Production Workflow

Hi All,

I'm running OverDrive 22.3 with Caprica and a Carbonite Ultra 60 using Avid FastServe for VTR playback. I have a custom control built to eject all vtr channels which works fine. However once I advance the OD rundown the VTRs do not cue any tapes. This results in OD cutting to tape machines in black. Tapes will begin to load again if I prepare a shot via a double-click.

Anyone experience something similar or have a solution? 

Hi Nate,

Your expectation that OverDrive should be sending messages to prepare devices when a rundown is advanced is correct, so let's break it down a bit.

If a device has been cued, but all the content has been ejected, the operator may need to recue those devices to re-load them. Otherwise the system would constantly be checking and cueing, creating overhead on the network.

Is the custom control built on the Carbonite, or Caprica? When you run the eject command, can you cue clips from Direct Control? Do you have to cue manually each device to get things moving again? Are there secondary events within the timeline? 

Open a support ticket, if you feel the need, as support will need some logs to track down the issue, but understanding the workflow will help fill in those blanks.

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JB Morrison
Product Manager; OverDrive and Caprica
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Thanks JB,

The custom is built in Caprica with the "STOP" command. I can cue VTR items manually with a double click. Either the item directly or any shot in the rundown. Once I engage the double click OD seems to "look ahead" to cue tapes. It's the "spacebar-ing" through the rundown that leaves them uncued.