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[Traverso-devel] Some glitches with 0.40.0
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Nicola Döbelin |
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[Traverso-devel] Some glitches with 0.40.0 |
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Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:02:11 +0200 |
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Hi list,
I played a bit with the current CVS version, and I was a bit surprised how
many small glitches I suddenly found. Most of them are also found in the
0.40.0 release. I tested with the patched official 4.3.0 release of Qt
(except the first point) on Kubuntu feisty. It's mainly about inconsistent /
not intuitive behaviour:
- Compiled with official Ubuntu Qt 4.2.3 packages: H-Scrollbar / Shuttle
doesn't work. I thought this was introduced with 4.3.0, but you can test it
with my Ubuntu binary, which was compiled with 4.2.3. Scrolling doesn't work
here with that one, either.
- Compiled with patched official 4.3.0 release: When zooming in horizontally,
the timeline suddenly disappears
- It is confusing how the different cursors work. E.g. when playing, zooming
centers on the playhead. When not playing, zooming centers on the work
cursor. I also have difficulties seeing what the work cursor is actually for?
Is there anything that couldn't be done with either the mouse cursor (as in
<X> for splitting clips) or the play head?
- We should add an option to make the playhead jump back to the work cursor
when transport is stopped. (Or to it's last start position.)
- Fades: The default values of "strength" and "bending" should be set to > 0,
otherwise switching mode <M> doesn't have an obvious effect, because if
strength == bending == 0, all shapes are linear.
- It should be possible to set a default shape (Mode, Bending, Strength) for
fade-ins and -outs individually in the settings dialog. (I for one use "long"
fades 99% of the time.)
- When changing the length of a fade, a tooltip should display the value
(length), as when moving clips or markers.
- IMO the transition from "Song" to "Sheet" is only half-way done. In many
places the option "do something with the current sheet" or "... all sheets"
doesn't make sense anymore. (That's my opinion, YMMV of course.)
- A tricky one: I often have a short fade-in at the beginning of a clip (to
smoothly fade in the background noise of a live concert before the music
starts, about 0.5 seconds length). At the same edge of the clip I usually add
a CD-marker. Since I want to have the marker exactly at the clip edge,
hitting <M> to add it sometimes accidentally changes the mode of the fade,
which is done by <M> as well. To make sure I don't change the mode, I have to
add the marker somewhere else, away from the fade, and move it to the edge of
the clip. This is not an elegant solution.
I would like to hear your opinion to the points above. Overloaded key actions,
as in the last point, will definitely become more important the more
functionality traverso has. One solution could be to have modifier keys,
which bind the action to a certain layer. E.g. [SHIFT] + <K> always binds the
<K> action to the song, [CTRL] + <K> to the nearest clip, [ALT] + <K> to the
track etc. In the manual we mention that with the contextual key actions it
is not necessary to click on small buttons. But if we have a very narrow clip
snipplet or a short fade, it can be even harder to hit than a button. If we
could bind an action to a certain level, we wouldn't have to actually hover
over the object. Just make sure the fade or clip you want to process is the
*nearest* to the mouse cursor.
What do you think of these suggestions? And can you confirm the problems with
the timeline in Qt 4.3.0?
I would also like to suggest to sort these things out in a 0.41.0 release
(after 0.40.1 Remon is preparing ATM) before we start adding new features for
0.50.0.
Best Regards
Nic
- [Traverso-devel] Some glitches with 0.40.0,
Nicola Döbelin <=
- Message not available
- Re: [Traverso-devel] Some glitches with 0.40.0, Remon Sijrier, 2007/06/22
- Re: [Traverso-devel] Some glitches with 0.40.0, Nicola Döbelin, 2007/06/22
- Re: [Traverso-devel] Some glitches with 0.40.0, Remon, 2007/06/25
- Re: [Traverso-devel] Some glitches with 0.40.0, Nicola Döbelin, 2007/06/26
- Re: [Traverso-devel] Some glitches with 0.40.0, Remon, 2007/06/26
- [Traverso-devel] AudioClip edit widget, Remon, 2007/06/27