Adding a 'device' to the Automator
In the top right corner of the Automator, we see 'Devices' - this can be either in red or green depending on the status of the configured devices. Select it and click 'Add device'.
Select your device (vMix, Viz Flowics, Tricaster,...) from the dropdown list and give it a name.
Once the 'device' (in our examples vMix) is selected and given a name, we will see all fields needed to configure it so it can be used with the Automator.
Basic device configuration
You can enable or disable the device, you can enter the hostname, as well as the HTTP and TCP ports. Once these settings have been entered, the device should show as 'online' (green) in the top right corner.
Media handling configuration
Next, check the box to indicate that this is a device that will be handling media if that is the case. More settings will appear, allowing you to configure where media needs to be downloaded and which media we want our vMix to download.
Download folders
The 'Download folder' is the folder where vMix will download all media to, with its location seen as from the Automator. If vMix and Automator are installed on the same computer, then this will be a local folder. If vMix and Automator are on separate devices, this will be an IP address on the local network.
The 'Device media folder' is the folder where vMix will download all media to, with its location seen as from vMix itself. This is most likely just a local folder on the same computer.
Automatically delete files
We can also set files to be automatically deleted after 24 hours or a week. This way you don’t keep all downloaded media in case it is not needed anymore.
Define Blocks with media
Finally we can configure which Blocks will need their media downloaded. For this, click 'Add media field', select your Block configuration (for example 'Clip') and then the field name of the media (usually 'Media'). Repeat this step for all Block configurations that need their media downloaded by the 'device' you are configuring.
As soon as these final settings have been configured, the media from the Episode will start downloading to the folders that were defined. A green checkmark next to a thumbnail (in the Script) indicates the media was successfully downloaded.
Configuring actions
The next step is then to configure each Item and Block configuration with the (set of) functions you want to perform - more on that in the next article.