With a bunch of media in a page, I expected on beat and on measure to behave like “next on movie end” and “random on…” but changing on every beat or every measure.
When I select it, I see a green box flashing with the appropriate increment but the media stays on the originally selected item.
Haven’t found anything yet with a detailed explanation using these. Is there a good tutorial that explains using these timing features?
You have to select which clip you want to load next. Either manually or using the random button [?]. Then it will select a random clip and play it only on beat/measure. Or you could use the previous [<] or next [>] clip button, and then it will play that accordingly. Something needs to trigger a clip. It depends on your setup and what you need. ‘On Beat’ and ‘On Measure’ are great for manual trigger and for you not to think about the beat.
It’s frustrating because there are two different concepts at play in one menu. Video clips behave differently than images. Even with videos, the behavior is combining two different concepts in one drop down. The first four have to do with the looping behavior, what happens when the video is finished and the last two have to do with manual triggering? it’s confusing design choice from a usability perspective.
The first time I used the program, I expected the video playback to change on the beat and on the measure, because all the other items in the dropdown effected loopback behavior.