Transport Controls

childgrove wrote on 11/21/2021, 10:12 PM

Transport Controls in Movie Edit Pro Premium are very frustrating for the following reason: There is only an [arrow] button that plays from where the cursor/marker has stopped. There is no [square] button that returns the cursor/marker to the location where Play began. These two Stop Play options exist in, for instance, SoundForge or Audio Cleaning Lab. Why not in the video products? (I know, you can change the behavior of the [arrow] button by going into Settings--that is such a waste of time and very inconvenient.] Will MAGIX ever fix this?

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AAProds wrote on 11/21/2021, 10:45 PM

@childgrove

You don't say what version of MEP but here (assuming you are talking about the Play button under the video preview screen/monitor), when I click Play, it changes to a square stop button and when clicked, it will stop the Play marker as set in the Program Settings Playback tab ie either returns to it's starting point or stops in it's current position.

You can make the Play marker return to it's starting position by hitting the Up arrow keyboard key, or make it stop in it's current position by hitting the down arrow key.

I know, you can change the behavior of the [arrow] button by going into Settings--that is such a waste of time and very inconvenient.

Do you mean it's annoying because you need to keep changing the default behaviour?

browj2 wrote on 11/21/2021, 11:00 PM

@childgrove

Hi,

I want the defaut to be stop at playback marker position. You want the opposite but both.

As @AAProds indicated, use the arrow keys. But first, decide which one you want as the default and change the playback marker behaviour in the Program settings once, then use the appropriate arrow depending on which way you go.

For me, I use the spacebar to start and stop at the playback marker position, but I use the Up arrow to stop at the start position if ever I want to.

You can do the opposite. BTW, pressing on "K" will also stop the playback marker at its current position.

John CB

childgrove wrote on 12/1/2021, 2:15 PM

Hi, thanks to both of you for this feedback. MAGIX uses lots of keyboard shortcuts that, once known and mastered, enable efficient use of their programs, but I still contend that the transport controls in Movie Edit Pro Premium (and earlier versions that I've used) *should* have the same "stop here" and "stop at the start location" buttons that, say, SoundForge has. My version, btw, is 19.0.1.23. In the meantime, I'll use the tips you've offered. Thanks again.