Audo-sense end of content
– First it needs to be mentioned that sensing the end of recorded content on
a tape is not an exact science. What this feature depends on is the unchanging frames of a solid color. In
cases where unrecorded tapes play as static or video noise, the auto-sense feature does not work. When
converting home videos, the operator should be aware that if long unrecorded sections of tape are encountered
between scenes, setting the timeout too short could result in the capture prematurely being stopped. In
addition to these caveats, it is important to remember that it is best to set the record length as close as possible
to the actual running time since this could affect the video bitrate. Having made all those disclaimers, we can
proceed by pointing out that the auto-sense tests the audio level as well as the video level. The sensitivity
slider is provided for cases where tapes or players produce a solid frame that is a little more variable in color or
is not as constant from frame to frame. If you find that the capture is not being stopped at the end of recorded
content when you think it should be, decrease the sensitivity by moving the slider to the right. This will lessen
the tolerances on what is considered a solid frame or what is considered unchanging (frame to frame) video.
Audio Notifications
This tab is the page that allows the audio notifications to be set up. They can be enabled or disabled and the wave
files for each can be specified. The user can create their own notification wave files if the ones supplied are not
adequate. The two numbers associated with each notification are the number of times to repeat the notification,
and the frequency at which to repeat it. Setting the number of times to repeat to zero will cause it to repeat
indefinitely until the user presses a button. This is useful if the user wishes to pause the job before a certain phase
to check or change some of the settings. For example, the user can set the burn complete notification to infinite
allowing them to check the DVD for beginning and ending date stamps. These date stamps can then be entered
into the date field on the job page before proceeding to print the paperwork. If the number of times to repeat is not
zero, the notification will be played that many times at the specified frequency, after which the job will automatically
continue. The play buttons are used to listen to the wave file.
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