Is this a new bug?

CubeAce wrote on 6/14/2020, 7:46 AM

Hi.

In Settings /Project / movie settings.

If you tick 'Play movie in loop mode' but don't tick 'Use settings as presets for new movies', the next time you open the project the setting is lost. Even if you save the project when closing or before.

Should this happen? The 'Automatically create proxy files' is saved, so shouldn't the other setting be saved as well?

Ray.

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johnebaker wrote on 6/14/2020, 8:26 AM

@CubeAce

Hi Ray

. . . . . If you tick 'Play movie in loop mode' but don't tick 'Use settings as presets for new movies', the next time you open the project the setting is lost . . . .

It is a bug MEP 2020, I cross checked with MEP 2016's behaviour.

It does work correctly in 2020 providing any intervening project is also in loop mode. If the loop mode was turned off and project saved, then, on reloading the looped project, loop mode is turned off.

What appears to be happening is that, if an intervening project has the loop turned off and is saved, reloading a looped project does not override what has became the a 'program default setting'. This works correctly in MEP 2016.

Raise a ticket and point Support to this topic.

John EB

CubeAce wrote on 6/14/2020, 8:49 AM

@johnebaker

Hi John.

Can you clarify 'Intervening' please. If I only use the one project over a couple of days without opening other projects between, the result is the same.

Ray.

johnebaker wrote on 6/14/2020, 10:30 AM

@CubeAce

HI Ray

By intervening I mean a project in between the last save of the looped project and reloading the looped project ie the following sequence:

Loop project saved - 'Loop project'.
Next project(s) not looped, ie option turned off (unchecked) and saved - 'Unlooped project(s)', these are the intervening projects
Reload 'Looped project'.

. . . . If I only use the one project over a couple of days without opening other projects between, the result is the same. . . . .

In MEP 2020 I am seeing the following:

if you create a new project immediately after step 1, with or without a restart of MEP, it will have the looped option checked.
if you load the Looped project after step 2 - it will be unlooped - the setting is not being over-ridden as they should be.

Using the same steps in MEP 2016, at step 3, the looped off setting from the intervening projects (step 2) - is overridden and the project is still looped.

HTH

John EB

CubeAce wrote on 6/14/2020, 10:45 AM

@johnebaker

In that case John. It does it with or without an intervening project on my machine.

Ray.

johnebaker wrote on 6/14/2020, 10:56 AM

@CubeAce

Hi Ray

That is what I thought you were going to say is happening.

Try the following keeping the 'Use settings as presets for new movies' checked:

create a new project, alter the framerate and save it (Project 1) - you don't need to add anything to the timelne.
create another new project - empty will do, alter the framerate to some thing else and save it (Project 2)
reload Project 1

Does Project 1 have the correct frame rate you changed it to before saving?
reload Project 2

Does it retain its saved frame rate setting?

John EB

CubeAce wrote on 6/14/2020, 11:16 AM

@johnebaker

I will try that later tonight John. I am in the middle of another project at the moment.

If I do that though won't I then have to check the resolution size of all new projects I start or frame rates?

I know with the box ticked all settings are retained when opened. Even old ones but it does mean altering new project settings if I need to rather than setting them up when creating.

Ray.

johnebaker wrote on 6/14/2020, 11:40 AM

@CubeAce

Hi Ray

That depends on what the results of the tests are - if, like me, you tend to stick to one preset setting then I do not see an issue

John EB

CubeAce wrote on 6/16/2020, 6:08 AM

@johnebaker

Hi John.

Sorry to get back to you so late on this.

Thank you for teaching me to suck eggs. 😆😉

Problem solved. I forgot that if the save options for future projects was enabled I would get a screen asking if I needed to alter a frame rate or image resolution upon opening a new project.

And yes, all previous projects play as expected.

Thanks again.

Ray.