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Media Interactions in the Project Bin

Media contained in the project bin is listed with a customizable grid of metadata (1) relevant to the media. Typically, data such as the title, the duration and a thumbnail are shown here. However, additional metadata fields can be configured into the on-prem/hybrid/BYOC version of the product. A basic search field (3) allows to filter the visible grids data to simple navigate in the list. Two columns are fixed in the product and will be always available, those are the “In Use” indicator (2) and the context menu button (2).

In Use Indicator

It is important to note that VidiEditor also indicates whether any of the items in the Project Bin are currently being used in the timeline (1).

The "In Use" mark is not just applicable entire clips being inserted into the timeline. This is also valid for partial clips which have marked with in IN and OUT points in the Source Preview Player. As a result, as long as a portion of a media asset is used in the timeline, it will be marked as "In Use" in the Project Bin as well.

Interactions

Different Interactions are possible with the elements inside the project bin . Users can typically:

  • Load media in the Source Player to preview it.

  • Select media to be used on the timeline to edit.

  • Browse trough the different media easily to find the right content.

  • Manage the bin.

These possibilities are available with different kinds of user interactions depending on the type of the element. The following list gives a complete overview:

User Interaction

Media Type

Effect

Double Click

Video

Navigate into Event List View

Video (Partial)

Navigate into Event List View

Video (Camera Card)

Navigate into Event List View

Video (Camera Card) (Partial)

Navigate into Event List View

Audio

Not Available

Audio (Partial)

Not Available

Collection

Navigate into collection

Sub Collection / Nested Collection

Navigate into sub collection

Event

Navigate playhead to event IN point in source and initialize player

Sub Collection / Nested Collection

Not available

Left Single

Event

Navigate Source Player playhead to In position of the event if media is already loaded

Right Click

Video

Open context menu

Video (Partial)

Open context menu

Video (Camera Card)

Open context menu

Video (Camera Card) (Partial)

Open context menu

Audio

Open context menu

Audio (Partial)

Open context menu

Collection

Open context menu

Sub Collection / Nested Collection

Open context menu

Event

Open context menu

Drag and Drop to Source Player

Video

Load in Source Player

Video (Partial)

Load in Source Player and set IN / OUT and playhead

Video (Camera Card)

Load in Source Player

Video (Camera Card) (Partial)

Load in Source Player and set IN / OUT and playhead

Audio

Load in Source Player

Audio (Partial)

Load in Source Player and set IN / OUT and playhead

Collection

Not available

Sub Collection / Nested Collection

Not available

Event

Load in Source Player and set IN / OUT and playhead

Context Menu: Add to Source Player

Video

Load in Source Player

Video (Partial)

Load in Source Player and set IN / OUT and playhead

Video (Camera Card)

Load in Source Player

Video (Camera Card) (Partial)

Load in Source Player and set IN / OUT and playhead

Audio

Load in Source Player

Audio (Partial)

Load in Source Player and set IN / OUT and playhead

Collection

Not available

Sub Collection / Nested Collection

Not available

Event

Load in Source Player and set IN / OUT and playhead

Context Menu: Remove from Bin

Video

Removes media from bin, only possible if In Use Indicator is false (media not used on timeline)

Video (Partial)

Not available as sub element of the collection

Video (Camera Card)

Removes media from bin, only possible if In Use Indicator is false (media not used on timeline)

Video (Camera Card) (Partial)

Not available as sub element of the collection

Audio

Removes media from bin, only possible if In Use Indicator is false (media not used on timeline)

Audio (Partial)

Not available as sub element of the collection

Collection

Removes media from bin, only possible if In Use Indicator is false (media not used on timeline)

Sub Collection / Nested Collection

Not available as sub element of the collection

Event

Not available as sub element of the media

Context Menu: Add to Timeline

Video

Create segment for full media on timeline starting at playhead position and on selected track

Video (Partial)

Create segment from media IN to OUT on timeline starting at playhead position and on selected track

Video (Camera Card)

Create segment for full media on Timeline starting at playhead position and on selected track

Video (Camera Card) (Partial)

Create segment from media IN to OUT on timeline starting at playhead position and on selected track

Audio

Create segment for full media on timeline starting at playhead position and on selected track

Audio (Partial)

Create segment from media IN to OUT on timeline starting at playhead position and on selected track

Collection

Create segments for all supported media inside the collection on selected track with ordering of the collection and IN / OUT information

Sub Collection / Nested Collection

Create segments for all supported media inside the collection on selected track with ordering of the collection and IN / OUT information

Event

Create segment from media In to Out on timeline starting at playhead position and on selected track

Drag and Drop Media to Timeline

Video

Create segment for full media on timeline starting at playhead position and on the track dropped to

Video (Partial)

Create segment from media IN to OUT on the timeline starting at playhead position and on the track it’s dropped into

Video (Camera Card)

Create segment for full media on the timeline starting on the playhead position and on the track it’s dropped into

Video (Camera Card) (Partial)

Create segment from media IN to OUT on the timeline starting on the playhead position and on the track it’s dropped into

Audio

Create segment for full media on timeline starting on the playhead position and on the track it’s dropped into

Audio (Partial)

Create segment from media IN to OUT on the timeline starting on the playhead position and on the track it’s dropped into

Collection

Create segments for all supported media inside the collection on the track it’s dropped into with the order of the collection and IN / OUT info

Sub Collection / Nested Collection

Create segments for all supported media inside the collection on the track it’s dropped into with ordering of the collection and IN / OUT info

Event

Create segment from media IN to OUT on the timeline starting at the playhead position and on the track it’s dropped into

BreadCrumb Navigation (layer to layer)

Video

Not available as only available on nested elements

Video (Partial)

Not available as only available on nested elements

Video (Camera Card)

Not available as only available on nested elements

Video (Camera Card) (Partial)

Not available as only available on nested elements

Audio

Not available as only available on nested elements

Audio (Partial)

Not available as only available on nested elements

Collection

Navigate to Project Bin root directory

Sub collection / Nested collection

Navigate to upper collection or project bin root directory

Event

Navigate to upper media layer or collection or project bin root directory

In addition it is possible to expand collections directly in the bin to see it sub elements in a tree view kind of structure. A user simply clicks on the expand / collapse icon indicated by an arrow displayed before the first configured column f the bins metadata grid. Also the amount of sub items of a bin is printed on the bin icon to give a better overview. Following picture gives an example:

Mutliselect

It is possible to multiselect elements in the project bin for example to delete those from the bin in a batch operation or to add them to timeline as a kind of rough cut edit or media selection to be used. To do so different options exist:

Interaction

Behaviour

Mouse left click + Shift Key

Multi select from 1st to last clicked element

Mouse left click + Alt Gr Key

Multi select explicitly the clicked elements

Keyboard navigation with arrow keys + Shift

Multi select from 1st to last navigatedelement

Following figure shows a possible situation and how it is visualized:

In result the user gets a reduzed context menu only displaying possible options:

A specific scenario are collections where the collection folder act as parent element above the media inside the collection. It is possible to single or multiselect the elements of a collection as described above, but in addition the folder itself allows to multi select all its sub elements with a single click on the collection/ folder element:

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