[QLab] New Video Cue - Audio Options?

[Christopher Ashworth]

On Mar 3, 2007, at 11:51 PM, soundsman wrote:
> I'm a little curious as to the capabilities of
> the Video Fade Q. Is it Fade out/in only?

Yes; the Video Fade only adjusts the visibility of a Video Cue, just  
as a Fade only adjusts the volume levels of a cue.

> Can you fade from one video to another yet?

Sure, just have both on the same display and one fade down and the  
other up.

> Or fade from one output to another?

It depends on what you mean by this; you could certainly start the  
same video on two displays and fade one out while the other fades in.

> But, more interestingly is with what the Video Cue currently is doing
> with audio now. However, where is the audio getting routed?

Audio is routed to the default system output.

> I remember
> you mentioning that routing audio for video had a number of issues,
> so my guess is that the options are limited.

Right.  Partly for that reason, my plan for the moment is to leave  
the audio options for Video cues basic.

> Is it possible to add and "audio for video" fade?

The normal Fade Cue will adjust the volume level of video cues too.

> Is it possible for the audio in a video to follow the video fade when
> a video is faded in/out.
> -or-
> have a separate tab in the video fade file that takes care of the
> audio for that video. So that you can have different fades for the
> audio as opposed to the video. (For example, audio plays at full
> volume while the video fades up 3 seconds later...., but then the
> audio fade in volume while the video is still going as normal....
> etc...)

A combo of a Fade Cue and a Video Fade Cue will do the trick for  
these two cases, of course.

Hmmm...writing this email makes me want to rename the "Fade Cue" to  
"Audio Fade Cue"....

Cheers,
Christopher