This function is only available with a Starter License or up. See Licenses and functions.
Markers can serve various purposes, e.g. for marking a position within a show, for navigation purposes, as pause marker for controlling playback of a Speaker Support show or even for programming Show Control functions. Information on the various marker types can be found further below.
With a few exceptions, markers are set as follows:
Unless you have already included a marker track in your project, do so now. Right-click a track head, select Insert track and Marker.
Now right-click the marker track and select the required marker type. See Marker types.
It is possible to simultaneously place pause markers in front of several objects, which is a useful feature for Speaker Support shows. See Adding pause markers for highlighted objects.
You can also add guide
lines in the timeline at markers
if you click the right button 
in the track head of a marker track.
During playback you can have a count down of the remaining time to the next marker displayed which may be useful for live shows. See also Counting down to the next marker.
Add a document or
a file to be executed (*.exe)
to the Media Pool by clicking category 
External
in the Media Pool. Right-click some free space in the right Media
Pool section and select Add external
files.
Now one of the added files from the Media Pool into a marker track.
During playback the files are executed or opened. See also File Marker Properties and Incorporating PowerPoint presentations.
EXE presentations should not be started
via file markers since this causes two instances of Wings Vioso RX
to be running that use up each other graphics resources such as the full
screen. This will only be successful if you do without the screen in Wings Vioso RX.
Unless you have already included a marker track in your project, do so now. Right-click a track head, select Insert track and Marker.
Start playback and press the M key at the corresponding location to set the position marker. This allows you to create a timing pattern for music. See Timing pattern for synchronization.
If there are several marker tracks, the position markers will be created in the first marker track, or, when tracks are marked, in the first marked marker track.
It is also possible to delete a position marker by pressing the M key. Start by clicking the left line for the Locator to move to this location, followed by pressing M.
After having set Position or Pause Markers in Pause Mode and when the Locator is still on the set marker you can press the M key or Shift + M to change the previously set marker type.
Markers can be shifted in time, but cannot be edited like other objects as they have no extension in time.
The left red edge is the marker time reference. Grab the red edge with the mouse and move it to the very time position required.
If you want to label a marker, right-click it and select Properties. In the field Comment you can enter any designation or information to become visible in the marker info line.
You can also add guide
lines in the timeline at markers
if you click the right button
in the track head of a marker track.
The following markers are available, which are nearly all set the same way. See Setting markers. Please note that the Starter License only supports pause markers.
Positions
Markers ... serve for marking any time positions in the timeline.
In Wings Vioso RX
you can jump from one position marker to the other by pressing and
holding the Ctrl key
while pressing the left or right Cursor
(arrow) key. This allows elegant
navigation within your project (Starter License and up).
Position markers can be assigned a remote index by right-clicking them,
which allows specific locations to be accessed, e.g. via number keys
during playback of an
EXE presentation, via trigger
or serial commands.
Moreover, triggers allow playback to be started from a position marker.
See Playback
from position marker.
When presenting a show from CF Card using Event or SC Master series
units, you can press the skip keys on the IR remote control to jump
from marker to marker.
Pause Markers ... pause playback, i.e. playback is in Pause Mode and can be continued again. This applies also to playback from CF Card for all types of Event Control/SC Master series models likewise (Starter License and up). Pause Markers should be set a minimum distance of 0.1 seconds from the next object to allow reliable and timely stopping of the Locator at all times. Markers can also be set using the keys Shift + M. This works also during playback.
It is possible to simultaneously place pause markers
in front of several objects, which is a useful feature for Speaker Support
shows. See Adding pause markers
for highlighted objects.
Stop Markers ... terminate playback. When presenting with an Event Control or SC Master series unit, stop markers terminate show playback (Advanced License and up). Do not use this marker if you just want to briefly stop the show and continue it again. In this case all the images must be reloaded again when the show is continued.
Reset-Marker ...also terminate playback. For video or EXE presentations, however, a possible background image is also removed and fullscreen mode terminated (Advanced License and up).
Jump Markers ...cause the Locator to jump to the position marker with the corresponding remote index. If the remote index is zero, the Locator jumps to 0:00 seconds. This allows continuous loop playback of a show, for example. Jump markers only allow jumping within a timeline. Jumping within several timelines is possible via triggers and position markers. See Playback from position marker (Advanced License and up).
Restrictions
in jumping during playback...
For
CF card shows to be played via
SC Master or Event Control units, a jump marker always causes jumping
to 0:00 seconds, i.e. to the very beginning. Whenever position markers
are specified as jump destinations, they will be ignored.
PowerPoint Markers ...control playback of PowerPoint presentations. The functions can be selected in the Properties Dialog under Action (Pro License and up). See also Incorporating PowerPoint presentations (Pro License and up).
File Markers ...used for starting any sort of program or files. They are not placed in a marker track by right-clicking the track but by dragging a file into a marker track (...as of the Pro License). See also Incorporating PowerPoint presentations.
Show Control Markers ...can be various and require the Advanced License or up or the Show Control Module. See License and functions. They are used for output of various control commands, for executing triggers or for interaction with Iseo. They are not placed in a marker track by right-clicking the track but by dragging a control channel into a marker track. See Outputting defined values, Programming serial commands, Special functions, Interaction with Iseo and Creating a trigger.
See also