When I use the effects the video stalls

DJDannyBoi

I have the midi mapped to my DJM 800 and when I use the Tile/Rotate it stalls the video but the song keeps playing. I just got a brand new Macbook Pro i7 8bg ram, 500gb harddrive. I never had this problem on my old laptop. Running the most current version of ME. Its actually a beta version that you sent me

Nick

Is it only the Tile/Rotate effect that is causing problems? Does it also "stall" using that effect if you have the effect wet/dry mix set to half?

DJDannyBoi

I think it was the video I was using. I tried it on a couple other vids and it never acted up. I think Im ok now. I'll let ya know if it happens again on another vid. One thing i did notice is that my waveforms are "jerky" as hell. Im not sure if that on your end or Seratos end. My old laptop would do that so thats one of the main reasons why I bought this new laptop. Are there any settings I can set to make the waveforms travel more smoothly? Ive tried the zoom in and out and that doesn't work. Also what are the setting I should be running with my new laptop? MBP 17inch 8gb ram, i7.

Nick

One thing that can often help with jerky wavefrorms is to lower the refresh rate of the output monitor from 60Hz to 50Hz. Also, in MixEmergency's Advanced panel in the preferences, you can disable the "Sychronise Output to Screen Refresh" - though this can cause "screen tearing" artifacts, so generally it is not recommended.

DJDannyBoi

Ok where do I change the refresh rate? I cant find it? Here are my settings. Can you go over them and see what you would suggest? Thx Nick Display = Quality@ 100% Scaling @Fit Arrangement @Mix Enable Frame blending Preview= Aspect Ratio @None Update rate @High Advanced= Cache @2.0 Synchronize Output to screen Refresh"Checked" Loop Media Longer than 1 minute "Checked Delay Compensation @ 0s Also what settings should I use for export?

Nick

The Refresh Rate is in the Displays section of the Mac OS System Preferences. For export - it depends what you want to do with it, and what quality you're happy with. The Fast/High Quality presets should be good enough for most situations.