User manual
Table Of Contents
- Title Page
- Contents
- Using This Guide
- Getting Started
- Setting Up CountDown
- Managing Media Events
- Managing Playlists
- Understanding Playlists
- Building a Playlist
- Opening an Existing Playlist
- Optimizing the Positions of CountDown Windows
- Modifying Events in the Playlist
- Playing a List to Air
- Previewing a Playlist
- Importing a Playlist
- Exporting a Playlist
- Printing a Playlist
- Deleting a Playlist
- Previewing a Transition
- Breaking Out of Referenced Playlist Loops
- Working with the MOS Protocol
- Using Shotboxes
- Index
Managing Playlists
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In addition, you can manually update an item whose details are questionable.
To manually update an event:
t Select Playlist > Reset Details.
Resyncing MOS Runorders
If you need an immediate update from the NRCS of all MOS-originated
playlists in CountDown, you can have CountDown poll the server for any
changes.
To resync MOS runorders with CountDown playlists:
t Select Playlist > Resync MOS Runorder.
Manual Assignment of Channels
For last minute changes to MOS-generated playlists, or in an emergency, you
can make channel assignments manually. For more information, see
“Changing the Channel for Event Playout” on page 90.
Channel Locking
You can lock channel assignments for items in a MOS-generated playlist.
Locking the channel assignment prevents it from being re-assigned
automatically.
To lock channels, do one of the following:
t Select Playlist > Lock Channel Assignment
t Right-click the target clip and select Lock Channel Assignment from the
context-menu.
As with manual assignment of channels, holding down the Ctrl key when
accessing the function causes subsequent items to have their channels re-
assigned.
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Manually changing or setting the channel assignment for an event in ENPS
removes the channel assignment lock in CountDown.