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220 Control Window

9.2.8 Timecode

This shared tool window displays the current time of the playback head (or the cursor position

if not playing back), in the timecode format currently selected in the Time Format dialog.

The current time can be in a range of standard SMPTE formats, CD or DVD speciﬁc formats,

or a custom one - see Time Format dialog.

The most common use for this window is for working with video or ﬁlm. You can use it to

display the playback head position of the current Audio File in a SMPTE format to frame level

resolution (i.e. hours:minutes:seconds:frames). You can also use it to display CD frames

(minutes:seconds:frames) when you are authoring CD or DVDs.

You can access this window by choosing Workspace > Shared tool windows > Time-

code. It is available in the Control Window, Audio File Workspace and Audio Montage

Workspace.

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Related topics

Time Format dialog

CD Frame

SMPTE timecode

Authoring CDs and DVDs

9.2.9 Background task monitor

This speciﬁc tool window allows you to view all background rendering processes that are in

progress.

You can adjust the priority with which they are processed, pause or cancel them. It is useful

if you have a number of lengthy processes underway and want to free up some processing

power to focus on editing. You can either lower the priority of a task so it does not use as

much of the computer processor's capacity, or pause the task temporarily.

You can access this window by choosing Workspace > Shared tool windows > Back-

ground task monitor. It is available in the Control Window, Audio File Workspace and

Audio Montage Workspace. You can also access this window in the Control Window by

choosing Utilities > Background task monitor.

You can choose to automatically open the Background task monitor when a rendering pro-

cess begins. To enable this option, select the checkbox via Options > Global Preferences

> Options > Make the Background Task Monitor visible when a task starts . Since

this window is a Shared tool window, the location where it opens may vary.

For an explanation of each parameter and interface feature, click on , or the 'What's this?'

question mark icon. For more information see Getting Help