masterView Help

masterView Help
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masterView Help
8/21/2015
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Application developed by Metaglue Corporation
Ian Baker, Matt Baker, Lisa Coen, Oliver Morgan
Metaglue is grateful to all those who have participated to the above projects
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[email protected]
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Getting Started
MasterView is a desktop player for professional applications, designed specifically for playing broadcast
MXF masters.
masterView has been developed as a versatile Windows player for a wide range of MXF files, including
MPEG2, H.264, AS-03 and RDD9 AS-02 and AVC-Intra material.
Designed for professional users, masterView is perfect in any operational environment for viewing
images, checking sound, captions, and control data
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masterView is designed for first level quality control and will provide quick, easy confirmation of every
major program element. Prevent costly mistakes and last minute panics.
masterView displays
? HD 16x9 and SD 4x3 Video
? Active Format Description
? Content Advisory
? Video on a waveform monitor
? Time code and Program timeline
? Up to 8 channels of sound including PCM, Stereo and AC3
? Captions (OP-47, CEA-608 and CEA-708)
On opening a file, slate metadata is shown in the main video window. The Slate includes both
Parametric Metadata from the MXF header and user-defined Descriptive Metadata Also included are
options to select video, audio and caption components for monitoring.
Masterview also supports the use of the Contour Shuttle Control.
Licensing
Opening Files
Files Supported
2.1
How to install your license.
How to launch clips in masterView.
Build information.
Licensing
masterView requires a license file to run. On starting masterView, if it is not licensed, a dialog will open
with the MAC address. This MAC address is required to create a license for masterView.
Send this address to [email protected] and a license file will be sent to you. This file should be
placed in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Metaglue\Licenses, the .lic extension must be retained.
If you have no files open in masterView, there will be an option on the file menu to install a license.
Using this option will correctly install the license.
The license file allows permission to run any version to run that was built before the end of your
maintenance period. These versions will run forever, but if you do not continue maintenance you will not
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be able to install later versions or utilize the new features in later builds.
2.2
Opening Files
Use the Open button or drag a file from your computers explorer to the program window to load new
files.
Only one file can be loaded at a time, but multiple instances of the player may be launched.
2.3
Files Supported
Files Supported
Version 1.0
MPEG2 H.264
Uncompressed and AC3 audio
MXF AS-03, slate metadata
Slate and Parametric and Segments populate Picture, Sound, Captions. Vertical blanking interval (VBI)
data
Version 1.5
MXF AS-03, with slate and segmentation metadata
Enhanced Slate and Parametric and Segments populate Picture, Sound, Captions choices from
Parametric, modify from Slate
MXF AS-02 Version (MOE) file, Simple Versions
Populate Picture, Sound, Captions choices from Version populate Picture, Sound, Captions parametric
by iterating over the individual Components show Parametric (plus there may be a Version Slate)
Play plays selected Components together
MXF AS-02 Inventory (MOE) file (aka a Title)
Show a list of the Versions as if there were a Title Slate
Populate Picture, Sound, Captions choices by iterating over the individual Versions
Allow to select one Version that implies which choices to play
Important Parametric Metadata:
Duration
Channel Count
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Channel Labels (including Languages)
Encoding(Compression) Labels
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Slate
Slate mode shows metadata pertaining to the entire clip in the main window.
The slate includes both Parametric metadata from the MXF header and user-defined descriptive
metadata
Also included are options to select video, audio and caption components for monitoring.
The slate can be accessed at any point in the clip without changing the play head location
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Playback
Playback control with masterView uses typical video player controls as well as an extended set of
keyboard shortcuts.
Timeline display
Jump to the Slate at any point. Learn more about the Slate.
Playback Buttons
Keyboard Shortcuts
Contour Shutton Control
SDI Output Card
Standard video player playback controls
An extended set of keyboard shortcuts.
Desktop shuttle knob gives precise control.
masterView can work with an SDI card from AJA.
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Playback
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Playback Buttons
Playback Buttons
The playback buttons and keyboard equivalents
Slate
Rewind
Step Back
Home Key
Left Arrow
Play
Stop
Space Bar Toggle
Step Fwd
End
Right Arrow
End Key
For the complete set of keyboard shortcuts see Keyboard Shortcuts.
4.2
Keyboard Shortcuts
Keyboard Shortcuts
Motion control functions can be accessed from the keyboard. The keyboard shortcuts are similar to
those on popular NLEs
Space
J
K
L
A
S
Left Arrow
Right Arrow
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4
1
2
5
6
H
G
; (semi-colon)
' (single quote)
Home
End
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Toggle betwen Stop and Play
Play reverse
Stop
Play
Goto Start
Goto End
Go one frame reverse
Go one frame forwards
Go one frame reverse
Go one frame forwards
Go one third of a second reverse (hold down to shuttle)
Go one third of a second forwards (hold down to shuttle)
Play from current position
Play from Start
Go one second reverse (hold down to shuttle)
Go five seconds reverse (hold down to shuttle)
Go one second forwards (hold down to shuttle)
Go five seconds forwards (hold down to shuttle)
Goto Start of Clip
Goto End of Clip
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Contour Shuttle Control
Contour Shuttle Control
You can use the Contour Designs ShuttleProV2 or ShuttleXpress desktop shuttle knob to give precise
control of motion.
panel and install either up
After you install masterView, open the Contour
control panel and on the page for ShuttleProV2
or ShuttleXpress, use the Options button to
Import "Metaglue+ShuttlePro.pref" or "Metaglue
+ShuttleXpress.pref". You can find these files in
the program installation folder (which is usually
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Metaglue\MasterView").
You may be asked to specify the application to
use these settings; select "masterView.exe" in
the same folder.
Once the settings are loaded, the buttons on the shuttle knob will work as follows
Outer Knob
Inner Knob
Upper Left
Upper Half-left
Upper Center
Upper Half-right
Upper Right
Shuttle
Frame Step
Goto Start
Reverse Play
Stop
Play
End of Clip
You can use the Contour control panel to add other mappings, and to create an html file with a graphic
that shows the settings.
In the US, you can purchase a shuttle knob online at http://ergo.contour-design.com; or contact your
Metaglue reseller.
4.4
SDI Output Card
SDI Output Card
masterView can work with an SDI card from AJA. We have tested with a range of cards and expect it to
work with any AJA card. It was developed with a KONA-LHi card and thus that is the safest one to
choose if there are no other reasons to use a different card.
In order to use the card masterView requires the masterView SDI license for SDI output. masterView will
detect the card when starting up an immediately start to use it.
The SDI output can be stopped from the Options menu.
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Tools
masterView provides a range of tools to give you an in-depth way to view your digital video files.
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Tools
Drop down options allow you to control which video, audio, caption or timecode components are
monitored.
For more information visit the page for each tool
Picture
display settings
Audio
channels and meter types
Captions
formats and settings
Waveform
Monitor settings
LKFS Loudness
Meter settings
XDS and VANC
Vertical Interval information
Tinmecode and Timeline
Options and capabilities
Metadata
Clip metadata inspection
5.1
Picture
The picture window displays the video picture and allows you to render playback according to your
settings by selecting options to suit your needs.
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16x9 w ith or w ithout AFD
4x3 w ith or w ithout AFD
Captions Grid
Center Cut Grid
14x9 Grid
All Grids
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Tools
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Audio
Audio Meters
masterView allows you to select the channels to monitor and offers a variety of meter styles to fit your
personal preference.
Program Playback Volume
Control general playback volume with the volume slider at the bottom of the application window.
5.3
Captions
masterView detects and displays the captions in your files.
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Supported Formats
The currently supported formats are
608 - CC1
608 - CC2
708 - Service 1
Playback Options
Available caption formats will appear in each captions window. The selected format will persist from file
to file until changed allowing you to set up your general playback setup regardless of file format.
Program Preferences
Use the Application Options window to set the font size and display. Extended captions streams
increases the height of the application window and shows 6 caption windows
5.4
Waveform
masterView offers a familiar waveform monitor
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Options
Dim
Normal
Bright
Brightest
RGB Parade
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LKFS Loudness
The loudness meter shows the loudness profile measured over the whole program duration. The
reference point is -23LKFS, where the graph changes color.
There are two horizontal lines selectable at +/- 3 or 6dB compared with the reference point.
The remaining options allow selection of the overall vertical scale of the graph.
5.6
XDS and VANC
Vertical Interval information is visible for Active Format Description (AFD) and Content Advisory (XDS-CA)
5.7
Timecode and Timeline
Jump to frame
Clicking in the time line moves the play head to that position.
Clicking in the time code window allows you to type in a new timecode.
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Pressing the enter key moves the play head to that position and returns keyboard control to the
transport functions.
Options
The current version on masterView supports Master Package Time Code and TC Timecode.
5.8
Metadata
If a file contains clip metadata, you will be able to view it by clicking the Metadata button.
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Options
The options dialog gives control over the
behavior of the application, for items that
are likely to be constant from clip to clip.
The options dialog is accessed from the
options button on the main dialog box.
For more information visit the page for each tool
Display_Options
These settings control general display options for all clips.
Interlace Settings These settings control how masterView handles interlaced video in the main
display.
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Options
SDI Card Options
6.1
These options control the behavior of the AJA SDI Card if present.
Display Options
Display
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These settings control general display options for all clips.
Audio Reference Level. This can be set to -20dbFS for the US and -18dbFS for European requirements.
This affects the metering only
Show Caption Streams This will show 3 captions underneath the monitor, allowing you to monitor all the
important streams of closed captions at the same time
Show Extended Caption Streams This will extend the display to 6 captions that will show all the
captions if you have many streams
6.2
Interlace Setting Options
Interlace Settings
These settings control how masterView handles interlaced video in the main display. It does not affect
the SDI output
Always line double interlace This option will handle interlaced material by only showing material from one
field, line doubled if necessary. This provides the an image without artifacts, but maybe with loss of
detail. With this box unclicked, both fields will be show with de-interlacing. As it is impossible to deinterlace all types of material there may be unexpected artifacts that do not show on an interlaced
display.
Decode both fields of JPEG 2000 interlaced. If this is not selected then only one field of JPEG 200
material will be decoded if possible. As JPEG2000 is very CPU intensive to decode this can allow a
machine to display JPEG2000 material when it could nto otherwise show it.
6.3
SDI Card Options
SDI Card
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Options
These options control the behavior of the AJA SDI Card if present.
The first line shows what card has been detected,
Disable Card This will disable the card if selected. A restart of masterView is required.
Audio Follows Channel Selection IF selected then the audio will follow the selection of the audio
metering. Otherwise the audio will be mapped one to one.
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Index
-EExamine
MXF file
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-MMedia Objects
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MOBs
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MXF file
examine
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MXFixer help index
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-QQuick Start
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