Playing long videos in Show Buddy Active

Problem: you want a long video to run continuously for the entire duration of a song. But when you change presets, the video playback stops.

Explanation: When you load a preset, the Effects tab stops all FX layers currently playing – including your video that was triggered by the earlier preset.

The solution is to disable the Effects engine in all subsequent presets. Edit every other preset in the song, and disable the Effects engine via the “FX OFF” button:

Important note:

This technique has an important limitation. Since the FX engine is effectively tied up performing video playback for the duration of the song, you can no longer use the “Effects” tab to program your lights in the remaining presets. For those presets, you will need program your lights from the “Controls” tab (using faders and oscillators).