Stationary cursor

Miklb58 wrote on 6/1/2005, 2:20 PM

There is a setting that I changed in Vegas5, and I can only remember that when choosing ->options->preferences, I held down a keyboard key (like shift or control), which brought up some additional options that aren't there when just clicking options. Anyway what I am looking for is the option that allows the cursor to remain stationary while the timeline "glides" to the left while playing.

Anyone know what the setting is?

Mike D

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Jsnkc wrote on 6/1/2005, 2:34 PM

To get in the hidden menu in the preferences go to
Options / Shift-Preferences

That will give you a tab called "Internal" in the preferences menu that isn't normally there. Not sure if what you are looking for is in there though or not :)

randygo wrote on 6/1/2005, 3:29 PM

I suspect that mode may be more CPU intensive as it may have to do a lot of drawing on the display while playing.

Its a lot cheaper to move the cursor and refresh the track display only periodically.

Randy

winrockpost wrote on 6/1/2005, 4:14 PM

Zooming in on the timeline and it acts that way, dont know of a setting.

Chienworks wrote on 6/1/2005, 4:45 PM

If you want a real cheap way of doing it for short time periods, but want it to be the normal way most of the time, just hold down the \ key. If you have a relatively fast processor this works quite nicely. As soon as you let up on the \ key it reverts to the cursor moving instead.

Miklb58 wrote on 6/2/2005, 1:59 PM

Jsnkc,
Thanks it was in the "internal" tab. It is the 36th line down, and is labled "Smooth Scroll Trackview". When set to TRUE, the cursor seeks a center position in the track while the track scrolls to the left.

It is a little bit more CPU intensive, but I always lose the cursor once it goes off to the right.

Maybe you guys have a better way, and I'll try the " \ " thing.

Mike D