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JantsoP  
#1 Posted : Tuesday, December 28, 2021 12:45:39 AM(UTC)
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Hello.

First time poster, fairly new to vMix ecosystem.

I was messing around with the Countdown feature and I came across some what oddly looking bug.

You cannot set more than 24h for the countdown (should be able to, please vMix devs? unless I am missing something) ok sure.
BUT if you send API call to add MORE than vMix can show, it will hang on 23:59:59 for the set amount of time.

So if you do like
Code:
curl http://127.0.0.1:8088/api/?Function=AdjustCountdown&Input=CountdownTimer&Value=3600

multiple times, you will hit the magic number 23:59:59 and UI will hang there. But in reality, the numbers do get added to timer and it will countdown in the background.
Once it comes back to 23:59:59, it will start working again (or if you set Current Time to like 10:00:00).

This could be fixed by adding new display format DD:HH:mm:ss?

So in case it goes over 24 hours, it will show as 1:00:59:59. Or something along those lines?

EDIT: Version 24.0.0.72 so latest what you could possibly get.
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#2 Posted : Tuesday, December 28, 2021 1:21:45 AM(UTC)
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Countdown is designed for short durations, a few hours at most.
You will need to look for an alternate solution, such a building your own app to set the text via the API.
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doggy on 12/28/2021(UTC)
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#3 Posted : Tuesday, December 28, 2021 2:00:05 AM(UTC)
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Can always use date/time functions in scripting , even using vb.net stopwatch is an option
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