User guide

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Adding Clips to the Bin with a File Manager
In the following it is described how to use a standard file manager of
the operating system to move video or audio clips to the bin:
y Open a Windows file manager, for example, the Windows Explorer
with the keyboard combination [Windows ( ) + E].
y In the file manager select an audio or video file (either a file within a
directory or the directory itself) on the storage where the video data
is stored.
y Drag and drop the selected file/directory to the contents area of the
bin with the help of the mouse.
When adding clips to the bin with a procedure other than a
record, some properties may not be discerned properly due to
missing file header information. Then they will either be de-
duced from the file format, color space, etc. of the clip, or
configured to the currently set timeline output settings. If the
properties of the clip do not match the material on the stor-
age, you have to change them accordingly (see section
“Changing the Properties of Clips” on page 4-21).
For a list of the supported file formats see section “Support-
ed File Formats” on page A-9.
You can also drop the file/directory on a folder in the folder
area of the bin (e.g. the root folder).