Foot Pedals: An input device you didn't know you needed
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
- Everyone knows about keyboard and mice... But the foot pedal?! What the heck? As usual, it turns out that they're not so expensive and very easy to set up - if you use the right software. Speaking of software, it's exactly because of NCH's Pedable application that this thing is so incredibly useful. You can use your foot to do 3 different things - including in games! Foot pedals aren't just for translators and transcribers...
Goodies in the vid (some affiliate links):
- VEC Infinity 3 USB pedal: amzn.to/3MNJm3g
- NCH Pedable application (FREE): nch.com.au/footpedal/index.html
- All NCH software: www.nch.com.au/software/index...
- VLC Media Player (FREE): videolan.org/
More techie tips: scottiestech.info 
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I love you man!! I transcribe music in Sibelius while listening to the audio file in VLC, and I was using global hotkeys on my keyboard. Recently purchased a second-hand food pedal and didn't know how to configure it! So glad I saw your vid and it's now working perfectly! THANK YOU!!
Thanks Scottie , good to hear from you , useful info , see ya :)
I used a foot pedal and the software it came with (and MS Word) whenever in my job I needed to transcribe anything (usually an MP3). A great idea, and I imagine the equipment is even better now.
Very well explained, concise and to the point, thank you!
Yesterday, I found one of these units while walking the dog. I didn't know what is was, but now I see that it will be quite usefull. Thanks for the video!
Scottie you know I come for the shirts!
I instantly thought of 2 ways I could use this foot pedal. For editing videos, I often have 2 hour-long gaming clips that I have to scrub through, cut, and clean up. I usually cut down 2 hour clips down to about 10 minutes. That's a lot of selecting the cut/select/delete functions over and over again. A foot pedal would make function switching in video editing software pretty smooth.
Also for gaming, this could be pretty powerful. Mostly for functions that take your left hand off of WASD. Maybe mapping things like reload, ping, and crouch to the foot pedal would be helpful for some people.
Video Editing!!! Now that's a great idea.
@@ScottiesTech Have you tested and compared various different EMF shielding hats? (i.e. Lambs, or Mission Darkness, etc)? Which hat have you found most effective? Thanks!
Thank you for the help! My Infinity 3 didn't come with any kind of helpful information, this has helped me immensely!
WOOHOO!! :)
Found one of these at Goodwill for $10 and this video made it exactly what I wanted. Thank you!
The links in the description are broken, and I am unable to find the software (I have the pedal)... where can I find these? I'd like to use the pedal with FCPX.
Thanks for this
Brillant Scottie, I brought this six months ago and had no idea how to set it up. Thanks so much, can't believe how much technology has progressed, anyway, I'm one happy camper....
I find the non-transcribing pedals better i have two seperate pedals under my desk all programmed in a free program bundled with the pedals. I hated the fact the olympus pedals had intense software restrictions so i sold it. I use pedals for gaming mainly, voicechat and crouch. Its nice to give myself my feet something to do. The default key for generic footpedals is "b" which you can bind in game meaning that you dont even need to touch the software
👍🙏 Hot tips thank you!
Which pedals did you end up with :) ?
Saved my life 🙏
Remember these for dictaphone controls used in the admin department
You are the best bro
I just figured out what the issue was ... I can skip forward on videos like yours that have chapter selections, but you can't scrub through a video that isn't time stamped .. pretty cool machine ! just bought one from the thrift shop for 7 dollars...
there was a Philips 505 dictation machine that I picked up first, didn't know what it was .. goggled it .. seen that it needed a bunch of other things, but only the unit was there.. i put it back .. and then noticed the footpedal switch on the shelf (someone seperated it from the machine) .. but it looked like it needed an adapter to use with the philips machine ... didn't feel like going through all that hassle , so I just bought the foot pedal separate and left the dictation machine ..
I also bought the Infinity pedal after seeing Scottys fine video. Then bought the software EXPRESS SCRIBE from NHC Software and the pedal now works. The only disappointment is that,
so far I can't get it to do the mouse clicks that the Pedable software was supposed to do (That software doesn't seem to run on run on mac)
as it happens i'm beginning the process of recording my third album and was looking for a foot pedal to do so and only found stuff that requires a disc player (my laptop doesn't have one) and anyway none seemed suitable for recording music. then i ran across this vid and as it happens i'm using NCH software for the recording so this could not have been more perfect for my purposes.
Found your video on Amazon and LOVE the way you break things down. I'm a new transcriber and will be purchasing one of these. The question I was left with is, is the VCL Media Player the "same" as my FTW Transcriber software? If so, I'm assuming I follow the same steps within FTW to integrate their software with the pedal? Thanks in advance!
No, VLC is different software. The reason VLC is so useful is because it has "global hotkeys". IOW, they are keystrokes that work even when VLC media player is in the background on your puter. So, you can be typing in Word, and the keystrokes will work to start/stop VLC. You'll have to check to see if FTW Transcriber has a similar feature... BUT, if it's software that plays files and lets you transcribe all in the same application, then you don't have to worry about this "global hotkey" problem. Simple, right?! LOL!
This is super helpful! Question, do you happen to know if VLC stores the videos or audio data you input? I’m a learning legal transcription and would not want cases to be stored. Thanks so much for this video it really helped! :)
No, VLC doesn't store any data.
Definitely a great video! I'm having some trouble with getting a single pedal to be detected by Pedalable. It's a 20$ pedal I got off amazon, and there are only two USB port options in the options of Pedalable. Any advice? Thanks though video helped me a bunch styll!
Unfortunately, Pedable doesn't work with all foot pedals.
Do you know if this software can be used with the Elgato Stream Deck Pedal?
Not at all relevant to my needs but I always watch yrs to give you watch time and keep you in the big YT bucks lol! You need that to pay for the upgrade on the engagement ring lol! Thx Scottie, take care! ~~Chanel
Thank you for the nice video. When at work, eating a sandwich, I tend to be scrolling (reading through webpages). Do you think something like this could SCROLL? I imagine I could program the left/right foot petals to be up/down, and apply a repeat rate sufficient for my needs. I'm curious how "jumpy" that may be. I wasn't sure if something like the accelerator in a vehicle exists, whereby the harder you press, the faster it would scroll. Again, great video, thanks!
For basic scrolling, it would work exactly as you describe: up/down arrow. To see how it would be, just press and hold the up/down arrows in our browser. It would be the same as that. No pressure sensitivity, tho!
Hi is ther a way i could use this in obs Cus i recently got mine from a thrist store
I'm thinking that using footpedal as a spacebar will free up my right thumb for even faster typing
I'm curious to know how you'd use the foot pedal for programming.
Keystrokes in my favorite programmer's text editor (like open anything, multiple line edit, etc). I just have to pay attention first to what I use the most, and then set up the pedal. It may not work as well as I imagined for that - we'll see!
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would this work with RUclips and any other videos such as company training videos that are hosted online? Do you have to use VEC? or can you use windows media player?
You can use the pedal + Pedalable software for pretty much anything. For YT for example, the spacebar plays/stops videos. So, you'd just configure the middle 'button' of the pedal to be Spacebar. The same is true of any other web site or software: you just need to figure out what the keyboard shortcuts are for play/stop, rewind, fast forward, or whatever - and then config Pedalable accordingly. The main benefit of VLC is that you can configure it to listen for 'global' keystrokes... IOW, even if VLC is in a background window, it will still pay attention to the keystrokes that the pedal sends. With something like YT, you'd have to make sure the YT vid in your browser is front and center, because otherwise tapping the pedal would just send a space to whatever application you are actively using in Windows.
@@ScottiesTech So you have to keep VLC open but minimized somewhere? and also Pedalable? Should you change the Global hotkeys in both VLC AND in Pedalable for each type of video you are playing (like if it's different for YT than for training video online?)
Also, I noticed that Pedalable seems to be for older versions of Windows. Will it still work right? I have downloaded it, and changed the keys, but then if i close it and go to search for it on my computer, it doesn't find it and i have to download it again in order to get it to open (it has the keys i put in saved though, so it's on my computer somewhere).
how do i get it to forward videos in youtube? i feel like it worked once and then not again .. i can get it to stop and play videos , but not to forward and rewind them
Was thinking this may be a useful way of controlling backing tracks when playing live music?🤔
Sure! You can use it with anything that has keyboard shortcuts. The trick is that the app must "hear" the keyboard shortcut even if it's not the active window.
I'm tryimg to use vln to program the hot keys. Every time I do my screen flips. I'm on a desktop and I don't see a control button to stop it on my desktop. is there an alternate for the ctrl alt Right?
AH! If you have Intel integrated graphics inside your puter, Ctrl + Alt + Arrow keys rotates the screen! I did not know that... So, the easiest thing to do would be to pick a different key combo for VLC + Pedable, like: Ctrl + Shift + Arrow, or Alt + Shift + Arrow, etc.
Nice video. Can it works with RUclips?
Sure. You just have to set up the pedal to work with keyboard shortcuts as defined here: support.google.com/youtube/answer/7631406?hl=en
Hi Scotties Tech.Info - I actually bought the pedal, and my Mac will not in any way recognize it. I can't find any drivers out there, and the only option I see is to buy a special software, which I dont need. I was going to use it for transcribing music from RUclips, pausing, rewinding etc. Seems absolutely useless to me now. Any suggestions? Cheers from Soren, Copenhagen, Denmark.
You'll probably need the software. Most transcribers seem to pay for the fancy software. I tried to find software for Mac like Pedalable, but alas... Nuttin'.
@@ScottiesTech okay, Thanks for looking out! :))
Why not use voice input and correcting later ?
It's not very reliable - unless the recording is totally perfect.
Can I configure this pedal to do Left Button > Up key and Right Button > Down key on the keyboard?
I want a pedal that will allow me to scroll up and down sheet music on my laptop as I play guitar and learn a song.
Yup! You can make it do pretty much any keystrokes you want.
@@ScottiesTech I’m gonna make a diy version to save money. So a regular usb keyboard but ill create pedals that press down on the arrow keys of the keyboard
I followed your instructions to the letter but my foot pedal is still not responding. I wonder if my foot pedal (HPD-3S from Startstop/ HTH Engineering Inc) is compatible with VLC at all
It looks like your pedal might be the kind that is preprogrammed at the factory for certain keystrokes. That kind won't work with Pedable. Even if that's the case, you should be able to program VLC to work with the specific keystrokes programmed into the pedal, though.
Apparently one cannot type in MS Word while simultaneously controlling RUclips playback with the foot pedal. The RUclips video has to be the active screen for the pedal to work. Have you heard of any workarounds? I know other people want to do the same. The get around the problem by playing back the video on one computer while trancribing/take notes on another. I can't seem to find ECH online to ask them about it.
No, that's The Big Problem: Normally, you can only control the active window. VLC is nice in that it has those "global shortcut keystrokes" where they will work even when the window is in the background. To do the same thing with any other program or browser, they'd have to program it to work that way. :(
Would such a device be available for an Android tablet? TIA
Hmm... Would probably need software to make it work. I know there ARE wireless bluetooth foot pedals out there that will work with Android, but not sure what different apps it will work with...
Can I use it for Video Editing????
If there are keystrokes to do what you want in your video editing software, sure!
Hi, I tried to install Pedable on Windows 10, but appears a message and it says : "This version 2.01 of Pedable will only work on Windows 7 or earlier..." ; where can i get a version for windows 10?
Um, that's weird... I'm running version 2.01 on Windows 11 - NOT in compatibility mode or anything - and it works fine. I don't remember getting that error message when installing it, either. I'm perplexed!!
The links in the description are broken, and I am unable to find the software (I have the pedal)... where can I find these? I'd like to use the pedal with FCPX.
Well, that's annoying. The NCH site moved here: www.nchsoftware.com/
Unfortunately, I can't find Pedable on there anymore!!! 😭
You said you were going over to "VLC." Does that mean either the software to or the website for the Infinity company? I'm looking at my box for my pedal (which is probably 13 years old), and I don't see the manufacturer's name anywhere. Anyway, I'd love it if I could just play a you tube video and transcribe it into word using my foot pedal to stop and rewind whenever the video goes too fast. I guess that's asking too much. How can I sync RUclips with my foot pedal?
VLC media player is software that plays audio/video files, and you can get it for free here: www.videolan.org
The problem with the foot pedal + RUclips vids is that you must have YT open on the screen for the foot pedal to work. If you have Word open and you're typing, your browser with YT vid will be in the background, so no pedal. VLC media player has these "global" keystroke settings that work even if VLC is in the background, and you're madly typing in Word.
SO... the solution to your problem is to use something like 4K Video Downloader (www.4kdownload.com/). That lets you paste in a YT video link, and it downloads the vid to your puter. Then you open the downloaded video file in VLC, and use the pedal with VLC, type in Word with VLC in background, and Bob's your uncle.
@@ScottiesTech I guess it's a moot point because RUclips already transcribes videos so you can just copy and paste all the transcription and then have chat GTP format it. They're putting us all out of business.
Fully support using the foot pedals, however...
This software tried to install a bunch of garbage on my computer. I'm not sure if that's a new development of not but... yeah...
Oh, man! Yeah, that's a new thing. I hate it when they do that...
The setup wizard just keeps telling me 'the selected port or device cannot be opened' whichever port I choose, its driving me nuts, why won't it open it? No problems with the port for everything else.
I had to restart Pedable, and then it saw the pedal.
brilliant, many thanks, have now have a happy wife.
Pedable doesn't work in google chrome. None of the commands or keys will work while in the browser.
Latency?
"Very small" I never measured it, and it might not do for something like gaming, but to me it's the same as tapping a key on your average keyboard.
@@ScottiesTech Ok, thank you. Yeah was thinking for gaming. Similar products usually have a "built-in" latency delay of an additional 100 ms as compared to regular gaming mice/keyboards.
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