User Guide

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PERFORMANCE
Use this to set preferences related to opening and saving files.
TEMPORARY STORAGE FOLDER DEFAULT: C:\PROGRAM FILES\SOUND FORGE XP
The specified directory is used to store temporary files used by Sound Forge
XP.
Sound Forge XP stores its temporary data in a temporary directory on your
hard drive. Using temporary file space allows you to edit very large files and
keeps Sound Forge XP from eating up large portions of RAM on your
computer. Your temporary directory must have enough space to handle the
total size of all files you plan to edit at one time along with space for any
clipboard data and undo buffers.
If you change the Temporary storage folder, you will have to close Sound Forge XP
for the change to take effect.
FREE STORAGE SPACE IN SELECTED FOLDER
Shows the amount of available disk space in the selected folder.
VIDEO DECOMPRESSION MODE DEFAULT: 8 BITS ALWAYS
Determines the bits per pixel (color resolution) which will be used by Sound
Forge XP when it decompresses video frames before displaying. Note that when
a high number of bits is used, the performance demands on your system are
higher.The available modes are:
8 bits always
Sound Forge XP will always decompress the video to 8 bits per pixel (256
color).
Best for display
Sound Forge XP will decompress the video to the best format that matches
your system’s color capabilities.
Full decompress always
Sound Forge XP will always decompress the video to its original bits per pixel
when displaying.This is useful if you want to ensure that the video frames you
see contain all the color information stored in the file. Also, if you wanted to
paste frames to the clipboard, this ensures maximum resolution.