Add MOS Object Placeholders

You can also add MOS object placeholders to the MOS Favorites panel. Instead of dragging from stories, you create MOS placeholders directly from the MOS Favorites panel.

To add MOS object placeholders to the MOS Favorites panel

1.In the MOS Favorites panel, point to the MOS_Favorites_-_Create_Placeholder.png Create Placeholder icon and then select the MOS device to eventually supply the MOS object.

The Create MOS Placeholder dialog box opens for the selected MOS device.

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2.In the Slug box, enter the slug name that Inception sends to the MOS device as part of the request to create a MOS object on the MOS device. For information on how to use the MOS placeholder language to define the placeholder Slug, refer to the section MOS Placeholder Language.

3.In the Description box, enter a description of the MOS object placeholder to send to the MOS device as part of the MOS object creation request. For information on how to use the MOS placeholder language to define the placeholder Description, refer to the section MOS Placeholder Language.

4.Use the Type list to select the type of media for the MOS object to create on the MOS device for the MOS object placeholder.

5.For Audio and Video type MOS object placeholders, enter in the Duration box the duration of the MOS object to create on the MOS device for the placeholder. Enter the duration in the format HH:MM:SS.

6.For Audio type MOS object placeholders, enter in the Sampling Rate box the audio sample rate in samples per second of the MOS object to create on the MOS device for the placeholder.

7.For Video type MOS object placeholders, enter the in the Frame Rate box the video frame rate in frames per second of the MOS object to create on the MOS device for the placeholder.

Some examples frame rates are as follows:

NTSC video — enter 59.94.

PAL video — enter 50.

8.In the Object Group box, enter the name of the object group to insert in to the MOS object to create on the MOS device for the MOS object placeholder. For information on how to use the MOS placeholder language to define the placeholder Object Group, refer to the section MOS Placeholder Language.

9.Click OK.

Inception adds the specified MOS object placeholder to the MOS Favorites panel.

To edit the settings of a favorite MOS object placeholder

1.In the MOS Favorites panel, double-click the MOS object placeholder to edit.

The Edit MOS Placeholder dialog box opens for the selected MOS object placeholder.

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2. In the Edit MOS Placeholder dialog box edit the MOS object placeholder settings as required.

3.Click OK to save your changes.