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digitalVideoTimeScale

Syntax

    the digitalVideoTimeScale

Description

System property; determines the time scale, in units per second, that the system uses to track digital video cast members.

For example, if `digitalVideoTimeScale` is set to:

| 100—The time scale is 1/100 of a second (and the movie is tracked in 100 units per second).
| 500—The time scale is 1/500 of a second (and the movie is tracked in 500 units per second).
| 0—Director uses the time scale of the movie that is currently playing.

Set `digitalVideoTimeScale` to precisely access tracks by ensuring that the system's time unit for video is a multiple of the digital video's time unit.

This property can be tested and set.

Example

This statement sets the time scale that the system uses to measure digital video to 600 units per second:

    the digitalVideoTimeScale to 600