Alert, Audio: Audio "start points" slip around

There is a nasty bug in the 4.1B release of the Flyer. The "start point" of audio clips can slip by half the length of the preceding video "effect." Add a video effect and the audio moves. Remove the effect and back it goes.

Make sure you have installed the OZware "NewTek 4.1B Fix Disk" (available free from most dealers) or downloaded the "Edit" file from NewTek's BBS (913) 271-9299.

People with Flyer version greater than 4.1B should not have this problem.



Alert, Audio: Audio "Feedback" or "Buzz"

Flyer 4.1 seems to experience some audio problems at times, wherein the audio starts buzzing away by itself. When it might seem that re-booting is the only option, try the following:
Press Control + Left Shift + Left Alt + (then click on) STOP (this hotkey resembles pounding your fist while clicking the "Stop") Otherwise, try double clicking on an audio clip four times in a row, and then click on "Stop." This may fill the audio channels, knocking out the problem audio.

It appears that this problem might be associated with the left channel. Some folks have had better luck by setting all of their audio to channel two only. Myth or Magic?



Alert, CG: CG Scroll Delays

CG Scroll and Crawl pages act strangely when placed into a Flyer project. One of the things they do is tie up the Flyer for an extra 10-20 seconds after the scroll before it lets you fade out. This is definitely a NewTek bug.

The CG scroll can be tricked by using a "cut" after the scroll is complete. Play the project and time the CG scroll (with a stopwatch, NewTek time is wrong here). Then clone the background image and set it so that it does an "invisible cut" just after the CG scroll completes. This cut will release the CG lock on the Amiga and you can now do a fade out straight afterwards.

Personally I use Co-Pilot Video's Disk Recorder to record the CG scroll and background video/still, straight into a video clip. Then I place the scrolling video clip into my project. I can then fade in and out of this scroll clip anywhere. I do not have to wait for either the CG to load, or for the scroll to clear the screen.



Alert, Flyer: Reorganize Drive -- Time Match

After you perform a "Reorganize Drive," make sure that you check out the two numbers on the Flyer's Record Panel. The "time available" and "re-org times" should agree exactly, to the frame. If they do not, then you have a problem on the hard drive that could cause all types of project errors now or later.

To fix it you need to reformat the drive. I usually create a folder on another drive, and move all the clips from the first drive into that folder. Then I re-format, move the clips back, and delete the folder on the second drive. (Of course you need drive space on the opposite drive!)

To be honest, I find re-org too slow. I often just copy, re-format, move back, and erase the copy anyway. That way I save about an hour of re-org time, and have the pleasure of a cleaned drive as well.



Alert, TPaint: Hollow and Filled Painting Modes

Sometimes, after using Toaster Paint for a while, all "fill" routines appears not to work. Filled boxes, brush cutting, and many other tasks may appear to be in "hollow" mode instead of "filled" mode. They are!!! At times the menu bar is showing the opposite mode!!!

When fill stops working, press "r" (for rectangle), then press "a" (which does the last operation you attempted again). Bingo. Weird huh!

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