murat k.

You should understand what I'm trying to do at first, if you want to cooperate. This is a simple procedure.

I didn't say anything about Editing. Promidi came with like I'm trying to make edits in the Cakewalk.

Erik has a thought that this is issue is related to my system. I tried to tell this is a general issue.

Tim has some thoughts like the same.

I created this topic by thinking some other people will join and the fix become quicker. But things didn't go that way. No problem.

I made some research in the day to explain that blinking black screen is a general issue and it is not related to my system.

Codecs seems the reason because some of the video files works without trouble.

Also changing the engine to DirectShow fixed the issue for some of them.

You'll see that black blink on pause at  2:18

Another video, the blink is at 2:57

41 minutes ago, Starship Krupa said:

I wasn't trying to have an argument, merely to give you some advice that might help you eventually get a solution.

 

There is no argument. And this is not a bug report to get a solution. This is a request for the file format compability for the playback of video files.

51 minutes ago, Starship Krupa said:

I've been using Cakewalk for over 4 years and it's not an issue for me. General, ongoing, or otherwise. If everyone else who uses Cakewalk is suffering as you are, they are doing so in silence.

If you have no trouble with the video files it depends on the file and the codec you use like I said earlier. Not your system. I have encountered the same issues with different machines which have different system specs. 

44 minutes ago, Starship Krupa said:

Keep the secrets of your workstation configuration to yourself, relax. and wait for the Cakewalk developers to fix the issue.

When the developers fix the playback issue it will work with every system configuration for every supported video file format like others do. So relax and watch.

44 minutes ago, Starship Krupa said:

Good luck! 🙂

Thank you. 😊

4 hours ago, Starship Krupa said:

Hey, suit yourself. I was in no way suggesting or implying  that it is dependent on or unique to your system. This isn't finger pointing, it's trying to make things easier for the devs to fix.

I have been submitting bug reports for 30 years in the software industry, both as an in-house professional engineer and as a member of multiple beta teams, and submitting system configuration is part of the process. With beta teams, they often keep your system specs on file or just have you keep them in your sig in whatever forum software the team uses. This is especially true with Windows, where the hardware isn't locked down by a single manufacturer.

When it comes to video playback, for instance, do you really believe that it doesn't matter what video card you're using? Do you believe that it doesn't matter whether it's occurring with an AMD, nVidia, or Intel GPU?

Usually when you submit a bug report, a dev engineer will give it a try on whatever system(s) are available to them. If it happens on their system(s), bingo, they can start working on a fix. If not, then it becomes much more problematic.

One thing they don't  do is fire up a copy of a competing product for troubleshooting. So while "it works in "Cubase" helps you narrow it down, it does nothing for the people who are tasked with fixing it.

This is not a bug report that depends on my system specs. This is an ongoing general issue for everyone who use Cakewalk.

If you are not having trouble with video playback, this means you are using a video file which has no trouble with the Cakewalk.

There are various video formats which use various codecs out there, Cakewalk is not dealing with them as others do.

This is the topic.

And @Lord TimI was thinking to write an answer to you but on second thought, I found that it is not necessary. I really appreciate your participation to this topic with your elaborate comment.

1 minute ago, bdickens said:

9 minutes ago, Lord Tim said:

it's a preview to score to, and then you export that mix and import it into a proper video editor.

👍

 

That's the real answer right there.

What the?

Let me clear, this is for composing for a finished video. 

There is no need for video editing OK?

Just playback. Simple.

With the Cakewalk for now,
I'm having trouble with the video playback.
I need to see the Video Audio as a reference at the top with the Video Thumbnail.

And I can do all these kind of stuff with the Cubase without an issue.  

And I want these for my own DAW.

That's pretty much it.

Actually I sent these requests years ago to the Cakewalk Support Team. Nothing happened. But I feel it's the time to fix these playback issues and interface arrangements for the videos. We got the Tempo and Articulation Maps. Now we need an improvement for the Video side.

Also keeping the video audio with the video thumbnail would be great:

By this way we can see the video audio as a reference with the video all the time even if we navigate between the tracks.

26 minutes ago, Starship Krupa said:

And I still think that they would want to know your system's specs, especially what GPU you're using.

 

I thought you were joking. No I think this issue doesn't depend on my system. Like I said in this phrase:

2 hours ago, murat k. said:

And same video files are working without an issue with the Cubase as a side note.

It seems Cakewalk has issues with video playbacks regardless of my or any system. This is a problem and I think we don't have to deal with converters, other 3rd party softwares like @Promidi said. Cakewalk has to deal with the video formats automatically like Cubase do. This is the normal thing a normal user can expect.

And same video files are working without an issue with the Cubase as a side note.

And I'm having trouble to play MP4 files with Media Foundation engine even it says in the document: "Media Foundation generally supports most older formats supported by DirectShow as well as many newer formats such as H264 video. "

I tried it with another video and I saw that black blink on pause again. I think this issue should be taken seriously by Bakers. That blink is really annoying when working with video clips. There are open codecs available out there, Cakewalk can download and run them when there is needed like a regular video player.

13 minutes ago, Promidi said:

https://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation?product=Cakewalk&language=3&help=Troubleshooting.07.html

Thanks. It worked. Now I don't see that black blink when I pause the video. I think DirectShow Engine should be the default.

32 minutes ago, Starship Krupa said:

The second is when I have shot some video and want to "score" it. In that scenario, I want to be able to play or program or edit or whatever, audio to fit the images. In that case, where the heavy lifting is audio, I prefer to be in my DAW.

And I agree with that.

18 hours ago, Promidi said:

Cakewalk is a Digital Audio Workstation.  If you want to edit videos, you might yet better results with a dedicated video editor.

Where do you get that idea that I'm trying to edit videos in the Cakewalk? But it is still a great idea to edit videos with a dedicated video editor. 

Cakewalk has still issues with video playback. Blinking black screens when pause, unsupported video and video audio formats etc. It needs to take a look there.

I think adding an icon to the Punch Module and a keyboard shortcut to toggle "Extend Takes to Punch Out Time" will be great in the Final Release. Also "Mute Previous Takes" can be added to both in the module and keyboard shortcuts.

By this way toggling will be much easier even while in the record. 

On 5/26/2022 at 7:50 PM, Morten Saether said:

Cakewalk will now install to ARM64 PCs running Windows 11 for ARM

This means now we are able to install Windows 11 on our ARM64 phones/tablets then run Cakewalk inside them. Fabolous!

On 4/19/2022 at 6:03 PM, rfssongs said:

I think that it would be really useful to add knobs just above the Chorus & Reverb knobs (in the inspector window) for ADSR. Attack, Decay, Sustain & Release. I believe these are fairly standard CC numbers but a preferences change could allow customization if need be.

Custom Default CC's can be assigned there. Up to 8 knobs maybe.

47 minutes ago, Starship Krupa said:

If something's not obeying Quick Group rules, it should be "bug reported."😄

If something's not obeying Quick Group rules. Try it with Ctrl+Shift instead of using with only Ctrl. Then it should be "bug reported." 

On 7/13/2021 at 6:10 PM, Jorge Arias said:

 

Is it possible that in the future we will have longer faders on cakewalk?

If you need longer fader for precise control, use Shift key while using any fader.

1 hour ago, Matthew White said:

 

This was not an unrelated response, this was based on what usually happens when you delete a node, I did not to know that wasn't working for you this way as you hadn't stated that before I commented. 

Maybe you should try to understand that anyone that offers suggestions based on what works for them are only trying to help, instead it seems you'd rather pass them off as unrelated or a waste of time just because it didn't work for you.

Matthew I understand you. And thanks to everyone who tried to help. And the real help will be supporting this idea because it's better than workarounds.

5 minutes ago, scook said:

For now, rather than adding and dragging a node to change the envelope, change the curve from jump to one of the other curves.

Thanks for the information Steve.

1 minute ago, bdickens said:

If you delete the node you're dragging around, it accomplishes the same thing you're trying to achieve.

It is not working every time as you see.

This function can be toggled like the Note Snap. Sometimes you may want to disable it.

While you dragging the nodes and when they close to each other, the dragging one will automatically snap to steady one. OMG. I can't believe that I had to explain it that much.

14 minutes ago, Matthew White said:

What happens if you delete the node you're dragging there?

What happens when you request something useful and people come with unrelated responses?