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Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Setting Up Your System
- VST Connections
- Project Window
- Project Handling
- Tracks
- Track Handling
- Adding Tracks
- Removing Tracks
- Moving Tracks in the Track List
- Renaming Tracks
- Coloring Tracks
- Showing Track Pictures
- Setting the Track Height
- Selecting Tracks
- Duplicating Tracks
- Disabling Audio Tracks (Cubase Elements only)
- Organizing Tracks in Folder Tracks
- Handling Overlapping Audio
- How Events are Displayed on Folder Tracks
- Modifying Event Display on Folder Tracks
- Track Presets
- Parts and Events
- Range Editing
- Playback and Transport
- Virtual Keyboard
- Recording
- Quantizing MIDI and Audio
- Fades and crossfades
- Arranger Track (Cubase Elements only)
- Markers
- MixConsole
- Audio Effects
- Audio processing and functions
- Sample Editor
- Audio Part Editor
- Pool
- MediaBay
- Working With the MediaBay
- Setting Up the MediaBay
- Define Locations Section
- Scanning Your Content
- Updating the MediaBay
- Locations Section
- Results Section
- Previewer Section
- Filters Section
- Sound Browser and Mini Browser
- MediaBay Preferences
- MediaBay Key Commands
- Working with MediaBay-Related Windows
- Working With Volume Databases
- Automation
- VST Instruments
- Installing and Managing Plug-ins
- Remote controlling Cubase
- MIDI realtime parameters
- Using MIDI devices
- MIDI Processing
- MIDI Editors
- Chord Functions
- Chord Pads
- Editing tempo and signature
- Export Audio Mixdown
- Synchronization
- Video
- ReWire (not in Cubase LE)
- Key Commands
- File handling
- Customizing
- Optimizing
- Preferences
- Index
Video
Before You Start
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Video Container Formats
Video and other multi-media files come in a container format.
This container holds various streams of information including video and audio, but
also metadata such as synchronization information required to play back audio and
video together. Data regarding creation dates, authors, chapter markings, and more
can also be held within the container format.
The following container formats are supported by Cubase:
Cubase supports all these container formats, but problems may arise when the
computer does not have the correct software to decode compressed video and
audio streams within the container file. You must also know the type of codec that
was used to create the video file.
Codecs
Codecs are methods of data compression used to make video (and audio) files
smaller and more manageable for computers.
In order to play back a video file, your computer must have the correct codec
installed in the operating system to decode the video stream.
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The names of codecs and container formats can be confusing. Because many
container formats have the same names as the codecs they use within the file, make
sure to differentiate the container format or file type, for example .mov or .dv, from
the codec used within it.
If you are not able to load a certain video file, the required codec is probably not
installed on your computer. In this case, you can search the internet (e.
g. the
Microsoft or Apple web sites) for video codecs.
Format Description
MOV This is a QuickTime movie.
QT This is also a QuickTime movie, but it is only used on Windows
systems.
MPEG-1 This is the first standard of the Moving Picture Experts Group for
video and audio compression, used for making video CDs. Files of
this container format can have the extensions “.mpg” or “.mpeg”.
MPEG-4 This format is based on the QuickTime movie standard, can contain
various metadata for streaming, editing, local playback, and
interchange of content. Its file extension is “.mp4”.
AVI This format is a multimedia container format introduced by Microsoft.
DV This is a video format used by camcorders.