<![CDATA[[BEST PRACTICE] Use the "initialize" feature instead of "Enter Scene Value" to Initialize Media Inputs]]>I've just written a new "Best Practice" article because this issue caused a user trouble recently. If you're interactively manipulating the media input (i.e,. the 'movie' input of a Movie Player) then this is an article you should read.

https://support.troikatronix.c...

Team, please have a look: @Michel, @Skulptrue, @DusX, @mc_monte, @crystalhorizon

Enjoy,
Mark

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/topic/3147/best-practice-use-the-initialize-feature-instead-of-enter-scene-value-to-initialize-media-inputsRSS for NodeWed, 20 May 2026 09:48:58 GMTMon, 27 Mar 2017 16:00:36 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to [BEST PRACTICE] Use the "initialize" feature instead of "Enter Scene Value" to Initialize Media Inputs on Fri, 25 Aug 2017 02:55:56 GMT]]>Thank you @DusX DusX,

that makes sense

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/24843https://community.troikatronix.com/post/24843Fri, 25 Aug 2017 02:55:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [BEST PRACTICE] Use the "initialize" feature instead of "Enter Scene Value" to Initialize Media Inputs on Fri, 25 Aug 2017 18:57:43 GMT]]>@DillTheKraut

This is a little tougher. I think init to 'Zero', and perhaps init active to 'off'.
Use enterscene to set the movie ID (to non zero), and then set active 'on'.
If required you could manually preload the media before the jump. (requires caution)

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/24826https://community.troikatronix.com/post/24826Fri, 25 Aug 2017 18:57:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [BEST PRACTICE] Use the "initialize" feature instead of "Enter Scene Value" to Initialize Media Inputs on Thu, 24 Aug 2017 02:17:53 GMT]]>How about the use of global value actors?

If I want to choose the media in the next scene interactively before starting it. What's the precedence? The get global value actor or the saved value?!

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/24814https://community.troikatronix.com/post/24814Thu, 24 Aug 2017 02:17:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [BEST PRACTICE] Use the "initialize" feature instead of "Enter Scene Value" to Initialize Media Inputs on Thu, 30 Mar 2017 05:02:54 GMT]]>I find that I rarely, if ever, use the Enter Scene Value actor. I always just seem to use the Initialize function. I'm curious though, are there situations where using the Enter Scene Value actor would be preferable to having something initialize?

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/23034https://community.troikatronix.com/post/23034Thu, 30 Mar 2017 05:02:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [BEST PRACTICE] Use the "initialize" feature instead of "Enter Scene Value" to Initialize Media Inputs on Tue, 28 Mar 2017 13:40:33 GMT]]>Hi All,

I use this initialize function a lot, it's very handy.

Talking about this function, it would be great to have color of values that will be initialized at scene enter changed to another color.

You not always remember all the values that will initialized when entering a scene..

Feature request ?

All the best

Philippe

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/22974https://community.troikatronix.com/post/22974Tue, 28 Mar 2017 13:40:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [BEST PRACTICE] Use the "initialize" feature instead of "Enter Scene Value" to Initialize Media Inputs on Tue, 28 Mar 2017 08:16:14 GMT]]>Read - all makes sense. 

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/22962https://community.troikatronix.com/post/22962Tue, 28 Mar 2017 08:16:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [BEST PRACTICE] Use the "initialize" feature instead of "Enter Scene Value" to Initialize Media Inputs on Mon, 27 Mar 2017 18:42:35 GMT]]>@mark got it, important to know

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/22945https://community.troikatronix.com/post/22945Mon, 27 Mar 2017 18:42:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [BEST PRACTICE] Use the "initialize" feature instead of "Enter Scene Value" to Initialize Media Inputs on Mon, 27 Mar 2017 17:16:32 GMT]]>Yes, important detail for users to understand.

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/22943https://community.troikatronix.com/post/22943Mon, 27 Mar 2017 17:16:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to [BEST PRACTICE] Use the "initialize" feature instead of "Enter Scene Value" to Initialize Media Inputs on Mon, 27 Mar 2017 16:16:46 GMT]]>@mark

Dear Mark

Read and understood it :-).

]]>https://community.troikatronix.com/post/22940https://community.troikatronix.com/post/22940Mon, 27 Mar 2017 16:16:46 GMT