1. Introduction, Network setup

ShotDriver lets you build shot lists for live video production, and transmit shot information to camera operators in a variety of ways. ShotDriver AD (MacOS only) broadcasts your shot data over your local network. ShotDriver Camera is a receiver app, which is available for MacOS, Windows and Linux operating systems.

You may also access your shot list data and remotely control ShotDriver AD using the additional component ShotDriver Remote. ShotDriver Remote acts as a web server, allowing any mobile device with a browser to connect to ShotDriver AD. All communication stays on your local network. No internet access is required.

ShotDriver AD accepts MIDI timecode. Use any MIDI interface to import timecode.

ShotDriver AD follows your production switcher's tally data, using a GPI-to-serial or -to-MIDI USB interface.

ShotDriver AD also follows your video router's serial interface stream, so that it can track which operator is in control of which camera during performance.

Shot lists can also be printed, with any camera's shots highlighted, using your preferred colors for each camera.

NETWORK:

ShotDriver Remote acts as a Server for local devices to connect to ShotDriver AD. Remote clients will need the IP address of the ShotDriver AD machine, and should connect to port 8080. The address will usually look something like this: http: //192.168.1.66:8080

ShotDriver Camera uses a combination of TCP and UDP protocols to provide the fastest communication of data. UDP Multicast data is programmed to travel only within your local area network, and is not sent to the internet at large. If a computer running ShotDriver Camera is not receiving data correctly, make sure that UDP communication is enabled on your LAN, as well as (possibly) any other routers in your network.

BACKUP COMPUTER:

You may have a backup computer running and ready to take over in the event that your primary ShotDriver AD computer should crash. Use the left-hand column "Shot & Tally Data enabled" button to toggle communication from ShotDriver AD to the network. The main window background will turn yellow to indicate that communication is disabled. The backup computer should be disabled from communicating to the network in normal circumstances, but it may be configured to receive the same data connections as the primary computer.

There is no communication between the Primary instance of ShotDriver AD and any backup that you may have running, and so they may not stay strictly in sync in a typical performance.