Scheduled recording¶

To create an ingest job for scheduled recording, use either the advanced ingest job settings menu or the Scheduler.

Creating an ingest job via the advanced ingest job settings¶

Proceed as follows:

1. Select the window of the ingest channel to be used.

2. To make sure that the desired input signal is present, check the preview of the ingest channel.

   

   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. Open the advanced ingest job settings by clicking the Create new job icon in the Ingest job list editing toolbar.

   The Ingest job properties window is displayed.

   

4. As job type select Schedule.

   

5. (Optional) Enter the metadata to be used:

   1. (Optional) Enter an Object ID.

      Notice

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

   2. (Optional) Enter a Title.

      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 Keywords.

   4. (Optional) Enter Log notes.

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

7. (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.

8. Select the Start time and End time to be used.

   Tip

   As an alternative to entering the end time manually, you can enter the Duration of the job to be created in days (left field) as well as hours, minutes and seconds (right field). The values displayed under End time will adjust according to your entries.

   

9. To create the ingest job, click Add.

   

   The ingest job is created using the previously selected settings, added to the job list, and prepared for recording.

   

10. Close the Ingest job properties window by clicking Close.

11. The recording starts automatically at the selected start time.

    

    Notice

    The corresponding file is listed in the Media overview and highlighted in red, because it is a growing file. Provided that it is a supported file and container format (e.g. MXF), you can already play and view the file via the File preview.

    Tip

    To manually stop the recording before the scheduled end, click Stop .

12. The recording stops automatically at the specified end time.

    

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

Creating an ingest job via the Scheduler¶

As an alternative to the advanced ingest job settings, you can also create an ingest job for a scheduled recording directly via the Scheduler.

To create an ingest job via the Scheduler, proceed as follows:

1. Open the Scheduler window if it is not already open (see Scheduler).

2. In the Scheduler, in the column of the ingest channel to be used, double-click a free time slot for which you want to create the ingest job.

   A window opens in which you can specify the settings of the ingest job.

3. Select the settings of the ingest job. For information on the available options, see the overviews of the available ingest job settings quick menu and advanced ingest job settings.

4. To create the ingest job with the selected settings, click Ok.

   The ingest job is created using the selected properties, added to the job list of the corresponding ingest channel, and additionally displayed in the Scheduler at the selected time position.

5. (Optional) To subsequently adjust the start time of the ingest job, drag the job in the Scheduler with the mouse to the desired position. Alternatively, you can open and edit the job's properties again by double-clicking the job.

The ingest job is started automatically at the specified start time and stopped automatically at the specified end time.