Bluefish444 File Playout

General
1

Hi,

We have Bluefish444 Supernova S+ with 4 SDI connectors and 1 Genlock connector.
There are few compressed mp4 and ts files we would like to play in loop, while Genlock is locked to external source.
It is OK if all 4 SDI play same output (we need at least 2).
Can this be achieved with CCG?

Thanks for advise,
Emil

2

This should be possible with CasparCG. I am not sure, if the Supernova S+ is working with Caspar, but if that is the case (you need to test to make sure) and your PC is not too slow you can easy play 4 loops.

3

It is win7 intel xeon with 16GB RAM.
How can i test it? 1 SDI output for start? Is there any good tutorial?
Which version (server) do you recommend?

4

There is no good tutorial, I am afraid. You can use any version, as playing a video in a loop is possible with all of them, back to very early versions. You find a download link on the main homepage, see “Downloads” or “Executables”. Be sure to download a server and a client. Then install that on your machine. in some folders. Then there is a file called “casparcg.config” right beside the servers exe file. Edit that, so that it accesses the bluefish card. Further down in that file you find examples of what to change. Put your video files in the servers media folder and start to play.

5

Thanks, I will start from there…
The client side seems confusing :slight_smile:
Can client run on different PC?

6

It can, but it does mot need to.

7

Can you explain about client how do i load clip and play Bluefish444 SDI out?
Please see config file…

<configuration>
    <paths>
        <media-path>D:/Clips/60/</media-path>
        <log-path>log/</log-path>
        <data-path>data/</data-path>
        <template-path>template/</template-path>
    </paths>
    <lock-clear-phrase>secret</lock-clear-phrase>
    <channels>
        <channel>
            <video-mode>1080p5994</video-mode>
            <consumers>
                <bluefish>
                <device>[1..]</device>
		            <sdi-stream>1[1..] </sdi-stream>
                <embedded-audio>true [true|false]</embedded-audio>
                <keyer>disabled [external|internal|disabled] (external only supported on channels 1 and 3, using 3 requires 4 out connectors) ( internal only available on devices with a hardware keyer) </keyer>
                <internal-keyer-audio-source> videooutputchannel [videooutputchannel|sdivideoinput] ( only valid when using internal keyer option) </internal-keyer-audio-source>
                <watchdog>2[0..] ( set to 0 to disable the HW watchdog functionality, otherwise this value indicates how many frames to wait after a crash, before enabling the bypass relay's on the card - only works on sdi-stream 1) </watchdog>
            </bluefish>
            </consumers>
        </channel>
    </channels>
    <controllers>
        <tcp>
            <port>5250</port>
            <protocol>AMCP</protocol>
        </tcp>
    </controllers>
    <amcp>
        <media-server>
            <host>localhost</host>
            <port>8000</port>
        </media-server>
    </amcp>
</configuration>

Thanks,

8

Thanks a lot, with edited config, i have now video in SDI output, but still no audio.
What am i missing?

9

First you should descide whitch of the different settings to use. Understand, that these [ and ] stuff is to show all possible values and that only one of them can be used. So the config should look something like:

<configuration>
	<paths>
		<media-path>D:/Clips/60/</media-path>
		<log-path>log/</log-path>
		<data-path>data/</data-path>
		<template-path>template/</template-path>
	</paths>
	<lock-clear-phrase>secret</lock-clear-phrase>
	<channels>
		<channel>
			<video-mode>1080p5994</video-mode>
			<consumers>
				<bluefish>
					<device>1</device>
					<sdi-stream>1 </sdi-stream>
					<embedded-audio>true</embedded-audio>
					<keyer>disabled</keyer>
					<watchdog>2</watchdog>
				</bluefish>
			</consumers>
		</channel>
	</channels>
	<controllers>
		<tcp>
			<port>5250</port>
			<protocol>AMCP</protocol>
		</tcp>
	</controllers>
	<amcp>
		<media-server>
			<host>localhost</host>
			<port>8000</port>
		</media-server>
	</amcp>
</configuration>

In the client, there is a settings window, where you can add a server connection (if it has not been set already). The client will connect to the server to control the play out. If the connection could be establish you will see a list of all videos in your media-path, when you click on the “Videos” line. Double click on one of then to add it to the list and hit “F2” to play it. “F1” will stop it. To make it to loop, activate the corresponding checkbox in the pane on the right.

10

Excellent it works now.
Thank You.