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Measuring with the Plug-Ins
Dolby
®
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Unlessarangeisspecifiedhere,DolbyMediaMeter2measurestheentirefile.If
timecodeisembeddedinthefiles,themeterwilldefaulttotimecode;iftimecodeisnot
present,thethemeterwilldefaulttorealtime.Highlighteitherorboththebeginning
andendfields,andty
penewvaluestochangethem.DolbyMediaMeter 2supportsall
commonvideoframerates,aswellasframes,seconds,andsamples,inadditionto
real‐timemeasurement.
5. Click
Measuretostartprocessing.
DolbyMediaMeter2displaysapercentage‐completetallyandprogressbarduring
processing.Duringmeasurement,the
MeasurebuttonchangestoCancel.
Whenmeasuringencodedfiles,DolbyMediaMeter2candisplayuptofourdifferent
measurementtypessimultaneously,asshowninFigure 3‐4.Choosethefromthenine
availableoptionsbyright‐clickinginameasurementbox.
Whenmeasurementfinishes,youcanreadthelog(asdescribedinSection 5.1)orviewa
gra
ph(asdescribedinSection 5.2).
Additional Selectors for Dolby TrueHD and Dolby E
WhenaDolbyTrueHDfileischosen,DolbyMediaMeter2displaystheadditionalselector
showninFigure 3‐5,allowing youtochoosewhichpresentationDolbyMediaMeter2
shouldmeasure.Theselectorlistsonlyind e pend entanddownmixedpresentations.
Copiesarenotdisplayed,astheirvaluewouldbeidenticaltothepresentationofwhi
ch
theywereacopy.
Figure3‐5
Figure 3-5 Dolby TrueHD Presentation Selector
WhenaDolbyEfilecontainingmorethanoneprogramisselected,DolbyMediaMeter2
allowsyoutochoosewhichprogramDolbyMediaMeter2shouldmeasure.Theselector
listsonlythe programsthatexistintheselectedDolbyEstream.
Inbothcases,measurementdoesnotproceeduntilyouhaveind
icatedachoice.
3.4 Measuring with the Plug-Ins
AsaProTools
®
RTAS
®
orVSTplug‐in,DolbyMediaMeter2measuresloudnessinreal
time,lettingyoutracklevelsduringthemixingprocesstoaidinmeetingnetworkdelivery
requirements.DolbyMediaMeter2cansimultaneously displayuptosevenofthenine
possiblemeasurementsdescribedinSection 4.6.Chooseameasurementtodis
playby
right‐clickinginameasurementboxandchoosingfromthecontextmenu.Figure 3‐6
showsaplug‐inexample.
Note: LargeDolbyTrueHDfilesmaytakealittlelongertoopenthanotherfiletypes
becauseMediaMeter2mustexaminetheentirefilebeforebeginningtomeasureit.