+<img src="/images/status-bar.png" alt="The status bar">
+<p>The status bar is an informative bar at the top of the window, showing:</p>
+<ul>
+ <li><dfn>File:</dfn> the file format used in the session, including when recording</li>
+ <li><dfn>TC:</dfn> is the timecode, i.e. the number of frames per second used by the session (for videos)</li>
+ <li><dfn>Audio:</dfn> gives the sample rate used in the session, and the latency computed from the buffer size</li>
+ <li><dfn>Buffers:</dfn> decribe how much data is buffered, see below</li>
+ <li><dfn>DSP:</dfn> for Digital Sound Processing, shows how much of the CPU is used by Ardour and its plugins</li>
+ <li><dfn>X:</dfn> shows the number of xruns since Ardour's launch, see below</li>
+ <li><dfn>Disk:</dfn> reports the remaining hard disk space as the time that can be recorded with the current session setting</li>
+ <li><dfn>a Clock</dfn> showing the system time</li>
+ <li><dfn>a Log button</dfn> that indicates if Ardour has encountered any warning or error.</li>
+</ul>