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Skipping ahead during playback
Does anyone know a shortcut for skipping ahead by, say 5 seconds during playback? Right now I am having to move my cursor, doubleclick 5 seconds ahead in the timeline, move my cursor again, etc. I am watching hours of lecture footage and am trying to find key points. All other shortcuts I have found do not work during playback, only when the video is stopped. Thanks for your help
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The only shortcut I can find that sort of does what you want are the Page Up/Page Down keys.
The only “gotcha” with them is that they jump according to grid spacing so the more you’re zoomed in, the shorter the time jumped.
There is a certain zoom point where the grid lines are exactly 5 sec.apart and that might work for you. -
Create a script with this line:
vegasApp.Transport.CursorPosition = Timecode.FromMilliseconds( vegasApp.Transport.CursorPosition.ToMilliseconds() + 5000 );
You could make a second script that used “- 5000” to move back. Change the 5000 to another millisecond value if you need a different sized jump.As far as running it, one of:
(a) Place it in a folder of your choosing and use Ctrl-Shift-S, then pick it from the list of scripts.
(b) Put it in the Vegas Script folder ([userName]/Documents/Vegas Script Menu)
(c) Or add item (b) into the Vegas Toolbar via Options, Customize Toolbar … but note you’ll get a truly generic icon in the toolbar. “Mouse hover” does reveal the script name as a tooltip though.
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