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ccolewilliam  
#1 Posted : Monday, December 26, 2016 3:58:53 PM(UTC)
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Hi,

I am using the ticker function with V18 and since Vmix now will auto update the text file in the ticker the problem I am running into is the speed of the ticker. I understand you can set the click but if the text file is shorter in length the ticker plays very fast where as if its a larger file it play fast. Is there a way to set the speed regardless of the text length?

Thanks a ton for anyone's ideas or input!
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#2 Posted : Tuesday, December 27, 2016 2:14:57 AM(UTC)
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Quick and dirty fix: If original text was 150 characters and new text is only 75 characters, then add the new text twice.

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ccolewilliam  
#3 Posted : Tuesday, December 27, 2016 10:09:28 AM(UTC)
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Thanks for that option however with the new auto updated feature you have no idea how many characters the next is and it could vary minute by minute depending on what kind of sources you are pulling in and how often they are updating.
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#4 Posted : Tuesday, December 27, 2016 10:26:23 AM(UTC)
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Perhaps someone can code a title that checks the length of the text and adjust the time accordingly ?
ccolewilliam  
#5 Posted : Tuesday, December 27, 2016 12:01:45 PM(UTC)
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That would be awesome if someone knows how to do that. I have never written any kind of scripts for vmix and really have no idea. But if its something simple that would be awesome if someone would know how to do that.
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#6 Posted : Tuesday, December 27, 2016 1:08:39 PM(UTC)
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I think a feature request is in order!
Something along the lines of a consistent speed across the screen regardless of the length of the text document.
I'm pretty sure similar requests have been put forward in the past as setting up the timing can be a pain at times, but especially now with support for auto updates and data sources.


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Kelvin  
#7 Posted : Tuesday, December 27, 2016 6:29:41 PM(UTC)
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+1 on the constant speed across the screen.
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#8 Posted : Wednesday, December 28, 2016 8:58:32 AM(UTC)
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+1, would be great
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#9 Posted : Thursday, December 29, 2016 1:56:47 AM(UTC)
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Martin, perhaps can borrow the idea from OtsAV. They have the fluid, organic ticker.
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#10 Posted : Thursday, December 29, 2016 2:55:25 AM(UTC)
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@ccolewilliam,
As fast workaround you can pad string with spaces, by setting data source format {0,20}, where 20 is desired string length. But if string is very short, there will be a lot of free space in ticker.
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#11 Posted : Thursday, December 29, 2016 10:18:32 AM(UTC)
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I've posted a feature request for this here:

http://forums.vmix.com/d....aspx?g=posts&t=8590


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