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How to perform transitions, using keys and key modifiers, memories and custom controls, as well as Media-Store operation.
Media-Store
The MediaManager interface to the Media-Store allows you to load stills, animations, or audio files. Each ME, MiniME™, and MaxScene have their own Media-Store channels.
Media-Store Capture
To Capture a Still
Capture a still of the video on a bus on the blade.

Operation
How to perform transitions, using keys and key modifiers, memories and custom controls, as well as Media-Store operation.
- Audio and Video Processing
  Video and audio signals are processed and passed through the switcher in different ways, depending on how the switcher is being used or is set up. A better understanding of how the switcher is processing these signals help you to achieve the production you want.
- Video Sources
  The switcher has access to three basic types of video sources, external, internal, and follows.
- Video Layering
  How video is layered in the output of the switcher depends on how an ME is re-entered onto the other, what keyers are on-air for the ME, and what order the keys are in.
- Matte Source
  Matte color backgrounds (BG) are color signals that can be applied to backgrounds and keys. Color selection is done either by picking a preset color, or by adjusted hue, saturation, and luminance to create a custom color.
- Copying
  You can copy the content of an ME or keyer to another ME or keyer.
- Transitions
  Transitions are used to change the background video and take keys on and off-air. A transition can include any combinations of background and keyers. The background and each keyer can be transitioned independently.
- Keying
  Keying is the term used to describe when you insert (or electronically cut) portions of one scene into another, or place titles over background images. Keys are made up of two basic components, an alpha, that cuts the hole in the background video, and a fill, that fills the hole with different video.
- Memory Functions
  A memory register is a snapshot of the current state of the switcher that can include one or multiple ME, MiniME™, or scenes. Up to 100 memory registers per ME, MiniME™, or scene can be stored and recalled on the switcher. Each of these memory registers can store as little as the information of one ME, or as much as the current state of the entire switcher, including all ME, MiniME™, scenes, Aux Buses, and DVE settings.
- Switcher Sets
  The switcher stores configuration and operation data in a number of registers that contain the individual entries for items such as memories or personality settings. These registers can be stored as a single archive file, or as a register set that contains all the individual register of that type; all memories for example. These files are stored into Sets on USB drive. Different Sets can be created for different shows or applications, allowing you to quickly locate and recall the switcher configurations.
- Media-Store
  The MediaManager interface to the Media-Store allows you to load stills, animations, or audio files. Each ME, MiniME™, and MaxScene have their own Media-Store channels.
  - Working With Media-Store Animations
  - Working With Media-Store Audio
  - Media-Store Cache Manager
    View all the media that is loaded into a Media-Store cache and remove unused items.
  - Media-Store File Specifications
  - Media-Store Overview
  - Loading Stills or Animations
  - Deleting a Media Item
  - MediaManager Channel Control
    Once a media item is loaded into a channel you can control the playout for the media item from MediaManager.
  - Media-Store Attributes
  - Media-Store Capture
    - To Capture a Still
      Capture a still of the video on a bus on the blade.
- Clip Player
  The clip player offers a single playout channel for clips in the ITU-T H.264 (MPEG-4 AVC) codec in specific HD formats that can be assigned as a source on any bus in the switcher. Basic transport controls can be performed manually from the Clip Player page, using custom controls, or through AMP commands.
- Custom Controls
  Once programmed, a custom control (CC) can be played back by pressing a button. The custom control can be as simple as triggering an output GPI pulse, or as complex as recalling a specific memory register on an ME, performing a switcher transition, and selecting a group of keys.
- Sequencer
  The Sequencer allows you to create a playlist of custom control events.
- MaxScene
  MaxScene provides a simplified interface for creating a show with multiple key layers and basic transitions.

To Capture a Still

Capture a still of the video on a bus on the blade.

Click Navigation Menu > Live Assist > Media > Capture.
Click Media Store 1 or Media Store 2 to select which Media-Store you want to use for the capture.
Click the Mode button to select the mode you want the selected Media-Store channel in.
- End-to-End — shows you the live video that is on the source. This allows you to see the source video on the Media-Store channel you are capturing on.
- Playback — shows you the captured frame of video in the Media-Store channel.
Note:
The End-to-End mode video is only available on the MultiViewer for the selected blade and is not available to Ultriscape.

Tip:
Use End-to-End to watch the live feed to pick the frame you want to capture and switch to Playback to confirm what was captured.
Click a Bus button to select the bus on the selected blade that you want to capture.
Click a Channels button to select whether you want to capture only the video (Video) or the video and alpha (Video and Alpha).
In the Name field, enter the name you want to give to the file. This will be the file name that the still is stored to.

Note:
File or folder names cannot contain symbols such as ! @ # & * ( ) / , ? \' " and cannot start with an underscore (_). Files or folders that start with a period (.) are hidden.
Click a Capture button to capture the still.
- Capture — capture the still to the selected file name (Name).
- Capture and Increment — capture a still to the selected file name (Name) and increment the file name by one for the next capture. The switcher will prepend 0001_ to the beginning of the name. If the name already has a number, it will overwrite that file and increment the name for the next capture.
Note:
Capture will overwrite any existing still with the same name.