Vizrt iNEWS Command Plug-in Administrator Guide

Version 3.0 | Published January 26, 2021 ©

MOS Syntax

Elements are either added as Star CG Syntax elements, or they are added from Viz Pilot (explained in this section).

Note: The Vizrt iNEWS Command Plugin prior to version 2.0 also supported the Broadcast Control Solution (BCS) mode, however this mode is no longer needed.

This workflow type is called MOS elements because when the user drags an element from Viz Pilot to iNEWS, the data transfer is in form of MOS-XML.

You can test this by dragging an item from Viz Pilot to for example WordPad. It is also possible to drag XML from WordPad to iNEWS.

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This section contains information on the following topics:

Configuration

For the MOS type elements to work, the following configuration must be set up:

Database Settings

For the Vizrt iNEWS Command Plugin, the following settings must be set in the Viz Pilot database:

Viz Pilot Database Settings

Name

Value

Note

ax_use_avid_timing

n

Timing information in the MOS XML will be given in frames.

ax_remove_objSlug

n

The slug must be present.

Note: For the 2.0 version of the Vizrt iNEWS Command Plugin, this value had to be set to y.

The Viz Pilot settings can be accessed from http://PILOTDATASERVER:8177/settings or in Viz Pilot ( Options > Preferences > Advanced).

Viz Pilot Registry Settings

The insertBCSTag must be set to 0 (see illustration below).

The UseVCPDM setting must also be set to 0.

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Example Element

The following illustration shows a screen shot of iNEWS when the two elements named stop_points_blue_ball and stop_points_vizrt_logo are added to a story.

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