Mamba bugs/errors: post here !

[Miss A.]

Another one:

Setup 1.
-Open a show with music with Mamba.
-Drag the last scene beyond the end of the music part. (as example)
-Set the red Begin Marker 10 seconds before the end of the music part.
-Set the red End Marker beyond the end of the music part, but before the end of the scene part.
-Select playback to Display Marked Area.

Mamba will output only the part until the end of the music, not unitl the end of the scene. It think this is wrong, because now it's not possible to program scenes in the silent part after the music part.


Setup 2.
-Open a show with music with Mamba.
-Drag the last scene beyond the end of the music part. (as example)
-Set the red Begin Marker a few seconds beyond the end of the music part.
-Set the red End Marker beyond the end of the scene part.
-Select playback to Display Marked Area.

Mamba will not display the marked part at all, but plays the whole show from the beginning.


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[stanwax]

Another one:

Setup 1.
-Open a show with music with Mamba.
-Drag the last scene beyond the end of the music part. (as example)
-Set the red Begin Marker 10 seconds before the end of the music part.
-Set the red End Marker beyond the end of the music part, but before the end of the scene part.
-Select playback to Display Marked Area.

Mamba will output only the part until the end of the music, not unitl the end of the scene. It think this is wrong, because now it's not possible to program scenes in the silent part after the music part.

Setup 2.
-Open a show with music with Mamba.
-Drag the last scene beyond the end of the music part. (as example)
-Set the red Begin Marker a few seconds beyond the end of the music part.
-Set the red End Marker beyond the end of the scene part.
-Select playback to Display Marked Area.

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These are both due to the same problems & I have sort of questioned this before to OG and its a function of the way the music is badly handled. OG has not got the time to completely rip this up and start again for 1.x but I am certain the music implementation will work properly in 2.0.
The only work around is to get something like audacity and add a silent section at the end of your music file, as mamba will play until the music file or the show track ends - whichever is the soonest.
FYI When I create a show I always drop a blank scene into an unused track and make it equal to the music track length. This way I can play through the music to my hearts content without it stopping just when I dont want it to.

BTW I cant make the problem with making a show from ilda do as you describe. ?

Rob

[Miss A.]

Hi Rob,

Good to know that I'm not the only one with this thing here...
OG mentioned in a previos release that a MB show is now music-length based. In older versions it was track -or last-scene-length based.

I think Mamba should work time-based. If you also use software for capture video images, like 'Windows Movie Maker' or 'Pinnacle Video 12', you know that I mean with time-based: there is one timeline and emply 'tracks'. The first track is for video, the second for photo's, the next for text, the next for additional audio, ..... This kind of software doesn't care about the content of the tracks, it just plays the timeline from the beginning untill the last item on some track...


About that ILDA problem:
Press the red cross (the Close button of the small window)
MB will continue with importing instead of cancelling.

[Miss A.]

Yes, I got the v1.95 (build 5620) version right now.
But.... All the scenes on the timeline are displayed as blanks.
This is strange, because all frames are in the original color.
So, nothing will be lasered here.

Who has the same problems?

PS: I immediately tried the old v1.90 version and this is working OK.


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[Onge]

I am waiting for them to send me the 1.95 version I hope it fixes the problems I have with exporting shows to .ild files in 1.90

Anything else changed in it apart from the new stuff in the "Help" menu ?

Onge

[Miss A.]

For sure!
I count 110 fixed bugs/changes/rewrotes in the Changelog file.
Most of them in the background, so don't expect a new user interface.

A

[whiteg]

Yes, I got the v1.95 (build 5620) version right now.
But.... All the scenes on the timeline are displayed as blanks.
This is strange, because all frames are in the original color.
So, nothing will be lasered here.

Who has the same problems?

PS: I immediately tried the old v1.90 version and this is working OK.


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Power on dongle and projectrot, and restart mamba Ok!

[Miss A.]

No, not working here.

I can create frames with a color but after dragging them to the timeline, the scens become black.

[whiteg]

No, not working here.

I can create frames with a color but after dragging them to the timeline, the scens become black.

Play complete show? Laser output ok?

[Miss A.]

No no no. The scenes on the timeline are black, the preview window is black and the laser output is black.

Compare it with drawing a black frame, drag it to the timeline and than press Play. Result: you see a black scene, no playback and no output.

Can anyone send me his Mamba.exe file?