Setting the Real-Time Playback Preference

In a Player view or in the fullscreen Player, you can set a Player preference that determines whether real-time playback has priority over a playback that includes every frame or vice-versa. Real-time playback is also influenced by the hardware on which you are running Composite, and the load on that machine at the time you perform the playback.

To set real-time playback preferences:

1. In the Player view or fullscreen Player, middle-click or press the tilde key (~) to display the Gate UI and go through the south gate.
2. In the Player options, select the Playback tab and locate the Frame Rate area.
   
3. Set the real-time playback preference.

   Play All Frames Select this button to play every frame, regardless of the impact on real-time playback. Deselect to have the Player view drop frames if necessary to perform playback as close to real-time as possible.

   Note

   A busy cursor appears in the lower-left corner of the Player when Composite is processing the composition during playback.

4. If you want the Player to stop playing if a tool is dropped into the dependency graph, select the Stop on Drop button.