Playback Settings
Menu Command: Options | Playback Settings
Use Playback Settings to set the audio playback device and video quality when a project
is played in VideoMeld.
- Playback device
- If your computer has more than one audio playback device installed, you can select
a specific device from the list. Select a device
that supports the number of channels required for the project, as set under
Project Settings.
- Video preview quality
- Sets the height in pixels of the video when played in VideMeld. The width of the video
is calcualted automatically based on the aspect ratio in
Project Settings. Using large values requires significant
processing power and may cause the video to play at a lower, inconsistant frame rate. This setting
only affects playback within VideoMeld. When a project is melding
to a video file, a different frame rate and resolution may be used.
- Frame rate
- Sets the number of frames per
second for video playback in VideoMeld. Frames may be dropped if your computer is not
fast enough to process all the frames in realtime. Frames
are not dropped when melding to a video file.
- Screen
- Sets the preview screen to one of the following:
- Window: The screen is contained in a separate window.
- Docked: The screen is minimized to a thumbnail in the toolbar next to the Effects bar. Clicking on thumbnail
restores the screen back to a separate window.
- Image section quality
- Sets the maximum height in pixels of image sections played in VideMeld. High resolution photographs require an
enormous amount of memory and processing power. This setting reduce the resources required to preview the project,
giving a smoother frame rate. The reduced resolution will not be noticeable unless an
effect is used to zoom in on part of the image (Crop/Pan/Zoom, Rotate/Scale, etc.). Full resolution is used when
melding to a video file.
- Time counter
- Sets the format for the preview elapsed time display. "None" hides the elapsed time.
The time counter is shown during preview only and will not be displayed when melding the project to a file.
- Lazy preview
- Skips frames that take too long to load. The skipped frames may be blank or the previous frame may be used instead.
This improves the overall preview frame rate and makes it faster to start and stop previewing, but the frames shown may
be delayed or blank. Frames are never skipped when melding.
See Also
Project Settings