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Example setups

Event playback with a Stream Deck

A conference or awards night: walk-in music, opening video, presenter stings and award videos. The operator runs it from a Stream Deck through Bitfocus Companion, which sends OSC to ShowTimeCoda. Timecode out to lighting is optional.

Example setup, not a customer story. Check it with your own gear before a show.

Stream Deck+ Companion ShowTimeCodaMaster, cues + pads Projector / LED PA Lighting (optional) OSC timecode

You need

  • A Stream Deck (or any button panel) with Bitfocus Companion, on the ShowTimeCoda PC or another computer on the network.
  • The event's media: music, videos, stings.
  • A projector or LED processor on a second display output.

Steps

  1. Cue list. Add the running order: walk-in music, opening video, award videos. Set each cue's Then to Cue the next item and wait, so nothing runs on by accident. Trim the start and stop points and add fade-ins where needed.
  2. Sound pads. Under the cue list, click Edit pads and make a sound pad for each sting (applause, walk-up music, drum roll), with a level each.
  3. Output window. In Setup > Video output window, choose the projector's display, then Open output window.
  4. OSC remote. In Setup > OSC remote control, switch it on (port 8000). If Companion runs on another computer, set Only from to its address.
  5. Companion. Add a generic OSC connection to the ShowTimeCoda PC's address, port 8000, and make buttons that send:
    /timecoda/playGO: play the loaded cue. When a cue ends, the next one is already loaded and waiting.
    /timecoda/togglePlay / pause
    /timecoda/nextSkip to the next cue (keeps playing if a cue is playing)
    /timecoda/stopStop
    /timecoda/cue/3Play cue 3 (for example the opening video)
    /timecoda/pad/1Fire sound pad 1
  6. Lighting (optional). Switch on a timecode output so the lighting console can follow the videos.

Check before the show

  • Every Companion button does what its label says. The status bar shows MIDI and OSC activity.
  • Sound pads play over a running video, and Stop sounds silences them.
  • The countdown is visible from the operator's position (or open the timecode window on a second screen).

A MIDI pad controller works the same way through MIDI remote control and per-pad MIDI notes.