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A professional built-in video player that enables you to score to picture by syncing Song and video playback.

Video Player Interface:
Open the Video Player by clicking on the Video Player icon in the toolbar or by selecting it from the View menu. When first opened, you see a black screen with the text “Movie Not Loaded” displayed. The bottom toolbar contains controls for the video player as follows:

Remove Video Click to remove the currently loaded video.
Extract Audio Click to extract the audio from the video and place it on an audio Track in the arrangement.
Video Offset Set a value.
Video Options Choose to display the video as Half Size, Default (original) Size, or Double Size.
Stop/Play Click to stop or start video playback independent of the Song.
Online This is engaged by default and enforces sync between the Song timeline and the video playback. Click to disengage if you prefer that the Song and video playback positions not be synced.
Mute This is engaged by default and mutes the audio output from the video. Click to disengage if you want to hear the audio output from the video.
Size Click-and-drag the lower right corner of the video player to freely size the window.

Import Video

The simplest way to import a video file is to drag-and-drop it from the File Browser into the arrangement. Supported video files appear in the browser with a Film Strip icon. You can also use the Import Video menu in the Video Player to import any supported video file.

Drag a video file from the File Browser to the arrangement to import the video file to the Video Player. When doing this, note that the position to which you drag the video is used to set the offset for video playback. For instance, if you drag-and-drop a video to 10 seconds in on the timeline, the offset is set at 10 seconds, and video playback does not begin until that position is reached.

Hold [Ctrl]/[Cmd] while dragging to only extract the audio from the video and place it in the position to which you drag. Hold [Alt] while dragging to simultaneously import the video file to the Video Player and extract the audio from the video and place it on an audio Track.

Sync to Video

Once the video has been imported, as long as the Online button in the Video Player is engaged, Song and video playback will be in sync. When you locate the timeline cursor while stopped or during playback, the video adjusts to the correct frame.

When video playback starts, a small amount of data needs to be pre-loaded. Should there be a resulting timing offset between the video and Song playback, Studio One syncs the video during playback. This may cause the picture to jump a little after start, which is normal. For a smooth start of video playback we recommend that you stop, locate, and then start.

In common practice, it is good for you to know the frame rate of the video you are working with, and to set that frame rate in the Song/Song Setup/General menu. You may choose from 24 fps, 25 fps, 29.97 fps, 29.97 dfps, 30 fps, and 30 dfps. Ideally, you should have a reference timecode burned into the video itself so that you can compare the Song frame position with the video timecode position and ensure accurate frame sync.

What?

I second that What.
I have no idea what context this is in.

My suggestions are for PG Music techs who think outside the band-in-a-box for customers, more than two.

Sorry... I'm still not getting WHAT you're trying to talk about.

If you are trying to propose a new feature and reach the techs and programmers at PG.... you might want to post this in the PG MUSIC WISHLISTS section of the forum where people make all sorts of suggestions for the programmers to consider and possibly incorporate into future releases.

Thank you, your correct, I posted in the wrong section.