How Do I Watch My Video ?TD Video provides a variety of ways to view your captured video.
There are several keyboard short cut keys for watching video. They include:
Spacebar Start or Stop Video Minus Slow Down Video Plus Speed Up Video < Reverse Video > Forward Video Home Go to Start of Clip End Go to End of Clip Left Arrow Single Frame Reverse Right Arrow Single Frame Forward F1, F2, F3 to F8 Several Levels of Slow Motion Of course, you can use QuickTime's movie controller to play video or move to any time within a clip. Just click on the black triangle to play the video.
Watch In A Project Window
Here's what a TD Video project window looks like. There are many varients to this window's layout. This method is useful for small groups of people, especially when they're entering data. This example shows standard definition video.
Watch Centered in a Black Display
With larger groups of people, you'll want to display your video with a computer projector. Watching video on a black display covers up some of the clutter and helps keep your audience focused on the video. If your Mac does not support 2 displays, you may need to hook up your projector in mirroring mode. In this mode, the projector shows the same image that's on your computer's display.
TD Video can display headers and footers above and below the video (optional) to display some information.
This example simulates half size high definition video (960 x 540 resolution) on an XGA (1024 x 768) resolution display. XGA resolution projectors are pretty common.
On a 2nd Display or Projector
If your Macintosh supports 2 displays, you can look at your play data on your primary computer screen and view the video on your secondary display - which might be a projector. With half size high definition video, your two displays could appear as follows.
Primary Display
Secondary Display - an XGA Projector
Use a ShuttleXPress
Contour Design makes a programmable keypad called a ShuttleXPress. It includes 5 programmable buttons and a Jog Shuttle. You can use the Jog Shuttle to display video with 7 levels of slow motion. Single frame slow motion is also very easy with the Jog Shuttle. The ShuttleXPress retails for $59. Its especially handy if your keyboard does not include the Page Up, Page Down and Home keys.
TD Video comes with a setup file for the ShuttleXPress to program its keys. As you might guess, the first key is programmed to send Page Up, the 2nd key sends Home, the 3rd key sends Space Bar, the 4th key sends Down Arrow and the 5th key (labeled Next Play) sends Page Down.