This tutorial will educate you the best way to and why you’ll need to use Play Size in Avid Media Composer.
Play Size is a characteristic you may allow in Avid Media Composer that helps your pc out when you’ve gotten a sophisticated sequence or it’s simply operating sluggish. There’s 100 issues you are able to do once you’re pc is sluggish to assist it out and that is considered one of them when you’re operating Avid Media Composer. This video and article stroll you thru enabling and organising Play Size. We dive into the Console so it is probably not for somebody who’s on Day #1 in Avid. If you’re or if even for those who aren’t, please go away a remark for those who’re having any points. Let’s get into it!
What’s Play Size in Avid Media Composer?
Play Size shortens the quantity of timeline that Avid Media Composer “places in its mind” to course of at a time. By default with out Play Size turned on, Avid is perpetually fascinated about the complete sequence once you hit play. When you work off an older system or a system with out a whole lot of RAM, this may be very burdensome to your pc.
When Play Size is turned on, Avid Media Composer solely thinks about a certain quantity at a time. By default it’s set to 1 minute. So one minute earlier than and after the blue time place indicator is all Avid thinks about. Which means that when you play ahead (or backward for no matter motive), Avid Media Composer will mechanically cease when you hit one minute previous the time place indicator. Hit play once more and you’ll watch the following minute of the timeline.
Enabling Play Size
Play Size is hidden from the Avid Media Composer interface. It is advisable open the Command Palette. Yow will discover this below the Instruments menu or utilizing the keyboard shortcut Cmd+3 (Mac) or Ctrl+3 (Home windows).
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With the Command Palette open, go to the Play tab. On the backside of the Command Palette be certain that ‘Button to Button’ Reassignment is enabled. Then drag and drop the Play Size Toggle icon onto your interface. I add mine under the Document Monitor close to the Play button which is able to make extra sense in a second.
Now shut out of the Command Palette.
If you hit play you’ll see that Play icon below the report monitor is inexperienced. This implies Play Size is not enabled. To allow Play Size, click on the PL icon that you just simply dragged onto your interface. You’ll discover the button is now kinda highlighted. If you play your timeline now try the Play icon. It’s not inexperienced and it’s highlighted just like the PL icon. Which means that Play Size is enabled. As described above, your timeline will play for the following minute earlier than stopping. If you’re enjoying at 2x, 3x, and so forth. velocity it’ll nonetheless cease at one minute.
Observe: I’m utilizing an older model of Avid Media Composer (v8.4.4) on this tutorial. The colours and highlights could also be barely totally different in a more recent model. So far as I do know although, Play Size works precisely the identical method.
Altering the Period of Play Size in Avid Media Composer Utilizing the Console
When you don’t just like the one minute restriction you may change it. I imagine it needs to be a complete quantity (1, 2, 3, and so forth.). You do that by way of the Console.
Return to the Instruments menu and select Console. Or you should utilize the keyboard shortcut Cmd+6 (Mac) or Ctrl+6 (Home windows). This opens the Console.
Within the Console kind in: playlength ‘#’
For # change that with the minute length you’d like. Instance: playlength ‘3’ to make the Play Size three minutes. Then hit the Enter/Return key to inform the Console to do it.
When you’ve learn this text and you continue to need assistance with Play Size in Avid Media Composer, please go away a remark and I’ll do what I can to assist troubleshoot. I hope you stick round and try a few of the different Avid Media Composer articles on my web site or contemplate signing as much as get notified about new weblog posts and happenings round EVF.
– Josh
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