# How to show actual time while playback?

**URL:** <https://forums.steinberg.net/t/how-to-show-actual-time-while-playback/596598>\
**Category:** WaveLab\
**Tags:** wavelab-7\
**Created:** [December 29, 2010, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/how-to-show-actual-time-while-playback/596598 "2010-12-29T13:52:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_B\_Richman](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/johnny_b_richman/32/103_2.png) [@Johnny\_B\_Richman](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Johnny_B_Richman)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/how-to-show-actual-time-while-playback/596598/1 "2010-12-29T13:52:42Z")

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Perhaps I am missing something trivial however I am unable to find out how to get the information of actual time while playing the WAV file?  
In lower right section of WL main window I can see:

- actual mouse position
- static cursor position (the place where I click)
- total time  
But nowhere I can see the position of playback cursor like seen in WL6?? There instead of static cursor the actual playback cursor position was shown.

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**Author:** ![PG1](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/pg1/32/51201_2.png) [@PG1](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/PG1)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2010, 3:07pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/how-to-show-actual-time-while-playback/596598/2 "2010-12-29T15:07:31Z")

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What about the Time Code Tool Window?

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_B\_Richman](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/johnny_b_richman/32/103_2.png) [@Johnny\_B\_Richman](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/Johnny_B_Richman)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 10:10am UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/how-to-show-actual-time-while-playback/596598/3 "2010-12-30T10:10:24Z")

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Good hint - thank you.