User`s guide

AVoption & AVoption XL Guide36
To name the Movie track:
1 Double-click the Track Name button to open
the Name and Comments dialog.
2 Type a name (and any optional comments),
then click OK.
To delete the Movie track:
1 Select the track by clicking the Track Name
button in the Edit window.
2 Choose File > Delete Selected Tracks.
To clear all video from the Movie track:
■ Choose Movie > Clear Movie Track.
You cannot change names of clips after they
have been added or recorded. When added, clips
retain the name they were given by the original
workstation (often an Avid editing system).
When recorded in Pro Tools, the clip name is
derived from the Movie track’s name. You can
change the clip name by renaming the Movie
track.
Setting S-Video or Component
Output
(AVoption XL Only)
The Meridien I/O Box can output from either
the S-Video or Component outputs. Composite
out is always active regardless of whether S-
video or component is selected. This choice
must be made in the software. Once the choice
is made in the software, it is then echoed in the
physical connections you use to output signals.
To select component video outputs in
AVoption XL:
1 On the Movie track, click the Track options
pop-up. See Figure 4 on page 35.
2 Use the Video Output pop-up menu to select
the outputs you want to use: Component or S-
Video.
Movie Track Options
The Movie track can be viewed in frames or in
blocks. Frames allow you to see an overview of
the actual video content in a session. Blocks al-
low you to see where clips begin and end, and
the names of clips.
Frames
In Frames mode, video data is displayed as pic-
tures in the Movie track. These pictures are com-
puted based on the video image, and scale ac-
cording to your track zoom and height settings.
They do not provide a frame-accurate reference,
but allow you to easily find a scene or sequence
in the Movie 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.
Blocks
Blocks mode displays the Movie track as blocks
of compositional data. Blocks are outlined wher-
ever clip boundaries exist. These block names
indicate both the boundaries for clips defined in
Movie track in Frames mode