Removing Links between Objects on Timeline

Marc-Bergevin wrote on 1/17/2023, 6:01 PM

Hello;

I am having some problems editing my project.

When I select an object on particular track, the selection appears to grab all the other items on the same track.

I have tried to rectify this problem by selecting all the objects, and then applying the break link button. However this does not solve the problem. What am I missing here?

Thanks,

Marc

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AAProds wrote on 1/17/2023, 6:14 PM

@Marc-Bergevin

Marc, you're missing the Mouse Mode selection:

The first button is single object, the second (which sounds like the one you are in) selects the object and all others to the right on that track (and other linked objects). The third button selects all objects to the right, on all tracks.

Beware: in your current situation, it sounds like you've delinked the audio and video of an object ("selecting all the objects, and then applying the break link button"). Check that that hasn't actually happened. If it has, in single object mouse mode, simply select each pair of objects ie video and audio (CTRL left click each) and re-link with the unbroken chain button.

All my forum comments are based on or refer to my System 1.

My struggle is over! I built my (now) system 2 in 2011 when DV was king and MPEG 2 was just coming onto the scene and I needed a more powerful system to cope. Since then we've advanced to MP4 and to bigger and bigger resolutions. I was really suffering, not so much in editing (with proxies) but in encoding, which just took ages. A video, with Neat Video noise reduction applied, would encode at 12% of film speed. My new system 1 does the same job at 160% of film speed. Marvellous. I'm keeping my old system as a capture station for analogue video tapes and DV.

System 1

Windows 11 v23H2 severely modified by Openshell and ExplorerPatcher

Power supply: 850W Cooler Master (should have got modular)

CPU: Intel i7 13700K running at 3400mhz, cooled by a Kraken 2x140mm All In One liquid cooler.

RAM: 64gb (2x32gb sticks) G.Skill "Ripjaws" DDR4 3200Mhz

GPU 1: iGPU UHD 770

GPU 2: NVidia RTX 3060Ti Windforce 8gb

C drive: NVME 500gb

Various other SSD and HDDs.

Monitor: 27"/68cm Samsung, 2560 x 1440, 43 pixels/cm.

MEP 2021 version 20.0.1.80

Movie Studio 2023 version 22.0.3.172

Magix Video Easy version 7.0.1.145

System 2

(Still in use for TV and videotape capture)

Windows 10 v22H2

CPU: i5-750 at 2670mhz with 12gb RAM

Onboard IEEE1394 (Firewire) port

GPU: ATI Radeon HD 4770 (512mb) which is ignored by MEP

Hard drives: C Drive 256gb SSD, various other HDDs.

Monitor: Dell 22"/56cm, 1680x1050, 35 pixels/cm

MEP 2021 version 20.0.1.80

Movie Studio 2023 version 22.0.3.172

VPX 12

Marc-Bergevin wrote on 1/17/2023, 7:42 PM

Thank-you. That really helps!