Video-broadcast system with DVE-related alert feature

A method for use in a video-broadcast system having a digital video-effect (DVE) system, the method comprising:

• receiving an instruction to apply a particular DVE of a particular DVE type to a temporal portion of a video segment based, at least in part, on the temporal portion of the video segment being suitable for having a DVE of the particular DVE type applied thereto, wherein the particular DVE corresponds to a duration, wherein receiving the instruction comprises extracting the instruction from a portion of a traffic schedule;
• making a determination that no particular temporal portion of the video segment satisfies each condition in a condition set, wherein the condition set comprises (i) a first condition that the particular temporal portion of the video segment has been identified as being suitable for having a DVE of the particular DVE type applied thereto, and (ii) a second condition that the particular temporal portion of the video segment is of at least the duration;
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• based, at least in part, on the received instruction and the determination, outputting an alert.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon program instructions that when executed cause performance of a set of acts comprising:

• receiving an instruction to apply a particular DVE of a particular DVE type to a temporal portion of a video segment based, at least in part, on the temporal portion of the video segment being suitable for having a DVE of the particular DVE type applied thereto, wherein the particular DVE corresponds to a duration, wherein receiving the instruction comprises extracting the instruction from a portion of a traffic schedule;
• making a determination that no particular temporal portion of the video segment satisfies each condition in a condition set, wherein the condition set comprises (i) a first condition that the particular temporal portion of the video segment has been identified as being suitable for having a DVE of the particular DVE type applied thereto, and (ii) a second condition that the particular temporal portion of the video segment is of at least the duration;
• and
• based, at least in part, on the received instruction and the determination, outputting an alert.