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IMPORTANT: Once you have made any time-adjustments and linked your videos to a DataSet, make sure you DO NOT open those videos using the File - Open... command!
 
The file references  include the required time information and if you open the manually, INTERACT does not know about any synchronization information.
 
ALWAYS double-click on a timecode within the Set to open the linked videos with the specified time information.

To use the information that is stored in the video reference(s), open the corresponding multimedia file(s) like this:

▪Start INTERACT

▪Open the INTERACT document (*.xiact) that contains the references.

▪Double-click on any of the time values listed.

INTERACT now automatically opens the corresponding multimedia file(s), based on the references in the data file and therefore 'knows' about any synchronization or time adjustments.

Note: If a file is not opened automatically, something in the path pointing to the file has changed (e.g. the drive letter appointed by Windows has changed).

Only this method activates any previously set time-adjustments.

Opening observational sources using the file references is important for linked multimedia files in general, but especially for:

oMultiple, synchronized multimedia files, as described in Synchronize Multiple Multimedia Files

oMultimedia files with an adjusted start point, as described in Set new Multimedia Start Point

oMultimedia files with adjusted time values, as is described in Adjust Multimedia Time value

For any of those situations, it is vital that you Link your Multimedia file(s) to your data, in order to store the settings for any of those adjustments.