Playing Express Timelines

StackExpress is interactive over the Stack web interface using the Delta web preview. The preview is a feed back from DeltaServer, so you can see the show as it plays, including any merged show. The play controls allow you to skip to next and previous clips in the Express show, stop and play, or return to the start and then play again. An unattended timeline without triggered items will reach the end and go back to the start, continuously.

The timeline you see in Express is created as a show (expressmode.xml) on the Delta server being addressed, and the Stack web interface allows you to view and interact with any server visible on the network. This means that you can play an Express timeline on one server and still look across at another server simply playing its own timeline, using web preview as normally available.

•If any information seems incomplete, try refreshing the web page (F5). This will not create any interaction with the Delta server.

•If you want to manually move a show along to another clip, then the next clip button whilst playing, will bring in the next clip and continue playing.

•Different transition effects can be achieved by applying fade to a solid colour image between clips, but unlike the more sophisticated DeltaGUI features, resources within a StackExpress timeline cannot overlap.

•If you want to change the playing properties of a clip, or the order of play, then the timeline must be regenerated on the server; this will stop the show playing until restarted. Play will resume at the SMTPE point at which it stopped. If this is beyond the new show end (GOTO start) point, playing will resume out of scope of the timeline resources. It can therefore be better to return the play at least to the previous clip before Generating and restarting play.

•DeltaGUI can be used simultaneously, if you want to manage the display configuration, merged shows, or control an Express show from there.