Viewer Controls

Reeltime Pro’s viewer controls are essential for controlling recording and playback in slots. Hence, the viewer controls are one of the core UI elements positioned in a separate bar below the image within the main view’s viewer window and all multi views’ viewer windows.

The viewer controls display different elements depending on

• the slot’s type (input/library/composite/output slots)
• the slot mode (live/playback/reference)
  • live slot mode: the viewer controls are recording controls that allow controlling a slot’s recording actions
  • playback and reference slot modes: the viewer controls are playback controls that allow controlling a slot’s playback actions
• the window layout (main view/multi view)

Note: Slot modes only exist in input slots but also influence composite and output slots with an input slot as source configured.

In summary, there are two types of viewer controls – recording and playback, depending on the slot’s mode. Furthermore, the options provided within the controls vary also depending on the slot type.

Recording Controls

Recording controls provide controls for triggering recording actions in a single slot or timecode-synced groups of slots. Furthermore, recording controls allow setting multiple in and out ranges while recording. Recording controls contain the following elements:

• Slot character label
  • displays the slot’s slot character
    • Note: the slot character is only available in input slots
• Slot label label
  • displays the slot’s slot label
    • Note: in slots without slot character (= library/composite/output slots), the slot label is displayed at the position and size of the slot character (first position in larger font size)
• Slot mode indicator
  • indicates the currently set slot mode (live/playback/reference)
• Sync info label
  • for group recordings only: displays a sync icon and the slot characters of all slots that are synced in the current group recording
• Arming button
  • allows arming/un-arming the slot for the upcoming (group) recording
• Record button
  • starts/stops recording
  • the button is red during recording
• Set Marker button
  • • sets a marker at the current position
      • can also be a group marker button (adjustable in the library settings)
• Set In button
  • sets an in-point or moves an existing in-point to the current position
• Set Out button
  • sets an out-point or moves an existing out-point to the current position
• Timecode label
  • displays the incoming SDI timecode of the connected device or the current time as timecode (depends on recording settings)
• Scrub bar
  • Elapsed time label
    • displays the elapsed time of the current recording
  • In/out ranges
    • display the marked in/out ranges in the current recording within the scrub bar

Playback Controls

Playback controls provide flexible options for playing back single recordings or timecode-synced group recordings. Furthermore, playback controls allow navigating within the recording/s and editing or adding in/out ranges. The playback controls contain the following elements:

• Slot character label
  • only available in input slots
• Slot label label
• Slot mode indicator
  • indicates the currently set slot mode (live/playback/reference)
• Slate/clip info label
  • By clicking on the label, the label displays
    • the slate info of the loaded clip (“Standard” slating system: scene/shot/take, “American” slating system: scene/take),
    • or the clip name of the loaded clip
• Sync info label
  • for group recordings only: displays a sync icon and the slot characters of all slots that are synced in the current group recording that is loaded for playback
• Previous Frame button
  • moves the playhead position to the previous frame
• Play button
  • toggles between play/pause
  • the button is blue during playback
• Jump to Previos Marker button
  • moves the playhead position to the previous marker
• Jump to Next Marker button
  • moves the playhead position to the next marker
• Set Marker button
  • sets a marker at the current position
    • can also be a group marker button (adjustable in the library settings)
• Jump to Previous In button
  • cycles backward through the existing in-points in the clip
• Jump to Next In button
  • cycles forward through the existing in-points in the clip
• Set/Move In button
  • sets an in-point at the current position or moves an existing in-point to the current position
• Set/Move Out button
  • sets an out-point at the current position or moves an existing out-point to the current position
• Playback Speed badge
  • displays the current playback speed
• Timecode label
  • displays the timecode of the loaded clip at the current playhead position (frame)
• Ranges Playback Mode button
  • toggles between the modes “Ignore Rangers”, “Current Range”, and “All Ranges”
• Loop Playback button
  • enables/disables loop playback (can be “combined” with the above ranges playback options)
• Scrub bar
  • Elapsed time label
    • displays the elapsed time of the loaded clip’s duration at the current playhead position
  • Playhead
    • displays the current playhead position within the scrub bar
  • In/out ranges
    • the current range / all ranges can be highlighted or dimmed depending on the ranges playback mode (ignore ranges/current range/all ranges)
  • Markers
    • the selected marker is displayed as a filled marker symbol; other markers are displayed with an outlined marker symbol
  • Remaining time label
    • displays the remaining time of the loaded clip’s duration from the current playhead position

Output slots viewer controls

Output slots display the viewer controls of their source slots (input slots/library slots/composite slots)

• Recording controls or playback controls, depending on the slot mode of the configured source input slot
• Additionally, there are
  • Buttons for
    • Set “Slot Follows Selection” for all Output Slots
      • sets “Slot Follows Selection” for all currently configured output slots so that the input source for all output slots temporarily follows the slot selection in the UI
    • Set “Force Slot to Live Video” for all Output Slots
      • sets “Force Slot to Live Video” for all currently configured output slots so that all output slots receive only the live signal of their configured input source slot
  • An indicator with a reveal button for the configured input source
    • displays the currently configured source slot and allows to go to the associated slot when pressing the “reveal” button

Output slot during playback (with an input slot as source)

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