Chapter 2 — Using the Filter Manager API
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Common Encode Parameters: The Windows Registry
Spectrum users must not disable the CineView Pro decoder.
Note that if you disable the CineView Pro decoder, you will not be able to
perform real-time confidence monitoring. If you disable the Argus VTR
control software, you may sacrifice frame-accurate starts.
Common Encode Parameters: The Windows Registry
Applications based on version 2.4 or later of the Argus software use the Windows
Registry exclusively to store and retrieve parameters for an encoding session.
Although previous versions of Argus software used the Registry to some extent,
they still relied on the ArgusConfig.txt configuration file and on a handful of
COM
Put()
methods to set a few exceptional encoding parameters. Now all
encoding parameters can (and should) be stored in and loaded from the Registry.
Figure 2-2 illustrates typical interactions between Argus-related software and the
Windows Registry.
One useful feature of the Registry method of storing encoding parameters is that it
is not necessary to set up the Registry before the first encode. If the application
attempts to load from the Registry when there are no encode settings there, Filter
Manager responds by saving all of the default settings to the Registry, creating all of
Figure 2-2. Windows Registry Transactions
