Define some generic parameters regarding the management of the station and its contents:
Language: It allows setting the program language; by default, it's the same language of the PC where the system is installed.
Country: Specify the country in which the station is located. This parameter is useful, for example, to correctly name 'consumption tax' according to the country set on this field. The tax can have these names, according to the country:
Italy, Spain - IVA
Netherlands, Belgium - BTW
France - TVA
Australia, Singapore - GST
Greece - FPA
Austria - UID
Germany - UST
All other countries - VAT
The nationality parameter is also used to determine the parental guidance classification used by the station (three ratings are available, Australian, Italian, and others) and select the algorithm to calculate the commercial crowding (two algorithms are available, Australian and others).
Rollover Time: This parameter allows to specify the time at which the "television day" of the station starts. The time must be entered in "hh:mm:ss" format. See the Rollover time chapter for detailed information about this parameter.
Frame Rate: Indicate the video standard frame rate used by the station. Below there's a list of all the supported framerates, their timecode and the countries where the videostandard is used:
PAL - 25 fps - Italy, Spain, Greece, Australia, etc
PAL LF (leap frame) - 25 fps - (None; it's an Etere proprietary format)
PAL M (modified) - 29.97 fps - Brazil
NTSC DF (drop frame) - 29.97 fps - USA, Peru, Vietnam, Philippines, etc
NTSC NDF (non-drop frame) - 30 fps - None (this is an Etere proprietary format)
HD 50P - 50 fps - Television stations with Full HD video systems
HD 60P - 60 fps - Television stations with Full HD video systems
HD 60PM - 59.94 fps - Television stations with Full HD video systems
Telecine 24 - 24 fps
Telecine 23.97 - 23.97 fps
Hundredths of a second - 100 fps - Only for radio stations (i.e. audio management)
NB: The Frame rate set here is very important for managing assets media since it determines the way timecodes are calculated (e.g. for MTX ingest and playback). Moreover, in the case of systems running in a federated environment, the same frame rate must be set for all federated sites.
Note: Due to the sensitivity of these settings, a security check feature has been imposed to prompt for keywords when the frame rate has been modified; the user would be required to enter predefined keywords (e.g. "ETEREā) to effect the changes.
Main Time & Local Time: By default, the Main time (time zone in which the system is running) and Local time (time zone in which programs are transmitted) are equal since events are usually programmed and sent on-air in the same time zone.
However, Etere allows setting these times differently (e.g., if the system broadcasts across different time zones); further information can be found in the Main and Local Times chapter.
Set Etere PC to use the Main Time: The windows clock will be automatically set to the time zone specified in the main time parameter.
If the Main Time and Local Time are identical, this option should be disabled.
Local Parameters Shared by User: Share the registry parameters of the currently logged-in user with other PCs within the network.
Ignore Timecode: This option would enable you to ignore the timecode set in the media file and force the timecode to zero-based during the playout. This option is disabled by default.
Help type: This parameter determines access to help information stored in the local Help file (Help Local) or from the online Help system (Help Online) in Etere Web. By default, the data is retrieved from the online Help system in Etere Web by using the available URL to access the standard Help file.
Share log folder: Creates a shared directory for making local logs available across the network for all authorised network users. This directory will be automatically named as follows:
\\[Pc-Name]\EtereLog.[User-Name].ETERE\
NB: Further details on Etere's directories can be found in the System Structure chapter.