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Starting with version 4.0, Just Control communicates with the macOS Calendar application and therefore the application must have access to the macOS Calendar application. Upon its first launch, Just Control requests access to the macOS Calendar application. If Calendar access hasn't been granted, follow these steps to enable Calendar access:
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Preface
In Schedule Mode a Channel records files based on Calendar Events from the macOS Calendar application of the machine running Just Control. You may use any Calendar which can be added to the macOS Calendar app, such as iCloud or Gmail Accounts or from other Mail/Calendar servers. Events scheduled in the corresponding/selected Calendar will automatically switch the Channel to Schedule Mode and start a Recording. When stopping a Schedule Recording manually, the corresponding Event will be deleted automatically.
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Run Just Control and select a Channel. Switch the Channel Mode to “Schedule” and select the appropriate Calendar from the Calendar selection box at the very top.
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Additionally make sure that the correct Naming Preset for Schedule Mode is selected as well.
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You can either use the Channel Calendar (will be created automatically when using the Plus (“+”) button next to the Calendar selection box) or any other available Calendar on that machine. Please be aware that Just Control can only create a channel-specific calendar (using the Plus (“+”) button) when new calendars can be created locally. Please let us know if you need help in this regard. |
Add Calendar Events for Schedule Mode
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The Events will show up in the Inspector of Just Control. Each Event will result in one Recording.
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It is possible to add Events back-to-back without losing any frames. |
Additional Functionality
Custom Calendar Event Variables
There are three custom Calendar Event Variables that can be used to simplify the naming process of the scheduled events:
<Channel> will be replaced with the actual Channel Name of the Channel.
<Date> will be substituted with the actual date of the current Recording.
<Time> will be substituted with the actual start recording time of the current Recording.
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Date & Time Format
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Please note that the Date and Time Format changes within the System Preferences are only possible with macOS Monterey or with earlier macOS versions. Starting with macOS Ventura this is no longer possible. When using macOS Ventura or later, please consider using the following Terminal commands to adjust the Date and Time formats: Date: defaults write -g AppleICUDateFormatStrings -dict 4 "ddMMyyyy" Time: defaults write -g AppleICUTimeFormatStrings -dict 4 "HHmm" Adjust the format part according to your needs and restart Just Control. |
Please note that you cannot change the Date format within the “Language & Region” preference pane within the “System Settings” pane, as this will override the custom Date and Time settings applied above (macOS Ventura only).
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Repeating Calendar Events
Repeating a Calendar Event would result in a file that gets overwritten every time the same event is executed again. To avoid this, you can add the variables <Channel>, <Date>, and <Time> to the Calendar Event. This appends the channel name, date, and time (i.e. beginning of the corresponding Calendar Event) to the Clip Name.TBD
Repeating Calendar Events
TBD
Maximum Event Length
It is not possible to use Calendar Events, that exceed a length of 12 hours. Just Control will truncate the Recording length automatically if required.
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