Reference Guide
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Video playback, import, and export
Controlling playback
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:
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 Project > 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
Do one of the following:
•Go to Edit > Preferences > Project - Clock and choose the frame rate you want from the six
choices, then click OK.
• In the Control Bar’s Sync module, click the Timecode Format list and select the desired format.
For more information, see “SMPTE/MIDI time code synchronization” on page 1086).
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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