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Matrox Vetura Playback
Rewind / Fast Forward Click to search your clip from the
playhead’s current position starting at a speed of 2x normal speed,
and click again to search at a faster speed up to 8x. The speed and
direction are relative to the current search speed and direction
(1x/2x/4x/8x). For example, if fast forwarding at a speed of 4x,
press the
Rewind button twice to fast forward at a speed of 1x.
Press
Rewind again to begin rewinding at a speed of 1x, and so on.
Press the
Stop button to stop searching.
Go to Previous Frame / Go to Next Frame Moves the
playhead to the previous/next frame relative to the playhead’s
current position.
Play / Stop Plays the video from the playhead’s current position
to the last frame of the video. If your video is currently playing
back, the
Play button ( ) changes to a Stop button ( ). Click
the
Stop button to stop the current playback. See also Play In to
Out
and Loop Playback.
Play In to Out Plays the video from the designated In point to the
designated Out point. If no In/Out point is defined, your video plays
from the first frame to the last frame. Click the
Stop button to stop
the current playback.
Set In Point / Set Out Point Sets the In/Out point to the
playhead’s current position. The In and Out points define the active
video portion of your clip. Portions of video that fall outside the In
and Out points (inactive video) are not played back by Vetura
Playback.
You can also set the In and Out points by typing the desired position
in the corresponding timecode boxes. Click in the corresponding
box, press
TAB to go to the hour, minute, second, and frame fields,
and then press
ENTER to accept the value, or ESC to revert to the
previously-entered value. To choose between drop frame and
non-drop frame timecode, see “Setting the Vetura Playback
preferences” on page 133.
Loop Playback When loop ( ) is enabled, your playback is
looped and will continue to play back until stopped. Depending on
the play method chosen (
Play or Play In to Out), playback will be
from the first frame to the last frame, or from the designated In
point to the designated Out point.