2.1
Table Of Contents
- Title Page
- Contents
- Using This Guide
- Getting Started
- Working with Assets
- The Assets Pane
- Working with News Assets
- Working with Interplay | Production Assets
- Identifying Interplay | Production Systems and Media Assets
- Navigating the Interplay | Production Database
- Adding or Removing Property Columns
- Resizing Columns
- Moving Columns
- Moving or Copying Assets
- Renaming Assets
- Creating a New Folder
- Displaying or Hiding Referenced Assets
- Viewing and Editing Interplay | Production Metadata
- Viewing Thumbnails
- Working with Interplay | MAM Assets
- Navigating the Interplay | MAM Workspace
- Identifying Interplay | MAM Media Assets
- Creating a New Folder
- Renaming a Folder
- Moving a Folder
- Deleting a Folder
- Adding Assets to a Folder
- Triggering the Rights Evaluation for a Basic Sequence
- Selecting Assets
- Moving or Copying Assets
- Renaming Asset References
- Removing Asset References
- Viewing and Editing Interplay | MAM Metadata
- Working with Projects
- Building a Script
- The Queue/Story Pane
- Creating a Story
- Segmenting Stories
- Writing Stories in Right-to-Left Languages
- Using Annotation to Dictate a Story
- Editing a Story
- Deleting or Recovering a Deleted Story
- Ordering a Queue
- Copying Stories
- Locking and Unlocking a Story
- Floating Stories
- Inserting Script Templates
- Inserting MOS Placeholders
- Adding Media to a Story
- Copying and Sending iNEWS Links
- Recovering Automatically Saved Stories
- Using the Sequence Pane
- Displaying the Sequence Pane
- The Sequence Pane
- Understanding Basic and Advanced Sequences
- Selecting a Horizontal or Vertical Timeline
- Using the Sequence Zoom Bar
- Viewing Sequence Information
- Creating a Sequence
- Creating an Interplay | Production Sequence
- Rules for Creating a Script Sequence (Interplay | Production)
- Sequences Associated with Stories in Instinct and NewsCutter
- Audio-Only and Video-Only Advanced Sequences (Interplay | Production)
- Creating an Interplay | MAM Sequence
- Audio-Only Basic Sequences (Interplay | MAM)
- Saving a Sequence
- Saving a Version of a Sequence
- Recovering Automatically Saved Sequences
- Opening and Editing an Existing Sequence in the Sequence Pane
- Opening a Sequence Associated with a Story
- Editing a Sequence Associated with a Story
- Editing a Sequence
- Locking a Basic Sequence (Interplay | MAM)
- Performing an Insert Edit in a Basic Sequence
- Performing an Insert Edit in an Advanced Sequence
- Performing an Overwrite Edit in a Basic Sequence
- Performing an Overwrite Edit in an Advanced Sequence
- Performing a Replace Edit
- Enabling an Audio Track
- Adding Media from a Saved Sequence to a Sequence
- Undoing and Redoing an Action in the Sequence Pane
- Moving or Deleting Segments in the Timeline
- Adding and Removing Audio Segments
- Creating an Audio-Only NAT or SOT Segment
- Snapping in the Timeline
- Trimming Segments in the Timeline
- Using L-Cuts in the Timeline
- Splitting a Segment
- Adding Markers to a Sequence
- Inserting Video Dissolves (Advanced Sequences Only)
- Enabling Audio Scrubbing
- Modifying the Start Timecode
- Working with Video Media
- The Media Pane
- Playing Assets
- Using the J-K-L Keys for Playback
- Stepping Through Assets
- Playing Recently Viewed Assets
- Selecting the Aspect Ratio
- Changing the Maximum Size of the Proxy Video
- Updating the Media Status
- Playback of Simple and Complex Sequences
- Selecting the Playback Quality
- Adjusting for Playback Latency
- Selecting Frame-Based Playback or File-Based Playback
- Working with Remote Assets
- Marking In and Out Points
- Working with Markers and Restrictions
- Displaying Captions and Segments
- Using the Timecode Displays
- Entering Timecode to Cue a Frame
- Working in the Media Timeline
- Using the Media Zoom Bar
- Reviewing in the STP Target Resolution
- Playing Back at the Highest Resolution
- Using Match Frame
- Opening an Enclosing Folder
- Transcoding Assets
- Viewing and Editing a Clip During Ingest
- Saving a Frame as an Image
- Using Audio
- Working with Group Clips
- Searching for Assets
- Logging Interplay | Production Assets and Creating Subclips
- Workflows for Logging
- Understanding Markers and Restrictions
- The Log Layout
- The Logging Pane for Interplay | Production Assets
- Adding, Saving, and Deleting Markers
- Working with Restrictions
- Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Text
- Navigating by Markers in the Log Layout
- Exporting Markers
- Entering Marker Text in Right-to-Left Languages
- Unicode Support for Marker Text
- Creating Subclips
- Logging Interplay | MAM Assets
- Understanding Strata
- Logging Overview (Interplay | MAM Assets)
- The Logging Pane (Interplay | MAM)
- Understanding Segmentation Principles
- Locking a Stratum
- Working with Segments
- Navigating by Segments
- Annotating Text Fields
- Entering Segment Text in Right-to-Left Languages
- Annotating Using Tags
- Defining Merge Rules for Annotated Segments
- Exporting Strata
- Sharing MediaCentral | UX Messages
- iNEWS Messaging
- Sending to Playback
- Delivering Assets and Media
- Working with Interplay | MAM Processes and Tasks
- MediaCentral | UX Mobile Application for the iPhone
- Connection Basics
- Installing MediaCentral | UX on the iPhone
- Starting MediaCentral | UX on the iPhone
- The Sidebar
- Buttons of the User Interface
- Customizing MediaCentral | UX Settings
- Changing Roles
- Accessing the iNEWS Database
- Editing Stories
- Approving Stories
- Working with Favorites
- Working Offline with Cached Queues and Stories
- MediaCentral | UX and Interplay | Production
- MediaCentral | UX Tablet Application for the iPad
- Connection Basics
- Installing MediaCentral | UX on the iPad
- Starting MediaCentral | UX on the Tablet
- The Sidebar
- Buttons of the User Interface
- Customizing MediaCentral | UX Settings
- Changing Roles
- Accessing the iNEWS Database
- Editing Stories
- Approving Stories
- Entering Presenter Mode
- Working with Favorites
- Working Offline with Cached Queues and Stories
- MediaCentral | UX and Interplay | Production
- MediaCentral | UX for Android Devices
- Connection Basics
- Installing MediaCentral | UX on Your Android Device
- Starting MediaCentral | UX on the Android Device
- The Navigation Drawer and Directory Panel
- Buttons of the User Interface
- Customizing MediaCentral | UX Settings
- Accessing the iNEWS Database
- Viewing Video Associated with a Script
- Editing Stories
- User Settings
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Icons
- MediaCentral Glossary
- Index
Playing Assets
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Playback of Simple and Complex Sequences
You can play sequences that are stored in an Interplay Production or Interplay MAM database,
but some sequences require additional preparation to be completely playable.
Sequences created in Avid editing systems that include effects other than dissolves must be
rendered in the editing system. You then need to check them into Interplay Production before
you can play them correctly in MediaCentral UX.
Sequences that are fully supported for playback in MediaCentral UX are marked by a green
triangle in the State column in the Assets pane. These sequences play as the editor intended, with
all effects rendered.
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The State column is not displayed by default. For information about how to display it, see
“Adding or Removing Property Columns” on page 45.
Simple Sequences and Complex Sequences
MediaCentral UX can play simple sequences that are checked into the Interplay Production
database or the Interplay MAM database. Simple sequences are defined as:
• Shotlists created in Avid editing applications (NewsCutter, Media Composer, and
Symphony) and Interplay Assist that consist of cuts only, with no effects.
• Sequences created in Avid Instinct and MediaCentral UX that consist of cuts, L-cuts, audio
pan/volume effects, audio dissolve effects, video dissolve effects, and no more than one
video track.
• Edit Decision Lists (EDLs) created in Interplay MAM Desktop that have one video and one
audio track, and consist of cuts only, with no effects.
Sequences that you create in MediaCentral UX are considered simple sequences. See
“Using the
Sequence Pane” on page 95
.
MediaCentral UX can also play complex sequences. Complex sequences are sequences created
in Avid editing applications that have multiple video tracks and various kinds of effects. If you
load a complex sequence in MediaCentral UX, the MediaCentral UX playback server attempts to
play the sequence. If the sequence has unrendered effects it will not play. To assure correct
playback, a sequence must have all effects rendered and must be checked in again when the
rendering is done.