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Viz Multichannel User Guide

Version 4.2 | Published July 31, 2023 ©

Working with Video Clips

Viz Multichannel integrates with Viz One which allows you to add video clips to your graphics, and graphics to your video clips. Graphics with video clips can be added to the playlist as secondary events.

In order to preview video clips locally, you must install and configure the relevant codecs, see Video Preview Configuration. In order to work with graphics and video clips together, a Preview Server must also be configured and running.

This section covers the following topics:

Preview of Video Clips

Video clip preview in Viz Multichannel is based on a low-resolution proxy version streamed from Viz One.

Note that in order to preview video clips locally you need to install and configure the relevant codecs, see Video Preview Configuration.

Preview a Video Clip

  1. Click the Clips button.

  2. Search for a video.

  3. Double-click the video to preview it.

Alternatively, you can:

  1. Click the Playlists button and open your playlist.

  2. Search for a video.

  3. Double-click the video to preview it.

Video Clips in Playlists

Note that video clips may be manually added to the playlist as secondary events; however, it is more common to import clips from the schedule.

Add Video Clips to the Playlist

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  1. Select your channel.

  2. Click the Playlists button and open your playlist.

  3. Click the Video Clips button.

  4. Search for a video.

  5. Drag and drop your video placing it as a secondary event.

  6. Double-click the video to preview it in the Timeline Editor.

Video Clips and Graphics

Viz Multichannel supports two ways of combining graphics and video. You can add graphics on top of a video clip, or you can add video to graphics.

Note that in order to work with graphics and video clips together you also need to have a Preview Server configured and running.

Add Graphics to Video Clips

  1. Select your channel.

  2. Click the Playlists button and open your playlist.

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  3. Add a video clip as a secondary event (see Add Video Clips to the Playlist).

  4. Add a page to the video clip (see Manually Add a Page to the Playlist). This adds the page as a sub element of the video clip, grouping them together. If the page does not have a default duration set, you can set this by editing the page’s Duration column.
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  5. Double-click the video clip to open the Timeline Editor. This lets you adjust the offset and duration of the graphics.

Add Video Clips to Graphics

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  1. Select your channel.

  2. Click the Templates, Pages and Pilot Data Elements button.

  3. Open your template or page to open the Page Editor.

  4. Select the tab field that will hold the video. This opens the video search frame.

  5. Search for and select (for example double-click) a video. If the clip channel is set to automatically play the video you should be able to see a low-resolution version of the video.

  6. Click Save As and enter a new page name.

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