EOS R8: Movie Playback

Article ID: ART182312 | Date published: 05/11/2023 | Date last updated: 09/13/2023
 

Description

Movie Playback

Solution

 

Movie Playback

  1. Switch to playback.

    • Press the Playback button.
  2. Select a movie.

    • Turn the Quick control dial dial to select a movie to play.
    • In single-image display, the [SET buttonMovie files] icon displayed in the upper left of the screen indicates a movie.
    • In index display, perforations at the left edge of a thumbnail indicate a movie. Movies cannot be played from index display, so press the Quick Control/Set button to switch to single-image display.
  3. In single-image display, press the Quick Control/Set button.

    • The playback Quick Control screen is displayed.
  4. Play the movie.

    • Press the Quick Control/Set button.
    • The movie will start playing back. Sound is played through the speaker (1).
    • You can pause playback and access the movie playback panel by pressing the Quick Control/Set button. Press it again to resume playback.
    • Press the Up button Down button keys to adjust the volume (even during playback).

Movie playback panel

Item Playback Operations
Skip backward Skips backward approx. 1 sec. each time you press Left button. Holding Left button down will rewind the movie.
Previous frame Displays the previous frame each time you turn the Quick control dial dial left (or Main dial dial right).
Play Pressing the Quick Control/Set button toggles between playing movies and pausing playback.
Next frame Displays the next frame each time you turn the Quick control dial dial right (or Main dial dial left).
Skip forward Skips forward approx. 1 sec. each time you press Right button. Holding Right button down will fast forward the movie.
Playback position
hh:mm:ss Playback time (hours:minutes:seconds, when [Movie play count] is set to [Rec time])

hh:mm:ss.ff (DF)

hh:mm:ss:ff (NDF)

Time code (hours:minutes:seconds:frames, when [Movie play count] is set to [Time code])
Volume Press the Up button Down button keys to adjust the speaker () volume.
Press the AF point selection button to go to the next screen ().
Return Press the MENU button to return to single-image display.

Digest movie playback panel

Item Playback Operations
Skip backward Previous clip Press the Left button key to display the first frame of the previous clip.
Previous frame Previous frame Displays the previous frame each time you turn the Quick control dial dial left (or Main dial dial right).
Playback Play Pressing the Quick Control/Set button toggles between playing movies and pausing playback.
Next frame Next frame Displays the next frame each time you turn the Quick control dial dial right (or Main dial dial left).
Skip forward Next clip Press the Right button key to display the first frame of the next clip.
Specified position Playback position
hh:mm:ss Playback time (hours:minutes:seconds)
Volume Volume Press the Up button Down button keys to adjust the speaker () volume.
Press the AF point selection button to go to the next screen ().
Return Press the MENU button to return to single-image display.

Controls not on the previous two screens are as follows.

Item Playback Operations
Edit Displays the editing screen ().
Slow motion Adjust the slow motion speed by turning the Quick control dial dial. The slow motion speed is indicated in the upper right of the screen.
Erase clip* Erases the current clip.
Frame Grab Available when you play 4K movies. Enables you to extract the current frame and save it as a JPEG or HEIF still image ().
Return Press the MENU button to return to the previous screen.

Displayed only during digest movie playback.

Caution

  • Adjust the volume using television controls when the camera is connected to a television for movie playback (), because volume cannot be adjusted by pressing the Up button Down button keys.
  • Movie playback may stop if the card's read speed is too slow or movie files have corrupted frames.

Note

  • To skip back or forward to the beginning of the previous or next clip during digest movie playback, press the Left button Right button keys.

 

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