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The browser area to the right shows the contents of the currently selected bin in the bin list. Every clip you import, every timeline you create, and every AAF, XML, EDL and other file types you can import appear here. You can create or import as many timelines as you need within a single project.
As elsewhere, the Media Pool can be displayed in either Metadata view, Thumbnail view, or List view. In List view, you can sort the contents by any one of a subset of the total metadata that’s available in the Metadata Editor of the Media page. Of particular interest to audio editors are columns for Clip Name, Reel Name, different timecode streams, Audio Channels, Format, Audio Codec, Date Added, Flags, and Duration.
For more information on using all of the features of the Media Pool, see Chapter 18, “Adding and Organizing Media with the Media Pool.” In the sections that follow, some key features of the Media Pool are summarized for your convenience.
Importing Media Into the
Media Pool on the Fairlight Page
While adding clips to the Media Pool in the Media page provides the most organizational flexibility and features, if you find yourself in the Fairlight (or other) pages and you need to quickly import a few clips for immediate use, you can do so in a few different ways.
1 Select one or more clips in the Finder.
2 Drag those clips into the Media Pool of DaVinci Resolve, or to a bin in the Bin list. Those clips are added to the Media Pool of your project.
1 With the Fairlight page open, choose File > Import > Media.
2 Use the Import dialog to select one or more clips to import, and click Open.
1 With the Fairlight page open, right-click anywhere in the Media Pool, and choose Import Media.
2 Use the Import dialog to select one or more clips to import, and click Open. Those clips are added to the Media Pool of your project.
For more information on importing media using the myriad features of the Media page,
see Chapter 18, “Adding and Organizing Media with the Media Pool.”
Media Pool Preview Player
The Media Pool has a preview player at the top that provides a place to open selected source clips in the Media Pool, play them, add marks to log them, and set In and Out points in preparation for editing them into the Timeline via drag and drop. The Media Pool Preview Player effectively acts as a Source monitor for editing in the Fairlight page.
— Various viewing controls populate the title bar at the top. A drop-down menu at the upper left lets you choose a zoom level for the audio waveform that’s displayed. To the right of that, a Timecode window shows you the duration of the clip or the duration that’s marked with In and Out points.