HUD
HUD's do not restore view after re-start (4.02m40ProHD) you have to manually press W and X to get the HUD back on the screen. This needs to be fixed for 'auto-start' setups

Also - Mix windows and other HUD views only seep to keep their positions and sizes on output 1 - nothing restores on output 2 between re-starts? of any of my comments - this is my BIGGEST BUG - please fix ASAP?.. It is imperative for mix views to remember their settings (like on output 1) on output 2 - especially for 'auto-start' and 'power failure' scenarios
i think this changed since m40.
please try latest build.
i think i spotted this several months ago.

Please make HUD views solid - not transparent - may look 'cool' but is difficult to read - and there's no real need for it to be transparent???
i played around with making it solid. in the end i felt the overall impression was better with slight transparency. i could make it an option.

'Layers'
No numbers (dmx values) beside any of the playmode functions - (all other list functions have numbers - lib, file, colourfx, visfx)
there should be numbers - they are in the menus for playmodes.

Also - when you click on any of the list items, they appear over the top of any mix windows, vertically above or below!.... This is no good for live work?. This re-enforced my original comment about having the layer controls on the live desktop!!!! - (bad idea - should have kept it in the control window!)
However, this is now re-designed, (and probably wont change - lets make it work?.) so the Mix windows MUST be made TOP priority with no overwriting from menus possible when 'locked' in position. Also mouse should be hidden if 'on top' of a window.
menus are drawn by apple, i have no control. cant do much about it - though i believe it would be really confusing if they didnt come to the front - from a gui pov. i understand why it might be a problem.
menus are not the best way to select items - i was trying to slowly replace them using 'library' type things.

the mouse - is a difficult issue - i cant turn it off. as it would baffle users.

If you change to a remote network view on the layers view - when you change back to your local server, all the sync ID's are set to off? rather than being restored to what they were - ALSO PLEASE FIX ASAP
hadnt spotted that. it resets to default value.

Also with 12 layers - really need 4 more sync ID's - i.e. total of 24
sync id should be used so that all layers which need to be together use the same sync id.
i thought this would not mean each layer had to have its own id.

Bring back the old 'simple' layer view - with just the content and simple file/folder/content info view. The Layers view is very 'technical' with all its controls. However it is sometimes necessary for untrained (DSM's etc) to see what's happening on all the layers on a particular server - and to be able to choose between servers. I.e. we put a networked mac, with all the content on its local drive and give the DSM the ability to view a simplified layer view of any Catalyst server on the network. I suppose we can still use V3 for this, but it would be a shame to lose this in V4
i keep getting asked for this type of thing. including ability to resize.

Need a user definable menu option to be able to select whether the scan files window is seen or not? and possibly where it appears. If hidden - it can seem like catalyst has locked up - in tech sessions - it is useful to be able to see the window to show that catalyst is working - scanning files. - especially useful when using a networked Mac for control
thats a tough one.
scanning files can take such a long time - i think it is important that this dialog is always always visible.

Files view on Library HUD needs better definition between folders. - like the old version - current one merges folders one in to the next in one VERY long list, and if VERY difficult to use if you have to scroll down the whole list?. Has almost made it useless?.(sorry!) Bring back a next/last button to scroll thru folders, similar to before - and a jump to folder box. The actual icon views, with file/folder naming is good. But folders need to be better separated for easy viewing.
its always one step at a time with this.
i dont have so many files - its easier for me -
people with more populated files need the option to display by library.

the advantage of this is that you dont have to hunt for files, they are all there in a list

DMX Artnet view - excellent
it isnt quite good enough yet.
latest versions can patch the artnet to specific universes.

Need ability to be able to re-size - with option to lock aspect ratio (mainly 4:3 or 16:9) for all mix windows and video input windows.

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In Edit preset layer view - some values are editable (tabulated ones) - other values - numeric are not?Would be VERY useful to be able to edit ALL values that are displayed in this view. - since it takes too many view changes to go back to the Layer controls, change the value, then go back and save it, enter timings name it etc - get my point???......
work in progress. many improvements need to be made here.

Can you include some more serial string examples in the list - Barco, Kramer, etc? Have put my cheat sheet on a separate thread too link: http://chaldee1.gotadsl.co.uk/~richa...read.php?t=855
sure. any others.

It seems that you've changed how the cat-settings file works with V4 - can you explain what's used at start-up now? - I send servers out pre-patched and use a default setup (cat_settings file) - is it xml now? What is the CatPPC_settings.xml file? Now that you have a save show for the chow control bit - it would be useful to do the same for the rest of the settings - or include both in one?
usage is still the same as before. for now.
im slowly moving to xml- but its encoded so not editable, and being able to save the settings. not quite there yet- as users want to save things like color gamma setups as well- and move them between machines.
it takes quite a long time to debug this and remove glitches.

to support ppc and intel - with as few endian bugs as possible.
ppc and intel versions have separately named settings files. for now.

Finally - when I got the upgrade code for V4 - it didn?t work 1st time?.. I tried about 4 times to enter the code - copy, then hit enter code to paste from clipboard.
i think there was a bug with empty clipboards - i think this went away some time ago.
the other thing to remember is that - you dont type apple-v for paste - in catalyst- you just click on 'enter code'

thanks for all your comments.