Angle screen without selecting a train tap on the upper left corner or press on the Remote Panel 178 January 2022 Issue 1 4 G ...

Page 191: ... 7 4 6 Trimming Playlist Elements Introduction Every playlist element can be trimmed independently of all other angles of the clip This will only affect the selected playlist element How to Trim a Playlist Element 1 Load the playlist by pressing See also section Loading a Playlist on page 218 2 Browse to the playlist element The Playlist Edit mode is enabled See also section Browsing a Playlist on...

Page 192: ...command is used to cut a playlist element in two elements Actually it duplicates the playlist element and adjusts the SHORT IN and SHORT OUT points of these new duplicated elements On both elements the LSM ID the name and the guardbands are kept unchanged as in the original one In the first duplicated element the SHORT IN point is left unchanged while the SHORT OUT point is adjusted to the cut poi...

Page 193: ...ssible in the following cases within a video effect within an audio effect beginning or finishing the original element How to Add Cut to a Playlist Element 1 Load the playlist 2 Browse to the playlist element The Playlist Edit mode is enabled 3 Browse through the playlist element to the position where you want to add a cut USER MANUAL LSM VIA 7 Working with Playlists 181 ...

Page 194: ...rds the playlist element speed can be individually edited from the Remote Panel or the Viewer as described hereafter Limitation When an audio split has been set on the transition before and or after the playlist element the Unknown and the 0 speed values are not available from the lever How to Edit the Playlist Element Speed from the Remote Panel To edit the speed of one or several playlist elemen...

Page 195: ...eps 2 to 4 for other playlist elements 7 Confirm the operation and exit the Edit Speed mode by pressing or by pressing You can also edit the speed of all the playlist elements at once by pressing before entering the Speed mode The playlist must be in Edit mode How to Edit the Playlist Element Speed from the Viewer To edit the speed of a playlist element 1 Click in the Speed field of the element 2 ...

Page 196: ...m 0 to 400 Unknown 7 4 9 Deleting Playlist Elements How to Delete the Last Playlist Element from the Active Playlist To delete the last playlist element of the active playlist 1 If necessary change the active playlist by selecting its page bank 10 and position a b c 2 Delete the last playlist element by pressing 3 Repeat step 2 to remove other playlist elements at the end of the playlist If the pl...

Page 197: ...PRV channel How to Delete a Playlist Element from the Viewer 1 Select the playlist element s in the Playlist pane 2 Delete the element s in one of the following ways or If an element you have just deleted is added to the playlist once again the transition effect and the element speed previously defined on the element are kept 7 5 Transition and Audio Operations This chapter describes the ways to a...

Page 198: ...te playlist cannot be deleted A remote playlist can only be loaded browsed and played out 7 5 1 Transition Effects Introduction You can apply effects on the audio and video transitions of an element in a playlist For each transition you can define the effect type and duration Available transition effects are explained in section Overview of the Transition Effects on page 187 By default a mix trans...

Page 199: ...terial included in the playlist element not on the guardbands Normal Playlist with Cuts Playlist with 1 00 sec Effect Duration In a playlist the video and audio effects end at the OUT point of an element The total duration of the playlist is shortened by the length of the effect USER MANUAL LSM VIA 7 Working with Playlists 187 ...

Page 200: ...de effect is defined in the LSM VIA configuration Possible values are Black default White In the drawing below the previous element is displayed in red the next element is green and the fade in black Fade to color A Fade In effect to a defined color is applied to the previous playlist element up to the transition in Cut mode to the next element on which the effect is defined The color of the Fade ...

Page 201: ...ight Left Fade from Color Fade to Color V Fade to from Color Adding Transition Effects in a Playlist Default Values The following settings apply when a clip is added to a playlist Transition Effect By default the video and audio effect of an element added to a playlist is a Mix The effect can be edited from the Remote Panel or from the Viewer Effect Duration The default effect duration is defined ...

Page 202: ...playlist by pressing See also section Loading a Playlist on page 218 2 Browse to the playlist element The Playlist Edit mode is enabled See also section Browsing a Playlist on page 222 3 Enter the Transition Effect mode by pressing 4 Move the lever to select the transition effect The effects order from the bottom to the top is as follows As the audio transition effect is linked to the video transi...

Page 203: ...so section Loading a Playlist on page 218 2 Browse to the playlist element The Playlist Edit mode is enabled See also section Browsing a Playlist on page 222 3 Enter the Transition Effect Duration mode by pressing The Fx Dur key display is highlighted 4 Move the lever to select the transition effect duration The values range from 0 frame 0 to 20 seconds 100 5 optional Repeat steps 2 to 4 for other...

Page 204: ...on effect it is edited according to the Available Audio Transition Effects on page 189 table You can also edit the transition effect type of several playlist elements at once 1 Select the elements See section Selecting Playlist Elements on page 159 2 Follow the above procedure from the bottom of the Playlist pane How to Edit the Transition Effect Duration of a Playlist Element from the Viewer To e...

Page 205: ...ns for the video and for the audio audio split See section Extending or Reducing a Transition in Audio Split Mode on page 196 delay or advance the beginning of an audio or video transition See section Advancing or Delaying a Transition in Audio Split Mode on page 202 swap audio tracks audio swap See section Swapping or Muting Audio Tracks on page 207 mute audio tracks See section Swapping or Mutin...

Page 206: ...on in Audio Split Mode on page 202 A Fx Dur The A Fx Dur function is displayed in place of the Fx Dur function when the Edit Audio mode is activated This function allows you to define a duration of the audio transition effect different than the video transition duration for the selected playlist element audio split See sections Using the Audio Split Mode on page 195 and Extending or Reducing a Tra...

Page 207: ...on is displayed in place of the Fx Dur function when the Edit Video mode is activated This function allows you to define a duration of the video transition effect different than the audio transition duration for the selected playlist element audio split See sections Using the Audio Split Mode on page 195 and Extending or Reducing a Transition in Audio Split Mode on page 196 Limitation When the loa...

Page 208: ...ect Duration value the element added to the playlist will have a video transition effect duration different than the audio transition effect duration The default value can be changed from the configuration tool The duration of an audio effect added to a playlist element can be edited from the Remote Panel or from the Viewer Limitation when Speed 0 An audio split cannot be set on a playlist element...

Page 209: ...ded video transition on playlist 12 How to Edit an Audio Transition Effect Duration from the Remote Panel To edit the audio transition effect duration of a playlist element without impacting the video transition effect duration 1 Load the playlist by pressing See also section Loading a Playlist on page 218 2 Browse to the playlist element The Playlist Edit mode is enabled USER MANUAL LSM VIA 7 Wor...

Page 210: ...e 0 to 20 seconds 100 6 optional Repeat steps 2 to 4 for other playlist elements 7 Confirm the operation and exit the Audio Transition Effect Duration mode by pressing or by pressing You can also edit the audio effect duration of all the playlist elements at once by pressing before entering the Audio Transition Effect Duration mode The playlist must be in Edit mode How to Edit a Video Transition E...

Page 211: ... the Video Effect Duration function V Fx Dur becomes available 4 Enter the Video Transition Effect Duration mode by pressing The V Fx Dur key display is highlighted 5 Move the lever to select the transition effect duration The values range from 0 frame 0 to 20 seconds 100 6 optional Repeat steps 2 to 4 for other playlist elements 7 Confirm the operation and exit the Video Transition Effect Duratio...

Page 212: ...he button shows an Unlinked icon and the Audio Transition Duration field becomes available 2 Edit the audio transition effect duration a Click in the Audio Effect Duration field b Enter a value for the transition effect duration Possible values range from 0 frames to 20 seconds The Video and the Audio icons turn orange to highlight the difference You can also edit the audio effect duration of seve...

Page 213: ...video transition effect duration a Click in the Video Effect Duration field b Enter a value for the transition effect duration Possible values are from 0 frames to 20 seconds The Video and the Audio icons turn orange to highlight the difference You can also edit the video effect duration of several playlist elements at once 1 Select the elements See section Selecting Playlist Elements on page 159 ...

Page 214: ...o Unknown it is automatically updated to 100 The offset cannot go outside the guardbands The offset may not result in an overlap of two consecutive transition effects A Delay offset cannot go beyond the beginning of the transition of the next playlist element An Advance offset cannot go beyond the end of the transition of the previous playlist element The Edit All function is not available with no...

Page 215: ...ment The Playlist Edit mode is enabled See also section Browsing a Playlist on page 222 3 Enter the Edit Audio mode by pressing The Edit Audio key display is highlighted and the Audio Delay function A Delay and the Audio Advance function A Advanc become available 4 To enter the Audio Delay mode press The A Delay key display is highlighted the Audio Advance mode press The A Advanc key display is hi...

Page 216: ...Advance offset is displayed on the OSD A Delay xx xx or A Advance xx xx You can still cancel the operation by pressing the key which is blinking red or by pressing A Delay mode or A Advance mode 6 Confirm the offset by pressing the key which is blinking red The Video and the Audio icons turn orange on the Remote panel touchscreen and on the LSM VIA Viewer Playlist pane to highlight the desynchroni...

Page 217: ...e audio of the element being edited is extended How to Insert a Video Delay or Advance from the Remote Panel To delay or advance the beginning of the video transition effect of a playlist element 1 Load the playlist by pressing See also section Loading a Playlist on page 218 2 Browse to the playlist element The Playlist Edit mode is enabled See also section Browsing a Playlist on page 222 USER MAN...

Page 218: ...ay is highlighted 5 Move the lever to select the offset of the video transition towards the audio transition The values range from 0 frame 0 to 40 seconds 100 The scale is as follows every 2 frames from 0 to 8 seconds every second from 12 to 40 seconds The Video Delay or the Video Advance offset is displayed on the OSD V Delay xx xx or V Advance xx xx You can still cancel the operation by pressing...

Page 219: ...ement being edited is shortened Swapping or Muting Audio Tracks About Audio Swap The Audio Swap mode makes it possible to swap or mute audio tracks between two points in a playlist An audio swap or the mute only affects the current playlist element and applies to the whole playlist element form its IN point to its OUT point independently of the timecode the user is placed on when the swap is defin...

Page 220: ...o mute an audio track Then the following commands are available from the Remote Panel console in Playlist Edit mode 2 The Edit Audio mode must be activated to make the Swap function available How to Access the Audio Swap Screen To access the Audio Swap screen press from the console How to Leave the Audio Swap Screen To leave the Audio Swap screen do one of the following actions tap on the upper le...

Page 221: ...t controlled PGM Audio Swap Matrix 3 Input audio tracks 3a and output audio tracks 3b from the current playlist element The number of tracks displayed represent the actual number of tracks of the playlist element 2 4 8 or 16 On the matrix 3c blue dots are displayed at the intersection of the IN track and the OUT track it is routed to USER MANUAL LSM VIA 7 Working with Playlists 209 ...

Page 222: ... OUT track When the track has been muted the button turns orange as well as the intersection dot Cancel Confirm Buttons 4 Buttons used to cancel or apply the Audio Swap operation Swapping or Muting Audio Tracks from the Remote Panel How to Enter the Audio Swap Mode 1 Load the playlist by pressing See also se ction Loading a Playlist on page 218 210 January 2022 Issue 1 4 G ...

Page 223: ...e 222 3 Enter the Edit Audio mode by pressing The Edit Audio key display is highlighted and the Swap function becomes available 4 Enter the Swap mode by pressing The Swap key display is highlighted and the Audio Swap screen is displayed on the remote touchscreen USER MANUAL LSM VIA 7 Working with Playlists 211 ...

Page 224: ...ted as follows until you confirm the action 3 optional Repeat step 5 to swap several audio tracks if needed The same IN track can be routed to different OUT tracks but several IN tracks cannot be routed to the same OUT track 4 Tap Confirm or press Enter The audio swap is applied to the whole playlist element The audio swap is shown on the Remote Panel touchscreen The audio swap is indicated on the...

Page 225: ...io track The button turns orange as well as the intersection dot 3 Tap Confirm or press Enter The audio mute is applied to the whole playlist element The audio mute is shown on the Remote Panel touchscreen The audio mute is indicated on the OSD How to Mute the Audio Tracks from the LSM VIA Viewer Click the Mute button for the playlist element you want to mute USER MANUAL LSM VIA 7 Working with Pla...

Page 226: ...nchronized with the playlist If the duration of the AUX clip is longer than the playlist duration the auxiliary audio clip keeps playing even after the video has stopped If it is shorter the audio clip ends itself before the end of the playlist when the audio clip reaches its OUT point Default Value AUX Track Output By default when an AUX clip is added to a playlist it is played out from the the a...

Page 227: ... clip LSM ID and name are displayed at the bottom of the Playlist pane If the AUX clip duration covers the whole playlist duration this is represented by a white line If the AUX clip duration is shorter than the playlist duration this is represented by a red line In the Playist grid of the Viewer the AUX clip LSM ID and duration are displayed for each playlist where an AUX clip has been set If the...

Page 228: ...152 2 Load a clip a b c 3 Set the clip as the AUX clip for the active playlist by pressing How to Remove an Auxiliary Clip from the Remote Panel 1 Make sure you set the requested playlist as the active playlist See section Adding Clips to a Playlist on page 152 2 Load a clip set as the AUX clip for the active playlist a b c 3 Remove the AUX clip from the active playlist by pressing 216 January 202...

Page 229: ...Clips to a Playlist on page 152 2 Select a clip See section Selecting Clips on page 80 3 Set the clip as the AUX clip for the active playlist How to Remove an Auxiliary Clip from the Viewer 1 Click in the AUX Clip field The field is highlighted and a Remove button is available 2 Remove the AUX clip from the active playlist USER MANUAL LSM VIA 7 Working with Playlists 217 ...

Page 230: ...izes the playlist loading behavior Channel Control Mode Always Conditional PGM PRV PGM PRV PGM PRV Multi PGM with control of a single PGM PGM PRV 1 PGM controlled PGM Multi PGM with control of more than one PGM PGM PRV PGM PRV The loading behavior in PGM PRV is as follows the first playlist element is loaded on the PGM the second playlist element is loaded on the PRV In Multi PGM mode when a singl...

Page 231: ...ylist by pressing Playlist once The Playlist Edit mode is enabled The element loaded is the one where the playlist was the last time it has been accessed How to Load a Playlist in Playout Mode on the Active Element To load a playlist in Playout mode on the TC IN of the element where it was in Edit mode 1 Select the playlist by selecting its page bank PL 10 and position a b c USER MANUAL LSM VIA 7 ...

Page 232: ... and position a b c 2 Load the playlist in Playout mode on its first element by pressing Playlist three times The Playlist Playout mode is enabled Loading a Playlist from the Viewer Loading Behavior The loading behavior follows the control mode and the controlled players of the first connected Remote regardless of whether the LSM VIA Viewer is synchronized to the Remote or not If there is no Remot...

Page 233: ...the Playlist pane you can load it on the TC IN of a selected element 1 Select the playlist element The playlist element line is highlighted in blue 2 Load the playlist in Playout mode on this element by pressing The playlist is loaded on the selected element USER MANUAL LSM VIA 7 Working with Playlists 221 ...

Page 234: ... the focus on In case no Remote Panel is connected to LSM VIA the Recue command applies to the media loaded on the smallest PGM of the server 7 6 2 Browsing a Playlist How to Browse in a Playlist When the playlist is loaded you can browse it as follows Browse through the playlist items with the jog If the playlist was in Playout mode the Playlist Edit mode is enabled The playlist element being bro...

Page 235: ...e jog to jump from the TC IN of a playlist element to the TC IN of the next playlist element If the playlist was in Playout mode the Playlist Edit mode is enabled The Browse function can be disabled in one of the following ways press Browse again press E E or Return press Play use the lever How to Go to IN OUT Points in a Playlist Element When you have loaded a playlist you can easily move to the ...

Page 236: ...the same timecode 7 6 3 Playing a Playlist How to Play a Playlist Playback Speed Options The lever allows you to play the loaded media or to modify the playout speed The lever can work according to different modes standard mode second lever range mode PGM Speed mode VarMax mode The PGM Speed mode the VarMax mode and the Second Lever Range mode are mutually exclusive See section LSM VIA Remote Pane...

Page 237: ... preset speed for the current playlist element is canceled and set by the lever position only The next playlist element will be played out at its defined speed as long as you do not change the lever position When the playlist has been played out you can recue it to the beginning by pressing the Playlist key again To come back to live press the E E key How to Play a Playlist in Loop Mode 1 Enter th...

Page 238: ...is canceled and set by the lever position only The playlist will return to pre set speed mode as soon as another clip with a pre set speed is found If the speed for a supermotion clip is set to UNK pressing the PLAY key on that clip will start the playback of the playlist at the speed specific to the SLSM camera for example 33 with SLSM 3x cameras When using the PLAY key to start the playlist it i...

Page 239: ...list of servers available on the network is displayed in the Recall screen of the Remote Panel touchscreen The following actions are possible from this screen connecting to a server local or remote quickly loading a local or remote clip or playlist Recall function By default the local server is selected Overview of the Recall Screen Title Bar 1 This area displays the page title and allows users to...

Page 240: ...rsion Numeric Pad 4 This area is used to enter the LSM ID of the clip or playlist to recall See section Recalling a Clip with its LSM ID on page 123 Connection Call Buttons 5 The Connect button is used to connect to the selected server The Call button only displayed when a LSM ID has been entered is used to recall a selected clip or playlist Accessing and Leaving the Recall Screen How to Access th...

Page 241: ...the local server is selected blue highlighted 2 Select a server from the left side of the screen The local server is displayed on a gray box 3 Validate your action press on the console or tap on the touchscreen You can navigate through the pages and banks of the server See section Navigating in Pages and Banks on page 75 USER MANUAL LSM VIA 8 Operations on Network 229 ...

Page 242: ... displayed as a blue box The local server is shown as a gray box when it is not selected 2 Select a server click or press then To close the Servers screen without selecting a server do one of the following actions press X in the top right corner press press to go back to the local server LSM VIA is connected to the selected server 230 January 2022 Issue 1 4 G ...

Page 243: ... in the meantime The Clip field of the App bar gives indication on the local or the remote server connected to A purple background highlights the remote state of the selected server See section LSM VIA Remote Panel Touchscreen on page 11 Display on the Remote Panel Console On the Remote Panel console the function keys corresponding to filled in clip positions in the bank are green on the local ser...

Page 244: ...press From LSM VIA Viewer press It goes back to the same page bank where you were before the connection to the remote server The Clip grid no longer shows the remote clips If you are connected to a remote server and remote trains are loaded the Back to Local operation will not only connect back to the local server but also reload the local trains 8 1 3 Recalling Clips or Playlists by LSM ID from t...

Page 245: ...elect a server from the left side of the screen The local server is displayed on a gray box 3 Select the clip or playlist LSM ID in one of the following ways press the function keys on the Remote Panel clip playlist or use the numeric pad on the touchscreen USER MANUAL LSM VIA 8 Operations on Network 233 ...

Page 246: ...e currently active playlist into the recalled playlist and set this latter as active The recalled playlist becomes the active playlist provided that it is not a remote playlist To leave the Recall screen without recalling a media tap on the upper left corner or press on the Remote Panel 8 1 4 Recalling Media by LSM ID from the LSM VIA Viewer Introduction From the LSM VIA Viewer you can easily load...

Page 247: ...the smallest PGM of the server to load a local clip type the LSM ID without network number e g 112 or 112C to load a remote clip type the LSM ID and the network number of a remote server e g 112 9 or 112 09 or 112C 9 or 112C 09 Writing Rules for a Playlist LSM ID to make a local playlist active type the LSM ID without network number e g 14 to make a remote playlist active type the LSM ID and the n...

Page 248: ...ns screen displays all the record trains from the online servers of the XNet which means the local server and the remote ones By default they are sorted by LSM ID Each record train is represented by a box identified with server name record train LSM ID record train name 236 January 2022 Issue 1 4 G ...

Page 249: ...fined on remote record trains before the corresponding server went disconnected filter boxes are still displayed but not available Accessing and Leaving the Trains Screen To access the Trains screen press on the console To leave the Trains screen do one of the following actions tap on the upper left corner of the Trains screen press on the Remote Panel USER MANUAL LSM VIA 8 Operations on Network 2...

Page 250: ... 9 pages exist tap to be able to access more pages Swap the screen horizontally Sorting the Record Trains The record trains can be sorted according to the record train name or to the train LSM ID default From the Trains screen two tabs are available at the bottom left corner Sort by LSM ID The server name record train LSM ID first line is written in bold in each record train box 238 January 2022 I...

Page 251: ...This is done by defining filters on the trains and enabling the Filter mode Ten pages of 12 buttons can be used to map record trains to the filter How to Define a Filter on a Record Train 1 Select the Trains function by pressing The Trains screen opens on the touchscreen 2 Tap the Define Filter button at the bottom right The Trains Define Filter screen is displayed When no filter has been defined ...

Page 252: ...ere you want to map a record train The Trains Camera Selection screen is displayed 4 Tap the box of the required record train The train is mapped to the selected box in the Define Filter screen 240 January 2022 Issue 1 4 G ...

Page 253: ...n are automatically displayed 5 optional To assign a color to the record train box a Tap the Color button The color palette is displayed b Select a color Tap a color square or Tap the first square white square to restore the default color gray The color is assigned to the selected box USER MANUAL LSM VIA 8 Operations on Network 241 ...

Page 254: ...o remove all record trains mapped to boxes in the Define Filter screen 8 2 3 Loading a Record Train from the Trains Screen How to Load a Record Train To load a record train on the smallest controlled PGM shown at the top of the screen 1 Access the Trains screen by pressing 2 optional Activate the Filter mode by tapping the Filter toggle button to only display your selection of record trains The Tr...

Page 255: ...3 Tap the box of the record train to be loaded with Filter mode activated with Filter mode disabled USER MANUAL LSM VIA 8 Operations on Network 243 ...

Page 256: ...trolled PGM is taken into account when loading a record train If the record train being loaded does not have material for the given TC the record train is loaded LIVE If the record train being loaded has several times the same TC the record train is loaded on the TC recorded last E E will trigger a Live command on the controlled record trains If one of them is a remote one E E does not go back to ...

Page 257: ...o Load Back the Local Record Train Back to Local Train To load back the local record trains do one of the following actions From the console press From LSM VIA Viewer press 8 3 Using the Shotbox for Quick Actions 8 3 1 About Shotbox The Shotbox allows users to have a quick access to frequently used media local or remote clips or playlists You can currently map local or remote clips or playlists to...

Page 258: ...t controlled PGM displayed on a red background in Use mode and in Edit mode LSM ID of the clip angle or playlist loaded on the smallest controlled PGM only displayed in Edit mode and if such a media is loaded Page Tabs 3 Tabs corresponding to the various pages where you can store media The number of items present on each page is displayed next to the page number Tap the requested tab or swipe to t...

Page 259: ... been mapped before the corresponding server went disconnected the box is still displayed but is not available Toolbar 5 Commands mainly in edit mode to perform several actions with the Shotbox How to Access and Leave the Shotbox To access the Shotbox press the Shotbox button on the console To leave the Shotbox do one of the following actions tap on the upper left corner of the Shotbox page press ...

Page 260: ...tbox tap the Lock toggle button to activate the Lock option on the Shotbox toolbar 8 3 3 Adding Media to the Shotbox You can currently map local or remote clips or playlists to boxes in the Shotbox when it is in Edit mode so that you will be able to access these clips or playlists very rapidly later on during operation How to Add Media to the Shotbox To add a clip or playlist to the Shotbox 1 Open...

Page 261: ...ds on the media currently loaded on the smallest controlled PGM If a clip or playlist is loaded its LSM ID is written next to the PGM name If a playlist is loaded it is automatically mapped to the selected box Go to step 8 If a specific CAM angle of a clip is loaded it is automatically mapped to the selected box Go to step 8 If you want to create a link to another media you first need to unload th...

Page 262: ...ed blue highlighted Go to step 5 5 Tap the EVS server where the requested media is stored The local server is displayed on a gray box 6 Enter the media LSM ID in one of the following ways press the function keys on the Remote Panel use the numeric pad on the touchscreen To clear the LSM ID field press on the console or tap on the touchscreen 250 January 2022 Issue 1 4 G ...

Page 263: ...cted media is now mapped to a box in the Shotbox How to Add Media to the Shotbox Quick Procedure To quickly map the clip CAM angle or the playlist loaded on the smallest controlled PGM to a Shotbox button Its LSM ID is shown next to the PGM name 1 Enter the Shotbox Edit mode by pressing 2 Tap the box where you want to store the quick link to your media The loaded media is now mapped to the selecte...

Page 264: ...ed to the box Tap Color to be able to select a color for the box Tap Clear to remove the media mapped to the box Tap the Play button if you want the media to be directly played out when the user taps the box in the Shotbox By default the media is loaded but not played out Tap Clear Shotbox if you want to remove all media mapped to boxes in the Shotbox 252 January 2022 Issue 1 4 G ...

Page 265: ...ia you want to load If a remote media had been mapped before the corresponding server went disconnected the box is still displayed but is not available The corresponding media is loaded Loading Behavior A mapped playlist is loaded in PGM PRV unless the Remote Panel is configured in Multi PGM mode with a single controlled PGM A mapped clip CAM angle is loaded on the smallest controlled PGM If you c...

Page 266: ...GbE network or XNet This can be executed from the Remote Panel Servers can be set as favorite targets So the Push to Favorites function will be used to quickly push a clip to a preselection of servers Principles It is not possible to push remote clips to other servers Only local clips can be pushed Local clips can be pushed to a network server even if the Clip Edit by Network parameter has not bee...

Page 267: ...chscreen 3 Select up to 5 target servers where you want to send the clip by taping their box 4 Tap Clip to push all the clip angles or Cam to push the controlled CAM angles of the clip 5 Tap Short to push the clip without its guardbands or Long to push the clip with its guardbands 6 Validate your action press or tap USER MANUAL LSM VIA 8 Operations on Network 255 ...

Page 268: ...efine Favorite Target Servers 1 Access the Push screen by pressing The Push screen opens on the touchscreen 2 Set up to 5 favorite target servers by taping the star The star of the server s set to favorite s is highlighted in blue or white if the server box is selected 256 January 2022 Issue 1 4 G ...

Page 269: ...orites 1 Load a clip on the smallest controlled PGM a b c See section Loading Clips on page 118 for other ways to load a clip 2 From the Clip screen on the Remote Panel touchscreen tap The clip is pushed to the selected server s with the settings Clip CAM Short Long used for the last Push action The sender and the receiver get notifications USER MANUAL LSM VIA 8 Operations on Network 257 ...

Page 270: ...f the LSM VIA Viewer and of the Remote Panel touchscreen The color corresponds to the issued notification type The Display Info Success Notifications setting allows you to enable or disable the pop up display for these two types of notifications By default they are not shown The Warning and Error notification pop up are displayed in any case Notification Pane List of all the Notifications The Noti...

Page 271: ...ication is over the Notification icon The notifications from all the categories are available from the Notification pane and are not impacted by the Display Info Success Notifications setting Filtering or Clearing the Notifications In order to tap filter notifications by types Select or clear the notification types you do not want to display at the top of the Notification pane clear one notificati...

Page 272: ...en and where you have faced the issue Afterwards you will have to extract the logs so you will get a single archive package named with the date and time that you will send to the Support team How to Define a Reference Point for Logs To set a reference point that will be added to the logs to provide to the Support team 1 From the Clip or Playlist screen access the Main menu The Main menu opens 2 On...

Page 273: ...mplicity s sake we recommend to keep only one USB key connected to the Remote Panel 1 optional Plug a USB key formatted in FAT32 onto the Remote Panel 2 From the Application bar on the touchscreen tap the button 3 From the About window tap the Extract Logs button A message informs you that the logs have been extracted The archive package is stored in the folder var log EVSLogs LSM VIA History on t...

Page 274: ...on from the remote or the LSM VIA Viewer The Getlogs tool will not only retrieve the logs extracted in the previous step for LSM VIA but also all the other logs 1 From the XClient VIA desktop press the Windows key and then select Files 2 Browse to Desktop and run Getlogs 3 Wait until you get the message Do you want to delete all logs files 262 January 2022 Issue 1 4 G ...

Page 275: ...application cannot be started You have problems to log in the Remote You can extract the logs from the Remote Panel to a USB key before logging in Then retrieve the logs as follows 1 Run the Getlogs from the XClient VIA desktop to get its logs See section How to Get all the Logs from the Entire System on page 262 2 Extract the logs from the Remote Panel on a USB key See section How to Extract Logs...

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