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Update Volume over UDP without Delay

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Mitchell Schuh
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I'm looking to update the volume of a video over UDP. I've created the video with a UDP receive event that can parse out the variable but it has a massive delay between when I can send different levels and it only seems to adjust between off and full. I've successfully added in UDP commands to increment/decrement the volume so I'm sure that the UDP packets are getting in.

To test and debug, I followed this guide to confirm that the variable update was operating correctly: http://support.brightsign.biz/entries/23574663-How-do-I-display-a-UDP-message-using-a-Live-Text-state-

This testing informed me that there's a massive wait time required between UDP packets. I then found a different article (that I can't find again for some reason) that had me attempt to change the update interval to no avail.

The entire project is as simple as one video, always looping, that I need to adjust the volume in a somewhat reasonable timespan. Am I crazy in thinking that I should be able to accomplish this?

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    Alex

    I created a sample project that uses a variable to setup a volume level. BrightSign checks the value of variable every 0.1 seconds, thus volume update will occur instantly. Project was created in BrightAuthor 4.1.1.17. I'm attaching a presentation file and video that demonstrates how a presentation was made.

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    Mitchell Schuh

    That indeed does the trick. I added in a UDP packet receiver to the Background zone and now things are working perfectly. The screencast of how you programmed it was invaluable. Thanks!

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    Patrick

    This sounds like what I have been looking for! Any chance I could get access to the presentation file and video on how to do this? Thanks.

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