Show Cue System

I searched a bit on the forum and couldn't find anything.

I know this is a moving target but I have a (yet another sadly online) show coming up where I'll be playing back videos from a bunch of different people. Is there format recommendations I can pass along to minimize codec insanity?

I installed LAVFilters/TVideoGrabber as recommended. So far I've been running MP4 videos from only one person without incident on a decently powerful Lenovo laptop.

Thanks, John

I prefer to use MP4 and have had no issues with this format. Make sure you have the latest LAVFilters installed (as supplied with the latest version of SCS).

Thanks!

John

I'm having a curious video issue, and I'm wondering if it's my files.

I'm a theatre teacher who also handles all the AV stuff at my school. I've been using SCS for years as it's been a stable workhorse. I've done plenty of AV presentations through SCS with music, videos and static images.

Yesterday, I was running through a show with a TON of video files (39) in the .mov format. The teacher who made them uses a mac and made them there. Monday was fine. Yesterday though, things started to get crashy. SCS actually crashed on me several times while running the show with these cues. I thought, "OK, let's just turn off all non-essential services." I took a few minutes in task manager, put my PC on airplane mode, and the the same stuttering/freezing/crashing happened.

I am using version 11.7.1.3. Hey, it's been a tank thus far! I also upgraded to windows 11, but have run several other AV events with no issues.

Now here's the kicker - I just fired up the .mov based cues. And it purrs. Nothing wrong, no hiccups, nada. Am I just going show crazy/stressing over a blip in the road? I've re-encoded all the video files in .mp4 via Adobe Media Encoder. Seeing if that works.

Any other tips or suggestions?

Could be a buffering issue with so many video files. Have you used anything like this number before? Please email me your cue file (the .scs11 file).