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Playlist Mix Effects

On a Summit Client you have the ability to create a playlist with section and event mix effects transitions. Available playlist transition are:

Events:
- video dissolve between events
- video fade-thru-matte color between events
- audio cross-fade between events
- audio fade-thru-silence between events
Sections:
- video fade from matte color at start or end of section
- video fade to matte color at start or end of section
- audio fade up at start or end of section
- audio fade down at start or end of section

Note: the Summit must have an AppCenter Pro license for this feature to work.

Full sample code can be downloaded from the C# Script Samples page. Look for the sample named PlaylistMixEffects.cs.

Below is a code snippet showing how to create a playlist with section and event mix effects. Please see Playlists, Sections, and Events page and Create a Basic Playlist page for more information on playlists.

[C#]
public enum MatteColor
{
	Black   = 0x108080,
	White   = 0xEB8080,
	Yellow  = 0xD68A10,
	Cyan    = 0xBC1099,
	Green   = 0xAC1A29,
	Magenta = 0x4EE5D6,
	Red     = 0x3EF066,
	Blue    = 0x2075F0
};

public enum VideoTransition
{
	None 		= 0,	// standard video cut
	Dissolve 	= 1,	// dissolve between 2 video tracks (available with both flying and playlist mix effects)
	FadeFromMatte 	= 2,	// fades from matte color to video (available with playlist section mix effects only)
	FadeToMatte 	= 3,	// fades from video to matte color (available with playlist section mix effects only)
	FadeThruMatte 	= 4,	// fades from video to matte color to video (available with both flying and playlist mix effects)
};

public enum AudioTransition 
{
	None 		= 0,	// standard audio cut
	CrossFade 	= 1,	// cross-fades between to audio tracks (available with both flying and playlist mix effects)
	FadeUp 		= 2,	// audio fade up (available with playlist section mix effects only)
	FadeDown 	= 3,	// audio fade down (available with playlist section mix effects only)
	FadeThruSilence = 4,	// fade from audio to silence to audio (available with both flying and playlist mix effects)
};

// turn off the player's loop play mode
player.LoopPlayMode = false;

// enable playlist pauses
player.SetChannelProperty("listpauses", "true");

// enable playlist repeats
player.SetChannelProperty("listrepeats", "true");

// set current bin            
player.SetCurrentBin(volume, bin);

// generate a unique name for the playlist
string playlist = player.GenerateUniqueName("playlist", "_");

// create the new playlist (which also loads it)
player.New(playlist);

// get an event editor
IEventEditor editor = (IEventEditor) player.GetEditor();		

// start the playlist at 1 hour
editor.SetStartingTimecode("01:00:00,00");

// create a new section at the end of the clip (i.e. "")
string section1 = editor.InsertSection("");

// setup section so that it starts by fading up from matte color
editor.SetSectionProperty(section1, "StartTrans", true);
editor.SetSectionProperty(section1, "StartTransDur", 120); 									// duration in fields
editor.SetSectionProperty(section1, "StartVidTrans", (int)VideoTransition.FadeFromMatte);	// video fade from matte
editor.SetSectionProperty(section1, "StartAudTrans", (int)AudioTransition.FadeUp);			// audio fade up
editor.SetSectionProperty(section1, "StartTransMatte", (int)MatteColor.Black);				// black matte color

// setup section so that it ends by fading down to matte color
editor.SetSectionProperty(section1, "EndTrans", true);
editor.SetSectionProperty(section1, "EndTransDur", 120); 								// duration in fields
editor.SetSectionProperty(section1, "EndVidTrans", (int)VideoTransition.FadeToMatte);	// video fade to matte
editor.SetSectionProperty(section1, "EndAudTrans", (int)AudioTransition.FadeDown);		// audio fade down
editor.SetSectionProperty(section1, "EndTransMatte", (int)MatteColor.Black);			// black matte color

// insert Clip 1 into section 1
string edit1 = editor.InsertPlayEvent(uriClip1, section1, 0, "");

// insert Clip 2 into section 1
string edit2 = editor.InsertPlayEvent(uriClip2, section1, 0, "");

// setup edit1 so that it fades thru matte color
editor.SetEventProperty(edit1, "Trans", true);
editor.SetEventProperty(edit1, "TransDur", 120);								// duration in fields
editor.SetEventProperty(edit1, "VidTrans", (int)VideoTransition.FadeThruMatte);	// fade thru matte
editor.SetEventProperty(edit1, "AudTrans", (int)AudioTransition.CrossFade); 	// audio crossfade
editor.SetEventProperty(edit1, "TransMatte", (int)MatteColor.Black); 			// matte color

// cue playlist to the start
player.CueStart();

// start playing
player.Play();

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Playlist Mix Effects