Movie and project settings
When you create a new video project, you can make settings for the new project already in the start dialog. You can change these later at any time. All settings dialogs may be accessed via "File > Settings".
Open the movie settings via "File > Settings > Movie..."
Movie settings
Play movie in loop mode: The movie will be played back endlessly. Playback starts at the playback marker and after reaching the end of the project will restart at its beginning.
Use current settings as presets for new movies: If this option is activated, all new movies will receive the settings that you have chosen in this dialog.
Crop new images to fit the screen automatically: Fits all images and videos inserted into the project automatically so that they fit the screen.
Automatically create proxy files:Using proxy/preview rendering, you can render complicated sections of your project in advance in order to produce a smooth preview. You can start this feature in the context menu of the marker bar. More about this is available in the "Proxy editing" section.
Number of tracks: Here you can change the number of tracks.
Audio sample rate: The preset sample rate is 48 kHz. This sample rate is used for all recordings and is also the standard setting for DVD audio tracks. With this setting, optimum sound quality is guaranteed. Audio material at different sample rates (e.g. CD audio with 44 kHz) is automatically converted when loaded (resampling). Only change this value if you want to use audio with a different sample rate or if your sound card does not support this sample rate.
NOTE The audio sample rate can only be changed in empty projects. When an object is added to the project, this setting is locked.
Video settings: You can select the standard settings for the picture format and frame rate for PAL or NTSC images or for your own format. Make sure that the entries for aspect ratio and frame rate correspond to your target format so that your finished movie will play smoothly on the intended screen, no undesired black strips are seen, and all video/image objects are in their correct positions.
NOTE MPEG encoding requires a width/height ratio that is divisible by 8.
Synchronization
NOTE A description for all the synchronization dialog's control elements is provided here. A description of how the synchronization is set can be found under "Synchronization with external devices".
Input synchronization active
Video Pro X is configured as a slave and follows the MIDI timecode, which is received from the set MIDI device.
Device: The driver on which Video Pro X receives MIDI timecodes can be configured here. If you use a MIDI interface with an SMPTE input, set the port of the SMPTE input.
Frame rate: Specify here the corresponding SMPTE frame rate, e.g. 24 for cinematic films, 25 for PAL video and audio synchronization, 29.97 drop/non-drop, or 30 for NTSC video.
Pre-roll: Here you can enter a frame number that Video Pro X will ignore before synchronization starts. This takes into account the fact that analog devices normally require a certain amount of time before they reach the correct speed. In order to prevent synchronization of Video Pro X to an invalid time, this can be skipped by means of preroll frames.
Output synchronization active
Video Pro X is configured as the master and sends the MIDI timecode on the selected MIDI device.
Device: The driver on which the Video Pro X> sends MIDI timecodes is set here. If you use a MIDI interface with an SMPTE output, set the port of the SMPTE output.
Start offset (SMPTE): Here, you can specify a period in milliseconds or in SMPTE frames to be deducted from the incoming MIDI timecode before the time is applied for synchronization. With an offset of 60:00:00 (1 hour), you can therefore synchronize a tape with an SMPTE code that starts at 1 hour; Video Pro X will still start at 0 at the tape beginning.
Send/receive MMC fullframe
Settings for remote control via MIDI Machine Control. Video Pro X supports the control of external devices or through external devices through MMC.
With activated output synchronization (Video Pro X is master), additional MMC commands are sent. If the input synchronization option (Video Pro X is slave) is activated, Video Pro X receives MMC commands.
Movie information
This option opens an information window:
Name: Here you can enter the name of the current movie.
Date of creation: Displays the time the movie was created.
Last changed: Displays the time of the last save.
Number of used objects: Displays the number of all objects in the movie.
Used files: All files used in the movie are listed here.
Project Settings
You can change project settings here. A project can consist of multiple movies and is saved as an MVP file.
Name and path: Displays the name of the movie and the location where it is stored on the computer.
Description: Here you can give your project a description – perhaps a few statements about the state of the editing progress, etc. This is something like a notepad function.
Date: Here you can assign your project a specific date. You can choose between a date – e.g. "December 25, 2020" – or a written description – e.g. "Christmas 2020".
Preview: This is the preview in a file manager such as Windows Explorer. You can use the automatic selection for the preview image or choose an image from your hard drive. You can also use a preview image from movie project.
Select preview image automatically: Video Pro X uses an automatically selected preview image.
Use image file: With a mouse click on the folder button you can open a dialog for loading image files. In this dialog, you can navigate to the folder where the image file is found and select it by double-clicking.
Use preview image from film: Select a frame from a film using the slider.