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Problem with SMPTE timecode!

Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 05:18
by wie_wie
Here's what I'm doing I want my each clip trigger to SMPTE timecode. So I'm writing down offset timer for example for first clip in layer1 00:00:01.00. (Transport- SMPTE1). clip length is 3sec, after that i have offset on another clip 0:00:06.00 (Transport SMPTE1) but it doesn't get triggered. Only the one clip get's triggered which I have selected at the moment. after that it's just blank...

Re: Problem with SMPTE timecode!

Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 10:53
by Oaktown
For a clip to be triggered using SMPTE, it has to be triggered.

You can only trigger one clip per layer unless you choose Free Layer as Target and you have free layers. So as a work around, you could achieve what you want to do by doing the following:
  • Place all your SMPTE clips in layer 1,
    Change all clips to Target>Free Layer (note that your first clip doesn't have to be set to Free Layer but this will make triggering easier),
    Create as X layers with no clip where X is the number of SMPTE clips - 1
    Trigger all the clips
    Launch SMPTE
As you can imagine, this is not going to work if you have tons of clips you want to trigger using SMPTE.

The better approach would be to use a third party application that can trigger your clips or columns from incoming SMPTE (such as Linear OSC Controller or Vezer)