New Features & Enhancements
This release introduces a new trigger type to Visual Radio Assist: Macro’s! We’ve also added new Dashboard Panels for quick Camera Angles and Macro access, improved stability of Episode switching in the Output Playouts and there are a lot of small user interface improvements.
New: Macro triggers
The new Macro trigger enables you to combine multiple VRA Commando’s into one single action: a Macro. When activating this macro (via a commando, dashboard button or button in the list) VRA will execute the configured items sequentially or in instantly in parallel.
Macro Items
You can configure two items as part of the Macro: trigger a commando or wait for {x} milliseconds. Selecting commando’s is the same as you know from other modules in VRA.
The wait time enables you to create a sequence with time in between triggers (for example for a fallback scenario; looping over two camera’s.
Conditions
The macro’s can get really advanced by selecting conditions. These will enable or disable a item within the macro, so you can automate the full dynamic item list in the macro configuration.
Block after
Sometimes it is important to only continue triggering a section in the macro when a condition applies: “Only when music is playing, trigger the Nowplaying Clip Player, if not stop.”
With Block After execution you can prevent the macro from continuation if a condition is not applicable.
Studio switching example
Below is one of the many scenario’s you can realise with Macro’s. When the following Macro is triggered, two actions are instantly executed:
Activate the selected studio (onair)
Set Overlay 1 to a specific Input in vMix
Dashboard
Dashboard Macro Panel: Added a new Macro panel in the Dashboard for quicker access to automated actions of the new Macro Triggers.
Dashboard Camera Angle Panel: Introduced a Camera Angle control in the Dashboard, allowing users to adjust and manage camera perspectives more efficiently.
Media Hub
Layout Enhancements: Improved the Media Hub layout, such as the view toggler, for better navigation and usability.
Right-Click on empty folder: Users can now right-click on an entire media container to access additional options, such as uploading new files and creating a new folder.
Media Source Type Visibility: The Media Hub now displays the media source type more clearly, making it easier to identify different files at a glance.
Search and filtering saved in url: when navigating through the hub via search or subfolders, filtering states are preserved.
Broadcast Associations
Selecting image: The image selector is updated, which can be an image or an image url now.
Playout Episode change behaviour changes 🧹
The Playout Episode will now automatically activate the current onair program, when the current onair program switches
The last episode will be cleaned up after a short delay: this means that all non-archived, archivable items and already archived items will be removed from the Episode. The next time the specific episode is live onair, the rundown is tidied up 🧹.
Added upcoming 5-minute program visibility fixes and UI enhancements for taking a look ahead
Other enhancements
Improved calendar interface with major layout update
Access Live Playout OR Composer from the Playout list page
Better text display in alerts and confirm dialogs
Simplified button disable conditions in Playout live control
Fixed blocking bug in classic playout for getting duration feedback in rundown items
Updated camera and macro selection with improved event handling
Fixed round duration value to avoid fractional milliseconds in input for Scheduling Programs
Fixed episode loading button
Updated dashboard for cameras
Updated media source type column to list folder viewer
Improved events handling while updating variables
Fixed double close dialog side effect in Media Hub
Fixed broadcaster association spacing
Fixed chips on dashboard