[Jon Zanone]

There is a fast menu at the bottom left corner of the timeline window. Poke around in there – for there is that which you seek.

I think.

Jon

“So you want to throw out the old you – but the old you is old enough to know it won’t make it better”
Del Amitri – “Make it Better”

[Jon Zanone]

Steve Bayes’ Avid Handbook is a great first step. You don’t say if you have Avid experience, or edit experience in general.

Avid’s tutorial is good for the bare bones basics. Avid’s training series DVD’s are better. Avid also has an online training system called ALEX, but I’ve not used it and can’t vouch for its value.

Jon

“So you want to throw out the old you – but the old you is old enough to know it won’t make it better”
Del Amitri – “Make it Better”

[Jon Zanone]

I guess my ability to mark a frame of video on the fly is a little rusty. I’ve never noticed a lag. Is this something you’ve not encountered in FCP?

Jon

“So you want to throw out the old you – but the old you is old enough to know it won’t make it better”
Del Amitri – “Make it Better”

[Jon Zanone]

So, the issue is you are playing an extra 1-2 frames when you stop? Do you feel Avid is adding those extra frames when you hit stop?

Jon

“So you want to throw out the old you – but the old you is old enough to know it won’t make it better”
Del Amitri – “Make it Better”

[Jon Zanone]

I’ve just installed 5.7 on two PC’s. The little I played with them, it did seem sluggish – more of a redraw issue. I’m freelancing a gig with 5.7 on a Macbook Pro, and it didn’t seem quite as bad. Have you tried changing your refresh rate? I seem to remember reading someone using 75hz and liking it….

Jon

“So you want to throw out the old you – but the old you is old enough to know it won’t make it better”
Del Amitri – “Make it Better”

[Jon Zanone]

First, get more memory.

You can set how much video is buffered into memory. Unfortunately, I don’t remember the command (you type it in the console, and if you type in the wrong thing, you can do some serious damage…)

Do a search in Avid help on ‘play length’ (I would, but I’m in my Homer jammies at the moment…)

Jon

“So you want to throw out the old you – but the old you is old enough to know it won’t make it better”
Del Amitri – “Make it Better”

[Jon Zanone]

I’m pretty sure you can add keyframes on the fly – you’ll have to have auto gain on (in the timeline window, bottom left fast menu, select auto gain), and map a keyframe to your keyboard (should be there – double click ‘keyboard’ in the settings tab and look for the triangle). Remember to have only the audio track(s) you are working with selected. If you have the video track selected, you get a beep. For the scrolling timeline, double click on the ‘timeline’ setting and see if its there. Keep in mind to have “All Settings” selected in the fast menu to see all your options.

Finally, you can save this timeline view – there’s a pulldown menu lower center – should say ‘untitled’. Click, select ‘save as’ and name your setting.

Jon

“So you want to throw out the old you – but the old you is old enough to know it won’t make it better”
Del Amitri – “Make it Better”

[Jon Zanone]

Here’s the ‘official’ Avid / Mac spec sheet:

https://www.avid.com/products/xpresspro/qualified_mac_workstations.pdf

10.4.10 is the latest OS version supported.

Jon

“So you want to throw out the old you – but the old you is old enough to know it won’t make it better”
Del Amitri – “Make it Better”

[Jon Zanone]

Sometimes XP does weird things with my DVD drive. One day it will be enabled to write, other days it won’t. Go to ‘My Computer’, then the recording tab, then right click on your drive and make sure its enabled to record.

As a side note, always select the lowest recording speed you can. Any compatiblity issues I’ve had were fixed by recording at 2x….

Jon

“So you want to throw out the old you – but the old you is old enough to know it won’t make it better”
Del Amitri – “Make it Better”

[Jon Zanone]

[Jaggers] “the position indicator”

Do you mean the edit mode?

If you go to your settings mode, and click on ‘keyboard’, you’ll get a graphic representation of your keyboard. Open the command pallette, and you’ll see all the mappable shortcuts. Make sure the ‘button to button’ button is activated at the bottom of the pallette. Click and drag from the command pallette to the keyboard. If you’d like menu items on the keyboard (new title, for example), click the ‘menu to button’ button is activated. Click on the key you would like to change, and move your mouse to the appropriate menu and click to select.

Is this what you mean?

Jon

“So you want to throw out the old you – but the old you is old enough to know it won’t make it better”
Del Amitri – “Make it Better”