What is frame offset?
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Topic: What is frame offset?
Posted By: Rambler1
Subject: What is frame offset?
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2009 at 10:35am
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What is frame offset in the playback settings?
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Posted By: LightsOnLogan
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2009 at 10:56am
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This adjusts how many frames the lights "run ahead" of the actual timeline. The defaul setting of "2" is usually best for compensating for protocol lag. Adjusting it higher can compensate for incandescent filament warmup. Adjusting it lower can compensate for speaker distance in yard speaker (non transmitter) applications (purposefully lagging the lights to give the sound time to reach listener's ears). Generally speaking though, if it isn't broken, then don't try to fix it. ------------- http://www.aurorashow.com/"> 
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Posted By: Rambler1
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2009 at 11:06am
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What should it be set at for preview?
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Posted By: LightsOnLogan
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2009 at 11:13am
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Frame offset only is used for sending to the lights. The preview does not offset.
The purpose is to time align the real lights with the preview screen which is not offset. It has the added bonus of being able to compensate for other situations (like speaker delay). The setting was far more important in older versions of Aurora when the protocol engine was less refined. Today, 99% of all situations should leave the value set at "2". It has been left as an option in the properties for the 1% of users which use it for atypical applications.
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Posted By: Rambler1
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2009 at 11:21am
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Sweet thanks for the info. Have a happy holiday :) ------------- If you're not in You're out http://www.aurorashow.com/">
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