Martin,
I would like to request an alternate method of the "Automatic restart with transition", as it causes a small glitch when transitioning to the restarting clip.

I would like to propose the clip be reset on the transition from that clip instead of the transition to that clip, as I feel it would create a smoother transition into that clip.

IMO, it appears the clip with this option set, is starting where it left off , the transition begins, becomes visible, then the restart is initiated.
I recorded this for your viewing. the first 2 transitions into the clip are full speed. In the middle I stretched the third to slow it down, and inserted text where it jumps.

Hi,

What is the video format of the file and are you using vMix x64 or the 32bit version?

If automatically restart is enabled, vMix is actually set to restart the video as soon as the transition ends so it is all queued up correctly for next time.
My guess is there must be something strange going on with that particular format.

Regards,

Martin
vMix

@ Martin

I have always had the same experience as 'madness' (typically avi's with vMix64), the video's 'restart' during the Transition In and do not reset on the Transition Out as you seem to be suggesting.
This, of course, displays the flash of the 'last frame' or 'current frame' of the video on screen before it restarts during the transition.
My workaround of sorts has been to use triggers to 'Restart' video clips before I use them again, i.e. everytime I use camera 2, the video resets, or 'Restart' them manually in "Preview" prior to use.
I never considered this to be a 'bug' since that was the exact behavior, namely: "Automatically Restart with Transition".
I always assumed that meant "Transition In" but you are suggesting the behavior should be for the video to 'Restart' at the end of a "Transition Out" to be properly queued for the next time.
That would be a desirable behavior, but that has not been the behavior I have seen with any of my video files.


Ice


EDIT: As per madness's observations, I just tried with 'pause' checked (all boxes checked) and the video does restart after 'Transition Out' (this is somewhat counter intuitive, since I don't want the video to pause)

Martin,
The desired effect is to play the overlay in the second video until it ends, and leave it displayed for as long as necessary, before moving on to the next scene, and transitioning to that new scene. This overlay will be used multiple times at the Live event.

In the flag video, it will get used only once at the beginning of the event, and to prevent the jump, I need to keep the flag loop looping, and not set the restart. Just let it play and pause only.

I'll have to play again tonight to verify everything. I appreciate your assistance in this.

Thanks Martin,

Your explanation certainly helps to validate the behavior, perhaps some sort of notation or re-wording that the 'Restart' needs the 'Pause' to also be active to work as 'expected' is needed to help clarify the functionality.



Ice

Martin,
I guess my concern is that the jump should not occur at the beginning, period.

From the selection descriptions, these would be my expectations...

Automatically play with transition: When input is selected as output, the input will play from it's current frame, unless another option overrides this.

Automatically restart with Transition: No matter where within the video it was stopped, it is immediately reset to frame 1 to restart at next use. With the out going transition complete, I would expect the clip to reset to the first frame instead of holding the last frame, unless the next option was set.

Automatically Pause after transition: Pause video at it's location when transition completes.

If it worked as per the expectations, and it was necessary to hold the last frame, there could be an additional option to hold the last frame on clip completion??? Or a specified frame???

Perhaps delay the incoming transition a few frames to avoid the jump from the last frame to the first when this is bound to occur?

In this case, you should still enable pause in the settings as it shouldn't affect playback as it will only pause when closing the overlay.
Audio will not be enabled by default with overlays, so you can disable automatic audio mixing and turn on the audio manually to keep it running.

May be use triggers to enable audio from this (or another input) - as example - i use background video and some clips with sounds. And in this clips i set trigger "OnTransitionIN" to set Audio from this clip as Solo (mute previos enabled sound) or simple set ON. And set "OnCompletion" - set audio from this clip off. And when transition with 1-2-3-4 overlays - clips viewed in PiP over background with sound

Ok, madness - i create new topic with audio