This is the core application of the Sofie TV News Studio Automation System.
First, install Meteor:
Then, clone the repository and install all dependencies: (Make sure your NODE_ENV is NOT set to production!)
git clone -b master https://github.com/nrkno/tv-automation-server-core.git
cd tv-automation-server-core/meteor
meteor npm install
meteor
If you run into any issues while installing the dependencies, clone any offending packages from Git and link them using npm link. For example, for tv-automation-mos-connection library:
git clone -b master https://github.com/nrkno/tv-automation-mos-connection.git
cd tv-automation-mos-connection
npm run build
npm link
cd ../tv-automation-server-core/meteor
npm link mos-connection
In order for the system to work properly, it may be neccessary to set up several system properties. These can be set through environement variables - if not present, default values will be used.
| Setting | Use | Default value |
|---|---|---|
NTP_SERVERS |
Comma separated list of time servers to sync the system to | 0.se.pool.ntp.org |
FRAME_RATE |
Framerate to be used when displaying time with frame accuracy | 25 |
For the purpose of running the system in a studio environment, there are additional endpoints, unavailable from the menu structure.
| Path | Function |
|---|---|
/countdowns/:studioId/presenter |
Countdown clocks for a given studio, to be shown to the studio presenter |
/activeRundown/:studioId |
Redirects to the rundown currently active in a given studio |
/prompter/:studioId |
A simple prompter for the studio presenter |
In general, you will want to limit the amount of client stations that have full control of the studio (such as activating rundowns, taking parts, ad-libbing, etc.). In order to mark a given client station (browser) as a Studio Control station, you should append ?studio=1 to any query string, for example:
http://localhost:3000/?studio=1
This setting is persisted in browser's Local Storage. To disable studio mode in a given client, append ?studio=0.
In the default mode, the Settings page will be unavailable from main navigation. If you want access to the Settings page on a given client station, append ?configure=1 to any query string.
http://localhost:3000/?configure=1
In developer mode, right click is not disabled
http://localhost:3000/?develop=1
The UI will automatically detect user browser's default matching and select the best match, falling back to english. You can also force the UI language to any language by navigating to a page with ?lng=xx query string, for example:
http://localhost:3000/?lng=xx
This choice is persisted in browser's Local Storage, and the same language will be used until a new forced language is chosen using this method.
The prompter has several operating modes, described further below. All modes are intended to be controlled by a computer mouse or similar, such as a presenter tool. To cycle between operating modes, press both mouse keys simultaneously.
The prompter can be configured using URL parameters:
| Query parameter | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| mirror | string | Mirror the display horisontally | |
| vmirror | string | Mirror the display vertically | |
| mode | string | Restrict the operating mode. Possible values: "normal", "speed", "smoothscroll" | |
| followtake | 0 / 1 | Whether the prompter should automatically scroll to current segment when the operator TAKE:s it | 1 |
| fontsize | number | Set a custom font size of the text. 20 will fit in 5 lines of text, 14 will fit 7 lines etc.. | 14 |
| marker | string | Set position of the read-marker. Possible values: "center", "top", "bottom", "hide" | "hide" |
| margin | number | Set margin of screen (used on monitors with overscan), in %. | 0 |
Example: http://mySofie/prompter/studio0/?mode=smoothscroll&followTake=0&fontsize=20
Nothing fancy, use it like a normal web page
- Scrolling the mouse wheel sets the speed
- Click Left mouse button to toggle scrolling
- Hold Left mouse button to toggle scrolling
- Click Right mouse button to toggle rewind scrolling
- Hold Right mouse button to toggle rewind scrolling
- Scrolling the mouse wheel starts continous scrolling. Small speed adjustments can then be made by nudging the scroll wheel. Stop the scrolling by making a "larger scroll" on the wheel.
The prompter can be operated using pressing & holding keyboard arrow keys: Up & Down. Press Home to enable auto-scroll mode. Shift+Up and Shift+Down scrolls in 3x speed. If the studio setup requries a mirrored-image prompter, you can append ?mirror=1 to enable mirror mode. This setting is not persisted in browser.
For support of various languages in the User Interface, Sofie uses the i18next framework. It uses JSON-based translation files to store UI strings. In order to build a new translation file, first extract a PO template file from Sofie UI source code:
cd meteor
npm run i18n-extract-pot
Find the created template.pot file in meteor/i18n folder. Create a new PO file based on that template using a PO editor of your choice. Save it in the meteor/i18n folder using your ISO 639-1 language code of choice as the filename.
Next, modify the package.json scripts and create a new language compilations script:
"i18n-compile-json": "npm run i18n-compile-json-nb & npm run i18n-compile-json-sv & npm run i18n-compile-json-xx",
"i18n-compile-json-xx": "i18next-conv -l nb -s i18n/xx.po -t public/locales/xx/translations.json",
Then, run the compilation script:
npm run i18n-compile-json
The resulting JSON file will be placed in meteor/public/locales/xx, where it will be available to the Sofie UI for use and autodetection.
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