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0009794ardourbugspublic2024-09-18 01:35
Reporterskygge Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeveritymajorReproducibilityrandom
Status newResolutionopen 
PlatformUbuntuOSLinuxOS Version(any)
Product Version8.7 
Summary0009794: Follow playhead mostly doesn't work.
DescriptionFollow playhead option sometimes works, mostly doesn't. Playhead goes off the screen, and nothing else happens. I have to press Ctrl+F twice to jump to the playhead position.
Steps To ReproduceActivate "Follow playhead" (Ctrl+F) and press play.
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Schmitty2005

2024-09-14 12:25

reporter   ~0028977

With a simple session, this was working fine for me. CTRL-F toggled the follow. I tried several different times. Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Ardour 8.7 downloaded from here.

I could not find an indicator to show whether this was enabled or not.

Maybe a little 'F' or a '->', or an arrow in the playhead indicator triangle would work for a good indicator ?

skygge

2024-09-15 21:18

reporter   ~0028978

Please take a look at this. This is fresh 8.7 version. The session is very simple, some guitars and bass recorded plus MIDI drums.
https://youtu.be/I29dmJhQWJc

dspasic

2024-09-17 08:09

reporter   ~0028982

i cannot reproduce this on (neither new or old sessions) Mac: 14.6.1, follow playback works without issue

Ardour 8.7.11
"Sonora Portraits"
(rev 8.7-11-g2d99ff9703)
ARM 64-bit (aarch64)

skygge

2024-09-17 21:44

reporter   ~0028983

Issue details: OS: Linux, Platform: Ubuntu.
"i cannot reproduce this on [...] Mac"
...
Have you tried on OS/2?

Schmitty2005

2024-09-18 01:31

reporter   ~0028984

@skygge I am able to confirm that using the menu bar->transport->follow playhead method is faulty. For some reason, my hotkey was CTRL-3 for that method when a session is freshly opened. I opened an existing session, toggled the Follow using the Transport menu as you did in the video. The playhead would not follow! I hit CTRL-F. Then I was able to toggle using the Transport Menu successfully after hitting CTRL-F. The Transport hotkey then changed to CTRL-F. All toggles then worked after that.

I am unable to test on BEoS V5 or OS/2 at the moment :)

Schmitty2005

2024-09-18 01:35

reporter   ~0028985

Nevermind about the CTRL-3 hotkey issue......That was Follow Range, not Follow Playhead..... Long day.......

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2024-09-12 22:40 skygge New Issue
2024-09-14 12:25 Schmitty2005 Note Added: 0028977
2024-09-15 21:18 skygge Note Added: 0028978
2024-09-17 08:09 dspasic Note Added: 0028982
2024-09-17 21:44 skygge Note Added: 0028983
2024-09-18 01:31 Schmitty2005 Note Added: 0028984
2024-09-18 01:35 Schmitty2005 Note Added: 0028985