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Software Preferences Nucoda and Phoenix 2014 Install Manual
Software Preferences
The layout and organisation of the application preferences are discussed in the User
Login and Preferences chapter.
The main application preference file is called general.prefs and it is located inside the
ROOT \ Users folder as :
● AllUsers \ general.prefs
● <User> \ general.prefs
The <User> version may be a minimal number of settings while the AllUsers version
might be complete. See the User Login and Preferences chapter for a discussion.
In addition to the general.prefs preference file, there are some others that are also used
to store application settings.
note
Understand that references to the preference file general.prefs below might be to the
<User> folder specific version or that stored in the AllUsers folder.
Overview
The main areas requiring configuration are :
● Default folder for projects
● Various media folders (e.g. caches, proxies etc.)
● Rendering threads to use
● MXF media search paths
note
Any folder paths you specify in the general.prefs file can be relative or absolute (full
path). A relative path in this file will be relative to the folder containing the
general.prefs file itself (i.e. the root folder).
alert!
Any folder paths you specify in the general.prefs file must include a trailing slash
character. Use S:\CacheFolder\ and not S:\CacheFolder.
Folder Locations
Paths for important folders are set in the general.prefs file.
The following sections include some default and recommended folders to use for
application metadata (e.g. projects) and generated media (e.g. renders, captures).
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