User guide

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Playing Out Clips
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via the insert mode of the playout mode (see section “The Controls Ex-
plained” on page 3-15). Then you can explicitly select that the LTC
timecode should be given out with this button.
3.1.3 Configuring the Output Settings
To play out video and audio, for example, for a record with a device
connected to the VENICE server, you have to configure the output for-
mat appropriately. By clicking on the triangle button to the left of the
item Output settings, the necessary settings can be expanded (or col-
lapsed):
Figure 3-7: The output format settings items
By default the output settings are linked to the video format set for the
ingest mode (button LOCK TO VIDEO INPUT activated), which is the rec-
ommended way to process video because then the video overlay and
the output show what is truly available at the input.
However, between the operation modes of the DVS software (see sec-
tion “Selecting the Operation Mode” on page 2-5) different video for-
mat settings can be set. They will be applied to the connected video
channel and available in each operation mode:
– In the playout mode you can determine the signal output (via the
output settings), and
– in the ingest mode the signal input is configured (via the input set-
tings, see section “Configuring the Input Settings” on page 4-2).
When the button LOCK TO VIDEO INPUT is deactivated, you can change
the output video format.
With the settings items of the Output settings configure the output
video format according to your needs. Once set, the respective format
will be automatically applied to the appropriate output port(s) of the
connected video channel. Additionally, the video overlay will change its
To view the signal of the external device in the video overlay of
the playout mode, e.g. to check the position of a connected
VTR, the input format of the ingest mode must be configured
appropriately (see section “Configuring the Input Settings” on
page 4-2).