Rehearse Mode provides a method of simulating playback of all timed items as they would be in the final version (broadcast or media file).
To turn Rehearse mode On or Off:
- Click the Rehearse Mode icon in the right hand section of the top menu bar
- Use F9 to toggle on and off.
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Rehearse OFF |
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Rehearse ON |
Rehearse Mode = Off
The Rehearse Mode switch controls how the text and other data is displayed when the media time-code changes.
- Subtitle column scroll position – no change.
- Subtitle column highlights – changes to show the current subtitle if in view.
- Subtitle timelines – change to show current time-code view.
- Transcription text – no change.
- Audio Description Text – no change.
- Audio Description Audio – played
- Audio Recording – enabled
- Secondary Audio Tracks – play in sync with main media, if not muted.
Rehearse Mode = On
When Rehearse Mode is turned On any change in the media time-code will cause the text and other media items to update:
- Subtitle column scroll position(s) – updates to show the Current or Next subtitle in the second row of each column.
- If text editing is active (click in a text box or press Tab) then that column will stop scrolling until text editing is stopped (click out or Esc)
- Subtitle column highlights – changes to show the current subtitle by making the outline Bold
- Subtitle timelines – change to show current time-code view.
- Transcription text – highlights each word in turn as it becomes the Current word.
- Audio Description Text – updates to show the current text item.
- Audio Description Audio – AD audio elements (if present) are played in synchronisation with the main media audio track.
- Audio Recording – Disabled
- Secondary Audio Tracks – play in sync with main media, if not muted.
Settings
By default Stellar will remember if you were in Edit Mode or Rehearse Mode last, and restart in that mode again.
If you want to force which mode Stellar starts up in you can define the start-up mode in the Media Control Widget settings.