Ignoring audio and duplicating erroneously makes a MIDI item

[profquad]

Hi, this is something new, because I used to do this frequently, please test to see if you get the same.
1.) Import a video onto a new track
2.) Ctrl-F2 and click "Ignore audio"
3.) Duplicate item (Ctrl-D, or copy/paste, no difference)
4.) Now hit F2 and try to click reverse

For me, it's greyed out. When I choose "Reverse items as new take" I get to see why. It notes, "Reverse item not supported for MIDI, will open copy in the midi editor to reverse there"

This is not a MIDI item, it's just an item with no audio. If I duplicate before ignoring audio, I can reverse, but then if I ignore audio on the reversed take, then duplicate, it shows the Reverse checkbox ticked, but greyed out.

Definitely was doing this a lot last year to get smooth looping ambient videos, not sure what changed.

[profquad]

just checking in if anyone has tried this and gotten the same result.

[Fabian]

Originally Posted by profquad

Hi, this is something new, because I used to do this frequently, please test to see if you get the same.
1.) Import a video onto a new track
2.) Ctrl-F2 and click "Ignore audio"
3.) Duplicate item (Ctrl-D, or copy/paste, no difference)
4.) Now hit F2 and try to click reverse

I just tried it, and sure enough... this looks like a bug. When trying to reverse the item, Reaper pops up a dialog about not being able to reverse a MIDI item, and then opens the external MIDI editor.

Looking at Source properties for the not-actually-reversed item Reaper claims it to be a MIDI item with a single event.

Reaper v6.42/x64, W7x64