This section contains the following topics:

Open

Click the Open button on the Toolbar to open the Browse Shows Window.

Browse Shows Window

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The Browse Shows window displays the shows that are available.

In this window, existing shows can be opened or deleted, or new shows can be created. Select a show, and it will open in the Show Pane.

Shows can be renamed by selecting them and pressing F2.

Show Pane

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The Show pane at the top left of the main window displays the playlists and groups that are part of your show and connected to a certain profile. The first tab is the pagelist with the name of the show, and the other tabs are playlists.

Locating shows, playlists and groups in Multiplay

The first tab in the Show pane represents the show (e.g. MyShow), while the other tabs represent the playlists that are hosted by the show (e.g. MyVidWall),

Each tab contains Groups (e.g. MyGroup1, MyGroup2), and each group contains the elements for a story. When you select a group, the related media elements are loaded into the Media Column.

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Add, Delete or Rename a Group

Add a new group to the bottom of the list of groups:

Click the Add(+) button at the bottom of the show pane.
Give the group a title and press ENTER.

Insert a group into a specific spot in the list of groups:

Right-click a group and select Insert new group from the shortcut menu.

IMPORTANT!

The new group will be inserted above the group you right-click.
Give the new group a title and press ENTER.

Delete a group from the show pane:

Click the trash can icon at the bottom of the show pane.
Click Yes.

Tip:

You can also delete a group by right-clicking a group and selecting Delete from the shortcut menu.

Rename a group:

Double-click a group.
Enter a new name.
Press Enter.

Tip:

Groups can also be created and modified using Viz Trio.

Move groups to other playlists in the show pane

Move groups between playlists in the Show pane. Move a group by dragging, with a copy/paste operation using standard Windows keyboard shortcuts or via a group’s shortcut menu.

Example workflows:

Drag a group onto another playlist tab to move it (in this example, a group from the Rundown playlist is dragged onto the Local playlist tab).

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Move a group with copy/paste keyboard shortcuts.

Select a group and press CTRL+C.
Click the destination playlist.
Press CTRL+V to copy to the new playlist.

Tip:

Copy/cut/paste groups via a group’s shortcut menu.

Add a New Playlist

Click the Add(+) button to create a new playlist or open an existing external playlist.
1. Create new playlist: This playlist will be owned by the show. It will appear as a tab in the Show pane but will not be visible in the show/playlist directory tree.
2. Add existing playlist: Open existing playlists from Viz Pilot, or other newsroom systems (eg. MOS playlist).
Click the Close (X) button to delete an internal playlist or remove the reference to an external playlist.
Click Ok.

Tip:

Playlists can also be created and modified using Viz Trio.

Working with playlists

Rename a playlist

Double-click the playlist title.
The title field becomes editable.
Enter a new title in the field and press ENTER to confirm the change.

Reposition a playlist

Click and drag the playlist to the desired position in the top menu.

Cleanup

Cleanup clears all loaded graphics from memory on the renderer(s) for the profile currently in use. It should be used before initializing a new show or in order to re-initialize the same show into the renderer’s memory.

Note:

Cleanup commands will affect all Viz Trio and Viz Multiplay clients that are connected to the same Media Sequencer, and using the same output profile.

Clean up the renderer for all walls in a profile: Click the Cleanup button to clean up the renderer for all walls for the currently-active profile.
Click Yes in the warning dialog that appears to clean up the renderer for all walls in a profile.
Clean up the renderer for a particular wall in a profile: Click the downward-facing arrow in the cleanup button to expose a menu and select the wall you want to clean up.

Initialize

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The Initialize function works the same way as it does in Viz Trio. The Initialize button loads the current show’s graphics into the Viz Engine memory. This operation makes sure that the element is played out instantly in a Take. The colored triangle in the top left corner of the elements in the Media pane indicates whether the resources are loaded on the renderer. Green is loaded, yellow is loading, and gray means unloaded. If the graphics is not loaded, it may take some time before the renderer plays the graphics when a Take operation is executed. Hold the mouse cursor over the Initialize button to see the total Loaded status for the show.

It is also possible to initialize single scenes by right-clicking the thumbnail and selecting Initialize.

Initialize does not refresh everything (i.e. it performs a load, not a reload, on the Viz Engine). If changes have been made to a scene that was already loaded, a Cleanup renderer command must be issued, and then an Initialize command. If single scenes should be reloaded from the Graphic Hub, right-click the thumbnail for the element and select Reload Scene.