Viewer Menus - 4.0.0.0

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Last updated: May 09, 2014 by Berna Radoncic
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In order to open the Viewer Window you need to double click on the asset.

ASSET

  • You can save your modifications for the asset which are done in the viewer (mark, master in-outs, metadata changes, custom in-out points etc) with Save Changes Now

  • With Save and Continue, a pop-up window will come up. You will enter a name, and MAM will save the modified asset as a new one with the entered name

NOTE The presetting for Save and Continue command is under Settings / Save and Continue Options


  • Reload is related with play growing files feature in MAM, whenever clicked the viewer will update the file to the point where ingested at that particular time. Please see How to play growing clips in Metus MAM

 

  •  You can save a particular frame from the video as an image (in many different formats) to your local disc, or an asset in the system

 

TRANSCODE, CREATE PROXY, ARCHIVE, RETRIEVE commands are the same with the Asset Right Click Menu. Please see Asset Commands - 4.0.0.0


With Save As, you have detailed options to save your modified asset. You will enter the new name, choose the bin to save to with options of reloading the original asset after save and trim mark in-out points  (also, you have the Only File option in library projects which allows you to have a new file in your disc, but not a new asset in the project.

Save as in archive project- viewer

Save as in library project- viewer



VIEW



  • View menu is where you can customize your Asset Viewer's appearance and select the panels to be shown.


NOTE There are some more make-up settings for The Viewer (such as opening the Viewer with one click instead of double click) , where you can configure from Tools/Options. Please see here for more information: View Options and Hotkeys - 4.0.0.0

 

PLAYBACK


  • Play, Pause, Stop, To Start, To End, Next Frame, Previous Frame, Next Clip and Previous Clip is the traditional VTR control commands which also can be found as buttons bottom panel of the Viewer.
  • You can configure the Viewer to start playing the asset automatically with Auto Start
  • Loop button can also be found at the bottom panel
  • You can set the Viewer to play between In-Out points, only between Custom In-Out points , and play excluding Custom In-Out points from Playback Range
  • Playback Rate is where you can set your playback speed (left panel)
  • Offset is where you can jump to particular offset points in the timeline
  • Audio settings can also be found in the right bottom panel of the Viewer

 

TIMELINE


This menu is the same with the right click menu in the timeline. Please see Timeline Menu - 4.0.0.0 for more information.

SETTINGS

  • Both Use Proxy and Use Original File if Proxy is not Present options are checked by default in Metus MAM. The Viewer will play the proxy if present and hi-res version if there is no proxy for that asset.
  • Clear Asset List on Close ...
  • You can overlay any metadata field in Viewer preview. With Configure Metadata Overlay, you can set which fields to be shown, where on the picture, and font size,type and color.

 

NOTE  Show Overlay Metadata must be active from the View menu, for the metadata overlay to be visible.

  • You can enable Auto Save and set a time interval in seconds for save period
  • You can save the options that are changed for the Viewer as a Profile, or reset to default settings.