Steinberg Cubase Le 4 Manual

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Background
Cubase LE plays back video films in a number of formats. 
Under Windows, video playback can be done using one 
of three playback engines: Video for Windows, Direct-
Show or Quicktime. This ensures compatibility with as 
wide a range of video files as possible. The following file 
formats are supported: AVI, Quicktime and MPEG.
Under Mac OS X, Quicktime is always used as playback 
engine. QuickTime supports the following video file for-
mats: AVI, MPEG, QuickTime and DV.
There are two...

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Operations
About the video playback engine
In Cubase LE for Windows, you select a playback engine 
in the Device Setup–Video Player page:
Make sure to read the section “Before you start” on 
page 232.
Generally, you can expect most Windows hardware to 
work with DirectShow.
On a Windows system, the DirectShow and Video for Windows players 
are provided by the operating system, so you don’t have to install any ad-
ditional software.
Under Windows, QuickTime must be installed on your 
computer...

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lower resolution, i. e. the pictures are not as clean as when 
they are calculated. When the processes that rely heavily 
on the computer CPU are finished, the frames will be au-
tomatically recalculated, i.e. the program automatically 
switches between real-time calculation of the pictures and 
using the cache file.
The generated thumbnail cache file will be stored in the 
same folder as the video file and will get the name of the 
file with the suffix “.videocache”.
Generating thumbnail cache...

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The video will be played back together with any other 
events in the Project window as usual.
Setting the Window size
If you are playing back video in a window on your com-
puter screen, you may want to adjust the size. 
On a Mac, this is done by dragging the borders, just like 
resizing other windows.
Under Windows, proceed as follows:
Open the Device Setup dialog from the Devices menu, 
click Video Player in the Devices list and use the buttons 
in the Video Properties section to select a...

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Working with Projects
New Project
The New Project command on the File menu allows you to 
create a new project, either empty or based on a template:
1.Select New Project from the File menu.
A list of templates is displayed. When you install Cubase LE, templates 
for various purposes are included, but you can also create your own (see 
“Save as Template” on page 238).
2.Select a template from the list or select “Empty”.
A file dialog opens, allowing you to specify a folder for the new...

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option “Use File Extension in File Dialog” is activated in 
the Preferences (General page). When this is activated 
(default), the proper file name extension is automatically 
added when you save a file.
Save New Version
This function is only available as a key command, by de-
fault [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[S] (Windows) or [Command]+[Op-
tion]+[S] (Mac). When you use this function, a new 
version of the project is saved under a new file name. 
The new file will have the same name as the original...

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3.Make the desired settings.
4.Click OK. 
The project is saved in the new folder. The original project is not affected. 
However, now you could e. g. delete the original project without losing 
your project data.
Startup Options
Auto Save
If you activate the Auto Save checkbox in the Preferences 
(General page), Cubase LE will automatically save backup 
copies of all open projects with unsaved changes.
Backup copies of projects are named “-
xx.bak”, where xx is an incremental number....

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File handling The Open Document Options Dialog.
The dialog lists your recently used projects.
To open a project, select it and click the “Open Selec-
tion” button. 
To open another project not listed here, click the “Open 
Other...” button. 
A file dialog opens that allows you to look for the desired file on your disk. 
To create a new project, click the “New Project” button.
Revert
If you select “Revert” from the File menu, you will be asked 
whether you really want to revert to the last saved...