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RE: Movie Files

Posted By spectro Blank 09-18-2017 18:58
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There is a standalone installer for the xpression codec. Just ask ross support. #XPression

Xpression-Studio no Audio Output with Avid clips

Posted By spectro Blank 02-02-2016 09:27
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Hello, I have many Full HD 25fps video clips exported from Avid in Xpression-Video-Codec with audio (48KHz, 16-bit, 2 ch, uncompressed). Playback in Xpression is without sound. Playback in Windows-Mediaplayer is with sound. After re-encoding the File with After-Effects playback in Xpression ...

RE: scenedirector plays with double speed when also displayed in a render view

Posted By spectro Blank 03-14-2015 13:09
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Thanks Kenneth! I now set the speed in dependence of the displayed instances. But a fix for this error would be great. #XPression

scenedirector plays with double speed when also displayed in a render view

Posted By spectro Blank 03-13-2015 16:39
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Hi! We are using xpression version 5.4 - 2645. The scenes are displayed via the api. When a scene is displayed on one channel in full-screen and on another channel as a renderview on a quad , the speed of the scenedirector is doubled. Videoclips with audio (xpression codec) ...

RE: Clearing Videos from the memory

Posted By spectro Blank 02-24-2015 15:26
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@ Kenneth Yes a red bar indicates too much decoding time. The decoding time is also shown in the video cache monitor. It gets critical if the "filled" buffers run down to 0. With a red bar only for some milliseconds it may be ok. #XPression

RE: Clearing Videos from the memory

Posted By spectro Blank 02-24-2015 15:20
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OK, this confirms my last post. Just assigning an other material does not stop decoding frames from videoclips on the scenedirector. You have to disable the track to avoid decoding. #XPression

RE: Clearing Videos from the memory

Posted By spectro Blank 02-24-2015 09:10
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Hi Kenneth, all I say is only my impression and not ross verified! If the videoclips are on the timeline they are rendered and use performance, no matter if they are displayed or not. To reduce the performance usage, I disable the scenedirector tracks where the videoclips are on. ...

RE: SCRIPTING: xpAnimController.Position & xpSceneDirectorClip.Position don't work?

Posted By spectro Blank 09-16-2014 07:25
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Thank you Brian! [QUOTE] You need to delete it from the "Animation Controllers" tab to delete it from the overall scene. I'm using Xpression for 5years now and never noticed this tab! [QUOTE]A command corresponding to xpAnimController.Delete for clips on a scenedirector is really ...

RE: SCRIPTING: xpAnimController.Position & xpSceneDirectorClip.Position don't work?

Posted By spectro Blank 09-15-2014 08:18
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Hi Sefa, xpAnimController.Position or xpSceneDirectorClip.Position sets the Position within the AnimController/Clip if the Scenedirector is not playing or the track where the object is on is disabled. [URL="http://community.rossvideo.com/members/bford/"]@bford[/URL] A command corresponding ...

RE: Freezing In Layout Mode

Posted By spectro Blank 03-06-2014 12:30
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Hi, we had a similar behavior here. What has helped us: Create a new project and import all scenes, materials, fonts etc. from the old project into the new project. Good luck Spectro #XPression

RE: API - Play second SceneDirector

Posted By spectro Blank 01-24-2014 14:07
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I tried again today and with a newer version of Xpression it works. #XPression

RE: How would I add audio to timer widget?

Posted By spectro Blank 08-19-2013 08:52
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In this case I use the clocktimerwidgetevents. At defined values I trigger a audio-sampler via midi. It is also possible to set online and play other scenes containing the audio files at this values. #XPression

RE: API - Play second SceneDirector

Posted By spectro Blank 07-09-2013 15:29
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At first, sure there are workarounds for almost everthing in such a powerful tool like xpression :-) My goal is to play two scenedirectors simultaneously. But at the moment even playing two scenedirectors one by one does not work as I want. Here some examples in pseudocode, I am ...

RE: API - Play second SceneDirector

Posted By spectro Blank 07-09-2013 14:48
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Hi Kenneth, no that does not work for me. I can define two scenedirectors, but only the default one accepts commands. For example: I have Scenedirector (SD1) which plays a video on a Quad and SD2 which does some DVE effects with the Quad. With SD1 as default sd1.play... ...

API - Play second SceneDirector

Posted By spectro Blank 07-09-2013 13:55
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Hello, I am trying to play a second SceneDirector in one Scene via the API. This seems only possible by setting this SceneDirector as default one. Can someone confirm this? It would be much more comfortable if I did not have to change the default property permanently. ...

RE: Xpression 5.1

Posted By spectro Blank 05-08-2013 06:25
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Is there an issue with the dropshadow effect, or am I doing something wrong? If I set the softness to other values then 0 the shadow is corrupted. Spectro #Carbonite

RE: Running xpression on a mac

Posted By spectro Blank 05-08-2013 06:18
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Hi Russell, you need Windows at least as virtual machine on your mac. With Parallels it runs fine on a MacBook Pro. Spectro #XPression

RE: Layer Object - Z-Order

Posted By spectro Blank 03-13-2013 15:42
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Ok, got it figured out. The LayerObjects must be located within a parent layer object that contains nothing else. Then, the above mentioned effects do not occur. Of course you can not dynamically change the layer objects Z-position. best regards spectro #XPres ...

Layer Object - Z-Order

Posted By spectro Blank 02-26-2013 18:43
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Dear Community, so far I've used extra Scenes and Renderviews or different outputlayer to display masked objects in the correct z-order. Now I wanted to work with Layer Objects, but it is not possible for me to place the contents of such a Layer Object in the Z-order reliable between Quads ...