Viewing and editing file properties

The File Properties tool displays information saved in the active file that is saved with the file and can be displayed by media players when you save your project in a different file format.

If the File Properties tool is not visible, you can select the Show or hide the bottom pane button or choose View > File Properties. For more information, see "Arranging editing views."


Option

Description

File Name

The name of the file saved on disk.

Location

The folder where the file is saved.

Size

The size of the file on disk.

Attributes

Indicates whether file attributes (read-only, hidden, etc.) have been set.

Last Saved

The date and time the file was saved.

File Type

The file type for the file.

Format

The format used to save the audio stream.

Sample Rate

Displays the number of samples used to store each second of audio.

Click the setting and choose a sample rate from the drop-down list to set the number of samples per second used to represent the audio.

This setting will not resample the sound file. If the playback rate is different from the originally recorded rate, the pitch will vary unless the file is resampled.

Bit Rate

Displays the bit rate of the audio file.

Bit Depth

Displays the number of bits used to represent each sample.

Click the setting and choose a bit depth from the drop-down list to set the number of bits used to represent each sample.

Channels

Displays the number of audio channels stored in the file.

Click the setting and choose a setting from the drop-down list to set the number of channels stored in the file.

Length

The duration (in time and samples) of the audio file.