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Controlling playbackVideo playback, import, and export ► Importing and playing back videos

1.
Choose File > Import > Video, or choose Insert from the Video view’s pop-up menu.
The Import Video dialog box appears. In the Files of type field, select the kind of video file you’re looking for.
3.
Select the Show File Info check box to display information about the file in the File Info section of the dialog box.
4.
Select the Import Audio Stream check box if you want to load the file’s audio data.
5.
Select the Import As Mono Tracks check box if you want to import the file’s audio data as one or more mono tracks.
6.
Click Open.
3.
To change the display size of the video, right-click in the Video view and choose Stretch Options > [desired size] from the pop-up menu.
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Click the time display to cycle between MBT, SMPTE, Frames and None
Choose MBT, SMPTE, Frames or None
Choose Font and select new font characteristics
2.
Use the Project > Set Timecode At Now command to open the Set Timecode At Now Time dialog box.
3.
If you want to set SMPTE time to 00:00:00:00 (the dialog’s default value) at the current Now time, click OK to close the dialog box. If you want to set SMPTE time to some other value at the current Now time, type that value into the SMPTE/MTC Time field, and click OK to close the dialog box.
Do one of the following:
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Go to Edit > Preferences > Project - Clock and choose the frame rate you want from the six choices, then click OK.
Right-click in the Video view and choose an option from the Stretch Options menu:
Sonar adjusts the video display according to the selected option. The stretch option is used to recalculate the video display size whenever you resize the Video view.
Choose Original Size
Choose Stretch to Window
Choose Preserve Aspect Ratio
Choose Integral Stretch
Choose Full Screen
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