PlaybackMode and In Frame Question

[joshgubler]

I always find it best to try and change as few parameters as possible in a cue. In Q146 you change both the mode and the speed. A few possible solutions:

1. Try setting the mode to "Play Once Forward" in Q142. This should be fine because pause should hold it. If pause is stopping it from presetting to frame 150, you could try playing at full speed and just bracketing frame 150 with in and out. So now it's basically just playing frame 150 over and over again until you change your outframe in Q146. <Edit: in order for this bracketing to work, you may have to set mode to "Play Loop Forward">

2. Rather than changing play mode in Q142, try changing play speed to "full speed" in Q142. Now the only thing you are changing in Q146 is play mode, and also possibly the inframe from 150 to 151.

I think option 2 here is going to be the cleanest solution.

[longred]

Josh,
Thanx for the suggestions. Have you found that changing multiple parameters in cue(simultaneously) is problematic?
I'll try your cueing suggestions and see what happens. I like the changing the out frame idea, I never would have thought of that option.
I'll post my results.
Michael

[samsc]

what you have here is parameters that interact.

I cant repeat what you see-

but in this example you dont need to change the playback speed in any cue.
'Inframe' playmode does not play. Leave playback speed at 100%

Also suggest you check the commands you think you are sending to catalyst - using the catalyst GUI.

For example when you say frame 1 - your user interface is using an offset from 1 - my user interface uses an ofset from 0.