Hey All,
New user here… hope my questions are not too basic. The first thing I’m wondering is:
I’d like to have long videos programmed so that every time I hit a button it jumps to the next shot. Shoild I (a) cut up the video into chunks and load all the chunks into its own channel or (b) just place a ton of chapter markers or (c) something else.
thanks in advance for any help.
That’s really up to you. Pros and Cons to both.
If you do the long video with markers, you’ll have to render out a new “long” video every time you update your visuals, and then add the new markers back into that video.
If you go with smaller clips, you can always add more clips in and rearrange them however desired.
Depending on how many clips you have, you may consider using the “pre-load” media option (if your computer has enough memory for it). This will speed up the process of jumping from one clip to another.
Also, make sure to use HAP (or another fast GPU accellerated codec) and an external or fast internal SSD drive to launch the clips from. A slow HDD could be a bottleneck for trying to launch a number of small clips quickly.
thanks! I had not considered the preloading of clips. Is there a recommended video
format for easiest playback (processor wise)? h.264, ProRez, other?
so HOW do I setup a channel to automatically move from one clip to the next, please?
thanks.
There’s a whole section on this in the docs. H.264 is a streaming optimized codec. Unless you export every frame as a key frame (which will make a larger file size) then the CPU will have to do more work to decide the files.
What do you mean by automatic? Are you changing this based off of a BPM (clock plugin)? Or do you want it to trigger from a timed playlist (cue list plugin).
Or are you trying to trigger it “manually” with a midi controller or OSC?
If you open up the media bin or a template such as simple player, in the top left corner of the media bin are < > ? Icons. That is previous clip, next clip, and random clip.
If you want those to trigger to the clock, simply right-click on one of them and set the clock as your source. You can try every beat if you want it to change fast.
If you want the Cue List method there is a tutorial on the cue list plugin online.