The Tool Set

• Default configurations are available as part of newsroomsettings.xml file

• Select content from XML using simple XPath 1.0 expressions

• Concatenate the XPath result using a separator

• Replace parts of the result using static or dynamic variables

• Apply conversion rules for the specific field type

What to Configure

• Reuse or modify existing MOS field mapping in newsroomsettings.xml

• Add MOS Id map entry using newsroom settings editor

  • Newsroom alias: MOS Id of foreign item

  • value: Field mapping entry name

  • appendContent: appends the complete MOS object to the internal Viz Mosart <item /> as a _<content /> _sub child

  • embeddedMosartItem: signal if the item has a Viz Mosart item embedded

Target Fields

Target fields is a list of the fields used when controlling a video server or graphics element(s).

Video Server

• clip_hirespath: The name or ID of the video file

• clip_description: A human-readable description of the video file [optional]

• clip_dur: The duration of the video file

• clip_mark_in: The start frame of the video file [optional]

Graphics Systems

• graphics_id: The ID of the graphics item

• graphics_description: A human-readable description of the graphics item

• tc_in: Planned in time for the item relative to the parent item

• tc_dur: Planned duration for the item

• graphics_profile: The graphics concept context this item should be forced to play in. This value will be forwarded to graphics systems supporting concepts for graphics when cueing and playing an item.

• graphics_category: Used in CG Take Out Logic to identify graphics that should be kept at story item transitions. If not set, graphics_id is used for identification.

• channel: The channel to play the item, ie. DSK, WALL etc.

• take: MANUAL or AUTO. If MANUAL then tc_in will be 0 and only tc_dur will be used.

• outBehaviour:

  • TIMECODE = the element will be taken out relative to the current primary element using tc_dur

  • BACKGROUNDEND = the element will be taken out when switching primary story element

  • STORYEND = the element will be taken out when switching from one story to the next

  • OPENEND = the element will be taken out when reloading the rundown or by manually taking the element out

• auto_continue: true/false (p.d. only for Orad, to send PlayWithoutPause command)

Mapping Source Fields to Target Fields

The following mapping <mosmap id=”VENDOR” elementtype=”CLIP”> </mosmap> contains the attribute descriptions:

• Id: Value used in the MOS map section of the newsroomsettings.xml

• Elementtype: CLIP for video servers, GRAPHICS for graphics systems

And <fieldmapping /> contains the attribute descriptions:

• fieldname: Viz Mosart target field name

• mospath: A simple XPath 1.0 expression to the location of the source value

• separator: Value used for joining multiple returned values for the mospath

• fieldtype:

  • FIELDS – the source value is in video fields

  • FRAMES – the source value is in video fields

  • TIMECODE – the source value is in time code format. Use mask attribute to identify format

  • STATIC – the value for the fieldname has no mospaths and should be as defined in the value attribute

  • REPLACE

  • ADJUST

• value: The value to use if fieldtype is STATIC

• valuetype: TEXT,TIMECODE

• mask: Value on time code format for, i.e. hh:mm:ss or hh:mm:ss:ff

• mustexist: Set to true if the Viz Mosart field should only be added if a non-empty value exists

• regex: Regular expression used on the value. Use this to extract parts of the value from the MOS object

• matchindex: Group index of the result from the regex

• overwrite: if true, overwrites if a field already exists. Default is false.

Example - Video Server Item

This example is of a Quantel video item.

Example - Graphics Item

This example is of an XPression graphics item.