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It is not possible to add a Video to the rundown whose drop point is in the past. This would change the current Playout and will therefore be rejected. A warning will be shown instead.

Adding Gaps

Usually, broadcasters try to avoid Gaps in the rundown, but there are situations where a Gap is required, for example, to adjust the start time of a certain Video. The default length of a Gap element is one second. You can modify the duration in the Inspector.

Drag a Gap element from the Library and drop it into an…

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You can switch to a Live Signal by using the Live Input placeholder element. The default duration is “30secondsYou can modify the duration in the Inspector. At the end of a Live Event, the next item in the Video layer of your rundown will be played out. 

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In case a Video is not ready for Playout but should be scheduled already, a Placeholder element can be used meanwhile. The default length is “30” secondsYou can modify the duration in the InspectorPlaceholder elements must be replaced by Video elements before the Playout reaches the Placeholder's position.

Drag a Placeholder element from the Library and drop it into an…

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  1. Select the Placeholder.

  2. Go to the Inspector.

  3. In the Name field, enter the name of the Video (including the file extension). Once available, the Video must be placed into one of the root repository folders (not into a subfolder) defined for the channel Channel.

  4. Once available, go to the Filemenu and use the Refresh Playlist command (“Cmd + “Command-R”) to link the Placeholder with the Video and to reflect the change in the just:play user interface. This refresh of Placeholder elements is also done automatically every 30 seconds, and the rundown will be automatically rescheduled based on the actual time of the video.

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  1. Go to the Library.

  2. Activate the Video TabVideo” tab.

  3. Dropping a Video from the Library directly onto a Placeholder in the Workbench.

In case the length of the Video does not match the length defined for the Placeholder clip, a warning will be shown which informs you that the start time of the following Videos will be adjusted. Clicking “OK” adds Clicking on the “OK” button adds the Video to the rundown and automatically adjusts the start time of the following items up to the next timed Playlist. Clicking “Cancel” will bring take you back to the unchanged, previous state.

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Drag one or multiple Audio elements from the Library and drop them into…

  • an An empty area of a Playlist into one of the available Audio Tracks.

  • the The end of an already existing element in the Workbench, to add it right after that element.

It is not possible to add Audio files to the rundown, whose drop point is in the past. This would change the current Playout and will therefore be rejected. A warning will be shown instead.

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Drag one or multiple Graphics elements from the Library and drop them into…

  • an An empty area of a Playlist into one of the available FX Tracks.

  • the The end of an already existing Graphics element in the Workbench, to add it right after that element.

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Drag one or multiple Event elements from the Library and drop them into…

  • an An empty area of a Playlist into one of the available Event Tracks.

  • the The end of an already existing Event element in the Workbench, to add it right after that element.

It is not possible to add Events to the rundown whose drop point is in the past. This would change the current Playout and will therefore be rejected. A warning will be shown instead.

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