Selector Descriptions

This section provides a brief overview of each selector and highlights implementation issues.

recmod_Startup8

Sent once when Premiere launches so the plug-in can initialize and return its attributes to Premiere.

The module should connect to any required capture hardware or drivers and fill in the recInfoRec8.

recmod_Shutdown

  • param1 - unused
  • param2 - unused

Sent when Premiere terminates. Deallocate any memory and release the capture hardware or driver.

recmod_GetSetupInfo8

Sent when the Capture Settings dialog is first displayed to obtain custom settings information.

recCapSetups8 provides text label fields button titles and enabling.

recmod_ShowOptions

Sent when the user presses a settings button (one of four available) in the Capture Settings dialog.

Request settings buttons during recmod_GetSetupInfo8.

recSetupParms indicates which button was pushed.

If the char* passed in recSetupParms isn’t NULL, it points to memory containing private data; otherwise, no previous settings are available.

All the setup dialogs share the same memory; only one record is preserved.

If there are several different setup records, they should all fit within one flattened memory allocation.

recmod_Open

Sent when Premiere’s New Project Settings > Capture Settings dialog or the Movie Capture window is displayed.

Initialize hardware, create a private data structure for instance data, and pass a pointer to it back in param1.

It will be sent back to you with subsequent selectors. recOpenParms contains information about the capture window and callbackID; store this information in private instance data.

recmod_Close

  • param1 - PrivateData
  • param2 - unused

Capture is complete and the capture window is closed. Disconnect from the hardware and deallocate the private instance data.

recmod_SetActive

  • param1 - PrivateData
  • param2 - boolean toggle

param2 indicates whether the plug-in should activate. When a capture window is opened or receives the focus, it will be activated.

recmod_SetDisp

Note: 30 January, 2020, Currently there is a bug in the implementation and recmod_SetDisp is being sent on every repaint event from the OS.

Sent when the capture window is resized or moved. Update a proxy or overlay in the capture window during capture.

recDisplayPos specifies the new bounds.

If they are unacceptable, modify them; the selector will be sent again with the new position.

Set mustresize in recDisplayPos to resize the preview frame with the specified bounds.

The plug-in is not allowed to resize the capture window, just the preview frame.

If mustresize is set but the plug-in can’t resize the frame, display something (black, grey, a graphic of your choice) for a preview.

mustresize will be set when the Capture Settings dialog is being displayed.

recmod_Idle

Sent to give the plug-in processing time.

recmod_PrepRecord8

Set up for recording, based on the data in recInfoRec8. If the prerollFunc callback function pointer is valid, call it to tell the device controller to get the device ready.

Recording commences with the next selector, recmod_StartRecord.

If pressing the record button results in a recorder error before the recmod_PrepRecord8 selector is even sent, make sure that the fileType four character code set in recInfoRec8 is supported by an installed importer.

recmod_StartRecord

Sent after recmod_PrepRecord. Start capturing immediately.

The pointer to recCapturedFileInfo is valid until the recording finishes.

recmod_ServiceRecord

  • param1 - PrivateData
  • param2 - unused

Sent repeatedly to give the plug-in processor time while recording.

recmod_StopRecord

  • param1 - PrivateData
  • param2 - unused

Stop recording and release record buffers.

recmod_CloseRecord

  • param1 - PrivateData
  • param2 - unused

Sent after recmod_StopRecord.

During batch capturing, recmod_StopRecord will be called after every clip, but recmod_CloseRecord will not be called until after the last clip has been captured, to finalize the record process.

recmod_QueryInfo

Sent when the user hits the Log Clip button in the Capture panel.

The recorder should provide the dimensions, pixel aspect ratio, and other attributes to be assigned to the offline clip.

If the dimensions are not provided, the maxWidth/maxHeight values set in recInfoRec8 will be used, which may be incorrect if the recorder supports multiple video resolutions.