Viz Multichannel User Guide
Version 4.2 | Published July 31, 2023 ©
Main Menu and Toolbar
There is a main menu at the top of Viz Multichannel and a dynamic toolbar below it.
A dynamic toolbar means that you can configure which icons (representing actions) are available in the toolbar. You configure which icons to display under Actions from the main menu.
The actions themselves will be available as keyboard shortcuts, for example F9 and CTRL + F9 to take or take out the Logo page, even if the icons representing the actions are not displayed.
Main Menu
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File
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Exit: Closes the application
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Tools
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Analyze logs: allows you to open and analyze the As Run Logs, which offer a quick overview of all elements run by the system. The logs are created by the Media Sequencer.
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Reports Manager: allows you to create reports on multiple channels.
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Generate Channels File: generates a file containing information about the channels file. This is required when running Viz Multichannel in MCR mode (see Master Control Workflow).
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Action
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Edit Mode: enables edit mode.
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Cleanup Engines: clears all loaded graphics from the program and preview renderer memory for the output profile currently in use. This is done before initializing a new playlist or in order to re-initialize the same playlist into the renderer memory. Note that cleanup commands will affect all clients that are connected to the same Media Sequencer and that use the same output profile (see Clear Layers).
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Clear Layers: clears all or specific layers (front, middle or back) for your channel’s configured Viz Engines. Note: the graphics will still remain in the memory (see Toolbar and Cleanup Engines).
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Initialize: manually initializes either the currently selected Channel or the Channel Pool. Initializing will fetch and load resources to the memory of the Viz Engine, ensuring that resources such as graphics are ready for playout. If it is not initialized, the Viz Engine will still load resources when needed, but pre-fetching can provide flicker and artifact-free playout in some situations.
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Logo Page: allows you to take or take out the defined logo page.
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Error Page: allows you to take or take out the defined error page.
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Video-only Page: allows you to take or take out the defined video-only page.
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Ticker: allows you to import or export Viz Ticker3D playlists (see Working with Ticker Actions).
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Actions: allows you to import or export actions from an XML-file.
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Template and Pages: allows you to import or export template and pages to XML-files.
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Video bypass: When enabled, only video is shown. When disabled, video and graphics are shown.
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Help
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Help (F1): Launches the documentation in your preferred browser.
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About: Shows the version of Viz Multichannel.
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Toolbar
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Configuration menu |
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Local Viz Engine status. Sub-Commands that can be selected: Show Commands, Show Status and Restart Viz. Note that these commands will be sent to the local Viz Engine, normally used for preview. For more information about any given status, see the log messages in your Information Panel. |
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Profile settings - click this icon for the Playout Configuration dialog where you can add playout devices and device channels. |
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Shows the time of the currently selected channel’s Media Sequencer server, with the local client (Multichannel UI) machine offset applied. Example: If the Media Sequencer machine is UTC and it is 12.00 and UI is CET (UTC+1), then the clock will show 13.00. Click the clock icon to show the Media Sequencer machine time with only the local offset and timezone-offset applied. Given the data in the example above, the time shown is now 12.00, and the time-zone info shown is UTC+0. |
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F9 |
Take in the defined Logo Page. |
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CTRL + F9 |
Take out the defined Logo Page. |
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F10 |
Take in the defined Error Page. |
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CTRL + F10 |
Take out the defined Error Page. |
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F11 |
Take in the Video Only Page. |
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CTRL + F11 |
Take out the Video Only Page. |
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Import a Viz Ticker definition file (XML). |
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Export a Viz Ticker definition file (XML). |
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Import Actions definitions (from XML file). |
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Export Actions definitions (to XML file). |
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Import Templates (and Pages) to the connected Graphics Hub. |
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Export Templates (and Pages) from the connected Graphics Hub. |
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Enables the mechanical bypass on the Matrox video card. This effectively bypasses any rendering and stops the Viz Engine from impacting the video signal. Important: for this to work, the Viz Engine must be properly configured. See the Matrox and Watchdog sections in the Viz Engine Administrator Guide . |
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Disables the mechanical bypass on the Matrox video card. This effectively bypasses any rendering and stops the Viz Engine from impacting the video signal. Important: for this to work, the Viz Engine must be properly configured. See the Matrox and Watchdog sections in the Viz Engine Administrator Guide . |
