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  • Page 1

    BZNP-100 V er .2.00 Quick S t art Manual 3-748-162- 11 (1) T ry to create the following d emonstration progr am. Ove rvi ew of Th is Ma nual This Quic k S tart M anual explains h ow to carry out the most b asic operation s of the Sony BZNP-1 00 series Netw ork Player M anagement Softw are. The content s include t he essential setup that y ou have t[...]

  • Page 2

    Operation Flo w ch art St arting the Sof twar e The follow ing chart sh ows an ex ample of the flow of normal operat ion of this system to play demonstra tion videos on the street or present ation video s in the office. Double-cl ick the shortc ut icon of the B ZNP-100 series softw are on your Windows de sk top. If there is no shortcut ico n, click[...]

  • Page 3

    Setting Up the Sof t w are Note: If you cha nge the applic ation mode or video format, a message ap pears after step 4, asking w hether you w ould like to re start the sof tw are. Click [Y es]. Before creat ing materials and playlist s, there is som e setup nece ssary: setup o f the softw are and registr ation related to the NSP-100. For the softw [...]

  • Page 4

    Defining an NSP-100 and a Group The system features group-ba sed playli sts and co ntent distri bution. Y ou can define netw ork player group s, and p ut each netw ork player in one or several groups. The follow ing chart show s how to reg ister an NSP-100 named “T okyo” and a network play er group named “Japan.” The online he lp explains t[...]

  • Page 5

    Prep aring Video Material Convert the supplied A VI file corresponding t o "Vid eo_Sample_1" into the NSP format by y ourself using th e follow ing procedure. Tip: There is a capt uring functi on that enables y ou to create A VI files from DV video. See “Captur ing DV Vi deo” (page 1 1) for details. 3 Click [Conv ert Material]. The bi[...]

  • Page 6

    Prep ari ng Graphics Material Convert the supplied bmp file correspon ding to "Graph ic_Sample _1" into the NSP form at by yourself using the follow ing procedure. Notes on Using Micros oft Po werPoint Slides • Microsof t PowerPoint of O ffice 2000 export s full color JPEG files and 256-color bm p files. T o use full color graphi cs fil[...]

  • Page 7

    Prep aring T ext Material Create a pie ce of blinkin g text that is th e same as the text in "T ext_Sample _1" using the fo llowing pr ocedure. Tip: The syste m provides so me text editin g functions, s uch as allow ing you to use a tex t file instead of typing tex t. Refer to the online help for d etails on the tex t editing function . 1[...]

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    8 Creating a P lay list Now , arrange the mat erials to make the same pl aylist a s the sam ple. A play list also has in formation on the positions of the video an d text materia ls on the sc reen , as wel l as s ched ulin g data. Note: The sam ple playlist is av ailable if you are using th e group name d "Japan" referred to earli er . 4 [...]

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    Creating a Playli st - Continued For the top line For the second line For the third line 5 - Continued In the Proper ties dialog box , select today ’s date in the S tart Date drop-dow n list box , and a date 10 days lat er in the End D ate drop-dow n list box . Then click [OK]. 3 - Continued Select the v ideo posit ions and siz es, and the tex t [...]

  • Page 10

    Sending Pl ay lists and Material s Y ou can easily send a playlist and the nec essary material s to NSP-100 netw ork players. Use t he main me nu as shown in t he follow ing illustration . Tip: Y ou can select the desired play list and send it w ith the necessary material s on the Playli st tab o f the Material M anagement w indow . This method is [...]

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    Supplement-1 - Capturing DV Video Note: These operati ons are not necess ary to create the de monstration progra m shown at th e beginning. If you have a DV VCR or camc oder , you ca n use video re corded on a t ape as video materi al. The follow ing procedure capture s DV video and creates a n A VI file, so you can co nvert it into NSP format usin[...]

  • Page 12

    12 Supplement 2 - Urgent T ext Play out The syste m supports “urgent p layout” that ov errides ongoin g playout and forces the netw ork player to play a specific v ideo/graphic s/text piece of material or a playlist. This man ual explains how to do “urgent text playout” to show a specifi c piece of text scroll ing over the bott om of the o [...]