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  • Projects directory - Default directory for saving project files (.prj).
  • Media directory - Default directory for media files. Used by the Consolidate Media function.
  • Backup directory - Directory used when backing up a project (and used media files)
  • Load last project file on launch - Check this option to automatically load the last used project the next time the application is started. In most scenarios, this option is active (checked). It is possible to change the last project file to launch manually in the Settings.xml under the property “LastProjectFile”. This could be useful if the application crashes during startup, loading a corrupt project (.prj) file.
  • Automatically create project backups - Every 5 minutes there will be a backup saved of the current running project as projectname.bak in the same folder as the projectname.prj.
  • Require audio device on application startup - Enables an audio device check at application start. There might be a few rare scenarios where this is important. One such scenario might be when accessing the application via an RDP session. Typically this option is inactive/unchecked.
  • Group source media by type - This setting will group all Scenes and Inputs by their type under the Inputs & Scenes tab:
  • Use short names when importing media files - If enabled, only the file name will be used to name the media input. Otherwise, the full path of the file will be used as name.
  • Audio peak meter range - Defines the audiometer peak range.
  • Lock workstation after (sec) - Defines the user inactivity timeout (in seconds). If a timeout is triggered, the application will be locked. To unlock the application, user interaction is required.
    It is possible to manually lock the application by selecting from the Application menu "Misc/Lock application..."
    Description: If a user timeout occurs, the application will be locked. Press the Unlock workstation button to unlock.
  • Encryption Key - A unique private GUID used when encrypting project files. Encryption of project files occurs when using the Export encrypted project feature. Opening an encrypted project is only possible if the local private encryption key matches the key used during the export of the project.
  • Default Scene Width - the default scene width (in pixels) used when creating new scenes. The default value is 1280.
  • Default Scene Height - the default scene height (in pixels) used when creating new scenes. The default value is 720.
  • Max Processing Cue Size - the maximum number of internal video frames that Composer can buffer. The buffer size is zero frames in normal operations, but if the video processing is slow, the buffer might contain several unprocessed frames. If processing stalls or are very slow, the buffer will quickly increase and eventually reach the max size. When the buffer is full, Composer will restart its internal processing, emptying the buffer.
    The default value is 50 frames.
  • Clear Errors and Warnings at project load - This option will clear the Errors and Warnings in the performance panel's GUI when a project is loaded.
  • Runtime state - optional metadata field used to indicate the runtime state in which the server/workstation operates. This runtime state does not affect the actual performance or state of the server/workstation. It is only a metadata field, and it's used in parts of the logging subsystem and some API functions. For starters, you can leave this field blank or select the Unknown state.
    These are the available runtime states:
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  • System Label - A string identifier that represents the Composer instance well. Examples: Studio 21, BlackJack22, Table2, Gameshow3. If left blank, the default value will be hostname. SystemLabel may only contain characters, numbers, dash, and underscore. Find more about how System Label can enhance the log files and the /metrics endpoint. 
  • Add System Label, Hostname and Version to Log and Metrics- Add System label, Hostname, and application version as "SystemLabel" in Composer log files and metrics. This can be useful when using a log monitoring tool (Grafana, Kibana, etc).

    .txt files:
    [2024-02-28 08:56:13.680 [Information] [2001] [<SystemLabel>] [1.8.8822] [<HostName>] Application started: VindralComposer R1 2024 "Silverstone", v1.8.8822.27240

    .json files:
    {"Timestamp":"2024-02-28T08:56:13.6805500+01:00","Level":"Information","MessageTemplate":"Application started: VindralComposer R1 2024 \"Silverstone\", v1.8.8822.27240","Properties":{"EventId":2001,"UtcTimestamp":"2024-02-28T07:56:13.6805500Z","SystemLabel":"<SystemLabel>","Version":"1.8.8822","HostName":"<HostName>"}}
Note!
For this feature to be operational, you need the optional Extended Monitoring Plugin. Find more information here.
  • Vindral CDN API Endpoint - API Endpoint for Vindral CDN. If you use the Vindral CDN API, this information will be provided by RealSprint.


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