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RE: DataLinq Source Requests

Posted By Scott Thomas 06-24-2026 16:03
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Thanks Jeff, Apparently the Gateway's DataLinq is pointed at a machine that doesn't exist anymore. ------------------------------ Scott Thomas Art Director WINK-TV ------------------------------

RE: DataLinq Source Requests

Posted By Scott Thomas 06-22-2026 14:55
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I probably should have mentioned that I didn't change the Requery setting. It's been set this entire time. I've added a failsafe to the scene that plays a generic blue video if the template defaults do not change. I've asked the directors, and they mention that they see the generic background often ...

RE: DataLinq Source Requests

Posted By Scott Thomas 06-18-2026 19:19
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RE: DataLinq Source Requests

Posted By Scott Thomas 06-18-2026 19:19
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I checked all four objects that use DataLinq and all have that checked. Appreciate the help. ------------------------------ Scott Thomas Art Director WINK-TV ------------------------------

RE: DataLinq Source Requests

Posted By Scott Thomas 06-18-2026 15:02
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RE: DataLinq Source Requests

Posted By Scott Thomas 06-18-2026 15:02
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Hello, All of the materials are are just avi videos and their filename matches the data. So if the condition is '31' it plays 31.avi. I don't see any macros other than just the dynamic material under the DataLinq tab referencing the text object that is being driven by DataLinq. (image) Thank you! ...

DataLinq Source Requests

Posted By Scott Thomas 06-17-2026 22:59
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Hello, I have a question about DataLinq requests from within XPression. We have a scene that gets DataLinq info from the server, hosted on the MOS Gateway machine. The data is a weather condition that links to Dynamic Materials that are AVI movies and icons. We've had an issue where the scene is put ...

RE: Phantom Material

Posted By Scott Thomas 03-24-2025 16:06
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Sorry, I missed part of what your were talking about… Yes I have scripts on the Scene Director that control playback. My main problem now is getting the preview to work correctly on the HTML 5 MOS plugin. I've tried adding the material to a track and just leaving the track off, but it still seems ...

RE: Phantom Material

Posted By Scott Thomas 03-24-2025 16:05
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RE: Phantom Material

Posted By Scott Thomas 03-24-2025 15:51
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Hi, thanks for the response. I have a video shader on the material, but apparently you can throw a still image in there and it will still work. That's something I gleaned from another thread here. ------------------------------ Scott Thomas Art Director WINK-TV ----------------------------- ...

RE: Phantom Material

Posted By Scott Thomas 03-21-2025 20:05
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I figured out my "Phantom Material" problem. Somehow with the Video Coder, the AVI file I made wasn't just the one frame from one image. I had a two frame movie with both the CG2 and the CG3 sequential. But now I know, just because it's a holder for a video, it doesn't care if a PNG image is placed in ...

RE: Phantom Material

Posted By Scott Thomas 03-20-2025 21:04
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I think I found my solution. I read through some other threads and found a nugget of info. I replaced the AVI file with a still image. Now to figure out the preview thing… ------------------------------ Scott Thomas Art Director WINK-TV ------------------------------

Phantom Material

Posted By Scott Thomas 03-20-2025 18:36
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I'm working on the same video player scene. I made two short movie clips to be the default slates. "CG2" and "CG3". I have one material for CG2 and I had used the CG3 AVI but then set the video shader back to the CG2 movie. Now even after deleting the material and remaking it, deleting the quad ...

RE: Getting a Material Duration

Posted By Scott Thomas 03-20-2025 18:29
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Hi all, As I've gotten into this more, I'm running into some walls. A little background. I wanted to improve the video player scene we have. What doesn't work now is the producer can not play the preview in the NRCS plugin. I thought that if I could set the preview marker to wherever the clip ...

RE: Getting a Material Duration

Posted By Scott Thomas 03-20-2025 14:23
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Hi Roman, Thank you very much. I see the biggest mistake I made. I wasn't referencing the material on the actual quad being changed, I was just getting the material in the project. Fantastic! ------------------------------ Scott Thomas Art Director WINK-TV ----------------------- ...

Getting a Material Duration

Posted By Scott Thomas 03-19-2025 20:17
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Hi all!, I have a XPression scene that is a simple video clip player. I've managed to add a "pause", "no pause" radio checkbox for the producer that works with VB script. What I want to have happen now is for the preview marker to automatically be set to the end of the clip. I don't know a ...

RE: Datalinq & MOS Plugin

Posted By Scott Thomas 03-27-2024 17:02
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We had the exact same problem today. I don't know if you ever found a solution as there are no responses. We found the answer in the MOS Gateway configuration. I had assumed that it would follow the project file, but it has its own config for DataLinq. It was pointing to the Studio CG box's DataLinq ...

RE: Datalinq & MOS Plugin

Posted By Scott Thomas 03-27-2024 17:01
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RE: CII Gateway and ENPS Elections

Posted By Scott Thomas 12-13-2023 18:18
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Thank you for the link. I did receive confirmation today from AP that the CII commands are hard-coded in their software. ------------------------------ Scott Thomas Art Director WINK-TV ------------------------------

RE: CII Gateway and ENPS Elections

Posted By Scott Thomas 12-13-2023 14:40
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We've repeatedly asked the AP on where the CII commands are being generated and how (or if) they are edited. There is one config file, but the only things you can modify are the serial port setting and what directory your CG files are in. We can chose a different CG… perhaps Dubner or Codi? ENPS ...