J, K, L keyboard shortcuts for transport control
The three keycaps J, K, and L on a standard keyboard can be used as transport control hotkeys in Source Viewer. These three keys can be used to play video and audio forward, in reverse, and vary speed as described below.
- Load a video asset (clip) into an Inspector, Source Viewer, or Storyboard Editor tool.
- Press the J key to start playing the clip in reverse.
- Each time you press J, the reverse speed increases by 1X, 1.5X, 2X, 5X, 8X, 16X.
- Hold down both the J and K keys. This increases the speed of the video play in reverse by 1/10.
- Press and hold down the K key while pressing J. Now each press of J moves the video in reverse by one frame.
- Press the K key to pause the video.
- Press the L key to start playing the video forward.
- Each time you press L, the forward speed increases by 1X, 1.5X, 2X, 5X, 8X, 16X.
- Hold down both the L and K keys. This increases the speed of the video forward play by 1/10.
- Press and hold down the K key while pressing L Now each press of L moves the video forward by one frame.