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A. Special Features
Intuition XG
Integration with MCE
The XG processor delivers two channels of HD or SD video (each with fill and key and up to 16
audio channels) to the MCE. (See
Connections
, following.) Audio reaches the MCE through the the
keyer fill input dedicated to the XG channel. The audio from the keyer input is handled internally
(and can be selected by panel operators) as a special audio over named “XG over.”
The MCE configuration can specify that the XG over turns on (or off) when the keyer assigned to
the XG channel turns on (or off)
—
unless the XG over was selected independently.
The MCE can control up to 4 XG keyer layers. Each layer corresponds to an XG media clip (iden-
tified by a recall ID). The video and the audio of the clips are combined and sent to the MCE
through keyer inputs at the rear of the master control frame.
The clips in the XG processor can also send control messages to the MCE that do the following:
• Select a main source.
• Select and control the position, size (and opacity) of squeeze images.
• Select audio overs and control their over-to-main ratios.
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Note that the MCE has one squeezeback and one audio over (per bus). Only the program bus
really matters. The preview bus is not involved in transitions at all. The preset bus is involved in
flip-flop transitions, but only superficially involved in flip-only transitions.
The control messages are entered in the timeline of a media clip developed in Xstudio. There is a
set of 18 control messages from which to choose. See
Xstudio Functions
, following.
It should be noted that the squeeze images and controlled audio overs
do not
come from the XG
processor and
are not
mixed with the XG video or audio output in the XG processor. Any squeeze-
back controlled by an XG clip is handled entirely by the MCE in its normal video effects ordering.
Only a single audio over can be in use: it either carries the XG audio or carries audio from another
over source, but not both.
The XG clip can select any main source (of the 128 main sources known to the MCE). The MCE
processes only one main source at any time: one chosen by the panel operator, by automation, or by
the XG clip. (The XG clip does not perform router preselection, although the operator or automa-
tion can do so prior to playing the clip.)
Automation
MCE external keyers that have been assigned to the Intuition XG integration are repurposed as
keyer layers, for automation to control. If additional keyer layers beyond this number are to be con-
trolled by automation, there is a mechanism by which an automation system can control additional
XG layers
—
by repurposing (sacrificing) other video effects layers.
In brief, the MCE will substitute an XG layer for, say, a logo, under automation. The choices are
MasterConfig options, made in the RS-422 configuration page. Thus, the choices cannot be over-
ridden by the automation system. You can make changes only by reconfiguring the MCE.
See the
NV5100MC MasterConfig User’s Guide
for details.
Summary of Contents for NV5100MC Master Control
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