Group recording¶

General information¶

Capturebox provides the ability to combine multiple ingest channels into a channel group. Ingest jobs can be created for individual ingest channels as well as for channel groups. This provides the advantage that an ingest job to be executed by multiple ingest channels only needs to be created once, specifying the channel group to be used. This way, a corresponding ingest job is created in all ingest channels assigned to the selected channel group.

A typical use case for a group recording is, for example, a multi-camera recording of a live broadcast in a TV studio. Here, multiple cameras are used to record different positions in the studio. For each camera signal, a separate ingest channel can be configured in Capturebox. All ingest channels can be assigned to a channel group. To record all camera signals simultaneously, only a single ingest job needs to be created for the channel group.

Create ingest job as group recording¶

In the following example, two ingest channels ("Ingest01" and "Ingest02") are configured in Capturebox and assigned to the "CAM TOTALE" channel group. To create an ingest job for this channel group, the quick menu of the first ingest channel is used as an example. No manual entries are required for the second ingest channel.

To create an ingest job as a group recording, proceed as follows:

1. Select the window of one of the ingest channels of the channel group to be used.

2. To ensure that the desired input signals are present, check the video displays of all ingest channels in the channel group.

   

   Figure: Ingest channel group input signal previews

   Notice

   If the input signal is not displayed at all or is displayed incorrectly, make sure that the correct signal feed is provided to the Capturebox system.

3. In one of the ingest channels of the channel group, select the settings to be used via the quick menu for ingest job settings:

   

   Figure: Quick menu for ingest job settings

   1. As Profile select the recording profile to be used.

   2. (Optional) Enter an ObjectId.

      Notice

      If you do not enter a value in this field, the default value configured in the Capturebox system settings is used.

   3. (Optional) Enter a Title.

      Notice

      If you do not enter a value in this field, the default value configured in the Capturebox system settings will be used.

   4. (Optional) Enter Keywords.

   5. Select the Path where to store the recorded file.

   6. (Optional) Enter a Filename.

      Notice

      This field displays the default value configured in the Capturebox system settings. If you do not want to use this, you can specify the file name manually. Note that you cannot add multiple ingest jobs with identical file names to the job list.

      If the filename contains the variable {autoinc}, it is usually not necessary to change the filename manually. Automatically incrementing the counter creates a unique filename for each ingest job, preventing existing files from being accidentally overwritten.

   7. (Optional) To adjust the default job settings of the other ingest channels in the channel group, repeat steps a to f for the corresponding ingest channels.

   8. Select the Channel group to be used.

      

      Figure: Channel group selected

      Tip

      To reset your entries and restore the default values, click Reset.

4. To create the ingest job, click Add.

   

   Figure: Add ingest job to job list

   The ingest job is created using the previously selected settings, added to the job lists of all ingest channels in the selected channel group, and prepared for recording.

   

   Figure: Created ingest jobs

5. To start the recording, click in one of the corresponding ingest channel windows.

   The recording is started in all ingest channels of the channel group and highlighted in red in the job lists.

   

   Figure: Started ingest jobs

   Notice

   The corresponding files are listed in the Media overview and highlighted in red, because they are growing files. Provided that they are supported file and container formats (e.g. MXF), you can already play and preview the files via the File preview.

6. To stop the recording, click in one of the corresponding ingest channel windows.

   The recording is stopped in all ingest channels of the channel group.

   

   Figure: Completed ingest jobs

   The recorded files are stored in the selected target directory and are listed in the Media overview. You can play and preview the files via the File preview.