Importing Video Files

Video files are imported in the same manner as audio files:

• By using the File menu (Import–Video File).

  In the Import Video dialog, you can activate the “Extract Audio From Video” option. This imports any embedded audio streams to a newly created audio track positioned below the video track. The new track and the clip will get the name of the video file. The new audio event will start at the same time as the video event, so that they are in sync with each other.

  Note

  If you try to import a non-supported video file with the Import Video option, the Import Video dialog displays the text “Invalid or not supported file!”.

• By importing to the Pool first and then dragging to the Project window.

• By using drag and drop from the MediaBay, the Pool, the File Explorer, or the Mac OS Finder.

When importing video files via the Pool or by using drag and drop, Cubase can automatically extract the audio from a video file. Whether this happens, depends on the “Extract Audio on Import Video File” setting in the Preferences dialog (Video page).

When importing video, Cubase automatically creates a thumbnail cache file. The generated file is stored in the same folder as the video file and gets the name of the file with the suffix “.vcache”.