Sony MLS-X1 Users Guide - Page 223

- Press the [RUN] button to play to a point close to the end of a file t stop playback t press the [RUN] button again. Perform the following operation if playback freezes. - Recall another register t recall the target register t press the [REWIND] button t press the [RUN] button. • Some operating limitations apply when the video disk communications protocol is used. These are explained with reference to the following figure, which illustrates creation of a timeline that plays from the video of file A to the video of file B. - With the following settings, black video or still image appears momentarily when playback switches from file A to file B: KF1 action Start Start Variable Speed Cueup Status of file A Playback Playback Playback at variable speed Cueup KF2 action Start Cueup Cueup Cueup - Some actions may not operate with the following settings. KF1 action Start Variable Speed Cueup Status of file A Playback Playback at variable speed Cueup KF2 action Variable Speed Variable Speed Variable Speed Does not operate when KF2 variable speed is set to a negative value. It does operate when the file B action is set to "Start" and then variable speed is set to a negative value after file B starts playing. - With the following settings, switching from file A to file B does not occur. KF1 action Variable Speed Cueup Status of file A Playback at variable speed Cueup KF2 action Start Start If playback continues to show video of file A without switching to file B, a "Stop" action is required for file A in order to switch to file B. • Loop/recue cannot be set on a timeline for the video disk communications protocol. • When using the Odetics protocol, the variable speed action may not operate, depending on the connected device. • Folder selection cannot be set on a timeline for the AMP protocol. Setting an action You can configure an action at a keyframe point on an effect timeline. For details about setting an effect timeline, see "Effect Timeline Operations (Menu)" (page 262). For a disk recorder, the target file must be loaded. For details about loading a file, see "Disk Recorder File Operations" (page 224). Notes • Up to eight files can be configured for a single effect timeline. • If you have not configured a file, the file loaded at the keyframe point when the effect timeline is executed becomes the target of the action. • AMP protocol folder selection cannot be set on an effect timeline. The folder loaded at the keyframe point when an effect timeline is executed becomes the target of the action. 1 Open the Home > External Device > Device > Timeline > Action menu (16101.41). DDR/VTR timeline settings information is displayed for each device channel number (1 to 12). 2 Select the target device for operation. 3 In the [Action] group, select an action to set. Cueup: Set a cueup action. Start: Set a start action. Stop: Set a stop action. Notes • When both a stop point and variable speed are set for a start action, the variable speed setting takes priority. • When a stop point timecode or the disk recorder end-of-file is reached before executing a stop action, operation stops at that point. • When a start point is not set for a cueup action for a disk recorder, set cueup to the start of the file. 4 Press the left button in the [Start TC] group and enter a start point timecode in the numeric keypad window. 223