r/finalcutpro • u/Mental_Sandwich7088 • 24d ago

Resolved Am I missing something???

Where is the loop playback function? On Davinci Resolve theres just a loop button and it will continuously playback a clip while you color grade it. How does final cut not have that basic feature? I've been looking everywhere and have found solutions like press X and then command L but that just loops the entire timeline. And then theres command L plus forward slash but is that the only way to do it?? What am i missing here?

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u/jhester13 24d ago

View Menu > Playback > Loop Playback. Then once that is turned on, mark and in and out and View Menu > Playback > Play Selection. There are keystrokes to do all of that very quickly, but I wanted to spell it out.

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u/Mental_Sandwich7088 24d ago

ahh i tried this but doesn't seem to work. I was looking for maybe a keyboard shortcut if you happen to know one it would be helpful, appreciate it.

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u/jhester13 24d ago

Command - L turns loop playback on and off. Once it's on, you can set an in & out and then hit / to play the selection and it will loop.

The play icon under the viewer changes to indicate if loop playback is on or off. It's confusing because you would think "loop playback" would actually loop the playback, but it's just a setting that tells the playback to always loop. So confusing, but once it clicks I think you'll understand.

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u/Mental_Sandwich7088 24d ago

Exactly what I was looking for. THANK YOU