Feature Request: Fast forward and rewind buttons in edit mode

Former Member
Former Member
New suggestion, I would very much like to have fast forward and rewind buttons while reviewing the video in edit mode. I know there is an option for "clip speed" but I don't want alter the recording speed just the previewing of it. Anyone else agree? Thanks for reading :-)
  • @kirkuswill
    I'm assuming you're using VE 3.1. Can you tell me a little bit more about how you'd like to use FF and REW buttons?
    In case you hadn't discovered it yet, hovering your mouse over the Timeline area acts as sort of a "super-" fast forward/rewind. Would pressing or holding down a button would work better for you?
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 10 years ago
    Hi cvarley, yes VE3.1, I like the timeline and map as a way to find a starting point but trying to find the right moment is difficult for me using the timeline. I end up watching at normal speed, pause, and clicking the frame advance button a ton of times. For me it feels like too much hand-eye coordination is needed to find the right frame and the playback using the timeline feels a little choppy for finer navigation.

    If I had a wish for fast-forward, it would be to have similar view speed controls to VLC player where you have keyboard controls to incrementally increase ([), decrease (]) and reset (=) the view speed. Whenever I use the "clip-speed" to try and do this, it always takes a couple of seconds when switching between different speeds and I have to press play each time it's done thinking.

    Besides that, an easy fix that I would be OK with would be to change it so that if you click and hold the frame-by-frame buttons it would act as a fast-forward or rewind button. I'm guessing that it would be a standard speed multiplier like x2. A secondary option would be to add new buttons but I'm sure you know that.

    Anyways that's my 2 cents and hope that made sense. Thanks for asking :-)
  • Great feedback, thank you!
    We'll continue to improve stuff like this.