Operation Manual

Niagara SCX User Guide
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Contents
About This Guide .................................................................................................... 1
Conventions for this guide .................................................................................................. 1
Welcome to Niagara SCX ........................................................................................ 3
System features .................................................................................................................. 3
Quick Start ............................................................................................................... 5
Setting up Niagara SCX environment .................................................................................. 5
Beginning to encode ........................................................................................................... 5
Niagara SCX and Explorer Basics .......................................................................... 7
Niagara SCX window design ................................................................................................ 7
Toolbar ................................................................................................................................ 8
Menu bar............................................................................................................................. 9
File menu ....................................................................................................................................9
Edit menu .................................................................................................................................11
View menu ...............................................................................................................................11
Insert menu ..............................................................................................................................11
Creating a new Niagara SCX Explorer connection ............................................................ 12
Inserting a new encoder ...........................................................................................................14
Sample encoder views..............................................................................................................15
Encoder menu ................................................................................................................... 16
Starting an encoder ..................................................................................................................16
Stopping an encoder ................................................................................................................16
Resetting an encoder ...............................................................................................................17
Help menu ......................................................................................................................... 17
Stopping the Niagara SCX Explorer ................................................................................... 17
Windows Media Options and Settings ................................................................. 19
Auto/Name tab ................................................................................................................. 19
Input tab............................................................................................................................ 20
Video Settings tab ............................................................................................................. 22
Audio Settings tab ............................................................................................................. 23
EQ Properties window..............................................................................................................24
Compressor Properties window ...............................................................................................25
Output tab ......................................................................................................................... 26
Filters tab .......................................................................................................................... 28
Profile Settings tab ............................................................................................................ 30
Video Cropping tab ........................................................................................................... 31
Watermarking tab ............................................................................................................. 32
Closed Caption tab ............................................................................................................ 33