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What is a Channel?
A Channel is a virtual representation of a single input of your Video Capture Device or an IP-Stream. Depending on the number of Capture Devices and the number of inputs each device offers and/or IP-Streams, you may configure one or multiple Channels.
Before connecting to a Channel using the just:in User Interface, it is mandatory that the just:in Engine is running and configured correctly. Refer to the just:in Engine Mac or just:in Engine Linux user manual if you have not yet configured the Channel(s).
How to connect to a channel
Before you can connect a Channel, make sure at least one Device is connected to the Configuration Panel successfully and that at least one Channel is enabled and the Engine is running. If you need more information about how the Connection Tab is related to the Configuration Panel, please take a look at this page.
- Start the User Interface, open the Inspector and switch to the Connections Tab.
There a 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.
A Channel can also be connected with a double-click (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 Settings and start recording.
Status of a channel
Within the Connections List, there is a Status indication, 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
In the following picture, the channel "Virtual Device 1" is connected successfully, which is indicated by the green status light and channel "Virtual Device 2" is available but not connected (red light).
In the next picture there is a channel with a yellow light, which normally means there was a problem while connecting to a channel. But it could also mean, that this channel is already connected to another User Interface.
Please beware that just:in mac channels can only be connected to one User Interface at the same time. Just:in linux channels can be connected to multiple User Interfaces.
If the Device status light is marked red, then this indicates that the just:in engine is not running at all.
Moving a channel between Channel Viewers
A Channel can be moved to a different Channel Viewer very easily, just select a Channel and drag & drop it onto a different Channel Viewer, it does not matter if the Channel Viewer is empty or not. Either the selected Channel will be moved to the empty Channel Viewer or it switches place with the other Channel automatically.
Please beware that Channels can also be moved when the Channel Viewers have different sizes and when the Channels are currently recording.
Channel Quick Look
If you want to see only one Channel in Quick Look, select a Channel hit the Spacebar or double-click on a Channel to switch to Quick Look View. Hit the Spacebar again, press ECS or double-click the Channel again to switch back to the normal view.
Please beware that you can also switch Channels when using the Quick Look View. Either use the Arrow Keys or use the Mouse to switch between Channels by clicking on the marked elements.
Disconnect a channel
To disconnect a channel from the Channel Viewer Area, select a channel and use cmd + shift + d, double-click on the the channel in the connections list, use the Channel Menu and select Disconnect or swipe to the left (channel entry) within the connections list to disconnect a channel.
Please beware that disconnecting a Channel from the User Interface does not stop the recording.