3D Space Mouse as FCP-X Controller?

Has anyone managed to do this? It seems like a natural, with rotation for shuttle, Z axis for zoom, X axis for frame by frame or edit by edit navigation.
Failing that, does anyone have comments on something like the Contour Shuttle-eXpress or the like? My right wrist tells me I need something, pronto.
Thanks!
Gordon

I am using a Magic Trackpad and Magic mouse now, and the trackpad is pretty good for jogging the timeline, but I suspect a more dedicated controller could be even better. I figure if I can move more functionality to my left hand, it spreads the wear, which is the main issue for me. 90% of the work is right hand work currently.
But I wonder, can the track pad zoom on the timeline? That is a common right hand task now, and doing that with a left hand pinch would help. It occurs to me I have never tried.
Gordon

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Hey
I have a new Intuos3 6x11 from one week ago ... and I'm trying to find the right combination of pen, keyboard and mouse ... and my desk layout !
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Message was edited by: Tone Sanchez

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Item Properties for “GM reads letter pt 1” older clip – this file has been rendered:
Creator: QuickTime Player
Size: 3.9 GB
Tracks 1V, 2A
Vid Rate: 29.97
Frame Size: 720 x 480
Compressor: DV/DVCPRO – NTSC
Data Rate: 3.6 MB/sec
Pixel Aspect: NTSC – CCIR 601
Field Dominance: Lower (Even)
Alpha: None/Ignore
Composite: Normal
Audio: Stereo
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Aud Format: 16-bit Integer
Item Properties for “GM Pete Beg to end real time” new clip – this file has NOT been rendered:
Creator: QuickTime Player
Size: 16.6 GB
Tracks 1V, 2A
Vid Rate: 29.97
Frame Size: 720 x 480
Compressor: DV/DVCPRO – NTSC
Data Rate: 3.6 MB/sec
Pixel Aspect: NTSC – CCIR 601
Field Dominance: Lower (Even)
Alpha: None/Ignore
Composite: Normal
Audio: Stereo
Aud Rate: 48001.9Hz
Aud Format: 16-bit Integer
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720 x 480 NTSC DV (3:2)
NTSC – CCIR 601 / DV (720 x 480)
Lower (Even)
Editing Timebase: 29.97
Compressor DVCPRO50 – NTSC
Quality: 100%
Audio Settings: 48 kHz
Depth: 16-bit
Config: Default
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Render in 8-bit YUV
Process Maximum White as: White
Motion Filtering Quality: Normal
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Starting TC: 01:00:00:00 Non-Drop Frame
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Show Keyframe Overlays
Show Audio Waveforms
Show Through Edits
Show Duplicate Frames
Video:
Motion Bar
Filters Bar
Keyframe Editor
Speed Indicators
Audio:
Filters Bar
Keyframe Editor
Speed Indicators
Render & Playback:
Filters
Frame Blending For Speed
Motion Blur
Render:
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Resolution: 100%
Audio Outputs: 2
Downmix: 0
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Hi;
i made a slider in scenebuilder et i added a method in the code: #ondrag.scenebuilder gives a warning:No event handler found in FXML controller class for the event ondrag
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daniel wrote:
#ondrag.scenebuilder is not a valid method name.
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-- danielDaniel;thank you for your precious and quick answer ;i have always problems with slider;
i don't understand your remark :
#ondrag.scenebuilder is not a valid method name.
You should use #xxxxxxx where xxxxxxx is the name of a method in your controller's class.
because i write any name of method in builder #xxxxxxx and i copy it in controller without problem .Is a particular name to write in builder?
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and in mouse
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Here is the scenerio:
I have numerous old family movie tapes, but I will just talk about one. On this tape there are 6 different events (birthday, science fair, playing outside, etc). I have purchased an external 500GB hard drive to store footage directly onto. This is where I am not sure of what to do.
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