Quicktime keys

[topliner]

Greetings,
I am new to this forum. I've been using Scrivener for a couple of weeks and I think it's great.

1. Until now, I've been using the program to write a novel but I'm a working journalist, too, so today I thought I'd use it to transcribe an interview.

I saved my guy's interview as a Quicktime file, imported it and opened it in the bottom pane of Compose. I started transcribing the interview in the top pane. This is better than using a combination of the QT player and Word because, in Scriv, you only have to make one mouse-click to stop and start the audio. (When you're using two programs for this task, you have to make one mouse-click to switch to QT from Word and then another click/keystroke to operate the player.)

However, when you want to start writing in the top pane, you have to click the mouse in the pane before you can start typing again.

Is there any way that certain keys can be made to operate the audio without leaving the pane that you're typing in?

Forgive me if this seems nit-picking but, if it were possible to offer this functionality, Scrivener could offer itself to a significant segment of the market beyond novelists. I'd buy it for that function alone, never mind its novel-writing strengths.

2. I note your request for ideas on how root folders might be organised for journalists and I'll have a play around with this in mind in the coming days.

Thanks for a great program.

Cheers,
John

[KB]

Thanks, John, this is exactly the sort of suggestion that I need for the beta. It will be very easy to add shortcut keys to play and stop the movie/audio file, so I've added this to the "to do" list. It should make it into the next beta (or the one after that at the latest). It's great to hear that Scrivener is being used for something else other than novel-writing, too - I deliberately picked a general writing name for the program rather than something like "Novelist" because I hoped it would be useful for other writers, too.

Glad you're enjoying using the program.
Thanks,
Keith

[amberv]

This would be awesome for us writers who take audio notes to ourselves while out and about. Woo! I like it.

[topliner]

Great stuff, Keith.

Yes, amberv, lots of people use audio notes, so that would help there. The other thing I thought of was film reviewing, or academic work to do with the visual arts. If your hands don't have to leave the keyboard to operate the player, your workflow speeds up bigtime, I can tell you.

Cheers
John

[KB]

Quick update: this is now done for the next beta. You can toggle playing/pausing media files using Cmd-Return and you can step forward or backwards through the media file using Alt-Cmd-[ or ]. So you can now transcribe in Compose mode, stop, start and move forwards and backwards through the movie file, and then continue typing in the other view without your fingers having to leave the keyboard.
Cheers,
Keith

[topliner]

Blimey, that was quick work! Top man.

I look forward to trying it out...

Cheers
John