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Appendices : AVI 1, AVI 2 and AVI ref Page 245
A still image file such as JPEG or BMP is imported as a 5 seconds Clip in the Timeline. You can of course adjust its
duration with the Clip handles in the Timeline
Notes:
A single still image is imported as a 5 second Clip.
A sequence of numbered still images is imported as one image per one video frame.
Imported still images are loaded in RAM.
Ctrl + I creates a regular video Media File from a sequence of numbered still images. The alpha channel is not used
by this conversion.
AVI 1, AVI 2 and AVI ref
AVI 1, AVI 2, & AVI ref are variants of AVI Windows Media File formats.
• AVI 1 only supports files smaller than 2 GB (which allows not much more than an 11 minutes DV file to be
recorded).
• AVI 2 supports files larger than 2GB.
• AVI ref can be used in order to record a group of AVI 1 files exceeding 11 minutes.
If you have to move AVI ref files from one location to another (typically from one VCube recorder to different Pyra-
mix DAWs), make certain that the path to files will remain exactly the same. E.g. if AVI ref video Media Files are
saved in the folder
D:\Video capture on the VCube station, they must also be copied to an identical folder
D:\Video capture on the Pyramix station. Otherwise, the path inside to AVI referenced media will no longer be
valid, and DS video player or Windows Media Player won't be able to play the video files. Annoyingly, Windows
Media Player and DS Player are not able to seek (fast forward, rewind...) in an AVI ref file. This type of video Media
File has to be played from the beginning.
With VCube it's quite different. VCube is able to play displaced AVI ref files without any difficulty as long as all the
elementary files composing an AVI ref (I.e. the AVI ref file and the referenced Media Files) are in the same folder.
The path to the media must not to be the same as the original path on the recording machine. VCube is able to
seek in a displaced AVI ref file.
AVI 2 files recorded with a VCube can be universally read by any standard Direct Show Video applications such as
the DS video player option in Pyramix without any of the above limitations. Then the path to media can be what-
ever you want on the playback machine. Windows Media Player and DS Player are also able to seek freely in such
an AVI 2 file.
MPEG Settings (MainConcept Encoder)
MPEG Overview
MPEG is both a compression codec and a file format (.mpeg,.mpg etc.)
MPEG Types
The following MPEG types are available as outputs for the Encoder. This list introduces the different formats; for a
detailed explanation, please refer to a specialized technical reference book.
MPEG-1 — The MPEG-1 format has been developed by the Motion Pictures Experts Group, and it enables you to
compress video and audio data with lower bitrates using a specific standard. You can save the format on a com-
puter or a normal CD-ROM, and play it back using a software or hardware decoder. The MPEG-1 format is used for
VCDs.