Checking Files in External Devices that Interact with Source Browser

Files saved on external devices in which file-based video or audio is recorded (e.g. CD/DVD, AVCHD camera, removable media such as SD memory card, XDCAM EX device) can be checked in the source browser window.

Showing/Hiding Source Browser Window

Switch the show/hide setting for the source browser window.

1Click [View] on the menu bar, and click [Source Browser].

When the show/hide setting for the source browser window is switched, the show/hide setting for the bin window or palette tabs combined with the source browser window is also switched. To toggle the show/hide setting individually, release the association of the window and the palette.

Combining Bin Window/Source Browser Window with a Palette

Source Browser Clip Display

In the source browser, source files are displayed as clips. Three types of clips are displayed: video clips, audio clips and still image clips.

Video clip

(1)

Poster frame

The main image of the clip

(2)

Start timecode/end timecode

Displays the start and end timecodes of the clip.

For clips on DVD or removable media, the duration is displayed.

(3)

Clip name

Displays the clip name.

Audio clip

(1)

Start timecode/end timecode

Displays the start and end timecodes of the clip.

For clips on CD or removable media, the duration is displayed.

(2)

Clip name

Displays the clip name.

Still image clip

(1)	Thumbnail display	Displays the thumbnail.
(2)	Clip name	Displays the clip name.

Selecting Clips

Clips are selected in the source browser in the same way as in the bin.

Selecting Clips

Sorting Clips

Clips are sorted in the source browser in the same way as in the bin.

Sorting Clips

Note

Clips on CD/DVD can be sorted only in the detailed clip view.

Switching the Display Folder

Displayed folders are switched in the source browser in the same way as in the bin.

Switching the Display Folder

Checking Clip Properties

Clip details such as the frame rate and start timecode of clips can be checked.

The properties of clips on CD/DVD cannot be checked.
Duration, file size and other clip properties can be checked when the clip view is switched to the detailed clip view.

Clip View Display

1Select a clip in the clip view, and click [Properties] in the source browser.

The [Clip Properties] dialog box appears.

[Clip Properties] Dialog Box

Alternative

Right-click a clip and click [Properties].
Checking properties: [Alt] + [Enter]

2Confirm the details, and click [OK].

[Clip Properties] Dialog Box

The displayed tab varies according to the type of clip.

[File info] tab	Check type, data size, and other details of files.
[Video info] tab	Check the start TC (timecode) and end TC, or image size, poster frame, aspect ratio, color correspondence range, field order, codec, frame rate, and other information.
[Stereoscopic info] tab	If a clip is not a stereoscopic clip, divide a clip to handle it as a stereoscopic clip. Handling Non-Stereoscopic Clips as Stereoscopic Clips
[Audio info] tab	Check the start and end TCs, re-acquire wave information (waveform representation of audio), and check the playback settings.
[Still image info] tab	Check the format or image size, duration, aspect ratio, and color correspondence range.

Searching by the Simple Search Bar

Clips are searched for by the simple search bar in the source browser in the same way as in the bin.

Searching by the Simple Search Bar