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status-indicators/prop_guard.py
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christianandClaude Opus 5.5 a3b38cbd5d SC timecode: LTC Listen.app decodes the tracks' LTC from SoundGrid; PROP shows TIMECODE LOST mid-song
ProPresenter can't report its timecode, so LTC Listen (a small app on SC's ProPresenter Mac, microphone
permission allowed on site 2026-10-26, LaunchAgent org.waterschurch.ltc-listen) reads the same SoundGrid
input (com_waves_WCAudioGridEngine, channel 1) and writes the running timecode. The prop guard logs a drop
in a song (2 s without timecode) with the song and timecode, and serves 127.0.0.1:8095/timecode, which SC's
PROP key checks (TIMECODE LOST). Decoder tested against generated LTC and live (00:27:37:28).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-10-26 14:22:07 -04:00

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""ProPresenter guard: keeps a song's lyrics (and the cues on its timeline) running and the band's stage display
on the worship layout, fixing either at once. Runs on the ProPresenter Mac (LaunchAgent org.waterschurch.prop-guard),
talking only to ProPresenter's own network API on this Mac. Stdlib only.
Built 2026-10-25 for Southcoast, where timecode sometimes drops out (lyrics and lights stop) and the first slide's
macro does not always bring the stage display to the worship layout. A song is a presentation with a timeline
(every song in the plan has one; nothing else does).
TIMECODE the song's timeline follows the tracks' LTC. When it was running and stops in the middle of the song
(not on the last slide), the timeline is started again at once from where it stopped, so the lyrics and
cues carry on; when the LTC comes back, ProPresenter follows it again. Logged with the time it stopped.
STAGE a few seconds after a song becomes active (its first slide fired), the Stage Display must be on a
layout whose name has "Worship" in it; if the macro did not get it there, it is set to "Worship".
Only in the first seconds of a song: a layout someone picks later is left alone.
Status (for the status panel): ~/Library/Application Support/status-panel/prop-guard.json; log:
~/Library/Logs/prop-guard.log.
"""
import json
import logging
import os
import sys
import time
import urllib.error
import urllib.request
CFG = {
"api": "http://127.0.0.1:50098",
"stage_screen": "Stage Display",
"song_layout": "Worship", # set when the stage is on none of the "accept" layouts
"accept": ["worship"], # a layout whose name contains one of these is fine for a song
"stage_after": 2.5, # seconds after the song starts before the stage is judged
"stage_window": 12.0, # ... and until when it is put right
"resume": True, # start a stopped timeline again (False: only log)
"stopped_for": 1.0, # seconds stopped before it counts (ProPresenter blinks while it seeks)
"poll": 0.4,
"ltc_file": "~/Library/Application Support/status-panel/ltc.json", # LTC Listen.app: the timecode really arriving
"ltc_lost_after": 2.0, # seconds without timecode in a song that had it: TIMECODE LOST
"status_port": 8095, # GET /timecode: 200 fine, 503 lost (the status panel's http check)
}
STATUS = os.path.expanduser("~/Library/Application Support/status-panel/prop-guard.json")
log = logging.getLogger("prop-guard")
def api(path, timeout=2.0):
try:
with urllib.request.urlopen(CFG["api"] + path, timeout=timeout) as r:
body = r.read()
return json.loads(body) if body.strip() else {}
except (urllib.error.URLError, OSError, ValueError):
return None
class Guard:
def __init__(self, now=time.time):
self.now = now
self.song = None # uuid of the active song
self.started = 0.0
self.ran = False # its timeline has run (so a stop means the LTC went away)
self.last_t = None
self.stopped_at = None
self.slides = 0
self.stage_fixed = False
self.resumed_at = None # when the guard last started the timeline again
self.hands_off = False # stopped again right after a restart: someone means it, leave this song alone
self.state = {"started": now(), "timecode_drops": [], "stage_fixes": [], "ltc_drops": [], "now": {}}
self.ltc_seen = False # timecode heard during this song
self.ltc_lost_at = None # when it stopped (None: running, or not heard yet this song)
self.lost = False # TIMECODE LOST, for the status panel
def stage(self):
for m in api("/v1/stage/layout_map") or []:
if (m.get("screen") or {}).get("name") == CFG["stage_screen"]:
return m["screen"], m.get("layout") or {}
return None, {}
def set_layout(self, screen):
layouts = api("/v1/stage/layouts") or []
want = next((l["id"] for l in layouts if l["id"]["name"] == CFG["song_layout"]), None)
if not want:
log.warning("STAGE: no layout called %s", CFG["song_layout"])
return False
return api("/v1/stage/screen/%s/layout/%s" % (screen["uuid"], want["uuid"])) is not None
def ltc(self):
try:
with open(os.path.expanduser(CFG["ltc_file"])) as f:
d = json.load(f)
except (OSError, ValueError):
return None
return d if self.now() - (d.get("time") or 0) < 5 else None # LTC Listen not writing: no verdict
def watch_ltc(self, name, now):
"""LTC Listen hears the tracks' timecode on the same SoundGrid input ProPresenter uses. In a song that had it,
timecode gone for ltc_lost_after seconds is TIMECODE LOST (logged with where it stopped) until it comes back."""
d = self.ltc()
if d is None or name is None:
self.ltc_seen, self.ltc_lost_at, self.lost = False, None, False
return
if d.get("running"):
if self.lost:
log.warning("TIMECODE BACK in %s after %.1f s at %s", name, now - self.ltc_lost_at, d.get("tc"))
self.state["ltc_drops"][-1]["back"] = now
self.ltc_seen, self.ltc_lost_at, self.lost = True, None, False
self.last_tc = d.get("tc")
return
if not self.ltc_seen:
return
self.ltc_lost_at = self.ltc_lost_at or now
if not self.lost and now - self.ltc_lost_at >= CFG["ltc_lost_after"]:
self.lost = True
log.warning("TIMECODE DROPPED in %s at %s: no timecode on SoundGrid for %.1f s", name, getattr(self, "last_tc", "?"),
now - self.ltc_lost_at)
self.state["ltc_drops"] = (self.state["ltc_drops"] + [{"song": name, "tc": getattr(self, "last_tc", None),
"time": self.ltc_lost_at}])[-20:]
def tick(self):
now = self.now()
pres = (api("/v1/presentation/active") or {}).get("presentation")
song_name = pres["id"]["name"] if pres and pres.get("has_timeline") else None
if song_name != getattr(self, "ltc_song", None):
self.ltc_seen, self.ltc_lost_at, self.lost, self.ltc_song = False, None, False, song_name
self.watch_ltc(song_name, now)
if not pres or not pres.get("has_timeline"):
if self.song:
log.info("SONG over: %s", self.name)
self.song = None
self.state["now"] = {"song": None, "time": now}
return
uuid, name = pres["id"]["uuid"], pres["id"]["name"]
if uuid != self.song:
self.song, self.name, self.started, self.ran, self.last_t, self.stopped_at = uuid, name, now, False, None, None
self.stage_fixed, self.resumed_at, self.hands_off = False, None, False
self.slides = sum(len(g.get("slides") or []) for g in pres.get("groups") or [])
log.info("SONG %s (%d slides)", name, self.slides)
tl = api("/v1/presentation/active/timeline") or {}
running, t = bool(tl.get("is_running")), tl.get("current_time")
idx = (api("/v1/presentation/slide_index") or {}).get("presentation_index") or {}
slide = idx.get("index")
at_end = slide is not None and self.slides and slide >= self.slides - 1
if running:
if not self.ran:
log.info("TIMECODE running in %s at %.1f s", name, t or 0)
self.ran, self.stopped_at = True, None
elif self.ran and not at_end and not self.hands_off:
self.stopped_at = self.stopped_at or now
if self.resumed_at and now - self.resumed_at < 5:
self.hands_off = True # it was stopped again at once: an operator, not the LTC
log.info("TIMECODE: %s stopped again right after it was started: left alone for this song", name)
elif now - self.stopped_at >= CFG["stopped_for"]:
drop = {"song": name, "at": t, "slide": slide, "time": now}
if CFG["resume"]:
ok = api("/v1/presentation/active/timeline/play") is not None
after = api("/v1/presentation/active/timeline") or {}
drop["resumed"] = bool(ok and after.get("is_running"))
self.resumed_at = now
log.warning("TIMECODE DROPPED in %s at %.2f s (slide %s)%s", name, t or 0, slide,
"" if not CFG["resume"] else (": timeline started again" if drop.get("resumed") else ": COULD NOT START IT"))
self.state["timecode_drops"] = (self.state["timecode_drops"] + [drop])[-20:]
self.stopped_at = None
self.last_t = t
screen, layout = self.stage()
lname = layout.get("name") or ""
ok_layout = any(a in lname.lower() for a in CFG["accept"])
if screen and not ok_layout and CFG["stage_after"] <= now - self.started <= CFG["stage_window"] and not self.stage_fixed:
fixed = self.set_layout(screen)
self.stage_fixed = True
fix = {"song": name, "was": lname, "time": now, "fixed": fixed}
self.state["stage_fixes"] = (self.state["stage_fixes"] + [fix])[-20:]
log.warning("STAGE: %s started with the stage on %r: %s", name, lname, "set to " + CFG["song_layout"] if fixed else "COULD NOT SET IT")
self.state["now"] = {"song": name, "running": running, "t": t, "slide": slide, "stage": lname, "time": now}
def save(self):
try:
os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(STATUS), exist_ok=True)
with open(STATUS + ".tmp", "w") as f:
json.dump(self.state, f)
os.replace(STATUS + ".tmp", STATUS)
except OSError:
pass
def serve_status(guard):
"""GET /timecode: 200 "RUNNING" / "OK", or 503 "TIMECODE LOST" (SC's status panel checks it)."""
import http.server
import threading
class H(http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
def do_GET(self):
lost = guard.lost
body = b"TIMECODE LOST" if lost else b"OK"
self.send_response(503 if lost else 200)
self.send_header("Content-Type", "text/plain")
self.end_headers()
self.wfile.write(body)
def log_message(self, *a):
pass
srv = http.server.ThreadingHTTPServer(("127.0.0.1", CFG["status_port"]), H)
threading.Thread(target=srv.serve_forever, daemon=True).start()
def main():
if len(sys.argv) > 1 and os.path.exists(sys.argv[1]):
CFG.update(json.load(open(sys.argv[1])))
logging.basicConfig(filename=os.path.expanduser("~/Library/Logs/prop-guard.log"), level=logging.INFO,
format="%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(message)s")
log.info("prop guard started: %s", json.dumps(CFG))
g, saved = Guard(), 0.0
try:
serve_status(g)
except OSError as e:
log.warning("status port %s: %s", CFG["status_port"], e)
while True:
try:
g.tick()
except Exception: # noqa: BLE001 - keep guarding
log.exception("tick failed")
if time.time() - saved > 2:
g.save()
saved = time.time()
time.sleep(CFG["poll"])
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()