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What topic are you speaking of?
The post I quoted earlier was yours from this thread.
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whose topic was about the SV upgrade/video refresh in August. Iwas just pointing out that you should have been aware the product had been updated considering you had previously taken part in a discussion regarding it..
I'm not sure why this concerns you so much. I have been using Serato Video since VSL I can name bugs that have not been fixed since the birth of SV...
1. Video recording (works sometimes then it doesn't) on a good day
-I've never had it work. This is the type of thing you should be addressing. Feel free to share your experience. I'd love to hear how you got SV to record, the settings used, the quality you achieved & the legnth of these recordings.
2. Image/logo can't be outputed to main output screen only left or right preview screens. So basically your logo will only appear for one side not the main middle screen.
-My computer specs have been listed ad nauseau here. With these models I've never had this issue. I overlay images frequently over Xtendamix's vjloopz videos (picture link below)
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3. Preview screens disappear (have to restart to fix it)
-I've never had this issue
4. There's a few more but haven't messed with SV in awhile.
-& herein lies the problem. People posting that havent used the product in a while. It's 2017...happy New Year!
The problem I have is you're trying to educate me on things I already have knowledge of or experience with the software. How exactly long have you been using Serato Video? Do you normally VJ weekly you seem to be an expert so I'm just curious.
I wouldn't call me an expert on video mixing. I've spun with SV for about 6 years & pretty much exclusively with this format for the last 3. I gig several times each week & play a myriad of music formats. I put very little effort into visual cross fades, although I do notice when one works well with a specific track so may make an attempt to recreate it. All my effort is into my audio mix & the videos are a nice touch to enhance a room, particularly when dozens of screens are present. Most of the rooms I work in have rather large HD screens leading from a Kramer matrix, with a managment team in place that has a production background. If the video's don't look a certain way, they know the problem is not theirs, but rather mine & my gear.
I'll spend much more time working the lightshow. Simple things like matching colours on the dancefloor to what is occuring on the screens or getting creative with the use of offset colours to add visual depth to the room, adding a strobe macro or blacking out where appropriate. I likely run no more than a dozen patterns with moving heads/moving mirrors & instead have quick access to all basic shades of colour and use the same lighting patterns with only colour/gobo variations. I'll even make notes in the meta tag field within Serato as to basic colour structure used in a track so I know what colours to key in on while that track is being played.
At least once a week I'll work with cover bands or a concert act & during their sets I'll sync their set list to any original promotional videos I own & match beats of a video to the tempo of the bands performance. Should a member break into an extended solo, I'll create immediate cue points to where the deviation began so that I can return to this point later when the performance returns from the solo. I've essentially got every Billboard chart single that ever existed on video as a part of my library & constantly send Xtendamix requests that build their library of classic/retro/catalogue videos, in particular Canadian releases. There's enough people asking for Billboard Hot 100 hits, so put my efforts helping build their library towards tracks that others aren't asking for, or be the first to request a funk, house, nudisco, or deep house track just released on Beatport that I'm sure others won't request.
Anyways staying on topic, I'm the furthest thing from a Macbook expert. I know significantly more about PC's, which is why I bump these threads, to find solutions to problems that it appears everyone stopped caring about once they experienced Mix Emergency.
