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Working with Play While Record
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Working with Play While Record
This section provides additional information to help clarify the existing Play While Record
feature when used with an AirSpeed video server, such as AirSpeed 5000 or AirSpeed Multi
Stream.
After an item starts recording on the video server, it appears within the Command Inventory
Panel within approximately 10 seconds. When it appears in Command, users can open the
item in the Media Viewer to adjust the Mark In point, and then play the item.
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This requires an available playback channel on the video server that is recording the item. A
Mark Out point is not required, only a Mark In timecode.
To set the Mark In point for an item that is recording, it needs to be added to a Command
playlist (via ENPS, iNEWS, or a Standalone playlist). Once there and available, you can
double-click the item and type the Mark In point.
If you want to open the item in the Media Viewer and use the Jog to set the Mark In point,
you have to configure a Browse channel as part of the Command playlist. It can either be a
Browse channel that is part of the Playback channel group—such as, Channels AB for
playback and C for browse—or with Command v2.6, you can configure a Playback channel
group (AB) and a separate Browse-only group (C). The Browse-only channel group also
needs to be added to the playlist.
To play while record on an AirSpeed video server:
1. Configure an AirSpeed video server so that it has a record and playback channel. This
means that the AMS Device Service needs to be part of the Command workgroup, and
the playback channel needs to be in a Command channel group.
2. After the item starts recording, it should appear in Command's inventory within
approximately 10 seconds.
3. After the item is available, it can be played at any time. The countdown clock time will
be erratic, because the duration is being updated while the item is playing.
4. When the recording is stopped, the total time code gets updated one last time, Command
then stops at the recording's stopping point, and then follows the Command hold last
frame setting.
To play while record with Avid iNEWS:
1. Add the item’s ID to the Video ID column of the iNEWS playlist and load the show.
2. Start recording the item on the video server, using the Video ID that you entered in the
iNEWS playlist.