Topic: "Double-click in timeline to play" not working on

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  • February 14, 2009 at 07:39 #1820
    Malcolm Jacobson
    Participant

    Hi Frits,

    I’ve been trying to work out why I’ve never been able to use the “double-click on the timeline” function to get Podium to play from a particular part of the timeline using the mouse. Yesterday I tried Podium on a Vista machine and I was amazed to find that this function worked, and that there was a whole range of extra functions visible in the right-click menu.

    This is the right-click menu on my XP machine:

    and this is the right-click menu on the Vista machine I tested:

    In addition to these differences, I noticed that there are four extra buttons at the top-left of the arrange window:

    that don’t appear on my XP machine:

    I assumed that there must be some setting that I’ve inadvertently changed on my XP machine, so I

    • Uninstalled Podium

    • Deleted the folder C:Documents and SettingsUsernameMy DocumentsZynewave Podium Projects

    • Deleted the folder C:Documents and SettingsUsernameApplication DataZynewave

    • Re-installed Podium 2.09

    but I still can’t get these functions to work in XP.

    Can you tell me what I might be doing wrong?

    Cheers,

    Malcolm.

    February 14, 2009 at 08:26 #14349
    thcilnnahoj
    Participant

    Actually, I think it’s the other way around – you’re using an older setup on Vista and the setup on your XP machine is the (new) default setup.
    Is the installation on your Vista PC a fresh one? If not, try to load the default setup from the setup menu.
    BUT make a BACKUP first (Save Complete Setup).

    The CSPL buttons ‘disappeared’ with version 2.07 and the default click actions for the timeline ruler changed. Playback is started with a double click on the middle mouse button, in this case.

    To be able to start playback by double-left-click, you’ll have to disable the following option:
    View – Editor Profile Properties – Timeline ruler – Properties – Left click to slide timeline.

    Also, are you sure you right-clicked on the timeline ruler in your first screenshot? It looks more like the menu for the tracks region, which is of course the same on Vista.

    I hope I’m not getting things messed up here, but Frits’ll surely correct me if I am. 😉

    February 14, 2009 at 23:38 #14352
    Malcolm Jacobson
    Participant

    Hi thcilnnahoj,

    Thanks for the clarification about the options and buttons. I don’t know why the Vista machine would show the old buttons in the 2.09 version, but I realise now they shouldn’t be there.

    @thcilnnahoj wrote:

    To be able to start playback by double-left-click, you’ll have to disable the following option:
    View – Editor Profile Properties – Timeline ruler – Properties – Left click to slide timeline.

    This is the solution I was looking for. Thanks! 🙂

    Interestingly, there are four identically named “Timeline ruler” options in my Editor Profile Properties:

    “Left click to slide timeline” was only selected in the last of these four.

    I’m very glad to have double-click working. For a moment there I thought I might have to swap to Vista! 😆

    Cheers,

    Malcolm.

    February 15, 2009 at 01:43 #14353
    thcilnnahoj
    Participant

    Yes, sorry I forgot to mention there are four seperate timeline rulers now.
    In case you didn’t read up on the 2.07 changes, three (S, P, L) of the rulers are hidden by default, and only show when you need them. You can try it by activating loop-mode or punch-in/out.

    You can, of course, also have the old way back by deleting the top three rulers and activating those three ‘Show … range’ options in the properties of the remaining ruler. Or just customize away, the options should be self explanatory. 🙂

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