Cannot make selections in trimmer

[Danny Hays]

If you play the video in the trimmer, while it’s playing, hit the i and then the o, it will select that part of the video. double click on the video between the yellow triangles to select it, (It will turn blue) then drag that to the regular time line. Works for me. just tried it. Danny

[Roger Read]

The problem is that the I key repositions the cursor to the In point, but then pressing the O has no effect. Having experimented, the only way I can do it is to stop playback after setting the In point, then restarting from there. Then the O key works as advertised, and I can then either drag to the Timeline, or make a sub-clip. As I understand it, pressing I followed by O should make a selection during playback.

Further, using the I and O keys to select part of a clip on the time line has no effect whatsoever.

[Danny Hays]

Hmmm, It works on my machine. The [ and ] keys do the same as i and o. try that. You know you can also drag the edges of a clip in the regular timeline to lenthen or shorten it as well.

[Roger Read]

Thanks, Danny.

I have the same problem with the [ ] keys, too. Having done more experimenting, I think I might have a problem with Vegas as some other keys seem to be behaving oddly. I will reinstall, and see if that cures the problems.

[Mike Kujbida]

“I will reinstall, and see if that cures the problems.”

I sure hope you haven’t done this yet.
Options – Prefs – Editing.
Make sure Collapse loop region when no time selection is present is selected.
If it isn’t, you’ll get the behaviour you’re describing.

[Roger Read]

Thanks, Mike. Just in the nick of time. That has sorted the problem – don’t know how it got deselected though!