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Video
Setting the window size and video quality
To resize the Video Player window and/or change the play-
back quality of the video, select the appropriate option on
the context menu of the Video Player window.
The following options are available:
• To resize the Video Player window, you can also drag
the borders.
Ö The higher the resolution, the more processing power
is needed for playback. If you need to reduce the proces
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sor load, you can reduce the size of the Video Player win-
dow, or lower the value on the Video Quality submenu.
Setting the aspect ratio
Resizing the Video Player window by dragging its borders
may lead to a distorted image. To prevent this, you can set
an aspect ratio for video playback.
• From the Aspect Ratio submenu of the Video Player
context menu, select one of the following options:
Ö When the video is played back in fullscreen mode, the
aspect ratio of the video is always kept.
Scrubbing video
You can scrub video events, i. e. play them back forwards
or backwards at any speed. This is done by clicking in the
Video Player window and moving the mouse to the left or
to the right.
You can also use the Scrub controls on the Transport
panel or a jog wheel on a remote controller for scrubbing
video events, see the sections
“Playing back with the
shuttle speed control” on page 85 and “Project scrubbing
– the jog wheel” on page 86.
Option Description
Fullscreen
Mode
The window is enlarged to occupy the whole (computer)
screen. If you are working with more than one monitor, you
can move the Video Player window to an extra monitor.
Thus, you can work with Cubase on one monitor and let
the video play back on another monitor. You can exit
fullscreen mode via the window’s context menu or by
pressing [Esc] on your computer keyboard.
Quarter Size The window size is reduced to a quarter of the actual size.
Half Size The window size is reduced to half the actual size.
Actual Size The window size corresponds to the size of the video.
Double Size The window is enlarged to twice the actual size.
Video Quality This submenu allows you to change the quality of the video
image. Higher settings make the video display sharper and
smoother, but lead to an increased processor load.
Option Description
None The aspect ratio of the video is not kept when resizing the
window. The image is enlarged/reduced to occupy the
whole Video Player window.
Internal The Video Player window can be resized at will, but the as-
pect ratio of the video is kept and black borders are dis-
played around the video image to fill the window.
External The resizing of the Video Player window is limited accord-
ing to the aspect ratio of the video image, i. e. the video im-
age always fills the full window and its aspect ratio is kept.