Apple Soundtrack - Manual (Page 115)

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Working with Video in Soundtrack
You can import a video into a project, view the video as you
work on your project, edit the video’s audio, and use markers
to synchronize audio and video.
When you import a video, the video appears in the Video tab of the Utility window, and
a video clip appears in the video track in the Timeline. The video’s audio appears as a
clip in an audio track in the Timeline, and can be moved and edited like other audio
clips. You can mute, solo, and adjust the volume and pan of the video’s audio, add
effects, and automate changes.
When you import a video from Final Cut Express, you can set the Time ruler units to
match the timecode format of the video. Any Final Cut Express scoring markers contained
in the video appear as markers in the Timeline. You can also add markers in Soundtrack
and export them to Final Cut Express with the video file. You can score markers to the
playhead, using them to synchronize your soundtrack to the action in the video.
You can work with video in Soundtrack in several ways. You can add audio clips for
dialogue and voiceover, music, ambience, and sound effects to the Timeline. You can make
roundtrips between Final Cut Express and Soundtrack as you work on both the video and
the soundtrack, or bring the final video into Soundtrack to finalize the project. When your
soundtrack is complete, you can export it as an AIFF file or export to QuickTime.
Supported Video File Formats
Soundtrack supports standard QuickTime-compatible file formats. You can import a
QuickTime movie (.mov) video file into a Soundtrack project, and can import an
MPEG-2 (.m2v) if you have installed the QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component. Video
files using NTSC, PAL, HD, and other formats supported by QuickTime can be imported
into Soundtrack. Imported video files can be up to four hours in length.