Petition for Buffering Slow motion

[D Fuller]

hahaha... awesome video man. hope your granddaughters loved it!

They did. BTW, the preroll can be either 10 or 30 seconds.

 

[paulherrin]

that's really cool, i didn't know that function existed!

 

[Enrique Blein]

Could anybody from the Read Team share if this feature could be enabled with future software upgrades? I understand that the Epic-M does not support it yet.

 

[Antony M]

I'm sure it will be soon.

No point in Epic if it has higher resolution but less functionality!

 

[Jeff Kilgroe]

It's already been said that EPIC will have pre-roll / pre-record functionality. I don't see why it wouldn't work in any shooting format on the camera.

Petition? Really?

 

[Enrique Blein]

It's already been said that EPIC will have pre-roll / pre-record functionality. I don't see why it wouldn't work in any shooting format on the camera.

Petition? Really?

Again, I ask, if the word is not "petition" then it must be request. What I don't understand is the attitude of the moderator, just say what you think the heading should read.

 

[Michael Olsen]

Again, I ask, if the word is not "petition" then it must be request. What I don't understand is the attitude of the moderator, just say what you think the heading should read.

I think you have the right of it - request would be more suitable. Honestly, though, I think that came through in your original post. There was no anger, or even frustration, and no request for other people to join the cause in demanding anything from RED. Instead, you just described a feature, explained why you liked it, asked if RED could do it, and wondered if there were other people would find your feature request useful.

 

[Jeff Kilgroe]

Again, I ask, if the word is not "petition" then it must be request. What I don't understand is the attitude of the moderator, just say what you think the heading should read.

Sorry if I, and others, seem to over react. To petition something is usually a statement that you are in strong disagreement with how something is currently being done. And you wish to forcibly cause change by obtaining support in your favor through solicitation of the community at large.

Your intentions were perfectly clear, we knew what you meant. My poking back at you, and hopefully that of others, was not intended to provoke you in any way. Just another instance where someone's tone of voice or true meaning doesn't come through in a forum post.

 

[Enrique Blein]

Alright, I understand, it's just strange to have the moderator having fun, you are supposed to be a boring person like me. Anyhow, the issue has been cleared and at least it served me to understand that pre-roll will "potentially" occur and paulherin found out that it existed

 

[D Fuller]

To petition something is usually a statement that you are in strong disagreement with how something is currently being done. And you wish to forcibly cause change by obtaining support in your favor through solicitation of the community at large.

Really, Jeff, that's not what the word means at all. That's just a lot of uniquely American baggage.

"To petition" (verb) means "to request." A "petition" (noun) is a "request." A formal request, but just a request. Maybe a request signed by many people, but still... (wait for it) a request. Why in the world is everybody all over this? This is a forum frequented by people whose native languages are "all over the map" so to speak, but sometimes the "tone of voice or true meaning" problem is on the listener's end.

Looking at the definitions below, it would seem that Enrique had it perfectly right. (Except for the part about not knowing pre-record was already in the program.)

pe·ti·tion
verb /pəˈtiSHən/ 

1. Make or present a formal request to (an authority) with respect to a particular cause
- Americans who moved west petitioned Congress for admission to the Union as states
- leaders petitioned the government to hold free elections soon
Make or present a formal request to Jim Janard with respect to a particular feature

2. Make a solemn or humble appeal to (a figure of authority)
- Russell petitioned her father for her hand in marriage
Make a solemn or humble appeal to Jared Land

3. Make a formal application to (a court) for a writ, judicial action in a suit, etc
- the custodial parent petitioned the court for payment of the arrears
- the process allows both spouses to jointly petition for divorce
Well, two out of three ain't so bad.

Then, of course, there's Jim Morrison's "Petition the Lord with Prayer..." but that's another story.

 

[paulherrin]

Why in the world is everybody all over this?

you tell me.

contentious [kuhn-ten-shuhs]
-adjective

1. tending to argue or quarrel


jeff, thanks for clearing that up, good to know it's in the works. i'll have to check it out when i get a chance.