System information
Command Description
Preview Displays the frame size, color bit depth, and frame rate that will be
used for previewing.
Right-click the Video Preview window and select Display at Project
Size if you want to preview only using the project settings.
Frame Displays the number of the current frame.
Display Displays the current frame size, color bit depth, and frame rate of
your preview.
If you are unable to preview at the full frame rate, decrease the
Video Preview Quality setting or use dynamic RAM previews.
For more information, see "Using Dynamic RAM Previews" on page
473.
View or hide the transport bar
Right-click the Video Preview window and choose Show Transport Bar to toggle the display of the transport
bar at the bottom of the window.
Button Description
Record This button starts recording on all armed tracks. If no tracks are
armed, a new track will be created automatically.
For more information, see "Recording audio" on page 116.
Loop Playback Plays only the events in the loop region in a continuous mode.
Play from Start Starts playback from the beginning of the project regardless of the
current cursor position. When you stop playback, the cursor returns to
its original position.
Play Starts playback from the cursor position.
Select the Make spacebar and F12 Play/Pause instead of
Play/Stop check box in the General Preferences tab if you want
the F12 and spacebar keyboard shortcuts to toggle between
Play and Pause mode. In this mode, the cursor will maintain its
position.
Pause Pauses playback and leaves the cursor at its current position.
Stop Stops playback or recording and returns the cursor to its starting
position.
Go to Start Moves the cursor to the beginning of the project.
Go to End Moves the cursor to the end of the project.
PREVIEWING YOUR PROJECT471