The Just Live Lite application supports growing files within the Library, Workbench, and Preview windows. Growing Files are indicated by an italic font face style within the Library and Workbench area.
Given the nature of growing files, we strongly recommend thoroughly testing this workflow before deploying it in a production environment.
Please ensure that the playout storage is properly mounted on the Mac (Finder level) running the Just Live Lite application and that the “Full Disk Access” (“System Settings → Privacy & Security → Full Disk Access”) permission has been granted to the Just Live Lite application as described here.
Just Live Lite:
Once a Growing File gets played out, the endpoint of that clip will be automatically updated.
Growing File Update Parameters:
To cope with different storage systems and file types, there are two settings (Apple “Terminal” commands) available, which can be used to adjust the Growing File behavior within the Just Live Lite application:
The “TAKMDSGrowingFileUpdate” value defines the interval (in seconds), in which Just Live Lite checks for new file durations. So, by default, the growing file will be updated every five seconds.
The “TAKMDSGrowingFileDelay” value defines how many times Just Live Lite checks if the file is still growing. By default, Just Live Lite checks the “TAKMDSGrowingFileUpdate” value twice and if there is no update, the file will be identified and displayed as closed.
Please note that the Just Live Lite application has to be closed when changing these values.
We recommend testing such Growing File workflows in every detail, before using them in production, as every storage system can act differently and especially MXF files may require adjustments of the given default values.