GrandVJ 1.5 beta - Feedback and Bug reports

[polanri]

More information about the GrandVJ 1.5 beta can be found on our blog

Please use this thread to provide a detailed technical feedback or bug report about this beta release.

[maria]

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[hypnotica]

Great job new version! Thanks adding the interface scaling to smaller window.

Any chance for have all module extractable like keyboard and matrix?

Interface doesn't save last know sizing.

New preview option great but only works on files tab. I would of love have that same option integrated in the visual tab to setup proper cue points. Since visual tab is a reference to the clip be nice to see it run the clip playback there.

New Transition: Function only on crossfade A/B: Any chance add option to switch affect on Transparency. Witch would give in mixer mode 8 layers with crop modes from transitions. Might need Transition offsets in that case.
Idea for Transtion add auto mode button next to fade time. Would give extra value to the transition package. ex: Circle open close on tempo. Particles transition would look better animating than just on still. Transition would be alive

New 3D Swap Transition pretty nice. Any chance to be able to swap background color for a black?

Tabs layout reordering: Any chance to be able to move matrix it around?

Still missing support of grandvj .vjbank extension drag and drop to bank. Also support drag and drop .pls or .m3u playlist files would be great to have the option just to load a sequence of files.

Visual tab loop modes I strongly advise to re-order the play-once forward & reverse at the end when using knob to scroll through in small clips cause in cases top unload clip. Safer to have it at the end. Also add random playback of segment. Still hoping segment could be mapped separately for freestyle scratching without affecting in/out marker.

Like the transition Panel show/hide, but it could be an option to have it as a tab like effects and mixing.

Visual tab still missing the option to lock it. The key purpose of locking a visual tab would permit the user to have the option to assign fx/position triggers from the matrix to be changed without affecting the visual on the layer.

Also in the visual adding a dropdown with option with presets like reset to default values speed/loop could be useful.

Position/Size Tab: Be great to see like on the rotation mode buttons for the position and size with would give instant zooming or panning.

Also in Pos tab: Sphere mapping be great have a second click to it that gives user option without mirror mode. When sphering a text or a logo would be useful in those case.

Mixing tab: Is there anyway to add in copy mode a clipping mode when users uses 16:9 clip on a 4:3 output so that it only removes the black bar so that the background layer can be seeing trough it.

Layer mode: A must have linking options. In certain cases layer 1 (background) wishes not to be affected by upper layers effects. Be nice be able to link certain layers with rules. Or even have copy mode options on each layers.

Idea for multiple cue add in visual mode different colors with a button set in/out up to 9 hotkey.

Future Idea. New trend called AR Augmented Reality. It's time for the first VJ Software to have and option based on Video Camera have plugins work with it. Simple option VJ vs LJ arkaos would sync from camera the color of hue base on camera. Other would be Simple circle follow Spot based on subject moving on stage.

[rama1]

hiya im very impressed with transitions & the whole layout the only problem ive had is when i toggle full screen i get half of my out put on 1 screen & the other half on other screen losing the controls ive tryed everything in the preferences to try sort this out but im obviously missing some thing? can someone please shed some light on this for me as in my regged grand vj it automatically has my controls on 1 screen & my out put on the other screen

its alright ive managed to sort out the full screen sitch i had to use god mode & change my out puts again dont know why or how it changed in first place though over all this is a perfect beta love all the new & older features everythings working perfectly ive not had any crashes what so ever & ive put it through its paces

[absentcinema]

The preview panel doesn't been to work for me (Win7 64bit). Right clicking doesn't start the preview whether the 'auto' button is selected or not and dragging a clip onto the preview panel as suggested in the info panel, does nothing either.

edit: ahh, I see, it works by selecting the clip in the file browser. Any chance of getting to work when right clicking a clip in the matrix/keyboard and so also being able to preview the effects etc added to it?

As suggested above also, it would be great if transition in mixer mode weren't limited to only A/B. This would be great for fading in layered clips rather than having to manually raise the transparency bar.

[rama1]

arkaos team i love you

[rama1]

ive sorted it out now its working in both beta & regged i had to go back into display settings & select both graffix cards alls working properly again thanks to godmode im gonna have a move around with my studio & get rid of the dust

[vostek]

I tried and tried but was unable to use the Arkaos Connect VST plugin to send MIDI or audio between FLstudio and the new GVJ beta. Grand VJ, in the preferences panel, showed 'no connection' 'searching for hosts...' while the VST plugin said 'connections: 0'. I tried setting MIDI in and out ports, putting the plugin on different mixer tracks, I tried starting GVJ first and then FL Studio, and then I tried opening FL Studio first, but nothing seemed to get GVJ to recognize that I had the VST plugin open in FL Studio. I was using FL Studio version 9.2 and the new 9.9 beta, both with the same results. I followed the instructions in the Arkaos connect guide pdf.
Any troubleshooting ideas? I'm very excited about the possibilities with this- ultimately it should save me from having to slide faders back and forth every beat all night long!

[shado]

There is one peculiar bug happening: whenever I am previewing clips in the file browser, any clip that is selected starts showing up in the layer thumbnail preview on layer three. It is rather strange. I rebooted GrandVJ and the computer but it is still happening. Just thought you should know.

[SHARYN]

I am attempting to use the VST plug in with Numark cue/Virtual DJ. the Arkaos Box comes up in VIrtual DJ but will not connect (shows 0 connections available) I have tried bringing up either app first

[SHARYN]

I did finally get the connection to work, I missed that you needed to go into file preferences, audio connect and then select the vst. I now have the issue where the audio input meter on Grand VJ shows the signal, but I do not get any output

Sharyn

[pierre]

Thank you all for your feedback.

According to your reports and out own testing, we're now coming with the beta 2 of GrandVJ 1.5.

The blog post's been updated accordingly, especially with links to beta 2:

http://www.arkaos.net/blog/2011/03/engineering/grandvj-1-5-beta1/

To answer more precisely to your remarks:

hypnotica:

Interface doesn't save last know sizing.

You're right, we'll fix that for the next build

Function only on crossfade A/B: Any chance add option to switch affect on Transparency

Well, it's been in discussion, but since there's only one visual running at a time on a layer, it's not possible to fade between those on the same layer, making transitions difficult to fit in a good way.
Your other remarks make total sense, some of them being already in our wish-list, waiting to be developed.

rama1:
About your fullscreen problem, we've forgot to mention the new multi-monitor mode in Windows version of GrandVJ, enabling your to easily setup a multi-monitors setup on Windows Vista and 7, as span modes have been removed from those Windows versions. A section's been added in the blog post about this new feature.
However, as you shouldn't get that unexpected result, we'll fix the default behavior in the next build.

vostek:
The problem with FL Studio is now fixed in beta 2.

shado:

any clip that is selected starts showing up in the layer thumbnail preview on layer three

What platform are you working on? Could you send a screenshot that demonstrates the problem?

Sharyn:
We've fixed two problems regarding ArKaos Connect in beta 2. Please update and give it a try.
Regarding the audio that shows up in the input meter but that you can't listen, have you activated the ArKaos Connect test audio button as mentioned in the quickstart document?

We're waiting for some new feedback regarding beta 2!

[absentcinema]

One tiny little point. In the Windows version, the rollover text for the audio output slider (not the meter, just the slider) reads "input volume gain". Should it not be "output volume gain"?

[absentcinema]

Well, it's been in discussion, but since there's only one visual running at a time on a layer, it's not possible to fade between those on the same layer, making transitions difficult to fit in a good way.
Your other remarks make total sense, some of them being already in our wish-list, waiting to be developed.

Would it be possible to then to at least have a simple fade in on trigger and fade out on release effect for mixer mode added?

[pierre]

absentcinema:

The tooltip will be fixed in the final version of GrandVJ 1.5

As the feature set is now fixed for this version, we won't change the way the transitions work in GrandVJ 1.5.
However, if you give me some detailed examples about how this feature could be used in Mixer mode, we could think about improving it in a next version.