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UBlackmagicCustomTimeStep

Control the Engine TimeStep via the Blackmagic Design card.

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Inheritance Hierarchy

UObjectBase

UObjectBaseUtility

UObject

UEngineCustomTimeStep

UFixedFrameRateCustomTimeStep

UGenlockedCustomTimeStep

UBlackmagicCustomTimeStep

References

Module	BlackmagicMedia
Header	/Engine/Plugins/Media/BlackmagicMedia/Source/BlackmagicMedia/Public/BlackmagicCustomTimeStep.h
Include	#include "BlackmagicCustomTimeStep.h"

Syntax

[UCLASS](Programming/UnrealArchitecture/Reference/Classes#classdeclaration)(Blueprintable, EditInlineNew,
Meta=(DisplayName="Blackmagic SDI Input", MediaIOCustomLayout="Blackmagic"))
class UBlackmagicCustomTimeStep : public UGenlockedCustomTimeStep

Remarks

Control the Engine TimeStep via the Blackmagic Design card.

Variables

		Name	Description
	bool	bEnableOverrunDetection	Enable mechanism to detect Engine loop overrunning the source
	FMediaIOConfigu...	MediaConfiguration	The device, port and video settings that correspond to where the Genlock signal will be coming from

Constructors

	Name	Description
	UBlackmagicCustomTimeStep ( const FObjectInitializer& ObjectIn... )

Overridden from UGenlockedCustomTimeStep

	Name	Description
uint32	GetLastSyncCountDelta()	Returns how many syncs occurred since the last tick
FFrameRate	GetSyncRate()	Get the sync rate (not always the same as the fixed frame rate)
bool	IsLastSyncDataValid()	Returns true if the Sync related functions will return valid data
bool	WaitForSync()	Blocks until it gets a sync signal. Returns false if unsuccessful

Overridden from UFixedFrameRateCustomTimeStep

		Name	Description
	FFrameRate	GetFixedFrameRate()	Get The fixed FrameRate

Overridden from UEngineCustomTimeStep

	Name	Description
ECustomTimeS...	GetSynchronizationState()	The state of the CustomTimeStep.
bool	Initialize ( UEngine* InEngine )	This CustomTimeStep became the Engine's CustomTimeStep.
void	Shutdown ( UEngine* InEngine )	This CustomTimeStep stop being the Engine's CustomTimeStep.
bool	UpdateTimeStep ( UEngine* InEngine )	Update FApp::CurrentTime/FApp::DeltaTime and optionally wait until the end of the frame.

Overridden from UObject

		Name	Description
	void	BeginDestroy()	Called before destroying the object.

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