How do I open a movie in Dorico?

Dorico
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I would like to play around with the movie option, but I cannot find a way to open or import a movie.

2

You can attach a video file by either right click on a flow card in setup mode and select Video / Attach from the context menu or drag and drop the video file into the time line in play mode.

3

Which formats are supported? .avi, .mkv and .mp4 format aren’t recognized.

4

Dorico supports the same formats as Cubase and Nuendo, described here: https://helpcenter.steinberg.de/hc/en-us/articles/115000808250-Video-support-in-Cubase-and-Nuendo which includes avi and mp4 containers, however there are a huge number of different video formats inside the container, and only a subset of those are supported (though the list is getting longer all the time)

Note that we discovered a bug yesterday where videos won’t attach if they have a long path (this is already fixed for the next update). So ensure the file has a short name or isn’t in a deep directory structure.