EVS LSM-VIA User manual
LSM-VIA
Version1.4|January2022
USER MANUAL
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Contents
Disclaimer I
Contents III
What'sNew VII
1. Introduction 1
1.1. Product Overview 1
1.2. Starting LSM-VIA 3
2. TouringtheUserInterface 6
2.1. LSM-VIA Remote Panel Console 6
2.2. LSM-VIA Remote Panel Touchscreen 11
2.3. LSM-VIA Viewer 14
3. DefiningChannelControl 19
3.1. Selecting the Channel Control Mode 19
3.2. Selecting the Controlled Channel 21
3.3. Multi-Operator Mode 24
4. CommandsontheRemotePanel 27
4.1. Commands in the Main Menu 27
4.2. Commands on Left Operational Block 29
4.3. Commands on Right Operational Block 31
4.4. Commands on Bottom Operational Block 34
4.5. Commands from the Assignable Shortcut Keys 37
5. WorkingwithRecordTrains 43
5.1. Overview 43
5.2. The Live Screen on the Remote Panel Touchscreen 43
5.3. Changing the Camera Assignment to a PGM 46
5.4. Playing and Browsing a Record Train 51
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5.5. Synchronizing Record Trains 55
5.6. Adding Markers on a Record Train 56
5.7. Searching for Trains 56
5.8. Managing Mark Points on Trains 57
6. WorkingwithClips 61
6.1. Clip Numbering Hierarchy 61
6.2. Clip Specific Functions and Interfaces 62
6.2.1. Overview 62
6.2.2. The Clip Screen on the Remote Panel Touchscreen 62
6.2.3. The Clip Grid on LSM-VIA Viewer 65
6.2.4. The Search Window on the LSM-VIAViewer 70
6.2.5. Clip Mode Commands on the Remote Panel Console 72
6.3. Managing Clips 74
6.3.1. Navigating in Pages and Banks 75
6.3.2. Creating Clips 78
6.3.3. Selecting Clips 80
6.3.4. Deleting Clips 83
6.3.5. Searching for Clips 85
6.3.6. Copying and Moving Clips 100
6.3.7. Managing Mark Points on Clips 105
6.4. Editing Clips 108
6.4.1. Adding Metadata to a Clip 108
6.4.2. Naming a Clip 113
6.4.3. Editing the Clip Duration 114
6.4.4. Restriping a Clip 115
6.4.5. Changing the Pref Cam of a Clip 117
6.5. Loading, Browsing and Playing Clips 118
6.5.1. Loading Clips 118
6.5.2. Browsing and Playing Clips 123
6.6. Transferring and Archiving Clips 126
6.6.1. Exporting Clips 127
6.6.2. Archiving a Clip 129
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7. WorkingwithPlaylists 131
7.1. Playlist Numbering Hierarchy 131
7.2. Playlist Specific Functions and Interfaces 132
7.2.1. Overview 132
7.2.2. Playlist Modes 132
7.2.3. The Playlist Screen on the Remote Panel Touchscreen 135
7.2.4. The Playlist Grid on the LSM-VIAViewer 137
7.2.5. The Playlist Pane on the Viewer 139
7.2.6. Playlist Mode Commands on the Remote Panel Console 145
7.3. Managing Playlists 149
7.3.1. Selecting the Active Playlist 150
7.3.2. Adding Clips to a Playlist 152
7.3.3. Selecting Playlists 158
7.3.4. Naming a Playlist 158
7.3.5. Selecting Playlist Elements 159
7.3.6. Copying Playlists 160
7.3.7. Deleting Playlists 163
7.3.8. Making Remote Clips Local in a Playlist 165
7.3.9. Exporting Playlists 166
7.3.10. Flattening a Playlist 168
7.4. Editing Playlists 169
7.4.1. Moving Playlist Elements 170
7.4.2. Sorting Playlist Elements by TC IN 172
7.4.3. Adding a Playlist into Another Playlist 173
7.4.4. Changing the Camera Angle of a Playlist Element 176
7.4.5. Clearing IN/OUT Points of Playlist Elements 179
7.4.6. Trimming Playlist Elements 179
7.4.7. Adding Cuts in Playlist Elements 180
7.4.8. Editing Playlist Element Speed 182
7.4.9. Deleting Playlist Elements 184
7.5. Transition and Audio Operations 185
7.5.1. Transition Effects 186
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7.5.2. Edit Audio and Edit Video Modes 193
7.5.3. Adding an Auxiliary Audio Clip to a Playlist 214
7.6. Loading, Browsing and Playing Playlists 218
7.6.1. Loading a Playlist 218
7.6.2. Browsing a Playlist 222
7.6.3. Playing a Playlist 224
8. OperationsonNetwork 227
8.1. Accessing Network Servers 227
8.1.1. The Recall Screen 227
8.1.2. Connecting to a Network Server 229
8.1.3. Recalling Clips or Playlists by LSM ID from the Remote Panel 232
8.1.4. Recalling Media by LSM ID from the LSM-VIA Viewer 234
8.2. Accessing Network Record Trains 236
8.2.1. The Trains Screen 236
8.2.2. Setting Filters to Record Trains 239
8.2.3. Loading a Record Train from the Trains Screen 242
8.2.4. Loading Back the Local Record Train (Back to Local) 244
8.3. Using the Shotbox for Quick Actions 245
8.3.1. About Shotbox 245
8.3.2. The Shotbox Screen 246
8.3.3. Adding Media to the Shotbox 248
8.3.4. Loading Media from the Shotbox 253
8.4. Pushing Clips to Network Servers 254
9. Maintenance 258
9.1. Viewing and Managing Notifications 258
9.2. Extracting Logs 260
ICONOGRAPHY
Note Tip Warning
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What'sNew
In the User Manual the icon has been added next to the text to highlight information on new or
updated features.
The changes linked to new and updated features in version 1.4 are listed below.
User Interface
When you open the Playlist pane with the F10 key, the focus remains on the Clip grid/Playlist grid.
•See section "The Playlist Pane on the Viewer" on page 139.
The loaded media (clip or train) is shown on the Live screen and on the Clip screen.
•See section "LSM-VIA Remote Panel Touchscreen" on page 11.
Commands on the Remote Panel
Assignable shortcuts keys
•The list of functions which can be mapped to assignable shortcut keys has been updated.
◦The Trains function, giving access to the list of record trains from the network with their LSM ID,
has been renamed Record Trains.
◦The following functions have been added: 2nd lever, Fast Jog, Back to Local, Character, Loop,
PGM Speed, Trains (giving access to the Trains screen).
•A Shortcut key with a function assigned but without a color is now lit in white on the console.
•A Shortcut key/button is not lit / available in modes where the function does not apply.
See section "Commands from the Assignable Shortcut Keys" on page 37.
2nd lever range function
The 2nd Lever function is available to play the loaded material in a different speed range or edit a playlist
element speed.
•See section "LSM-VIA Remote Panel Console" on page 6.
•See section "Commands on Bottom Operational Block" on page 34.
•See section "Playing and Browsing a Record Train" on page 51.
PGMSpeed / VarMax
The PGMSpeed and the VarMax functions are available from the Remote Panel console.
•See section "LSM-VIA Remote Panel Console" on page 6.
•See section "Commands on Left Operational Block" on page 29.
•See section "Playing and Browsing a Record Train" on page 51.
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Loop function
•See section "Commands on Bottom Operational Block" on page 34.
Navigation
The Home shortcut behavior used from the Clip grid has changed: it displays the 4 first CAM of the first
bank of the current page and selects the first clip or clip angle.
•See section "The Clip Grid on LSM-VIA Viewer" on page 65.
Clip Management
2nd lever range function, PGM Speed, VarMax, Loop
The 2nd Lever, PGMSpeed and the VarMax functions are available to play the loaded clip in a different
speed range.
The Loop function is available to play the loaded clip in the configured Loop mode.
•See section "Browsing and Playing Clips" on page 123.
Operations on distant servers
Some operations need the Clip Edit by Network parameter to be set to Yes on the network server: edit,
move.
The following operations can be done on a network server even if that parameter has not been set to
Yes on that server: creating clips, copying clips, pushing clips, flagging clips for archive, exporting clips.
•See section "Managing Clips" on page 74.
•See section "Editing Clips" on page 108.
•See section "Transferring and Archiving Clips" on page 126.
•See section "Pushing Clips to Network Servers" on page 254.
Recue function
A shortcut is available to recue the loaded clip.
•See section "The Clip Grid on LSM-VIA Viewer" on page 65.
•See section "Loading Clips" on page 118.
Keyword management
The Keyword list is automatically updated when the keyword file is edited and saved. This file can be
stored locally or on another workstation of the network.
•See section "Adding Metadata to a Clip" on page 108.
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Playlist Management
Use of distant clip as AUX clip
It is possible to use a distant clip as AUX clip in a local playlist.
•See section "Adding an Auxiliary Audio Clip to a Playlist" on page 214: the limitation has been
removed.
2nd lever range function, PGM Speed, VarMax
The 2nd Lever, PGMSpeed and the VarMax functions are available to play the loaded playlist element in
a different speed range.
The Loop function is available to play the loaded playlist in the configured Loop mode.
•See section "Playing a Playlist" on page 224.
Possibility to use the secondary lever range to edit a playlist element speed.
•See section "Editing Playlist Element Speed" on page 182.
Playlist Edit Mode console key
A key console is available to leave the Playlist Playout mode and enter the Edit mode.
•See section "Playlist Mode Commands on the Remote Panel Console" on page 145.
•See section "Playlist Modes" on page 132.
Recue function
A shortcut is available to recue the playlist.
•See section "The Playlist Pane on the Viewer" on page 139.
•See section "Loading a Playlist" on page 218.
Maintenance
The log extraction is done in one single step. The log extraction with the GetLogs tool only needs to be
done in case of Active Directory users.
•See section "Extracting Logs" on page 260.
A setting is available to disable the pop-up display for Info and Success notifications.
•See section "Viewing and Managing Notifications" on page 258.
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1. Introduction
1.1. ProductOverview
Description
LSM-VIA is an IP-based solution that streamlines your live slow motion replay and highlights operations
thanks to its usability, flexibility, speed and control.
It works with the XT-VIA server and relies on EVS VIA microservices ecosystem, opening up new
workflows and providing faster and direct access to all the content on the live production network.
The LSM-VIA Remote Panel offers a streamlined ergonomics. The console layout remains familiar to the
LSMoperators.
Its console and its integrated touchscreen provide a direct access to basic and advanced functions.
Both the console key display and the touchscreen are automatically adapted according to the mode you
are working in or the action you are doing, giving you what you need, just when you need it.
The LSM-VIAViewer is mainly used for content management. It gives access to the list of clips and the
list of playlists from the whole network, as well as to a visual representation of the active playlist.
Compared to the legacy LSMRemote, the LSM-VIA solution provides the following features, among
others:
•faster access to content: direct access by entering the LSMID; access to all the record trains on the
whole XNet network.
•faster metadata tagging
•new or improved ways of organizing content:
◦The Shotbox tool allows users to map media items to buttons, with a set of playout options.
◦The Trains screen gives the possibility to define filters on a selection of record trains on the
whole XNet network.
•assignable shortcut buttons: possibility to map predefined functions, media or Dyvimacros to 6
buttons for a quick access or action triggering.
Setup
On a standard LSM-VIA setup, the operator works with LSM-VIA using the LSM-VIA Remote Panel and
the LSM-VIAViewer on a dedicated LSM-VIA workstation.
The LSM-VIAViewer and the LSM-VIA Remote Panel both communicate and control the XT-VIA server
via an Ethernet connection.
The user can access any EVS video server (XT3, XT4K) on the same XNet network as the XT-VIA server
connected to LSM-VIA.
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The operator relies on the Multiviewer of the XT-VIA server to view the requested IN and/or OUT
channels.
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1.2. StartingLSM-VIA
The LSM-VIA configuration is described in the Installation and Configuration manual.
Do not forget to configure LSM-VIA and the running configuration on the EVS server before
you start using LSM-VIA after an initial installation or an update.
How to Start LSM-VIA
Starting LSM-VIA consists in launching the application on both the LSM-VIA workstation (LSM-Viewer)
and the LSM-VIA Remote Panel.
1. Double-click the LSM-VIA icon on the desktop of the LSM-VIA workstation:
2. Switch on the Remote Panel using the power switch at the back of the Remote Panel, above the
power supply.
3. On the Remote Panel touchscreen, in the IPAddress field, enter the IP address of the LSM-VIA
workstation.
When you enter three digits for an octet, the focus shifts directly to the next octet. Otherwise, you
can tap the octet you want to edit.
4. In the same way, enter the IPaddress, subnet mask and default gateway for the LSM-VIA Remote
Panel.
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5. Tap on the Remote Panel touchscreen.
6. (Optional) In the LSM-VIAViewer, you can select the Remote Panel in the Sync field so that the page
and bank navigation is synchronized between LSM-VIAViewer and LSM-VIA Remote Panel.
You are now ready to start working in LSM-VIA.
The IPaddresses are stored in memory so that you can skip steps 3 and 4 for subsequent
connections.
How to Close LSM-VIA
This closes LSM-VIA on the LSM-VIA workstation and on the LSM-VIA Remote Panel.
1. Switch off the Remote Panel using the power switch at the back of the Remote Panel, above the
power supply.
2. Close the LSM-VIA application using one of the following keyboard shortcut sequences from the
LSM-VIAViewer:
◦+
◦+
How to Quit LSM-VIA on the Remote Panel
This closes the LSM-VIA application on the LSM-VIA Remote Panel.
1. Press + to access the main menu.
2. Tap or press .
The following message is displayed on the touchscreen:
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3. Tap or press to confirm you want to close LSM-VIA on the Remote
Panel.
The Network Configuration screen opens, allowing you to directly restart LSM-VIA on the Remote Panel
if the LSM-VIAViewer is still open on the workstation.
•If you switch off the Remote Panel, the Viewer will still be able to communicate with the
EVS server. You can switch on the Remote Panel and connect again at any time.
•If you close the LSM-VIAViewer, the LSM-VIA application on the Remote Panel will request
you to quit the application.
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2.TouringtheUserInterface
2.1. LSM-VIARemotePanelConsole
The LSM-VIA Remote Panel console features the areas highlighted on the screenshot below.
This section does not detail all key functions since they vary depending on the activated mode. The
specific key functions will be detailed further in this manual.
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The table below specifies the various groups of keys.
Part Name
1. Assignable Shortcut Keys
2. General Keys
3. Function Keys
4. Left Operational Block (keys (a) + key display (b))
See section "Commands on Left Operational Block" on page 29.
5. Right Operational Block (keys (a) + key display (b))
See section "Commands on Right Operational Block" on page 31.
6. Bottom Operational Block (keys (a) + key display (b))
See section "Commands on Bottom Operational Block" on page 34.
7. Lever
8. Jog Dial
Assignable Shortcut Keys (1)
These keys allow you to apply predefined functions mapped to the buttons.
See section "Commands from the Assignable Shortcut Keys" on page 37.
General Keys (2)
Key
Name
Used among others to ...
MENU •access the Main menu:SHIFT + MENU.
•cancel an action.
SHIFT •access the key command specified in the upper part of the key display of the operational
blocks, for example 'Page' in this screenshot.
In this case, you press SHIFT and then the corresponding key to send a Page command.
CLEAR •delete a selected clip, bank, playlist, etc.
ENTER •confirm/validate an action.
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