I have emailed this directly to you but will add it to the forum for all to read, incase others can add to what I have said:
The ONLY thing I see missing for MY daily application of this type of sotware, is that when setting the layers..
If I were able to actually type in the actual pixel sizes and locations of the windows, it would be PERFECT for the LED screens I operate regularly in live shows.
This is because the system we use, the LED screen is a clone of the main desktop, but the LED screen outputs a section of the desktop screen starting from X and Y pixel, displaying A and B pixels depending on the screen size. Effectively, the LED screen is a small section of a standard DVI screen.
EG currently I'm opperating 3 4x3 meter screens with 64 horizontaly and 64 pixels vertically.
Giving me a screen of 256 x 192. If I were able to type this number directly into your software, and then the X and Y location of the first pixel for each layer... My quality life would be very much richer indeed!
I also see this as a benefit as for some videos, when you rip it. the aspect ratio comes out wrong, or some software letterboxes above and below on a 16x9 and therefor turning it into a letterboxed 4x3, when you want fullscreen 16x9. With a system where I could physcally type in the pixels, doing the maths to set a layer, on site, would be extremely easy in the case that multiple clients arrive with videos of multiple formats, ratios etc, I could set the one of the 3 layers to accept letterboxed, eliminating the letterbox, another at true 16x9 and one for 4x3 etc then run the specific video in a specific layer.. thus iliminating all ratio problems
Would it be possible to these ideas integrated into the software, as an option to use rather than the %'age system??
Again, Many thanks.
Colin Bone.
Sound and Video engineer.
Grupo Pasarela Audiovisuales, Valencia, Spain.