Definitely want this - I use markers a LOT for many things - making timestamps for exporting for video playback, notes to self, lyrics in a kinetic typography video... you name it. Using the keyboard is my go-to and the fact that new markers are blank, and then I have to press m again to edit, then type in the name, then tab to the duration - it's repetitive.
An Option or Preferences setting to set the default duration would be fantastic - I could set it to 1s, 2s or 5 frames 10 frames... whatever, and then when the marker is made, it's automatically something I can resize easily.
Another add-on that would be nice that I saw mentioned in another feature request is a keyboard short to have "marker-in" and "marker-out" shortcuts we could assign
Then, as we're playing back the video, we could use the shortcuts we made. Example: m = create new marker alt+m = marker-in (start new marker here but don't create it yet) shift+alt+m = marker-out (finish creating new marker started with marker-in) shift+m = go to next marker ctrl+shift+m go to previous marker ctrl+alt+m = clear selected marker ctrl+alt-shift+m = clear all markers
Usage note: If marker-in is pressed again while marker-in is already active, then it ends the previous marker and starts a new one. That way if someone is watching a video (at whatever speed), they can just keep pressing marker-in (alt+m in my opinion) and automatically get full marker spreads all over the place.
Why would we want marker-in and marker-out? - Interviews - Lyric passages - Q&A sections
Bonus option: Let us set a default marker color as well. That way we can go through once with alt+m and set markers for ... green, let's say. Then someone else or same person decides they need to make markers that are red... now alt+m makes markers in that color that can overlap the existing ones.
When you place makers on a clip in the source viewer it would be great if there were a way to see in the 'Project' panel or the clip's associated bin, that the clip contained a marker. Additionally if you placed multiple markers on a clip, there would be a drop down triangle next to the clip when viewed in its bin - that when clicked revealed all of that clip's applied markers, and double-clicking one took you to the marker location in the source window.
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