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3. While the clip is ingesting, refresh the file to work with the most recent material available. To update
the clip's length, right-click it in the Project Media window and choose Refresh from the shortcut
menu. For more information, see "Using the Project Media window" on page 83.
Notice that the clip's Length value (displayed at the bottom of the Project Media window) increases
each time the clip is refreshed during ingest if new media is available.
New, usable media is made available periodically by the XDCAM Station device. This is
dependent on the media format being ingested, but most media formats can be refreshed at
ten-second intervals. Refreshes performed between these intervals will result in no visible
update to the media in Vegas Pro.
The new clip length will be reflected in the Trimmer window if the clip is loaded. For more
information, see "Using the Trimmer" on page 150.
Additionally, if one or more events from the clip have been added to the timeline, the event length in
the timeline can be extended to use the available material:
a. Drag the right edge of the event to the right past the clip length. A notch is displayed in the
event to represent the end of the clip:
If you want to create a placeholder event, drag past the end of the clip length. When the clip
is refreshed, the notch will move to show the new end of the clip, and the event will be filled
with updated video.
Notes:
n The image displayed after the notch will be either a loop of the existing media
or a still frame of the last frame of video depending on the Enable looping on
events by default setting on the Editing tab of the Preferences dialog. For more
information, see "Preferences - Editing Tab" on page 601.
n The in point for placeholder event segments must always start at or before the
last frame of the existing media. Placeholder events cannot be created for
media that has not been ingested. For example, you cannot create a
placeholder with an in point 30 seconds after the current end of the available
media.
n If a you split a placeholder event, the in point of the placeholder segment on
the right side of the split will begin at the end frame of the currently available
media.
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