MVS GUI layout

Tool bar

The tool bar buttons let you control the currently loaded media file.

From left to right, the buttons let you:

• play, pause, stop and record a file. These buttons have the standard symbols for AV devices.

• set the number of repeats for the file (curved arrow)

• set the playback sound volume (megaphone)

• set the stereo balance (arrows pointing left and right)

• fast reverse the file (standard symbol)

• fast forward the file (standard symbol).

Information pane

The information pane displays details of the current media file:

• The state of the file: AUDIO or VIDEO, PLAYING, RECORDING, PAUSED or STOPPED

• The sound volume as a percentage of the maximum

• The sound balance: Left, Right or Centre

• The number of times the file contents are played

• The audio priority

• The length of the clip in milliseconds

• The bit rate (per second).

When the a video file is loaded, the pane also contains:

• The frame size

• The frame rate.

Status bar

The status bar displays the current state of the GUI.

Figure 1. Status bar

From left to right, the boxes show:

• The path and name of the file (if any) being recorded or played.

• What the GUI is doing; for example: Recording, Opened, Playing or Idle.

• The elapsed time of clip being recorded or played, in hours, minutes, seconds and hundredths of a second (centiseconds): hh:mm:ss:cs.

See Also

Introduction to the MVS

Recording media files

Playing media files

Editing media files

Configuring and clearing files