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kjones9999  
#1 Posted : Friday, December 9, 2016 12:50:12 AM(UTC)
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I hesitate to make this a feature request, but it would be really helpful for me- maybe for others.

We record games and have a very quick turnaround time to get highlights clipped and uploaded. Right now, when a good play occurs we jot the time of the recording down. It works, but its inelegant to say the least. I would love a way to hit a key and have the record time saved to a text file. At present this is stored in the API output although its in seconds only- so there is probably a way... any ideas?
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#2 Posted : Friday, December 9, 2016 2:44:24 AM(UTC)
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Have a look at what the replay module can do: http://www.vmix.com/help....htm?InstantReplay1.html
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#3 Posted : Friday, December 9, 2016 7:48:48 PM(UTC)
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You could also possibly use the "WriteDurationToRecordingLog" function called through a shortcut. It logs when the function is called in the vMix recording log file. You can also specify an optional text value too, such as "Good Play!" which shows up in the log like this:

12/8/2016 6:38:55 PM, 00:00:02.4690000, Good Play!

If you had multiple shortcuts, you could specify the team in the text value (i.e. "Good Play, Home Team" or "Good Play, Visiting Team"). While it would also be nice to specify a custom file (rather than the recording log), this could be one way of accomplishing what you need to without relying on anything custom or external.
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#4 Posted : Saturday, December 10, 2016 1:34:48 AM(UTC)
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Like so many times before, I see the need to do something in vmix and its already there. Thanks! This will work perfectly.
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#5 Posted : Saturday, December 10, 2016 4:47:42 AM(UTC)
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Hmm, I still think it's worth a Feature request. Will explain why when I make one ;)

Meanwhile, I tried doing a recording with a shortcut for WriteDurationToRecordingLog, but nothing shows up in my log (v18.0.0.57). Am I missing something?
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#6 Posted : Saturday, December 10, 2016 5:26:11 AM(UTC)
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Don't you see something like ?

Quote:
9/12/2016 10:23:03, StartRecording
9/12/2016 10:23:06, 00:00:02.5690000, Good Play!
9/12/2016 10:23:09, 00:00:05.5380000, Good Play!
9/12/2016 10:23:12, StopRecording
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#7 Posted : Saturday, December 10, 2016 5:45:51 AM(UTC)
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ooops, my bad. I was looking for a text note and did not see one. Because I did not fill in any in the value field.
Embarrasing, but thanks a lot doggy!
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#8 Posted : Saturday, December 10, 2016 6:00:05 AM(UTC)
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No Worries Richard
Couldn't find them myself first because I was looking in the wrong place for the logs lol (slapped forehead)
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#9 Posted : Sunday, December 11, 2016 2:39:04 AM(UTC)
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It works well. I setup a web shortcut and its exactly what I need. Still working on an option in excel to filter out all of the info except the bookmarks. Any suggestions?

Richard if you are requesting, perhaps also a separate log file with just the bookmark times?
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#10 Posted : Sunday, December 11, 2016 4:05:20 AM(UTC)
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@Klones9999

Before vMix I had a situation with clips from a video analysis software (sports) where the clips had start and end markers in a associated txt file similar to to the vMix logs.
A batch file would scan all those 'log' files in a folder search for the marker and its data and let ffmpeg trim the associated clip according these markers ( there would be hundreds of them).

A similar batch files to your specifics could do the same in the vMix log file and extract all these markers to whatever file ( csv, etc) you desire, just need to search for 'StartRecording' to start until 'StopRecording'

some Google help
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