Sony BZNP-D1 Playlist Editing Functions, Adding events, Copying playlists

Copying playlists

The BZNP-D1 software enables you to copy a created and stored playlist with the following procedure. A duplication can be edited as another playlist, or used for another group for which the identical screen resolution and orientation have been set.

1 Select the Playlist tab in the Content Management window.

2 Check that the BZNP-D1 (PC) option button is selected, and select the group whose playlist you are copying using the Group drop-down list box.

The playlists of the selected group are displayed in the Content Management window.

3 Select the playlists to be copied.

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

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

4 Right-click the selection, then select [Copy] on the popup menu.

The selected playlists are copied to the Windows Clipboard.

5 To use the copied playlists for another group, select the desired group using the Group drop-down list box. Skip this step to use them as new playlists in the same group.

6 Right-click any point on the Playlist tab of the Content Management window, then click [Paste] on the popup menu.

The playlists stored on the Windows Clipboard are added onto the list. Their type and title data is the same as that of the original playlists, but they are assigned new index numbers. The date and time of pasting appear in the updated date and time column.

Playlist Editing Functions

The BZNP-D1 software provides the following playlist editing functions:

•Adding events (see page 39)

•Deleting events (see page 40)

•Modifying the start time of an event (see page 41)

•Modifying the duration or the end time of an event (see page 41)

•Undoing the last editing operation (see page 42)

•Checking or selecting a template (see page 42)

•Adjusting screen layout settings (see page 43)

Adding events

1 To continue using the template currently selected for the layout information of the new event, proceed to the next step.

To select a different template, or to check the current template, perform the operation explained in “Checking or selecting a template” on page 42.

2 Select a piece of material in the Content Management window.

3 Add the selected piece of material to the playlist by a drag & drop operation.

The layer on which you drop the material is decided depending on the material and its purpose.

Material	Purpose	Layer
Video	Video (with accompanying	Video
	audio), MPEG4 streaming
	video, video signal input via
	the NSP-1 VIDEO IN
	connector (with
	accompanying audio input
	via the AUDIO IN connector)
Graphics	Background, Wallpaper	Background
	Graphics to be displayed	Graphics
	under video
	Logo marks, Down-stream	Logo*
	keying, Graphics to be
	displayed in front of video
Text	Captions	Text*
URL	Web pages	Graphics
Flash	Flash movies	Graphics
Audio	Extra audio	Audio

*The area painted with the NSP-1 transparent color will be transparent. Refer to the supplied SpecsE.htm file for details.

The dropped material is added to the playlist as an event. The color of the cell where the event is specified changes to light blue.

Operations Routine 4 Chapter

Playlist Preparations 39