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9.2.12 Prerender all

With the Prerender all menu option you can prerender all parts of the

timeline that need to be processed before a play-out together in one

step. A prerendering may be indicated prior to a play-out when the

DVS system is not able to handle the contents of the timeline in real

time, for instance, a special operator. Further information about this can

be found in section “Prerendering of Timeline Elements” on

page 6-46).

9.2.13 Extract files…

The Extract files… menu option copies all files on the timeline to a

specified directory or volume, thus allowing you to archive an edited

project. The directory structure of the files on the storage will be copied

as well. Once this menu option is selected, the following window will

be displayed on the screen:

Figure 9-10: Archiving a project

In this window enter the target directory/volume of the files to be cop-

ied in the field Destination. You may also use the button to the right

of this entry field ( ) to select an already existing directory/volume or

create a new one via the provided buttons of the opening dialog win-

dow. If the entered path does not exist, it will be created.

Depending on the number of elements to be prerendered, the

length of the elements and the configured output settings, the

prerendering may take some time.

Further information about how to manage projects best when

parts of the timeline need to be prerendered can be found in

section “Notes on Project Management” on page 2-14.

After a prerendering save your project file. If an already saved

project file is not saved after a prerendering process again, the

prerendered files will not be recognized by the Edit Tool when

the project file is loaded once more, i.e. they will not be used

for a play-out. They remain on your storage and have to be

deleted manually as described in section “Cleaning Tempo-

rary Data Manually” on page A-21.