Zone Management
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12 Zone Management
The DMP-5000/8000 series player can send content les to play in specic zones within
a display rather than the display as a whole. Zones are independently controlled areas
within the display that can play any combination of statistics, advertisements, video, or
other information. Zones can be congured through either LAYOUT les or the Venus
®
Control Suite system but not both. This section explains how to create, edit, and copy
zones, as well as play content in zones.
Planning the Layout
Questions to consider at the start of the planning process include the following:
• What is the size and proportion of the video zone?
• What sponsorship commitments exist?
• What data or other information is available and pertinent?
To plan the layout of the zone, follow these steps:
1. Determine the locations and sizes of the zones. Refer to Figure 59.
Bottom bar zone
Right
side
bar
zone
16:9 Scaled
video zone
Figure 59: Zone Identication
2. Check the aspect ratio of the video zone. This ratio must be as close as possible to
the incoming video to avoid distortion. Divide the height by width of the video zone
section and compare that number to the incoming video’s aspect ratio.
3. Create a visual layout of any graphics for the zones in an editing program that will
allow exact pixel sizing for each of the sections. Refer to Figure 60.
16:9
Scaled
video zone
Sponsor
animations
or stills
Game statistics
Figure 60: Visual Layout of Zones
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