CONTENTS
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Sample features:

0. Loading and saving sets
1. Controls during playback
2. Recording a performance
3. Capturing an external window
4. Multitrack window
5. Jack transport control
6. Planned features


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0. Sets (groups of clips) can be loaded and saved via the menu options
File/Load clip set and File/Close/Save all clips. A set can also be
saved when you quit, and can then be optionally autoloaded the next
time you start up.


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1. Controls during playback
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See the menu option VJ | Show VJ keys

Real time effects can be reassigned via the realtime effects window
(ctrl-v).


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2. Recording a Performance

If you are having fun skipping around a video using ctrl and cursor
keys, changing the playback speed, switching clips, and applying
realtime effects, you will be happy to know you can 
record yourself doing this.

To record, with video and audio loaded, simply press 'r' before playing a whole clip or a selection. Any changes you 
make using the keys listed above, will be recorded.

If you play the whole video, it will automatically loop to fit the audio. If you play a selection, the recording length 
depends on whether you have 'loop video to fit audio' on or off.

After recording you can play back and review your changes. You can reorder the frames to match your performance
 by clicking on Tools-->Reorder Frames. It is a good idea to do this before applying any futher effects since the 
frames will be mixed up. In fact, you *must* reorder the frames before LiVES will let you insert or delete frames to 
that clip.

To clear performance data, simply press 'r' twice.

Clip switches and realtime effects are recorded by default. If you
want to change this, go to Tools/Preferences/Recording.




3. Capturing an external window
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LiVES has the ability to capture and record almost any X11 window.
This works particularly well with, for example, xmms visual plugins or xscreensaver modules.

This is now done simply through Tools|Capture external window. Press 'q' when you are done recording.



4. Multitrack window
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After loading a few clips, you can go to
the multitrack window by pressing ctrl-m. Here you can lay out your
clips and render them. For more information, see the multitrack
tutorial on the LiVES site (http://lives.sourceforge.net)




5. Jack transport control
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LiVES can be controlled by a jack transport
(http://jackit.sf.net). You can set your jack transport
settings from Tools/Preferences/Jack.






6. Planned features (before 1.0)
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Freeze the encoder plugin API
Freeze the basic OSC API
General performance enhancements - mostly done...
Ability to open v4l1/2 devices as weed generators (planned via videojack).
Document all API's, finish multitrack tutorial (in progress)
Support Livido via a wrapper plugin.
Allow opening of multiple files at once.
Allow mixing of foreground and background generators.
Faster resizing.
Allow playback from any point on the multtrack timeline




Post 1.0 (?)
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Subtitle/text rendering module.

Improved streaming

Support for freeframe

Support for paths

Support for grouping of clips

Support for masks

Auto-streaming/control architecture for pipelined applications

Cairo support

