2nd monitor video

 

We ran into a few complications fixing the video, but we're looking at an interim release to fix some of the issues soon.

 

The issues we've identified in testing have fallen into 2 categories:

 

1) Moving this and that arround, making full size, etc. doesn't always behave correctly.

 

2) Some video formats aren't being read correctly.

 

The upcoming release will fix all issues in category #1.  MSDXM is gone entirely and is replaced with a more robust completely rewritten DirectShow only based engine.  With the change comes several improvements to the handling of video (hey, it isn't a clunky form with an X drawn on it anymore!).  There is also a surprise that you'll just have to wait to see.

 

As for category #2, the fix for this will most likely not be ready in time for the July shows.  This isn't a huge issue from a usage perspective because there is a workaround to any issues that fall into category #2: 

 

The video formats that are most vulnerable to not being read correctly are some (but not all) MPG videos, and some AVI videos which are encoded with MPG compression.  Until we fix this, I recommend sticking with the WMV format or an AVI that is not MPG encoded.  Basically, if you have a video that doesn't work, try re-encoding it into a different format.  We have a fix for this in the works, but it is one of those fixes that is going to involve a lot of testing before it will be considered ready for a public release.

 

As of Monday it was working full screen in the scheduler but the sequencer seemed to be a little 'hit or miss' sometimes it was full screen and other times it was the fixed size small window.

 

Sorry if this sounds like an evasive problem. sometimes it happens sometimes it doesn't.. but most always happens in the sequencer. I've rarely had full screen on 2nd monitor while sequencing.

 

EDIT:

Just tested again... Sequencer shows small fixed window on 2nd monitor. Scheduler is showing full screen

 

I'm going to guess that when we did the late 2008 change to the COM system to resolve some Vista install issues that we also broke the muting and second monitor startup.  It should be fairly easy to resolve.  This will probably take a week to get fixed and through the beta cycle... I know some of y'all want to use this for the July 4 shows.