Aja Control Room User Manual

AJA Control RoomSoftware Installation & Operation GuideVersion 1.0Published: April 22, 2014

AJA Control Room v1.0 www.aja.com10 Chapter 2: OperationThis chapter discusses the details of using the Bin and each of the Viewer Tabs.Reset to Defau

AJA Control Room v1.0 www.aja.com11 Figure 11. AJA Control Room BinMoving Clips and Meta Data: The Bin panel can be expanded by dragging the right-edg

AJA Control Room v1.0 www.aja.com12 Playback TabThe Playback Tab view screen is the default tab screen. When this mode is selected, AJA Control Room a

AJA Control Room v1.0 www.aja.com13 • Option + O = clear set OUT•Shift + I = go to IN point•Shift + O = go to OUT pointDragging Markers: You can also

AJA Control Room v1.0 www.aja.com14 Capture TabWhen you have your AJA edit device (Io, or KONA) installed and running, the Capture and Edit-To-Tape ta

AJA Control Room v1.0 www.aja.com15 Capture Clip Settings: The Capture Tab provides the Clip Settings pane (shown below) that allows you to enter meta

AJA Control Room v1.0 www.aja.com16 Capture Dashboard The dashboard offers standard tape deck play controls (as described previously) and adds the jog

AJA Control Room v1.0 www.aja.com17 Next, in the options screen you can set the Capture type to:• All Selected Items – captures content for all select

AJA Control Room v1.0 www.aja.com18 Edit-To-Tape TabUsing the Edit-To-Tape tab you can output your current clip to a tape deck or recording device usi

AJA Control Room v1.0 www.aja.com19 Edit Settings Pane In the Edit-To-Tape settings pane, you can choose Operation Type:• Insert – lays down selected

AJA Control Room v1.0 www.aja.com2 Table of ContentsNotices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

AJA Control Room v1.0 www.aja.com20 Tape Deck Timing AdjustmentBoth Capture and Edit-To-Tape operations employ Timecode for executing seamless frame-a

AJA Control Room v1.0 www.aja.com21 6. Compare the first two frames of the burned-in timecode of the capture with the timecode values in the dashboard

AJA Control Room v1.0 www.aja.com22 Appendix A: Python Scripting TutorialAJA has implemented a Python Scripting interface for the AJA Control Room app

AJA Control Room v1.0 www.aja.com23 AJA Control Room Setup for Python Scripting1. Copy the python folder to your desktop. It can be copied anywhere, b

AJA Control Room v1.0 www.aja.com24 Windows InstructionsThe following instructions expect the AJA Python folder to be on your Desktop. Make sure the A

AJA Control Room v1.0 www.aja.com25 This script is meant to control the AJA Control Room app on the local computer, however you can control an AJA Con

AJA Control Room v1.0 www.aja.com3 NoticesTrademarksAJA®, KONA®, Ki Pro®, KUMO® and XENA® are registered trademarks of AJA Video, Inc., TruZoom™, TruS

AJA Control Room v1.0 www.aja.com4 Chapter 1: IntroductionOverviewAJA Control Room™ is a simple software application for professional quality video an

AJA Control Room v1.0 www.aja.com5 User-interface OverviewThis section discusses the general layout and functions offered in AJA Control Room applicat

AJA Control Room v1.0 www.aja.com6 Application Menus These top-level application menus provide information and control of the workspace panes and the

AJA Control Room v1.0 www.aja.com7 Show/Hide Bin: Located in the left column, the Bin lists and allows selection of the clips you are working with.Vie

AJA Control Room v1.0 www.aja.com8 Viewer Prefs: Display and Timecode format option settingsFigure 7. AJA Control Room Preferences–ViewerSerial Prefs:

AJA Control Room v1.0 www.aja.com9 About AJA Control Room: In the Windows OS the About AJA Control Room screen is found under the Help menu. In Mac OS