Timecode A & B

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In addition to using MIDI Timecodes to trigger events, NEO can receive timecodes from other programs and devices or generate its own timecode signal. Two timecode types can be set up to trigger separate events.

The timecode configuration provides the ability to set up shortcuts or commands that are triggered by the timecode values being reached.

 

NEO Notes & Tips: In addition to defining global or specific cue “Go” commands, cues can be set to trigger automatically when specific timecodes are reached.  See the section in the “Cue List Editor” for more information on setting up cues and cue lists to receive timecode triggers.

To enable listening to timecodes, click the box marked with the appropriate timecode device you are using:

  • §  Console (NEO) Timecode – Incoming timecode from the SMPTE In Port (Full NEO Console Only).
  • §  DirectX Timecode – Uses the internal Windows timecode functions provided by the DirectX components.
  • §  Winamp Timecode – Winamp is a popular free media player that is capable of playing video and audio files. NEO can read timecodes directly from this software when running on the same PC.
  • §  Adrienne Timecode – The Adrienne devices are a collection of internal and USB devices that support a number of timecode formats.
  • §  Internal Timecode – NEO can also read its own internal timecode produced by the media playback effects.
  • §  Generate Internal Timecode – This option will start the internal timecode generator. As soon as this option is checked you will see the timecode clock start counting. See the timecode command line options for more information about controlling the internal timecode. If you are using the internal timecode generator you can set a shortcut to reset the clock back to 00:00:00:00.

To add a new timecode trigger, click on the “Add” button and edit the fields provided. To remove any trigger, select the event from the list and click on the “Remove” button.

 

Description – This provides a way to identify the trigger by entering a description for your reference.

 

Timecode – Set the time code in the format HH:MM:SS:FF that will trigger the shortcut or command. The shortcut or command will only trigger once when the time is reached.

 

Shortcut – This field is used to specify which shortcut number you want this trigger to execute.

 

Command – To execute any other system command simply type the command into this field.

 

Global Offset – If the timecode being received does not start at zero you can apply a global offset. The offset will be added to the incoming timecode value at every frame. Use negative values to remove time from the incoming values.

 

Reset all events if the previous timecode is greater than the current – When this option is turned on, all events will be flagged as “waiting to fire” if the timecode loops or the previous timecode received is greater than the latest timecode received.

 

Don’t trigger timecode cues prior to the current live cue – When on, prevents the system from jumping to cues prior to the current live cue.

 

Import / Export – To help manage a large number of timecode events you can import this information from a comma separated text file (.csv). Click on each of these buttons to open a standard Windows file dialog to select the file you want to import from or export to. When choosing the import option, a dialog will pop up asking you if you want to remove existing entries before importing the new data.

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