ONAIR StopWatch

[Maartenvn]

A new window option with a StopWatch that starts counting up from the moment the ONAIR status is changed from off to on.

Features:

• Ability to set a timing from when the timer starts blinking (to notify the presenter they have been talking too long).

• Ability to set 2 timing values for color changes. Green = initially, Orange = coming close to the recommended presentation duration, Red = please stop talking

• As a separate window that can be docked somewhere freely.

• Add a macro that is available in the "OnAir" and "OffAir" to give the OnAir duration in milliseconds for logging purposes.

Reasoning:

It would be great to see how long a presenter is talking to prevent interviews from taking too long and visually notify them they should probably split the interview in multiple sections with music in between. This is a pure visual feature as an aid for the presenter.

[radio42]

I’ll put it on the WishList!

BUT note, that you already have per mixer input channel a "Show OnAir Time" option (just right-click on the mixer channel name)!
This already shows the time when a mixer input channel is active.
This can already be used to let the user know, how long he/she is OnAir! But it doesn't contain any warning or limits etc.

[Maartenvn]

Thank you!

The OnAir Time for each channel is not something we can use because we don't want to show the mixer on screen to save screen real estate. We are looking for something bigger, just like the current time/date and timecode window.

[radio42]

I am not sure, if a dedicated dock panel is worth for this quite specific wish.

But you might maybe use an existing feature:
When you right-click on the mixer input channel you can define an event in the 'Edit Control-Command Events...'
E.g. use the OnFaderStart event and set the following comamnd:

SHOW_COUNTDOWN 180000|MIC OnAir Countdown

The will show on fader start a big countdown window (in the above example it counts down from 3 minutes) - location can be changed and is remembered!
You can also use the general Mixer event in the general settings...

Currently this countdown is not closed when the fader is closed (but only when either the countdown ends or is manually closed. But this might be added, if that solution looks feasible to you?

[radio42]

In the new v4.4.1.0 the SHOW_COUNTDOWN command using a time value of 0 will discard/close the last countdown dialog.
So you can now start the countdown with the OnFaderStart and close it with the OnFaderStop event.