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The Now time and how to use it
Controlling playback
The Now Time marker changes appearance to indicate if playback is paused, running, or recording.
Figure 30. The Now Time marker indicates the playback state
A. Paused B. Playback C. Recording
You can change the Now time marker behavior so that the marker moves to the current Now time
when playback or recording is stopped (on the Track view Options menu, clear the On Stop,
Rewind to Now Marker option or press CTRL+W).
To change the Now time marker behavior
On the Track view Options menu, clear the On Stop, Rewind to Now Marker option to have the
Now time marker move to follow the current Now time when you stop playback.
Or
On the Track view Options menu, select the On Stop, Rewind to Now Marker option to have the
Now time snap back to the Now time marker when you stop playback.
The Track view Now Time display
The Track view displays the Now Time above the track strips in a large and configurable format.
Figure 31. The Track view Now time display
Click the display to display the following time formats:
• M:B:T (Measure:Beat:Tick). Example: 8:01:000.
• SMPTE (Hours:Minutes:Seconds:Frames). Example: 00:00:21:00.
• Frames. Example: 629 (only available if project contains video).
• Milliseconds (Hours:Minutes:Seconds:Milliseconds). Example: 00:00:21:000.
• Samples. Example: 926100.
A B C