User Guide

4-2ENCODING VIDEO AND AUDIO
Encoding Audio and Video
In this lesson you will use your own source tapes to create a two-minute
segment of MPEG-2 video with Dolby Digital stereo audio.
1 Launch the encoding tool.
2 Insert a tape into the video deck.
3 Use the Machine Control window to start, stop, and cue the source tape.
4 Choose File > New.
Click to jump to
the timecode
entered in the
In, Out, or
Cue field.
Toggles the monitor
display between the
source video (input)
and the encoded
MPEG video
(decoder.)
Slider bar – drag to
move through the video
timeline.
Frame forward and
frame back.
Rewind, Play, Pause,
Stop, and Fast Forward
buttons. Click and hold
the Rewind and Fast
Forward buttons for
more options.
Select the source material’s
timecode format (PAL,
NTSC, drop-frame, or NTSC
non-drop-frame.)