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    • DusX
      DusX Tech Staff last edited by

      Can you make it work in a new simple Isadora file? Just the scene fade.

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      • Maxime
        Maxime last edited by

        @DusX the fade is working but when I jump into the new scene I just activated with the fade, it gets deactivated

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        • DusX
          DusX Tech Staff last edited by

          Can you post a screen grab or better yet the sample patch?

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          • Maxime
            Maxime last edited by

            @DusX you'll find attached 3 pictures of the three steps for the simple test which is not working
            1/ video active in scene 1 with scene 2 unactive
            2/ video active in scene 2 with scene active as well (50%)
            3/Jumping to scene 2 makes it unactive

            And a patch with what I wanted to do as a crossfade btw 2 scenes
            4e873a-capture-decran-2015-12-05-a-16.34.36.png cd0015-capture-decran-2015-12-05-a-16.35.14.png 9534b0-capture-decran-2015-12-05-a-16.35.40.png 4af8a1-crossfade.izz

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            • mark
              mark last edited by

              @Maxime

              The primary scene (bright blue) will always be deactivated when you leave it. There is no way around this.
              But, if you make a "control scene" that uses two Activate Scene actors – one for each of the Scenes you wish to activate – then you can fade either of them in or out as you like.
              That's the only solution I can offer.
              However, I am troubled by the "black" glitch you get between scenes, even with the Preload Scene actor. I would file a bug report about this, because that should really not happen if you are using the Preload Scene actor.
              Best Wishes,
              Mark

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              • Maxime
                Maxime last edited by

                Thanks @mark for these informations

                I'll investigate a bit more next week about what can cause this black frame and keep you updated.

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                • L
                  lamb1847 last edited by

                  I have the same problem with a black frame between scenes.  I seem to have solved it by setting "play start" in "movie player" to .001 percent.  That's such a small number that it doesn't effect the beginning of the video visually.  I suspect that there is a problem with the h264 compression.  I've been doing compressions directly out of After Effects, and I've recently read that it's much better to compress in other software -- like Adobe Media Encoder, Final Cut Compressor, or Quicktime Pro.  Haven't tested that yet.

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                  • Maxime
                    Maxime last edited by

                    Thanks @lamb1847 I'm going to try all these things!

                    I thought I could be due to the fact that I'm routing two Syphon feeds in that scene, but even by removing it, it still act the same....
                    I attached the sample of the patch, in case someone find an obvious mistake

                    066f2a-scene-change.izz

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                    • Maxime
                      Maxime last edited by

                      @lamb1847 it didn't work for me in the end...

                      I've finally managed to locate where the problem is coming from in my patch.
                      On my second scene, I have several video mixer connected in row, especially one which is located in a "fade out" user actor.
                      If I remove this actor from the chain, I have no problem anymore....
                      Is it a known problem by chaining several video mixer?

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                      • DusX
                        DusX Tech Staff last edited by

                        @Maxime

                        There isn't any known issue with chained video mixers.
                        Can you describe the setup that causes the issue, so that I can try to reproduce it and confirm if it is a bug?

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                        • Maxime
                          Maxime last edited by

                          Hi @DusX

                          I'm trying to jump from one scene from another which have the same image without having any cut in btw.
                          My scene could be a bit heavy, so i'm preloading the scene before jumping and I deactivated all movie players that are not in use right away when I enter the scene so I have only movie players visible but on pause. One video is 1280x720 the other one is 1000x1000.
                          I have also 2 syphon feeds in it which I can't do much about unfortunately.
                          When I'm jumping from one scene to the other, I always get very quick black frame when entering the second scene.
                          I tried to activate the second scene and stay on the first, I still get this black frame when activating the second scene.
                          So I tried removing some actors from the second scene, one by one, to see if it would make any change and I found out that by removing one user actor I did I didn't have problem anymore. It's a very simple actor with a video mixer and envelope Generator to fade out the video. I have another video mixer after, which is acting as a master intensity which is not causing any problem.
                          The mac mini I'm using (X.10 with SSD Isadora 2.0.5) is projecting on the floor and the back of the stage with 2 similar chains of actors in the scene, towards to different projectors. I get the "black frame" on and off in a very synchronized way on both projections.
                          Maybe I try to take out my fade out of the user actor just to see, even if doesn't really make any sense
                          (The 2 scenes of my patch are attached in a previous message)

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                          • Michel
                            Michel Izzy Guru last edited by

                            @Maxime

                            It's a very simple actor with a video mixer and envelope Generator to fade out the video.

                            I can imagine that if you have entered the scene before and the envelope generator for example goes from 100 to 0 that the moment you re-enter the scene the mixer has the last value "0" for a micro second until the envelope generator starts counting down from 100.

                            Try setting the initialize value of the "mix amount" to the starting value you are wanting.

                            Best Michel

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                            • Maxime
                              Maxime last edited by

                              @Michel I'm already initializing the actor with the value I want, and I have same system on other video mixer without any problem...

                              Only difference is this one is in a user actor while others are directly in my patch...

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                              • Michel
                                Michel Izzy Guru last edited by

                                @Maxime

                                Maybe you should publish the "mix amount" input of the mixer and initialize the wanted value with from outside the user actor. Does this help.

                                Best Michel

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                                • Maxime
                                  Maxime last edited by

                                  Thanks @Michel I'll try that!

                                  We're playing next time in one month but i'll give it a try and keep you updated, thanks again

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                                  • L
                                    lamb1847 last edited by

                                    I did a test with a H264 compression done with Adobe Media Encoder, using best quality and two passes.  I have no black frame anymore between scenes.  So in my case I think the problem was using H264 codec generated by Adobe After Effects.

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                                    • Maxime
                                      Maxime last edited by

                                      Old Thread but could finally try it

                                      Thanks @Michel , that was it! It is now working perfectly!

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