Sony Screen Management System, User Manual

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Edit Show Playlist (SPL)
Playlist editing operations are usually carried out from the
SMS Controller application. However, editing existing
Show Playlists can also be realized from the Projectionist
Terminal.
Access to features under MANAGE SHOWS is Role
restricted.
To Edit an existing Playlist, tap Menu , tap Shows , tap
Manage Shows . The MANAGE SHOWS pane appears.
Tap either Scroll Up or Scroll Down until you
locate the Title of interest. Tap the Title to select and then
tap
Edit . The EDIT PLAYLIST popup appears.
View/Edit Playlist Properties
To view or edit the
Playlist Properties, tap
Properties . The
Playlist Properties
popup appears.
Playlist Properties
contains descriptive
information about the
SPL. When you tap
either
Title (limited to
64 characters) or
Description (limited
to 512 characters), an on-screen keyboard appears. Tap
keys to set the information and then tap
Enter to close the
keyboard. To set the Playlist Type, tap Type and then tap
to make your selection from the list.
Once information has been set in the Playlist Properties,
tap
Apply and Playlist Properties will close. You must tap
Save on the EDIT PLAYLIST pane to apply changes.
Add Black (Leader)
Black (Leader) is used to provide a brief interval between
different content. This often is used simply to provide
pacing to the sequence of content being presented, e.g.,
between trailers or between the last trailer and the feature
start.
In Digital Cinema, “black” can be either the absence of the
playback of any Content (virtual black
1
) during
presentation or it can be actual black content supplied as a
CPL included in the DCP. In the former case where a
virtual black interval is manufactured during the
presentation process, provision is made for establishing a
duration of the Black interval. When Black is actual
content, its duration is of a predetermined length and the
Content Type is “transitional
2
”.
To add Virtual Black to the Playlist, tap Content , tap
either the Scroll Up or Scroll Down arrow until
you locate Black (appears as green in the list), tap Black
to select, and then tap Add . The ENTER GAP
DURATION popup appears.
Note
Edit
Title
Properties Close
Save Cancel
Add
Sub-Playlist
Commands
Content
Delete
Intermission
Setup
1.Virtual Black is created by electronically muting the
image output from the Content playback subsystem
(Media Block). A Virtual Black Playlist Element appears
green in the Content list and in the subsequent Playlist.
2.Transitional Content is usually described as “extremely
short content (1 to 15 seconds) separating unrelated
compositions”.
Apply
Cancel
Title
Type
Description