Automatic Pre-roll?

[DBenkert]

I was wondering if there was some type of automatic “pre-roll” function I am missing during playback.

I edit a lot of dialog and when I make an edit, I click back a second or two and then playback to hear the edit. Is there a way to set a pre-roll so when I start playback it starts the desired amount of time (i.e. 1 second) before the current position?

If not, would anyone else find this to be a useful feature to request? I do ok with the current way, I just thought I would check.

Thanks!

[Ian Alexander]

Never thought about this, but I have to admit, in an edl with hundreds of narration edits, this would be very nice.

[sebastiandybing]

this it not a automatic,
but you could make a 10 sec. grid,
then when you have made a edit,
you could hit "G" on the keyboard and
hit the left arrow key and then the space bar.
And maybe also turn the auto rewind on.

Sebastian

[Bob L]

Did not create a preroll function because I have found that each edit usually requires a slightly different amount of preroll.

I would say turn on the auto-rewind function at the top of the MT and then when you finish the edit, you simply click the cursor in front of the edit and press the right mouse button to start and stop playback across the edit... the cursor will snap back to the same start position each time you toggle and allow you to audition the edit until satisfied. I have found that many edits will require numerous listens to fine tune.

Bob L

[Ian Alexander]

Except if you Ctrl-Alt-Left Drag to adjust the splice, the cursor ends up on the splice, so Auto Rewind doesn't "preroll" anymore. No big.

[Bob L]

That's true... so after you adjust the splice you simply click the cursor once at the new location... realize that any preset preroll would most likely also need to be changed after you adjust the splice start point.

Bob L

[DBenkert]

Yes, I think this would be an excellent feature...with an adjustable preference.

Mark

Yes, I meant to mention with an adjustable preference.

Bob, I see your points and could probably use the auto-rewind for the most part. I don't need this all the time, but when I am tabbing through hundreds of edits to verify/double-check/check others work, etc. it would be nice to tab and playback with a preset pre-roll amount of my choice. In these types of cases, I usually just click back about a second before and playback. If I had a pre-roll set and enabled, I could just tab and playback.

It would definately be desiareable that it be something that can be turned on and off through a menu choice or key-combo (p or ctrl-p or something like that - kind of like turning grid mode on and off.)

[Bob L]

Well... I'll add it to the todo list and look into it.

Bob L

[DBenkert]

Well... I'll add it to the todo list and look into it.

Bob L

Thanks Bob! If it can't be done or will "bloat" the code, I understand :-)

Thanks for listening!

[Ian Alexander]

Well... I'll add it to the todo list and look into it.

Bob L