Specifications

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parameter is higher than the number of lines in the list, the goto command is ignored.
Execute File - Launches an external program. See Launching External programs from the cue list.
Parameters are filename and command parameters for the external program.
Set Current Cue - Sets the cue parameter of the highlighted line(s) to the current cue (if any).
Set Cue Trig - Trigs one or more sequences in the cue (see cue list Control)
Hotkey Command - Executes a hotkey command. Select the command to execute via the Select
button on the command edit panel.
Executing a hotkey command from the cue list
Note : not all hotkey commands makes sense in a cue list context - especially 'flash' functions which
will only execute the first part of the action (usually some kind of on function) - User discretion
required.
Other Commands
Flash Sequence - This command is not found on the popup menu. To add a flash sequence command
simply drag and drop the sequence from the list of sequences. The sequence is flashed in the cue
control context, so only one sequence may be flashed at any given time. Use the duration parameter
to set the duration of the flash (max 99.9 seconds) - when the specified time has elapsed the flashed
sequence is automatically removed.
Load background cue - This command is not found on the popup menu. To instruct the cue list to load
a background cue simply drag the background cue from the list of background cues to the required
line in the cue list. Alternatively, call up a regular cue that includes a background cue.
Link Cuelist - This command is not found on the popup menu. A cue lists may be instructed to link to
another cue list by dragging the cuelist to link to from the list of cue lists to the required line in the
current cuelist. Then, when prompted select link from the cue list link or import dialog.
Remember to save the cuelist before starting, as any changes are lost when linking to a different cue
list.
Using time code in cue lists
Cue lists are often used to synchronize lights to music. The synchronization is obtained by utilizing
time code from playback media. Currently LightJockey supports the following types of time code:
Audio CD time code, when the audio CD is played in the CD-ROM drive.
MTC (MIDI time code) - MIDI time code also includes SMPTE using a suitable SMPTE to MTC
interface.
Windows media time code - time code returned from playback of Windows media files including
digital audio and video files using the built-in LightJockey MediaPlayer.
Digital audio files using Winamp for playback. Winamp supports a wide number of Digital audio
formats including MP3, WMA, MID (MIDI) and WAV (wave file format), note that LightJockey can only
interface with Winamp series 2 from version 2.74 and it has been found that there are potentially
serious issues with time code consistency from Winamp. The Winamp interface is mainly for
backwards compatibility, and it is strongly suggested to use LightJockey Mediaplayer to playback
digital audio and video.
Program the cue list to wait for a specific time code, by using a wait command from the relevant
source (e.g. Wait CD from the CD commands). To edit a time code, highlight the line and edit the
time code via the edit panel.
Audio CD via built in CD player using CD-ROM drive, see also audio CD control
The time code from an Audio CD uses the time code embedded in the CD audio track, and is based
on elapsed disc time in the form of Minutes:Seconds:Frames.
The number of frames pr second is defined as 75. Use the cue list commands to start and stop
playback from the Audio CD.
MTC (MIDI time code) and SMPTE via MIDI interface, See also MIDI/SMPTE time code