Incorrect "Description" in 'Print Cue List'

[sjohnson]

Mike,

The 'Print Cue List' command does not display the correct information for the "Description" field. I have a short list of only Audio Cues and when I execute the 'Print Cue List' command all of the information is displayed correctly except the "Description" field. This field displays the audio file name with out the extension. For example I have an audio cue with the following information:

Cue # : Q3
Description: Ship's Bell
When Required: A1S11P72
Manual Activation
Sub Cue Properties: Audio File
Audio File: $(Cue)\tmp.wav WAV 22050 Hz, 16 bits, Mono
File Title: tmp

The 'Print Cue List' command shows:

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Cue     Description    Cue Type     Activation     Audio File     Length  Device    When Required
Q3      tmp            Audio File   Manual         tmp.wav        2.64    FOH       A1S11

Please take a look into this. I have tried different files and description information, however the Description in 'Print Cue List' is always the audio file name sans extension. In this example the Description should be "Ship's Bell".

SCS Information:
Version 9.2.4
Build 2006/08/03 19:54

Thanks,
*Scott*

[Mike Daniell]

You can get the Description you want by changing the File Title field.

As every cue can have multiple sub-cues, each sub-cue has it's own Description field. With audio files some file formats (eg MP3) contain a title for the file within the file itself, so SCS extracts that title and displays it in the File Title field. WAV files do not contain this info so SCS just uses the filename without the .wav extension. For Audio File sub-cues this File Title is used as the sub-cue Description.

As this is regarded as a description you can change the default displayed. SCS keeps a note of which descriptions are set to their default values, and when editing will propagate the description of the first sub-cue up to the cue unless you have manually altered the cue description.

The sub-cue Description or File Title is used in the Sub-Cue Display panels in the lower part of the Run Screen, and are also used in Print Cue List. I emphasise that this is because every cue may have several sub-cues and to display/print the description of the parent cue would not be particularly useful in such cases.

For more info see the SCS Help under The Run Screen / Cue and Sub-Cue Descriptions.

[sjohnson]

Thanks, Mike