Evs Xfile Version 1.02 - February 2009 User Manual Bedienungsanleitung

User’s ManualVersion 1.02 - February 2009Archive / Storage & Gateway Solutions

XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 Issue 1.02.D 5 2.3.2 GRAB TAB In the Grab tab, you select the fold

Issue 1.02.D XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 6 2.3.3 ADVANCED PARAMETERS TAB MME PLAYER FULL PATH

XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 Issue 1.02.D 7 2.3.4 AVID TM TAB The backup files can be transfe

Issue 1.02.D XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 8 How to Modify the Default Filename Format String To m

XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 Issue 1.02.D 9 2.3.5 LICENSE INFORMATION TAB To generate a softw

Issue 1.02.D XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 10 2.4 CLIP MANAGEMENT The XFile Lite main window is

XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 Issue 1.02.D 11 2.4.1 FOLDER MANAGEMENT AREA FOLDER TREE AND COMMA

Issue 1.02.D XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 12 HOW TO CREATE AND DELETE FOLDERS IN THE ROOT FOLDER

XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 Issue 1.02.D 13 2.4.2 CLIP LIST AREA The Clip List area includes

Issue 1.02.D XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 14 The Work tab contains the following elements: N° Ele

XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 Issue 1.02.D COPYRIGHT EVS Broadcast Equipment – Copyright © 2003-2009.

XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 Issue 1.02.D 15 SELECTION TAB (3) List of clips in the selection(1)

Issue 1.02.D XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 16 COUNTERS A counter of clips is available in the Work

XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 Issue 1.02.D 17 Clip Information Description Sel. tab ClipName D

Issue 1.02.D XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 18 SORTING CLIPS IN THE CLIP LIST To sort a column in a

XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 Issue 1.02.D 19 Action Description Copy Copies the clips selected

Issue 1.02.D XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 20 DEFINING COLUMNS DISPLAYED IN THE CLIP LIST Use the

XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 Issue 1.02.D 21 FILTERS The filters allow restricting the clips dis

Issue 1.02.D XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 22 Creation date Note The Creation date and the ba

XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 Issue 1.02.D 23 1. For date selection, do one of the following: •

Issue 1.02.D XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 24 Clipnames Clicking on the icon on the right side

Issue 1.02.D XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 II

XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 Issue 1.02.D 25 Keywords Clicking on the icon on the right side

Issue 1.02.D XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 26 OK / Cancel Press OK to confirm your selection and

XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 Issue 1.02.D 27 VarID Clicking on the right icon will display th

Issue 1.02.D XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 28 Media / Clips The MXF file is the file containin

XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 Issue 1.02.D 29 The following options are available for selection:

Issue 1.02.D XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 30 Camera label Clicking on the icon on the right sid

XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 Issue 1.02.D 31 Filter Based on Prefix The Filter based on Prefix

Issue 1.02.D XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 32 2.4.3 FILE INFO AREA 3: File metadata1: Thumbnails4

XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 Issue 1.02.D 33 THUMBNAILS The thumbnails defined for each file are

Issue 1.02.D XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 34 SD clips are displayed with 4:3 aspect ratio. 16:9

XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 Issue 1.02.D Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS...

XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 Issue 1.02.D 35 FILE AND SESSION METADATA The metadata of the EVS M

Issue 1.02.D XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 36 2.4.4 MAINTAINING CLIPS AND FILES MOVING AND COPYIN

XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 Issue 1.02.D 37 HOW TO COPY/MOVE CLIPS TO OTHER FOLDERS Important

Issue 1.02.D XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 38 HOW TO DELETE A CLIP/FILE As several clips are linke

XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 Issue 1.02.D 39 HOW TO SELECT AND DELETE SEVERAL CLIPS 1. Press SH

Issue 1.02.D XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 40 2.4.5 MANUAL CONVERSIONS OF BACKUP FILES In XFile L

XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 Issue 1.02.D 41 2.4.6 BACKUP FILE TRANSFER TO EXTERNAL SYSTEMS Fro

Issue 1.02.D XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 42 3. External modules The different external modules a

XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 Issue 1.02.D 43 3.2 EDITING A CLIP Currently, you can edit clips/f

Issue 1.02.D XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 44 3.2.1 FILE INFO TAB The first tab shows all current

Issue 1.02.D XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 IV What’s New in Version 1.02? A general review of XFi

XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 Issue 1.02.D 45 3.2.2 IN – OUT TAB In the IN-OUT tab, the user can

Issue 1.02.D XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 46 TC MODE The TC Mode field allows selecting the time

XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 Issue 1.02.D 47 BUTTONS The first series of buttons gathers the GRA

Issue 1.02.D XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 48 3.2.3 GRAB OPTIONS From the IN-OUT tab of the E

XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 Issue 1.02.D 49 3.2.4 EXPORT OPTION The Export option makes it po

Issue 1.02.D XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 50 3.2.5 CLIPNAME – KEYWORDS TAB In the Clipname –Keyw

XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 Issue 1.02.D 51 3.2.6 HD PREVIEW TAB When editing an HD clip, the

Issue 1.02.D XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 52 3.3 SHUTTLEPRO USE IN EDIT CLIP MODULE From XFile L

XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 Issue 1.02.D 53 The Import Settings window opens: 4. Select the f

Issue 1.02.D XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 54 5. Click APPLY to confirm that the XFile settings

XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 Issue 1.02.D 1 1. Introduction Digital Archiving on removable medi

XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 Issue 1.02.D 55 3.3.2 SHUTTLEPRO COMMANDS IN THE EDIT CLIP MODULE

Issue 1.02.D XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 56 The following table describes the action that can be

XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 Issue 1.02.D 57 ShuttlePRO Dommand Keyboard Shortcut Command Descri

Issue 1.02.D XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 58 3.4 XFILE CLIP INFO EXPORTER The XFile Clip Info Ex

XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 Issue 1.02.D 59 3.4.1 HOW TO EXPORT DATA TO AN XML, TXT OR CSV FIL

Issue 1.02.D XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 60 3.4.2 CONFIGURING THE XFILE CLIP EXPORTER Configuri

XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 Issue 1.02.D 61 3.4.3 FIELDS IN THE CONFIGURATION WINDOW The follo

Issue 1.02.D XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 62 Field Description Button to export the selection of

XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 Issue 1.02.D 63 The file is generated in the folder C:\Program File

Issue 1.02.D XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 64 3.5 STORYBOARD In the XFile Lite window, the Storyb

Issue 1.02.D XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 2 2. Software Setup 2.1 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION To insta

XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 Issue 1.02.D 65 The HTML output file be similar to the screenshot b

Issue 1.02.D XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 66 Notes

XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 Issue 1.02.D 67 Regional Contacts AMERICA (NORTH & LATIN) EVS

Issue 1.02.D XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 68 EVS Middle East Tel: +971 4 365 4222 Fax: +971 4 42

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XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 Issue 1.02.D 3 • XFile Lite • XSecure Manager • MMEPlayer •

Issue 1.02.D XFile Lite Version 1.02– User Manual EVS Broadcast Equipment – February 2009 4 2.2 START-UP At first start, select the root folder