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Controlling Playback
Video playback, import, and export
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:
To adjust the SMPTE time
1. Move the Now time to the place where you want SMPTE time to be either 00:00:00:00, or a
number you can enter.
2. Use the Transport > Set Timecode At Now command to open the Set Timecode At Now Time
dialog.
3. If you want to set SMPTE time to 00:00:00:00 (the dialog’s default value) at the current Now time,
click OK to close the dialog. If you want to set SMPTE time to some other value at the current
Now time, type that value into the SMPTE/MTC Time field, and click OK to close the dialog.
To choose a frame rate
1. Use the Options > Project command to open the Project Options dialog.
2. On the Clock tab, under Timecode Format, choose the frame rate you want from the six
choices, and then click OK (for more information, see “SMPTE/MIDI Time Code Synchronization”
on page 824).
To do this Do this
Select a time format Choose MBT, SMPTE, Frames or None
Change font or font color Choose Font and select new font characteristics
Turn off the time display Choose None
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