The Just Live Lite NDI application supports growing files within the Library, Workbench, and Preview windows. Growing Files are indicated by an italic font face style within the Library and Workbench area.
Given the nature of growing files, we strongly recommend thoroughly testing this workflow before deploying it in a production environment.
Please ensure that the playout storage is properly mounted on the Mac (Finder level) running the Just Live Lite NDI application and that the “Full Disk Access” (“System Settings → Privacy & Security → Full Disk Access”) permission has been granted to the Just Live Lite NDI application as described here.
Just Live Lite NDI:
Once a Growing File gets played out, the endpoint of that clip will be automatically updated.
Growing File Update Parameters:
To cope with different storage systems and file types, there are two settings (Apple “Terminal” commands) available, which can be used to adjust the Growing File behavior within the Just Live Lite NDI application:
# Growing File Update value # Default Value: 5 defaults write com.toolsonair.Just-Live-Lite-NDI TAKMDSGrowingFileUpdate -int X # Growing File Check value # Default value: 2 defaults write com.toolsonair.Just-Live-Lite-NDI TAKMDSGrowingFileDelay -int X
The “TAKMDSGrowingFileUpdate” value defines the interval (in seconds), in which Just Live Lite NDI checks for new file durations. So, by default, the growing file will be updated every five seconds.
The “TAKMDSGrowingFileDelay” value defines how many times Just Live Lite NDI checks if the file is still growing. By default, Just Live Lite NDI checks the “TAKMDSGrowingFileUpdate” value twice and if there is no update, the file will be identified and displayed as closed.
Please note that the Just Live Lite NDI application has to be closed when changing these values.
We recommend testing such Growing File workflows in every detail, before using them in production, as every storage system can act differently and especially MXF files may require adjustments of the given default values.