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VENICE Client Software User Guide
Figure 3-4: The dialog window to select content
This window shows you in the pane to the left in a directory tree the
volumes/directories that are configured as watch folders in the Spycer
application on the VENICE server. By clicking on the plus/minus signs
in front of an entry the volume/directory can be expanded or collapsed.
Once a volume/directory has been selected, its contents will be dis-
played in the pane to the right. From there select the desired file and
click on the OK button. Afterwards the path and file name of the clip
will be displayed in the respective entry field of the Source settings.
You may have to perform this for video and audio separately.
Selecting Content Via Spycer
You can drag and drop content directly from the browsing panes of
Spycer to the user interface of the VENICE client software. This is the
most informative way to select content for a play-out, because with
Spycer you can gather further information about the content before-
hand or preview it.
Once the Spycer software is started, it shows two browsing panes
where you can browse for data easily. Select from a network/system
combo box the VENICE server to which you are currently connected
and browse in the directory tree to the content that you want to play
out. When the audio and/or video clips are displayed in a browsing
This window provides more items than explained here. With a
fully licensed Spycer it can even be used for a data manage-
ment of the contents stored on the server (via the context
menus you can e.g. copy, move, delete, defragment, etc.). Fur-
ther information about this and the items provided by this win-
dow can be found in the “Spycer” user guide.