User Guide

BACKGROUND PROCESSING
When Sound Forge XP is performing operations that take a long time, such as
opening a file or performing audio processing, a Progress Meter is displayed on
the status bar. While this Progress Meter is visible, Sound Forge XP is doing its
work.You can cancel the operation at any time by pressing the Cancel button to
the left of the Progress Meter, or you can press the Escape key.
All processing performed by Sound Forge XP is done in the background. This
means you do not have to wait for Sound Forge XP to finish its work before
you can use other applications. If Sound Forge XP is taking a long time to
complete an operation you can switch to another application and work on
something else. Sound Forge XP will continue its processing task.
If you minimize Sound Forge XP while it is processing, the percentage
processed will update in the title of the Sound Forge XP icon.This allows you
to keep an eye on Sound Forge XP’s progress while using other applications.
Sound Forge XP displays the amount of time required to finish processing an
operation in the status bar.This processing time is only an estimate – this value
is not intended for accurate profiling. The accuracy of this processing time
value is heavily dependent on what other activity is being performed by your
computer while Sound Forge XP is working. Using other applications while
Sound Forge XP is working can cause the processing time to increase
substantially.
SYNCHRONIZING AUDIO AND VIDEO
If you are having trouble synchronizing the audio with your video, there are a
few points to keep in mind. If your video has been opened from a slow device,
such as a CD-ROM or network drive, then Sound Forge XP may have trouble
accurately playing back the audio and video in sync. This happens because
video information is streamed at all times from the original AVI file. You
should always copy the videos you are working with to a fast hard drive.
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