Import Video File dialog

Sonar's Import Video File dialog box lets you include an AVI, MPEG, or QuickTime video in your project. This video is shown in real time as your project plays.

The Video view displays the current time (as in the Big Time view) and the video itself. The display in the Video view is synchronized with the Now time, giving you convenient random access to the video stream. This makes it easy to align music and digitized sound to the video.

If the Video view is the active window, you can now use keyboard shortcuts to advance by a frame or a frame increment. The +/-, and left/right arrow keys move forward/backwards by a single frame. If the control key is pressed, then the frame increment value is used (the default is 5 frames) Alternatively you can use the [ and ] keys to seek by the frame increment. See Changing the Frame Increment.

Commands in the Video view's pop-up menu let you set the time display format, the size and stretch options for the video display, the video start and trim times, and other options. Your project's video and digital audio data can be saved together in a new AVI file with File > Export Video command. For more information, see Preparing Audio for Distribution.

Note: The project's video file is saved in the project by reference only; the actual video data remains in the original file.

Use these options in the Video File dialog box:

Option	What it means
Look in	Use this field to find the folder that contains the video file you want to insert.
File name	Use this field to find the video file you want to insert. Clicking the name of the file in the window above this field causes it to appear in the File name field.
Files of type	Use this field to select what type of video files to display. Note: If your system has a basic Windows installation with DirectShow installed, you may not be able to insert QuickTime video files. You may need to install the latest video Codecs from Microsoft’s website in order to import different video formats. The problem can be solved by going to Microsoft’s website (www.microsoft.com) and downloading and installing the latest version of Media Player.
Show File Info	If you check this option, Sonar displays the video file’s format tag, audio sample rate, and length in both audio samples and time.
Import Audio Stream	If you check this option, Sonar imports the video file’s audio file along with the video. Select a blank track before you do this.
Import Mono Tracks	If you check this option, Sonar imports the video file’s audio file into two separate tracks, instead of one stereo track.
Open	After you decide what options you want, clicking the Open button imports the video and, optionally, the accompanying audio into your project.

For more information, see:

Video playback, import, and export

To load a video file into a project

To delete the video from the project

To enable or disable video playback

To set the Time display format