Instruction Manual

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Video Playback, Import, and Export
Controlling Playback
Note 2: after you load a video file into a project, you can play it back either
in the Video view, or on an external DV device through a FireWire port. See
Video Playback on a FireWire DV Device for more information.
To Play a Video File in the Video View
1. Open the Video view by choosing Views-Video.
2. Press the Spacebar to play or stop video playback.
3. To change the display size of the video, right-click in the Video view and
choose Stretch Options-[desired size] from the popup menu.
Note: When you play a video file that has high temporal compression, such
as movies optimized for web delivery, playback may not be smooth unless
you disable video thumbnails, (see Using the Video Thumbnails Pane for
more information).
To Delete the Video From the Project
1. Open the Video view by choosing Views-Video.
2. Right-click in the Video view and choose Delete.
SONAR removes the video from the project. Note that imported audio data
is not deleted.
To Enable or Disable Video Playback
1. Open the Video view by choosing Views-Video.
2. Right-click in the Video view and choose Animate.
If your computer is not fast enough to play back video efficiently, you can
get better performance by temporarily disabling video animation during
playback.
To Set the Time Display Format
• Click the time display to cycle between MBT, SMPTE, Frames and
None
Or
• Right-click in the Video view and choose an option from the Time
Display Format menu: