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USER MANUAL
YOUPLAY
Broadcast Production Player
(Rev. 2.5 ENG)
axeltechnology.com

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  • Page 1 USER MANUAL YOUPLAY Broadcast Production Player (Rev. 2.5 ENG) axeltechnology.com...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    GENERAL ................................. 22 DEFAULT ................................24 PLAYOUT................................26 4.3.1 *ACG GRAPHICS FORMAT (ONLY YOUPLAY BROADCAST & YOUPLAY SERVER) ..........27 CAPTURE(ONLY YOUPLAY SERVER) ......................28 REMOTE(ONLY YOUPLAY BROADCAST & YOUPLAY SERVER) ..............30 MOS .................................. 32 CONTROLLER (ONLY YOUPLAY BROADCAST & YOUPLAY SERVER) ............33 COMMANDS ..............................

  • Page 3: Installation

    1 INSTALLATION To install YouPlay on your pc, run the install shield Press NEXT when requested | INSTALLATION...
  • Page 4 When you click the INSTALL button, the setup will install YouPlay and come other important components, as CG Composer, CG Samples and Multimediapack. After all the installations, it will show the following window: Click finish to complete the setup. It will show a window that confirm that the installation is complete...

  • Page 5: How To Use Youplay

    2 HOW TO USE YOUPLAY 2.1 RUN THE SOFTWARE When you launch the YOUPLAY icon, it will show the following screen Clicking on PLAYLIST the screen will change showing the playlist module | HOW TO USE YOUPLAY...
  • Page 6 The following image shows the NORMAL display: It is possible to run multiple instances of YouPlay also if the dongle contains only one licence. The main instance will be the playout, while the other instances can be used to preview (on VGA) and edit clips that can be dragged and drop into the main playout after editing (keeping the mark in and mark out points set on the second instance).

  • Page 7: How To Insert A Clip On The Playlist

    . WARNING: the APPEND CLIP button will put the clip AT THE END of the playlist 5. Drag and drop from another YouPlay instance (If you keep pressed the CTRL, the clip will be copied and past, otherwise the clip will be moved) 2.3 PLAYLIST MANAGEMENT OPTIONS...

  • Page 8: Playlists Scheduler

    .lst playlist line for the current schedule. A single .lst playlist line of the current schedule could be moved up or down by dragging it in the desired schedule position. | HOW TO USE YOUPLAY...
  • Page 9 To align the STARTIMES of the clips with the ENDTIMES of the previous ones press ALIGN. The UPDATE button performs both the Sync button and the Align button operations. With UPDATE button it is also synchronized the selected playlist STARTIME with the YOUPLAY-PC. This is the line of the column headers: In this column you will find the playlist file StartTime.

  • Page 10: How To Prepare A Clip To Be Played

    It is also possible to select some clips to be ready by clicking on the button. 2.4 CLIPS OPTIONS Here a description of all the options that can be applied to the clips on the playlist Name of the clip | HOW TO USE YOUPLAY...
  • Page 11 NB: It is possible to change Aspect Ratio and Stretch mode of the clip while the clip is on air The NO STOP button will open the following menu: Use this menu to choose how to stop the clip | HOW TO USE YOUPLAY...
  • Page 12 Right clicking on a clip on the playlist, it will show the following menu: Rename a clip choose the gain level for the volume Copy or past a clip This option will show all the info about the clip Open the folder where the clip is located. | HOW TO USE YOUPLAY...

  • Page 13: Playout Options

    The playout panel is composed by the following sections and controls: Clip preview. Double click on the preview will run the clip on Windows Media Player Play the clip. This button will change into PAUSE while the clip is playing. Stops the clip while playing. | HOW TO USE YOUPLAY...
  • Page 14 ONE AT A TIME MODE: If enabled, it will stop playing at the end of the clip. WARNING: when this function is enabled, all the stop mode of the clips will be disabled and the No Stop option on the clips will be hidden. | HOW TO USE YOUPLAY...
  • Page 15 CG button until it turned to yellow. This button allows the YOUPLAY CHANNEL to be controlled by an external mixer (like Atem or Tricaster device) by choosing between one of the available. It is possible to set the external mixer parameters by entering in the Settings >...

  • Page 16: Recorder Options

    Monitoring area of the current REC OSD= Total Time and recording state. TC = TimeCode. Enable the visualization of the TimeCode in the capture By clicking on the time label, you can change between Segment Duration or Total Duration | HOW TO USE YOUPLAY...
  • Page 17 By clicking the gear you can open the setting form where is possible to define the streaming profile. The Switch button creates a new video segment and close the previous one. Starts the recording Stops the recording Name of the clip | HOW TO USE YOUPLAY...
  • Page 18 If Start Schedule recursive is enabled, defines only the starting time of the schedule Define the Duration of the Duration schedule. If selected 24H, the duration is 24 hours. | HOW TO USE YOUPLAY...
  • Page 19 Snapshot of the currest recording. Send commands Available commands If available, connect a video recorder Eject the tape from the connected video recorder Rewind the tape in the connected video recorder | HOW TO USE YOUPLAY...
  • Page 20 Local: it is impossible to control the videorecorder from this panel No Tape: the tape is not present. Comm: No vcr is connected Opens the settings Opens the statistics Opens or closes the right panel with the playlist | HOW TO USE YOUPLAY...

  • Page 21: Multichannel

    3 MULTICHANNEL YouPlay can play up to 4 different channel on the same pc. The reposition button will divide the screen into 4 parts and reposition the multichannel windows as in the following image: | MULTICHANNEL...

  • Page 22: Settings

    4.1 GENERAL Name of the channel that will be shown on YouPlay Channel Icon on YouPlay GUI. It is useful on multichannel mode to distinguish the channels. By default you could find a number (1, 2, 3, 4) Background color of the displayed Channel Icon (by default the Channel Icon is a number) Change the video preview in order to be compatible with particular remote connection software(e.g.
  • Page 23 OSD(On Screen Display) on preview OSD(On Screen Display) vu meters on preview By enabling this option, shortcuts will be received even if Youplay is minimized or if it is not in the top-level of Windows opened programs. OSD(On Screen Display) audio waveform on preview by enabling this parameter you will active for a local rtmp server.

  • Page 24: Default

    NDI discover is not required, by checking this parameter the CPU will be free from useless stress. 4.2 DEFAULT This parameter rules the behaviour of the YOUPLAY when a file is added in the current playlist. Select one of the available options. Example: If PLAY is selected, when the file is added to the playlist it is immediately played.
  • Page 25 Changes the option for the stretch mode default horizontal crop value default vertical crop value maximum number of clips that can be enabled simultaneously on the playlist input transition to be set by default on the clip when it is inserted on the playlist exit transition to be set by default on the clip when it is inserted on the playlist when I'm in seek mode, the clip is paused by default number of audio channels enabled...

  • Page 26: Playout

    4.3 PLAYOUT Set output device (e.g. Blackmagic) Set video format Set audio format extra audio to be set in output (if for example you need to hear the aired audio) set the background of the playlist (visible when it is stopped) enable the graphics engine (if enabled the CPU used increases) Logo position (if not set with Axel CG)

  • Page 27: Acg Graphics Format (Only Youplay Broadcast & Youplay Server)

    If a NVIDIA board is connected to the current PC, this option could be selectable to free the CPU and the internal graphic engine of this Pc from the encoding stress. By checking this parameter this YouPlay channel offloads any encoding to an external NVidia device.

  • Page 28: Capture(Only Youplay Server)

    Defines the capture audio device Defines the capture audio format (2..16 Ch, 16, 32, 64bit) By this field you can choose any desired external audio contribution to the current YouPlay Channel. Select the desired audio devices Defines the default name of the recording Further than this free hard disk space the recording will be stopped.
  • Page 29 Defines the maximum buffer of the recording Further than this time the Stop rule will be applied (the recording will be stopped) or the Split rule will be applied(a new segment will be created and the recording continues) Enables the audio on the preview. Enables the Closed Caption on the captured video Applies on the captured video a 32 lines PAD ( a little panel of 32 pixel high on the top of the video) for the IMX formats.

  • Page 30: Remote(Only Youplay Broadcast & Youplay Server)

    4.5 REMOTE(ONLY YOUPLAY BROADCAST & YOUPLAY SERVER) The Remote Settings panel manages the settings of the ATEM (Blackmagic Mixer). NB: The ATEM Software Control must be previously installed on the YouPlay pc. To add, edit or delete different instances for different mixers.
  • Page 31 GPO commands from playout to external device (e.g. relay contact) and from external device to playout (e.g. tally from mixer) It is possible to set two different devices: MOXA Or RS232. | SETTINGS...

  • Page 32: Mos

    IP address and ports. If you set up MOS channels for a MOS device the configuration will be one MASTER youplay instance and one or more SLAVE instances. Every instance will have its Channel Id (different from all other instances), so you can assign a MOS item to a specific channel/youplay instance.

  • Page 33: Controller (Only Youplay Broadcast & Youplay Server)

    4.7 CONTROLLER (ONLY YOUPLAY BROADCAST & YOUPLAY SERVER) The CONTROLLER panel is to control youplay by an external controller. In the picture an example of TYPE selection with all the related changeable settings. The available connection types are: Hyperdeck emulator...

  • Page 34: Commands

    4.8 COMMANDS In YouPlay it is also possible to control external devices by the use of some special commands via TCP/IP. In COMMANDS section you can add or edit multiple commands to send to multiple external devices. The controllable external devices are listed below:...
  • Page 35 The next submenu will be opened by clicking on ADD or EDIT: Type here a free customizable lable to recognize the command in a fast way Select one of the available target devices. Type here the command to send to the selected device. Available commands will be listed below. Here an example of available commands to send to the BlackMagic ATEM: | SETTINGS...

  • Page 36: Mosaic

    We suggest you to reserve a specific YouPlay instance for the MOSAIC function. If an output video device/line is already used by the same YouPlay instance or by others, the last result will be the overlaying of this last video layer on previous ones.
  • Page 37 7680x4320 (64:36) (4x4) By clicking on Youplay > Settings > Playout > Video Format = CUSTOM you will be able to set the desired customizable Video Format for the whole VideoWall(you can set one of the 3 previous formats 1920x4320 7680x1080 7680x4320).
  • Page 38 Youplay > Settings > Mosaic = Custom = 7680 x 1080 (64:9) (4x1) 3. 4X4 VIDEO WALL Youplay > Settings > Playout > Video Format = Youplay > Settings > Mosaic Custom = 7680 x 4320 (64:36) (4x4) | SETTINGS...

  • Page 39: Shortcuts

    2. If your final purpose is not connected with a single playout related with the VideoWall, you can also use MOSAIC of the different YouPlay istances in a totally creative and original way as you wish. 4.10 SHORTCUTS In this SHORTCUTS section the complete List of all the available shortcuts useful for the YouPlay users: | SETTINGS...

  • Page 40: Gfx

    4.11 GFX This function works only if you have Axel Technology XTRIMMER software Through a CLIP TRIMMING on XTRIMMER it will be possible to allow a single video clip to associate different graphics on different playouts. For a single file, it will be possible to associate a specific graphic: in example one for YOUPLAY1 instance and a totally different graphic for the YOUPLAY2 instance.
  • Page 41 1. Inside LOGO section set the Logo Select parameter on General. HD 2. In the File/Page parameter select a desired page number. The number selected here will be the key to use your YOUPLAY GFX function. In this example we are working with the File/Page parameter set on 1.
  • Page 42 7. On all YOUPLAY instances enter inside GFX settings section. 8. On all YOUPLAY instances, inside GFX settings section, edit the line number with the same number previously set in the File/Page (on XTRIMMER side). As shown by the following picture, our line number will be 1.
  • Page 43 Our YOUPLAY1 graphic file has the path of a graphic file. The file has the following static text centered: Our YOUPLAY2 graphic file has the path of another graphic file. The file has the following static text centered: After the complete of all the GFX settings the result will be the following, as already described at the beginning of GFX section: | SETTINGS...

  • Page 44: Api(Only Youplay Broadcast & Youplay Server)

    4.12 API(ONLY YOUPLAY BROADCAST & YOUPLAY SERVER) Only for YouPlay Broadcast and YouPlay Server releases you can have this API function. It allows you to control the Playout remotely by the use of SOAP protocol or by Rest API Commands:...
  • Page 45 From FORMAT drop down menu it is possible to select the desired language format of the desired REST API command: From METHOD drop down menu it is possible to select the desired REST API command to send to your YOUPLAY...
  • Page 46 From History section you can read all the previous REST API commands sent to your YOUPLAY channel: From the following section you can read which is the YOUPLAY answer to the REST API command (GET request) you sent to YOUPLAY and what is the reference XML Schema: By clicking on link you will be at the REST HELP link.

  • Page 47: Remote Capture

    HTTP://IPADDRESS:8090/YOUPLAY1/REST/REMOTEVCR (for other youplay instances only change YOUPLAY1 in YOUPLAY2 or other available channels) From this page it will be possible to monitor and control remotely your related YOUPLAY instance in RECORDING mode. Buttons and checks available here are exactly the same executed by REST API commands, previously explained for the...
  • Page 48 REC button state means that remote YOUPLAY RECORDER is not recording this REC button state means that remote YOUPLAY RECORDER is recording type here the desired name of the recording. It will be active from the next recording. enables/disables existing file overwriting activates/deactivates the batch capture from VCR connected to this YOUPLAY instance.
  • Page 49 RTMP PLAYER enables/disables the rtmp preview on the recording of this YOUPLAY instance. An exact video stream of your YOUPLAY RECORDER will be remotely displayed here, differently from the previous GRABS PREVIEW - SECTION (which only consists of periodic snapshots): Some settings are requested to make this feature works properly: 1.
  • Page 50 2. In the YOUPLAY RECORDER home page click the setting wheel from the bottom-right corner of the IP STREAMING button as described by following pictures: 3. A window will appear to configure all rtmp streaming settings: 4. Select to start RTMP settings...
  • Page 51 _________________________________________________________________________________ : Both Axel Youplay (TV Production Playout) and XTV Suite (TV Automation) can be used to host in their own PCs the RTMP server architecture. Both of them to use this feature use an executable NGINX process. In this way, the RTMP SERVER can be hosted by any reachable IP address where the NGINX process is started.

  • Page 52: Remote Vcr

    CONTROLLING THE VCR REMOTELY BY WEB PAGE It’s possible to reach the REMOTE VCR web page by clicking on the following link in Youplay > Settings > API: It’s also possible to reach the REMOTE VCR web page by typing the following syntax on the URL field of your browser: HTTP://IPADDRESS:8090/YOUPLAY1/REST/REMOTEVCR instead of “IPADDRESS”...
  • Page 53 4.12.2.2 CONTROLLING THE VCR FROM THE YOUPLAY GUI Without the webpage intermediation it is possible to control the connected VCR device directly from the local YOUPLAY GUI. To open the VCR panel, please execute the following operations: 1. Select the COM port to which the external VCR is connected in YouPlay >...
  • Page 54 5. Click on the button, as explained from the following picture: After this 5 points procedure the following VCR Control Panel will be opened: Ejects the tape of the connected VCR Rewinds the tape of the connected VCR Playbacks the tape of the connected VCR Fast forwards the tape of the connected VCR Stops the playback or the recording of the connected VCR | SETTINGS...
  • Page 55 Starts the recording of the connected VCR Jog/Shuttle to control the Rewind/Fast Forward executed on the connected VCR tape. The bottom-right button switches between Shuttle mode or Jog mode: Jog: By rotanting the control you will skip to the next frame Shuttle: By rotating the control you will adjust the playback speed.

  • Page 56: Snmp

    By default: 127.0.0.1 (the same of localhost) Port for trap communication Set here the trap community password for trap receiving Every n seconds the YouPlay sends a hearbeat trap Time in seconds to check the video quality Percentage of the video area to analyze...

  • Page 57: Tools

    Time in seconds to check the audio quality Audio threshold limit value to send a trap 4.14 TOOLS Tools setting panel is to clean all YouPlay Temp files, Thumbs files and Registry keys: Erases all the YouPlay Temp files Erases all the YouPlay Thumbs files...

  • Page 58: Log

    4.15 LOG On the Log setting panel it is possible to enable or disable eachone of the available logs. The Log panel allows to make searches with filters and select the day to be checked through a calendar. | SETTINGS...

  • Page 59: Analysis Of Daylight Saving Time (Summer Time / Winter Time Switching) Management

    4.16 ANALYSIS OF DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME (SUMMER TIME / WINTER TIME SWITCHING) MANAGEMENT RECORDING (LTC UTC DURATION) 4.16.1 Schedule of the YouPlay recording in Custom Mode (LTC UTC DURATION) creates files with the following syntax: o/x LTC-Date LTC-Time UTC-Date UTC-Time Duration TotalFrames Description.extension ->...

  • Page 60: Playout

    4.16.2 If you use the custom schedule DailyRepetition as shown in the followng example: YouPlay will scan the specified directory. It will look for files formatted in LTC UTC DURATION and it will look for Date and Time in UTC.

  • Page 61: Final Consideration And Axel Technology Contact

    5 FINAL CONSIDERATION AND AXEL TECHNOLOGY CONTACT ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________...

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