72.2.2.32 Preview Browser

The Preview Browser module is a useful interface that enables operators to browse Hires and Lores files linked to assets, thus allowing to, for example, check the audio/video stream after an ingest operation or just before an on-air transmission. The preview browser provides the following features especially aimed to improve the browsing experience of media content:

Preview Browser
➢Useful for previewing asset’s media files
➢Availability from any network Etere PC
➢Simple and easy-to-use interface
➢Specific hires, proxy and logged video preview
➢Frame-accurate viewing and scrubbing
➢On-screen properties, counters and time codes
➢Multi-language support of subtitles and audio tracks
➢Inclusion of the most common playback controls
➢Ability to preview clip with zero-based timecode and non-zero based timecode.

Topics in this chapter:
Available Players (Etere Player. DirectShow, WMP, QuickTime, External)
Playback Controls (Playback functions of players)
Contextual functions (Right-click functions of players)
Supported features (Full capabilities of all players)
Preview Integration (Availability across Etere modules)
Creating proxies via workflow (Generate proxies via workflow)