3.11 Video Time Code

3.11.1 Creation:

Use the Monitor Browser to add a Monitor containing one or more Video Time Code viewers to the current Layout.

  1. Open the Monitor Browser in KEdit in one of three ways:
  2. Select an appropriate Monitor from the pull down list, using the Preview to see its appearance.
  3. Click on the preview, and drag a copy of the Monitor onto the Layout.
  4. Or add a Video Time Code viewer to an existing Monitor in the Layout:
  5. Unlock the Monitor in which the Video Time Code viewer will be located, by right-clicking and selecting Unlock Monitor from the contextual menu.. The Monitor's border will turn yellow, indicating it may be edited. You may also ALT-click anywhere in the Monitor, which will unlock the Monitor and select the item you clicked.
  6. Select the Video Time Code tool in the KEdit toolbar.
  7. Click inside the Monitor, and drag to place a Video Time Code viewer of the desired size.
  8. Note that if the new Video Time Code viewer extends beyond the Monitor boundary, then it will not be part of the Monitor.

Or add a Video Time Code viewer that is not part of a Monitor to the Layout:

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Note that if the new Video time Code viewer extends beyond the Monitor boundary, then it will not be part of the Monitor.

3.11.2 Configuration:

The attributes of a Video Time Code viewer are adjustable using its Configuration Panel in KEdit. To access the panel for a Video Time Code viewer within a Monitor:

  1. Select the Video Time Code viewer using one of these methods:
    • Unlock the Monitor in which the Video Time Code viewer is located, by right-clicking and selecting Unlock Monitor from the contextual menu (an UNLOCKED Monitor is identified by a YELLOW BORDER and YELLOW RESIZING HANDLES in its corners), and then click on the Video Time Code viewer to select it
    • ALT-click on the Video Time Code viewer. The monitor will unlock, and the viewer will be selected.
    • NOTE: at this point the Video Time Code viewer may be positioned (click on the Video Time Code viewer and drag) and scaled (click and drag a control point) within the Monitor. It cannot be moved outside the Monitor boundary.
  2. Open the Configuration Panel for the Video Time Code viewer by pushing F5, or from the Configuration Panel item in the View menu.

3.11.2.1 Offline Panels

Assignment Tab

Assign the video source:

Enter the number of the Kaleido video input that is carrying the embedded time code [enter a number between 1 and 32].

Channel: If this time code is within a Monitor, the name of the assigned Channel will be shown, and the Link order box will be active. Enter the link order of the time code data within the Channel that this Video Time Code will display.

Appearance Tab

Change the display settings:

Background: select the background color on the Time Code Viewer display. Click the arrow beside the icon to open a color selection window to choose a different color.

Digits: select the color of the digits displayed by the Time Code Viewer. Click the arrow beside the icon to open a color selection window to choose a different color.

Transparency:

Use the slider to select a transparency for the Time Code Viewer. The transparency is only seen when the Time Code Viewer is overlaid on a Video Screen. The selected value is shown as a percentage beneath the slider. Possible values are 0, 15, 30, 45, 55, 70, 85 and 100%.

Border:

Select whether the Time Code Viewer displayed on the Kaleido monitor wall output will have no border, or a lowered bevel border:

  • None - no border is shown.
  • Lowered Bevel - shows a border with a beveled profile.

Action Tab

Assign Actions

Action on single click: from the pull-down box, select the Action that will be executed when this Time Code Viewer is single-clicked using the mouse attached to the Kaleido-K2.

Action on double click: from the pull-down box, select the Action that will be executed when this Time Code Viewer is double-clicked using the mouse attached to the Kaleido-K2.

3.11.2.2 Online Panels (Kaleido-K2 only)

Assignment Tab

Assign the video source:

Enter the number of the Kaleido video input that is carrying the embedded time code [enter a number between 1 and 32].

Channel:

If this time code is within a Monitor, the name of the assigned channel will be shown, and the Link order box will be active. Enter the link order of the time code data within the Channel that this Video Time Code will display.

Appearance Tab

Change the display settings:

Background: select the background color on the Video Time Code display. Click the arrow beside the icon to open a color selection window to choose a different color.

Digits: select the color of the digits displayed by the Video Time Code. Click the arrow beside the icon to open a color selection window to choose a different color.

Transparency:

Use the slider to select a transparency for the Video Time Code. The transparency is only seen when the Video Time Code is overlaid on a Video Screen. The selected value is shown as a percentage beneath the slider. Possible values are 0, 15, 30, 45, 55, 70, 85 and 100%.

Border:

Select whether the Video Time Code displayed on the Kaleido monitor wall output will have no border, or a lowered bevel border:

  • None - no border is shown.
  • Lowered Bevel - shows a border with a beveled profile.

Action Tab

Assign Actions

Action on single click: from the pull-down box, select the Action that will be executed when this Video Time Code is single-clicked using the mouse attached to the Kaleido-K2.

Action on double click: from the pull-down box, select the Action that will be executed when this Video Time Code is double-clicked using the mouse attached to the Kaleido-K2.

3.11.3 Operation

3.11.3.1 Fire an Action

Left-click on the Video Time Code viewer in the Kaleido display using the mouse.


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