User Guide

20 Chapter 1 Working With HDV
Transport Controls
If you have device control, use these to control your camcorder or deck. These controls
are similar to controls in the Viewer and Canvas, except that they control playback of a
videotape instead of a media file.
Shuttle Control
A shuttle control similar to the one in the Viewer and Canvas is also available for
navigating through the tape.
In the Log and Capture window, you can use the J, K, and L keys for playback and
shuttling, just as you can in the Viewer and Canvas. For more information about using
the J, K, and L keys for playback, see the Final Cut Pro 5 User Manual, Volume I,
Chapter 6, “Viewer Basics.”
Note: Tape playback is not as efficient as playback from media files on your hard disk.
It takes a few seconds for a tape to cue to the proper frames or change playback
direction. The video frames and timecode displayed on the camcorder LCD screen may
differ from the frames you see in the video preview area. This is because Final Cut Pro is
decoding the MPEG-2 HDV in real time.
Play
Stop
Play Around
Current Frame
Play In to Out
Rewind
Fast Forward
Shuttle control