Logging Overview (Interplay | MAM Assets)
In MediaCentral UX, logging Interplay MAM assets refers to the process of segmenting strata and adding information to them. This information includes text and other properties, which you can use for reference during story creation and media editing.
MediaCentral UX enables fast, flexible logging. Keyboard shortcuts give you a quick way to create segments and controlling media playback while logging.
Strata and Avid Applications
Users can view and edit strata and segments in the following Avid applications:
• Interplay MAM Cataloger (view strata contents and edit segmentation)
• MediaCentral UX (view strata contents and edit segmentation)
Segments and annotation added to strata in either of these products can be searched and viewed in Interplay MAM Desktop.
Permissions
To edit a stratum, a MediaCentral UX user’s Interplay MAM account must be configured with the following permissions:
Setting | Description |
Strata/READ_<stratum name> | Grants the right to see the stratum |
Strata/WRITE_<stratum name> | Grants the right to edit the stratum. To edit strata pooled in a strata group you need the WRITE permission for all strata in the group. |
Stratum/WRITE_RULE_<expression> | Grants the right to edit the stratum if any of the conditions defined in the expression are true to users that do not have the general editing right on that stratum. |
Properties assigned to a stratum can additionally be restricted by separate read/write permissions.
If a user does not have at least one of the permissions listed in the table above, the controls for creating segments or editing properties are grayed out in the Logging pane and a tool tip states that the user does not have permission to edit the stratum.
An Interplay MAM administrator defines expressions and sets permissions on the property level in Interplay MAM Datamodel Administrator and sets permissions on the strata level in the Interplay MAM User Manager. For more information, see the Interplay | MAM Datamodel Administrator User’s Guide and the Interplay | MAM User Manager User’s Guide.
Configuration
Logging can be processed in two modes: Gaps Allowed and Gaps Not Allowed. Which mode is active in MediaCentral UX is configured in the Interplay MAM System Administrator.
An Interplay MAM administrator can configure if a stratum allows overlapping segments in the Interplay MAM Datamodel Administrator.
For more information, see the Interplay | MAM Datamodel Administrator User’s Guide, Interplay | MAM System Administrator User’s Guide, and Interplay | MAM Configuration Settings Reference.
Keyboard Shortcuts
When logging Interplay MAM assets you work with the Logging pane and Media pane. Both panes are synchronized: When you select a segment in the Logging pane, the same segment is selected in the Media Timeline and the Media Viewer displays the segment’s start frame. And a segment selected in the Media Timeline is also selected in the Logging pane.
You can accomplish most functions for logging and controlling playback using keyboard shortcuts. For more information, see
Media Pane Shortcuts and
Logging Pane (Interplay | MAM) Shortcuts.