Random clip-start point, like in Resolume 2?

[guplik]

Does anybody actually use the Random Direction button for playing clips?
It goes to a random frame every frame, which seems like a weird thing to have as a basic function of Resolume; it'd be fine as a plugin, but isn't useful enough to go next to the play and pause buttons.

I think that button ought to act like the Random setting in Resolume 2 did: when a clip is triggered, it starts from a random point and then plays normally from there.
That button would then belong with the play-modes (next to the rewind-on-start and continue buttons)

I can nearly replicate this action by quickly hitting the randomise and play buttons in turn, but this looks messy.

[VJair]

Does anybody actually use the Random Direction button for playing clips?

yes. its great for glitchy less repetitive visuals. i use it like that a lot with techno, dnb & glitch, usualy with graphic / mo graph elements.

[Joris]

Just so you know, some additional 'Jump to a random point and play' features are in the works.

Joris

[guplik]

Just so you know, some additional 'Jump to a random point and play' features are in the works.

Joris

Excellent, thank you!
I don't suppose that'll appear before next Friday, will it?

[rxfromparis]

+1 for Jump to a random point and play

[ROTOR]

and please .... random for the FFT also ... PLEAASE =)

[Joris]

and please .... random for the FFT also ... PLEAASE =)

Can you elaborate a bit on that?

[ROTOR]

Well as stated already in my other post - possibility to have all the options you have on the normal timeline - Random, Forward- Backwardbouncing ... veeeeeeery important.

[Tschoepler]

+1 for random and !play! not just still frames

[Tschoepler]

+1 for random and !play! not just still frames

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