Marking in and out points for playback

If you want to play only a portion of a video, you can use the Mark In and Mark Out buttons to select the portion of the video you want to play.

If mark in and out points have been set in an MXF clip, Catalyst Prepare will read the mark in/out points from metadata. After you add a clip to the library, you can choose whether to synchronize mark in/out points with the source clip:

  • If you want to save mark in and mark out points with the library, clear the Synchronize mark points with file check box on the Summary tab in the Inspector. For more information, see "Viewing and editing metadata."

  • When the Synchronize mark points with file check box is cleared, mark in and mark out points for MXF clips are saved back to the source media when you edit them in Catalyst Prepare, and your library will be updated if the mark in and out points are edited on disk.

  1. Click the Organize button at the top of the Catalyst Prepare window to view the Media Browser.

  2. Double-click a file in Organize mode to load it in Edit mode.

    3. You can also use the Preview pane in Organize mode to adjust mark points.

  3. Click the Logging button at the bottom of the Catalyst Prepare window.

  4. Click the trackbar below the transport controls to set the play position indicator:

    If the current clip contains discontinuous timecode, an indicator is displayed in the timeline to identify the discontinuity:

  5. Click the Mark In button.

  6. Click the trackbar below the transport controls to set the play position indicator.

  7. Click the Mark Out button.

    When you click the Play button, playback will start from the playback position indicator and continue until the Mark Out position or the end of the file.

    If you want to play the Mark In/Mark Out region in a continuous loop, select the Loop Playback button .

    You can quickly log mark in/out points by clicking the In, Out, and Length boxes at the bottom of the Catalyst Prepare window and typing new timecode values. (Not available for MXF proxy-only clips with embedded timecode.)

    Type new values in the Mark in and Mark out boxes on the Summary tab in the Inspector to edit the clip's mark in and mark out points. (Not available for MXF proxy-only clips with embedded timecode.) For more information, see "Viewing and editing metadata."

    You can adjust mark in/out points by dragging the indicators above the trackbar.

    To reset mark in/out points, click the More button and choose Reset mark in/out points.

    If the current file contains essence marks, they will be displayed on the timeline as diamonds . Essence marks are displayed in the Mark Points tab in metadata mode. For more information, see "Viewing and editing metadata."

    When browsing your library, an indicator is displayed to represent a clip's mark in/out points: