Audio

Audio playback and streaming in LightAct

Receiving Audio

Setup in the Devices window

In order to create a device, right-click on the Devices window and choose Audio Input.

Under the Stream collapsible header choose which audio input you want to use and click Receive if you want to start receiving audio data.

Receiving Timecode (LTC)

With only the Audio input device it is possible to receive timecode (LTC). All you need to do is choose proper input under the Stream collapsible header, click Receive, then click Parse LTC and start your timcode (LTC) sender.

If LightAct doesn't seem to detect LTC, please check that the volume of your LTC source is high enough.

You can also set a timecode offset, which will affect all subsequent operations with this timecode.

Playing Audio

Setup in the Devices window

In order to create a device, right-click on the Devices window and choose Audio Output.

Under the Stream collapsible header choose which audio output you want to use and click Play if you want to start playing (sending to the output) audio data.

Setup in the Layouts window

Good to know: in most cases you will be using Audio layer template to play audio.

If you want to build a layer that can play audio from scratch, you would first need to create a Blank layer.

Then you would want to create a node called Play Audio (from Asset). Then you just need to connect it the way you want.