User Guide

ADOBE ENCORE DVD 2.0

User Guide

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Note: All timelines in a project are written to disc, even if they aren’t linked to anything. Make sure to delete any

orphaned (unlinked) timelines you do not want to use.

Timeline Viewer

A. Add Chapter button B. Current-time indicator C. Chapter point D. GOP header E. Poster frame F. Timeline tab displaying current

timeline G. Current timecode in timeline H. Current position in source clip I. Tracks J. Track selector K. Zoom slider

The Timeline Viewer includes the following elements:

Add Chapter Adds a chapter point at the current-time indicator.

Current-time indicator Indicates the current edit point in the timeline. This location is reflected by the frame

displayed in the Monitor panel. Similar to a cursor in text or the playback head on a video player, the current-time

indicator points to the current location in the clip and determines the timecode display.

Chapter point Marks a chapter point within the video. Chapter points are useful for jumping to scenes in the content

and can be linked to from menus, buttons, and other timelines. (See “To add chapter points to timelines” on

page 139.)

GOP header Indicates the location of a GOP (Group of Pictures) header in an MPEG-2 video. GOP headers are

visible only if you are zoomed in sufficiently. If you’ve added an AVI file, you may not see GOP headers until the

timeline is transcoded. (See “About chapter points in timelines” on page 139.)

Poster Frame Marks the frame to display in a video thumbnail button. (See “Creating video thumbnail buttons” on

page 104.)

Timeline tab Lets you determine which timeline to display by selecting the timeline name from the menu.

Timeline timecode Specifies the location of the current-time indicator within the timeline. The format of the

timecode uses semicolons (hours;minutes;seconds;frames) for NTSC projects or colons

(hours:minutes:seconds:frames) for PAL projects.

Source timecode Specifies the location of the current-time indicator within the clip (using the clip’s timecode).

Tracks Display the names of video, audio, and subtitle clips and show their locations in the timeline. Video, audio,

and subtitles are displayed on separate tracks.

Track selectors Designates the active track—the track played when you view the timeline in the Monitor panel. You

can activate only one audio and one subtitle track at a time. However, while one audio track must be active (even if

it is empty), you do not need to activate a subtitle track.

Zoom slider and buttons Zooms in and out of the timeline.

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