Hi all,
I just got Focus Enhancement's CommandPost NLE Controller for $33 (look on www.shopper.com for 'Command Post'). I made a template for VV3 & it works great (and is a cheaper alternative to the Contour ShuttePRO):
Jog wheel for frame-by-frame advance
Shuttle for 0.25x 0.5x 1x 2x forward & reverse
Take Bar that switches between:
1. Minimize the Window docking area
2. Explorer
3. Trimmer
4. Media Pool
5. Transitions
6. Video FX
7. Text/Backgrounds
and 3 rows of 5 buttons:
Mark In | Mark Out | Insert Region | Insert Marker | Split
Toggle Snapping | Snap to Grid | Snap to Marker | Quantize to Frames | Delete
Next Tool | Loop | Play/Stop | Pause | Ripple Edits
For more info on the CommandPost check out: http://www.focusinfo.com/products/commandpost/commandpost.htm
Here's a technical note:
In order to config the shuttle wheel, I had to manually edit the config file to reference Function Keys 13-23, which are hidden keys that VV3 uses to set scrub speed.
Don't edit the shuttle keys, or you won't be able to put them back correctly in the GUI.
For reference, here's VV3's hidden scrub keys:
Key Func Hex
F17 0.25x 80
F18 0.50x 81
F19 0.75x 82
F20 1.00x 83
F21 1.25x 84
F22 1.50x 85
F23 2.00x 86
(and ctrl-key for reverse)
Ctrl-F17 -0.25x 0f80
Ctrl-F18 -0.50x 0f81
Ctrl-F19 -0.75x 0f82
Ctrl-F20 -1.00x 0f83
Ctrl-F21 -1.25x 0f84
Ctrl-F22 -1.50x 0f85
Ctrl-F23 -2.00x 0f86
Enjoy!
---- Paste below here to vegas.reg, save & double-click ----
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0]
"HasClickButton"=dword:00000000
"ClickButtonNumber"=dword:00000009
"ClickButtonType"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\0]
"Name"="Mark In"
"0"=dword:00000049
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\1]
"Name"="Mark Out"
"0"=dword:0000004f
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\10]
"Name"="Next Tool"
"0"=dword:00000044
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\11]
"Name"="Loop Playback"
"0"=dword:00000051
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\12]
"Name"="Play/Stop"
"0"=dword:00000020
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\13]
"Name"="Pause"
"0"=dword:0000000d
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\14]
"Name"="Toggle Ripple Edits"
"0"=dword:00000f4c
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\15]
"Name"="Minimize the window docking area"
"0"=dword:0000007a
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\16]
"Name"="Explorer"
"0"=dword:0000f031
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\17]
"Name"="Trimmer"
"0"=dword:0000f032
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\18]
"Name"="Media Pool"
"0"=dword:0000f035
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\19]
"Name"="Transitions"
"0"=dword:0000f037
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\2]
"Name"="Insert Region"
"0"=dword:00000052
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\20]
"Name"="Video FX"
"0"=dword:0000f038
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\21]
"Name"="Text/Backgrounds"
"0"=dword:0000f039
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\22]
"Name"="Text/Backgrounds"
"0"=dword:0000f039
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\23]
"Continuous"=dword:00000000
"Name"="Backward 2x"
"0"=dword:00000f86
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\24]
"Name"="Null"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\25]
"Continuous"=dword:00000000
"Name"="Backward 1x"
"0"=dword:00000f83
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\26]
"Name"="Null"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\27]
"Continuous"=dword:00000000
"Name"="Backward 0.5x"
"0"=dword:00000f81
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\28]
"Name"="Null"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\29]
"Continuous"=dword:00000000
"Name"="Backward 0.25x"
"0"=dword:00000f80
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\3]
"Name"="Insert Marker"
"0"=dword:0000004d
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\30]
"Name"="Pause"
"0"=dword:0000000d
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\31]
"Continuous"=dword:00000000
"Name"="Forward 0.25x"
"0"=dword:00000080
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\32]
"Name"="Pause"
"0"=dword:0000000d
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\33]
"Continuous"=dword:00000000
"Name"="Forward 0.5x"
"0"=dword:00000081
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\34]
"Name"="Null"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\35]
"Continuous"=dword:00000000
"Name"="Forward 1x"
"0"=dword:00000083
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\36]
"Name"="Null"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\37]
"Continuous"=dword:00000000
"Name"="Forward 2x"
"0"=dword:00000086
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\38]
"Name"="Null"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\39]
"Name"="Backward One Frame"
"0"=dword:0000f025
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\4]
"Name"="Split"
"0"=dword:00000053
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\40]
"Name"="Forward One Frame"
"0"=dword:0000f027
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\5]
"Name"="Toggle Snapping"
"0"=dword:00000077
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\6]
"Name"="Toggle Snap to Grid"
"0"=dword:00000f77
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\7]
"Name"="Toggle Snap to Marker"
"0"=dword:000f0077
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\8]
"Name"="Toggle Quantize to Frames"
"0"=dword:0000f077
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\9]
"Name"="Delete"
"0"=dword:0000002e
I just got Focus Enhancement's CommandPost NLE Controller for $33 (look on www.shopper.com for 'Command Post'). I made a template for VV3 & it works great (and is a cheaper alternative to the Contour ShuttePRO):
Jog wheel for frame-by-frame advance
Shuttle for 0.25x 0.5x 1x 2x forward & reverse
Take Bar that switches between:
1. Minimize the Window docking area
2. Explorer
3. Trimmer
4. Media Pool
5. Transitions
6. Video FX
7. Text/Backgrounds
and 3 rows of 5 buttons:
Mark In | Mark Out | Insert Region | Insert Marker | Split
Toggle Snapping | Snap to Grid | Snap to Marker | Quantize to Frames | Delete
Next Tool | Loop | Play/Stop | Pause | Ripple Edits
For more info on the CommandPost check out: http://www.focusinfo.com/products/commandpost/commandpost.htm
Here's a technical note:
In order to config the shuttle wheel, I had to manually edit the config file to reference Function Keys 13-23, which are hidden keys that VV3 uses to set scrub speed.
Don't edit the shuttle keys, or you won't be able to put them back correctly in the GUI.
For reference, here's VV3's hidden scrub keys:
Key Func Hex
F17 0.25x 80
F18 0.50x 81
F19 0.75x 82
F20 1.00x 83
F21 1.25x 84
F22 1.50x 85
F23 2.00x 86
(and ctrl-key for reverse)
Ctrl-F17 -0.25x 0f80
Ctrl-F18 -0.50x 0f81
Ctrl-F19 -0.75x 0f82
Ctrl-F20 -1.00x 0f83
Ctrl-F21 -1.25x 0f84
Ctrl-F22 -1.50x 0f85
Ctrl-F23 -2.00x 0f86
Enjoy!
---- Paste below here to vegas.reg, save & double-click ----
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0]
"HasClickButton"=dword:00000000
"ClickButtonNumber"=dword:00000009
"ClickButtonType"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\0]
"Name"="Mark In"
"0"=dword:00000049
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\1]
"Name"="Mark Out"
"0"=dword:0000004f
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\10]
"Name"="Next Tool"
"0"=dword:00000044
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\11]
"Name"="Loop Playback"
"0"=dword:00000051
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\12]
"Name"="Play/Stop"
"0"=dword:00000020
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\13]
"Name"="Pause"
"0"=dword:0000000d
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\14]
"Name"="Toggle Ripple Edits"
"0"=dword:00000f4c
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\15]
"Name"="Minimize the window docking area"
"0"=dword:0000007a
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\16]
"Name"="Explorer"
"0"=dword:0000f031
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\17]
"Name"="Trimmer"
"0"=dword:0000f032
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\18]
"Name"="Media Pool"
"0"=dword:0000f035
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\19]
"Name"="Transitions"
"0"=dword:0000f037
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\2]
"Name"="Insert Region"
"0"=dword:00000052
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\20]
"Name"="Video FX"
"0"=dword:0000f038
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\21]
"Name"="Text/Backgrounds"
"0"=dword:0000f039
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\22]
"Name"="Text/Backgrounds"
"0"=dword:0000f039
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\23]
"Continuous"=dword:00000000
"Name"="Backward 2x"
"0"=dword:00000f86
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\24]
"Name"="Null"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\25]
"Continuous"=dword:00000000
"Name"="Backward 1x"
"0"=dword:00000f83
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\26]
"Name"="Null"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\27]
"Continuous"=dword:00000000
"Name"="Backward 0.5x"
"0"=dword:00000f81
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\28]
"Name"="Null"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\29]
"Continuous"=dword:00000000
"Name"="Backward 0.25x"
"0"=dword:00000f80
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\3]
"Name"="Insert Marker"
"0"=dword:0000004d
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\30]
"Name"="Pause"
"0"=dword:0000000d
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\31]
"Continuous"=dword:00000000
"Name"="Forward 0.25x"
"0"=dword:00000080
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\32]
"Name"="Pause"
"0"=dword:0000000d
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\33]
"Continuous"=dword:00000000
"Name"="Forward 0.5x"
"0"=dword:00000081
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\34]
"Name"="Null"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\35]
"Continuous"=dword:00000000
"Name"="Forward 1x"
"0"=dword:00000083
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\36]
"Name"="Null"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\37]
"Continuous"=dword:00000000
"Name"="Forward 2x"
"0"=dword:00000086
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\38]
"Name"="Null"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\39]
"Name"="Backward One Frame"
"0"=dword:0000f025
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\4]
"Name"="Split"
"0"=dword:00000053
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\40]
"Name"="Forward One Frame"
"0"=dword:0000f027
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\5]
"Name"="Toggle Snapping"
"0"=dword:00000077
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\6]
"Name"="Toggle Snap to Grid"
"0"=dword:00000f77
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\7]
"Name"="Toggle Snap to Marker"
"0"=dword:000f0077
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\8]
"Name"="Toggle Quantize to Frames"
"0"=dword:0000f077
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Focus\CommandPost\Templates\Vegas Video 3.0\9]
"Name"="Delete"
"0"=dword:0000002e