Operations Routine 4 Chapter

Material

Playout on the NSP-1

Video

When playback of the video file finishes, a

 

frozen picture of the last frame is displayed

 

until the specified end of the event. The

 

sound accompanying the video will not be

 

output while the frozen picture is displayed.

 

 

Flash movie

If the Flash movie was specified to repeat

 

when being created, playout will repeat

 

from the beginning. If not, a frozen picture

 

of the last frame will be displayed just as it

 

is with a video event.

 

 

Audio

After playback of the audio file finishes, no

 

sound is output from this layer. So it is

 

better not to expand the duration of audio

 

events. To repeat an audio file, specify the

 

event several times in the playlist according

 

to the duration of the file and the time you

 

need the audio.

 

 

•As the duration of the shortest event on the playlists is five seconds, the BZNP-D1 software sets the duration of the event for a piece of material whose duration is less than that, and it does not allow you to reduce the duration.

If you specify a one-second audio file, for example, the duration of the event made from it will be five seconds. And on the NSP-1, the audio file will be played during the first one second, then there will be no audio in the remaining four seconds.

Note this when you handle materials shorter than five seconds, as other types of materials will be played in the same manner.

Undoing the last editing operation

Holding down the Ctrl key and pressing the Z key undoes the last editing operation.

Note that, however, operations related to the screen layout cannot be undone.

Checking or selecting a template

Screen layout, that is a set of the sizes and positions of the materials on the display layers (except for the fixed positioned background layer), is defined when materials are dropped on the playlist.

You can check which template is currently selected, or select another template for the materials that you are adding to the playlist, in the following procedure:

1 Select [Settings] > [Template Settings] on the menu bar.

The Screen Layout window and the Template Settings dialog box appear.

The Template drop-down list box shows the template currently selected. The Screen Layout window shows the layout settings of the selected template.

2 To select another template, select the desired one using the Template drop-down list box, then click [OK]. To continue using the current template, simply click [OK] or [Cancel] to close the windows.

Notes

•When you change a template whose layer settings are different in the middle of the playlist, the layers that are not used in the new template will disappear.

The events specified on these layers are still stored, and will re-appear if you select a template in which those layers are used.

However, upon saving the playlist, the BZNP-D1 software only saves the events on the layers that are used in the template at the time of saving.

It is recommended that you make the layer settings of the templates identical when they may be used in a single playlist. If this is not possible, select a template in which all the necessary layers are set to be used every time before saving the playlist.

•There are various limitations in the position and size of each layer of an NSP-1. After you finish creating a playlist, make sure to check if the materials are displayed as intended by previewing the playlist on the NSP-1.

For information on how to preview a playlist, see “Checking Playout (Previewing on an NSP-1)” on page 53.

42 Playlist Preparations