Reference Guide

Controlling playback

Video playback, import, and export

Video files play in the Video view in real time as your project plays. You can also view your video on

an external DV device connected to an IEEE 1394 port (“FireWire”).

The File > Import > Video command lets you include the following video file types in your project:

• AVI (also called Video for Windows).

•MPEG.

• Windows Media Video.

• QuickTime (.mov files only). SONAR supports QuickTime 7, including H.264 support and the

ability to import AAC audio files.

The File > Export > Video command lets you export your audio tracks and your imported video as

the following file types:

• AVI (also called Video for Windows)

• Windows Media Video

• QuickTime

SONAR also has a Video Thumbnails pane at the top of the Track view, which shows individual

frames of your video at different places in your project (See “Using the Video Thumbnails pane” on

page 236 for more information).

You open the Video view by using the Views > Video command. The Video view displays the Now

time (as in the Big Time view) and the video itself. The display in the Video view is synchronized with

the Now time, giving you convenient random access to the video stream. This makes it easy to align

music and digitized sound to the video.

Commands in the Video view’s right-click pop-up menu let you set the time display format, the size

and stretch options for the video display, the video start and trim times, and other options.

Loop continuously over the

play list

Click the button in the Play List view toolbar.

Show or hide file name

extensions and folder names

(path)

Click the button to enable or disable the display of folders.

Note: Some .mov and .avi files contain no video. You can’t import these files with the File >

Import > Video command. You must use the File > Import > Audio command instead, and set

the Files of Type field to All Files.

To do this Do this

Table 29.