Just wondered why there isnt a new beta of the Video-SL yet. 11 days away from the release of the final and as far as i can see the Public Preview isn't even close. Everyone that has reported bugs havnt seen any updated versions. Although that platform problably isnt what all the internal developers are testing. Don't you think we should be trying it?

Real Public beta testing should be done "Live" for those that can or are willing to chance it. I own 2 Nightclubs ... My new one has 3 huge projectors and 7 plasma's. We do lots of Video and Ambient. We have lots of failsafe/backup options. If something fails then we can run whatever we want .. There are 3 Computers in the Booth that can do whatever they need to. Our show wont look bad .. Thats what Mics are for plus as long as there is booze and beer no one cares. No patron is gonna go home and say, " I cant belive that song died for that dj"

Basically my DJ's and Myself would test this live and NOT complain if it went down or if there were bugs .. No big Deal. It happens. I'll pay for a real beta UNLOCKED version with no problem ... I dont care. Just the small watermarked output is horrible. You cant test anything especially video performance with that which is problably why its labled as a preview version.

To my knowlege of beta testing, Software gets released when Its ready and not on a 15 day countdown. I know why theres 11 days left and whether its ready or not, Its getting released. Which is fine cause personally I dont care if it is ready or not because i need to start playing with this live. But, I can tell you this. This forum is going to get flooded with bugs and issues after the release. (First day of the NAMM show, go figure) Not that alot of us didnt see that coming.

I guess I'll just have to start my beta testing in 11 days cause this preview is mostly useless to me. Testing at home in your bedroom and Spinning a whole Night at the Club is way different. Alot of bugs wont even get discovered until it's used Live.

Anyways, to wrap this up ... I hope the Serato team is ready for tons of support and I hope the people that pay for this plugin are going to be forgiving of the bugs. I know I will be fine with it .. just hopefully everyone else as well.

Good Luck Guys and have a Happy New Year.

Oh yeah ... heres a couple vids of my club .. we ran serato this night running ambients because I brought a friend of mine in as a special guest DJ. Normally we'd be running Virtual DJ Playing Videos.

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