Alteka VT Kounter

About

VT Kounter is designed to help video operators see a nice, large, clear countdown timer for the current video playout. It can also send that timer information to OBS - this is useful for remote productions where you might use OBS to create a 'presenter return' style layout.

Supported applications

• Qlab 4
• Qlab 5
• Vmix
• PVP (ProVideoPlayer)
• PlaybackPro Plus
• Mitti
• Blackmagic Hyperdeck

Features

• Customizable time format
• Progress bar
• Show playing VT name (Not supported by all apps)
• Show armed VT name (Not supported by all apps)
• Webpage for remote viewing on local network
• Optional Warning / Danger colors when countdown is close to end
• Audio countdown

Download

Get the latest release here: Latest Release

Design

The app is based around Electron to create and manage the windows. The content is heavily Vue.js driven.

Build Setup

#Clone the repo into a folder
#cd into the folder and run the below

#You'll need to have node.js installed
#We've built using node 16.18.0

# install dependencies
npm install

# serve with hot reload at localhost:9080
npm run electron:serve

# build electron application for production
npm run electron:build

For more information please see our website: Alteka Solutions

Credits

Audio for the countdown is by drotzruhn on freesound.org