Avid Technology Pro Tools HD 7.2 - Manual (Page 96)

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New Video Track Support
Pro Tools 7.2 adds the following support for
video tracks:
• Multiple video tracks in the Timeline
• Multiple playlists for video tracks
• Multiple codecs on individual video tracks
Multiple Video Tracks in the
Timeline
You can add multiple video tracks to the Time-
line, but only one video track can be played
back at a time.
Multiple Video Track Playlists
Playlists provide an easy way of changing be-
tween alternate versions of a video track.
You can perform all of the same operations with
video playlists as you can with audio playlists,
including:
• Duplicating a playlist
• Creating a playlist
• Assigning a playlist to another video track
• Renaming a playlist
• Deleting a playlist
Multiple Codecs on an Individual
Video Track
A single video track can contain video regions
compressed with different video codecs. How-
ever, once the first video file has been added to
a session, all additional video files added to the
Timeline must have the same video engine rate
as the first video file.
Video Track Controls
In Pro Tools 7.2, controls have been added or
improved, as follows:
• Video track type icons
• New Video Online button (see “New Video
Online Button” on page 93)
• New Video Engine Rate indicator (see “New
Video Engine Rate Indicator” on page 92)
• New Record Enable button behavior
• Video track locking
Video Track Type Icons
A video track displays a QuickTime icon or an
Avid icon depending on the type of video added
to it.
You can add any supported video to an empty
video track, in which case the icon will change
and the video track will play back only that type
of video.
See “Selecting the Main Video Track” on
page 92 for information on switching a
video track online or offline.
Playlist selector
See the Pro Tools Reference Guide for de-
tailed information on playlists.
Video tracks displaying QuickTime and Avid icons
Avid
icon QuickTime
icon