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LMarshRadio  
#1 Posted : Wednesday, June 17, 2020 5:46:12 PM(UTC)
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Hi all, have been having some trouble figuring this one out.

For my radio stations website, I want to swap between a delayed and non delayed version of our video feed, depending on if our audio is in delay or not (profanity delay)

Now the thing is, it takes the profanity delay about two minutes to build up to its maximum delay time.

I am sending commands via tcp from our playout program. How would I go about delaying the tcp command by two minutes? Could I do it with a script when the command reaches vMix?

Any help is much appreciated, cheers
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#2 Posted : Wednesday, June 17, 2020 5:51:04 PM(UTC)
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use a "pause" or "sleep" command before the command... depends on your shell interface I believe...

You can also do this with vMix UTC or Panel Builder
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LMarshRadio  
#3 Posted : Wednesday, June 17, 2020 5:55:57 PM(UTC)
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I was under the impression the sleep command works with scripting only and does not work with the API commands? That is what vMix support told me.
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#4 Posted : Wednesday, June 17, 2020 6:03:40 PM(UTC)
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You mentionned sending TCP API from your playout system so it relies on this side or you could send your command to a vMix script which can start by a sleep command before executing the command...
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LMarshRadio  
#5 Posted : Wednesday, June 17, 2020 6:49:51 PM(UTC)
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Ah I see, so I could send an api to call a script? Any chance you could help with the code?

It basically needs to wait 2mins after it receives the api command, then switch the input of externaloutput2

Thanks for your help!
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#6 Posted : Wednesday, June 17, 2020 7:04:11 PM(UTC)
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Ah I see, so I could send an api to call a script? Any chance you could help with the code?

It basically needs to wait 2mins after it receives the api command, then switch the input of externaloutput2

Thanks for your help!


check out the "scripting for dummies" post
Combined with the helpfiles especially shortcut function reference
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#7 Posted : Wednesday, June 17, 2020 7:17:04 PM(UTC)
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Yes check the scripting section in the manual's shortcut function reference
We have several options to trigger a script with the API, then it's just a matter of writing your script as it should to execute your needs...
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LMarshRadio  
#8 Posted : Wednesday, June 17, 2020 7:24:35 PM(UTC)
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Thanks guys will give this a shot tomorrow and let you know how I go, cheers
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LMarshRadio  
#9 Posted : Thursday, June 18, 2020 1:32:33 PM(UTC)
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Hi guys, I have tried the code below and it runs, the sleep works but the external output does not change, any ideas why?

Sleep (3000)
API.Function("SetOutputExternal2""Value=Input""Input=Delay")

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LMarshRadio  
#10 Posted : Thursday, June 18, 2020 1:45:16 PM(UTC)
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Nevermind I figured it out, it turns out if you test a script it does not save the effects of your test when you exit the settings menu? Makes it a little hard to test if it actually works ;)
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#11 Posted : Thursday, June 18, 2020 10:52:03 PM(UTC)
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You can download a Free Script Builder App from the forum if you like. It uses simple pulldown menus and builds the script for you.

https://forums.vmix.com/...r-App---Updated-02-24-20
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