Movie Window

How to get there

Choose Window > Movie Window.

What it does

Noteman says: To play QuickTime movies in Finale for Windows, QuickTime (a free download at http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/) must be installed.

Finale’s integrated Movie Window allows you to view a MOV, MP4, or Windows Media video while working with your Finale project. This is a convenient alternative to using SMPTE to synchronize Finale with a separate video device. In this window, you can choose to lock the movie and Finale in sync with each other, or turn off synchronization to simply watch the movie without playing the Finale file. If you like, you can associate a movie with any Finale document.

• [Play • Pause • Progress Bar • Beginning • End]. These controls are the same as those you would find in a standard media player. Click these button to play, pause, move to the beginning and move to the end. You can also click and drag the progress bar to navigate to a specific point in the movie.
• Select. Click this button to navigate and select a movie file. Finale supports MOV, MP4, and WMV movie formats. If you try to load a video that is not supported by Finale, the error message "Finale does not support this movie file" is displayed. If the file extension doesn't match the video content or if the file does not meet a minimum supported resolution, the error message "Finale is unable to open this movie file" is displayed.
• Sync. Check this box to synchronize Finale playback with movie playback. When Sync is checked, Finale’s Playback Controls also apply to movie playback. Similarly, the playback controls in the Movie Window apply to Finale playback. When synchronized, Finale and the Movie Window are linked using MIDI Time Code information.
• Size: Actual • Half • Double • Other. Use these controls to adjust the size of the Movie Window viewer area.
• Time. The time indicator lists the present time of the movie indicated in: hours|minutes|seconds|milliseconds.