User Guide
CHP. 3 GETTING STARTED
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Supported formats for rendering
The following table briefly describes the file formats available for rendering a project.
Note:
Some plug-ins, such as MP3, may require
registration.
Creating custom rendering settings
The Custom Settings dialog appears when you click Custom in the Save As dialog. You can use the Custom
Settings dialog to create custom encoding templates for many of the file formats available in ACID.
1.
From the File menu, choose Render As. The Render As dialog appears.
2.
Choose your preferred file format from the Save as type drop-down list. If the format allows you to create
custom settings, the
Custom button becomes active.
3.
Click Custom. The Custom Settings dialog appears.
4.
Make the appropriate setting changes for the chosen file format. For help on individual settings, click the
What’sThis? Help button ( ) and click a setting.
Tip:
To save the custom settings for future use, enter a name
for the template in the
Tem pl a te box and click the Save
Te mp la t e button ( ).
5.
Click OK. The Custom Settings dialog closes.
Format Extension Description
AIFF File .aif The standard audio file format for audio used on Macintosh
computers.
MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 .mpg MPEG files are a format used when burning audio and video to a
Video CD, Super Video CD, or DVD. ACID supports MPEG-1 and
MPEG-2 file creation through the use of the MainConcept MPEG
plug-in.
MPEG-1 Layer 3 .mp3 A highly compressed format used for portable digital players and
Internet sharing of media. ACID provides 20 free MP3 encodes.
After you have used the free encodes, you must register the
plug-in to continue rendering MP3s.
Ogg Vorbis .ogg A patent-free audio encoding and streaming technology.
QuickTime .mov QuickTime for Microsoft Windows.
RealMedia .rm The RealNetworks standard for streaming media via the Web. This
option renders both audio and video into one file.
Sonic Foundry Perfect
Clarity Audio
.pca A Sonic Foundry proprietary lossless audio compression format.
Sonic Foundry Wave64 .w64 A Sonic Foundry proprietary wave format that does not have a
restricted file size (unlike Windows standard WAV format which is
limited to ~2GB).
Video for Windows .avi The standard video file format used on Windows-based
computers.
Wave .wav The standard audio file format used on Windows-based
computers.
Windows Media Audio .wma The Microsoft audio format used to create files for streaming or
downloading via the Web.
Windows Media Video .wmv The Microsoft audio and video format used to create files for
streaming or downloading via the Web.