Video Tracks

For more information, see the following topics:

Multiple Video Tracks in the Timeline

Multiple Video Track Playlists

Multiple Codecs on an Individual Video Track

Video tracks let you add or import video to the Timeline, as follows:

Pro Tools lets you add or import one video track per session, with a limit of one video playlist and one QuickTime or Windows Media video file on that track.

Pro Tools HD, Pro Tools with Complete Production Toolkit 2, and Pro Tools with an Avid video peripheral let you add multiple video tracks to the Timeline, with multiple video playlists and multiple video files per track.

An Avid video peripheral is required to import, play back, and edit Avid video.

Pro Tools with an Avid video peripheral lets you mix QuickTime and Avid video tracks in the Timeline (but not on the same video track).

To create a video track in Pro Tools, do one of the following:

Use File > Import to import a video file.

Drag a video file to the Timeline.

Use File > Import > Session Data to import a session containing a video track.

For more information, see Importing Video into Pro Tools.

To create a new video track with Pro Tools HD, Pro Tools with Complete Production Toolkit, or Pro Tools with an Avid video peripheral:

1 Choose Track > New.

2 In the New Tracks dialog, do the following:

Select Video Track from the Track Type pop‑up menu.

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Enter the number of new video tracks.

3 Click Create.

A new empty video track appears. Video tracks may appear slightly different depending on your system configuration or the type of video added to a video track.

 

Empty video track