X-Git-Url: http://shamusworld.gotdns.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=include%2Fstatus-bar.html;h=4079eaa1592ac9e65e3a8dfd56d257e0e49112db;hb=976060f5e2c2064c0574f2f8764721452679db53;hp=ecad71959feb75d5310234dc02d8970c7c0cdc73;hpb=2098e011e638b5c86c56e68df7757975fc4d728f;p=ardour-manual diff --git a/include/status-bar.html b/include/status-bar.html index ecad719..4079eaa 100644 --- a/include/status-bar.html +++ b/include/status-bar.html @@ -1,23 +1,28 @@ - +
The status bar is an informative bar at the top of the window, showing:
-File: | the file format used in the session, including when recording |
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TC: | is the timecode, i.e. the number of frames per second used by the session (for videos) |
Audio: | gives the sample rate used in the session, and the latency computed from the buffer size |
Buffers: | describe how much data is buffered, see below |
DSP: | for Digital Sound Processing, shows how much of the CPU is used by Ardour and its plugins |
PkBld: | (only shows up while creating peaks) displays the number of peak files left to create |
X: | shows the number of xruns since Ardour's launch, see below |
Disk: | reports the remaining hard disk space as the time that can be recorded with the current session setting |
Wall Clock | showing the system time (especially useful in full screen mode) |
Log button | that indicates if Ardour has encountered any warning or error. |
- Right clicking anywhere on the Status Bar allows to choose which of this informations we want displayed, through a checkbox menu. + Right clicking anywhere on the Status Bar allows to choose which of this information we want displayed, through a checkbox menu.
The buffers are labelled as p for playback and c for capture. If the @@ -30,6 +35,6 @@ asked is too short for the computing power of the machine. It usually results in clicks, pops and crackles if it happens while recording.
- The log button turns yellow when a warning is shown, and red when an error occurs. Clicking the log button gives acces to the log. + The log button turns yellow when a warning is shown, and red when an error occurs. Clicking the log button gives access to the log.