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digitalVideoTimeScale
Syntax
the digitalVideoTimeScale
Description
System property; determines the time scale, in units per second, that the system uses to track digital video cast members.
For example, if digitalVideoTimeScale
is set to:
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100The time scale is 1/100 of a second (and the movie is tracked in 100 units per second). |
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500The time scale is 1/500 of a second (and the movie is tracked in 500 units per second). |
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0Director uses the time scale of the movie that is currently playing. |
Set digitalVideoTimeScale
to precisely access tracks by ensuring that the system's time unit for video is a multiple of the digital video's time unit.
This property can be tested and set.
Example
This statement sets the time scale that the system uses to measure digital video to 600 units per second:
the digitalVideoTimeScale to 600
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