VJ software question

looks good, i'll give it a try

*edit: hmmmm, tried it but it confuses the hell out of me: to much jumping an bumping, not enough control....

I don't know this software at all but in general the more layers of video you use, and the longer the files are, the more depeneded you get on filesize and hardware for fluidness. Try a light(er) codec than the one you're using now, like H264 or photo jpeg. And if you can, it is generally better to not run media files from your system disc but from a fast(er), dedicated media disc.

yeah, apart from a suitably fast computer with good non-mobile videocard, fast HD etc, how fast the clips respond will depend on codecs, filesizes, how many video clips are used at the same time, effects used in real time. quite a lot to fiddle with. I'm sure you could achieve all of that with resolume and a lot of optimization too. to optimize the video clips you have, I would re-render them in virtualdub or what have you to the resoltuion I prefer/can afford on my setup, kodec recommended with the app I use (resolume etc.), fps, set keyframe to every frame if reversing/scratching of clips is involved. any basic video correction effects like levels, stauration, hue adjustment etc are better applied to video clips on this stage as well, than using them in the vj app maxing out the video memory.

of course the quickest response you would have triggering flash clips instead of .avi and .mov. Depending on the nature ofthe visuals you want, you could also consider that. apprently in resolume you could do live visualisations of music by mapping sound frequences or midi to flashclip's parameters. never tried it out myself though, and it was a while ago that I last used resolume, so don't take my word for it.

edit: spelling

Resolume supports flash clips I'm pretty sure.

Really sounds like u want something stripped back, Resolume's a bit of an overkill app for playing a few clips..

I know of a few flash-specific apps for PC environs, but I'm not clued into Mac compatible ones. Problem always goes down to usability though, some of the stripped back applications are fast, but also light on user-friendliness.

Anyway, as schmolz and chinetti said, codecs are important. If you keep down the Resolume path, they have a custom codec which is supposed to run super quick, check their support pages for details. Otherwise motion jpeg is generally a safe bet, cos you defintely want a non-compressed format.