Forcing the Timeline Playhead to stop

Mohammed_Anis wrote on 5/2/2020, 1:28 PM

Hi guys,

Is there anyway I can adjust a setting where I can force the playhead to stop the minute I make to an edit? There are times I forget to do that manually and given some files I use are heavy on the VEGAS processing already - doing something like accidentally deleting a track while the playhead is playing seems to be an easy way to get VEGAS to crash.

I realize that this is a DAW characteristic that works for VEGAS - but sometimes, its just not needed.

Comments

Former user wrote on 5/2/2020, 1:31 PM

If you have a Contour Shuttle controller, you could create a macro that would do that.

Mohammed_Anis wrote on 5/2/2020, 3:48 PM

No controllers I'm affraid

I honestly think this should be a feature in VEGAS.

This could seriously add further to its stabilization.

michael-harrison wrote on 5/2/2020, 5:45 PM

Get in the habit of pressing the 'k' key before making edits during playback.

Mohammed_Anis wrote on 5/3/2020, 3:02 AM

Get in the habit of pressing the 'k' key before making edits during playback.

As the post stated - I'm aware that manually pausing is an option.

Sorry lads, but it doesn't look like there's much can be done on this one. It's fine.

michael-harrison wrote on 5/3/2020, 11:56 AM

Get in the habit of pressing the 'k' key before making edits during playback.

As the post stated - I'm aware that manually pausing is an option.

I didn't say "be aware that pausing is an option" I said "get in the habit"

Literally, make it a habit to press k before you do anything to the timeline that affects media placement. I've saved myself untold hours by building up that habit. Because I hate rebooting just because VP crashed and left the GPU in a bad state.

Hopefully they'll increase stability and you won't need the option your asking for, but I doubt it'll be soon. VP has had this problem for *years*

Former user wrote on 5/3/2020, 12:32 PM

I really recommend the Contour Shuttle. It gives you several programmable buttons and the ability to create a macro that would do exactly what you want. It also has a shuttle and job knob for easy navigation.

monoparadox wrote on 5/3/2020, 2:31 PM

I've always set spacebar to pause/play in the options.

Mohammed_Anis wrote on 5/4/2020, 2:08 AM

I really recommend the Contour Shuttle. It gives you several programmable buttons and the ability to create a macro that would do exactly what you want. It also has a shuttle and job knob for easy navigation.

Appreciated!

Turd wrote on 5/4/2020, 8:55 AM

@monoparadox +1

That's always one of the very first options I set in VP! I've long been surprised that the pause/play spacebar isn't turned on by default. Luckily it's easy to change that setting and doing so became muscle memory for me a long time ago.