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The Pool
Convert Files
Selecting the option “Convert Files” on the Media or con-
text menu opens the Convert Options dialog which oper-
ates on selected files. Use the pop-up menus to specify
which audio file attributes you want to keep and which you
want to convert. The available settings are:
• Sample Rate
Keep as is, or convert to a sample rate between 8.000 and 96.000 kHz.
• Sample Width
Keep the sample width (resolution) as is, or convert to 16 Bit, 24 Bit or
32 Bit Float.
• Channels
Keep as is, or convert the file to Mono or Stereo Interleaved.
• File Format
Keep as is, or convert to Wave, AIFF, Wave 64 or Broadcast Wave format.
Options
When you convert a file, you can use the Options pop-up
to set one of the following options regarding what to do
with the new file:
Conform Files
By using this command, you will change all selected files
that have different file attributes than what is specified for
the project, to conform to this standard.
Proceed as follows:
1. Select the clips in the Pool.
2. Select “Conform Files” on the Media menu.
A dialog opens allowing you to choose between keeping or replacing the
original unconverted files in the Pool.
The following applies:
• Clip/event references in the pool are always redirected to the
conformed files.
• If any “keep” option is selected, original files remain in the Pro-
ject’s Audio folder and new files are created.
• If you select the “Replace” option, files in the Pool and in the
Project’s Audio folder are replaced.
Extract Audio from Video File
This Media menu item allows you to extract the audio from
a video file on disk. It automatically generates a new audio
clip that will appear in the Pool Record folder. The result-
ing clip will have the following properties:
• It will get the same file format and sample rate/width as
in the current project.
• It will get the same name as the video file.
Ö This function is not available for .mpeg video files.
Option Description
New Files Creates a copy of the file in the audio folder and converts
this new file according to the chosen attributes. The new
file is added to the Pool, but all clip references will still
point to the original, unconverted file.
Replace Files Converts the original file without changing clip refer-
ences. The references are however saved with the next
save action.
New +
Replace in
Pool
Creates a new copy with the chosen attributes, replaces
the original file with the new one in the Pool and redirects
the current clip references from the original file to the
new file. This is the option to select if you want your audio
clips to refer to the converted file, but still want to keep
the original file on disk (e.g. if the file is used in other
projects).