DMX shortcuts in Arena 7.14.2

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Re: DMX shortcuts in Arena 7.14.2

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Arena has a DMX monitor you can open up from the Preferences - DMX tab, using the small play button on the top right.
There you can check if Resolume receives the value you expect for the clip trigger.
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Re: DMX shortcuts in Arena 7.14.2

Post by FlyingSuperkidsDK »

iknow, and we do receive the expected values, and it acts, just as if we press the buttons in the UI.
BUT when I select a clip, some clips won't auto play, regardless if I click the clip in the UI or trigger it through DMX

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Re: DMX shortcuts in Arena 7.14.2

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I have been trying random things tonight, and it seems like I can get the remaining clips to autoplay on select, if I do the following:
1. Select one the clips that won't auto play when I select it.
2. Manually click play on the clip (the clip starts playing in a loop now, as expected)
3. Clear the layer
4. Now I can select the clip på clicking on it, and it will start to play automatically.

Quick note, if I have missed to mention it somewhere in my posts: we have enabled the function that auto plays a clip when we pull the video fader for the layer up, so this is not an issue when we only want to play one clip on a layer.
But when we are already playing one clip on a layer, and we want to change the clip (to another one on the same layer) the issue with auto play becomes a probelem.
Until now we have solved it by programming a quick cue that sends a pause command after selecting the new clio, and then 10 milliseconds after, we send a play command. But this is not very optimal in a 4000+ cue show with 300 video cues...

With that explanation out of the way, I would like to know if what I experience in regards to the 4 step potential workaround, is expected behaviour in Arena? (the first section of this post)

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Re: DMX shortcuts in Arena 7.14.2

Post by Arvol »

Column 1 should always be a "Blank" source, that will allow it to clear.

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Re: DMX shortcuts in Arena 7.14.2

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New update to my previous post about clip auto play:
The "fix" seems to be very temporary, as the issue returned efter an hour or two...

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Re: DMX shortcuts in Arena 7.14.2

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Here is a screenrecording of the issue
https://cloud.blueskypro.dk/s/pnezkEWDryMEgKR

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Re: DMX shortcuts in Arena 7.14.2

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Clips which are paused will be paused the next time you trigger them too.
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