🕹️Control Panel

CameraTwin control panel lets the users adjust the recording settings per Source and define globally accessible QuickAction Events.

Open Control Panel

To open the CameraTwin Control Panel, the user should go to Tools-> CameraTwin Control Panel. A new window will appear with the CameraTwin Control Panel tab which can be docked like similar tabs of the Editor.

Control Panel Tab

Top Level

At the top part of the Control Panel Tab there is a collection of useful Links and at the top right corner a button for the user to manually create a Workstation session if there isn't any or terminate the currently active Workstation session

Collection of Links

Dashboard &#xNAN;link to the CameraTwin Dashboard
Documentation &#xNAN;link to this Documentation Page
Open Settings Unreal Engine Deep link to the Plugin Settings
(Optional) New Version! link to the Unreal Engine latest Plugin Download Page

Recording Events

Trigger Record of Sequencer (deprecated)
Trigger Record of Take Recorder

For more details check out the Recording Events Page

Source Selection

If there are multiple sources selected the Synchronization, Recording status and Recording Settings Correspond to a single source, the one selected in the dropdown.

Synchronization Status

Right next to the Selected Source dropdown you will find the Synchronization Status for that specific Source Possible Statuses:

No synchronization yet
Synchronization happened &#xNAN;In that case, on mouse hover the detailed synchronization roundtrip will be displayed - roundtrips of < 8 ms are considered exceptional, < 16 ms acceptable
Synchronization failed &#xNAN;if the synchronization roundtrip is above 16 ms the synchronization step fails

For more details check the Timecode Synchronization page

Recording Status

The Recording Status can be found right below the Source Selection dropdown and will briefly provide information about the current recording

Possible Statuses

Idle
Recording: Frames <number of received frames> / <number of expected frames according to time> - Drops <number of dropped frames>
Idle | Last Recording: Frames <number of received frames> / <number of expected frames according to time> - Drops <number of dropped frames>