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tesn  
#1 Posted : Wednesday, January 23, 2019 3:50:37 AM(UTC)
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So I'm trying to automate my "commercial reads" portion of the broadcast.

I have a list of background music audio files.

I have a list of audio reads with varying lengths (9 seconds to 34 seconds).

My goal is the following, for about a 1 minute break:

-Go to a live wide shot
-Play one of the background audio files
-After 10 seconds turn the background audio down, and begin the audio read.
-When the read is done, bring the background audio back up.****
-When the background audio file is complete, go back to a live game shot.

At the end of my script (or beginning), I go to the next audio file for both the background and read. Both lists are set with Auto Next as off, since I only want to do one file at a time.

I'm all good with scripting and triggers up until the "read is done" part.

I've found the issue that is the OnCompletion trigger only works on lists when either the entire list is complete, or you have everything unchecked, and only the one file completes, which is essentially saying the list is complete. So I basically can't determine when my audio read has completed.

I could go with determining the length of the currently selected audio read list file, but I can't figure out how to do that. Or somehow in the script, unchecking all the reads except the selected one. But then on the next item it would need to uncheck the current one and check the next one.

I have an extreme idea, but I want to see what you guys think.

Make sense?

-Brian
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#2 Posted : Thursday, January 24, 2019 7:44:32 AM(UTC)
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You might be better off looking at a digital signage solution. They often have authoring environments that coordinate the sort of thing that you require. You can always bring the result into vMix if necessary.
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#3 Posted : Thursday, January 24, 2019 11:24:24 PM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: mjgraves Go to Quoted Post
You might be better off looking at a digital signage solution. They often have authoring environments that coordinate the sort of thing that you require. You can always bring the result into vMix if necessary.


Thanks. But that's no fun!

The easy answer is to create my own audio files with the background music mixed in. I'm fine using Adobe Audition. I just liked the flexibility of adding different background music, or new reads on the fly.

:-(

-Brian

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#4 Posted : Friday, January 25, 2019 12:55:36 AM(UTC)
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How is your Read List configured?
If set to only play a single file, then the "Trigger" function "OnCompletion" should work.
I would be inclined to then add a Trigger to the Music Input or Wide Shot Input for OnTransitionOut to select the NextItem in the Read List.


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#5 Posted : Friday, January 25, 2019 3:33:03 AM(UTC)
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@ tesn

How is your Read List configured?
If set to only play a single file, then the "Trigger" function "OnCompletion" should work.
I would be inclined to then add a Trigger to the Music Input or Wide Shot Input for OnTransitionOut to select the NextItem in the Read List.


Ice


It only works if you have only one item checked. If you only have one item checked, the NextItem doesn't do anything.

There's "checked" and there's "selected". Basically two different states for the list items. I don't think you can check/uncheck using shortcuts. Even if you could, you would need to know which one is checked, then uncheck it . . . then check the next item and select it.

As far as I know . . .

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#6 Posted : Friday, January 25, 2019 4:45:54 AM(UTC)
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Seems to work fine for me.
Multiple Items in the list with green box.
All button options disabled (grey)


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#7 Posted : Friday, January 25, 2019 6:24:16 AM(UTC)
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@ tesn

Seems to work fine for me.
Multiple Items in the list with green box.
All button options disabled (grey)


Ice


Ahhhh . . . thanks. I think I found the issue.

I was playing my reads by using the "Play" shortcut (in a script). That doesn't trigger anything when it completes. I think I just have to trigger them by overlaying the reads list input on my current live shot. It looks like it triggers when you do the overlay.

-Brian

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