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We are looking for a solution to display the countdown for all scenes that are present in a timed group. When we take the group on air we would like to know how long it takes until the end.

Does anyone have a solution for that?

Hey Vincent,

I'm not sure if this is any help but when you right click on the columnheaders in the sequencer (such as Scene, Name, Content etc...) you will get a popup where you can select "Columns" and then see all the available columns that you can add to the sequencer.

One of them is "Countdown" which, once added at the back of the list, will show you the individual countdowns if I'm correct.

See if that is what you're looking for?

Cheers,

Ken

Hi Ken,

That countdown is only related to the scene that is currently playing. What I need is a countdown of the whole group.

Do you know if it is feasible through a script?

Thanks

Vince

I've found a solution for it:

dim scene1, scene2, scene3 as xpScene
dim s1sd, s2sd, s3sd as xpSceneDirector
dim s1fr, s2fr, s3fr as Long
dim fr2ms as Long
dim countdown as xpBaseWidget
fr2ms = 40 'milliseconds per frame

engine.getWidgetByName("Countdown", countdown)
engine.getSceneByID(1, scene1)
engine.getSceneByID(2, scene2)
engine.getSceneByID(3, scene3)
scene1.getSceneDirectorByName("SceneDirector1", s1sd)
scene2.getSceneDirectorByName("SceneDirector1", s2sd)
scene3.getSceneDirectorByName("SceneDirector1", s3sd)
s1fr = s1sd.duration
s2fr = s2sd.duration
s3fr = s3sd.duration
fr2ms = (fr2ms * (s1fr + s2fr + s3fr))

countdown.TimerValue = fr2ms
countdown.start

But this works only if all the scene IDs exist. Is there a way to do the math even when there is no scene present and skip it?