Viewing or changing media file properties

Displays the current media file name and location.

This can be used to display the name of the tape from which you recorded the audio. The name can be edited here or in the corresponding field in the Edit Details window. For more information, see Using the Edit Details Window

If a file contains multiple streams, you can use this control to select the stream for which you want view properties.

Displays the file's sample rate, bit depth, number of channels, and length.

Displays the current media file name and location.

This can be used to display the name of the tape from which you captured the video. The name can be edited here or in the corresponding field in the Edit Details window. For more information, see Using the Edit Details Window

Select this radio button to accept the default timecode settings.

Select this radio button to specify a beginning value for the timecode.

If a file contains multiple streams, you can use this control to select the stream for which you want view properties.

Displays the compression format of the file.

Displays the frame size, in pixels (x,y). color depth, and length of the file.

Choose a setting from the drop-down list to change the field order of the file. Consult your capture/video output card's manual for the proper field order.

• None (progressive scan) – Select this option when viewing the video on a computer. This option ignores interlacing.

• Upper field first – Select this option (also called odd or field A) for video that will be viewed on a television.

• Lower field first – Select this option (also called even or field B) for DV output or if Upper field first produces jittery or shaky output or if your hardware manual specifies lower field first.

Choose a setting from the drop-down list to change the pixel aspect of the file. This setting will depend on your capture/video output card. Consult your capture/video output card manual for the proper settings.

Choose a setting from the drop-down list to change the alpha channel information for the file.

If the alpha channel in an image is not detected, choose the correct type of alpha channel from this drop-down list. If you're unsure, try the Premultiplied setting first.

• Undefined – Video provides no alpha channel information. This setting ignores any alpha channel information in the file.

• None – Video has no alpha channel or there is an alpha channel but it's completely opaque (solid).

• Straight (unmatted) – Transparency information is maintained in only the alpha channel. Alpha information must be applied to the RGB channels before compositing.

• Premultiplied – The standard method of handling alpha information. Transparency information is maintained in the alpha and RGB channels, and the image is ready for compositing. No RGB component exceeds the alpha value.

• Premultiplied (dirty) – Similar to Premultiplied, but RGB components may exceed the alpha. This setting is used mainly for images created by 3D applications involving compositing of 3D images over a non-solid color image background.

Choose the color space that the media is in. For more information, see Specifying the color space for individual shots

Choose the color range of the selected media. VEGAS Pro detects the media's color range if the media supports color range metadata. Most reader plug-ins support the color range override option.

NOTE If the color range is “limited” or “Undefined” in Y’CbCr format, 16-236 and 16-255 color ranges will be converted to 0-255 RGB (full range). If the color range is full, no level conversion is performed when decoding Y’CbCr format into RGB color space.

IMPORTANT The color range override option is applicable only when you've set your Project Properties to full range mode. Currently, color range override is not supported in some reader plugins like MVC and WMV, or in still images readers.

Choose a setting from the drop-down list to rotate a media file's orientation.

In this example, the video was shot with the camera tripod rotated 90 degrees. The project is rotated, but the media doesn't match the project orientation, so the video is letterboxed within the frame.

After choosing 90 clockwise° from the Rotation drop-down list, the media is rotated, and the video fills the frame.

Choose a setting from the drop-down list to choose the stereoscopic 3D mode for the media file. For more information, see Stereoscopic 3D editing

• Off – Choose this setting for 2D media or to treat a multistream video as 2D.

• Pair with next stream – Choose this setting for multistream 3D video, such as video from paired files CineForm Neo3D files (version 5.1 or later), or files from a 3D camera.

• Side by side (half) – Choose this setting when your video contains left- and right-eye views in a single frame.

  Left- and right-eye views are displayed as half of the available horizontal resolution.

• Side by side (full) – Choose this setting when your video contains left- and right-eye views in a single frame.

  Left- and right-eye views are displayed using the full horizontal resolution.

• Top/bottom (half) – Choose this setting when your video contains left- and right-eye views stacked in a single frame.

  Left- and right-eye views are displayed as half of the available vertical resolution.

• Top/bottom (full) – Choose this setting when your video contains left- and right-eye views stacked in a single frame.

  Left- and right-eye views are displayed using the full vertical resolution.

• Line alternate – Choose this setting when your video contains interlaced 3D video.

  Left- and right-eye views are interlaced using half of the available vertical resolution.