eurbani Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 I've read several posts about this. The help file wasn't nearly as helpful as the forums. Please let me know if I have done this right. Easter show is going live Sunday night!I have two musical sequences in one showA- 2:46 longB- 7:12 longtotal: 9:58I want to have them play every 10 minutes, but the schedule editor is nearly impossible to set up ten minute shows (they are too small to click for future editing and you have to add so many!)In the schedule editor, I have a show starting every 30 minutes and lasting for 29 minutes.That should play the sequences in the show A 3 times, and B 2 times and start it a third. With musical sequences running out at the end of the sequence, I will get three of each. RIGHT?I think that I probably need to cut the second one down 3-5 seconds as there is sometimes a 1-2 second delay between sequences which means that while the 29 minute scheduled show should be lasting 29:54, it could run over into the next show scheduled in the editor. RIGHT?If that happens, does the next show just start a few minutes late? Or does it start immediately and stop the previous show? Or is there some error that would be generated and muck things up?My intent is to have the show start on time on the hour and half, and maybe a few seconds early on the 10, 20, 40 and 50. I don't want to run a few seconds late and have those seconds pile up and have the show running a minute late for the last one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wbottomley Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 eurbani wrote:I've read several posts about this. The help file wasn't nearly as helpful as the forums. Please let me know if I have done this right. Easter show is going live Sunday night!I have two musical sequences in one showA- 2:46 longB- 7:12 longtotal: 9:58I want to have them play every 10 minutes, but the schedule editor is nearly impossible to set up ten minute shows (they are too small to click for future editing and you have to add so many!)In the schedule editor, I have a show starting every 30 minutes and lasting for 29 minutes.That should play the sequences in the show A 3 times, and B 2 times and start it a third. With musical sequences running out at the end of the sequence, I will get three of each. RIGHT?I think that I probably need to cut the second one down 3-5 seconds as there is sometimes a 1-2 second delay between sequences which means that while the 29 minute scheduled show should be lasting 29:54, it could run over into the next show scheduled in the editor. RIGHT?If that happens, does the next show just start a few minutes late? Or does it start immediately and stop the previous show? Or is there some error that would be generated and muck things up?My intent is to have the show start on time on the hour and half, and maybe a few seconds early on the 10, 20, 40 and 50. I don't want to run a few seconds late and have those seconds pile up and have the show running a minute late for the last one.I have a very simple idea... add 2 seconds to make the show exactly 10 minutes and make it play continuous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Simmons Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 wbottomley wrote: I have a very simple idea... add 2 seconds to make the show exactly 10 minutes and make it play continuous.I have an even simpler idea. Run it as is in a continuous loop. Put your stop watch away and find something more worthy to obsess about.Your viewers won't care whether the show begins precisely on the dot. If it's good they'll watch and if it sucks they'll leave, regardless of what time it starts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wbottomley Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 George Simmons wrote:wbottomley wrote: I have a very simple idea... add 2 seconds to make the show exactly 10 minutes and make it play continuous.I have an even simpler idea. Run it as is in a continuous loop. Put your stop watch away and find something more worthy to obsess about. Your viewers won't care whether the show begins precisely on the dot. If it's good they'll watch and if it sucks they'll leave, regardless of what time it starts.Excellent point George. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cenote Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Disagree George, over 3 hrs, it would get off about 36 seconds. Imagine telling your spouse to be ready to leave at 6:00 and you decided to walk out the door and leave 36 seconds early..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-Paul Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Agree with George. Your over thinking this thing out. Set-up a show schedule and put the two seq in the show and let it rip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eurbani Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 Max-Paul wrote:Agree with George. Your over thinking this thing out. Set-up a show schedule and put the two seq in the show and let it rip.Thanks. Over-thinking. I like that and will try not to obsess about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAB Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 cenote wrote: Disagree George, over 3 hrs, it would get off about 36 seconds. Imagine telling your spouse to be ready to leave at 6:00 and you decided to walk out the door and leave 36 seconds early.....I tend to agree and I blame it on my OCD. I do like the idea of announcing that my display starts "on the hour/half hour" or "the nines", etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eurbani Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 Remember there is the time of the sequences and then a little time maybe a second or two to start the show. I tried to add the 2 seconds and wound up with the last show starting 1:36 late.OCD! Yep. I have those stupid plastic drawers from Staples to organize my wires and other crapola. There is a drawer that is labeled "Staples, Paper Clips and Binder Clips" My spouse once put a box of paper clips in the drawer labeled "batteries" Why? WHY? Why, for God's sake would you do such a thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAB Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 eurbani wrote: OCD! Yep. I have those stupid plastic drawers from Staples to organize my wires and other crapola. There is a drawer that is labeled "Staples, Paper Clips and Binder Clips" My spouse once put a box of paper clips in the drawer labeled "batteries" Why? WHY? Why, for God's sake would you do such a thing? Too funny, if it weren't true for me I'd be laughing. Perfectionism is a curse I tell ya! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Simmons Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 eurbani wrote: There is a drawer that is labeled "Staples, Paper Clips and Binder Clips"...The difference between your OCD and my ADD:I also have drawers like those. I just never get around to putting things in them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Maue Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 George Simmons wrote: eurbani wrote: There is a drawer that is labeled "Staples, Paper Clips and Binder Clips"...The difference between your OCD and my ADD:I also have drawers like those. I just never get around to putting things in them...Now that's funny! LMAO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-Paul Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 George Simmons wrote: eurbani wrote: There is a drawer that is labeled "Staples, Paper Clips and Binder Clips"...The difference between your OCD and my ADD:I also have drawers like those. I just never get around to putting things in them...I dont think I can relate. I know I can relate to this George. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asetti Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 George Simmons wrote: eurbani wrote: There is a drawer that is labeled "Staples, Paper Clips and Binder Clips"...The difference between your OCD and my ADD:I also have drawers like those. I just never get around to putting things in them...Have to admit I actually LoLed at that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eurbani Posted March 30, 2012 Author Share Posted March 30, 2012 So, for anyone reading this in the future....I was able to get the shows to start every ten minutes with a small deviation in the range of 5 seconds early to 12 seconds late.Sequence Lengths:A: 2:44.56B: 7:09.00Total : 9:53.56Show just has those two sequences in the musical tabSchedule is a show starting on each half hour and running for 29 minutes.Sample log...7:30:00 PM: Starting Show7:30:01 PM: Loading Compressed Sequence A7:30:01 PM: Starting Musical A7:32:48 PM: Ending Musical A7:32:48 PM: Loading Compressed Sequence B7:32:48 PM: Starting Musical B7:39.59 PM: Ending Musical B7:39:59 PM: Starting Musical A7:42:45 PM: Ending Musical A7:42:45 PM: Starting Musical B7:49.56 PM: Ending Musical B7:49:56 PM: Starting Musical A7:52:43 PM: Ending Musical A7:52:43 PM: Starting Musical B7:59:00 PM: Current show is entering shutdown mode7:59:54 PM: Ending Musical B8:00:00 PM: Starting Show...Sorry to be anal about this, but I was out looking at Christmas shows last year and gave up on some after waiting 10-15 minutes from the appointed start time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Simmons Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 eurbani wrote: Sorry to be anal about this, but I was out looking at Christmas shows last year and gave up on some after waiting 10-15 minutes from the appointed start time.And just how much more evidence do you need underlining the folly and pitfalls of posting/advertising such a totally unnecessary detailed schedule in the first place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfing4Dough Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 George Simmons wrote: eurbani wrote: There is a drawer that is labeled "Staples, Paper Clips and Binder Clips"...The difference between your OCD and my ADD:I also have drawers like those. I just never get around to putting things in them...And if you do finally put something in them, you sure as heck won't have the drawers labeled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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