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TL68  
#1 Posted : Wednesday, January 17, 2024 9:00:27 PM(UTC)
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Hi!
Sorry if this is already covered in some other thread and I missed it. If so please point me right.

So I am trying to build a countdown timer that counts down towards a starttime defined in a Google Sheets used as datasource.

What I want is to achieve is to replace the clocktime shown in the vMix tutorial:

Countdown timer to datasource time

Is this possible and if so how?
Thanks in advance for any help with this!
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#2 Posted : Wednesday, January 17, 2024 11:00:13 PM(UTC)
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Hi!
Sorry if this is already covered in some other thread and I missed it. If so please point me right.

So I am trying to build a countdown timer that counts down towards a starttime defined in a Google Sheets used as datasource.

What I want is to achieve is to replace the clocktime shown in the vMix tutorial:


Is this possible and if so how?
Thanks in advance for any help with this!


Put the data in an invisible textblock , read and convert it with a script to the proper format and put it in the appropriate textblock
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TL68  
#3 Posted : Wednesday, January 17, 2024 11:06:57 PM(UTC)
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Hi!
Sorry if this is already covered in some other thread and I missed it. If so please point me right.

So I am trying to build a countdown timer that counts down towards a starttime defined in a Google Sheets used as datasource.

What I want is to achieve is to replace the clocktime shown in the vMix tutorial:


Is this possible and if so how?
Thanks in advance for any help with this!


Put the data in an invisible textblock , read and convert it with a script to the proper format and put it in the appropriate textblock


Thanks for responding! Unfortunately I do not know how to script :-(. Any chance you can help me out here with some basic samples?
I have the data source setup working and can make a hidden textblock in a title. But then..?
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#4 Posted : Wednesday, January 17, 2024 11:14:43 PM(UTC)
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Also, if you have control over the Google Sheet, you can use an aditional column that computes the correct string for vMix Countdown to Time.
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TL68  
#5 Posted : Wednesday, January 17, 2024 11:36:27 PM(UTC)
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Also, if you have control over the Google Sheet, you can use an aditional column that computes the correct string for vMix Countdown to Time.

THanks! But not sure I understand... How do you mean that sheets would recalculate every second and then fetch that into a title? Would not that mean a lot of updates for the data source?

EDIT: YES NOW I UNDERSTAND! Sorry, late in the afternoon here in Sweden so brain is a bit slow
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#6 Posted : Wednesday, January 17, 2024 11:46:09 PM(UTC)
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Also, if you have control over the Google Sheet, you can use an aditional column that computes the correct string for vMix Countdown to Time.

THanks! But not sure I understand... How do you mean that sheets would recalculate every second and then fetch that into a title? Would not that mean a lot of updates for the data source?



No, just write "{0:07:00:00PM|HH:mm:ss}" into the Google Sheets cell. Or, if you prefer to only write "07:00:00PM" into the Google Sheet, use a second cell that computes "{0:07:00:00PM|HH:mm:ss}" for the vMix title.
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#7 Posted : Wednesday, January 17, 2024 11:53:01 PM(UTC)
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Also, if you have control over the Google Sheet, you can use an aditional column that computes the correct string for vMix Countdown to Time.

THanks! But not sure I understand... How do you mean that sheets would recalculate every second and then fetch that into a title? Would not that mean a lot of updates for the data source?



No, just write "{0:07:00:00PM|HH:mm:ss}" into the Google Sheets cell. Or, if you prefer to only write "07:00:00PM" into the Google Sheet, use a second cell that computes "{0:07:00:00PM|HH:mm:ss}" for the vMix title.


Hahaha, right when you posted this I posted in the previous post that I figured this out myself!

One more question: is there any way to do this computation in 24h format and not need the AM/PM parameter?

EDIT: figured that one out too. I just use format 0:16:00 instead of 0:04:00 PM. No need to change any setting. Great!

Thanks for all help guys! Really appreciated!
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#8 Posted : Thursday, January 18, 2024 1:42:35 AM(UTC)
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Put the data in an invisible textblock , read and convert it with a script to the proper format and put it in the appropriate textblock


Thanks for responding! Unfortunately I do not know how to script :-(. Any chance you can help me out here with some basic samples?
I have the data source setup working and can make a hidden textblock in a title. But then..?


"Scripting for dummies" post
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#9 Posted : Thursday, January 18, 2024 1:54:13 AM(UTC)
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Got the setup working now by doing the calculations for the Countdown to Time parameter in the sheets document I use as data source. Works like a charm!
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