Viewing Video Associated with a Script
When sequences have been associated with stories in the MediaCentral UX Web application, you can preview the stories in the media viewer in the MediaCentral UX mobile app.
If your MediaCentral UX system is licensed for an iNEWS- only configuration, you cannot preview or play sequences or other media assets.
In landscape mode, a small media viewer appears above the Cue List sub-section of the Script Editor, but you can expand the viewer to full screen. In portrait mode, you must the Open Sequence button to open the viewer full screen and preview sequences.
The viewer appears in landscape mode. and the Open Sequence button is enabled in either mode, only when a video script sequence is associated with the open story.
The following table describes buttons available to open and use the media viewer.
Button | Description |
| The Play button plays the sequence so you can preview the video associated with the story. This button changes to a Pause button while the sequence plays. |
| The Playhead allows you to navigate to a new position in the viewer’s video playback timeline. |
| The Maximize button expands the viewer to full screen. This button changes to the Minimize button when the viewer expands to full screen. |
You can view video sequences created in the following way:
• You created and modified the sequence in MediaCentral UX.
• You created the sequence in MediaCentral UX and modified it in Avid NewsCutter or Avid Media Composer. In this case, you might not see some effects in the media viewer.
• You created the sequence in Instinct and modified it in MediaCentral UX.
You cannot view video sequences created directly in NewsCutter or Media Composer, and you cannot play back shotlists created in Interplay Assist or Interplay Access.
To view video sequences associated with a script:
1. Do one of the following:
Tap the Play button in the viewer located above the Cue List sub-section of the Script Editor.
Tap the Maximize button in the viewer to open the viewer full screen. Then tap the Play button.
2. (Optional) If you expand the viewer, you can tap the Minimize button to restore the viewer to its original size and location within the Script Editor.
To regenerate the sequence video proxy for playback:
1. Tap the Actions button.
2. Tap Reload.
