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Contour ShuttleXpress
The ShuttleXpress is a hardware input device useful for controlling video and audio editing software. They can be configured for all sorts of uses though. A popular one seems to be media playback, but they could be a game controller, and so on.
It has seven kinds of input:
- An infinitely spinning dial with clicky movement. Good for stepping through a clip frame-by-frame.
- Another dial with limited movement (70° each side, I think) that snaps back into place. Useful for fast-forwarding and re-winding.
- Five mouse-like buttons.
There are larger versions that add more buttons.
Setup
Linux
NB: I've got it working in Kdenlive without installing anything (see below), but I think for wider use you have to use one of these:
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- NB: I had to grab the example config from Github, because the makefile in this fork doesn't install it.
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Kdenlive
You need to make a udev rule and then you can configure things in Kdenlive's settings:
- Plug-in the shuttle, use
lsusb
and note the ID info.ID 0b33:0020
in my case, but in the example on the Kdenlive documentation the product ID is0030
. - Create a file in
/etc/udev/rules.d
(for example90-shuttlexpress.rules
and add the line:
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0b33", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0020", MODE="0444"
where
0b33
is the first part of the ID you noted, and0020
is the second. - Restart the udev stuff with
# udevadm control --reload
and# udevadm trigger
. - Open Kdenlive, go: Settings > Configure Kdenlive… > JogShuttle, and once you enable and select your device you should be able to configure the buttons as you wish.
- NB: the FF/RW wheel seems bugged in this setup… it seems to work like a mouse scrollwheel, but reversed
See Also
See Also
- EMATech/OpenContourShuttle - In development, maybe Windows-only so far (haven't tested). Has a GUI for configuration.
See Also
- Using the Contour Design Shuttle Devices in the Ardour manual.
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