Operation Manual

Chapter 10: The Importer
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more button is clicked. (See “The Compression Options
window” on page 248.) The fixed presets are:
• DV: This provides full-quality DV capture, using about 200 MB
of disk space per minute of video.
• MPEG: MPEG compression produces smaller files than does DV,
but requires more computational horsepower to encode and
decode. This could result in slower performance on older
computers.
Scene detection: When the scene detection feature is enabled, your
footage is divided up on import into ‘scenes’ that can be displayed
and manipulated separately in the Library. This greatly simplifies the
task of locating material of interest during editing. Click the lower
more button to open the Scene Detection Options window. (See
“The Scene Detection Options window” on page 249.)
Stop at tape end: This option tells Pinnacle Studio whether to
automatically stop capturing if a blank area of tape is encountered. A
blank area – one without timecode striping – indicates virgin tape.
Provided you have avoided leaving any blank spots during shooting
(by slightly overlapping neighboring shots), this option allows for
unattended capture.
Import options for analog media
The options for analog import are similar
to those just discussed for digital sources.
See below for explanations of the
Compression Options and Scene
Detections Options windows.
Import options for file-based assets
The Mode panel provides two options
affecting importing from file.
Import Mode: This option determines
whether the media file or project file is
physically copied from the source location
to the target folder of the local hard drive
(as specified on the Import To panel.) If