Steinberg Cubase 6 Manual

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Video
Frame rates
Cubase is capable of working with different types of video 
and film frame rates. For an overview about the supported 
frame rates, refer to the section 
“Frame rate (speed)” on 
page 495.
Video output devices
Cubase supports several ways to play back video files. 
Viewing video files onscreen in the Video Player window 
may work just fine for many applications, but often it is 
necessary to display video in a large format for viewing 
small details and so others involved in the...

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Video
ÖWhen importing video files via the Pool or by using 
drag and drop, Cubase can automatically extract the au
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dio from a video file. Whether this happens, depends on 
the “Extract Audio on Import Video File” setting in the 
Preferences dialog (Video page). For further information 
about extracting audio from a video file, see 
“Extracting 
audio from a video file” on page 516.
ÖWhen importing video, Cubase automatically creates 
a thumbnail cache file. The generated file is stored in the 
same...

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Video
Video files in the Project window
Video files are displayed as events/clips on a video track, 
with thumbnails representing the frames in the film. 
In the track list and in the Inspector, the following buttons 
are available:
ÖSome of these buttons may not be visible in the track 
list. In the Track Controls Settings dialog you can deter
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mine which buttons are displayed in the track list, see the 
section 
“Customizing track controls” on page 535.
About thumbnails
The individual thumbnail...

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Video
ÖThe thumbnail cache file is generated in the back-
ground so that you can continue working with Cubase.
Playing back video
To check if your video equipment is capable of playing 
back a video from within Cubase, open the Video Player 
page in the Device Setup dialog. If your system does not 
meet the minimum video requirements, a corresponding 
message will be displayed.
Video is played back together with all other audio and 
MIDI material, using the Transport controls. 
Video settings in the...

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Video
Setting the window size and video quality
To resize the Video Player window and/or change the play-
back quality of the video, select the appropriate option on 
the context menu of the Video Player window.
The following options are available:
•To resize the Video Player window, you can also drag 
the borders.
ÖThe higher the resolution, the more processing power 
is needed for playback. If you need to reduce the proces
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sor load, you can reduce the size of the Video Player win-
dow, or lower...

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Video
Editing video
Video clips are played back by events just as audio clips 
are. You can use all the basic editing operations on video 
events, just as with audio events. You can take a single 
event and copy it many times for the creation of mix varia
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tions. A video event may also be trimmed using the event 
handles to remove a countdown for instance. Furthermore, 
you can lock video events just like other events in the Proj
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ect window, and you can edit video clips in the Pool (see 
the...

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ReWire 

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ReWire
Introduction
ReWire and ReWire2 are special protocols for streaming 
audio between two computer applications. Developed by 
Propellerhead Software and Steinberg, ReWire provides 
the following possibilities and features:
•Realtime streaming of up to 64 separate audio channels 
(256 with ReWire2), at full bandwidth, from the “synthe
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sizer application” into the “mixer application”.
In this case, the “mixer application” is of course Cubase. An example of a 
“synthesizer application” is...

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ReWire
Activating ReWire channels
ReWire supports streaming of up to 64 separate audio 
channels, while ReWire2 supports 256 channels. The ex
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act number of available ReWire channels depends on the 
synthesizer application. Using the ReWire Device panels 
in Cubase, you can specify which of the available chan
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nels you want to use:
1.Pull down the Devices menu and select the menu item 
with the name of the ReWire application. All recognized 
ReWire compatible applications will be available on the...

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ReWire
How the ReWire channels are 
handled in Cubase
When you activate ReWire channels in the ReWire De-
vice panels, they will become available as channel strips in 
the Mixer. The ReWire channel strips have the following 
properties:
•ReWire channels appear to the right of the other audio 
and MIDI channel strips in the Mixer.
•ReWire channels may be any combination of mono and 
stereo, depending on the synthesizer application.
•ReWire channels have the same functionality as regular 
audio...