V9.0c Preview window size.

farss wrote on 12/26/2009, 5:20 PM

This has me baffled. I have a 1920x1080 project. Preview is set to Scale To Fit. Preview window is annoyingly small regardless of quality settings (no suprise there) and certainly not Scaled To Fit.
I needed a bit more space for tracks on the T/L so I make the T/L pane larger and all of a sudden bingo, the Preview window gets BIGGER, I drag it back down and then the Preview window gets SMALLER, keep going and it starts to enlarge????
I must be doing something wrong, it's beyond belief that this behaviour was intended or an oversight.
Not the end of the world, I'll keep soldering on but....

Bob.

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Rob Franks wrote on 12/26/2009, 5:32 PM

I'm not seeing this issue. Can you list your steps in a bit more detail?

I'm sure you have dual monitors... why don't you simply hit F11 and full pane the time line and place the preview on the other monitor. I run pretty much standard this way.

farss wrote on 12/26/2009, 7:26 PM

I fixed it, well I found a trick that flipped it into working. Turn on External Preview and even after turning that off again it continues to work as it should. It's done this before, I just didn't really pay much attention to the problem previously. I'll keep an eye on it in future though.

No, at the moment I don't have dual monitors, not enough depth in the room to run dual 24". There;s also the problem of getting the monitor speakers the right distance apart.

Bob.

farss wrote on 12/28/2009, 3:46 AM

I finally worked out what the problem was, I had the trimmer still active.

Bob.

megabit wrote on 12/28/2009, 8:45 AM

Bob,

So i thought - the trimmer window size influences that of the preview window in a little strange fashion :)

As to your limiting yourself to just one monitor because of the required stereo speakers distance: I hear what you're saying; it's VERY important when doing a music video. I've personally resolved this problem by hanging my secondary ""monitor' (in fact, a 50" plasma HDTV) ABOVE the system monitor. Works a treat...

Piotr

musicvid10 wrote on 12/28/2009, 9:28 AM

I don't use "Scale to fit Preview." It slows down the playback rate on both my (underpowered) machines.

farss wrote on 12/28/2009, 2:19 PM

I had read of how you had your monitor arranged previously.
I thought about it but my neck has enough problems already, the thought of looking up and down all the time is too much to contemplate. I will get this problem sorted eventually. Moving the speakers back and on stands is one option. A home with larger rooms is another but the most pressing is a new roof on the current one.

Here's a tip.
The standard advice on speaker distance is wrong, very wrong.
You need two assistants to do this.
Put your monitors on a length of smooth board, that melamine coated chipboard is ideal. While playing back a favourite track have the assistants slide the speakers closer and further apart. Keep your eyes closed, sit at your usual spot in the room. When the sound suddenly becomes fuller tell them to mark the spot where that starts and mark it again where you loose it. Go through a few iterative passes narrowing down the precise spot that gives the most fullest sound. Repeat with different parts of the track.

If I hadn't heard how much difference doing this makes first hand I'd have dismissed the whole notion. It is quite dramatic, heck if I can hear it, there really must be something to it.
Why does this happen?
The sound field is like a long strap of rubber. As you stretch it by pulling the speakers too far apart it gets thinner in the middle. Too close and it bunches up. You need just the right tension on the rubber to get it tight but even.

Bob.