FCP: Playing clips in list mode in browser

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FCP: Playing clips in list mode in browser

I have a few projects that have come in to FCP with Keywords. When I press the space bar to play a clip in the browser I get the drop down to show the keyword collection where the clip is selected instead of playing the clip.

I tried deleting all the keyword collections, and when I hit the spacebar to play the clip it then shows me the options for video roles.

I need list view for the clips while I organize. Yet I don't know the name of the keyboard short cut that is allowing spacebar to show keywords and / or video rolls to change them from the space bar.

Hope this makes sense. It's a real slow down in the work flow.

MacBook Pro (2017 – 2020)

Posted on Jan 16, 2024 2:43 PM

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Answer 1

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BenB

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Mar 4, 2024 6:51 AM in response to sowza

You are seeing normal behavior for list. It's always been like this.

You have to click the clip's thumbnails first in the browser to play it back, you can't just click on the name then the space bar, as would be logical. Nope, you select the clip, the highlight the thumbnail, then hit the space bar.

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Tom Wolsky

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Jan 16, 2024 4:31 PM in response to sowza

Try resetting your preferences. Hold ⌥ ⌘ as you double click the library you want to open to launch the application. A dialog appears asking you if you want to Delete Preferences. If you don't do this while double-clicking your library, the application will open a default Untitled library.

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BenB

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Jan 17, 2024 8:49 AM in response to sowza

OS level shortcuts override app level shortcuts.

System Settings > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts, then click "Restore Defaults." That's fixed keyboard shortcut issues more times than I an count.

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Mar 4, 2024 2:12 AM in response to sowza

sowza wrote:

I did not. I recently deleted and reinstalled FCP to fix another problem. This did not fix the space bar play problem. In list view it still pulls up the keywords or roles options. I have to clip on the clip at the top for the space bar to play first... frustrating.

When you press space, keep an eye on the menu bar. Can you see which (if any) menu title highlighting?

In normal use, ie., with space causing playback to start or stop, it highlights the View menu (because the command is actually View->Playback->Play)

If something else highlights, we may dig into that menu to try and find what is getting activated, and maybe figure out how to prevent that.

Also: does "space" show as the shortcut in the View->Playback->Play?

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sowza Author

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Jan 17, 2024 5:37 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

I deleted the preferences and still have the same problem. But thanks Tom.

I noticed if I press control Tab, it takes me up to the clip then I press play and it plays.

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재원50

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Mar 4, 2024 3:50 PM in response to sowza

setting -> keyboard -> keyboard shortcut -> keyboard -> "Tab..." deactivation or activation

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Tom Wolsky

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Jan 16, 2024 2:48 PM in response to sowza

What OS and FCP version is this? What exactly is selected when you press the spacebar? Post a screenshot.

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Answer 8

Jan 16, 2024 9:28 PM in response to sowza

When I press the space bar to play a clip in the browser I get the drop down to show the keyword collection where the clip is selected instead of playing the clip.

I have never experienced such a case. Did the same phenomenon occur with older versions such as 10.6.10?

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sowza Author

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Mar 3, 2024 11:21 AM in response to 재원50

I did not. I recently deleted and reinstalled FCP to fix another problem. This did not fix the space bar play problem. In list view it still pulls up the keywords or roles options. I have to clip on the clip at the top for the space bar to play first... frustrating.

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