Properties of a clip, and files with several audio tracks

Applies to 0.11Updated 5 Nov 20262 min read

Right-click a clip and choose Properties… to see everything about its file and its place in the project. Files with several audio tracks place one sound clip per track.

Properties…

Right-click an item in the Project panel or a clip on the timeline and choose Properties…. The window shows:

• the file: name, type, path, online or offline, size and date;
• its picture: frame size, frame rate, codec and duration;
• its sound: channels, sample rate, codec and its audio tracks;
• in the project: its bin and which timelines use it, how many times;
• from the timeline: the clip's track, start, end, duration, source In, speed, scale, opacity, effects and links.

Copy All copies it as text.

Files with several audio tracks

Recordings from OBS, a field recorder or some cameras hold several audio tracks. Placing such a file puts one linked sound clip per audio track: A1 the first, A2 named "(track 2)", and so on. Each plays its own track and draws its own waveform. Properties… shows "Audio tracks: 2" for the file and "Audio track: 2 of the file" for such a clip.

• If the sequence has fewer audio tracks than the file, add audio tracks first.
• Transcribe and Caption This Clip, Enhance Speech and the XML/AAF exports use the file's first audio track.