Specifications

Pro Tools Reference Guide568
Information in these fields is displayed in
SMPTE Time Code, Minutes:Seconds,
Feet.Frames, Samples, or Bars & Beats, depend-
ing on which Time Scale format is selected.
A highlighted numeric field indicates the cur-
rent active field for numeric entry editing. En-
tering a value in a field allows you to move a se-
lected element to the time location that you
enter. The Start, Sync Point and End fields are
accessible when the Grabber is active. Only the
Start or End (depending on where you click the
mouse) and Duration fields are active when the
Trimmer is active (see “Using the Trimmer in
Spot Mode” on page 570).
Use Subframes Option
A subframe is 1/100th of a frame. The Use Sub-
frames option enables you to use these smaller
units for greater accuracy. This command adds
an additional time field in the SMPTE
hours:minutes:seconds:frames box, which ap-
pears as the far right time field when enabled.
Use a period to separate subframe values from
whole frames.
Capturing Time Code
Pro Tools also allows you to easily capture frame
locations on-the-fly in this dialog by pressing
the Equal key, or by clicking the Current Time
button while valid time code is being received
by Pro Tools. With VITC, you can accurately
capture a paused or “crawling” VTR’s SMPTE lo-
cation.
When Time Code is selected for the Time Scale,
pressing the Equal key captures the incoming
time code. When Bars:Beats is selected for the
Time Scale, pressing the Equal key will capture
to the nearest measure.
Although the Capture Time Code button works
with free-running Linear Time Code (LTC) or
VITC, frame numbers of a paused frame can
only be captured with VITC.
Spot dialog
To increase or decrease SMPTE values in
the Spot dialog by a specific number of
frames, press plus or minus on the numeric
keypad, enter a number, and press the Enter
key.
Additional time field with “Use Subframes” enabled
Subframe measurements are not available
in the Current Time field.