The most common playback functions are available in the bottom part of the preview area, this series of buttons includes:
Control - Play / Pause
Description : If paused, starts playing the media from the current timeline slider position
If playing, temporarily stops the playback
Available for: : EP ; DS ; WMP ; QT ; ( yes )
Control - Step -1
Description : Shifts the playback backward of one frame. In case the "Step+1 with audio" option is enabled, also the audio will be backwarded.
Available for: : EP ; DS ; WMP ; QT ; ( yes )
Control - Step +1
Description : Shifts the playback forward of one frame. In case the "Step+1 with audio" option is enabled, also the audio will be forwarded.
Available for: : EP ; DS ; WMP ; QT ; ( yes )
Control - Go to SOM
Description : Moves the playback indicator to the mark-in specified in the EDL
Available for: : EP ; DS ; WMP ; QT ; ( yes )
Control - Go to EOM
Description : Moves the playback indicator to the mark-out specified in the EDL
Available for: : EP ; DS ; WMP ; QT ; ( yes )
Control - Go to start
Description : Moves the playback indicator to the first frame of the clip
Available for: : EP ; DS ; WMP ; QT ; ( yes )
Control - Go to end
Description : Moves the playback indicator to the last frame of the clip
Available for: : EP ; DS ; WMP ; QT ; ( yes )
Control - Jog & Shuttle
Description : Clicking on the "Jog / Shuttle" area allows to alternate between:
Jog - Drag the indicator either to the left or right to play the media at variable positive or negative speed respectively.
Shuttle - Change the playback speed by moving the cursor across the bar, thus making go slower or faster
Please note that the mouse scroll-wheel can be used for jog/shuttle.
Note: In Windows 10, you must turn off the “Scroll inactive windows when I hover over them” option, otherwise it won't be impossible to use the mousewheel to set the shuttle.
Available for: : EP ; DS ; WMP ; QT ; ( yes )
Control - Timeline slider
Description : Freely position the playback just by dragging and dropping the indicator (the playback will be paused).
Available for: : EP ; DS ; WMP ; QT ; ( yes )
Control - Counter
Description : Shows the exact playback timecode of the previewed media.
Available for: : EP ; DS ; WMP ; QT ; ( yes )
Control - Accurate slider
Description : Make the timeline slider (which is initially is related to the entire media duration) to be related only to an interval of 60 seconds (i.e. current point +/- 30 seconds), thus allowing a more precise preview.
This function is useful to, for example, preview too long video files for which placing the time slider at the right point becomes difficult.
Available for: : EP ; DS ; WMP ; QT ; ( yes )
Control - Aspect Ratio
Description : Displayed in the upper right, it will indicate the video aspect ratio of the current proxy media
Available for: : EP ; DS ; ( yes ) WMP ; QT ; ( no )
Control - Video Standard
Description : Indicates if the standard of video used by the station is either PAL or NTSC.
Available for: : EP ; DS ; QT ; ( yes ) WMP ; ( no )
Control - Preview
Description : Playback the proxy file only from the SOM mark-in to the EOM mark-out.
Pressing this button is required to preview subtitles.
Available for: : EP ; DS ; WMP ; QT ; ( yes )
Control - Balance
Description : Balance the audio between left and right channels
Available for: : EP ; DS ; WMP ; QT ; ( yes )
NB: If the clip has been modified, save the changes made to the clip for the control keys to work properly.