Red Mouse Problems

[Peter Tours]

I cannot tell a lie…I couldn’t stand that other mouse so I am back to my wireless. I used it for everything, navigation, marking in and out, going to finder….I could do without my keyboard before I can give up that mouse. Oh and it’s a Bella Pro keyboard and I really wouldn’t give it up. Both have been with the system for it’s entire 18 months.

But I will try to pay particular attention to the operations side as opposed the “creative” side whence I enter into Red in the timeline.

Peter

Peter Tours
TnT Video Services, Inc.
Fort Lauderdale, FL

[William Busby]

Not that this IS the reason you’re having your issue, but… Logitec’s SetPoint software that is currently packaged with their mice, etc. can cause various issues similar to the one you describe. Try uninstalling Setpoint & just use your OS default mouse driver and see if your issue disappears.

[Peter Tours]

Will I love the functionality I depend on for the extra buttons, roller,etc? I use it to mark in and out, scroll the timeline and clips with the tilt wheel, go to finder with one button, scrub, etc?

Peter Tours
TnT Video Services, Inc.
Fort Lauderdale, FL

[William Busby]

Well that’s the downside. I believe you’ll lose those functions. Can’t hurt to try. You can always reinstall Setpoint if it doesn’t work for you. However, if your issues disappear, you’ll at least know what’s causing it during testing when it’s un-installed 🙂

[Peter Tours]

I appreciate your suggestion, but I think I would need a few weeks of rehab if I had to give up those functions. But thanks for the idea.

The bug only happens occasionally and I need the extra mouse functions all the time.

By the way, I used to work with a William Busby in Columbus Ohio many years ago…any chance that was you?

Cheers!

Peter Tours
TnT Video Services, Inc.
Fort Lauderdale, FL

[William Busby]

Nope. Sorry Peter… wasn’t me 🙂 But thanks for asking.

At the beginning of ’09, I had bought a Logitec mouse based on the extra cool functions. I had an immediate conflict where windows would jump all over the place in a rapid manner, not unlike some nasty malware or virus, etc. Logitec support and I concluded that Setpoint doesn’t play nice with most KVM switches. I couldn’t live without mine but could live without the extra cool functions (since I had for so many years prior), so I returned it and got a standard MS mouse… oh well 😀

[Peter Tours]

As odd as it sounds, having changed video cards recently has caused my puter to act very oddly, not just the mouse. The card has been exorcised – appropriate to it’s name – and been replaced the a card whose name descends from Hawaii and my puter is back to normal.

Thanks for all your input – I think I just had some bad ju-ju in there!

Happy New Year

Peter Tours
TnT Video Services, Inc.
Fort Lauderdale, FL

[Matt Mullen]

Peter,

I’m curious. Which graphics card gave you an issue and which fixed it?

[Peter Tours]

I spent the first 18 months using an AJA IO LA and betacam.

I spent the last month going thru 2 Blackmagic Decklink Studio Cards – v1 w.o hdmi and v2. w hdmi. V1 could not catpure beta w.o moire. V2 caused project to go corrupt whilst I was working on them, making my saves and autosaves worthless. Opening a project, if it would open at all, could take 5 minutes.

Now AHA Kona LHI – feels like my old puter again. Projects open quick, not crashes. NO creepy mouse problems or other gremlins.

Coincidence? Perhaps!

Peter Tours
TnT Video Services, Inc.
Fort Lauderdale, FL