To display a Timing Display in View mode

• View Mode is the result of Distributing a Timing Display.

• You can also browse a Timing Display in View Mode, by clicking the View button in the menu bar.
  

  

  
  The View Mode opens in a new tab.

To create and modify a Timing Display

You can reconfigure or create a new Timing Display with details relevant to your operation.

1. If no Timing Display editor is running in your web browser

   1. From the desktop shortcut or Programs menu, start the Viz Mosart Web Applications Configuration Tool.

   2. In the Timing Display panel, click Open.
      A Timing Display editing web page opens.

2. Configure the display. For example:

   1. From the Timers panel to the left, drag any highlighted timing detail into the display area.

   2. From the display area, click on any timing detail and edit/delete.
      

      Note: The action Delete simply returns the selected timing detail back to the Timers selection panel on the left.

      

3. From the menu bar, click Save as and enter a unique, meaningful name for the display.

Prerequisites

Timing Display plays its audio files located in the C:/MosartAudio folder of the host machine for Timing Display.

Each audio file that you wish to use must be placed here.
The range of supported audio file formats is dependent on the web browser you use for the Timing Display, This external article lists audio formats supported per browser

To activate audio countdown in a Timing Display

1. Open Timing Display in Edit Mode.

2. In the menu bar at the top of the page, click Audio Countdown.
   

   

3. From the dialog window that appears, click Add Audio File.

4. In the drop-down menu Filename, select the audio file to add.
   

   

   
   The selections are audio files added to C:/MosartAudio (on the machine where the Mosart Web Apps are installed).
   You can also test the selected audio file by clicking on the Sound icon to the left of the dropdown menu.

5. In the drop-down menu Countdown Towards, select what you want the audio file to countdown towards.
   Choose from:
   - Current Story: Counts down to the end of the current story.
   - Time to Next Break: Counts down to the next planned break.
   - Time to Rundown Out: Counts down to the planned end of the rundown.
   - Current Package Template: Counts down to the end of a current Package template.
   - Current Break Template: Counts down to the end of a current Break template.
   - Current Voice Over Template: Counts down to the end of a current Voice Over template.
   - Current Float Template: Counts down to the end of a current Float template.
   - Current Item: Counts down to the end of each respective Story item.
   

   

6. Set Time Offset a number of seconds relative to when the Timing Display's Current Item Countdown reaches 0.
   

   

   
   For example, to play the audio 5 seconds before Audio Countdown reaches zero, set Time Offset to 5.
   (Negative values will delay playing when Audio Countdown reaches zero, by the number of seconds in Time Offset).

7. Repeat steps 3 to 6 for all required audio files.

8. Click OK

To verify, start a rundown and listen that the correct audio files plays at the specified time.