Modifying the start time of an event

Note

This operation adjusts the start time of an event and cannot be used to move the event on the playlist.

1 Right-click the desired event on the playlist, then click [Change Start Time] on the popup menu.

The Change Start Time dialog box appears. The current start time of the event is shown in it.

2 Modify the start time as desired, then click [OK].

Modifying the start time on the playlist

When you select the event cell whose start time you want to modify on the playlist, a handle appears on the top line of the cell. The mouse pointer will appear as a two-way arrow on the handle.

Selecting that handle and dragging the mouse expands the cell and hence modifies the start time of the event.

Modifying the duration or the end time of an event

The following procedure allows you to adjust the duration of an event.

Hint

You can specify the event duration even for video or Flash events whose materials have “duration” data.

As the BZNP-D1 software manipulates the materials in units of seconds, the very last frames of a video or Flash event will not be played if there is a fraction in the actual playout length of the video or Flash movie file. By expanding the event duration in such a case, the video or Flash movie file will be fully played. Note that, however, a frozen picture may be displayed as described in the following notes.

1 Right-click the desired event on the playlist, then click [Change Duration] or [Change End Time] on the popup menu.

The Change Duration or Change End Time dialog box appears. The current duration or end time of the event is shown in it.

2 Modify the time as desired, then click [OK].

In either case, the start time of the line immediately below the selected event is changed.

Modifying the end time on the playlist

When you select the event cell whose end time you want to modify on the playlist, a handle appears on the bottom line of the cell. The mouse pointer will appear as a two- way arrow on the handle.

Selecting that handle and dragging the mouse expands the cell and hence modifies the end time of the event.

This method is useful when you want to specify an end time that is identical to an event on another layer.

Notes

•When modifying the end time, the specified end time is not included in the event duration.

If you specify “15:00:00” as the end time, for example, playout of that event will end immediately before 15:00:00.

The event specified on the next line on the playlist, if any, will be started at 15:00:00.

•Expanding the duration of a video, Flash movie or audio event whose material has “duration” data will affect playout of that event as described in the following table. When you shorten the duration of such an event, playout will be stopped at the end time and the next event will start.

Operations Routine 4 Chapter

Playlist Preparations

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