Opening Videos

The V1 stores video files as “tabs” in one of five “bins.” Bins act as storage categories and help you to organize your videos. The bins have the default names of Current, Stored, Models, Lessons, and Titles. Two additional bins appear—Results and Live—which do not store videos, but have special uses as described later. You will notice that tabs are color-coded to match parent bin colors. When you click a bin button, tabs belonging to that bin will be displayed below the bin names. Only 10 tabs are displayed at a time. If the Current bin has more than 10 tabs, arrow buttons will appear on either side of the list of tabs to allow you to scroll left and right. If your system has a large number of tabs, you may hold down an arrow button to continue scrolling with acceleration. Oh, and in case you were wondering, each bin can hold up to 9,999 tabs.

Digital VCR Tools

Video controls that appear similar to those found on a VCR appear at the bottom of the V1’s window. When a video is opened, these controls become available. When the video is not moving, the video is said to be “paused.” To move the video by a single frame either forward or backward, click the appropriate Step button found on either side of the Pause button. Each of these buttons may be held down to advance frame-by-frame until you release the button. To begin slow motion, either forward or backward, click the appropriate Slow button found next to the Step buttons. To stop slow motion, click the Pause button. To play the video at full speed, click the Play button. There are specific situations in which the Play button is unavailable. These include Compare Mode when both videos are selected, and when the video is “flipped.” Each of these features is discussed in subsequent sections. To stop slow motion or full speed playback, click the Pause button. Playback will “wrap around” and continue indefinitely if the Replay button is highlighted. Click the Replay button to alternately enable and disable this feature.

Comparison

The V1’s video window may be split to allow you to open and control two videos simultaneously. The Compare button will activate Compare Mode. Click the Compare button again to exit Compare Mode and return to use of the entire video window for a single video. In Compare Mode, the video position slider will split into two, and there will be three new buttons placed between the sliders.

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