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Play video in the Source and Program Monitors

The Source and Program Monitors contain several controls that resemble the playback controls on a video deck. Use the Source Monitor controls to play or cue a clip. Use the Program Monitor controls to play or view the active sequence.

Most playback controls have keyboard equivalents. When you want to use keyboard shortcuts to control playback, make sure that the monitor you want is active. Click the video image in the monitor you want to activate. When a monitor is active, it displays blue bars above and below the video display area.

Note: When using keyboard shortcuts to move in a time ruler, make sure the panel you want is active. (Japanese-language keyboards only) To use these keyboard shortcuts on a Japanese-language keyboard, make sure your keyboard is in direct input mode, rather than Japanese input mode.

Do any of the following:

To play, click the Play button , or press L or the spacebar. (To stop, click the Stop button or press K or the spacebar. The button and the spacebar toggle between Play and Stop.)
To play in reverse, press J.
To play from the In point to the Out point, click the Play In To Out button .
To play an entire clip or sequence repeatedly, click the Loop button , and then click the Play button . Click the Loop button again to deselect it and prevent looping.
To play from the In point to the Out point repeatedly, click the Loop button , and then click the Play In To Out button . Click the Loop button again to deselect it and prevent looping.
To play forward faster, press L repeatedly. For most media types, the clip’s speed increases from one to two to three to four times.
To play backward faster, press J repeatedly.
To play forward slower, hold down the K key and press the L key, or press Shift+L repeatedly. For most media types, the clip plays in slow motion, from .1 to .2 times.
To play backward slower, hold down the K key and press the J key, or press Shift+J repeatedly.
To play around the current time, from preroll to postroll, Alt‑click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) the Play In To Out button. Pressing Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) changes the button to the Play Edit button .

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No screen name said on Jul 15, 2008 at 1:31 PM :

Holding down the shift key with L (or J) and hitting it repeated does not slow the CTI down as stated in the document. Holding down the K key and hit L (or J) repeated does work.

smuratore said on Jul 15, 2008 at 1:57 PM :

Good catch, thanks. Those bullet points should instead read:

To advance one frame, hold down the K key and press the L key.

To retreat one frame, hold down the K key and press the J key.

To play forward in slow motion, press Shift+L. For most media types, the clip plays in slow motion, from .1 to .2 times.

To play backward in slow motion, press Shift+J. For most media types, the clip plays backward in slow motion, from .1 to .2 times.

No screen name said on Jul 15, 2008 at 2:24 PM :

Alt-clicking the Play In To Out button, changes it to the Play Around button instead Play Edit button. It plays 2 seconds before and 2 seconds after the current time, I can not find a place to set a Preroll/Postroll or Handles setting after capture. You can only set a Preroll setting (not Postroll) for the amount of film you want captureAt the point the clip is captured in the Capture panel as well as set Handles (which is the same thing)., I don't believe there is any part of a clip that is tagged with a Preroll or Postroll/or handles setting for any clip or sequence to refer to.

smuratore said on Jul 21, 2008 at 12:34 PM :

You are quite correct. That last bullet should say:
To play around the current time, from two seconds before the current-time indicator to two seconds after the current-time indicator, Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) the Play In To Out button. Pressing Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) changes the button to the Play Around button.