Chapter 8
Using Scheduled Playout & Capture
134
March, 2009
The Schedule Mode Toolbar
Use the schedule mode toolbar to place the schedule in a specific mode. Schedules have four modes.
Figure 8–6. Use the Schedules Mode toolbar to place the schedule in various states.
Preview Mode. Click to place the schedule in Preview mode and connect to a Pipeline. If the button isn’t
active, click the Idle button first. In Preview mode, you can also edit the schedule. Be sure to save your
changes before activating the schedule in Capture or playout mode, if you want them to be permanent.
Idle Mode. In Idle mode, Pipeline Control is disconnected from the selected Pipeline and the schedule is
de-activated. When the schedule is in Capture, Playout, or Preview mode, you must click Idle before
setting another mode. In Idle mode, you can edit the schedule and change your settings.
Capture Mode. Click to place the schedule in Capture mode, when connected to a Pipeline. Clip events
are captured as files as they occur in the schedule. In this mode, locks display on clips and you can’t edit
the schedule (add, edit, delete or play clips) or change your settings. When a clip event is executed in
Capture mode, the current settings in the Pipeline Selector and Settings panel are used, even if they are
not saved. Pipeline Control does not automatically save settings. To save settings, select File > Save.
When you press Capture, Pipeline Control checks to make sure you have enough space for the clip events
on your schedule.
Playout Mode (Mac OS X only). Click to place the schedule in Playout mode, when Pipeline Control is
connected to a Pipeline device. Clip events are played out to the Pipeline device as they occur in the
schedule. During the time that clips are not playing out (empty spaces in the schedule), Pipeline Control
streams video based on settings in Preferences (Preferences – Mac OS X (page 119) or Preferences –
Windows (page 122)): black, a test pattern, or a user-supplied QuickTime movie you’ve selected.
In Playout mode, locks display on clips and you can’t edit the schedule (add, edit, delete or play clips) or
change your Pipeline settings. When a clip event is executed in playout mode, the current settings in the
Pipeline Selector and Settings panel are used, even if they are not saved. Pipeline Control does not
automatically save settings. To save settings, select File > Save.
For a schedule to remain active (Capture or playout mode), the Pipeline Control application must be open,
and the schedule document must also be open. Additionally, your Macintosh drive must not be in sleep
mode. Pipeline Control prevents the computer from automatically putting the hard drive to sleep, but it can
not prevent you from selecting Sleep from the Apple menu, or pressing the power button. If the Pipeline
Control application or the schedule document is closed, or if your hard drive is in sleep mode, clip events
aren’t executed.
You can also select Control > Stop Capture | Preview to enter Idle mode.
Preview Mode. Click to connect to
a Pipeline or preview video. Editing
is also enabled in Preview.
Idle Mode. Click to stop the
schedule and disconnect from the
Pipeline, and change settings.
Capture Mode. Click to start the schedule in Capture
mode. Clip events are executed by creating the file if
necessary and saving the media in it.
Playout Mode (Mac OS X only). Click to start the
schedule in Playout mode. Clip events are executed by
opening pre-existing files and playing out their contents.
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