M-AUDIO Pro Tools Recording Studio - Manual (Page 1058)

Pro Tools Reference Guide 1040
Video Track Controls and
Indicators
Video Track View
The video track can be viewed in Frames View or
in Blocks View, both of which display all video
region boundaries and metadata. Video frame
images are displayed only in Frames View.
To set the view for the video track:
„ On the video track, select Frames or Blocks
from the View Options pop-up menu.
Frames View
In Frames View, video data is displayed as pic-
tures in the video track. These pictures are com-
puted based on the video image, and scale ac-
cording to your track zoom and height settings.
They allow you to easily find a scene or se-
quence in the video track.
Frames do not display properly if you change
zoom settings during playback. Black frames are
drawn until playback is stopped. You should
stop playback before changing zoom settings if
you want to view frames.
If video pull-up or pull-down is enabled, frames
do not change position.
Frames View Performance
When using Frames View to view video content
in the video track, your computer may exhibit
reduced or sluggish performance. If this hap-
pens on your computer, hide the video track or
switch to Blocks View.
Blocks View
In Blocks View, video frames are replaced by col-
ored blocks.
Video Track Type Icons
A video track displays a QuickTime icon, Win-
dows Media icon, or an Avid icon depending on
the type of video added to it. No icon displays
when the video track is empty.
When switching from Blocks mode to
Frames mode during playback, the video
track will not update to displaying frames
until playback is stopped.
Video track in Frames View
Video track in Blocks View
Video tracks displaying QuickTime, Windows Media,
and Avid icons
Avid
icon QuickTime
icon
Windows Media icon
(Windows Vista only)