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Figure 9-14: Setting system-wide directories
Either type in the appropriate paths or use the buttons to the right ( )
to select them. After confirming your alterations with the button OK
the DVS software will change its default paths and search for the clips
at the new locations. If found, they will be immediately available in your
project.
9.4.5 Generate proxies
For each clip available in the bin that may exceed the real-time capabil-
ity of the DVS system you can create a proxy to ensure a real-time ca-
pable environment. To create proxies select the clips that you want to
create a proxy of from the bin. Afterwards use the menu option Gen-
erate proxies to create the proxies.
This activates the Jobs tab in the tool area which will then detail the
status of the render operation(s). For each triggered render job one en-
try will be displayed. In case of several render jobs, they will be dealt
with in the current sorting order of the bin (see section “Sorting Clips”
on page 4-19). During the rendering the downconverted images of the
proxy will be stored in a reserved location for proxies on the main stor-
age.
Alternatively, you can select the menu option Create proxy on
the context menu of a clip in the bin. Further information about
this can be found in section “Using Proxies” on page 4-22.
More general information about proxies and their handling can
be found in section “Working in Real Time” on page 2-11.
It is best to handle and administer the proxy data project spe-
cific, meaning for each project in a different storage location.
Further information about this can be found in section “Notes
on Project Management” on page 2-14.