takis

I do not know why, but I have delays and a sluggish ALT response. I re-installed, but still the same. Maybe there are leftovers in the registry from the previous versions, I will try a reg cleaner or remove them manually as a last resort. Thanks again for your help with the ears, I will definitely try to remove them. They prevent me from seeing the clip edges. Well, we can't do anything more than wait for the new version... Please pass my humble desire to the programmers for a ON/OFF button for snapping. I am sure you will hear this from many other users also.

During the past few days, I have been suffering a lot due to these white so-called beat lines (by the way, they do not follow the beat at all), as well as the unpredictable behavior of auto-snap... I do not know why, but in 7.39 auto-snap has a mind of its own, the ALT button does not always prevent it from snapping everything, in all track lines, completely messing up my project. The fluffy "ears" newly added by programmers to pull the clips, also make it more difficult to see the edges of each clip. And auto-snap is always waiting there for your mistake, to snap everything into oblivion... I went back to version 6.2, where my salvation waited in form of a snap-killing magnet button. And indeed it was there, bringing smile again to my face! But.... Version 6.2 seems to delay during playback, creating a bigger problem. I press play/stop and it takes seconds to respond. I got desperate, to the point of thinking to return to good old version 4.40, where the only problem was a moderately mean auto-snap... But unfortunately VPJ project files are NOT backwards compatible! I get a message "cannot load project,try a newer version". Help! gentlemen of NCH. Please fix all these bugs and KILL this mean auto-snap feature! Takis

Good morning (it is morning here🙂) It is great news that you are working on auto-snap! A close-proximity snap sounds like a good idea, but how close? For example, I am working with many parts of a song on the timeline, usually different organs. They all have to by synced, normalized and equalized, in order to orchestrate the full song. Needless to say, for this task autosnap is a more of a problem than an asset! Of course I will wait to test your "close proximity" solution, but an on-off button in the options menu would easily and definitely solve this problem. Considering the white lines, please resolve it... They do not follow the beat, as a matter of fact their frequency is the same -and they are so many- making it impossible to work with waveforms under zoom. They also appear only in some clips, while others are free of them. Even if it was a successful beat counter (which is not), it is of no use to music production, (where the beat is not necessary the biggest spike in the wave). I kindly request, please get rid of them, they are very annoying... Concerning the program's skin, I respect your decision. However, as a meticulous user of your software, I will be honest: Does it look prettier? YES. Is it more practical and easier to the eyes? NO. Especially in the latest version, in my opinion the skin is also too overloaded with buttons and gadgets... Finally, I will be crystal clear: VP is one of the best, if not THE best, audio-video software that I ever worked on. And I have been working with many, like Edius and Cubase. VP offers a powerful engine, with many integrated features and effects, while maintaining a simple and practical functionality. Of course we are happy with improvements, but without compromising its values. Thank you Takis

Thank you, I remember you mentioned it before, but did not know it was the v6.2. I just downloaded it from your link and will give it a try. However, if I can't license it, I might have reduced functionality... Anyways, first things first, I will try it to see the anti-snap functionality. I will definitely suggest putting such a toggle to the latest version, as well as giving us a choice to "whiten" program's skin. Thanks again!

Dear Nat, Thank you for your help. It is the official version 7.39, downloaded a few days ago directly from the NCH website. I will try to download it again. These lines do not appear in all audio clips. A few are immune, but I cannot figure out a pattern. I sent a help-request to support and I wait their answer. Takis

Dear friends, First of all, I would like to say that I use VP for many years, from the era of the early versions. I am a pianist and I make small videos for my piano covers and lessons, usually 3-5 minutes duration. VP was fast, flexible and easy to use. Upgrades are always welcome, some really gave a boost, but others unfortunately proved to be huge step backs. First and biggest issue, the automatic snap! I do not know why the developers listen to every person asking nonsense, but auto-snap is a huge pain in the butt of the serious users. After all, dear gentlemen of NCH, VP is supposed to be a professional tool, it is in it's title 😉. We do not use it to make selfie slideshows, neither clips from our vacation. We need to have full access to the timeline editor, and this means that we have to place clips and audio aside and use them later to fill gaps. YES, we need to keep and control gaps in the timeline. How are we supposed to do this, when every time we shorten a small part, all clips come to the left trying to snap??? By pressing the ALT key every time? Not practical. This is a huger burden for professional editing. I can understand you might want to satisfy the amateur user, who just wants to join 2-3 clips, but we kindly ask you, please, at least put a check box in the options to disable the cursed thing!😖 After version 6, at some guys request (who wanted to have VP look like Adobe's products), you changed the colors to dark gray with blue audio wave. This is totally unfriendly to everyone who spends hours zooming and matching audio. Especially the blue wave, when selected is very hard to see clearly. The best colors in my opinion where the original before version 5. Crisp and clear. Since this is my personal opinion, It would be nice if colors could be s selectable. In the latest version there are some awful vertical white lines on the timeline of many audio clips. The appear only after a specific zoom. I suppose this is a bug, since they did not exist in previous versions. Again, they make it impossible to work with the editor. Please see a sample here: https://ibb.co/m8QKVYy I reported the issue to tech support and waiting for feedback. Thank you!

Will do! Thanks again for your kind help!

Thanks once more! I have been trying things for the last 2-3 hours and managed to solve the sync problem. It was happening when recording from my camera (Logitech 920 pro) using VP's record button. But only at H264 format. I changed to same resolution (720p) but MJPG format, and now video and audio are recorded synced without any lag. The vertical lines are very annoying though. They do not appear to all audio clips, but I can not find any clue why they appear to some and not to others. This never happened to me at any previous version up to 4.40, and I have been using VP for many years. A solution would be greatly appreciated. Concerning the automatic closure of gaps, it didn't exist at the very early versions, but was implemented at some time to fulfill some people's request. It proved to be a big burden to me, but started using the ALT button to fix clips at position. VERY annoying though, since I would like to have full control of my timing during edit. Sometimes you need to put an audio or video clip aside to use later, and it keeps coming to the left every time I move clips in between. I never understood who would ever want that, sice VP is a professional tool and not a toy for selfies..

Dear Sir/Madam, Thank you for your answer. I already own an earlier version (4.40). I was happy with that one, but was dealing with annoying bugs, i.e. the automatic gap closing which does NOT belong to professional editing... Also some bugs of unexpected multiple selection of tracks, etc. I decided to try the newest version, and was super-happy to see that these issues have been resolved! However, I noticed this annoying dark background with a hostile to my eyes green-blue wave. There are also white vertical lines on the track, which I don't know what they are and what is their use -if any ( I 'll try to attach a screen-shot). https://ibb.co/m8QKVYy I also did a recording test and there is a noticeable time-delay between sound and video, in 720p which did not exist in the earlier version. My computer is very fast (8-core, 16GB memory, SSD disk, etc) , so there is no issue there. Maybe I do something wrong, but cannot figure out what..

There will probably be others with the same issue... Unfortunately I find it hard for my eyes to work with the latest version's dark-background editor. I searched for a solution to revert back to the old fashioned white environment, but cannot find anything. There is no selection in "options" or elsewhere. Is there any way to change the editor's background and how? Thanks in advance for your help!