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Controlling playback
Video playback, import, and export
Importing and playing back videos
Here are step-by-step procedures for inserting and playing back videos:
To load a video file into a project
1. Choose File > Import > Video, or choose Insert from the Video view’s pop-up menu.
The Import Video dialog appears.
2. In the Files of Type field, select the kind of video file you’re looking for.
3. Select a file.
4. Check the Show File Info option to display information about the file in the File Info section of
the dialog.
5. Check the Import Audio Stream option if you want to load the file’s audio data.
6. Check the Import As Mono Tracks option if you want to import the file’s audio data as one or
more mono tracks.
7. Click Open.
SONAR loads the video file and displays it in the Video view. If you choose to import audio data,
SONAR inserts a new track above the currently selected track, and puts the audio data in a clip or
clips on the new track.
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 pop-up menu.
Tip:
You can also drag a video file from the Browser and drop it on the Video Thumbnails pane.
Note 1: When you save a project that contains video, SONAR saves the project’s video file by
reference only; the actual video data remains in the original file. Video data is not saved in
bundle files, so it must be backed up on its own.
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” on page 239 for more information.
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” on page 236 for more information).