The Library shows a filtered view of the repository folders defined in just:connect for the this channel. Each tab shows only the files which match the type of tab. Here are two examples:
| Repository Folder View: Displays the content of the repository folders in a similar fashion as the Finder's list view (including media related metadata). You can scroll vertical to see all items stored in the repository folders and horizontal to see the media related metadata. Move the mouse to the beginning of a column separator, click-hold the mouse button and move the mouse to the left or right to change the column width. Click-hold a column header and move the mouse left or right to change the order of the columns. In the library it is not possible to remove columns. |
Video Tab: Lists all movies which are available for playout on your system. If a movie does not show up in the list but in the Finder, check if the file ends with one of the supported suffixes: mov, mpg, mpeg, mpegts, avi, mp4, 3gp, m4v, mkv, f4v, dv or mxf. Only files with a supported suffix are shown in the library. Even though just:play displays any avi, mp4, mxf and mov file in the library it is possible that a movie does not play out finally because the correct codec to decode the file is not installed on the system. Contact your system administrator for more information. Movies which do not match the output frame rate are highlighted in red and cannot be selected or added to the rundown. Also you can find the placeholders in the video tab to switch to the live source, to add a gap to the rundown or to schedule a placeholder item for a movie which is currently not available.
Audio Tab: Lists all movies from the repository folder(s) defined in just:connect. MP3, M4A and WAV audio files are supported at the moment.
Graphic Tab: Lists graphic files from the repository folder(s). Only graphic files with one of the supported suffixes are shown: composition, qtz, js, jscomposition, png or jpg.
Event Tab: Here you can find router and GPIout events, which have been defined by the system administrator before. Such elements can be scheduled at any time by dropping them into the "Event" layer in the timeline.
Playlists Tab: Lists all previously saved playlists. Playlists can be saved to reuse them for the same channel but also to use them on another machine. Build a playlist and select "Save Playlist As…" from the "File" menu to save it. You can also drop playlists from the calendar view into the playlist field. Final Cut Pro compliant XML files saved in the playlist folder will show up here for immediate use also.
Files: Lists all elements which are available (depending on the selected tab) for playout on your system.
Elements in red:
- where no metadata is shown can not be added to the rundown and therefore can not be played out. Usually this is because the frame rate of the movie does not match the frame rate of the play out format selected in just:connect.
- where the width of the Files column is to wide to show the first metadata column can be activated by changing the with of the Files column, so that at least one metadata column is shown.
Metadata Columns: Depending on the selected tab you will see more or less metadata columns. You can rearrange and change the width of the columns by moving the elements in the header area. Metadata elements which are shown in red do not match the current playout format and will be changed automatically once added to the rundown. Red colored aspect ratio information means that the aspect ratio does not match, red colored codec information means that the field order does not match.
Preview Area: Shows a preview of the currently selected element and allows you to:
- Video: Preview the movie (audio is played out using the System audio device), set an In/Outpoint, define a new Poster frame.
- Audio: No preview available.
- Graphic: Preview a graphics file. In case it has a stop frame, the stop frame will be handled like On Air.
- Event: Under the "Events" tab the preview button changes its functionality and its icon. In this case clicking the "+" button allows you to build a new router control/GPI event.
- Playlists: No preview available.
Make a right mouse-click (or ctrl-click) for more file related functions like the ability to reveal the file in the finder. Press the space bar to open Quick Look for the selected file.
Search Field: Allows you to search for files in the repositories and for related metadata. Click on the magnifying glass to select the metadata column you want to use for the search.
In/Out-Point and Poster Frame Control: See next chapter 5.5 Library: Preview Controls (v2.5) for more informations.
Search Field: Allows you to search for files and related metadata in the repositories. Click on the magnifying glass to select the metadata column you want to use for the search.
Control Buttons:
- Item Sorting Order Button: Click on this button to change the sorting order (from A...Z or from Z...A) of the selected tab.
- Open/Close Preview Button: Pressing the preview button shows or hides the preview area.
- Refresh Button: Click on this button to refresh the content of the library. This is useful in all situations where the content of the Library is not updated automatically. This can be the case because your disk storage does not support file system events or in situations where the metadata sidecar file is not generated correctly. In this case, pressing the refresh button only writes new sidecar files, but does not overwrite already existing sidecar XML's.
- You can hide/show and dock/undock the library using the corresponding menu options in the "View" menu.
- You can navigate the library like a Finder window (in list view) by using the arrow keys. You can preview movies by pressing the space bar. To get information about an item, place the mouse over it and wait for a moment.
- In case there are two movies with the same name in the same folder but with different extensions, setting a new in/out-point and/or poster frame will apply the new settings for both movies. Move the movies to different folders to avoid this.