21 Jun
2014
21 Jun
'14
9:59 p.m.
Hi,
could you explain these options to us (the Trim
settings in itself is
clear, although it is always worth to mention they are offsets FROM
the Start and FROM the end)?
I just added this section to the manual:
http://dcpomatic.com/manual/html/ch05s06.html
Does that explain it ok?
I know the 'Keep video in sequence' belongs to
the content/timeline
box above the Timing options, but still, what does it mean?
I don't like that button very much :) The idea is, say you put two
still images into the film:
|Still-A============|Still-B================|
time -->
Now perhaps you make Still-A shorter, so that it becomes
|Still-A=====| Still-B================|
time -->
With "Keep video in sequence" enabled, DCP-o-matic will automatically
move Still-B so you get:
|Still-A=====|Still-B================|
time -->
It's kind of a hack so that the full-on "timeline" stuff (which is
not very well developed) can be ignored by people who don't want to use
it.
And, a long time want to have - cue to any position
with the play
slider below the preview image, then hit a key or 'Set' button to
input the current cue time below the slider into the Trim number
boxes. Why do we have these 'SET' buttons anyway?
That would be nice. I've put it on the list:
http://carlh.net/mantis/view.php?id=372
What has become of the DVD-o-matic alternative options
'PlayTrim/EncodeTrim'?
They have disappeared. It's all done as "EncodeTrim" now.
One day I hope to put in some stuff to allow editing of CPLs to get the
"PlayTrim" functionality back. Do you miss "PlayTrim" especially?
Regards
Carl