User Manual

Adjusting the Play Delay Offset
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To enable full screen playback:
1. Make sure your system is properly set up for full-screen monitor play.
For more information, see “Understanding Full Screen Playback Options” in the Help.
2. Check the Full Screen Playback Settings to ensure you have them set properly.
For more information, see “Full Screen Playback Settings” on page 1407.
3. Select Special > Full Screen Playback.
To disable full screen playback:
t Type Shift+Ctrl+F (Windows) or Shift+Command+F (Macintosh).
Adjusting the Play Delay Offset
Your Avid editing application uses a combination of hardware to provide for full audio and video
playback capabilities. The use of an OHCI (Open Host Controller Interface) or a 1394 card to
input and output DV signals along with the output to a computer’s desktop monitor and
consumer audio chip could present playback sync issues.
If you do have 1394 selected from the Device menu, the Desktop Play Delay option lets you
adjust the offset between audio and video playback on the Avid system.
With a camera or transcoder connected to your system, when you play a sequence in the
Timeline and the Composer (desktop) monitor plays back video and audio ahead of the camera
or transcoder, you can adjust this offset. Playback on the Composer monitor can be delayed by
the number of frames chosen as an offset so that the video and audio play simultaneously to the
camera or transcoder and the Composer monitor.
To adjust the offset:
1. In the Project window, click the Settings tab.
The Settings list appears.
2. Double-click Desktop Play Delay.
The Desktop Play Delay dialog box opens.
3. Click the Desktop Play Delay slider to increase or decrease the amount of frame offset.
You might need to readjust the frames a few times to find the correct offset.