Tools menu

Tools menu

Menu Locator: Media List Editor > Tools .

• Options - Opens the Program Options dialog. See the Options section in this Help document for full details.
• Port Options - These functions offer a way to port a copy of your program Options to another computer; Or to backup and restore Options. It is recommended that you stop any running automation when doing an Import or Reset since the Automator uses some Options.
  • Import - Pops up a File Open Browse dialog to open a previously saved file copy of program Options. The imported Options replace your current program Options.
  • Export - Pops up a File Save dialog to save a copy of your current program Options. The Saved Options file type extension is ".DAT". (ex. MyOptions.dat)
  • Reset - USE CAREFULLY! Resets ALL Options to factory default values. There is no Undo for this operation. You will lose all your Options and Favorites customizations including: Automation, Load Templates, Video Filters, and other Favorites. You may first want to Export your current Options as a backup in case you want to restore them later. It is a good practice to take screen shots of all the Options tabs if you want to manually restore some settings after the reset.
• Generate Report - Creates a Media List Report. (see section below for details)
• Repair Moved File Paths - fixes media file paths if you move the referenced media files. (see section below for details)
• List Validation Check - Checks the Media List for errors or warnings and pops up a validation report. The following validation checks are made:
• Media File names are checked for valid syntax.
• Media File existence is checked. Local machine file existence is always checked. You can also set an option to check for existence of remote files ( network and Internet located HTTP files). However, checking remote files may slow the validation process somewhat due to network transactions.
• Missing Media File (blank).
• Valid Id.
• Valid media type.
• Valid media Duration.
• Default Attributes - Allow you to create new Media Items with favorite attributes.
  • Reset Program Settings to Original Install State - Resets all program Options and Settings to the Factory Settings (default values initialized when you first install the program). Also resets the Favorite Media Item Attributes.
  • Save Selected As Favorite Media Item Attributes - When you create a new Media Item, it is initialized from Favorite Media Item Attributes. You can Save the Attributes of the current selected Media Item as the Favorite Attributes. The Favorite Attributes also includes any Effects configured for the Media Item. The Media Filename is not saved with the Favorite Attributes.
  • Reset Media Item Favorite Attributes to Original Settings - Resets the Favorite Media Item Attributes used when creating New Media Items to program install original values.
• Manage Favorite Colors - This productivity feature allows you to pre-configure color schemes for reuse. Color schemes consist of a name, foreground and background colors and optional opacity value. Favorite colors can be used to quickly set attributes that use a color scheme.
• Manage Favorite Tri-Colors - This productivity feature allows you to pre-configure Tri-Colors groups for reuse. Color schemes consist of a name, and 3 colors. Favorite Tri-Colors can be used to quickly set attributes that use a Tri-Colors group (ex Text Screen Themes).
• Manage Favorite Fonts - This productivity feature allows you to pre-configure fonts for reuse. Font settings include font family, size, bold, italic and other attributes. Favorite fonts can be used in setting attributes that use a font.
• Automation
  • External Programs
  • Edit External Programs - Add, delete or edit definitions for External Programs that can be started from a Script.
  • View External Programs - View a summary of all external programs currently defined.
  • IPC Inter-Process Comms - See the IPC Menu Items section for details on the sub-menu items.
  • Scheduler - See the Scheduler menu items section for details on the sub-menu items.
• Displays - See Displays Management section.
• Video Filters
  • Manage Favorites Filters - Allows you to delete and rearrange current Favorites Filters.
  • Delete Video Filter from selected Item - Removes the selected Media Item's Video Filter if one exists.
• Marquee Favorites - See Marquee Favorites page for sub-menu item details.
• Go-To Markers - See separate Go-To Markers page.
• Load Templates The menu items to manage templates are found on the Load Templates page.
• Text Screen Themes - See the separate page with details on Text Screens.
• Shortcut Key Summary - Lists all the productivity keyboard shortcuts available ordered by the main menu items that contain the functions.
• Diagnostics
• Windows Media Player Status - WMP is a required Windows feature. On Windows 11 it is not enabled by default. Or a Windows configuration mis-adventure could disable it. This will check its status. If not enabled a web page will open in your browser with instructions to enable WMP.
• View App Localization - Returns program localization information. May aid in diagnosing app national culture issues.

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Tools toolbar

• Tools toolbar - Buttons (Figure 1, from left to right): Automator, Display Mirror Tool, Create Report, Options, Save as Favorite Media Item , Find, Find Search String.

Figure 1. Tools toolbar

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Report

The Report is useful as a printable guide for the video console operator during a performance. The Details options are useful for problem diagnostics when a design does not work as expected. A report viewer will pop up which allows printing or saving as a text file. A Media List Report includes Name and Description. It also includes a list of the Media Items with whatever level of detail you specify in the Report Options dialog.

Note if you put number prefixes at the beginning of each Description that indicate Act and Scene (example: act 1, scene 2 as 01.02). This will facilitate sorting the list by Description to generate of a Report that sequentially maps to a theatrical script (or some other order you need to achieve).

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Repair Moved File Paths

If you move a media file(s) (video, audio, image, etc.) to another folder location, you need to reset the Media Item Media Filename so it points to the new location. This Repair feature can automatically reset multiple Media Items file paths when files get moved. You specify a target folder (where the video files were moved to) and it will reset file paths for any matching filenames in that folder. Weblink files are ignored for this function. This repairs the following Media Item attributes and Favorites:

• Descriptors > Media file.
• Screen Layout > Background Video/Image file.
• Marquee > Box Attributes > Background Image file.
• Marquee > Text Line > Image file.
• Marquee Favorites.
• Load Templates Favorites.
• Text Screen Favorites.

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November 13, 2023