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Topic: Barco DP2K10S starting too soon
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Dave Macaulay
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From: Toronto, Canada
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 11-29-2013 02:47 PM
You don't want black/pause or anything between cues in the playlist, I don't know how you would put them in there anyway but cue timing is best done in the server macros. Start the playlist, as suggested, with a fairly long black clip. I usually use 15-20 seconds, but this is tested to see how the effect is in the house. Don't put a macro in the black at "zero" offset because it will execute if you open a playlist in "pause" (the playlist pauses at 0 sec and executes any macro attached there). At 1 sec from start of black I attach the show start macro. This macro selects the correct projector "channel", turns on the lamp, switches sound format on the CP, and turns the house lights to "mid dim". That gets tested to see that it all completes and the black clip ends just about when the lights are dimmed. In the actual show start macro I do put 1 sec delays between commands, this was required with early Doremi server software some years ago and might not be needed now but it's a habit. With this setup done properly the projector is ready to go - lamp on and lamp power dropped to the right level (the lamp starts at 100% power and holds there for a few seconds) and the lens will have completed any zoom/shift/focus movements needed before the first show clip starts. I've seen a lot of shows where the first trailer or snipestarts with the picture still zooming or shifting and/or is missing the first few seconds because the projector is still setting up when the playlist starts running real content. If you're doing cue insertion as with Dolby servers by adding individual cues for every automation action into the main playlist, I strongly recommend you take advantage of the Doremi approach: create show start macros for each format you use, a feature cue for lights down and maybe a sound fader increase, a credit cue for lights to mid, and an end cue with lights to full, non-sync sound, and projector lamp off. This makes playlist building a bunch easier and less error prone. On an installation I leave a set of playlist templates with black clips with the main macros and placeholder content where trailers and feature would go (I use a test clip that shouldn't be deleted like outdated trailers are). The operator just has to open a template, insert the real content, delete the placeholder content, and attach the credit cue where it belongs - then save it with the show name.
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