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Chapter

Playing Clips to Air

Playback operators use the NewsQ Pro application to control the playback of

news clips to air. Using a playlist linked to an NCS rundown or local NewsQ

Pro playlist, playback operators cue and play clips as required during a

broadcast.

This chapter is written for playback operators and discusses how to use the

NewsQ Pro application to:

• Link to an NCS rundown

• Create a playlist manually

• Cue clips and play them to air

• Archive clips to tape

• Add clips to a playlist, rearrange clips, and change clip properties

• Use the context-sensitive Playlist menu