Markers and Restrictions for Group Clips

Starting with MediaCentral UX version 2.4, there are differences in the way markers and restrictions for group clips are handled:

• Starting with MediaCentral UX version 2.4, markers created in MediaCentral UX are applied to the group clip itself, not to a particular angle of a group clip. These markers are checked into the Interplay Production database and are displayed in Media Composer. Prior to version 2.4, markers were applied to angles of a group clip, and were not displayed in Media Composer.

Markers created on angles in a group clip can still be viewed in the Media viewer and in the Logging pane, but are not displayed in Media Composer.

• Restrictions created in MediaCentral UX are applied to angles of a group clip. This support did not change in version 2.4.

You can add a new restriction to a master clip by selecting it as the active angle, either in single-angle view or multi-angle view. Master clips and group clips are linked, so that restrictions added or changed in a master clip are added or changed in the group clip. You cannot add a restriction to a group clip itself.

When you load a group clip in Asset mode, the Logging pane displays any markers or restrictions for master clips in the group clip. A resizable column labeled Angle displays the name of the master clip for each restriction, as shown in the following illustration.

Markers applied to angles of a group clip prior to version 2.4 show the name of the master clip in the Angle column.

You can edit existing markers and restrictions or you can add new ones.

Markers and restrictions are shown in the Media viewer for all angles of a group clip and for the group clip itself when it is loaded in Asset mode. Starting with MediaCentral UX v2.4.1, if you edit the active angle of a group clip into a basic or advanced sequence, only markers on the group clip itself are added to the sequence. Markers on the active angle are not added to the sequence. (Prior to MediaCentral UX v2.4, editing a group clip into a sequence added markers that were present in the active angle of the group clip).

If you set the Logging pane to display only those markers created by you, only your markers are visible in the Sequence pane. For more information, see The Logging Pane for Interplay | Production Assets.

You can export markers and restrictions for a group clip and for a sequence that includes one or more group clips.