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Voctomix Recording Operation

iiie edited this page Jul 10, 2024 · 2 revisions

Show Time!

The boxes and everything is in place and tested. Hopefully the night before and powered down.

  • [ _ ] Power on all the things (it doesn't matter what order.)

  • [ _ ] Voctomix mixer PC

  • [ _ ] Camera

  • [ _ ] Opsis Box

  • [ _ ] find clipboard of run sheets, pen and X off the daily checklist at the top.

  • [ _ ] crew assinged to the room:

  • [ _ ] keep the camera pointed at the presenter, decide what makes a good mix (Camera/Grabber/PnP)

  • [ _ ] click Cut when talks seem to be starting and ending.

  • [ _ ] Write the HH:MM:SS of the cut that seems best. (generally the last one, and once you get good the only one.)

  • [ _ ] keep an eye and ear on the audio. Ideally keep the headphones on, you will notice problems sooner this way.

  • [ _ ] note problems on the run sheet. If something needs fixing, there needs to be something on the run sheet or it may not get fixed.

Use the transfer disk when there are breaks and at the of the day.

  • [ _ ] Copy video files to usb disk:

  • [ _ ] Plug in disk to blue usb3 port on the back of the box.

  • [ _ ] pmount /dev/disk/by-label/xfer xfer

  • [ _ ] videoteam-copy-recordings.sh (vide TAB c Tab sh - should Tab complete the command.)

  • [ _ ] expect it to take 5 min or so for a few hours of content.

  • [ _ ] pumount xfer

  • [ _ ] Unplug and off to next machine.

  • [ _ ] do a 2nd disk if you feel compelled. It is making a copy, the mixer boxes have 128gigs, they will use 30 so they are not going to run out of space.

  • [ _ ] Maybe there will be a process for transferring them to the gator road case box.

  • [ _ ] Get the files to my Val1 box at PS1. Either plug the disk in Monday or Tues, or if the hotel has surprisingly good network, rsync the 120gig of files to PS1. (yes 120gig. yes they could be smaller, but not this time. )

End of day

  • [ _ ] Ctrl-Alt-T to open a terminal
  • [ _ ] stop-all-the-things - this shuts down the mixer which stops saving video to disk.
  • [ _ ] ssh [email protected] - pw x - sudo poweroff
  • [ _ ] and then the mixer box: sudo poweroff (or use the menu, or hit the power button, all should be fine.)
  • [ _ ] Collect the run sheets. Sort them (page numbers at the top) and verify none are missing.
  • [ _ ] Scan or whatever the run sheets, send them to Carl for processing.

End of show

  • [ _ ] Once everything is powered down, box it up and take it out the door.
  • [ _ ] once again verify all the run sheets have been collected, put them somewhere safe and easy to get to over the next few days.