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

On Jan 3, 2008, at 1:07 AM, james wrote:

> 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....
>


I absolutely disagree with that.

Yes, there are some issues, but 99% OF THE TIME IT'S PEOPLE WHO ARE  
SHIT AT PROGRAMMING.  If I hear one more noob yelling "Why won't the  
timing in jitter work right?" when they don't even understand what  
fps is or the difference between a qmetro and a metro, I am going to  
vomit in realtime.

DO NOT tell them that they shouldn't search the forums.  There are  
excellent solutions that will solve your playback problems in many  
cases.
The other 1% of the time it's a real problem, usually seen by people  
who understand what they're doing (which may include you, from what  
you're saying).  There are ways to fix these things, but video is  
complicated and I dare you to find a single, working, realtime video  
option that does everything you need it to, is not a nightmare to  
install or configure, is flexible, and doesn't have any glitches.   
But yeah, in other specific, precise cases of writing sequential non- 
skipping video frames, you are simply fucked.


I am also satisfied that cycling74 is on the problem.  In the  
meantime, there are some good systems out there for starting about  
$6,000-$30,000, if you really need it...


Cheers
Evan