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Using Manual Insert and Manual Override
Modes
iTX-MC offers two modes for using the iMC panel to manually insert a live video source
during the playout of an automated schedule:
Manual Insert mode
and
Manual Override
mode
.
These types of manual interventions are typically used when unforeseen emergency events
occur and the operator is required to “breakaway” from the regular schedule to broadcast
the live coverage of the event.
The main difference between these two modes is the way in which the schedule’s playout is
resumed after the manual live event is finished.
The following sections provide information and instructions for using the iTX-MC’s Manual
Insert and Manual Override modes.
Summary
Manually inserting a live source into a scheduled broadcast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Manually overriding a scheduled broadcast with a live source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Manually inserting a live source into a scheduled broadcast
The iTX-MC’s Manual Insert mode instructs the automation system to pause or hold the
schedule’s programming while the live source event is played out on air. Once the live
source event has finished, the scheduled playout resumes from the precise point of
interruption.
on page 38 demonstrates that when a manual insert is executed on the iMC
panel, the event currently on air (IN-068) gets split in the timeline and the channel’s playout
transitions to a Master Control Event named “Manual Insert”, which is added to both the
schedule grid and timeline.
The Manual Insert event has an initial default duration, however as the event continues to
playout the manual insert item expands and delays the remaining scheduled events until
the manual insert event is ended by the operator. Once the operator manually ends the
manual insert event, the on air playout transitions back to the scheduled playout event,
which resumes from the exact point of interruption, or from a point as configured in the
channel configuration.
