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/AWS1/CL_MDLBLACKOUTSLATE

Blackout Slate

CONSTRUCTOR

IMPORTING

Optional arguments:

IO_BLACKOUTSLATEIMAGE TYPE REF TO /AWS1/CL_MDLINPUTLOCATION /AWS1/CL_MDLINPUTLOCATION

Blackout slate image to be used. Leave empty for solid black. Only bmp and png images are supported.

IV_NETWORKENDBLACKOUT TYPE /AWS1/MDLBLACKOUTSLATENETWOR00 /AWS1/MDLBLACKOUTSLATENETWOR00

Setting to enabled causes the encoder to blackout the video, audio, and captions, and raise the "Network Blackout Image" slate when an SCTE104/35 Network End Segmentation Descriptor is encountered. The blackout will be lifted when the Network Start Segmentation Descriptor is encountered. The Network End and Network Start descriptors must contain a network ID that matches the value entered in "Network ID".

IO_NETWORKENDBLACKOUTIMAGE TYPE REF TO /AWS1/CL_MDLINPUTLOCATION /AWS1/CL_MDLINPUTLOCATION

Path to local file to use as Network End Blackout image. Image will be scaled to fill the entire output raster.

IV_NETWORKID TYPE /AWS1/MDL__STRINGMIN34MAX34 /AWS1/MDL__STRINGMIN34MAX34

Provides Network ID that matches EIDR ID format (e.g., "10.XXXX/XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-C").

IV_STATE TYPE /AWS1/MDLBLACKOUTSLATESTATE /AWS1/MDLBLACKOUTSLATESTATE

When set to enabled, causes video, audio and captions to be blanked when indicated by program metadata.


Queryable Attributes

BlackoutSlateImage

Blackout slate image to be used. Leave empty for solid black. Only bmp and png images are supported.

Accessible with the following methods

Method Description
GET_BLACKOUTSLATEIMAGE() Getter for BLACKOUTSLATEIMAGE

NetworkEndBlackout

Setting to enabled causes the encoder to blackout the video, audio, and captions, and raise the "Network Blackout Image" slate when an SCTE104/35 Network End Segmentation Descriptor is encountered. The blackout will be lifted when the Network Start Segmentation Descriptor is encountered. The Network End and Network Start descriptors must contain a network ID that matches the value entered in "Network ID".

Accessible with the following methods

Method Description
GET_NETWORKENDBLACKOUT() Getter for NETWORKENDBLACKOUT, with configurable default
ASK_NETWORKENDBLACKOUT() Getter for NETWORKENDBLACKOUT w/ exceptions if field has no
HAS_NETWORKENDBLACKOUT() Determine if NETWORKENDBLACKOUT has a value

NetworkEndBlackoutImage

Path to local file to use as Network End Blackout image. Image will be scaled to fill the entire output raster.

Accessible with the following methods

Method Description
GET_NETWORKENDBLACKOUTIMAGE() Getter for NETWORKENDBLACKOUTIMAGE

NetworkId

Provides Network ID that matches EIDR ID format (e.g., "10.XXXX/XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-C").

Accessible with the following methods

Method Description
GET_NETWORKID() Getter for NETWORKID, with configurable default
ASK_NETWORKID() Getter for NETWORKID w/ exceptions if field has no value
HAS_NETWORKID() Determine if NETWORKID has a value

State

When set to enabled, causes video, audio and captions to be blanked when indicated by program metadata.

Accessible with the following methods

Method Description
GET_STATE() Getter for STATE, with configurable default
ASK_STATE() Getter for STATE w/ exceptions if field has no value
HAS_STATE() Determine if STATE has a value