Name: VideoStar
Author: Jazler Software

VideoStar

VideoStar II is the latest video automation from Jazler Software

After the release of TVStar at 2005, VideoStar2 was designed and coded from the scratch, to be able to be expandable over the time. VideoStar has all the features a video automation package needs, with an easy to use user interface, the least needed menus and buttons to complete a task and automated features to save time.

VideoStar can work perfectly in a local network environment to provide unlimited workstations to the production, marketing and sales departments.

Embedded video graphics engine

Jayzee logo

The logo of JAYZEE is placed on the top left-hand side of the screen (as most European channels do). You will notice that the logo is not static. It is an animation where the logo spins around every minute or so. This is accomplished with an image sequence. In a folder we have all the frames of the logo animation (we produced this with 3D Studio max and Adobe After Effects).

Image sequence

The image when it shows, Jazler starts playing the image sequence and loops it infinite as long as the logo is visible. You can also adjust the program to play the loop once and stay at the last frame as long it is visible. We have also adjusted the program to show the logo while video-clips are playing only. The jayzee logo dissapears while bumpers or commercials are playing.

Video clip titles

JAYZEE shows videoclip titles 10 seconds after a videoclip has started and again, 20 seconds before the videoclip ends. The durations (title placement in the video-clip, title duration etc) are 100% adjustable at milliseconds precision. In JAYZEE we have chosen to show the initial videoclip title with an imagesequence as a background and titles overlaying it. The image-sequence can also be transparent, making it possible for multiple effects overlaying the video playing. As you might understand, VR_ARTIST_NOW and VR_TITLE_NOW are key phrases so Jazler will replace them with the current Artist and Title of the videoclip playing. For each element you can edit its transition duration and effect. Here we have selected the VR_ARTIST_NOW text and we can see that its in and out transitions are Blur-X (you have many choices like Fade, Slide etc). The transition duration is 500ms (half second), and it will start showing 1100ms (1.1sec) after the imagesequence (background) appears.

Video clip titles

Coming up next title

Every other videoclip, we also show the coming up next title. This shows in the middle of the video-clip. Again, VR_ARTIST_NEXT1 is a Jazler keyphrase that will make Jazler replace it with the first announcable video in the playlist. The same applies for the title. NEXT1 can also be NEXT2 or NEXT3 etc showing the next respected videos. This is how it will be shown on the output of Jazler.

GRAPHICS

Jazler VideoStar has its own Graphic Timeline Editor

Original video

Graphic Timeline Editor

Design your own graphics as you want and import them on the Graphics Editor. Create templates and categories in order to group them as you want and assign them easily on video clips, spots, bumpers, events. Arrange them, as you want on the screen according to safe frame and specify their own in and out transitions.

Video Clip Graphics
Logo
Parental Guide
Tickers / Crawlers

Spot showing the coming up next videos

This is a mix of video and Jazler graphics. The video basically provides the intro and the background audio and video, and Jazler shows dynamically the overlying titles announcing the next video-clips. This can also be done with whatever you want (like shows etc). In JazlerGTE (Graphics Timeline Editor) we create a graphic template with the titles that will overlay the video. As we have already measured the durations, the first title on the video must appear 2.5 seconds after the video starts, so at the position offset of the timeline we put 2500(ms). In the timeline compositions you see that there are three cards that will show sequentally, each with about 5.5 seconds duration) announcing the next three songs in the playlist.

Next Videos Announcement > BEFORE - AFTER

Attach the graphic to the video

In jazler spots, we program the video to play every half hour, and then we go to the Timeline Templates. We select that the graphic “SUPERNEXT” will be attatched to this video. Everytime this video plays, the graphics overlaying it will play too.

Attaching the video clip logos (world hits) and titles on runtime

Ok, but how does Jazler know where to attach a graphic in auto program? This is accomplished in the auto scheduler. Next to the category you want to play in the scheduled clock, you can attatch whatever graphics you want to overlay them. You can attach as many as you want. You will also notice that the schedule broadcasts a different category of bumpers each time, and that videoclips are seperated to two different categories (A LIST and B LIST), where B LIST plays much less as it is consisted of older hits.

PARENTAL GUIDE

Associate every video clip with a rating

Each video has a parental guidance category, so you can show automatically with the associated video. In JAYZEE’s case, we have put this in movie trailers that play at the top of the hour. This is the parental guide logo “Suitable over 15” set by the Greek government. You are able to create as many parental guide templates as you want, and assosiate them with your videos.

Videos Database with advanced editing

Editing your music database has never been easier, offering to you unlimited ways to organize and categorize your music collection.

QuickEdit Feature In Videos

Edit the properties of videos without entering their analysis, quickly and easily from the database. Just click on the song, and change its properties from the menu that will pop-up.

Mass change of categories, properties, file locations

You can mass change lots of properties just by clicking on videos with either Ctrl or Shift. Then right click and select your action.

Bumpers Library

Jazler hosts a dedicated library for all bumpers and station ID’s. Every element can be categorized so it can be easy to find.

Advanced Spots Programming

The spots programming interface of RS2 gives you the ability to easily program different spots at different days and times quickly.It also gives you the ability to play random spots based on a list at specific times (mostly used for station ID’s).
The reports tool of Jazler, can also print down a detailed report so you can give it back to your client or media shop. (either for the scheduled, or for the actual report of played spots).
The spots management system also gives you the abilty to adjust when your spots package will start or end.
You can also be notified if a specific package exceeds a maximum time to avoid a crowded and tiring commercial break.

Events Library

A special library where you can store all your video elements that do not fit into the other libraries. These elements could be show intros and outros, news idents etc.

Direct Video File Playback

No time to import a file into Jazler and play it? Need to play a file immediatelly? The studio screen now hosts a browser for direct playback of video files without the need of importing them into the library. After inserting it into the playlist, you can also add specific graphics to overlay it.

Reports printing

Print your spot reports in a stylish document that includes your logo and info.

Security with user accounts to access only the databases specified.

Be sure that only the authorized people have access to your valuable databases.

Unlimited LAN workstations to edit databases at the same time, while the studio is on-air.

Edit your databases with Jazler Workstation, from any of your computers, at the same time that the Studio is on air . You have no restrictions on the number of the Workstations that will be installed.

Monitor & Edit a video track just before airing

A new friendly environment, in the Studio mode, in which you can monitor and edit a track with ease and accuracy.

Advanced Automated Rotation Scheduling For Music Channels

The scheduler in VS2 is designed and based on the clock system, where you can create clocks and then program them what time to be active and play. A clock is a virtual playlist where you do not enter the exact song-videoclip, but its category or properties Example: Song(Hot Current) > Song(Current 1) > Bumper (CategoryA) > Song (90’s) (Pop) > Bumper (CategoryB) > Song (R&B)

Rebroadcast up to 3 line in video inputs

Have 3 different video inputs for the rebroadcast mode and schedule which one you want to be on air and when. Rebroadcast can also be interrupted for commercial breaks.

SuperSearch Engine In The Studio

The supersearch engine gives you the ability to search for tracks in the library and returns to you results while you are typing. Supersearch also has the ability to search in the videos library like a search machine, searching the whole database to find a matching result (Name, Title etc).

Powerful Video Engine

The playback engine of Jazler can play most popular professional video formats, from SD up to 4K videos, even 3D! It also upscales or downscales a video to the output resolution you want with no quality loss. It also supports 2 different video outputs so you can output the main program in 2 different resolutions.

Import Playlists from external Playlisters

Jazler VS2 has a strong import engine to import text playlists from the most famous playlisting softwares. Jazler also produces a customized reconciliation text file to be imported back to the playlister so you can make your next playlists!

Automatic databases backup & mirroring

Jazler creates automatically backup of all your libraries, making sure that none of your categorizations, statistics etc will be lost in case of a computer crash or malfunction . It also can make a mirror of the database on a different computer for emergency playout purposes.

Artist & Title text upload to your web-site

Let anyone know which video is “on air now”, with a simple and easy procedure. VS2 also lets you publish the previous and next videos to be aired. All available in XML format, so you can manipulate the provided data exactly as you want. This feature also includes a custom made HTML file for quick results.

Mass videos import

Save extra time by letting Jazler automatically import the video contents of a whole folder, assigning the videos to a specific category. Then assign in seconds the optional parental guidance and extra graphics.

Screenshots

Complete studio output environment
A complete studio output environment, controlling in one screen all your videos, graphics, inputs and playlists. If you have not installed a video output card yet (like Blackmagic Design Intensity or SDI), VideoStar will also show you an output window to preview the main program output.

Create complete playlists to air
Create and program playlists that will play automatically or can be recalled manually whenever you want. Playlists even save graphics information, so you can have different graphics on a video than its default graphics.

The logo of your station!

Programming when to show your logo couldn't be more flexible and easy. Create a logo template that can either be a static png or a png sequence for animations. Add dynamic text (like current time or weather) if needed.

Outputs and resolutions
Jazler VS2 supports almost all BlackMagic Design cards, and resolutions. You can also select to playback the same output on a second video card with a different resolution. Video scaling is essential for videos of different resolutions, so they can be upscaled or downscaled to your main resolution keeping aspect ratio or cropping. Finally you can add an automatic gain control module or compressor at the audio output.

Studio - Dynamic Crawl Texts
Create crawl templates with jazler GTE (Graphics Timeline Editor) and then show them with whatever text you want, dynamically from the studio screen. The studio keeps a list of all your crawl texts so you don't need to write them again when needed. You can also show the same text with different templates if needed.

Auto Program - The Clock Scheduler
The Auto Pilot is an essential part of Jazler for music channels. The clock programming screen defines how your video-clip/bumpers rotation will flow. This way, you know exactly what plays when. You can program different clocks like this all over the week, to have various rotations. For each track in the clock, you can also program different graphics to overlay them.

Three different live video sources
You can select between three different live video sources to air or pass through, either programmatically or manually. You can also attach graphics to them, so they can be overlayed when aired.

Settings to show automatically the station logo and extra graphics

You can set VideoStar to either show the logo always, or show it on specific categories of videos, or show and hide the logo manually. You can also set VideoStar to have specific graphics for all your videos, without the need to set them one by one.

The best and quickest video search engine!
This is also one of the most useful features of Jazler VS2. You can choose between the simple search and the supersearch mode. Jazler searches all basic fields of the videos library to find you your results while you are typing! Having a hi-res monitor also lets you have an extra screen (like instant videos, direct files, playlists or live graphics) the same time.

Manual lower thirds, logos, crawls and parental guides with one click
Jazler VS2 Studio has an extra panel where you can call and show all kinds of graphics at once, without the need of programming them on a specific video. Very useful if you want to add graphics on live sources, like a video camera or the output of a television studio.

Edit the graphics that will overlay a file, just before airing it
Add and remove the templates that will overlay a video, even seconds before it airs. On this video-clip (Sun Goes Down) we have programmed VideoStar to overlay the station logo, opening and closing titles, the World Hits logo and a lower third that will show at the middle of the video-clip announcing the next video (META TITLES).

Specific Order Spot Programming
You can program two or more different video files of a spot campaign in different time slots and priorities for all the campaign duration.

Random Playback of the spots in a campaign
Add lots of video files on a specific campaign (like multiple different Heineken spots) and every half hour play randomly one of the video files. P8 is the priority of the spot. Other spots in higher priorities (P7,P2 etc) will play before this spot on the specified time slots.

Days & Hours of Broadcast — Schedule Spot campaign
One of the benefits of the Spots Library is that you can load more than one video files on a spot, and then program it either in different time slots, or let the files play randomly between them in the time slots you have selected. VideoStar can broadcast them in Random, In Order or in a Specific Order.

Spot Analysis
By double clicking on a spot in the spots library, you can see the Spot Analysis screen. You can edit the spot's general title and various details about it, the client and cost of the ad campaign. Load more than one files on each spot and define the Start & End Time of the each video file. You can also attach any needed special graphic or title. Adjust the Start & Expire date and the days and hours of broadcast with much detail.

REQUIREMENTS

CPU: Latest model of Intel i7 (for HD video), i5 (for SD video) (If the same computer will be encoding to the internet, i7 is preferred for whatever format)
RAM: 8GB or more
OS: Latest Microsoft Windows
Motherboard: Motherboard with high end chipset.
Storage: SSD or RAID (250 MB/s) for uncompressed HD video. At least 100MB/s for compressed HD. Do not use green hard disks.

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