<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Preload Scene actor causes Movie Player to start]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>Hello,</p>
<p>Edit: related to <a href="https://community.troikatronix.com/topic/9492/preload-actor-starts-movie-audio?_=1791828514584">this issue</a>?</p>
<p>I am finding that when I preload a scene that contains a Movie Player actor, the movie file immediately begins to play but with the video hidden (e.g. I can hear the audio begin playing, but nothing is sent to the projector), even though the scene has not yet been activated. When I subsequently activate the preloaded scene: (1) the video becomes visible on the stage, and the audio continues in sync with the video; and (2) I can see that the position output parameter of the Movie Player is not zero (e.g. it began playing when I preloaded the scene earlier, not when I just activated the scene).</p>
<p>This is happening only on my Windows laptop. It works as it should on my old Mac laptop (quite old version of Isadora). I don't remember this happening before I just updated to Isadora 4.5.1.</p>
<p>This happens on my Windows laptop even when I create a new, blank Isadora document and add the following three actors:</p>
<p>Scene 1:<br />[Preload Scene] actor </p>
<p>Scene 2:<br />[Movie Player] -&gt; [Projector]</p>
<p>The only workaround I can find is to not preload scenes, but this is a problem for my application which requires intricate cueing.<span class="write-container"><br /></span></p>
<p>Isadora 4.5.1, Windows 11, Intel i7-13700H. H264 file with stereo audio track.</p>
<p>Many thanks in advance for any advice.</p>
<p>Jonathan.</p>]]></description><link>https://community.troikatronix.com/topic/9506/preload-scene-actor-causes-movie-player-to-start</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:30:27 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://community.troikatronix.com/topic/9506.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:05:25 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl></channel></rss>