Selecting Sections of Media Files

When working in audio/video sources you can select sections of the media file for transcribing, playing, coding, linking, annotating and so on.

To select a section of a media file, click and drag the mouse over a section of the timeline:

Selecting media while playing

To select a section of a media file while the file is playing:

  1. Play the media file or drag the playhead to the point where you want to start selecting.

  2. On the Media toolbar, click the Start Selection button.

  3. Click the Finish Selection button when you want to stop the selection:

                                                                                        Start Selection

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                                                                                                       Finish Selection

Selecting media to assign to a transcript row

To select a section of a media file to assign to an existing transcript row:

  1. Click on an existing row.

  2. Click and drag the mouse over the section of the timeline you want to select.

  3. On the Media menu, click the Assign Timespan to Rows button.

The timespan is displayed on the selected row.

 

To select a section of a media file to assign to a new transcript row:

  1. Click and drag the mouse over the section of the timeline you want to select.

  2. On the Format menu, click Insert and select Row.

The new row will be inserted and displayed by order of timespan.

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