[jitter] Re: metro sometimes unstable not accurate movie playback

i know for a fact that cycling is aware of this and its enormous  
importance.  as soon as max5 is out of the door,  there will be  
attention paid to it.  vade and i have bugged cycling about it plenty,  
and i am satisfied that it's a very high priority issue for them.

On Jan 2, 2008, at 8:07 PM, james wrote:

>
> i've posted regarding this / or similar issue recently  - spoke to  
> many peoeple and did a ton of testing - and the result  - theres  
> simply a glitch in the clock / threading in Jitter - which causes  
> unreliable / jumpy playback. period. I have not met / seen - or even  
> heard of a current ( recent versions of max and jitter on newer pc's  
> mac) configuration that doesnt have this problem. eventually after  
> phone calls and lots of iquiries with other vj's & video artists -  
> many have said either live with - or use something else! - I couldnt  
> believe this issue would be put aside, so I contacted cycling74 -  
> and the response "we will address this issue after the release of  
> Max 5".
>
> so i am mostly posting not to bash cycling74 - but to help people  
> save time testing and wondering "is it my machine?" -
> 99% chance is its NOT. its Jitter code....
>
>
> this playback issue is a huge problem, and I've not been able to  
> record any realtime output of Jitter yet - the hiccup or jump, to  
> me, is unacceptable for recorded media. maybe for live performance  
> its ok, but...
>
> I know other video / vj software doesnt have this playback problem,  
> so it must be the code behind jitter/max
> --
> previous thread on the 'jitter' in jitter.
>
> http://www.cycling74.com/forums/index.php?t=msg&th=29333&start=0&rid=6240&S=d46591dbbd4d6ea4b92ea86a74159712
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