video question for MTU

[songpony]

Any timeline on resolving the problem where you can't use the keyboard keys (Tab, Enter, CTRL-X, etc.) while a video is playing? I understand it's not critical since you can still use the mouse to move from field to field and click the Add Track button, but it's a pain to remember to do that rather than just using the keyboard keys like I do all the rest of the time - I end up with lots of beeps in the middle of a singer's song when I forget and try using the keyboard. Also, there's no way to delete a song using the mouse (that I'm aware of), so if I have to delete one (singer changes their mind), I have to remember to do it after the video stops playing. I know, we've gotten so spoiled - we just really hate to have to think!

[MTUSUPPORT]

I was not aware of this. I will let Admin answer this one.

[songpony]

I had opened a thread on it when I upgraded to your first version that supported video. I received a comment that it would be worked on, but haven't heard anything further. Since there've been about 3 releases since then, I was hoping to get a better idea of a timeline for that fix. I'm really hoping it's something that's still on their radar and will be worked on. Thanks.

[mindonstrike]

Last word I heard was that it would require an extensive overhaul on the code, so I wouldn't expect it too soon

I'm sure it's probably in the specs for the next time they have to make major programming changes.

Sam

[songpony]

Just wondering if this has been reviewed by ADMIN and if there's any response. Thanks.

[admin]

Originally Posted by songpony

I've seen a few comments about items that could be included in the next beta release. A problem that I haven't seen addressed yet is the fact that the keyboard is unusable (except for the letters and numbers) while a video is playing...

...traversing from field to field or "selecting" something must all be done with the mouse.

Songpony, thanks for asking it here as there are others who want to know also.

We have tried to solve this problem, but maybe I didn't post our results.

The VIDEO DISPLAY is a totally separate Microsoft Application (.exe) that we launch to play all video files. We do have the source code to it, so in theory we can modify it to do anything.

The problem is there is only one THREAD, and it DEMANDS foreground control. Thus, any key strokes are captured by the Foreground Application. This prevents them from passing to a background Application.

To fix this, we have to crawl into this Microsoft's code and that will take some time and is not currently scheduled to be done.

We did add a DELETE button on the Hoster screen in 3.310 that allows removing any Track from the Song List, even while playing a Video. Thus, we did get everyone a quick fix.