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What is a Channel?
A Channel is a virtual representation of a single input of your Video Capture Device or a NDI®5/SRT Stream. Depending on the number of Video Devices and the number of inputs each device offers and/or NDI®5/SRT Streamsstreams each device offers, you may configure one or multiple Channels.
How to connect to a Channel?
Before you can connect a Channel, make sure at least one Device (just:in linux engine) is connected successfully and that at least one Channel is enabled and the just:in linux engine is running. If you need more further information about how the “Connection” Tab tab is related to the Just Control Configuration “Configuration” Panel, please take a look at this pagecontinue reading. Open Just Control and log in with an available User. Then open the Inspector and switch to the “Connections” tab.
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There a are different ways to connect a Channel to a Channel Viewer. You can either drag & drop the Device from the Connections List to connect all enabled Channels from this Device or you can drag & drop single Channels from the Connections List to a Channel Viewer.
Drag & Drop a Device to the Channel Viewer Area
Select the Device within the “Connection” Tab Connection” tab and drag & drop it to the Channel Viewer Area. You will see highlighted Channel Viewers, which are indicating that these Viewers will be used to establish the connection to the given Channels.
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Once a Channel is connected, you can use the “Settings” Tab tab to adjust the related settings and start recording.
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Drag & Drop a single Channel to the Channel Viewer Area
Select a single Channel within the “Connection” Connection” tab and drag & drop it to the Channel Viewer Area. You will see a highlighted Channel Viewer, which is indicating indicates that this Viewer will be used to establish the connection to the given Channel.
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A Channel can also be connected with a double - click (a free Channel Viewer has to be selected before) or a slide to the right, when using a Magic Mouse or Trackpad. |
Once a Channel is connected, you can use the “Settings” tab to adjust the settings and start recording.
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Status of a channel
Within the Connections List (“Inspector - Connections” > “Connections” tab), there is a Status indicator, which can have three different values.
Green: Device/Channel is successfully connected.
Yellow: Channel had a problem while connecting.
Red: Device/Channel is not connected.
Green/Red - Connected/Disconnected Device/Channel
In the screenshot below, the Device with the name “Demo” is connected (Green status indicator), the Channel with the name “Channel1” is connected to the Channel Viewer Area and the other Channels (“Channel2”, “Channel3” and “Channel4” are available but not connected (Red status indicator).
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Yellow - Connection Problem
In the screenshot below, there is a Channel (“Channel4”) with a Yellow light yellow indicator, which normally means that there was a problem an issue while connecting to a Channel.
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Device not running
If the Device status light is Red, it indicates that the just:in linux engine is not running.
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Move a Channel between Channel Viewers
You can move a Channel from one Channel Viewer to the other by drag & drop. It does is not matter if relevant whether the Channel Viewer is empty, either the selected Channel will be moved to the empty Channel Viewer or it switches place places with the other Channel automatically.
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Channels can also be moved when the Channel Viewers have different sizes and when the Channels are currently recording. |
Channel Quick Look
If you only want to see only one Channel in macOS' Quick Look mode, select a Channel and press the “Spacebar” – or double-click on a Channel to switch to the Quick Look Viewview. Press the “Spacebar” again (or the escape Escape-”esc” key) or double-click the Channel again to switch back to the normal view.
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You can also switch Channels when using the Quick Look Viewview. Either use the “arrow keys” Arrow Keys” or the mouse to switch between Channels by clicking on the small circles below underneath the Channel Viewer.
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Disconnect a Channel
To disconnect a Channel, first select the appropriate Channel in the Channel Viewer Area first. Then there are different ways options to disconnect:
Use the “Command -+ Shift -+ D” keyboard shortcut.
Double-click on the Channel in the Connections List list.
In the Connections List list, swipe the Channel entry to the left.
Use the “Disconnect” button below the Connections list.
Use the View Menu “View” menu and select “Disconnect”.
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Disconnecting a Channel from Just Control does not stop the recording. |
If you want to disconnect all currently connected Channels, select all Channels within the Channel Viewer Area and either use the keyboard shortcut “Command -+ Shift -+ D” or use the “Disconnect” Disconnect” button below the Connections list.