The Tool Set

• Default configurations are available as part of newsroomsettings.xml file.

• Select content from XML using simple XPath 1.0 expressions.

• Concatenate the XPath result using a separator.

• Replace parts of the result using static or dynamic variables.

• Apply conversion rules for the specific field type.

What to Configure

• Reuse or modify existing MOS field mapping in newsroomsettings.xml.

• Add MOS Id map entry using newsroom settings editor.

  • Newsroom alias: MOS ID of foreign item.

  • value: Field mapping entry name.

  • appendContent: appends the complete MOS object to the internal Viz Mosart <item /> as a _<content /> _sub child.

  • embeddedMosartItem: signal if the item has a Viz Mosart item embedded.

Target Fields

Target fields is a list of the fields used when controlling a video server or graphics elements.

Video Server

• clip_hirespath: The name or ID of the video file.

• clip_description: A human-readable description of the video file (optional).

• clip_dur: The duration of the video file.

• clip_mark_in: The start frame of the video file (optional).

Graphics Systems

• graphics_id: The ID of the graphics item.

• graphics_description: A human-readable description of the graphics item.

• tc_in: Planned in time for the item relative to the parent item.

• tc_dur: Planned duration for the item.

• graphics_profile: The graphics concept context this item should be forced to play in. This value is forwarded to graphics systems supporting concepts for graphics when cueing and playing an item.

• graphics_category: Used in CG Take Out Logic to identify graphics that should be kept at story item transitions. If not set, graphics_id is used for identification.

• channel: The channel to play the item, i.e. DSK, WALL etc.

• take: MANUAL or AUTO. If MANUAL then tc_in is 0 and only tc_dur is used.

• outBehaviour:

  • TIMECODE = the element is taken out relative to the current primary element using tc_dur.

  • BACKGROUNDEND = the element is taken out when switching primary story element.

  • STORYEND = the element is taken out when switching from one story to the next.

  • OPENEND = the element is taken out when reloading the rundown or by manually taking the element out.

• auto_continue: true/false (only for Orad, to send PlayWithoutPause command).

Mapping Source Fields to Target Fields

The following mapping <mosmap id=”VENDOR” elementtype=”CLIP”> </mosmap> contains the attribute descriptions:

• Id: Value used in the MOS map section of the newsroomsettings.xml.

• Elementtype: CLIP for video servers, GRAPHICS for graphics systems.

And <fieldmapping /> contains the attribute descriptions:

• fieldname: Viz Mosart target field name.

• mospath: A simple XPath 1.0 expression to the location of the source value.

• separator: Value used for joining multiple returned values for the mospath.

• fieldtype:

  • FIELDS – the source value is in video fields.

  • FRAMES – the source value is in video fields.

  • TIMECODE – the source value is in time code format. Use mask attribute to identify format.

  • STATIC – the value for the fieldname has no mospaths and should be as defined in the value attribute.

  • REPLACE

  • ADJUST

• value: The value to use if fieldtype is STATIC.

• valuetype: TEXT, TIMECODE.

• mask: Value on time code format for, i.e. hh:mm:ss or hh:mm:ss:ff.

• mustexist: Set to true if the Viz Mosart field should only be added if a non-empty value exists.

• regex: Regular expression used on the value. Use this to extract parts of the value from the MOS object.

• matchindex: Group index of the result from the regex.

• overwrite: Overwrites if a field already exists if set to true. Default is false.

Examples