Content tab selection buttons

4 Select the files to be registered.

You can register more than one file simultaneously, provided they are in the identical category.

To select more than one file, hold down the Ctrl key and click the desired files in turn.

To select all the files in a range, hold down the Shift key and click the first and last files in the range.

5 Move the selected files from the Explorer window to the BZNP-D1 window by a drag & drop operation.

The new material is added in the Content Management window.

The names of the files are shown as the titles, and the date of registration is shown in the date last modified column.

6 Edit the types and titles of the registered material, if necessary.

Select a line, then click its Type or Title column, specify the type (up to 20 characters) or title (up to 40 characters), and then press the Enter key.

On registration of an announce file (SDP file) for MPEG4 streaming video

NSP-1 players and the BZNP-D1 software support MPEG4 live streaming video. Playing a live streaming video on an NSP-1, unlike a normal video file whose playout starts from the beginning of the file, consists of displaying the contents played on the streaming server at that time, just like video and audio input to the VIDEO IN and AUDIO IN connectors of the NSP-1.

To register such a streaming video as a piece of video material, the following operation is required:

1 Add the announce file (an SDP file with the .m4e file extension) on the Video tab of the Content Management window using a drag & drop operation.

Ask your supplier or Sony sales representative for details on how to obtain the appropriate announce file, as it varies depending on the streaming server used.

A new piece of video material appears in the Content Management window. “Live Streaming” is displayed in the Type column, and “00:00:00” is displayed in the Duration column.

2 To specify the material duration, select the piece of material, then click its Duration column. This makes the column editable. Specify the desired duration, and then press the Enter key.

You can also leave the material duration as “00:00:00,” and specify the desired event duration after listing this streaming video in a playlist as an event.

To modify the duration of a video clip or Flash movie

When you drop a video clip or Flash file in the Content Management window, the BZNP-D1 checks its duration and displays it in the Duration column. You can modify this duration by selecting the line then clicking the Duration column, in the same way as the type and title columns.

Modification of the duration is useful in the following cases, when the actual duration and that the BZNP-D1 software obtains are different:

•Duration shown in the Content Management window is “00:00:00.”

The BZNP-D1 software may not recognize the duration of a video clip when there is no DirectShow filter installed on the PC where the BZNP-D1 software is operating. It may not recognize the duration of a Flash movie, either, depending on the condition in effect when the Flash movie was created.

•The last few frames are not played.

As the BZNP-D1 software manipulates the materials in units of seconds, the very last frames of a video clip or Flash movie will not be played if there is a fraction in the

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