Using The Video Window - DigiDesign Pro Tools 8.0 Reference Manual

Using the Video Window

Pro Tools provides a Video window that lets you
view, display, or scrub video.
Avid video displays in the Video window
only when scrubbed or shuttled.
To display the Video window, do one of the
following:
Select Window > Video.
– or –
Press Control+9 (Windows) or Command+9
(Mac).
Video window
Changing Video Window Options
The Video window pop-up menu lets you do the
following:
• Toggle online status of the main video track.
• Toggle output of QuickTime video between
the Video window and an external monitor
using the FireWire port (without an Avid
Video peripheral this is supported with Mac
only) or PCIe (with a Digidesign-qualified
video card).
• Resize the Video window.
To toggle the online status of the main video track:
Right-click (Windows or Mac) or Control-click
(Mac) the Video window, and select Online.
Video window (with pop-up menu shown)
To toggle output of QuickTime video between the
Video window and FireWire, do one of the following
(Mac only):
Select (or deselect) Options > Video Out
FireWire.
– or –
Right-click, or Control-click, the Video win-
dow, and select (or deselect) Video Out FireWire.
For information on playing video through
FireWire, see "Playing QuickTime DV
Video to an External Monitor Over
FireWire" on page 1055.
Chapter 48: Working with Video in Pro Tools 1051