Apple DVD Studio Pro 4 - Manual (Page 389)

• Clip Start Trim: Choose the part of the asset that the clip should use. Enter an amount
of time by which to trim the clip’s beginning. This affects the clip’s overall length. When
you enter a new Clip Start Time, the clip repositions itself on the timeline so that it
begins at the same time, with the clip’s end moving to its new position.
• Duration: Shows the clip’s length. You can enter a new length to trim the end of the
clip.
Note: When you import a QuickTime asset that contains both video and audio, you
may find that their durations, as shown in the Clip Inspector, do not match exactly. This
is often due to the DVD-Video specification’s frame rate for the supported audio formats
not dividing evenly into the video frame rate. This does not affect the lip sync between
the audio and video streams or their playback and is purely cosmetic.
• Asset Start Timestamp: Displays the timecode of the asset’s first frame.
• Bits/Second (Avg.): Shows the clip’s bit rate information.
Stream Information
• Stream Number: Shows the stream’s number.
• Stream Duration: Shows the stream’s length.
• Language: For audio clips only; shows the stream’s language setting. You can choose
a different language from the pop-up menu. The new language is applied to the entire
stream. See
Setting Stream Properties for more information.
Browse Clip
For video clips only. You can drag the slider under the thumbnail image to scrub through
the clip’s video.
Removing a Clip from a Stream
There are several ways you can remove clips from a stream.
To remove a clip from a stream
Do one of the following:
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Click the clip to select it, then press the Delete key.
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Control-click the clip, then choose Delete Media Clip from the shortcut menu.
These methods remove the clip from the stream, but the asset remains in the Assets tab.
The actual asset’s file is not affected.
389 Chapter 17 Creating and Editing Tracks