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clibil  
#1 Posted : Monday, January 3, 2022 8:28:04 PM(UTC)
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Would it be possible to put the equivalent of a "thumbwheel" next to the slider control on the preview / output window to allow In and Out points to be be more accurately set ? The slider is very hard to adjust hyper-accurately with only a mouse control to move it, and the Mark In and Mark Out do not seem to be able to be set accurately. If we could have a fine adjustment control or the ability to set numerically the time of the In and Out points it would save a lot of time when cue-ing recordings.
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Update:
I think I am resurrecting an issue raised at
https://forums.vmix.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=10541
which never seems to have been resolved.
I have uncompressed video inputs I want to cue into a live broadcast and a thumbwheel would just make it easier. I can live with frame 'skips' if the compression algorithm forces these but from programs like Wondershare and Roxio I can cut a video anywhere I want because they both have a thumbwheel and/or the ability to enlarge the timescale.
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#2 Posted : Monday, January 3, 2022 8:54:02 PM(UTC)
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you can do this with shortcuts.
set.PNG (18kb) downloaded 2 time(s).

-setposition
-input preview

-value -=40 for getting one frame back
-value +=40 for getting one frame forward

-value -=1000 for getting one second back
-value +=1000 for getting one second forward

Then add the shortcuts for Mark IN,Mark OUT, Clear IN, Clear OUT and everything is done.

And if you have a Streamdeck panel, it works even better.
set2.PNG (45kb) downloaded 0 time(s).

Keep in mind that with the different file formats, it is not always possible to change the position by 1 frame. With mp4 formats the steps possible are probably only +- 1 second. With vMix AVI oder ProRes you can jump every frame. This has to do with the encoding of the files (GOP).
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clibil on 1/4/2022(UTC)
clibil  
#3 Posted : Tuesday, January 4, 2022 2:31:52 AM(UTC)
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Hi Peter

Thank you so very much for this quick and very informative reply.

I have a Launchpad Mini and have been trying to programme this for over a year but I had got the syntax slightly wrong for the -=x and +=x. You are right that I am limited to a 1 second skip, but 1 second is absolutely fine for what I need to do. But thank you for advice on how to achieve single frame advance.

I am also going to programme the shortcuts for the Mark In/Mark Out and Clears as you suggest.

Happy 2022 !
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