Hi Lee, You can almost do this, I tried something similar for situations where it would be necessary to log the talk-time of an announcer.
What I did is create an hour-long silent audio file, and put that into a cart. Then when it is time to talk you just put that cart in the log and it'll act as a "count up" timer. For automating it, you could use either the LB or the LC command to put a message in the Label box. Then use a macro to put the talk as an event into the log and allow the cart to play. Another approach would be to make it a panel button, and use the play panel / stop panel macros. Depending on your situation using the panel might be a better approach, since it won't interrupt the actual log - if someone happens to turn the mic on "accidentally" in the middle of a track, it won't mess up the log. A third approach - if you do not care whether or not Rivendell logs the talk time, you can just use the RN macro and then any of a number of Linux based stop watch apps. Then when you run the "start talk" macro you could change the label, run a shell script to fire a stop watch which would pop up on the screen and start counting. When you're done talking have a "stop talk" macro that kills the stopwatch app, clears the message in the label box, and allows Rivendell to resume normal operation. I should mention that I have *not* tried all of these options, right now I am not in front of a Rivendell machine. However something based on these options might provide an option that would meet your needs. The beauty of Linux and Rivendell is that there are many ways to do things, lots of flexibility to meet multiple requirements. Lorne Tyndale > > Hi all, > > I am just wondering if there is a macro command that can display a count up > timer in the label window. > > What I am trying to do is when the mics are turned on a label shows up in > rdairplay displaying “MICS ON” and I’d like to display a timer after “MICS > ON” showing how long you have been talking. > > Cheers, > Lee<hr>_______________________________________________ > Rivendell-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev _______________________________________________ Rivendell-dev mailing list [email protected] http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
