Default Directories
Work Directory for DVD Authoring
– in this directory, a temporary folder will be created using the
jobID as the folder name. This directory is where the chapter thumbnail bitmaps and the temporary bitmaps
rendered for the DVD menus. To optimize the performance of the DVD authoring stage, it is suggested that the
'Work Directory' and the DVD directory be located on different physical hard drives. (not just different partitions
of the same hard drive) The VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders must be placed at the root of a drive and their
contents will be completed at the end of the authoring stage. If an image of those directories is created, it will
be placed in the 'Work Directory'. If for some reason another job is run without completing the image creation
stage, the previously authored DVD files will be overwritten.
Work Directory for Captured Streams
– in this directory, a temporary folder will be created using the
jobID as the folder name. This directory is where the audio and video elementary streams will be written as
they are captured and encoded. For optimal performance of the DVD authoring stage, it is suggested that the
'Work Directory', 'Capture Directory' and the 'DVD directory' be located on different physical hard drives. (not
just different partitions of the same hard drive).
Drive for VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS directories (Must be the root directory)
– this directory
is where the DVD directories will be created. This option must specify the root directory, so in essence it simply
specifies a drive. See the comment regarding optimization of DVD authoring and the location of the Work
Directory relative to the DVD Directory.
Directory for saved job files
– this directory specifies where the job file is written when a job completes.
The job file is named by using the JobID as the base part of the name with the extension "job". This is the case
regardless of what the filename of the job happens to be. This is also the directory that is checked for files that
would indicate a non-unique job ID.
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