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Adding a Layer

You can add new Video, FXEvent or Audio Layers to an already existing Channel. This is primarily useful during testing to find out how many Layers are needed to do the final playout. Once a Channel is activated using the activation code, the number of Layers will be adjusted automatically.

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  1. Stop the desired Channel by deactivating the checkbox in front of it. Stopping a Channel will also stop the Just Out engine and therefore the final output.

  2. Select the Channel

     in the Channel View to which you would like to add a Layer

    in the Devices & Channels list.

  3. Click on the Layers & Engines

     tab in the configuration area

    tab.

  4. Click on the New Layer button and select the kind of Layer you would like to add.

  5. Make sure to assign an engine to the new Layer

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  6. Restart the just:out engine(s) as well as the connected user interface(s) to see the new Layer there.

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  2. Activate the checkbox in front of the Channel to start it again and to take over the changes you made.

  3. Close the configuration window and drag the Channel from the Connections tab to the Multi-viewer area.

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Once a just:live/just:play user interface has connected to the Channel, the new Layer is immediately available. Nevertheless all existing Playlists must be remade to take over the new Layer. No new element can be dropped into the new Layer of all existing Playlists.

Removing a Layer

You can remove a Video, FX, Event or Audio Layer from an existing Channel. This is primarily useful during testing to find out how many Layers are needed to do the final playout. Once a Channel is activated using the activation code, the number of Layers will be adjusted automatically.

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  1. Stop the desired Channel by deactivating the checkbox in front of it. Stopping a Channel will also stop the Just Out engine and therefore the final output.

  2. Select the Channel

     from which you would like to remove a Layer.Activate

    in the Devices & Channels list.

  3. Click on the Layers & Engines

     tab in the configuration area

    tab.

  4. Select the Layer you would like to remove.

  5. Press the backspace key.

  6. A warning window appears. Click Remove to remove the Layer.

  7. Activate the checkbox in front of the Channel to start it again and to take over the changes you made.

  8. Close the configuration window and drag the Channel from the Connections tab to the Multi-viewer area.

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Changing the Layer Order

Changing the order of the Layers changes the order in which they appear in the user interface.

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  1. Stop the desired Channel by deactivating the checkbox in front of it. Stopping a Channel will also stop the Just Out engine and therefore the final output.

  2. Select the Channel in the Devices & Channels list.

  3. Click on

    the Remove button to remove the Layer.
  4. Restart all just:play user interfaces which are connected to this Channel to allow them to reflect the changes.

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  1. the Layers & Engines tab.

  2. Select the Layer you would like to move.

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  3. Press the Move Up or Move Down button to change the order of the selected Layer.

  4. Activate the checkbox in front of the Channel to start it again and to take over the changes you made.

  5. Close the configuration window and drag the Channel from the Connections tab to the Multi-viewer area.

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The visibility of the elements which are played out on the available Layers is from top to bottom. Therefore a video playing in a Video Layer which is on top of an FX Layer will make the FX element invisible by overlaying it.