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Controling Playout via the Keyboard
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Command uses various icons, as well as color, to indicate the status of machine control
events (items) in the playlist. Some of which are shown in the following closeup graphic:
There is no special installation or configuration needed to use the software’s graphic user
interface to control playout of media from a Command Workstation with a standard
keyboard and mouse.
Users can cue, play, pause or stop the playout of media from a Command Workstation, using
the mouse to click control buttons on the Playlist toolbar or by using keys on the numeric
keypad.
To control playout, using the numeric keypad on a keyboard:
1. Select the event in the playlist.
2. Do one of the following:
t Press the Decimal key (.) to cue the media.
t Press Enter to play the media.
t Press the Plus key (+) to pause the media.
t Press zero (0) to stop playing the media.
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Playout options are also available by right-clicking on the event and selecting the options
from the Playout submenu.
Users can also set playout of an item in a playlist to automatically occur immediately
following the completion of the previous item. This functionality is called follow-on playout
and is indicated by an icon in the playlist that looks like a bent blue arrow. For more
information, see the Avid iNEWS Command User’s Guide.
Icon representing a
“Follow-On Playout” event.
Playout of this event is done.
This event is playing now.
This event is cued.
This event is unavailable.
Cursor location can appear solid
or as an outline; varies by field.
This event will loop twice.
Icon representing a
Looped event.