Selecting the "Lens" (1) icon in the media management area will open the Browse Content tab. It is from here that users are able to search for media. When performing a search, all results are listed within the tab along with their id, type, title and additional metadata. Media of the video type will automatically generate a thumbnail image of the clip's first frame, allowing users to more easily recognize a clip's content. Additionally, the "Duration" metadata column indicates the length of a clip. Within the search field, users are able to search for content based on the title. Please note that the result view is customizable and might depend on the system design which depends on the installation and version used (see: Media search grid configuration [INT VE 21.3 OG] ).
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VidiEditor’s search is a basic search not comparable to advanced search applications. It is meant to be a fast and easy access to media generated in the system. It allows users to search media based on the media’s title, ID and the configured metadata. Also the search filters the result list based on different criteria. The main goal for this is to display media in the search that is usable in VidiEditor. Below, aspects worth considering for the different media types:
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Filtered based on the proxy shape tag configuration, only videos that have a shape matching the defined proxy format are found (see: https://vidispine.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=ITSFP&title=Supported%20Proxy%20Video%20Format%20%28Enterprise%29%20%5BINT%20VE%2021.3%20OG%5D and https://vidispine.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=ITSFP&title=Supported%20Proxy%20Video%20Format%20%5BINT%20VE%2021.3%20OG%5D) Supported Proxy Video Format (Enterprise) [VE 21.3 OG] and Supported Proxy Video Format [VE 21.3 OG] .
The video frame rate must match the project timeline's frame rate to be usable in the timeline and timeline preview player. If this is not the case, the user will get an info message that the frame rates are not matching. And those item will be greyed out in the search result as follows:
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Filtered based on the proxy audio shape configuration (see: Supported Audio Format (Enterprise) [INT VE 21.3 OG] and Supported Audio Format [INT VE 21.3 OG]) optional to set. If set, items that have a matching shape are found.
If no proxy audio shape is configured, audio items that are of type audio and that are stored in audioc codec aac are found.
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For the Enterprise version the data presented in the result grid is configurable as explained in https://vidispine.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=ITSFP&title=Media%20search%20grid%20configuration%20%5BINT%20VE%2021.3%20OG%5D. Media search grid configuration [VE 21.3 OG] . Therfore just some specific functionalities of the result should be explained. Most of the displayed data will be depending on the configuration anyway. Following functionalities are worth to mention:
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