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 (Not shown) – Double-click an entry in the playlist pane to begin playback at the start of that
playlist entry
PREVIOUS, NEXT AND PRESENTATIONS
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It’s extremely useful to realize that, since transitions can be added between playlist items, pressing Previous
or Next likewise employs transitions. Whether playback is underway or stopped, and whether the items are
clips or stills, you can use Previous and Next to transition backward and forward between items.
This provides a perfect way to manage presentations using Media Players, hence our inclination to refer to
this as the “Presentation workflow’. With macros (and perhaps MIDI buttons) driving the presentation, this
makes it easy to handle control graphics and video for seminars, to update weather graphics, and more.
Hint: In addition, since transitions support transparency, you can queue up a series of titles in a playlist, display
it in a DSK, and transition backward and forward between titles interactively simply using Previous and Next.
SPEED
The DDR supports variable speed playback between 25% and 400% of the normal rate
(100%). Speed can even be adjusted during playback.
Note: Certain highly compressed video file formats cannot successfully be played back at rates
beyond 200%, even though Speed value is set to a higher value.
As is common for numeric input controls in the interface, drag left or right to adjust the Speed value, or click
the slider to access a direct entry field allowing you to type a value using the keyboard.
Hint: Press Shift while double-clicking Speed to quickly reset to the 100% default.
LOOP
Enabling Loop repeats playback continuously (respecting the Single switch state).
AUTOPLAY
When enabled, the Autoplay switch has several important effects. First, it initiates playback
automatically when the associated Media Player is placed on Program Out by a (Switcher) Take
or Transition operation either directly (as a Switcher row selection) or indirectly – such as by
being displayed via an M/E channel or DSK operation.
Second, if player output is displayed on Program the reverse Switcher transition occurs
automatically as the end of play approaches, whether the Out Point of the current item for Single play or the
end of the playlist. (This behavior is optional for M/Es – see Options in Section 14.2 and Section 7.1.)
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