Specifications

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Blackmagic Media Express – Preferences
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Media Express preferences are accessed from Media Express>Preferences on Mac OS X or
Edit>Preferences on Windows. Any settings which are grayed out are only used with other Blackmagic
Design capture products and are not required by H.264 Pro Recorder.
Project Video Format
Project Video Format defines the frame size of the current H.264 project. Choose “Native (Progressive)” for
full resolution encoding of your video or select from a number of popular device presets including iPad and
YouTube. H.264 Pro Recorder automatically detects the frame rate of your video.
Capture File Format
The Capture File Format always sets the video codec to H.264, and the file format to MP4, when using H.264 Pro
Recorder. Other choices appear in this menu when using other Blackmagic Design capture products.
The Quality button provides access to the H.264 encoding settings and is only available when H.264 Pro
Recorder has detected a valid video input signal. We recommend leaving the maximum bit rate unchanged from
the default setting.
Other preferences
Other preferences for H.264 Pro Recorder include defining the storage location for your video and still frame
captures, stopping the capture if dropped frames are detected, setting widescreen standard definition to
anamorphic, and also pre-roll and timecode offset settings for tape decks with an RS-422 connection.
Preferences in Mac OS X
Video formats are provided for popular devices as well as full
resolution, Native (Progressive) video.
The Quality button provides access to the H.264 encoding
settings.