Add items to channels from the Media tab

Drag individual items or groups of items into channels from the Media tab.

1. Click the Media tab.

2. Select a media type.

   

3. Drag an item into a channel.

   

4. Hold CTRL and click multiple items to drag them as a group into a channel.

   

Media Search Filters

• Keyword search: Searches descriptions

  

• Media type: Video or Image

  

• Date range: Filter by date. All items, Last hour, Last day, Last week, Last month. Works with media from Viz One, Media Service, Pilot Data Server.

  

• Tags: Works with media from Pilot Data Server and Viz One. Only one tag can be selected at a time.

  

• Search Provider: Select the media sources you want to search in (Pilot Data Server, Media Service, Viz One, Graphic Hub and Graphic Hub: default folder).
  

  Note:

  GraphicHub REST service versions higher than 2.0.1 support Graphic Hub: default folder as a search provider, in addition to Graphic Hub. The default folder only contains images ingested through the Graphic Hub REST API, while the Graphic Hub search provider exposes the full content of the Graphic Hub.

Video Preview

To preview a video, right-click an item and select Preview.

Videos can be edited once they have been added to channels, see Editing Videos.

The context menu

Right-clicking an element in the GFX tab brings up the following options:

• Edit: Open the default editor for this element. It can be useful to set default values or, for instance, write a better description of the graphics.

• Copy: Copies the element. It can be pasted anywhere in the channels.

• Remove: Deletes the element.

• Rename: Set a description for the element. Useful when the auto-generated description is not adequate.

• Import Graphics: Opens the Import graphics dialog box. This makes it possible to import graphics directly from the Graphic Hub.

• Reimport: Re-imports the graphics from the Graphic Hub. This is useful if the graphics designer has added or removed control fields.

Changing thumbnail size and aspect ratio

Use the slider to increase the size of the thumbnails in the GFX tab.

• Drag right to view bigger thumbnails and left to view smaller thumbnails.

  

The thumbnails for each group in the GFX tab can have different aspect ratios. This is handy if you have wide scenes or portrait scenes meant for playout in GFX channels with the same aspect ratio.

• Right-click a group in the GFX tab.

• Select Set Aspect Ratio.

• Choose an aspect ratio or select Custom.

• In the custom box - enter a numeric value (width divided by height).

  

See Also

• Edit graphics, videos and images

• General Tab

Viewing elements in the Videowall tab

• Drag the slider to the right to view bigger presets and left to view smaller presets:

  

Connect a videowall group to a videowall

Playout all the presets in a group on a specific videowall.

1. Right-click a group in the Videowalls tab.

2. Select the desired videowall together with its main channel (the Viz output on which the videowall presets are run).

   

3. Now, this group only contains presets assigned to the selected videowall.

See Also

• Presets

Working with data elements

Drag data elements from the Templates Tab into channels in the Media Column.

Learn more:

• What are data elements?

• Where do I find data elements?

• Refreshing the data elements list

• Filtering data elements

  IMPORTANT!

  This feature requires Pilot Data Server 7.2 or higher.

What are data elements?

Data elements are variations of a template.

For example, the same lower third may be used in both the morning and evening shows. Two different elements are created from a single template, each containing styling specific to the show it is created for. The morning show element has a green lower third while the evening show element has a red lower third.

Where do I find data elements?

Elements are accessible at the bottom of the templates tab. Drag them into channels in the same way as templates.

Refreshing the data elements list

The data elements list is read out from the Pilot Data Server when a concept or a template is selected. This list does not change, even if someone is changing the list on the server. The list must therefore be refreshed manually.

To refresh the list:

1. Right-click an element in the data elements list.

2. Click Reload list.

   

The current subset of data elements will now be reloaded from the server.

Filtering data elements

Multiplay groups elements by concept and by template.

View elements by concept

Show all data elements belonging to all templates in a concept.

1. In the Templates Tab, click the Concepts menu and select a concept.

   

2. Both templates (1) and elements (2) for the selected concept are listed. Here, the Viz Story Square concept has a number of templates and two elements, that is versions of those templates.

   

   Tip:

   The elements window title shows Elements from concept to remind you that you are viewing elements associated with a concept.

View elements by template

Show all data elements belonging to a specific template.

1. In the Templates Tab, click a particular template to view its elements.

   

2. Here, the Banner3 template has a single element titled Changed/Na....

   Tip:

   The elements window title shows Elements from template to remind you that you are viewing elements associated with a single template.

List and Grid View

In the Templates Tab, click to view elements and templates in list or grid view.

See Also

• Pilot Data Server Administrator Guide