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Hello everybody!
have been wondering for a feature.
Maybe its already done but i haven't seen how it can be done.
This feature includes us video DJs selecting (with a button or buttons) which deck will be video output regardless of which deck is playing audio.
I'll explain better.
I want music playing from deck 1 and i want to have buttons that i will have the option to select which deck will be the video ouput.
Deck 1 playing audio, then press button that will broadcast to the output screen video from another deck (for example audio from deck 1 and video from deck 4)
At the moment this can be done by controlling the crossfader (video crossfader) but what i am asking is for a button to choose the video output from my 4 decks.
 
Posted Fri 12 Aug 16 @ 3:32 pm
It can be done via VDJ script...
deck 1 leftvideo & video_crossfader 0% (brings Deck 1 on the video Output)
deck 3 leftvideo & video_crossfader 0% (brings Deck 3 on the video Output)
deck 2 rightvideo & video_crossfader 100% (brings Deck 2 on the video Output)
deck 4 rightvideo & video_crossfader 100% (brings Deck 4 on the video Output)

Make sure you have Video LINK and AUTO turned off
 
Yes but we want to use the crossfader for something else like for scratching. The whole idea is to skip using the crossfader and simply have an option to really select which deck will be video output. This should be sth really easy to do in the next update
 
Note it's the video crossfader, not the audio crossfader.
 
groovindj wrote :
Note it's the video crossfader, not the audio crossfader.


I'll try it and see if it will work BUT when you are at the panel eith the volume faders, i think it moves the crossfader... Maybe i am wrong i will need to test it out.
 
LIke djdad says...

djdad wrote :

Make sure you have Video LINK and AUTO turned off
 
I transition video via touch. Therefore I wish to be able to send any video signal to the main output regardless of which deck is sending the audio. It should not matter where my audio crossfader is set at the time....that will be unlinked. I want to be able to touch a preview and transition it to the main video out as I do with my 2 deck skin.

I want to start my mix with deck 1, have deck 2's audio entering on loop with a transition halfway to deck 2's video. In version 7 I use "SBDJ breakthrough" for this.
So presently I have deck 1 and 2 broadcasting both audio and video on the main outs. Deck 3 is cued and ready to mix the instant I'm done with 1 & 2....and so on and so forth. In this scenario the video crossfader is pretty much non existant and the audio crossfader is free for me to assign for scratching or whatever my little black heart desires.

Is this presently possible? For example the "fruit" skin has 4 video preview panes. Can it be scripted to send whichever deck's video is touched to the main out independent of audio?
 
PressNPlayDJ wrote :
i want to have buttons that i will have the option to select which deck will be the video ouput.


deck 1 over_video
deck 2 over_video
deck 3 over_video
deck 4 over_video

This overrides the video output with the output from the specified deck.
 
I will load that tomorrow and post the results here.
 
SBDJ wrote :
PressNPlayDJ wrote :
i want to have buttons that i will have the option to select which deck will be the video ouput.


deck 1 over_video
deck 2 over_video
deck 3 over_video
deck 4 over_video

This overrides the video output with the output from the specified deck.


I just tried it and worked perfect!!!!!!! This is what we were looking for!!!!!!! Great job again Scott!!!!!!!!

 
This method does send each video to the main output but it fails to activate any transitions.
I've tried adding video transition to the command code line but I might have missed a step or two.
Can you please verify that Scott?
Other than that it works like a charm.
 
It's not supposed to do any kind of video transition. over_video is literally just to override the video output, which is what was requested by the original post.
 
I'm partly responsible for the original post Scott. Sorry, I should have explained earlier.
I would like to be able to decide which video feed is sent to the main output. We've achieved that with the coding you provided above.
Is there any additional command (s) which would make the video signal use an active transition?
 
iansharp wrote :
I'm partly responsible for the original post Scott. Sorry, I should have explained earlier.
I would like to be able to decide which video feed is sent to the main output. We've achieved that with the coding you provided above.
Is there any additional command (s) which would make the video signal use an active transition?


Ian for that you would have to use DJDad's script. It will work. I've tried it. It uses the video crossfader.
By the way, vdj7 had videotransitions like you want it?
 
If I understand your question correctly the answer is yes.
I used Phantom's midnight skin for many years. There was no video crossfader on the interface. I set the video transitions to random and triggered by touch. That is why I would like to have this control in a 4 deck skin.
I'll give Dj Dad's script a whirl and let you know.

Incidentally, with Scotts method "deck 1 over_video" it is only possible to load the empty deck on that same side by dragging the song into the player.
If I try to select an empty deck 3 while deck 1 is broadcasting audio & video then deck 3 hijacks the main video output (black screen).
If this is not fixable then it is not a crisis, a drag & drop will load the empty deck. BUT it would be ideal if the main video output was impossible to interrupt other than by the user's intended actions.
 
So things are going well with the VDJ 8 tweaking. I am presently using DjDad's script and the v8 Fruit skin.
One small issue I'd like to iron out is the possibility of transitioning between decks 2/4 (right side) OR 1/3 (left) when the mixer setup is in 3,1,2,4.
The video transitions fire off only when switching from one side of the mixer to the other so is it possible to add to the existing script to make the transitions occur when switching between decks on the same side? Presently I get a hard cut (no transition, just a switch).
 
video_crossfader 0% ? deck 1 rightvideo & video_crossfader 100% : deck 1 leftvideo & video_crossfader 0%
video_crossfader 0% ? deck 2 rightvideo & video_crossfader 100% : deck 2 leftvideo & video_crossfader 0%
video_crossfader 0% ? deck 3 rightvideo & video_crossfader 100% : deck 3 leftvideo & video_crossfader 0%
video_crossfader 0% ? deck 4 rightvideo & video_crossfader 100% : deck 4 leftvideo & video_crossfader 0%
 
locodog wrote :
video_crossfader 0% ? deck 1 rightvideo & video_crossfader 100% : deck 1 leftvideo & video_crossfader 0%
video_crossfader 0% ? deck 2 rightvideo & video_crossfader 100% : deck 2 leftvideo & video_crossfader 0%
video_crossfader 0% ? deck 3 rightvideo & video_crossfader 100% : deck 3 leftvideo & video_crossfader 0%
video_crossfader 0% ? deck 4 rightvideo & video_crossfader 100% : deck 4 leftvideo & video_crossfader 0%



Tried this but it's not giving the desired result.
 
Explain, I don't feel like guessing.
 
I'm still not able to activate a transition between decks on the same side. I get a change in video but it is a jump , however smooth it may be, from one feed to the other.
It works with decks on the opposite sides but not between decks 1&3 or decks 2&4.
 
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