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Broadcast Pix
V8.5
5.9.7
To Configure RSS Feeds:
1.
Click on the
Data Menu
and a drop down
menu will appear, as shown on the right.
2.
Select the
RSS Feeds
option and the Data
Panel will change to view the RSS Feeds
properties.
3.
In the
Feed:
text field enter the URL/webpage
address of the RSS field. For example:
http://rss.cnn.con/rss/cnn_topstories.rss
4.
Click on the
Refresh
button to activate the
RSS feed.
The Date, Title and Text field will all update to
the current information. The full text will
appear in the space below the RSS
properties.
5.
To select a specific title from the RSS feed,
either click on the
Titles:
drop down menu or
the
Previous
or
Next
navigation buttons, as
shown on the right.
6.
To have the RSS Feeds cycle through the
entire list of titles,
enter
an update rate
between 5 - 60 seconds, at the bottom of the
Data Panel, as shown on the right.
7.
To activate the advance, select the
Auto
Advance RSS
button, it will illuminate blue
and begin to countdown and cycle through the
titles, as shown on the right. The information
in the RSS Feed will update using a cut
transition.
A RSS Feed includes 3 data fields: the Date, Title and Text. Most websites,
including news sites, that have information that changes on a regular basis can
be subscribed to through a RSS reader, in this case Rapid CG. Only 1 RSS
Feed may be subscribed to per project. Look for the orange RSS icon on most
websites, as shown on the right. If no Internet connection is detected this
feature is not available.