Recieve incoming Artnet Timecode.

Beginners
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My first post. Brand new to TD. My current goal should be fairly simply. I cannot find a video or forum post that explains how to do this…

Recieve incoming Artnet Timecode. Monitor that incoming timecode. Have something happen when a specified TC is hit.

I started with the DMXIn Chop and specified my my local ip address for the current machine. I have other systems on the network that are receiving incoming timecode so I know it’s there.

From here I’m abit lost on what do. I tried piping it to an info chop, or timecode chop but I’m abit lost in my TD newbism.

Would appreciate some guidance.

TY! - J

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I was able to see incoming artnet timecode from the dmxin chop as well as info chop and the smpte in chop.

Now trying to figure out how to have the network timeline reflect that smpte instead or the root.

If someone could explain how to do this I would appreciate!

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Not much help here so far. I figured this would be somewhat simple.

I have a DMXIn Chop → Timecode Chop → MovieFileIn Top starting when it sees timecode now.

How can I specify an exact timecode start time and set offsets to tweak that start time?

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Hi @jdpworks,

all depends a bit what your goal is in the end.

For having something happen when a certain timecode is hit:

  • have a look at the Timer CHOP as this can be run with segments and the Time Control parameter let’s you specify an external Timecode. The question is what will happen when a timecode is hit, as the “what” will determine the “how”
  • you could also utilize a Pulse CHOP and a Lookup CHOP in combination with a CHOP Execute DAT to trigger things.

Often times you can just subtract the intended start time from a timecode, for it to drive the movie timecode when it crosses the 0 line.

For fundamental concepts in TouchDesigner, we recommend going through our curriculum at learn.derivative.ca and also make sure to check examples coming with TouchDesigner’s OP Snippets.
Further websites like alltd.org can be a great resource to find tutorials on some specific techniques.

cheers
Markus