Cinegy Air Control User Manual v9.5

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Air Control Manual v 9.5

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Cinegy Air Control Manual v 9.5

Copyright and Disclaimer

Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent commitment on the part of Cinegy GmbH. The software described in this document is furnished under a license agreement. The software can be used or copied only in accordance with the terms and conditions of the agreements. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, for any purpose without the express written permission of Cinegy GmbH.

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Cinegy GmbH:Müllerstr. 2780469 Munich, GermanyPhone: +49 (89) 23885360Fax: +49 (89) 23885369Email: [email protected]: www.cinegy.com

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Preface

PrefaceCongratulations on your purchase of Cinegy Air! You can use Cinegy Air to meet all of your broadcast automation and playout service requirements. Cinegy Air is a completely software based system for SD or HD broadcast automation and video serving using standard PC server hardware. Running as a real-time network service based video playout server operated remotely via TCP/IP, Cinegy Air removes the need for SDI cabling and routing. High availability and fault tolerance is guaranteed by local caching and optional failover slave channels, as well as the benefits of optionally integrating into the end to end Cinegy solution.

Yoursystemmightnotcontaincertainfeaturesdescribedinyourdocumentation.Ourdocumentsdescribeallfeaturesregardlessofwhichversionyoupurchased.

About This ManualThis manual is designed to keep pace with the current advances in Cinegy Air by consolidating all the information you need to take advantage of the many options available to you.

This manual includes a detailed index section.

Symbols and ConventionsThe Cinegy Air Control Manual uses the following special conventions:

1 Numbered lists when the order of the items is important.

• Bulleted lists when the order of the items is unimportant.

Anoteprovidesimportantinformation,recommendations,remindersandsuggestions.

TheSeeAlsonotesreferyoutootherrelevantsections,chaptersormanuals.

Thecautionparagraphindicatesapotentiallydangerousoperation.

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Contents

ContentsCopyright and Disclaimer ....................................................................................... IITrademarks ............................................................................................................ II

PrefaceAbout This Manual ............................................................................................................ IIISymbols and Conventions ................................................................................................. III

Chapter 1Cinegy Air Control: a Playout SystemThe System ........................................................................................................................ 2Installation ......................................................................................................................... 3

The Control Station ................................................................................................ 4The Playout Engine ................................................................................................. 5

Multi-Instance Playout Service ......................................................................... 6Automatic Logon .............................................................................................. 7

Configuration ..................................................................................................................... 8The Playout Engine Configuration ........................................................................... 8

General Tab ...................................................................................................... 8Playback Tab .................................................................................................... 9Audio Tab ....................................................................................................... 21Proxy Tab ....................................................................................................... 23Logging Tab .................................................................................................... 24Subtitle Events Tab ......................................................................................... 25Live Switch Events Tab .................................................................................. 26GPI Tab ........................................................................................................... 27Confirming Your Cinegy Air Engine Settings ................................................... 27

Launching the Playout Engine .............................................................................. 27Automatic Launch .......................................................................................... 27Manual Launch ............................................................................................... 28

The Cinegy Air Control Configuration ................................................................... 28General Configurations ......................................................................................... 30

Playout Station in Passive Mode .................................................................... 30Single Channel Mode ..................................................................................... 31Multi Channel Mode ....................................................................................... 36Cinegy Air Control Configurations .................................................................. 38

Collaboration Mode Configuration ........................................................................ 42EPG Server Settings ............................................................................................. 43

CA Products Managing .................................................................................................... 44General Purpose Interface (GPI) ....................................................................................... 45

Introduction .......................................................................................................... 45Working with Commercial Blocks Using GPI ........................................................ 45

Cinegy Air Control File Extensions ................................................................................... 46Inventory Browser ........................................................................................................... 47

MAM Browser Mode ........................................................................................... 47Preview .......................................................................................................... 47Search ............................................................................................................ 49

Inventory Browser Mode ..................................................................................... 53Integrated Browser .......................................................................................................... 53

Chapter 2Communication with Cinegy DesktopMCRitem .......................................................................................................................... 56

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Chapter 3Passive ModeThe Passive Mode Interface ............................................................................................. 60

Playlist Caption .................................................................................................... 60Playlist Panel ........................................................................................................ 60

Column Management ..................................................................................... 61Column Overview ........................................................................................... 61Text Size ......................................................................................................... 63Collapse and Expand ...................................................................................... 63Selective Collapsing and Expanding ............................................................... 63

Item Editor Panel .................................................................................................. 63Browser Window ................................................................................................. 64External Command Panel ..................................................................................... 64Keyboard .............................................................................................................. 64

Chapter 4Working with PlaylistsIntroduction ..................................................................................................................... 68Creating a New Playlist .................................................................................................... 68Creating and Deleting a Program ..................................................................................... 69Creating and Deleting a Block .......................................................................................... 69Program Properties .......................................................................................................... 69

General Settings ............................................................................................. 69Conditional Access Settings .......................................................................... 71

Program and Block Commands ........................................................................................ 72Splitting the Block ................................................................................................ 72Combining the Blocks .......................................................................................... 73Block Type Assignment ........................................................................................ 73

Saving a Playlist............................................................................................................... 73Opening a Playlist ............................................................................................................ 74

Opening Recent .................................................................................................... 74Inserting a Playlist ........................................................................................................... 74Undo and Redo ................................................................................................................ 75Playlist Navigation ........................................................................................................... 75

Playlist Line Numbering ....................................................................................... 75Find ...................................................................................................................... 75Find Source .......................................................................................................... 76Next and Previous ................................................................................................ 76

Printing a Playlist ............................................................................................................. 77Closing ............................................................................................................................. 77

Chapter 5Handling Playlist ItemsAdding Items to the Playlist ............................................................................................. 80

Drag-and-Drop via the Inventory Browser ............................................................ 82Drag-and-Drop in MAM Browser Mode.......................................................... 82Drag-and-Drop in Inventory Browser Mode .................................................... 83

Drag-and-Drop via the Windows Explorer ............................................................ 83Inserting Items and Playlists in Active Mode ....................................................... 84Source Error ......................................................................................................... 84

Special Items ................................................................................................................... 85The Dummy Item ................................................................................................. 85The Live Item ....................................................................................................... 86The Note Item ...................................................................................................... 87

Media Offline ................................................................................................................... 87Subtitles ........................................................................................................................... 88

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Contents

Managing Items ............................................................................................................... 88Item Preferences .................................................................................................. 88

Auto Delete .................................................................................................... 88Auto Update EPG............................................................................................ 89

Multiselect ........................................................................................................... 89Copy and Paste .................................................................................................... 89Moving an Item in the Playlist .............................................................................. 89Replacing an Item in the Playlist .......................................................................... 90Removing an Item ................................................................................................ 90Adding a Comment .............................................................................................. 90Renaming Items ................................................................................................... 91Refreshing Items in a Playlist ............................................................................... 91

Refresh Selected ............................................................................................ 91Refresh All ...................................................................................................... 91

Aspect Ratio ........................................................................................................ 91Playout Conversion ........................................................................................ 92

Viewing and Editing Items ............................................................................................... 93Clip Viewer ........................................................................................................... 93

Audio Preview ................................................................................................ 93Editing in a Clip Viewer ........................................................................................ 94

Cutting an Item............................................................................................... 94Setting and Deleting In and Out Points ........................................................... 94Moving to the Next or Previous Edit Point ...................................................... 95Closing the Clip Viewer .................................................................................. 95

Playback Quality Degradation .............................................................................. 95The In and Out Columns ....................................................................................... 95

Programming Items ......................................................................................................... 96Setting Trigger Types ........................................................................................... 96

Follow ............................................................................................................ 96Manual End .................................................................................................... 96Clocked .......................................................................................................... 96Join-in-Progress ............................................................................................. 97

Loop ..................................................................................................................... 97Item Properties ..................................................................................................... 97

General Tab .................................................................................................... 98Parameters Tab .............................................................................................. 99

Start Time .......................................................................................................... 100Start Time Auto-Calculation ............................................................................... 100Time Controls ..................................................................................................... 100Skip .................................................................................................................... 101Status ................................................................................................................ 101

External Commands ....................................................................................................... 101Setting Parameters for External Commands ....................................................... 102

Setting Offset ............................................................................................... 102Favorites ...................................................................................................... 103Predefined Commands ................................................................................. 105

RTP/UDP URL ................................................................................................................. 111

Chapter 6Single Channel ModeStarting the Application ................................................................................................. 114The Active Mode Interface ............................................................................................. 114

Playlist Caption .................................................................................................. 116The On-Air Control Panel .................................................................................... 116The Playout Control Panel .................................................................................. 116

VANC Data Display ....................................................................................... 117The Playlist Panel ............................................................................................... 117The Timeline ....................................................................................................... 117The Item Editor Panel ......................................................................................... 118The External Command Panel ............................................................................. 118

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Connecting to the Playout Server ................................................................................... 118Server Controls .................................................................................................. 119

Server Connection Loss................................................................................ 119EPG Communication ..................................................................................... 120

Working with Items in Single Channel Mode ................................................................. 120Item Status, Coloring and Font ........................................................................... 121Proxied Items ..................................................................................................... 121

The Coloring ................................................................................................. 122Graphics Display ................................................................................................ 122Playlist Control ................................................................................................... 122

Delete to Top of List ..................................................................................... 122Delete from Selection ................................................................................... 122

Navigation ..................................................................................................................... 122On-Air Button ............................................................................................... 122Cued Button ................................................................................................. 123End of Automation........................................................................................ 123Next Command ............................................................................................ 123

Functional Group Buttons ................................................................................... 123On-Air Play Management Buttons ................................................................ 123Cue Management Buttons ........................................................................... 124

Working with the Timeline ............................................................................................. 124Channel Status ................................................................................................... 125Timeline Panel .................................................................................................... 125Timeline Navigation ........................................................................................... 126

View Detail Level .......................................................................................... 126Timeline Scale .............................................................................................. 126Navigation .................................................................................................... 126

Audio Controls ............................................................................................................... 126Audio VU Meters ................................................................................................ 126

Adjusting the Zero dB Level ......................................................................... 127The Volume Control ............................................................................................ 127

Time Controls ................................................................................................................. 127Countdown ......................................................................................................... 127On-Air Item Time ................................................................................................ 128Cued Item Start .................................................................................................. 128System Clock ..................................................................................................... 128

Chapter 7Multi Channel ModeWorking in Multi Channel Mode ..................................................................................... 130

Connecting to the Multiple Channels .................................................................. 130Loss of Server Connection............................................................................ 130

Operating ........................................................................................................... 130Switching Between the Channels ................................................................ 131

Chapter 8Collaboration ModeCollaboration .................................................................................................................. 134

Changing the Playlist .......................................................................................... 134Locking for Edit ............................................................................................ 134Approving the Changes ................................................................................ 134Discarding the Changes ............................................................................... 135

ShortcutsAppendix

Supported Formats and Codecs

Index

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Chapter 1: Cinegy Air Control: a Playout System

Chapter 1

Cinegy Air Control: a Playout System

Cinegy GmbH is the industry leader for affordable and innovative broadcast and professional television automation solutions. Our ideas are driven by a strong emphasis on new technology, tempered by a clear understanding of the broadcasting business. We are confident that you will find that our products and customer support are unsurpassed in today’s demanding marketplace. We are committed to providing superior quality and reliability.

This chapter of the manual describes the Cinegy Air Control system, its installation and configuration. The sections that follow explain the program and its functionality in detail.

• The System

• Installation

• Configuration

• CA Products Managing

• General Purpose Interface (GPI)

• Cinegy Air Control File Extensions

• Inventory Browser

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The SystemCinegy Air Control application provides an interface for convenient creation of playlists, editing and broadcasting.

When working with Cinegy Air Control you will find that the application is divided into two different modes. The preparation of playlists is performed in passive mode. On-air playlist management is performed in active mode with the options of using single channel mode or multi channel mode. Any PC connected to the network on which the Cinegy Air Control application has been installed can be used to prepare and edit playlists. A playlist can be composed of any clips in common supported file formats (vob, mpg, avi, dv, wmv, etc.) and/or with clips prepared in Cinegy Desktop. The usage of Cinegy Desktop is optional and is not required for work with Cinegy Air Control.

RefertotheCinegyUserManualformoredetailsconcerningCinegyDesktop.

ThemultichannelmodeisnotsupportedinCinegyAirExpressControl.

Once a playlist is ready for broadcasting, it is loaded into Cinegy Air Control running in active mode (single channel or multi channel mode) and is sent to the playout server.

Cinegy Air Control provides the following features:

• instant playback of the media material: any clip or Sequence prepared in Cinegy Desktop and added to a playlist can be put on-air immediately in active mode;

• instant playback of video files: any Cinegy Air Control supported format (vob, mpg, avi, dv, wmv etc.) dragged-and-dropped to a playlist can be put on-air immediately in active mode;

• a playlist composed in Cinegy Air Control can be played back on two Cinegy playout servers simultaneously for fail-safety reasons. In the case of on-the-fly changes in the playlist, the playout servers merge the altered playlist with the one being played, providing a smooth and swift change of the playout;

• reliable security protection to prevent unauthorized access to the media material prepared for broadcasting;

• simultaneous broadcasting of different playlists in various TV formats to multiple channels (notsupportedinCinegyAirExpressControl);

• simultaneous broadcasting from the one channel to the multiple output devices;

• simultaneous broadcasting of the same playlist to several channels with different TV formats;

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• the playout software is implemented as an SQL-independent service to provide the most robust on-air playback;

• horizontal timeline view provides a clear overview for easy operations;

• secondary events for external device control;

• local or remote control operation via LAN or WAN;

• GPI events processing for automatic commercial insertion;

• broadcast directly to the Internet using Web streaming;

• as-run log generation;

• uninterrupted broadcasting even in the case of the server disconnecting from the local network or from a Cinegy essence (if there are proxied items in the list). If the current item is not proxied, emergency footage is broadcast instead (notsupportedinCinegyAirExpressControl).

The proxy RAID holds pre-fetched playlist items in a defined compressed format for the following reasons:

• so that even the most difficult playout session can be prepared easily;

• to avoid rendering on-the-fly whenever possible.

TheitemproxyingisnotsupportedinCinegyAirExpressControl.

Items are proxied in chunks. Once proxied, the item is stored in a proxy folder (defined in the Cinegy Air Engine configurator). In the case of repeated usage it will not be proxied for a second time, but will be played back directly from the proxy folder.

Only very recently inserted items will be played from the Cinegy Archive media server. The playout server takes material for the playback according to the playlist from the Cinegy essence as shown below:

Installation

Youmust at least have local administrator rights for both computers (playout station and playoutengine)toinstallandconfigureCinegyAirEngineandCinegyAirControl.

TheDesktopExperiencefeatureshouldbeinstalledonWindowsServer2008R2inordertoensurethecorrectfunctioningoftheCinegyAirpreview.

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The Control Station

This is the computer where Cinegy Air Control runs. To install this component, you have to:

1 Install Cinegy Air Control. To do this, run the Setup.exe file from the “CinegyAirControl” directory of your Cinegy Air installation package. The “Cinegy Air Control Setup Wizard” will be launched:

Press “Next”, read and accept the license agreement and proceed with the installation.

On the next step select the components you want to be installed:

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• Type Editor Plug-In – the Cinegy Type editor add-on will be installed.

• NDS EPG Integration – the EPG integration will be enabled.

RefertotheCinegyTypeManualtolearnhowtoworkwiththeCinegyTypeapplication.

Having selected the necessary components for the installation, press the “Next” button to begin the installation. A progress bar will show the progress of the installation process.

2 Configure Cinegy Air Control using the Cinegy Air Control Configurator.

RefertoTheCinegyAirControlConfigurationsectionlaterinthismanualfordetailsconcerningtheCinegyAirControl Configurator.

InstallationofCinegyDesktopisoptional.Itcanbeusedtopreparevideomaterialonthesamecontrolstationwhere CinegyAir Control is installed. Alternatively you can compose a playlist from previously preparedmaterialonotherstations.

InordertousetheInventoryBrowsertoolyouhavetoconfiguretheconnectiontotheCinegyArchivedatabaseusingtheCinegyconfigurator.TheInventoryBrowserisnotsupportedinCinegyAirExpressControl.

Pleasecheck that thecustomsetsofcodecsand fontsare installedonboth theCinegyAirControlclientandtheplayoutserverstations.Ifarequiredcodecisnotinstalled,eitherthe“MediaOffline”messagewillappearinsteadofshowingthemediamaterialortheemergencyfootagewillbeplayedback,dependingontheplayoutstationconfiguration.IfarequiredWindowsfontisnotinstalled,thedefaultArialfontwillbeusedinthetitler.

The Playout Engine

The Cinegy Air Engine executes the playlist provided to it and renders video to air.

To install Cinegy Air Engine, run the Setup.exe file from the “CinegyAirEngine” directory of your Cinegy Air installation package. Cinegy License Service will be automatically installed, then the setup wizard will be started:

Press “Next”, read and accept the license agreement and proceed with the installation.

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Define the installation folder for the Cinegy Air Engine to be installed to:

Press the “Next” button and begin the installation. A progress bar will show the progress of the installation process.During the installation the Cinegy Air Engine Configurator will be launched.You can leave the default configuration without changes and set up the Cinegy Air Engine later, or specify all the necessary parameters during the installation.

RefertothenextsubsectionformoredetailsonCinegyAirEngineinstancessetup.

Press the “Finish“ button to exit the setup wizard.The Cinegy Air Engine icon will appear in the notification area of the taskbar.

Multi-Instance Playout ServiceSeveral Cinegy Air Engines can be started on the same machine. With the help of Cinegy Air Engine Configurator you can add/remove Cinegy Air Engine instances and configure each of them individually.Cinegy Air Engine Configuration dialog is launched during the Cinegy Air Engine installation or can be launched from Start -> All Programs -> Cinegy -> Cinegy Air Engine -> Cinegy Air Engine Configuration.

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To configure the specified Engine instance, select it and press the “Configure...” button. The “Configure Instance” dialog will appear.

RefertoThePlayoutEngineConfigurationsectionlaterinthischapterfordetailsconcerningtheCinegyAirEngineconfiguration.

By default, only one instance is created. To add more instances, select any “Free” instance and configure it by pressing the “Configure...” button and specifying all the necessary parameters. To remove the specified instance, select it and press the “Remove” button.

RefertotheLaunchingthePlayoutEnginesubsectionoftheConfigurationsectionlaterinthischapterfordetailsonhowtooperatetheEngine.

Please,notethataseparatelicenseshouldbeacquiredforeachCinegyAirEngineinstance.

Automatic Logon

In order to automatically launch Cinegy Air Engine after the PC restart, it is necessary to set up the automatic logon for your operational system.

If you are a domain user, the “Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer” checkbox is hidden in the “User Accounts” dialog. To get this option back and be able to configure the automatic logon, open a command prompt and enter the following line in the window that appears:

reg add “HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon” /v AutoAdminLogon /t REG_SZ /d “1” /f

Now you can turn on automatic logon for Windows OS following the steps below:

1 Go to “Start” and click “Run” (or use the “Win” + “R” keyboard keys).

2 In the “Run” dialog box that opens, enter control userpasswords2 in the given field and press “OK”.

3 In the “User Accounts” dialog that appears, remove the selection of the “Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer” checkbox and press the “Apply” button.

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4 In the “Automatically Log On” dialog, enter in the corresponding field the password that will be used for automatic logon and then retype it in the “Confirm Password” field; press “OK” to apply your changes.

5 Press “OK” to apply your automatic logon settings and exit the “User Accounts” dialog. After restarting your computer, you will be logged on automatically under the account you specified.

If your computer is in the domain, you also need to configure the default domain. To do this, enter the following line in the command prompt, having specified your domain name:

reg add “HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon” /v DefaultDomainName /t REG_SZ /d “domain” /f

ThesameprocedureworksforWindows7,WindowsServer2008andWindowsServer2008R2.

ConfigurationThe Playout Engine Configuration

To set up the specified Cinegy Air Engine instance, select it in the “Cinegy Air Engine Configuration” window and press the “Configure...” button. The configuration dialog of that particular instance will appear:

ToruntheCinegyAirEngineconfigurator,gotoStart->AllPrograms->Cinegy->CinegyAirEngine->CinegyAirEngineConfiguration.

General Tab

The “General” tab allows you to select the license type, specify the media files that will go on-air in the case of network errors, and define the remote server for executing external commands.

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LicensingThis group allows you to specify the license type to be used:

• SD playback license – only the SD formats will be available to choose for playback.

• HD/SD playback license – SD and HD formats will be available to choose for playback.

• Use Cinegy Type – this option defines whether the Cinegy Type scenes should be sent to playout

Video File to Output in Case of an ErrorDefines a path to a local video file that will go on-air in the case of network errors.

Audio File to Output in Case of an ErrorDefines a path to an audio file that will go on-air in the case of network errors.

Use Remote Server for External CommandsYou can choose a remote server to execute external commands set in the external command panel.

Playback Tab

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Player ModeDefines the basic TV format system used for the Cinegy Air playout server broadcasting. You can choose one of the following:

• NTSC standard definition;

• PAL standard definition;

• NTSC high definition;

• PAL high definition.

Thelistofavailableplayermodesvariesdependingontheselectedlicensetype.

Changing the player mode settings resets the defined channels configurations. The following alert box will appear:

ChannelsThe playout server can contain more than one playout channel. Each channel can be configured individually with the specific video format that can be chosen depending on the defined player mode.The following table shows the channels’ video formats compatibility depending on the defined player mode:

Basic player mode Available TV formats

NTSC Standard Definition 720x480 29.97Hz 4:3720x480 29.97Hz 16:9

PAL Standard Definition 720x576 25Hz 4:3720x576 25Hz 16:9

NTSC High Definition 720x480 29.97Hz 4:3720x480 29.97Hz 16:91920x1080 29.97Hz1280x720 59.94Hz

PAL High Definition 720x576 25Hz 4:3720x576 25Hz 16:91920x1080 25Hz 1280x720 50Hz

It is possible to mix TV formats for simulcast, but the files must be in the same “time-base”, i.e. PAL or NTSC. You can mix PAL 4:3, PAL 16:9, 1080i/25, 720p/50, etc in one playlist – it will be processed correctly; but trying to add the NTSC based files into the PAL playlist will lead to frame-dropping and jerking frames on output.

Input DeviceThe first channel in the channel list defines the input device that is used as the live items’ input:

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The format of the input device is defined by the format of the channel.

ConfiguringTo set the input device, choose the input device and press the “Change...“ button. The following dialog box appears:

DVS Input

TheCentaurusII,andCentaurusIILTandAtomixLTvideoboardsaresupported.

Here define the board number from 0 to 9 and the channel mode. Press the “Finish“ button to set the DVS input device.

DeckLink Input

TheBlackmagicDesignDeckLinkvideoboardissupported.

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Here define the board number from 0 to 7 and press the “Finish“ button to set the DeckLink input device.

Forward InputNo configuration is available for this device.

AJA Input

The following AJA input settings can be configured here:

Board number – define the board number from 0 to 7.

Video input – define the video input type by choosing SDI or Analog from the pull-down list.

Audio input – define the audio input type by choosing Embedded, AES or Analog from the pull-down list.

Analog input format – choose the appropriate analog video input format from the pull-down list for the analog video input signal.

Theanaloginputformatcanbespecifiedonlywhentheanalogvideoinputisselected.

Reference source – define the reference source for the AJA input device by choosing between Reference Input, Video Input or Free Run from the pull-down list.

Press “Finish“ to complete the setup and assign the AJA as an input device for the current channel.

Whenthe“RTP/UDPinput”optionisactivatedandtheinputdeviceisnotdefined,allliveitemswillbecreatedasRTP/UDPones.Alternativelytheblackframeisbroadcastfortheliveitem.

Output DevicesEach channel can be configured to have multiple output devices that are used for simultaneous broadcasting.

The following illustration shows the playback configuration with the four channels set:

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The following diagram shows the general structure of the playback performance:

ConfiguringTo add another channel to the list of channels used for broadcasting, press the “Add channel...“ button. The following dialog box appears:

ThisisanexampleofchannellistfortheNTSCHighDefinitionplayermode

Here choose the video format for the channel being added.

ThelistofavailableTVformatsmayvarydependingonthechosenplayermode.

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To add the output device for the selected channel, press the “Add device...“ button. The following dialog box appears:

Here choose the required output device from the list and configure its output settings (the Forward output device has no output settings). The broadcast will be performed to the assigned output device(s).

The output devices available in the pull-down list are:

• DirectShow Output;

• DVS Output;

• Decklink Output;

• Forward Output;

• AJA Output;

• RTP/UDP Output;

• Windows Media Output;

• MPEG Recorder Output.

Itispossibletoaddseveraloutputdevices.Inthiscase,theplaybackwillbeperformedtoalltheassigneddevicessimultaneously.

As a master output device (displayed in bold) it is recommended to add at first device(s) connected with the hardware and master clock (e.g. SDI, DirectShow, RTP, etc.). Then you may add device(s) like MPEG recorder, WMV output as additional devices (displayed in the regular font).

To change a channel or device configuration, choose the required setting and press the “Change...“ button. Make your changes in the configuration box that appears.To delete a channel (except the first one) or an output device, select the required one and press the “Delete“ button.DirectShow Output

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Here define if the video should be put out to the screen by ticking off the “Output video to the screen” checkbox and select the corresponding output audio device from the pull-down list.

The“Audiodevice”listdependsonthehardwareinstalledonthecurrentPC.

Ifthe“Outputvideotothescreen”checkboxisnottickedoff,onlyaudiowillbebroadcastwithoutvideoovertheradiostations,forexample.

DVS Output

TheCentaurusII,CentaurusIILTandAtomixLTvideoboardsaresupported.

Here define the board number from 0 to 9 and the channel mode. Press the “Finish“ button to set the DVS output device.

To assureproperworkwith theDVSboard, allCinegyWorkflowmodules suchasCinegy Ingest,outgest,playoutetc,shouldhaveaccesstothedvsoem.dllfile.ChecktheDVSdriverpackagethatyouhaveinstalledonyourcomputerandaddthepathtothefoldercontainingdvsoem.dll.Todoso,goto“MyComputer”–>“Properties”–>“Advanced”–>“EnvironmentVariables”andeditthevariablevalueforthe“Path“variable.

DeckLink Output

TheBlackmagicDesignDeckLinkvideoboardissupported.

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Here define the board number from 0 to 7 and press the “Finish“ button to set the Decklink output device.

Forward OutputNo configuration is available for this device.

AJA Output

TheAJAKonaLHePlus,LHiandAJAIoExpressvideoboardsaresupported.

The following AJA output settings can be configured here:

Board number – define the board number from 0 to 7.

Analog output format – choose the appropriate analog video output format from the pull-down list for the analog video output signal.

Reference source – define the reference source for the AJA output device by choosing between Reference Input, Video Input or Free Run from the pull-down list.

Press “Finish“ to complete the setup and assign the AJA as an output device for the current channel.

RTP/UDP OutputSelecting the RTP/UDP output as the output device sets the SDI – RTP converter configuration.

Network Settings

The following RTP/UDP output network settings should be configured here:

Broadcast mode – here choose the broadcast transmission method (unicast or multicast).

IP address – in the unicast mode, enter the destination station address and port. In the multicast mode, enter the IP and port of the multicast group that will be used for multicasting.

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Stream – here choose the stream protocol type (RTP or UDP).

TS packets – specify the number of transport stream packets placed in the payload portion of the RTP/UDP packet.

RefertothenetworktechnicaldocumentationformoreinformationontheRTPandUDPpackets.

Multicast source IP master – here enter the IP address of the local network adapter that will be used for multicasting.

Multicast source IP backup – here enter the IP address of the local network adapter that will be used for multicasting instead of the master IP.

It is recommended tosetup thestatic IPaddress for thisadapter.The“Multicastsource IPmaster“and“MulticastsourceIPbackup”parametersaffectthemulticastmodeonly.

TTL – here define the number of routers (hops) that multicast traffic is permitted to pass through before expiring on the network.

The“TTL“parameteraffectsthemulticastmodeonly.

RefertothenetworktechnicaldocumentationformoreinformationontheTTLoption.

Register output – this option allows you to register the output stream on the Cinegy Channel Directory Server in order to be used by other Cinegy IP-based broadcast components as an RTP/UDP input. In this case, enter the Channel Directory Server IP and output stream ID (as stream name).

NospecialsymbolscanbeusedforthestreamID,alphanumericonlyandspacesymbolareallowed.

The“Registeroutput“parameteraffectsthemulticastmodeonly.

Press the “Next“ button to continue RTP/UDP output configuration.

Encoding Settings

In this dialog you can define the following RTP/UDP output encoding settings:

Program number – defines the program PID that will be used.

PMT PID – defines the Program Map Table PID value.

Transport ID – defines the label that identifies the Transport Stream from any other multiplex within a network.

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Video PID – defines the video stream PID in the program. If none is specified, the first available video stream PID will be used.

Video encoder – defines the video encoder type. Set the corresponding radio button to define MPEG-2 or H.264 video encoder type and configure its settings below.

Video bitrate – define the bitrate value used for compression.

GOP – choose the Group of Picture (GOP) structure of the resulting stream from the pull-down list and define the GOP length in frames.

Chroma format – define the color space (4:2:0 or 4:2:2) by setting the corresponding radio button.

Coding mode – define the frame-coding rule (frame or field) in the current stream by setting the corresponding radio button.

Having configured the encoding settings, press the “Next” button to continue RTP/UDP output configuration.

Audio Settings

In this dialog you can manage audio sources used in the current RTP/UDP output.

By default, this dialog contains the “S0” audio source of the MPEG audio type with the 384 kbit/s bit rate. You can edit it according to your needs by selecting from the corresponding pull-down lists a different audio source number, type and bit rate. You can also change PID of the current audio source via the keyboard in the corresponding field.

Ifyouselecttheaudiotypethatalreadycontainsbitrateinitsname,thecorrespondingfieldinthe“BitRate”columnwillbedisabled.

To add another audio source, press the “Add” button and edit its parameters in the table as described above. Use the “Delete” button to remove an audio source from the list.

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Windows Media Output

In the “Profile path“ browse for the Windows Media profile with the *.prx extension to specify it.

Set the radio button to the “Network“ or “Server“ position to define the Windows Media output type.

Network – here assign the maximum number of clients that can work simultaneously (up to 16) in the “Max clients“ field and define the connection port (default is 8000).

Server – here enter the publishing point URL and publishing point template URL addresses. Tick off the “Auto destroy“ option to destroy the publishing point when the broadcast is over.

MPEG Recorder Output

TheMPEGrecorderoutputdeviceisnotsupportedinCinegyAirExpressControl.

Itispreferabletoaddatfirsthardwareandmasterclockoutputdevice(s)(e.g.SDI,DirectShow,RTP,etc.)beforeaddingtheMPEGrecorderoutputdevice.It isnotrecommendedtousetheMPEGrecorderoutputdeviceasasinglemasterdevice.

Here configure the MPEG recorder output device settings:

In the “Folder for the MPEG“ field, press the “Browse...” button to locate the folder where the broadcast stream in the MPEG file format will be saved, or simply enter the folder path via the keyboard.

Tick off the “Record on demand” checkbox to start the recording only by coming of the secondary event from the playlist and define in the “Recorder” field the recorder ID that will be used in the secondary event for referencing to the corresponding MPEG recorder settings.

In the “New MPEG every“ and “New day start“ fields, assign how often a new log file will be created.

Set up the frame size, audio and video bitrate options in the “MPEG compression options“ configuration parameters.

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Press “Finish“ to complete the setup of the MPEG recording output device and add it to the channel’s list of the output devices.

Using RTP/UDPIn the “Configure Instance” dialog, tick off the “Use RTP/UDP input“ option to automatically use the IP signal as the live feed for the Cinegy Air Control playout when the RTP/UDP live item is detected in the Cinegy Air Control playlist. The following diagram shows the corresponding configuration:

In this configuration, the “Use RTP/UDP input” option should be checked in the “Configure Instance” dialog.

RefertotheConfigurationsectionintheCinegyAirControl:aPlayoutSystemchapterabovefordetailsabouttheplayoutstationconfiguration.

Inthecasewheninputdeviceisnotdefined,theRTP/UDPinputcanbeusedforalltheliveitems.Alternativelytheblackframeisbroadcastfortheliveiteminstead.

Press the “Settings“ button to configure the RTP/UDP input settings; the following dialog box appears:

Here configure the following settings:

Source url – enter the RTP or UDP URL describing the source channel to be used as the live input.

ThesourceURLdefinesthedefaultlivestreamonly.ThiscanbedynamicallychangedbyusingthespecialsecondaryeventfortheliveitemsinCinegyAirControl.

Multicast interface – uncheck the “All“ option and define the IP address of the local network adapter to be used to get the stream. It can be useful when you need to divide the multicasting subnet from the working subnet.

Setthe“Multicastinterface“parameterto0.0.0.0tousealltheadapters.

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YoucanmanuallyassigntheRTPorUDPinputstreamfortheexistingliveitemorusetheCinegychannelbrowserinordertoinserttheavailableIPstreamsfromtheChannelDirectoryServertotheplaylist.RefertotheCinegyGatewayManualfordetails.

Windows Vista/Windows 7 TroubleshootingThe User account control (UAC) is enabled by default for Windows Vista/Windows 7 OS. It limits some network/streaming related features therefore some additional steps should be performed to enable the trouble-free operation of the Cinegy Air Control.

Please, follow the recommendations:

• Run Cinegy Air Control using “Run as Administrator” option from the context menu.

• Run Cinegy Air Engine using “Run as Administrator” option from the context menu.

• In order to connect to the Air Engine, you should add a rule in Firewall allowing PlayoutExApp.exe to receive the inbound traffic on the 5321 TCP port.

• In order to display preview from another machine or when using the RTP input you should add a rule in Firewall allowing Cinegy Air Control application to receive the inbound traffic on all UDP ports.

Drop Frame TimecodeTick off the “Drop Frame timecode“ option to enable the NTSC time compensated mode.

ThisoptionisonlyavailablefortheNTSCTVformat.

Queue SizeDefines maximum video buffer size on the playout server. Choose 100–120 for SD video or 30–40 for HD video.

Audio Tab

Cinegy playout engine contains internal mapping of audio inputs to audio outputs.

A Sequence inserted into a playlist is processed as a media file with a certain number of audio tracks defined by the audio mapping inside the Sequence. These audio tracks are considered as audio inputs for the playout engine and are mapped according to defined rules to the output playout channels. Playout engine outputs are fixed to 8 stereo audio pairs.

RefertotheOutputAudioChannelsandMappingsectioninWorkingwithAudiochapteroftheCinegyUserManualformoreinformationonaudiomappinginsideCinegySequences.

The playout audio mapping configuration is used when the “Split audio” option is enabled in Cinegy Air Control Configurator. If the “Split audio” option is disabled, all audio tracks are mixed down into a single stereo audio channel before broadcasting regardless of audio configuration on the playout engine.

RefertotheGeneralConfigurationssectionlaterinthischapterformoredetailsonthe“Splitaudio“option.

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By default, four stereo audio channels are mapped to four stereo output channels.

The graphic relations represent mapping rules inside the playout engine that define how input channels are connected to the output channels.

To set up a particular input channel, press its corresponding button in the “Input” column, the following dialog appears:

Here you can specify whether this channel will be used, by ticking off the “Used” checkbox, and define the output channels mapped to this input channel. Press the “OK” button to apply the channels settings. The changes will be reflected on the graphic scheme.

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The output channels settings can be configured in a similar way: press the button of the corresponding channel in the “Output” column; the following dialog appears:

Select the number of output channels from the drop-down list:

Also specify the input channels settings and press “OK” to apply changes.

Proxy Tab


Select the “Use proxy” option for quick and safe playlist broadcasting. If the “Use proxy“ option is selected, only the most recently inserted items will be played directly from the Cinegy Archive media server, and the rest of the playlist items will be played from the proxy server. To set proxy configuration, you should:

1 Set the proxy folder path.

2 Set the proxy size limit (depends on free space available on the disk).

3 Define the time when the proxying status in the list will be refreshed.

4 Set the compression ratio (depends on the quality requirements and hardware performance, and can vary from 1 to 10).

Setthecompressionratioto1ifyouprefertoworkwithuncompressedvideostream.

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5 Define a number of threads to be involved in proxying.

6 Define a number of buffers assigned for proxying.

TheproxyfolderforeachCinegyAirEngineinstanceshouldbesetupindividually.

Leaveatleast25%freespaceonvolumeforproxytoenablestableworkandsmoothperformance.

Logging Tab

Debug Log LevelDefine the level for the log file. You can choose a “Full”, “Partial”, “Custom” level or “None” for no logging.

Debug Log FolderDefines the location of the log file where the sequence of operations is recorded. Press the “Browse...” button to locate the folder where the debug log file in the text format will be stored or simply enter the file path via the keyboard.

Custom Debug Log LevelsThis group is available for the custom level logging. You can manually choose the debug log level by changing values of trace level (0 – 10) and error level (0 – 10).

New Log File EveryThis option defines how often a new log file is created.

Log Played Items (as Run)Defines the location of the log file for the items that have already been played. The log file includes info about the item’s name, date and time when it was broadcast, and data about complete or partial playback of the item.

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A sample log file is shown below:

Iftheexpecteditemdurationequalstherealvalue,the“ItemRealDuration”fieldisempty.

TheClipNamecreatedduringtheingestsessionmightcontainthetimecodeinsideifthe“Usethetimecodeinclipnames”optionisenabledinCinegyEnterpriseManager.RefertotheCommonSettingssub-subsectionintheGlobalParametersandSettingssubsectionoftheServerandDatabaseSettings/ActionssectionwithinCinegyEnterpriseManagerchapterintheCinegyInstallationandMaintenanceManualformoredetails.

Logging FolderPress the “Browse...” button or simply enter the folder path via the keyboard to define the folder for the item logs.

New Day StartTo define when a new broadcasting day starts, use the following menu option:

Subtitle Events Tab

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Select the “List event” option to enable the list event configuration.

The “Device” and “Command” fields are filled with default values.

Inthe“Device”fieldasupported3rdpartysubtitlesystemnameisdefined.Forinstance,PolistreamsolutionfromScreenSystems.

In the “Op1” field, enter a unique channel ID.

In the “Every” field, define the time interval for the event to be sent, in seconds.

In the “Items” field, define the items’ “queue” size.

Select the “Timecode event” option to enable the timecode event configuration, which is similar to the list event configuration.

In the “Delay” field define the timecode distribution delay in milliseconds. This parameter is used to compensate the constant delays, such as RTP buffering.

Live Switch Events Tab

Check the “Generate events on the live switch” option to generate the enter and leave events for live items. You should set the following parameters for both enter and leave events:

• device;

• command;

• options (1…3).

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GPI TabThe “GPI” tab allows you to set up the Cinegy Air Control General Purpose Interface (GPI) module.

RefertotheGeneralPurposeInterface(GPI)sectionlaterinthischaptertolearnmoreaboutthisinterface.

Check the “Enable the GPI events sense” option to enable the usage of the GPI feature.

TheGPIfeatureisavailableonlywhenaGPIcardwiththecuetonedecodingdeviceconnectedtoitisinstalledontheplayoutserver.

Here you can define the following GPI control parameters for the commercial block transferring:

GPI start commercial bit number – defines the number of GPI device’s pin used for receiving the cuetone that indicates the start of the commercial block transferring;

GPI start commercial preroll time – defines the preroll time in milliseconds before the next manual item will be sent on-air.

The “Enable the GPI start live event sense“ option is available only when the “Enable GPI events sense” option is active. It defines control parameters for the external live events.

GPI start live bit number – defines the number of GPI device’s pin used for receiving the cuetone that indicates the end of the commercial block transferring and start of the next manual live item;

GPI start live preroll time – defines the preroll time in milliseconds before the next live item will be sent on-air.

Confirming Your Cinegy Air Engine Settings

Once you have set up all the Cinegy Air Engine instance configuration options, press the “OK” button and close the configuration window.

Launching the Playout Engine

Automatic Launch

Cinegy Air Engine is responsible for playing back of the playlist items. By default, Cinegy Air Engine is loaded automatically on the system startup. The Engine also restarts automatically in the case of a failure.

When started, the Cinegy Air Engine icon is displayed in the notification area of the taskbar.

To see and control the status of all Engine instances, right-click the icon in the taskbar and select the “Show dashboard” command.

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The following Cinegy Air Engine Dashboard window will appear:

Here you can see the control monitors of all configured Cinegy Air Engine instances. Each Engine instance can be started/stopped individually.

To exit the application, use the “Exit” command. To launch the Engine again, run the AirPlayer.exe file from your Cinegy Air Engine installation folder.

Manual Launch

Thismodeismainlyusedfortroubleshooting.

The Cinegy Air Engine can be started manually by running the PlayOutExApp.exe file. However, you will have to restart it manually each time the Cinegy Air Engine application is closed.

When the Cinegy Air Engine is started manually, the following window appears:

Head 0 and Head 1 progress bars represent buffer filling; they vary while playlist items are played back. One Head displays buffer filling for the currently played item while the other Head shows the cued item.

To close this application, press the “Close“ button. If any problems occur during your work with the Cinegy Air Engine application, you can create a dump file by pressing the “Debug!” button and send it to Cinegy support via email. The memory dump file contains register states, descriptions of where the problems originated, plus workflow and other debug data. A dump file is created automatically in the unlikely event of a Cinegy Air Engine failure.

The Cinegy Air Control Configuration

Cinegy Air Control can be launched in one of the following modes:

– Passive mode (playlist edit).

– Single channel mode.

– Multi channel mode.


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To configure Cinegy Air Control, run the Cinegy Air Control Configurator from your installation folder. This configurator contains two tabs:

• Cinegy Air Control (further information below);

Here you can set up all necessary parameters and settings for Cinegy Air Control such as: Air Control operating mode, video and audio properties, EPG configuration settings, active mode configuration etc.

• EPG server (further information below).

This setting tab is only available when there is a registered Electronic Program Guide (EPG) supporting module by NDS (NDSGateWay.dll) on the current computer. The EPG service is an additional productivity tool smoothly integrated with the NDS corporation and is not included with a standard Cinegy Air Control delivery.

TheEPGserviceisnotsupportedinCinegyAirExpressControl.Formoreinformationortoorderthisservice,pleasecontactourcommercialrepresentativeviae-mail:[email protected].

Here you can set up EPG and conditional access parameters.

RefertotheEPGServerSettingssectionlaterinthischapterformoredetails.

In order to provide full fail-safe broadcasting, the following configuration models are available for each channel:

• Single Machine Configuration;

• One Cinegy Air Control Client and One Playout Server;

• One Cinegy Air Control Client and Two Playout Servers;

• Two Cinegy Air Control Clients, One Shared Playlist and One Playout Server;

• Two Cinegy Air Control Clients, One Shared Playlist and Two Playout Servers;

• Two Cinegy Air Control Clients and Two Playout Servers.

Descriptionsoftheseconfigurationsaregivenlaterinthissection.

mailto:[email protected]

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General Configurations

Playout Station in Passive ModePassive mode is designed for offline playlist preparation before sending the material on-air in active mode.

To activate this mode, set the Cinegy Air Control client to “Passive mode (playlist edit)”.

The following diagram represents the passive mode setup:

Global SettingsIn the “Cinegy Type Repository” field, specify the folder location where the CG templates are stored.

RefertotheCinegyTypeManualtolearnhowtocreateCGtemplates.

The “Split audio“ option allows you to split audio channels according to the settings on the playout station.

Whenthisoptionisnotset,inactivemodeallaudiochannelswillbemixedintoasinglestereoaudiochannelbeforebroadcasting.

In the “Default target aspect“ pull-down list, choose the aspect ratio that will be applied to the items being inserted to the playlist. Choose “Original“ to leave the original aspect ratio of the playlist items.

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CollaborationCheck the “Enable collaboration“ option to enable the collaboration mode for the slave Cinegy Air Control station.

RefertotheCollaborationModeConfigurationsubsectionlaterinthischaptertolearnhowtosetupthecollaborationmode.

Single Channel ModeSingle channel active mode is designed to broadcast a prepared playlist to a specified channel. To activate this mode, set the Cinegy Air Control client to “Single channel mode”:

The following diagram represents the single channel mode configuration:

Global SettingsTick off the “Autoconnect on start” checkbox to enable the Cinegy Air application to automatically connect to the playout server(s) on startup.

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Tick off the “Swap control monitors” checkbox to swap the position of the control monitors on the playout control panel.

In the “User log folder” and “Alerts log folder” fields, specify the folder locations where the user log files and the alerts log files will be stored correspondingly. To do this, use the appropriate button or enter the path via the keyboard.

Then set up the following settings:

• Video system – TV system used for broadcasting.

• Aspect ratio – Aspect ratio for the video stream (4:3 or 16:9).

• Active playlist – File with the *.MCRactive extension that contains the content of the active playlist. You can browse for an existing file or simply enter the file name in the defined location for a new file. The playlist will be restored from this file when you launch the Cinegy Air Control application in active mode. When you close the Cinegy Air Control application, the currently used playlist will be automatically saved to this file.

• Server 1, 2 – Master and slave playout servers.

If several Cinegy Air Engine instances are started on the same server, you need to specify what Engine instance will be used to process the specified playlist in the corresponding “#” field next to the server IP adress.

• Cinegy Type Repository – the folder location where the CG templates are stored.

Refer to theMulti-Instance Playout Service subsection earlier in this chapter to learn how to createadditionalCinegyAirEngineinstances.

SeethedescriptionofavailableconfigurationmodelsintheCinegyAirControlConfigurationssectionlaterinthismanual.

RefertotheCinegyTypeManualtolearnhowtocreateCGtemplates.

Tick off the “Enable collaboration” checkbox to enable this option.

The “Split audio“ option allows you to split audio channels according to the settings on the playout station.

When this option is not set, all audio channelswill bemixed into a single stereo audio channel beforebroadcasting.

In the “Target aspect“ pull-down list, choose the aspect ratio that will be applied to the items being inserted to the playlist. Choose “Original“ to leave the original aspect ratio of the playlist items.

• Audio Matrix Presets – the folder location where the audio matrix presets in the XML format are stored.

Ifthisfieldisleftempty,thepull-downlistinthe“AudioMtx“columnontheplaylistpanelintheCinegyAirControlwindowwillalsobeempty.Alsotheaudioduckingsecondaryeventwillbeunavailable.FormoreinformationaboutduckingrefertotheDuckingsub-subsectionwithinPredefinedCommandsubsectionofExternalCommandssectioninHandlingPlaylistItemschapterlaterinthismanual.

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SecurityBefore working with Cinegy Air Control in active mode you should define the startup protection parameters and assign the users with the privileges to log in to the application.

To do this, press the “Security” button; the following dialog box appears:

Here enable the password protection by ticking off the corresponding checkbox. Press the “Add” button to add a certain user or the whole group to the corresponding user group. The following dialog box appears:

Here define the object type and the location to search; enter the object name.

Press the “Remove” button to delete the selected member from the corresponding user security group.

AllloggingeventsaretrackedbytheCinegyAirControlapplicationandwrittentotheuserlogfilewhenthesecurityprotectionisactivated.

EPG Configuration FileYou should specify the location of the configuration file in XML format (e.g. CinegyNDS.xml file), which is included in your Cinegy Air Control delivery. This file contains all necessary settings for proper query production with NDS (the list of supported languages, channels etc.) and is used to store the Cinegy Air Control settings.

The “EPG configuration file” option is available only when a registered Electronic Program Guide (EPG)supportingmodulebyNDS(NDSGateWay.dll) is installedonthecurrentcomputer.TheEPGservice isnotsupported in Cinegy Air Express Control. Contact theNDS representative in order to get comprehensiveinformationabouttheNDSsupport.

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Press the button to specify the configuration file. The following dialog box appears:

Browse for the folder where the XML files are stored and select the desired XML file from the list.

EPG (Electronic Program Guide)

EPG and conditional access features provide broadcasting with the additional information about a program schedule based on the currently used playlist. This information can be displayed on the consumer’s television screen via a receiver.

The “Enable EPG” option enables/disables the EPG (Electronic Program Guide) service. If this option is not selected, both EPG and conditional access services are disabled.

Here you can set up the following EPG parameters:

• Channel – TV channel for the EPG information transmittance.

• Language – EPG information language.

• PR (Parental rating) – Parental control rating for program schedule.

TheparentalratinglevelforasingleprogramcanbesetintheCinegyAirControlplayoutlist.

Conditional Access ConfigurationThe conditional access service provides access control functionality for viewing of the defined program(s) or the whole TV channel (e.g. commercial pay-per-view television).

Fundamentally the operator can set specific conditional access parameters for each program. Setting of conditional access data is performed by defining the desired template. Each template includes an individual set of parameters.

Thelistoftemplatesiscreatedby onapercustomerbasis.

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Depending on the specified model of the conditional access product, the corresponding encoding type for the desired program is applied.

The following types of conditional access products are supported:

• Subscription Products – the consumer can buy a subscription to view the preferred channel(s) over a limited time period.

• Order-ahead pay-per-view (OPPV) – the subscriber can purchase a one-time program ahead of time.

• Impulse pay-per-view (IPPV) – the subscriber can purchase a program impulsively.

Select the “Enable CA“ option to enable this functionality. If this option is not selected, the conditional access data will not be generated and transmitted to the NDS server.

Press the “Modify...“ button to set up conditional access parameters. The “CA Templates” dialog box, containing the list of specified templates, appears:

Here you can set up the list of templates.

Press this button to add a new template.Press this button to edit the selected template’s parameters.

The “CA parameters” dialog box appears:

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Select the desired template from the pull-down list and specify all input CA parameters. Press the “OK” button for confirmation. If there are any empty fields left, the error message appears:

Specify the start time for the current template in hours:minutes:seconds. If a template with the specified start time already exists, the error message appears:

In the “CA parameters” dialog you can also specify time boundaries for free preview (FPV). To do this, set the start and end values in the corresponding fields.

RefertotheProgramPropertiessectionintheWorkingwithPlaylistschapterwithinthismanualformoredetailsabouttheconditionalaccessconfiguration.

You can set up Cinegy Air Control to configuration models described further in the “Air Control Configurations” section.

Multi Channel Mode


Multi channel active mode enables broadcasting of different playlists to multiple channels simultaneously. To activate this mode, set the Cinegy Air Control client to “Multi channel mode”.

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The following diagram represents the multi channel mode configuration:

Global SettingsTick off the “Autoconnection start” checkbox to enable the Cinegy Air application to automatically connect to the playout server(s) on startup.

Tick off the “Swap control monitors” checkbox to swap the position of the control monitors on the playout control panel.

In the “User log folder” and “Alerts log folder” fields, specify the folder locations where the user log files and the alerts log files will be stored correspondingly. To do this, use the appropriate button or enter the path via the keyboard.

EPG Configuration FileSet up the location of the configuration file in XML format for this mode.

RefertotheSingleChannelModesectionearlierinthischaptertolearnmoreabouttheconfigurationfile.

Channels SetupThe list of channels that can be used for broadcasting is prepared here.

Each channel can be configured individually. Select the desired channel from the list and set up its parameters.

RefertotheSingleChannelModesectionearlierinthischapterfordetails.

Inordertopreventthetimedifferencesbetweenthecontrolandplayoutstations,alltheAirControlclientstakethecurrenttimefromtheplayoutserver.

Press this button to add a new channel for broadcasting.

Oncecreated,thechannelremainsgrayedoutuntilyouspecifyitsplaylistandserverparameters.

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Press this button to delete the selected channel.

Use these buttons to change the order of the channels.

You can set up the configuration model for each channel separately.

ReadthefollowingCinegyAirControlConfigurationssectionformoredetails.

Cinegy Air Control Configurations

Configurationmodelscannotbesetinpassivemode.

Single Machine ConfigurationThis configuration model allows you to use a single machine in the network to edit your playlists and perform the playout session.

Press the button to locate a current computer or simply enter its local IP address to the “Server 1“ field.

Press the button for the active playlist to open the “Playlist location” dialog box. There you can set the folder and file locations of the “*.MCRactive” playlist file. If this file does not exist, enter a file name in the text box and press the “OK” button.

The ”*.MCRactive” file is a unique file. When you work in active mode and close the Cinegy Air Control application, the current on-air playlist will automatically be saved with the *.MCRactive extension in the folder specified in the Cinegy Air Control Configurator.

When you launch Cinegy Air Control, the active playlist will be restored from *.MCRactive.

Ifyoudonotprovideapathandafilename,the“OK”buttonwillremaininactive.

The following diagram represents the single machine setup:

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One Cinegy Air Control Client and One Playout ServerBrowse for “Server 1” to locate the playout server.

The following diagram represents this configuration: one Cinegy Air Control client and one playout server.

One Cinegy Air Control Client and Two Playout ServersThis is an advanced playout mode. To enable this mode, use three computers: one Cinegy Air Control client, and two servers: master and slave.

Browse to the “Server 1” location you would like to use as a master playout server. Mark the checkbox next to “Server 2” and browse to the location of the slave server.

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The following diagram represents this configuration: one Cinegy Air Control client and two playout servers.

Both playbacks are independently backed up. There is no single point of failure. If the master playout server is disconnected, broadcasting will automatically be switched over to the slave playout server.

Two Cinegy Air Control Clients, One Shared Playlist and One Playout ServerTo configure this mode, set the same playlist path for the master Cinegy Air Control client and slave Cinegy Air Control client, then browse the common playout server in the “Server 1” field.

The configuration for both master and slave Cinegy Air Control clients is as follows:

The following diagram represents this configuration: two Cinegy Air Control clients, one shared playlist and one playout server.

The scheme described above provides simultaneous work of two Cinegy Air Control clients with the same shared playlist, which is played back from a single-connected playout server.

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Two Cinegy Air Control Clients, One Shared Playlist and Two Playout ServersTo configure this mode, set the same playlist path for both the master Cinegy Air Control client and the slave Cinegy Air Control client in the Cinegy Air Control mode field. Set the fields “Server 1” and “Server 2” to be the same for each of the Cinegy Air Control clients. The playout commutation master/slave is available in this mode.

The configuration for both master and slave Cinegy Air Control clients is as follows:

This configuration is the most fail-safe mode. Both Cinegy Air Control clients and both playout servers are independently backed up. The presence of the change over device in the scheme enables switching of the master/slave playout servers.

The following diagram represents this configuration: two Cinegy Air Control clients, one shared playlist and two playout servers.

Two Cinegy Air Control Clients and Two Playout ServersThis configuration supposes such configuration of the clients that each Cinegy Air Control client has its own playlist.

To configure this mode, set different playlist paths for master Cinegy Air Control client and slave Cinegy Air Control client, but browse the same playout servers (master and slave) for each Cinegy Air Control client.

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The configuration for each Cinegy Air Control client is as follows:

TheconfigurationofthemasterCinegyAirControl client TheconfigurationoftheslaveCinegyAirControlclient

The following diagram represents this configuration: two Cinegy Air Control clients, two playlists and two playout servers.

This mode is fail-safe: both editing and playback are independently backed up. The change over device will quickly respond in the case of signal point failure. Each Cinegy Air Control client has its own playlist, which can be immediately started if needed (e.g. to replace one broadcasting scheme with another). The process of switching takes about two seconds.

Eveniftheplayoutconnectionislost,theon-airtimecountdownwillgoon.So,master/slaveactiveplaylistswillswitchforgoingon-airevery15–20secondsuntilyoupressthe“Release”buttonintheOn/OffmenufordisconnectedCinegyAirControltoceasesuchcommutation.

Collaboration Mode Configuration

The collaboration mode is an alternative configuration mode for Cinegy Air Control that supports multiuser synchronous collaboration.

In this mode a master Cinegy Air Control station works in automatic mode, disabling all edit operations on that station. The currently active playlist can be locked for editing and changed from any slave station that is connected to this playlist in collaboration mode. Other slave clients can see any changes that are made.

To configure this mode, set the master Cinegy Air Control client to single channel mode and all the slave clients to passive mode with the “Enable collaboration“ option selected. Next, set up the playout server for the master station.

TheTVformatsettingsmustbethesameforallthecollaboratedcontrolstations.

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The configuration for the collaborated master and slave Cinegy Air Control clients is as follows:

TheconfigurationofthemasterCinegyAirControlclient(singlechannelmode)

TheconfigurationoftheslaveCinegyAirControlclient(passivemode)

The following diagram represents the collaboration mode configuration:

RefertotheCollaborationModechapterbelowtolearnhowtoworkinthismode.

EPG Server Settings

This setting tab is only availablewhen there is a registered Electronic Program Guide (EPG) supportingmodulebyNDS(NDSGateWay.dll)onthecurrentcomputer.TheEPGandconditionalaccessservicesarenotsupportedinCinegyAirExpressControl.

EPG and conditional access features provide broadcasting of additional information about a program schedule based on the currently used playlist. This information can be displayed on the consumer’s television screen via the receiver.

Configuration file location and conditional access settings can be configured in the “Air Control” tab.

RefertoTheCinegyAirControlConfigurationsectionaboveinthischaptertolearnhowtoconfigurethesesettings.

Cinegy Air Control provides the interface for the creation and transmission of the corresponding information about the programs. The next stage – processing and broadcasting of this information – is performed by the 3rd party company, NDS. EPG is now integrated with NDS and uses specific protocol to transmit EPG-information to the dedicated NDS server.

InordertouseEPGandtheconditionalaccessfunctionality,youneedtohaveaseparatecontractwithNDS(http://www.nds.com).

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The SSR server and logging configuration settings are included to the EPG tab:

EPGandconditionalaccessservicescanbeenabledinthe“CinegyAirControl”tab.

SSR serverSet up the SSR server parameters to configure the connection to the NDS Server: URL, port, the number of attempts to reconnect in the case of failure, and the time delay in milliseconds between reconnection attempts.

TheURLandportsettingsareprovidedbyNDS.

LoggingBrowse for folder location for logs storage and define the logging level to enable logging.

CA Products ManagingThe conditional access product manager utility is designed to manage conditional access products.

The“CAProductManager”utilityisonlyavailablewhenthereisaregisteredElectronicProgramGuide(EPG)supportingmodulebyNDS(NDSGateWay.dll)onthecurrentcomputerandisnotsupportedinCinegyAirExpressControl.

Run the CAProductMngr.exe file to launch the application. The following dialog box appears:

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In the case of a connection failure, the following error message appears:

RefertotheEPGServerSettingssectionabovetolearnhowtosetupconnectiontotheNDSserver.

To create a new conditional access product, press the “Create...” button. The following dialog box appears:

Fill in the form and press the “OK” button to create the new conditional access product.

General Purpose Interface (GPI)

IntroductionGPI is a universal utility management interface that performs monitoring of the signal presence in one of its pins. This interface is used for managing different devices, like video-routers, CG etc. during on-air broadcasting.

Working with Commercial Blocks Using GPICinegy Air Control uses GPI for automation of the regional commercial blocks broadcasting when retransmitting the main stream from the federal broadcaster. An encoded cuetone-signal is sent to the GPI device connected to the regional playout server to inform about the beginning and the end of each commercial block.

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The following diagram shows the communication of the federal and regional broadcasters:

TheGPIfeatureisonlyavailablewhenaGPIcardwiththecuetonedecodingdeviceconnectedtoitisinstalledontheplayoutserver.

The configuration of the GPI module is performed in the Cinegy Air Control Configurator (the “GPI” tab).

RefertotheConfigurationsectionaboveinthischaptertolearnmoreabouttheGPIconfiguration.

When the GPI event is detected, the next manual item will be started automatically by the playout server. The live items in this case represent the federal broadcaster transmission (so-called external live).

The following image shows a typical playlist scenario for a regional broadcaster:

Each commercial block starts with the manual item. The Cinegy Air Engine will start this item on receiving the appropriate cuetone-signal.

Inthecaseofthesignalbeingabsent,anitemcanbestartedbytheoperatormanuallyasusual.

The commercial blocks are prepared according to the requirements provided by the federal broadcaster. The cuetone-signal that informs about the end of the commercial block, sent by the federal broadcaster, can also be used to start the next live item automatically.

Cinegy Air Control File ExtensionsCinegy Air Control uses the following file extensions:

• *.MCRitem – an item file created from a Sequence or clip from a ClipBin or Roll in Cinegy Desktop via the “Send to inventory...“ command.

Refertothenextchapterfordetailsaboutcreatingof*.MCRitems.

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• *.MCRlist – a playlist file. This file is created when you are saving your playlist in passive mode.

• *.MCRactive – an active playlist file. The ”*.MCRactive” file is a unique file. When you work in active mode and close the Cinegy Air Control application, the current on-air playlist will automatically be saved with the *.MCRactive extension in the folder specified in the Cinegy Air Control Configurator. A backup of the active playlist is saved in a “.bak” file automatically. When you launch Cinegy Air Control in active mode, the active playlist will be restored from the “*.MCRactive” file.

• *.MCRactive.edit or *.MCRplaylist.edit – a playlist file created when you have made some changes to the collaborated playlist and do not approve to the active playlist.

• *.MCRactive.approved or *.MCRplaylist.approved – a playlist file created when the edits you have done to the collaborated playlist are approved to the active playlist.

InformationabouthandlingofthesefileswillbeexplainedlaterintheHandlingPlaylistItemschapter.

Inventory Browser

TheInventoryBrowserisnotsupportedinCinegyAirExpressControl.

You can work with the Inventory Browser in one of two modes. They are:

• MAM browser mode;

• Inventory browser mode.

You can toggle between modes using the keyboard shortcut <F3>.

MAM Browser ModeMAM browser mode is designed for efficient navigation through the Cinegy Archive database. In this mode you can browse contents of the database in a tree-like structure in the left hand panel of the window. The right hand window panel consists of two tabs:

• Preview

• Search

PreviewThe “Preview” tab displays the content of each folder or bin selected in the database tree. As soon as you click on a ClipBin or Roll, all clips will be displayed in the “Preview” tab:

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Clicking on a DocumentBin will display its content as thumbnails in the “Preview” tab.

The clip, Sequence or document selected in “Preview” can be dragged-and-dropped directly to the Cinegy Air Control playlist.

Double-clicking the clip will open it in the viewer:

RefertotheViewingandEditingItemssectionintheHandlingPlaylistItemschapterlaterinthismanualtolearnaboutcliphandlingintheviewer.

If no media quality for a particular footage is available, the clip thumbnails will be displayed as follows:

The system displays the “Media Offline“ text instead of showing the media material in the viewer. Such clips are not allowed to be added to the Cinegy Air Control playlist.

The audio-only clips are indicated with the waveform icon. The system performs the audio only playback in the viewer displaying the waveform of the audio. For stereo record, the left channel is displayed above the zero line and the right channel is displayed below the zero line:

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When the source document is unavailable, the red crossed circle icon is displayed for such documents.

When high quality is not available for the clip, the following dialog box appears when you try to drag-and-drop it to a playlist:

Press the “Restore“ button to retrieve the clip’s unavailable files moved to the HSM (Hierarchical Storage Management) from the Cinegy Archive database. Press the “Autodegradate“ button to switch the clip to the next available quality. For example, if high quality is required, but not available and medium quality is available, the autodegradation will switch the clip to medium quality. Press the “Restore & autodegradate“ button to retrieve unavailable files stored on the HSM and in the case of failure – switch the clip to the next available quality.

SearchIn the “Search” tab, you can perform search operations in the Cinegy Archive database and view the search results.

All the nodes found according to the search request will be listed with their thumbnails.To start searching, enter your request in the “Search” field via the keyboard and press the “Search” button or <Enter>.

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Advanced SearchPress the button next to the search field to show/hide the advanced search options:

Enter your search request in the “Searching for the terms” field.

It is possible to narrow the search by the time of creation or modification by specifying time scale in the “Narrowed by items” field.

You can also define the search location in the “Searching within” field. Press the “…” button and define the search location using the “Searching within” dialog:

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To narrow the search for specific node types, press the “…” button next to the “Consisting of these items” field and select the desired asset type(s):

You can make additional limitations to your search. This can be done by adding conditions to the metadata fields. To do this, add a row in the bottom part of the advanced parameters configuration group by pressing the button.

Refer to the Advanced Search subsectionwithinSimple Search section in the Search chapterwithinCinegyUserManualforadetailedinformationaboutadvancedsearchparametersconfiguration.

Search Request SyntaxIt is possible to use multiple words for search. In this case, they are connected with the logical AND.

It is also possible to use AND, OR and NOT operators, as well as brackets. If you enter several words separated by a space, the operator AND is assumed.

The wildcard * is also allowed.

The following tables explain the search request syntax in detail.

Expressions

Expression Description Example

any word All the forms of that word man will find man and men

“string” The exact string “man*” will find man*

* Any string of zero or more characters man* will find man, many, manuscript, manner and so on

? Any single character ?ean will find Dean, Sean and so on

[] Any single character within the range [a-k] or within the set [abcdef]

[C-P]arsen will find Carsen, Larsen, Karsen and so on

[^] Any single character not within the range [^a-k] or the set [^abcdef]

de[^l]* will find the words beginning with de where the third

letter is not l

Thenatural-languagesearchislanguagedependant.YourSQLservermusthavethesearchengineforthelanguageyouareusing;otherwise,thesearchfunctionwillnotwork.

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Operators

Operator Shortcut Description Example

AND & or space Logical ANDred monkey Joe & Willy

black AND white

OR | Logical OR Joe | Willy purse OR life

NOT ~ Logical NOT Joe NOT Willy ~fish&~meat

( ) Logical grouping (~red monkey) | (John Smith)

Search ResultsThe search results are displayed in the “Search” tab:

If the search comes up with more than one page of search results, use the and buttons to navigate the search result pages.

You can define a number of search results to be displayed per page by choosing the corresponding option from the “Results per page” pull-down list or entering the value from 10 to 2000 via the keyboard. The total number of search result items is displayed in the “Displayed” field.

Refer to theSearch Results section in theSearch chapterwithinCinegy UserManual for a detailedinformationaboutmetadatadisplayingforthefoundobjects.

Double-clicking a node on a search result page highlights its parent folder or bin in the explorer tree and displays its content in the “Preview” tab.

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Inventory Browser Mode

Inventory browser mode has the same structure and appearance as MAM browser mode. It is used to compose the playlists with MCRitems (clips from Sequences, Bins and Rolls that have been copied to the inventory folder) and to add previously created MCRlists.

In order to add an item, or items, from the Inventory Browser to a playlist in either mode, simply use drag-and-drop.

The item(s)willbe insertedwith theaspect ratio,defined in theCinegyAirControlConfigurator.See theGlobalSettingssubsectionoftheGeneralConfigurationssectionearlierinthischapterfordetails.

Integrated BrowserNavigating through the databases, searching for specific nodes and selecting clips in Rolls, Sequences or ClipBins in order to drag-and-drop them into the Cinegy Air Control playlist, is also available in the integrated browser window located in the left-hand part of the Cinegy Air Control window:

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This window contains two tabs:

• Cinegy Browser – an integrated Inventory Browser.

• File Browser – an integrated file manager system.

The“CinegyBrowser”tabwillbedisplayedonlywhenCinegyDesktopisinstalledonthesamemachineasCinegyAirControl.ToworkwithintegratedInventoryBrowser,youneedaseparatecorrespondingsoftwarelicense.Formoredetailsaboutpurchasinglicenses,please,[email protected].

Thedatabasedisplayedonthe“CinegyBrowser”tabistheoneselectedinCinegyConfigurator.

To show/hide the Browser window, use the “View” -> “Browser window” context menu command:

The work with the Browser window is the same as with Inventory Browser described above.

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Chapter 2: Communication with Cinegy Desktop

Chapter 2

Communication with Cinegy DesktopCinegy Desktop can be used to prepare the material for its broadcasting via the Cinegy Air Control application. Any clip or Sequence from Cinegy Desktop can be used to create *.MCRitems, which can then be added to the Cinegy Air Control playlist.

The use of the Cinegy Desktop application is optional, but extremely efficient and effective.

Read the following section for detailed information about the creation and use of MCRitems.

• MCRitem

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MCRitemThe MCR item is the XML file that defines a separate playback element in the playlist with the set of metadata that describes the given item. It can represent a simple clip or a comprehensive Sequence with titlers, effects, pictures and voice-overs inside. The MCR item also includes descriptive metadata (name, description, comment) and the data, defining the processing and display of the given item.

This allows you to send a prepared Sequence directly to the playlist from your Cinegy Desktop without rendering the media file. The rendering will be performed on-the-fly.

To create an MCRitem, follow the steps:

1 Create a shared folder (e.g. Inventory) where the *.MCRitems will be stored.

2 Open the Cinegy Desktop application:

RefertotheCinegyUserManualtolearnhowtoworkwithCinegyDesktop.

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Chapter 2: Communication with Cinegy Desktop

3 Select the desired Sequence or clip from the Roll/ClipBin and choose the “Send to inventory...“ command from the context menu:

The common “Save as“ dialog box appears:

Navigate to your dedicated inventory folder and enter a file name into the text field.

4 Press the “Save” button to create the “.MCRitem” file with the name you specified.

Use the Inventory Browser in inventory browser mode to add *.MCRitem(s) to a Cinegy Air Control playlist.

RefertotheAddingItemstothePlaylistsectionintheHandlingPlaylistsItemschapterlaterinthismanualtolearnhowtoaddthe*.MCRitemstotheCinegyAirControlplaylist.

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Chapter 3: Passive Mode

Chapter 3

Passive Mode

Passive mode is designed for offline playlist preparation. Playlists are usually created, edited and composed in passive mode before saving and broadcasting them in single or multi channel mode with the Cinegy Air Control application. Passive mode does not have connection to the playout server.

• The Passive Mode Interface

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The Passive Mode InterfaceThe main window is divided into three parts:

• the playlist panel (at the top);

• the selected items editor panel (in the middle);

• the external command panel (at the bottom).

The main window may also contain the Browser window (on the left) when it is enabled via the “View” -> “Browser window” context menu command:

Playlist Caption

The caption of the Cinegy Air Control window in passive mode displays the Cinegy Air Control version and the name of the currently open playlist:

Iftheplaylistcontainsanyunsavedchanges,itsnameinthecaptionwillbemarkedwiththeasterisk.

Playlist Panel

The playlist panel is always available. Playlists are represented in the form of a table. Each row contains detailed information about each Cinegy Air Control playlist item. The playlist panel view can be configured to show only the columns that you wish to see.

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Column Management

Column headers of the playlist table contain the database field names. Numerous fields exist to control the playlist. If the column is out of view in the main window, it can be shown by horizontal scrolling of the playlist table. Each column can be resized by positioning the mouse pointer on the grid line between the field names, and dragging the sizing tool left or right to adjust the column size.

The playlist panel view can be configured using the “Show columns” dialog. To invoke the dialog, right-click the table header and click the “Customize...“ command:

Use the “Move up“ and “Move down“ buttons to reorder the columns.

Press the “Reset“ button to return to the default settings.

The column names in the list on the left show the columns that are not included into the current view. The list on the right shows the columns that are included in the current view. To add a column to the view, select the column name from the list on the left hand side and press the “Add –>” button. To remove a column, select it in the right hand side list and press the “<– Remove” button.

Column Overview

The leftmost column displays a line numbering. The programs dates and blocks names are shown in a tree-like structure in the next column. Each program or block can be collapsed/expanded if necessary.

A quick overview of the columns available in the playlist panel view is given below. More detailed descriptions of each column are given later in this chapter.

T (Trigger Type)Cinegy Air Control uses four trigger types displayed in the “T” column of the playlist panel: “Follow”, “Manual end”, “Clocked” and “Join-in-progress”.

Start TimeIn this column, the manually entered or automatically calculated start time of the Cinegy Air Control playlist item is shown.

NameThis column displays the names of the programs and the Cinegy Air Control playlist items.

SourceThe icon in the “S“ column shows the item’s source. For example, a live item is indicated by a camera icon, a dummy item is indicated by an empty crossed circle icon.

DescriptionThis column contains a description of the item.

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CommentHere you can add your own comments.

DurationIn this column the duration is shown in hours:minutes:seconds:frames.

VarianceThis column displays any timecode inconsistencies regarding start time and duration of previous and next items.

ProxyHere the proxy status of the item is displayed in %.


Status

This column displays the status of each item in the playlist. The status of items can be “live”, “skipped”, “ready for playout” etc.

Commands

This column is headed with an arrow icon. It displays the command number and the presence of a logotype specified for the current item. Also it provides user with the ability to propagate a logotype or a title to other items in the playlist.

RefertotheLogotypesandTitlesManagingsectionintheHandlingPlaylistItemschapterlaterinthismanualtolearnaboutpropagationanddeletioncommands.

In and OutThe In and Out timecodes for each item are shown in these two columns.

AspectThis column defines the item aspect ratio used for broadcasting.

Audio MtxThis column defines the audio matrix preset used for playlist items playback.

Traffic IDHere the information about connection with the 3rd party Traffic applications is displayed.

Subtitle IDHere the information about connection with the Screen Subtitling applications is displayed.

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Text SizeTo change the font size of the playlist that is currently open, select the desired size from the pull-down “Text size” menu:

This option affects only the appearance of the current playlist.

Collapse and Expand

These functions are available for both program and block contents. To collapse or expand all of the playlist components, use the corresponding command from the right-click menu (“View“ –> “Expand/Collapse“):

• Collapse all – Collapse all playlist components up to the program items.

• Expand all – Expand all playlist components.

• Expand to blocks – Expand all playlist components up to the block items.

Selective Collapsing and ExpandingTo collapse or expand a single program or block, click the corresponding sign, either [+] or [–] on the left of the program’s date or the block’s name:

Item Editor PanelThe buttons located on this panel allow you to view and edit the selected Cinegy Air Control playlist items, add blocks and items (LIVE, DUMMY, NOTE etc.), easily navigate through the list, remove or skip items, control start time and duration, and set the trigger type for the selected item.

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This panel can be hidden using the right-click menu command:

To show the panel, use the same command from the right-click menu.

Browser Window

The “Browser window” provides integrated Inventory Browser and file browser on separate tabs in the left-hand part of the Cinegy Air Control window.

This window can be shown using the right-click menu command:

To hide the window, use the same command from the right-click menu.

External Command Panel

This panel provides an interface for managing external device commands for the selected item.

The external command panel is linked to the item editor panel. If you hide the item editor panel via the right-click menu command - “View” –> “Item editor panel”, the external command panel is also hidden.

Keyboard

For a more convenient work with Cinegy Air Control according to your requirements, assign the shortcut keys using the “Keyboard...” command from the context menu. The “Customize Keyboard” dialog appears:

Select the required command by navigating in the “Categories” and “Commands” fields. The selected command description is displayed in the “Description” field.

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The category list of the “CustomizeKeyboard”dialog is different in active/passivemodes: the categoriessupportedinpassivemodeonlyarenotavailableinactivemodeandviceversa.

The “Current keys” field displays all the assigned shortcuts for the selected command if any.

To delete an existing shortcut, select it from the list and press the “Remove” button. To assign a new shortcut for the selected command, press the desired keys combination in the “Press new shortcut key” field and press the “Assign” button. If the specified shortcut is already enabled to any other command, the corresponding command name will appear in the “Currently assigned” field. Pressing the “Assign” button in this case enables the entered shortcut for the selected command anyway.To reset all the changes, press the “Reset All...” button.

Press the “Close” button to confirm the changes and close the dialog box.

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Chapter 4: Working with Playlists

Chapter 4

Working with PlaylistsA playlist is a list of items arranged in a predefined order. The playlist can be created in passive mode and changed either in single channel mode or multi channel mode at any time by adding, copying, removing or replacing items even while the playlist is being played back on-air.

This chapter will explain how to create, open and operate the playlists.

• Introduction

• Creating a New Playlist

• Creating and Deleting a Program

• Creating and Deleting a Block

• Program Properties

• Program and Block Commands

• Saving a Playlist

• Opening a Playlist

• Inserting a Playlist

• Undo and Redo

• Playlist Navigation

• Printing a Playlist• Closing

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IntroductionA playlist is a kind of vertical cascaded timeline divided into separate programs. Each program contains from one to several blocks which are logical groupings of Cinegy Air Control playlist items.

When you launch Cinegy Air Control in passive mode, a new program containing an empty block appears in the playlist by default:

Every program displays the broadcasting date information depending on the start times and durations of all the previous items.

Creating a New PlaylistSelect the “New...” command from the right-click menu to create a new playlist or press the <Ctrl+N> keyboard shortcut assigned by default:

Itispossibletoreassignthedefaultshortcutusedforanewplaylistcreationandaddanewcombination(s)viathekeyboardcustomizer.RefertotheKeyboardsectionofthePassiveModechapteraboveformoreinformationaboutthekeyboardcustomization.

You will be prompted to save the current playlist (if there are any non-saved changes) before creating a playlist.The following dialog box appears, allowing you to define the parameters of the new playlist:

Select the appropriate settings for the video system and the aspect ratio and then press “OK”. The newly created playlist appears as a program that consists only of one block containing an item named <empty> by default. This item is displayed in red with zero duration:

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Creating and Deleting a Program

To create a new program, simply press the “+Prog” button on the selected item editor panel or select the “Create...” command from the cascaded “Program” menu in the right-click menu:

Enter a new program name into the text field of the “Create a program” dialog:

Confirm creation of a new program by pressing the “OK” button.

To delete a program, use the corresponding command from the context menu “Program”.

Creating and Deleting a BlockCreating a new block is similar to creating a new program. Select the “Create...” command from the cascaded “Block” menu located in the context menu or simply press the “+Block” button on the selected item editor panel.

Enter a new block name into the text field of the “Create a block” dialog in the same way as it is described above.

Confirm the creation of the new block by pressing the “OK” button. The newly created block contains an item, named <empty> by default. This item is displayed in red with zero duration.

The block deletion process is the same as the program deletion process described above.

Youcanrenameablockorprogramatanytimebydouble-clickingthecorrespondingnamefieldintheplaylistpanel.

Program Properties

General SettingsThe “Program properties” option allows you to set up the following EPG parameters for the selected program:

• Name;

• Description;

• Genre;

• Sub genre;

• Parental rating;

• Content description;

• Start time.

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Select the desired program from the playlist and choose the “Properties” command from the context menu to get the “Program properties” dialog box:

The “Program properties“ menu allows you to specify the following program’s properties:

• Name – the program name;

• Description – the program description;

• Genre – the program genre type (not supported in Cinegy Air Express Control);

• Sub genre – sub genre of the specified genre (not supported in Cinegy Air Express Control);

• Parental rating – assign recommended age limitation for televiewers. The proper numeric label will be displayed in the corner of the consumer’s television screen during the television program (not supported in Cinegy Air Express Control);

TheparentalratinglevelispropagatedfromtheEPGmetadataandcannotbechangedhere.

• Content description – the description of the program content (children, family, horror, bad language presence etc.) and displays the corresponding content icon in the corner of the consumer’s television screen during the television program (not supported in Cinegy Air Express Control);

• Group type – the program group type: xPush or Series. xPush indicates the pay television group and Series - a series production group (not supported in Cinegy Air Express Control);

• Group – program groups available for the current channel. The list is different for different group types (e.g. movies, sports, music for xPush and series titles for Series) (not supported in Cinegy Air Express Control);

UsetheCinegyAirControlConfiguratortoconfigurethechannel.Formoredetails,refertotheEPG(ElectronicProgramGuide)subsectionintheGeneralConfigurationssectionoftheCinegyAirControl:aPlayoutSystemchapterearlierinthismanual.

• Program – the program details (e.g. event for xPush or series index for Series) (not supported in Cinegy Air Express Control).

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Afurthereditingoftheprogramdetailsisalsopossible.

The “Propagate from a clip...” command substitutes program’s parameters with the parameters of a selected item:

Press “OK” to confirm the changes or “Cancel” to ignore.

Conditional Access Settings

TheconditionalaccesssettingsareonlyavailablewhenthereisaregisteredElectronicProgramGuide(EPG)supportingmodulebyNDS(NDSGateWay.dll)onthecurrentcomputer.TheconditionalaccessserviceisnotsupportedinCinegyAirExpressControl.

Toenablethisfunctional,selectthe“EnableCA”optionintheCinegyAirControlConfigurator.

RefertotheConditionalAccessConfigurationsectionintheCinegyAirControl:aPlayoutSystemchapterearlierinthismanualformoredetailsabouttheconditionalaccessservice.

Press the “Modify...“ button to start setting up the parameters of the conditional access service.

Ifthisbuttonisgrayedout,youshouldtickoffthe“EnableCA”optionintheCinegyAirControlConfiguratorasitisdescribedintheEPGConfigurationsection.

If it is not possible to connect to the NDS server, the following error message appears:

Press the “Use default“ button to apply default settings to the current template.

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The following “CA parameters” dialog box appears:

Set up conditional access parameters as it is described in the “Conditional Access Configuration” section above.

Starttimeisspecifiedautomaticallyforeachprogramdependingonthecurrentplaylistschedule.

Program and Block CommandsThe process for creating and deleting blocks was explained earlier. Other commands associated with programs and blocks are described here.

Splitting the BlockYou can divide one block into two parts from the current position via the right-click menu command: “Block” –> ”Split at the current position”.

The second block will start from the item you selected before splitting.

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Thecurrentblockissplitintotwoblocksautomaticallywhenyouplaceanotherblockinsideit.

Combining the BlocksTo combine several blocks into one, use the right-click “Block”->”Combine selected” menu command. All items from these blocks will be united into one block.

Onlyblocksthatarelocatedinthesameprogramgroupareallowedtobecombined.

Block Type Assignment

To separate a block with commercial content in the playlist, select any item in the desired block and set the block type to “Commercial“ as it is shown below:

The cell with the block’s name will be colored in light blue:

Saving a PlaylistTo save the current playlist, choose the “Save” command from the right-click menu or press the <Crtl+S> keyboard shortcut assigned by default:

Itispossibletoreassignthedefaultshortcutforthe“Save”operationandaddanewcombination(s)viathekeyboardcustomizer.RefertotheKeyboardsectionofthePassiveModechapteraboveformoreinformationaboutthekeyboardcustomization.

The common “Save as...” dialog box appears. Navigate to the desired location and enter a playlist name. The file will be saved as an “MCRlist” file. The name of the playlist will be displayed in the caption of the Cinegy Air Control window.

To save the playlist with a different name or in a different location, use the “Save as...” command.

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Opening a PlaylistTo open an existing playlist, use the “Open...” command from the right-click menu or press the <Crtl+O> keyboard shortcut assigned by default:

.

Itispossibletoreassignthedefaultshortcutusedtoopentheexistingplaylistandtoaddanewcombination(s)viathekeyboardcustomizer.RefertotheKeyboardsectionofthePassiveModechapteraboveformoreinformationaboutthekeyboardcustomization.

Navigate to the playlist file location. Select the “*.MCRlist” file and press “Open”. All items saved in the playlist will appear in the playlist panel.

When you open a playlist that was prepared in an older version of the Cinegy Air Control application, you will be prompted to convert it to the format that is supported by the current version:

Press “Yes” to proceed with the conversion or “No” to cancel it.

NotethatafterconversiontheplaylistwillnotbeabletobeusedinpreviousversionsofCinegyAirControl.

Youwillbepromptedtosavetheplaylistyouwereworkingwithbeforeopeninganewplaylist.

Opening Recent

To open a recently used playlist, use the “Open recent” command from the context menu:

Inserting a PlaylistTo insert another playlist after a selected item, choose the “Insert the playlist after…” command from the right-click menu. The standard “Open” dialog box appears. Browse to the playlist file and press ”Open” to add the playlist.

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Undo and RedoThe “Undo” menu command returns the playlist to the state it was in before the most recently executed command was issued. The keyboard shortcuts set by default for this action are <Alt+BackSpace> and <Ctrl+Z>.

You can undo operations until you reach the last saved version of the playlist or the first operation with the recently created playlist.

The “Redo” menu command reissues a command that was undone and returns the playlist to the state it was in before the “Undo” command was executed. The keyboard shortcut set by default for this action is <Ctrl+Y>.

Itispossibletoreassignthedefaultshortcutsforthe“Undo”and“Redo“operationsandaddnewcombinationsviathekeyboardcustomizer.RefertotheKeyboardsectionofthePassiveModechapteraboveformoreinformationaboutthekeyboardcustomization.

Playlist Navigation

Playlist Line Numbering

The lines are numbered in a playlist table for your convenience:

Find

The “Find” command is used to search for specified material within the playlist. To get the “Find” menu, select the “Find” command from the context menu or press the <Ctrl+F> keyboard shortcut assigned by default. The “Find” window appears:

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• In the “Find what” box enter the text you want to search for.

• In the “Look in” box choose one of the following options from the pull-down list: Block, Name, Description, Comment, or All Fields.

• Select the “Match whole word only” option to search for the whole word only.

• Select the “Match case” option to consider the text case when searching.

• Choose the direction of the search by setting the “Up” or “Down” radio buttons.

• Having defined the parameters for the search, press the “Find next” button to start searching.

• To cancel a search in progress, press the “Cancel“ button.

• The following window will appear, informing you when the search process is complete:

It is possible to reassign the default shortcuts for the “Find” and “Find next“ operations and add newcombinations via the keyboard customizer. Refer to theKeyboard section of thePassiveMode chapteraboveformoreinformationaboutthekeyboardcustomization.

Find Source

To find an item’s source, select the item in the playlist and press the “Find” button on the item editor panel. When an item’s source is found, the corresponding folder in the Windows Explorer will be open and the actual item will be highlighted.

If the item cannot be found in the Windows Explorer, an error occurs:

Next and PreviousFor easy navigation through the playlist, use the “Next” and “Prev” buttons or the keyboard arrow keys ↑ and ↓.

To quickly move the item selection from any position to the top or to the bottom of the playlist, use <Ctrl + ↑> or <Ctrl + ↓>.

You can toggle between columns with the <Tab> key.

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Printing a PlaylistYou can print a playlist by choosing the “Print...” command from the context menu or pressing the <Ctrl+P> keyboard shortcut assigned by default.

Itispossibletoreassignthedefaultshortcutforthe“Print”operationandaddanewcombination(s)viathekeyboardcustomizer.RefertotheKeyboardsectionofthePassiveModechapteraboveformoreinformationaboutthekeyboardcustomization.

The standard print dialog box appears:

Select a printer and set up printing properties.

ClosingAfter finishing your work with Cinegy Air Control, press <Alt+F4> or the button to close the application.

In passive mode you will be prompted to save any changes made to the playlist:

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Chapter 5: Handling Playlist Items

Chapter 5

Handling Playlist ItemsThe playlist consists of separate playback items in the predefined order. Each item contains descriptive metadata (name, description, comment) and the data that defines the processing and the display of the given item.

Read the following sections for explanation on how to add and handle the Cinegy Air Control playlist items:

• Adding Items to the Playlist

• Special Items

• Media Offline

• Logotypes and Titles Managing

• Managing the Items

• Viewing and Editing Items

• Programming Items

• External Commands

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Adding Items to the PlaylistThe following items can be added to a playlist: media files in Cinegy Air Control supported formats (vob, mpg, avi, dv, wmv, bmp, jpg, gif, tif etc.), clips, Sequences, live, dummy and note items. Use the “Insert“ command from the context menu for adding items to the playlist:

To add a live item, a dummy item or insert a new comment to the playlist, select the corresponding command from the list.

To add a desired MCRitems or item(s) in a Cinegy Air Control supported format, click the “Insert” => “Item(s)...” command. The “Open” dialog box appears:

Browse for the file storage folder. Select one or several items in *.MCRItem format or change the “Files of type” option to “All files” and select files in any Cinegy Air Control supported format. Press “Open” to add selected files to the playlist.

Theitem(s)willbeinsertedwiththeaspectratio,definedintheCinegyAirControlConfigurator.Formoredetails,seetheGlobalSettingssubsectionoftheGeneralConfigurationssectionintheCinegyAirControl:aPlayoutSystemchapter.

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If selected media files are not supported by Cinegy Air Control, the following error appears:

There are two other ways to add an item (e.g. Sequence, clip from a Roll or ClipBin or document from a DocumentBin) to the playlist:

• by dragging-and-dropping it from the shared folder (inventory) via the Windows Explorer or via the Inventory Browser in inventory browser mode;

• by dragging-and-dropping it from the Inventory Browser in MAM browser mode;

• by dragging-and-dropping it from the browser window of the Cinegy Air Control main window.

InventoryBrowserand the “CinegyBrowse” tabof thebrowserwindowarenot supported inCinegyAirExpressControl.

RefertotheIntegratedBrowsersectionintheCinegyAirControl:aPlayoutSystemchapterearlierinthismanualtolearnmoreaboutthebrowserwindow.

You can also add the media material in a Cinegy Air Control supported format by dragging-and-dropping it directly from the file storage via the Windows Explorer.

Ifyouareusingfootagefromaremovablemedia,andthemediabecomesunavailable,theitemwillbeshownasmediaofflineinyourplaylist.

Learnmoreaboutmediaofflinelaterinthismanual.

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The diagram above demonstrates different ways of adding items to a playlist, as described previously: from Inventory Browser in both modes, from the browser window of the Cinegy Air Control main window, and from the Windows explorer.

Live, dummy and note items can be added via commands from the right-click menu or by pressing the appropriate buttons. This is explained below.

Drag-and-Drop via the Inventory Browser


Drag-and-Drop in MAM Browser Mode

Use the MAM browser mode to navigate to the desired item in the Cinegy Archive database: select the item and add it to the playlist via drag-and-drop.

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Drag-and-Drop in Inventory Browser Mode

Use the inventory browser mode to navigate through local or removable media or folders (e.g. shared inventory folder) where *.MCRitem or *.MCRplaylist files are stored. Select an item and add it to the playlist via drag-and-drop. It is also possible to select multiple items and add them all to the playlist at the same time.

Drag-and-Drop via the Windows Explorer

When composing a playlist, single or multiple Cinegy Air Control playlist items can be dragged-and-dropped from the Microsoft Windows Explorer. Use the Windows Explorer to navigate through local or removable media (e.g. shared inventory folder), select the item or items and add these to the playlist via drag-and-drop.

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If there are existing items already in the playlist, the new items will be inserted above the currently selected item.

Drag-and-Drop Video FilesUse the Windows Explorer to drag-and-drop video file(s) in Cinegy Air Control supported format to the playlist.

If you inserting an item into a newly created empty playlist, the program metadata will be substituted by the item’s metadata. Any subsequent items inserted will not affect the program’s metadata.

Todisablethis feature,removetheselectionof the“Auto-propagatemetadatatoaprogram”option inthe“Preferences”dialog.

Inserting Items and Playlists in Active Mode

The “Insert items” window appears after you add a new playlist or when you add one or more items to the empty playlist table either in single channel or multi channel mode:

Here you can set the exact time and date when the inserted item will go on-air.

The same window appears after you have added the follow item type to the end of the composed playlist after the last item was broadcasted in active mode.

RefertotheSingleChannelModechapterlaterinthismanualfordetailsaboutworkinginsinglechannelmode.

Theitemsintheplaylistforthecurrent24hoursaredisplayedinboldinactivemode.

Source ErrorEnsure that all the items being added to the playlist are of the compatible TV formats.

RefertothePlaybackTabsubsectionoftheConfigurationsectionintheCinegyAirControl:aPlayoutSystemchapterearlierinthismanualforthelistofthecompatibleformats.

Otherwise, the following error message appears:

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Special Items

The Dummy Item

You can insert a dummy item into the playlist by pressing the “+Dummy” button or by selecting the “Insert” -> “Dummy item” command from the context menu. The default keyboard shortcut is <Shift+D>.

Itispossibletoreassignthedefaultshortcutusedforadummyiteminsertionandaddanewcombination(s)viathekeyboardcustomizer.RefertotheKeyboardsectionofthePassiveModechapteraboveformoreinformationaboutthekeyboardcustomization.

This item is a reserved “empty” item with a fixed duration. It is used to reserve a fixed amount of time in the schedule, to be filled later with item(s) of a corresponding duration.

A dummy item is not broadcast. The operator must fill it in with an appropriate clip(s) via the Windows Explorer or Inventory Browser before going on-air. If this item is not completely filled when the previous item in the playlist is on-air, the dummy item is not marked as cued and is automatically skipped; the next actual playlist item is marked as cued and is broadcast instead.


Until you fill in the dummy item appropriately it will be shown in red.

By default, the dummy item’s duration is 15 minutes, but you can change the default duration from the right-click menu, “Preferences...”, as described above.

Thedurationofanitemcannotbelessthan2seconds.

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To fill in the dummy item, select the actual item in the Inventory Browser or Windows Explorer, keep the <Ctrl> key pressed and drag-and-drop the item into the selected dummy item’s position. The dummy item’s duration will be decreased by the value of the added item’s duration.

The Live ItemDepending on your Cinegy Air playback configuration, a live signal goes from the defined input device or from IP (if the ”Use RTP/UDP input” option is enabled) to output without being affected by Cinegy Air Control.

RefertoThePlayoutEngineConfigurationsectionintheCinegyAirControl:aPlayoutSystemchapterearlierinthismanualfordetailsaboutsettinguptheinputandoutputdevices.

Press the “+Live” button on the item editor panel to add a live item after the selected item. This command is also available from the context menu: “Insert” -> “Live item”. The default keyboard shortcut is <Shift+L>.

Having added a live item to the playlist, the follow item will be triggered as manual end. Clocked trigger type items will be unchanged.

Itispossibletoreassignthedefaultshortcutforaliveiteminsertionandaddanewcombination(s)viathekeyboardcustomizer.RefertotheKeyboardsectionofthePassiveModechapteraboveformoreinformationaboutthekeyboardcustomization.

Triggertypesareexplainedlaterinthischapter.

By default, the live item’s duration is 15 minutes, but you can change the default duration from the right-click menu “Preferences...”, as described above.

Thedurationofanitemcannotbelessthan2seconds.ForliveitemstheInpointisalwayssetto00:00:00:00.

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The Note Item

Press the “+Note” button or select the “Insert” -> “Comment” command from the right-click menu to add a note to the playlist above the currently selected item. Adding a note does not affect your time scale. To edit a note, double-click it or press <F2> and enter your new text. Press <Esc> to cancel the operation.

Media OfflineIf all media qualities for a particular footage are unavailable, the system displays the text “Media Offline“ instead of showing the media material in the clip viewer or in the preview window on the item editor panel. In this case, the emergency footage or “Media Offline” will be played back depending on the playout station configuration.

It is not possible to add a clip with unavailable footage to the playlist. In this case the error window appears:

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SubtitlesCinegy Air Control provides a simple way to “burn-in” the subtitles to the playout items in the playout list, before they are broadcast on air. External subtitle files of the following formats are currently supported: .SRT, .STL.

To apply a subtitle file to the specified playlist item, select the “Subtitles” -> “Insert subtitle track...” command from its context menu and in the dialog that appears browse for the desired subtitle file.

To remove the subtitle track, select the corresponding command from the “Subtitles” submenu.

Managing Items

Item Preferences

In the “Preferences“ dialog box, you can set the default duration for the newly created live, dummy and image items; set up the auto delete and auto update EPG parameters and define other settings.

Choose the “Preferences...” command from the context menu; the following “Preferences“ dialog appears:

Whenspecifyinganitem’sdefaultduration,notethatitcannotbelessthan2seconds.

Liveanddummyitemsareexplainedindetaillaterinthissection.

Auto Delete

The“AutoDelete“optiondoesnotaffecttheworkinpassivemode.

The “Auto delete” preferences allow you to set the following parameters:

• The “Max expired” option defines how many expired items will still be present in the playlist before the automatic deletion of the expired items.

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• The “Delete number” option defines how many expired items will be automatically deleted from the playlist.

Setthe“Maxexpired”valuetozerotodisabletheautodeletingprocess.

Select the “Auto-reconnect to the playout server” option to enable automatic reconnection to the playout server in the case of the connection loss.

Select the “Auto-propagate metadata to a program” option to enable the automatic substitution of the specified metadata to the program properties.

Select the “Use italic font for the editable fields“ option to enable the use of italic fonts in the editable fields of the playlist.

Select the “Use 5 min approximation for EPG” parameter to enable this option. The program will start at a time divisible by 5 min. For example, if the actual program start time is “09:23:00:00”, the corresponding EPG item will start on “09:25:00:00”.

Auto Update EPG

The“AutoUpdateEPG“optiondoesnotaffecttheworkinpassivemode.

The “Enable” option enables the auto update EPG option. Select the “Enable in Offline” option to enable automatic updating when offline.

The “Update delay” option defines the delay time in seconds before updating the EPG.

Multiselect

It is easy to select more than one item at once. Press the <Shift> key and keep it pressed while clicking the last item you wish to select. All the items between the first and last selected item are selected. To select all playlist items, use the <Ctrl+A> keyboard shortcut, assigned by default.

Copy and Paste

• Copy – copies a currently selected item(s). This is available from the right-click menu as shown above. The default keyboard shortcut for this action is <Ctrl+C>.

• Paste – inserts an exact duplicate of the previously copied item. This is very useful if you want to copy an item from one position in the playlist to another. This command is available from the right-click menu as shown above. The default keyboard shortcut for this action is <Ctrl+V>.

You can also copy items by dragging-and-dropping them inside the list. Select an item and keep the <Ctrl> key pressed during the action.

Itispossibletoreassignthedefaultshortcutsforselectingtheentireplaylistandforthe“Copy”and“Paste”operationsaswellasaddnewcombinationsviathekeyboardcustomizer.RefertotheKeyboardsectionofthePassiveModechapteraboveformoreinformationaboutthekeyboardcustomization.

Moving an Item in the Playlist

To move an item to another playlist position, simply drag-and-drop it.

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Replacing an Item in the Playlist

To replace an existing Cinegy Air Control playlist item with another one, drag a new Cinegy Air Control playlist item from the Inventory Browser or the Windows Explorer over the item that you wish to replace and drop it while keeping the <Ctrl> key pressed.


An error message appears if you try to replace an item with another item of different duration:

• if the new item’s duration is longer than the original, the following dialog box appears:

Choose “Yes” to save the original duration. In this case the clip Out point will be shifted according to the original duration. Choose “No” to accept the duration of the new item without changes. Cancel the replacement by pressing “Cancel”.

• if the new item’s duration is shorter than the original, the following dialog box appears:

Press the “Yes” button to apply the new item’s duration or “No” to cancel the replacement.

Removing an Item

You can remove an item from a playlist by pressing the “REMOVE” button or by selecting the “Remove” command from the context menu. The default keyboard shortcut for this operation is <Delete>.

Itispossibletoreassignthedefaultshortcutforthe“Remove”operationandaddanewcombination(s)viathekeyboardcustomizer.RefertotheKeyboardsectionofthePassiveModechapteraboveformoreinformationaboutthekeyboardcustomization.

Adding a CommentTo make a comment on an item, simply double-click the “Comment” field of the item in your playlist and add or edit the text. Press <Esc> to cancel the operation.

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Renaming ItemsYou can change the item’s name by double-clicking the selected item’s name field and entering a new name. It is also possible to rename the selected item in the item’s name field on the selected item editor panel (on the left). Use the <F2> keyboard shortcut for renaming. You can cancel the operation by pressing <Esc>.

Refreshing Items in a Playlist

This feature allows you to easily and rapidly renew any item in a playlist. All you need to do is prepare new content for the item and then overwrite the old item in the storage.

Refresh Selected

This command allows you to refresh selected item with an updated one. To perform this action, select the item you wish to refresh and select the “Refresh selected” command from the context menu.

Refresh All

Select the “Refresh all” command from the context menu to refresh all items in the playlist. Every item in the playlist will be updated if its content in the storage has been changed.

Once the “Refresh” command has been completed, the report window will be displayed:

RefreshingaffectsonlyMCRitemsaddedtotheplaylist.

Aspect Ratio

The “Aspect“ column displays the aspect ratio of the item. To change the aspect ratio, choose the required format from the “Aspect” pull-down list:

Changingtheaspectratioaffectsonlythebroadcastingvideostreamanddoesnotmodifytheappearanceoftheoriginalitem.

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Playout ConversionDepending on the playlist item’s aspect ratio and considering the playout server aspect parameters, the appearance of the broadcast item on the playout screen can differ. The following table displays all possible combinations in detail:

Original aspect ratio

Target aspect ratio Description 16:9 channel aspect ratio

4:3

4:3The 4:3 video is placed in the centre of the 16:9 screen. The vertical black bars (pillars) are added on each side of the frame.

14:9The 4:3 video is placed in the centre of the screen. The top and bottom of the original frame are cropped to 14:9, and black bars are added to either side.

16:9 The top and bottom of the original frame are cropped to the 16:9 aspect ratio.

4:3 channel aspect ratio

16:9

4:3 The widescreen video is cropped on the left and on the right. Only the main part of the image is shown.

14:9

The widescreen video is placed in the centre of the screen. The sides of the image are cropped to 14:9 and narrow black bars are added to the top and bottom.

16:9 The black pillars are added above and below the image preserving the entire 16:9 video.

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Viewing and Editing Items

Clip Viewer

Select the item you wish to play back and press the “View” button on the item editor panel or choose the “Preview” command from the right-click menu. The clip viewer window appears. Then press the “Play” button to play the clip in the clip viewer.

Allcontrolsusedforclipeditingaredisabledinthismode.

Audio Preview

The VU meter is shown on the right of the clip viewer. It shows peak and integrated audio levels in the dB scale as the master output for all the enabled audio channels mixed together.

There are two speaker buttons below the audio scale. The speaker buttons allow you to mute an individual left/right audio channel or both audio channels simultaneously.

TolearnhowtousetheVUmeter,refertotheAudioControlssectionoftheSingleChannelModechapterbelow.

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Editing in a Clip Viewer

To edit an item, select it in the playlist and press the “Edit” button on the item editor panel or choose the “Edit in the clip viewer” command from the context menu. The clip viewer window appears. You can also preview the clip before and after editing.

Use the clip viewer to:

• cut the clip;

• set the In and Out points;

• delete the In and Out points;

• navigate Edit points.

TheInpointrepresentsthebeginningoftheInframe,andtheOutpointrepresentstheendoftheOutframe(orthebeginningofthenextframe).Thedurationoftheitemcannotbelessthan2seconds.

Cutting an Item

The “Razor” command allows you to cut a clip at the current time slider position.

ItisnotpossibletosettheInandOutpointsandsplittheclipsimultaneously.YoushouldfirstsplittheclipandthensetnewInandOutpoints.

Setting and Deleting In and Out Points

Press the “In” button or hit the <I> or <E> key to trim your clip from the left.

To delete the In point, press the “Delete In” button (inversed In).

Press the “Out” button or hit the <O> or <R> key to trim your clip from the right.

To delete the Out point, press the “Delete Out” button (inversed Out).

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Moving to the Next or Previous Edit Point

You can use “Jump to clip event” buttons to move from event to event. Events are: start, end of a clip, In and Out points.

Use the “Previous event” button to navigate between the edit events. You can also use the <A> key to jump to the previous clip event.

Use the “Next event” button to jump to the next event. You can also use the <S> key to jump to the next clip event.

Closing the Clip Viewer

Press the “X” button or the <Esc> key to close the clip viewer.

When closing the clip viewer, the following error messages appears if the In and Out points are not set correctly. You should keep in mind that the new duration cannot be longer than the original or less than 2 seconds.

Allchangesmadeduringeditingcanbeundoneandredonewiththe“Undo”and“Redo”commandsfromtheright-clickmenu.

Playback Quality Degradation

To improve the reliability of the system, the quality degradation feature has been introduced. If the required quality goes offline for some reason, the next lower quality will be played back on-air with the frame-to-frame correspondence, without interrupting playout. When no lower quality is found, the emergency footage or “Media Offline” will be played back depending on the playout station configuration. When the required quality eventually goes online, the playback quality will be restored.

The In and Out ColumnsTo correct In and Out timecodes manually, simply double-click the “In” or “Out” table column you wish to change and enter a new timecode. You should keep in mind that the new duration cannot be longer than the original or less than 2 seconds.

The following error messages appear if the In or Out points are not set correctly.

or

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Programming Items

Setting Trigger TypesYou can set the trigger type of the selected item to:

follow,manual endclocked or

join-in-progress

by pressing the respective button. The corresponding icon is shown in the “T” (Trigger) column of the item.

These trigger icons are also displayed in the timeline.

RefertotheWorkingwiththeTimelinesectionintheActiveModechapterlaterinthismanualformoredetails.

Follow

The selected item will start automatically on completion of the previous item. The <Shift+F> keyboard shortcut, assigned by default, sets the follow play mode.

Manual End

The selected item will end when initiated manually. The <Shift+M>keyboard shortcut, assigned by default, sets the manual play mode.

Whenamanualenditemiscopied,thetriggertyperemainsunchanged.

Thetriggertypeofanyitem,insertedafteramanualenditem,changestofollow.

Clocked

The selected item will start at the specified time. The <Shift+C> keyboard shortcut, assigned by default, sets the clocked play mode.

Whenaclockeditemiscopied,thetriggertypechangestofollow.

When trigger type and start time of the clocked item are set correctly, the following items will fill the corresponding blocks one after another with no holes.

Youcansetthefixedstarttimeforanyitembychangingitstriggertypeintoaclockedtype.Thestarttimeofthefollowingitemswillberecalculatedautomaticallyaccordingtothetimedefined.

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Join-in-Progress

The selected item will shorten if the previous item is longer than expected (e.g. live item). The <Shift+J> keyboard shortcut, assigned by default, sets the join-in-progress play mode.

Ifthepreviousitem’soverrunislongerthanthedurationofthe“join-in-progress”item,itwillbeskipped.

Itispossibletoreassignthedefaultshortcutsusedtosetthefollow,manualendorclockedmodefortheitemandtoaddnewcombinationsviathekeyboardcustomizer.Refer totheKeyboardsectionof thePassiveModechapteraboveformoreinformationaboutthekeyboardcustomization.

Loop

You can force the items to play in loop until you manually start the next item. To set the item as the first element of the loop, select the “Set loop start” command from the item’s context menu. To set the item as the last element of the loop, select the “Set loop end” command. The respective icons will be displayed in the “Trigger” column.

Item Properties

The“Properties”optionisnotavailableforcommentitems.

This dialog allows you to specify the properties for the selected item. To view and edit, if needed, item properties, select the item and choose the “Properties” command from the context menu. The following “Item Properties” dialog box appears:

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This dialog contains two tabs that are described below.

General Tab

On this tab, general item properties are defined.

NameHere you can assign a name of the following item.

Trigger TypeHere you can redefine the trigger type (follow, clocked or join-in-progress) for the selected item.

Manual EndTick off the “Manual end“ checkbox to set the item’s trigger type to manual end.

Target AspectHere you can redefine the aspect ratio for the video stream of the selected item (4:3, 14:9 or 16:9)

Date Start

Thisoptionisonlyavailableforclockeditems.

Remove the selection of the “Auto” option to specify the start date manually. Press the button located to the right of the date and the following dialog box appears:

Here you can specify a start date for the following item. Today’s date is marked with the red frame, and the selected date is shown against a blue background. Navigate through the months with the “<” and “>” arrows.

Itisnotpossibletosetthedateinthepast.

StartHere you can set the start time for the clocked item. To do this, simply enter a new time in the “Start” field via the keyboard in the hours:minutes:seconds:frames format.

If the specified date or start time for the selected item has already passed, you will be informed about it with the following error message:

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If the start time for the current item is later than the start time of the next clocked item, all items up to the next clocked item will be interpreted as “past due” and will be skipped from playing.

DurationHere you can correct the duration of the selected live or dummy item.

Tochangethedefaultdurationforliveand/ordummyitems,selectthe“Preferences...”commandfromtheright-clickmenu.

In and OutHere you can correct the In and Out timecodes manually. You should keep in mind that the new duration cannot be longer than the original or less than 2 seconds.

Thisoptionislockedforliveanddummyitems.

CommentHere you can edit a comment for the selected item.

Splitting Audio ChannelsTick off the “Split audio channels“ checkbox to split audio channels of the selected item according to the settings on the playout station.

Refer to the Audio Channels description within The Playout Engine Configuration subsection of theConfigurationsection in theCinegyAirControl:aPlayoutSystem chapterabove formore informationabouttheaudiochannelsconfiguration.

SkipTick off the “Skip” checkbox to set the status for the selected item to “skipped”. The current item will be skipped from playing in active mode.

Parameters Tab

On this tab, you can define audio matrix preset by choosing the required one from the corresponding pull-down list.

Refer to theDucking sub-subsection within Predefined Command subsection of External Commandssectionlaterinthischaptertolearnmoreaboutaudiomatrixpresets.

For live items only, tick off the “RTP/UDP Live Source” checkbox to enable the live RTP/UDP input stream selection via the channel browser.

RefertotheRTP/UDPSourceSelectiondescriptionlaterinthischapterfordetailsonhowtoworkwiththechannelbrowser.

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Start Time

To set a specific start time for the selected item, set its trigger type to clocked and enter the new start time on the start indicator on the item editor panel:

The start time can also be changed in the playlist’s start column.

The start time for each non-clocked item is calculated automatically based on the previous clocked item start time and the duration of the preceding items.

If the start time is not set properly and there are holes between timecodes of the items in the playlist, (for instance: when an item’s start time has been set manually) then the incorrect timecode is displayed in red and previous item’s duration is displayed in blue.

The time value in the “Variance” column indicates the schedule disruptions (“+” indicates a “hole” in the schedule; while “–” indicates the item overlaps with the next item).

Having set a start time for the selected item, its countdown time starts. The countdown timer “Time to Start” is located on the item editor panel:

Start Time Auto-Calculation

Cinegy Air Control performs automatic start time recalculation if the start time or duration of one or more items is changed. This happens if an item is added, removed or skipped, or if the In and Out points are shifted. If you set a fixed start time for a clocked item and time holes appear, you can change the trigger type to follow and the start time will automatically be recalculated.

Time Controls

There is a panel on the item editor panel that represents information about start time, duration and date of the selected item.

It is easy to control the time left until the start, with the help of the countdown timer on the item editor panel.

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Skip

To set or cancel the skip status for the selected Cinegy Air Control playlist items or the whole program, use the “Skip” button on the item editor panel.

To set or cancel the skip status for the selected block(s), use the “Skip block“ command from the cascaded “Block” menu in the right-click menu.

The overall time and duration calculations are not affected by a skipped item’s duration and external commands or those of the items in the skipped program or block.

Status

The column displays the possible status values of an item. In passive mode they are:

the item is ready for playoutthe item is skippedlive itemdummy itemthe item is empty

In active mode possible status values of an item are as follows:

the item is already broadcastthe item is on-airthe item is ready for playoutthe item is skippedlive itemthe item is cueddummy itemthe item is empty

External CommandsThe external commands panel is located at the bottom of the application and has a table view with the following columns:

• offset – defines the time offset from the item start;

• absolute – defines the time when the command will be sent to the device (sets automatically depending on the offset value);

• device – defines the device that will receive the command. Currently, the plug-ins for the following devices are provided:

- Kramer SDI Router – “Protocol 2000”;

- VikinX SDI Crosspoint – “VikinX control protocol”;

- GPI driven devices – General Purpose Interface;

The Open API is available for the customers to implement the support for any other devices.

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• command – defines the command;

• option1…3 – defines the command’s options.

Theexternalcommandstableforthe“BasicLogo”command

Setting Parameters for External CommandsSetting Offset

There are two ways to set the offset:

• you can enter it manually into the offset field (in hours:minutes:seconds:frames);

• it can be calculated automatically. To do so, select the “Find the command offset” command from the context menu.

The “Clip viewer” window appears:

Find the desired frame and press the arrow button. The offset will be automatically calculated and recorded into the offset field of the external command table. To cancel the operation, press the <Esc> button.

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Favorites

Selected commands can be added to the list of frequently used commands (Favorites) from the right-click menu: “Add to the Favorites”. The following dialog appears:

Specify a more meaningful name of the Favorite command or leave a default one. You can add the command to the root of Favorites, or organize it into separate group. To create a new group of commands, press the “New Group” button:

Enter the name of your custom group and specify the group where it will be located.

Having specified the name and the location of your Favorite command, press “OK”. The command with its parameters will be added to the list of Favorite commands.

To edit and organize your Favorite commands, use the “Edit Favorites” command from the context menu. The following window will appear:

In this editor you can edit and delete commands as well as add new groups and commands.

To add a new group here, select the folder for the new group to be located in, press the “New Group” button and enter the group name. When no folder is selected, the new group will be created in the root catalog.

You can organize elements by selecting them and dragging-and-dropping them to the desired position or folder.

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To add a new Favorite command, press the “New Item” button and manually fill in all necessary fields for the external command in the following form:

Similarly, you can edit the existing Favorite command by pressing the “Edit” button and changing the required field value:

Having made all necessary changes, press “OK” to close the editor window and apply the changes.

To insert a stored Favorite command into the command table, simply select the command you need from the right-click menu -> “Insert from the Favorites”. The command with its options will be added to the command table.

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Predefined Commands

The following group of commands in the context menu of the external commands panel allows you to add and set up the parameters of the external commands:

Logotype ManagingCinegy Air Control allows you to add a logotype to one or several channels simultaneously, i.e. HD and SD playouts may have their own logos. It can be done via the “Cinegy Multilogo Template Editor” as it is described below.

ShowUse the “Basic Logo” -> “Show...” command to show a logotype on the screen over the top of the content of the item being broadcast. When you select the “Show...“ command, the “Cinegy Multilogo Template Editor” dialog appears:

This dialog consists of two parts: Edit Multilogo, where you can define the logo settings, and Preview, where you can preview the selected logotype.

The “TV Format” list contains all video formats supported by Cinegy system.

If the chosen TV format differs from the Cinegy Air Control playlist TV format, your logotypewill not bedisplayed.

Use the “Align” pull-down list to specify the logo’s location on the screen (left top; left bottom; right top or right bottom).

If you need to use video instead of a static image as your logotype, you can define whether it will be played back in loop or not. To do it, click the cell of the corresponding TV format in the “Loop” column and tick off or remove the selection of the checkbox.

Bydefault,theloopplaybackisenabled.

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To specify the fade-in time of the logotype on the screen, set the time value in the “Fade” column by pressing the or button or entering the desired value via the keyboard. The fade must be between 0.0 and 10.0 sec.

Click the cell of the corresponding TV format in the “File” column and press the button to browse the folder where graphic files (with any of the following extensions: *.tga; *.bmp; *.tif; *.jpg; *.png; *.gif; *.psd) or video files in any media file format supported by Cinegy are stored.

Having selected the file for the logo and specified its parameters, press the “OK” button to apply the settings. The “Show” command will be added to the command table.

To change the parameters for the selected channel logotype, you can also use the “Properties...” command from the right-click menu.

An example with the Cinegy logo imprinted in the upper right corner is shown below.

HideTo hide the logo, use the “Basic Logo” -> “Hide” command from the context menu. The corresponding command will be added to the external command panel.

Offset TimeIt is also possible to define the offset time for hiding/showing your logotype. To do this, double-click the cell in the “Offset” column for the desired playlist item and enter the offset value using the keyboard. If the item duration is shorter than the offset time defined, your logotype will not be shown/hidden according to your settings and the absolute time value will be displayed in blue.

Inactivemode,the“Offset”and“Absolute”valuesaregrayedoutfortheitemsbeingplayedbackandcannotbechanged.

Cinegy Type

ShowUse this command to add the CG templates, previously created via the Cinegy Type tool.

RefertotheCinegyTypeManualfordetailedinformationonhowtocreateCGtemplates.

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Select the layer for the CG scene. The “Logo” layer is a topmost layer; all other layers are displayed in a numerical order.

The “Type Template Browse” dialog will appear:

RefertotheGlobalSettingssub-subsectioninthecorrespondingplayoutmodesubsectionintheGeneralConfigurationssectiontolearnhowtosetuptherepositorydirectory.

In the “Information” field, the basic CG template data, such as its name, duration and TV format is displayed.

In the “Repository” field, you will see the list of available CG templates of the corresponding TV format. Choose the CG template you want to add; its preview will be displayed in the “Preview” window. You

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can view any frame of the template by dragging the time slider or using the playback buttons.

The “arrow” buttons jump to the first and last frame respectively.

The “Play/Pause” button toggles the playback mode.

The “Template parameters” table shows the variables of the CG template. You can edit the value of each variable by double-clicking in the “Value” field.

The template parameters are only displayedwhen the “Export” checkbox is ticked off for the respectivevariableinthe“Variable”taboftheCinegyTypetool.

If you want to save a template with new parameters as a separate template, press the “Save as new template” button and specify the location for the new template.

Having set up all the necessary parameters, press “OK”.

HideUse this command to stop showing the CG scene on the specified layer.

RTP/UDP Source SelectionUse this command to select the live RTP/UDP input stream for the selected live item. All the present streams can be registered on the Channel Directory Server. This server can be installed on any dedicated PC and can be used by all ingest and playout stations.

When you select the “RTP Source“ command, the channel browser appears:

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In the top field enter the “localhost” if the Channel Directory Server is installed on your PC locally; otherwise enter the Channel Directory Server IP address or network name if it is being used remotely. Press “Browse“.

Having connected to the Channel Directory Server, you can browse the registered streams as shown below:

To analyze the availability of the registered streams, press the “Analyze” button; unavailable streams will be grayed out in the channel browser tree.

Here select the RTP or UDP source to be used for the currently selected live item as the live input stream. The following example shows the external command parameters for the live item using the RTP live input stream:

Here“Option1”issettotheRTPURLoftheliveinputstream.

Secondary Recording

Record OnUse this command to define the recording parameters. Select the “Record on…” command; the following dialog box appears:

Here define the path to the file that will be recorded and enter the recorder ID via the keyboard.

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Record OffUse this command to turn off the recorder. Select the “Record off…” command; the following dialog box appears:

In the “Name” field, enter the name of the recorder to be turned off.

The virtual device “RECORDER” is added as the secondary event. The command format is as follows:

Device Command Option 1 Option 2 Comment

RECORDER ON <output_file_name> <recorder_id> Start recording

RECORDER OFF - <recorder_id> Stop recording

TheSecondaryEventsTable

It starts or stops the recording into the MPEG file by the recorder referenced by Option2 (<recorder_id>).

The performance of the “Record on…” / “Record off...” operations is represented in the secondary events table shown above.

DuckingUse this command to enable / disable audio ducking (playback of audio file with defined audio level reduction of all other audio channels) as a secondary event.

First you need to specify the audio matrix source file that defines the ducking matrix to apply. This can be done via Cinegy Air Control Configurator.

The“Ducking”optionisavailableonlyifavalidpathforaudiomatrixpresetsisdefinedinCinegyAirControlConfigurator.Formoredetails,please refer to theGeneralConfigurations sectionwithin theCinegyAirControl:aPlayoutSystemchapterearlierinthismanual.

The ducking matrices can be configured by editing the source XML file according to your needs.

After specifying the audio matrix file the “Ducking” command will be available for adding as a secondary command. Select the “Ducking” -> “Start...” context menu command.

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A common “Open” dialog appears allowing to pick an audio source and has a “Ducking preset” field to select the specific profile from the audio matrix to apply:

Here select a secondary audio file to be used for ducking, select a required ducking preset from the pull-down list and press the “Open” button. The corresponding SHOW command will be added for the *AUDIO device on the external command panel.

To turn off ducking, use the “Ducking” -> “Stop” context menu command.

RTP/UDP URLThe RTP/UDP URL string defines the RTP/UDP stream source in various components of the IP streaming solution. Usually this URL is generated automatically, but sometimes for various reasons you may need to change this manually.

The RTP URL format description is given below in the general structure:rtp://@<StreamIP>:<Port>/?serviceId=<ProgramPid>&videoPid=<VideoStreamPid>&audioPids=<AudioStreamsPids>

FortheUDPURLstheresourcetypeis“udp://”.

where:

StreamIP – defines the stream IP in the following format:

[SourceIP][@MulticastIP]

It has the following meaning:

• If only SourceIP is specified, the unicast streaming from this IP will be used.

• If only MulticastIP is specified, the stream from this multicast group will be used, from any source.

• If both SourceIP and MulticastIP are specified, the only source defined by SourceIP from the specified multicast group will be used.

Port – defines the port that will be used for streaming.

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ProgramPid – defines the program PID that will be used.

VideoStreamPid – defines the video stream PID in the program. If none is specified, the first available video stream PID will be used.

AudioStreamsPids – defines the audio streams PIDs in the program divided by a comma (e.g. “audioPids=136,137”).

SettingtheVideoStreamPidandAudioStreamsPidparametersisoptional.

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Chapter 6: Single Channel Mode

Chapter 6

Single Channel ModeSingle channel mode represents one type of active mode in the Cinegy Air Control application. It is designed for going on-air and broadcasting playlists composed in passive mode within one playout channel.

The following sections will explain Cinegy Air Control single channel mode in detail:

• Starting the Application

• The Active Mode Interface

• Connecting to the Playout Server

• Working with Items in Single Channel Mode

• Navigation

• Working with the Timeline

• Audio Controls

• Time Controls

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Starting the Application

WerecommendreadingpreviouschapterspriortothischaptertogetfamiliarwiththeinterfaceandunderstandthebasicfunctionalityoftheCinegyAirControlapplication.

Before working with Cinegy Air Control, you can define the startup protection parameters and assign the users with the privileges to log in to the application.

RefertotheSecuritysubsectionoftheSingleChannelModesectionintheCinegyAirControl:aPlayoutSystemchapterearlierinthismanualtolearnhowtoactivatethesecurityprotection.

When launching Cinegy Air Control with the security protection activated, the interface will be locked, all the controls will be inactive. To activate the interface, right-click anywhere within the playlist panel and choose the “Unlock air control...” command. You will be asked to authorize the application:

Here enter the user name and password and press “OK”.

In the case when the entered user name and / or password is invalid, the login fails and the following error message appears:

The Active Mode InterfaceThe active mode interface is made up of six panels:

• the on-air control panel

• the playout control panel

• the playlist

• the timeline

• the item editor panel

• and the external command panel

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TheActiveModeInterfaceSample

The main window may also contain the Browser window (on the left) when it is enabled via the “View” -> “Browser window” context menu command.

The playout control and item editor panel can be hidden so that you will only see the top panel and the playlist.

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If all three tags are unchecked and the timeline is hidden, the main window will be represented as follows:

Playlist Caption

The caption of the Cinegy Air Control window displays the Cinegy Air Control version, the name of the currently open playlist and the playout server.

The On-Air Control Panel

Here you will find the countdown and clock displays of the current on-air item, as well as the system time and buttons that control playback.

The Playout Control Panel

The playout control panel is only available in active mode. There are two control monitors. The first monitor (on the left) shows the item that is currently being broadcast. The second monitor (on the right) shows the first frame of the next cued item that will be broadcast next.

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It is possible to swap the position of the control monitors. To do so, open the Cinegy Air Control Configurator and tick off the “Swap control monitors” checkbox:

To show or hide (toggle) the playout control panel, use the <Ctrl+P> keyboard shortcut set by default or use the context menu “View”–> “Playout control panel”.

Itispossibletoreassignthedefaultshortcutusedtoshow/hidetheplayoutcontrolpanelandtoaddanewcombination(s)via thekeyboardcustomizer.Refer to theKeyboardsectionof thePassiveModechapteraboveformoreinformationaboutthekeyboardcustomization.

VANC Data Display

IfamediafilecontainsVANC(VerticalAncillaryDataSpace)data,itwillbedisplayedontheplayoutcontrolpanelonthecorrespondingcontrolmonitor.

The following VANC information is available in Cinegy Air Control:

• CC (Closed Captions) – indicates if closed captions are present in the current media file.

• AFD (Active Format Description) – displays the active picture’s aspect ratio.

• PR (Parental Rating) – displays the TV parental guidelines rating of the current media content.

The Playlist Panel

The playlist in active mode is similar to the playlist in passive mode. All columns are available to you and can be managed using the “Customize” column management tool. All items in the playlist have a background color that changes depending on the item’s status.

RefertothePassiveModechapterforfulldetailsofallavailablecolumnsandtheirmanagement.

RefertotheItemStatus,ColoringandFontsectionbelowinthischapterfordetailsaboutplaylistcoloring.

The Timeline

The timeline panel represents the playlist as a horizontal timeline with the corresponding coloring. The current playout position is marked with a red triangle.

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RefertotheWorkingwiththeTimelinesectionbelowinthischapterformoredetails.

The Item Editor Panel

The item editor panel is used to edit individual items, add items, new blocks and new programs to the playlist and navigate through the playlist. The preview window is located on the left of this panel. It shows the first frame of the selected item.

To show or hide (toggle) the item editor panel, use the <Ctrl+E> keyboard shortcut set by default or use the context menu “View” -> “Item editor panel”.

It ispossible to reassign thedefault shortcutused to show/hide the itemeditorpanel and toaddanewcombination(s)via thekeyboardcustomizer.Refer to theKeyboardsectionof thePassiveModechapteraboveformoreinformationaboutthekeyboardcustomization.

The External Command Panel

This panel provides an interface to manage external device commands for the selected item.

The external command panel is linked to the item editor panel; so if you hide the item editor panel, the external command panel is also hidden.

Connecting to the Playout ServerMake sure that your playout server is correctly configured and the dongle hardware is installed. If Cinegy License Service or the dongle is not installed, your broadcasting session will have the “Cinegy Demo Version” message imprinted.

RefertotheInstallationsectionintheCinegyAirControl:aPlayoutSystemchapterearlierinthismanualforserverinstallationandconfigurationdetails.

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ThedongledriverisinstalledautomaticallyduringtheCinegyLicenseServiceinstallation.

Start the Cinegy Air Control application in active mode. You need to establish connection to the playout server. To do this, activate the ON/OFF bar and press the “Connect” button.

If the connection is successful, all Cinegy Air Control functions are activated.

If you wish to release the connection, simply press the “Release” button. The playlist’s coloring will be removed and all management buttons will be disabled.

Server Controls

If you are using master and slave servers, your playlist will be playing into two playout servers at the same time. Change the server priority (master/slave) from the “ON/OFF” menu.

The current servers’ statuses are shown on the top of the playout control panel. The possible combinations of control monitors are shown below:

Server Connection Loss

If Cinegy Air Control loses connection to the connected playout server, the channel tab will blink with red color and the on-air item control monitor will freeze on the last frame broadcast before the connection loss. The following dialog box appears:

The system will try to reconnect automatically after a 10-second interval. Press the “Connect” button to reconnect immediately.

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EPG Communication

The EPG service is only availablewhen there is a registered Electronic ProgramGuide (EPG) supportingmodulebyNDS(NDSGateWay.dll)onthecurrentcomputer.ItisnotsupportedinCinegyAirExpressControl.

To bring EPG information to the NDS server, use the “EPG” command from the context menu:

Here you can choose the EPG schedule update mode:

- Upload to SSR;

- Update.

ItispossibletoassigntheshortcutsfortheEPGuploadoperationsviathekeyboardcustomizer.RefertotheKeyboardsectionofthePassiveModechapteraboveformoreinformationaboutthekeyboardcustomization.

Upload to SSRUploads the whole playlist to SSR. This command is used when a new playlist is loaded or after a playlist is completed in passive mode.

UpdateUploads only the changes made to the playlist since the last update/upload procedure to the NDS server. The upload command affects only those items modified, deleted or restored as well as items with a changed start time.

Automatic UpdatesThe update command is performed automatically at defined intervals or manually using the “Update” command.

ToenabletheautoupdateEPGoption,tickoffthe“Enable”checkboxinthe“Preferences”dialog.RefertotheItemPreferencessectionintheHandlingPlaylistItemschapterearlierinthismanualfordetailsaboutGPIconfiguring.

Working with Items in Single Channel ModeIn active mode you can do nearly all operations that you can do in passive mode with the following differences:

• the item will be copied in case you wish to move passed, on-air or cued items;

• the item cannot be edited in the clip viewer if it is on-air.

RefertotheHandlingPlaylistItemschapterearlierinthismanualfordetaileddescriptionsofworkingwithitems.

The items in a playlist are played back one by one from the first clocked item on the schedule in accordance to the following item’s start time. If there is a hole between successive items, the last frame of the last played item will be broadcast until the new item goes on-air.

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Item Status, Coloring and FontAll items in the playlist have a background color. The color changes according to the item’s status. The coloring and styles of the playlist entry can also be changed according to playlist programming. All this is described in the table below:

Todisabletheuseofitalicfontsintheplaylist‘seditablefields,deselectthe“Useitalicfontfortheeditablefields“optioninthe“Preferences“window.RefertotheItemPreferencessectionintheHandlingPlaylistItemschapterfordetails.

Proxied Items

TheitemsproxyingisnotsupportedinCinegyAirExpressControl.

If you configure “Use proxy”, every item will be proxied in the background process. The proxy status of items is shown in % in the playlist “Proxy” column.

Theproxyvaluefortheon-airitemonlyshowsarateofproxyingforthematerialyettobeplayedbackwithoutregardtothepartthathasalreadybeenplayedback.

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The Coloring

The different stages of the proxying are shown with different colors:

The proxy status of the item currently being proxied is shown in blue.

The proxy status of the item not being proxied at the moment is shown in black.

The proxy status of the item currently being loaded to the proxy server is shown in grey.The red background of the proxy status indicates the item’s source unavailability or failure when reading the item. When this occurs with the on-air item, the progress of proxying is counted backwards and proxied media is played back directly from the proxy folder.The proxy creation progress of each item is also shown in the timeline in the form of a light blue progress bar:

Graphics Display

All graphics, used in the current playlist, can be switched off with the single command. As a result they will not to be shown on playout. For this use the “Hide Graphics” command from the context menu. To enable showing graphics on playout, select the “Show Graphics” command from the context menu.

Playlist Control

Delete to Top of List

You can delete as many expired items as needed by using the “Delete to top” feature from the right-click menu. All the items, from the selected expired item through to the top of the list, will be deleted.

Using the “Preferences...” option from the context menu you can set the number of expired items, which will be represented in the playlist before automatic deletion of any expired item.

Delete from Selection

To delete all non-expired items from the selected one (inclusively) to the bottom of the playlist, use the “Delete from here” command from the context menu.

NavigationOn-Air Button

Selecting this button brings the on-air item to the middle of the visible playlist window. This is especially useful when you are editing a far point in the list and want to quickly go back to the active on-air item.

This function does not affect Cinegy Air Control work; it simply navigates through the playlist.

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Cued Button

Selecting this button highlights the cued item in the playlist and moves the cursor into its position. This function does not affect Cinegy Air Control work; it simply navigates through the playlist.

End of Automation

This menu allows the operator to find the next manual triggered item in the playlist and jump into its position (this command does not affect skipped items). It shows the time left before the end of the automation and the event type (if there are any manual end items left in the current playlist).

If there are no more manual triggered items, it shows just the time left to the first hole (if any) or playlist end. In this case, the event shows the empty status icon.

Next Command

This menu allows the operator to find the next item with set-point external commands and jump into its position. It shows the time left before the external command will be sent to the device. You can cancel the specified command transmission by pressing the “Skip” button.

The “Next command” operation does not affect skipped items. If there are no items in the playlist with set external command(s), this menu is not available and is not highlighted.

Functional Group Buttons

On-Air Play Management Buttons

BypassThe “Bypass” button immediately switches the defined input device to the pass-through mode. The video signal goes from the input device to the output device without any affect on Cinegy Air Control. At the same time, Cinegy Air Control continues its work as before: the items keep proxying, the countdown timer goes on counting the time to start, the external commands are sent normally and the playlist keeps playing in accordance with the current time. To leave this mode, just press the “Bypass” button once more and Cinegy Air Control will broadcast from the playlist according to the time-schedule.

RefertotheConfigurationsectionintheCinegyAirControl:aPlayoutSystemchapterabovefordetailsabouttheplayoutdeviceconfiguration.

Black

The playout server displays a black screen in this mode. The playlist will be moved on automatically in accordance with the current time and external commands will continue to be sent. Press the “Black” button once more and Cinegy Air Control will broadcast from the playlist according to the time-schedule.

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Start Cued

This command immediately starts playing the cued item even if the previous on-air item has not finished playing yet. The keyboard shortcut set by default is <Ctrl+S>.

Jump

You are able to start broadcasting any selected non-clocked item by pressing the “Jump” button. It affects only non-passed items. All preceding items are skipped.

Aclocked itemperformsasimilar functionality to jump: theclocked itemstartsbroadcastingon-airat thespecifiedtime.Allprecedingitemsareskipped.

Go on

Starts playing the current manual item. It is only available if the previous on-air item has been played completely.

Cue Management Buttons

Cue Next

Selecting this button skips the currently cued item and cues the next one. To cue the selected item, use the <Ctrl+Q> keyboard shortcut set by default.

Cue Selection

The “CUE SEL“ button marks the selected item in the playlist as cued.

Itispossibletoreassignthedefaultshortcutsforthe“Startcued”and“Cueselected“operationsandaddnewcombinationsviathekeyboardcustomizer.RefertotheKeyboardsectionofthePassiveModechapteraboveformoreinformationaboutthekeyboardcustomization.

Working with the TimelineThe timeline is located under the playlist panel.

Background coloring of items in the timeline is identical to the items’ coloring in the playlist.

RefertotheItemStatus,ColoringandFontsectionaboveinthischaptertolearnmoreaboutstatuscoloring.

A light blue progress bar shows the progress of the proxy for each item in real-time on the timeline.

Current playout position is marked with a red triangle.

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The manual end and clocked trigger icons are displayed in the timeline according to the specified item’s play modes in the playlist. The follow items are shown without icon:

Channel Status

The status indication button near the channel’s name in the timeline changes its color depending on the channel status.

When connected, the channel is marked with a green button.

When disconnected, the channel is marked with a dark green button.

A red button blinking warns the operator when problems with the connected channel occur (for example a lost connection).

A yellow blinking button warns the operator that the start time of the next manual end item in the playlist is approaching.

Timeline Panel

The timeline panel can be undocked by removing the selection of the “Dock the timeline“ option in the timeline context menu:

Once undocked, the timeline window can be moved to any position on your display. To dock it back, select the “Dock the timeline” option in the context menu.

Remove the selection of the “Show the timeline“ option to hide the timeline panel. To bring it back, select the “Show the timeline“ option.

To enable the display of clip thumbnails, select the “Show thumbnails” option in the timeline context menu. To hide clip thumbnails, deselect this option.

Select the “Show Events” option in the same context menu to enable/disable the display of external commands available in the current program.

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Timeline Navigation

View Detail LevelYou can change the detail level to program, block or item from the context menu:

Timeline Scale

The timeline slider is shown with the red triangle, located on the time scale. It displays current playout position and moves synchronously with broadcasting.

Navigation

You can navigate within the playlist directly from the timeline. Clicking the item in the timeline highlights it in the playlist and moves the cursor into its position.

All actions involving items performed in the playlist (such as jump, start cued, start manual end item etc.) are also displayed in the timeline simultaneously.

Audio ControlsAudio VU Meters

There are four stereo audio indicators displayed between control monitors on the playout control panel.

VU meters are intended to help program producers maintain consistent volume levels across all the items in the playlist. Each indicator controls a definite audio channel. The number of active audio channels (1, 2 or 4) used when broadcasting, can be defined in the Cinegy Air Engine configurator.

The scales have the following areas for the instant level display (the values here are in the user’s scale):

• Green below 0 dB

• Yellow 0 to 4 dB

• Red above 4 dB

At the top of the scale is an additional color indicator. It shows the integrated status of the signal (during approximately the last 1.5 seconds). The following states are indicated (note, the value here is absolute, in dBFS, or dB Full Scale):

• Black digital silence (below -120 dBFS)

• Green signal below -6 dBFS

• Red signal above -6 dBFS

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The zero level of the VU meter is adjustable to the requirements of your organization.

Use<Ctrl+M>shortcuttomuteaudiopreviewwhenviewingmaterialinCinegyAirControl.Thiswillnotaffectaudioonair.

Adjusting the Zero dB LevelUse the Cinegy Air Control Configurator service to set up the zero dB level for the VU meter. Open the “Cinegy Air Control Configurator” dialog and set up audio VU meter zero (dB) parameter for the “Audio” option.

The value indicates the distance in dB between the maximum digital level and the zero of the VU meter. Note that the zero level value should be set up within the bounds of -20 and 0; otherwise you will not be able to apply your settings as the “OK” button in Cinegy Air Control Configurator will be grayed out.

The Volume Control

The volume control slider is located to the right of the audio VU meter. It allows you to change the volume level for the on-air item by moving the slider with the mouse.

Toestablishsilence,movethevolumecontrolslidertothebottom.

Time ControlsThe on-air control panel has a variety of countdown and clock displays:

CountdownThis panel displays the countdown for an on-air item.

When the item is completely played, it displays the time of pause in gray until the next item starts. In disconnected state it still displays the projected countdown.

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On-Air Item TimeThis is the count-up field which shows how long the item has been broadcast on-air. The on-air progress bar is at the bottom.

Cued Item StartThis panel displays the actual start time of the cued item.

System ClockThe system clock is displayed in the right upper corner of the time control panel. The present date and current time in a 24-hour format are represented on the system clock indicator.

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Chapter 7: Multi Channel Mode

Chapter 7

Multi Channel ModeCinegy Air Control includes the tools for managing multiple playout channels simultaneously from a single Air Control station.

The interface of the multi channel mode is similar to the single channel mode, making it simple and intuitive to use. Multi channel active mode provides you with simultaneous broadcasting of different playlists in various TV formats to multiple channels.

This chapter explains multi channel mode and its functionality in detail.

• Working in Multi Channel Mode


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Working in Multi Channel ModeMulti channel mode provides simultaneous playout of several playout channels controlled by a single Cinegy Air Control application.

Inordertogettheinitialknowledgeabouttheactivemodefunctionality,werecommendreadingtheSingleChannelModechapterfirst.AlsorefertotheMultiChannelModesectionintheCinegyAirControl:aPlayoutSystemchaptertolearnaboutsettingupthemultichannelmodeconfiguration.

Multi channel mode has the same interface and workflow as single channel mode the only difference being that you can switch between several controlled playout channels.

Connecting to the Multiple ChannelsStart the Cinegy Air Control application in multi channel mode. You need to establish connection to the playout server for each channel individually. To do this, switch to the desired channel and press the “Connect” button.

Inordertopreventthetimedifferencesbetweenthecontrolandplayoutstations,alltheAirControlclientstakethecurrenttimefromtheplayoutserver.

If the connection is successful, all Cinegy Air Control functions for the current channel are activated.

Releasing the connection can also be performed individually for each channel.

Loss of Server ConnectionIf Cinegy Air Control loses the connection to any connected playout server, the corresponding channel tab will blink with red color. The “Reconnect” dialog box will appear when you switch to the channel that has lost the connection, inviting you to reconnect immediately.

OperatingEach channel is represented by a separate tab in the playlist panel. When the tab is activated, the corresponding channel playlist will be displayed:

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Chapter 7: Multi Channel Mode

The timeline panel represents an interactive list of all the available channels. The playlist for each channel is shown as a horizontal timeline. The current playout position is marked with a red triangle.

RefertotheWorkingwiththeTimelinesectionoftheSingleChannelModechapterearlierinthismanualfordetailsabouthowtoworkwiththetimeline.

Switching Between the Channels

To navigate between different channels, click the desired channel’s tab in the playlist panel or select a channel from the list in the timeline. The corresponding channel playlist will be displayed and the broadcasting control will be switched over to the activated channel.

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Chapter 8: Collaboration Mode

Chapter 8

Collaboration ModeCollaboration mode is designed to provide multiuser access to the active playlist for editing from multiple workstations. Playlist editing for collaboration mode is supported only in passive mode of the Cinegy Air Control application.

This chapter provides information about working in the collaboration mode.

• Collaboration

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CollaborationCollaboration mode enables multiple users with simultaneous remote access to the Cinegy Air Control active playlist. In this mode a master Cinegy Air Control station works in automatic mode, disabling all edit operations on that station.

RefertotheConfigurationsectionintheCinegyAirControl:aPlayoutSystemchapterabovefordetailsonthecollaborationmodeconfiguration.

Withthekeyboardcustomizer,itispossibletoassigntheshortcutsfortheoperationsusedforcollaboration.RefertotheKeyboardsectionofthePassiveModechapteraboveformoreinformationaboutthekeyboardcustomization.

Changing the Playlist

Changing the currently active playlist in collaboration mode can be done remotely from the slave Cinegy Air Control station.

Locking for Edit

In order to start editing the playlist, select the “Lock for edit“ command from the context menu of the slave control station:

This will enable all the edit operations for the current client.

WhentheplaylistislockedforeditingononeslaveCinegyAirControlstation,the“Lockforedit”operationisdisabledforalltheotherslaveCinegyAirControlstations.

The information about the user, who has locked the playlist, is shown in the caption of the Cinegy Air Control window:

Use the “Unlock“ command in order to unlock the active playlist without sending updates to the master Cinegy Air Control server.

Approving the Changes

All the changes made to the playlist are shown to other users as they occur. These edits do not affect the playout and the content of the active playlist. In order to bring these changes to the active playlist, use the “Approve“ command:

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Chapter 8: Collaboration Mode

The updated active playlist will be immediately loaded to the playout server. This allows you to make further playlist editing at once.

Discarding the Changes

In order to cancel all the actions you made with the locked playlist, press the “Discard changes“ button:

All the operations will be undone and the playlist will be unlocked for other users.

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Shortcuts

ShortcutsPlaylist Navigation

<Ctrl+A> Select all playlist items

<Shift>+ click Select multiple items in the playlist between the last selected item and the clicked one

<Ctrl+Home> or <Ctrl+↑> Move the item selection to the top of the playlist

<Ctrl+End> or <Ctrl+↓> Move the item selection to the bottom of the playlist

<Page Up> Scroll the playlist one page up

<Page Down> Scroll the playlist one page down

<Ctrl+P> Show / Hide the playout control panel

<Ctrl+E> Show / Hide the item editor panel

<Ctrl+N> Bring the on-air item to the middle of the visible playlist window (in active mode)

<Tab> or < ↑ > and < ↓ > Toggle between columns

Playlist Managing

<Ctrl+N> Create a new playlist (in passive mode)

<Ctrl+O> Open an existing playlist (in passive mode)

<Ctrl+S> Save the current playlist (in passive mode)

<Ctrl+P> Print the playlist (in passive mode)

<Ctrl+C> Copy the currently selected item(s)

<Ctrl+V> Paste the copied item(s)

<Delete> Remove the currently selected item(s)

<Alt + BackSpace> or <Ctrl+Z> Undo

<Ctrl+Y> Redo

<Ctrl+F> Find

<F3> Repeat the last find operation

<Shift+F> Set the follow play mode to the selected item(s)

<Shift+M> Set the manual play mode to the selected item(s)

<Shift+C> Set the clocked play mode to the selected item(s)

<Shift+J> Set the join-in-progress play mode to the selected item(s)

<Shift+L> Add a live item

<Shift+D> Add a dummy item

<ESC> Cancel a current operation

<Ctrl+Q> Cue the selected item

<Ctrl+S> Start playing the cued item (in active mode)

<F2> Rename the currently selected item or note

<Alt+F4> Close the Cinegy Air Control application

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Inventory Browser

<F3> Toggle between MAM browser and inventory browser modes

<Ctrl+Page Up> or <Ctrl+Page Down> Toggle between the “Preview“ and “Search“ tabs in MAM browser mode

<Up> Move the selection to the upper item in the explorer tree

<Down> Move the selection to the lower item in the explorer tree

<BackSpace> Navigate one level up from the currently selected item in the explorer tree

<Left> or <-> Collapse the selected container item in the explorer tree

<Right> or <+> Expand the selected container item in the explorer tree

<*> Expand the explorer branch for the currently selected node

<Left> Move the selection to the nearby clip on the left (when focused on the right hand window panel)

<Right> Move the selection to the nearby clip on the right (when focused on the right hand window panel)

<Up> Move the selection to the nearby clip above (when focused on the right hand window panel)

<Down> Move the selection to the nearby clip below (when focused on the right hand window panel)

<Enter> Opens the player window with the current clip (when focused on the right hand window panel)

Clip Viewer

<Esc> Close the clip viewer / Return to normal view from the full-screen

<Space> Start / Stop playing

<F12> Full-screen playback

<I> or <E> Set up the In point

<O> or <R> Set up the Out point

<D> Delete the In point

<F> Delete the Out point

<G> Delete both In and Out points

<6> Loop play from In to Out

<5> Loop playback from the one second before to one second after the current position

<Q> Jump to the In point or to the start position of the clip

<A> Jump to the previous clip event

<S> Jump to the next clip event

<~> To playback the video back and forth

<L> Move forward through the clip at normal speed

<J> Move backward at normal speed

<K> Pause the shuttling

Press <J> or <L> to play at speed

2 times 2x normal speed






<K+L> Slow forward

<J+K> Slow backward

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Shortcuts

Clip Viewer

<Home> Takes you to the beginning of a clip

<End> Takes you to the end of a clip

<←> Moves one frame backward

<Alt + ←> Moves 10 frames backward

<→> Moves one frame forward

<Alt + →> Moves 10 frames forward

<Ctrl+Alt+Q> Play forward 12.5% speed

<Ctrl+Alt+W> Play forward 25% speed

<Ctrl+Alt+E> Play forward 50% speed

<Ctrl+Alt+R> Play forward 100% speed

<Ctrl+Alt+T> Play forward 200% speed

<Ctrl+Alt+Y> Play forward 400% speed

<Ctrl+Alt+U> Play forward 1600% speed

<Ctrl+Alt+I> Play forward 6400% speed

<Shift+Ctrl+Alt+Q> Play backward 12.5% speed

<Shift+Ctrl+Alt+W> Play backward 25% speed

<Shift+Ctrl+Alt+E> Play backward 50% speed

<Shift+Ctrl+Alt+R> Play backward 100% speed

<Shift+Ctrl+Alt+T> Play backward 200% speed

<Shift+Ctrl+Alt+Y> Play backward 400% speed

<Shift+Ctrl+Alt+U> Play backward 1600% speed

<Shift+Ctrl+Alt+I> Play backward 6400% speed

<Tab> Play video without loop from the current position to the end of the clip

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Appendix

AppendixSupported Formats and Codecs

Formats Comments

Digital Video (DV)

Microsoft Video (AVI) uses pre-installed DirectShow filters

MPEG-1, MPEG-2 (MPG)

MPEG-4 AVC (MP4) all formats except H.264 are handled via pre-installed QuickTime codecs pack

MXF OP 1A (MXF)

MXF DVSDMXF DV25MXF DV50MXF DVCPro 100MXF IMX30MXF IMX40MXF IMX50MXF DNxHDMXF VC3MXF MPEG-2 Long GOPMXF AS-03

QuickTime (MOV) uses pre-installed QT codecs pack

Video Object (VOB)

Windows Media (WMV, WMA)

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Symbols+Block 69+Dummy 85+Live 86*.MCRactive 32,38,47*.MCRactive.approved 47*.MCRactive.edit 47*.MCRitem 46,56*.MCRlist 47,74*.MCRplaylist.approved 47*.MCRplaylist.edit 47+Note 87+Prog 69*.prx 19

AActive Mode 2,31,38,84,114,120

coloring 121interface 114playout management 123

Air Control Modesactive modes

multi channel 36,125single channel 31

passive mode 60AJA Xena

input 12output 16

Approving Changes 134Aspect Ratio 32,62,91

original 32,92target 32,92,98

Audiochannels 21

mute 93splitting 21,32,99

controls 126mapping 21VU meters 126

Autocalculation 100

BBlack 123Block 61,101

collapsing/expanding 63commands 72commercial 27,45,73creating/deleting 69types 73

Buttons+Block 69Bypass 123Clocked 96Connect/Release 119Cued 123Cue Next 124Cue Selection 124+Dummy 85Edit 94Find 76

Find On Air 122Follow 96F/Ovr 119Go on 124Jump 124+Live 86Manual 96Next 76+Note 87Prev 76+Prog 69Remove 90Skip 101Start Cued 124View 93

Bypass 123

CChannel 125Cinegy IIICinegy Air Control Configurator 29Cinegy Air Engine 27

automatic launch 27instance 6,8,27,32manual launch 28

Cinegy Demo Version 118Clip Viewer 93Clocked Trigger 61,84,96,125Collaboration Mode 31,133

configuration 42managing 134

Commandsblock 72

Comment 87,90,99Commercial 45,73Conditional Access (CA) 29,34

configuration 34products managing 44settings 71

Conditional Access Products Manager 44Configuration

application 28input device 10output device 12playout station 8

Configuration Models 38Connect/Release 119,130Consolidate IIIControls

audio 126server 119time 100,127volume 127

Control Station 4Cued 123Cue Next 124Cue Sel 124

DDeckLink

Index

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Index

input 11output 15

Delete from Here 122Delete to Top 122Direct Show Output 14Discarding Changes 135Dummy Item 80,85,86DVS

input 11output 15

EEdit 94Electronic Program Guide (EPG) 29,34,43,89,120

communication 120configuration 33,37,44parameters 69

Extensions 46External Command Panel 64,101,118External Commands 8,62,64,101,123

FFavorites 103Features 2File Extensions 46Find 76Find on Air 122Follow Trigger 61,96,125Forward

input 12output 16

F/Ovr 119

GGeneral Purpose Interface (GPI) 27,45Go on 124Graphics

hide 122show 122

IInput Device

configuring 10Installation

control station 4Interface

active mode 114passive mode 60

In Timecode 94Inventory Browser 47

inventory browser mode 53,83MAM browser mode 47,82search 49

Inventory Folder 53,83Item

managing 88preferences 88programming 96properties 97,121proxying 121refreshing 91status 101

types 84viewing, editing 93

Item Editor Panel 63,118

JJoin-in-Progress Trigger 61Jump 124

KKeyboard 64

LLive Item 80,86,99Lock for Edit 134Logotype

hiding 106showing 105

Loop 97

MMAM Browser 47,82Manual Trigger 46,61,84,96,123,125Master Playout Server 32MCRactive 32,38,47MCRitem 46,56MCRlist 47,74Media Offline 87,95Mode 28

active 38multi channel 36single channel 31

collaboration 42,133passive 30,60

MPEG Recorder Output 19Multi Channel Mode 36,129

configuration 37interface 130operating 130

NNDSGateWay.dll 29Next 76Note Item 80,87

OOffset 101

settings 102On-Air Control Panel 116Output Device 12

configuring 13Out Timecode 94

PPanels

external command 64,101,118item editor 63,118on-air control 116,127playlist 60,67,75playout control 116timeline 117,124,131

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Passive Mode 30,59,68,77interface 60management 61

Playbackdevice 10performance 13player mode 10quality degradation 95

Playlist 60,67,68,73,88,117,130coloring 121control 122handling 79navigating 75printing 77

Playout Control Panel 116Playout Conversion 92PlayOutExApp 28Playout Server 2,10,32,89

connection 118,130controls 119master 40slave 32,40

Playout Station 30configuration 8

Previous 76Program

creating/deleting 69properties 69

Proxy 3,23,62,121,122

RRedo 75Release 119Remove 90RTP/UDP

input 20output 16source 109URL 111

SSearch

request syntaxexpressions 51operators 52

Send to Inventory 57Server Controls 119Single Channel Mode 31,113,120

configuration 31Skip 101Slave Playout Server 32Start Cued 124Start Time 100

autocalculation 100System Clock 128

TTarget Aspect 98Text Size 63Timecode

drop frame 21IN/OUT 95variance 62,100

Time Controls 100,127

Timeline 117,124,131channel status 125navigation 126panel 125scale 126

Trigger 96clocked 96follow 96join-in-progress 97manual 96

UUndo 75Use Proxy 23,121

VVertical Ancillary Data Space (VANC) 117Volume 127VU Meters 126

WWindows Explorer 83Windows Media Output 19

XXML 33,34,37,56

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