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[Application]

Set EDIUS operations.

[Audio monitoring mode]

Set audio output default value for monitoring on the Player or Recorder.

Audio Monitoring

1Click [Settings] on the menu bar, and click [System Settings].
2Click the [Application] tree, and click [Audio Monitoring Mode].
3Set each item.
[Player]
[Default]

Set the default value of the audio monitoring mode for the Player when the project starts.

When [Off] is selected, the project starts without setting the audio monitoring mode.

[ChannelMap - Monaural]

Specify the default value by channel map when [Custom] is selected in [Audio Monitoring Mode] and monaural clip is played back. To change the clip to be played back on the Player to stereo, right-click on the track patch of the source channel and click [Audio Source Channel (Stereo)] *.

[ChannelMap - Stereo]

Specify the default value by channel map when [Custom] is selected in [Audio Monitoring Mode] and stereo clip is played back. To change the clip to be played back on the Player to monaural, right-click on the track patch of the source channel and click [Audio Source Channel (Stereo)] *.

[Recorder]
[Default]

Set the default value of the audio monitoring mode for the Recorder when the project starts.

When [Off] is selected, the project starts without setting the audio monitoring mode.

[Channel map]

Specify the default value by channel map when [Custom] is selected in [Audio Monitoring Mode].

*When [Audio Source Channel (Stereo)] is set, a frame appears around the button icon in the menu.

4Click [OK].

You can continue to set other items by clicking [Apply].

[Playback]

Set playback operations.

1Click [Settings] on the menu bar, and click [System Settings].
2Click the [Application] tree, and click [Playback].
3Set each item.
[Stop Playback at Frame Drop]

Stop the playback when playback processing cannot keep up with the playback speed.

[Playback Buffer Size]

Specify the size of the buffer used for realtime playback in MB (megabytes).

[Buffered Frames Before Playback]

Set the number of frames buffered when starting playback. When playback stops because it cannot keep up with the speed just after playback is started, the situation may be improved by increasing the number of frames.

4Click [OK].

You can continue to set other items by clicking [Apply].

[Capture]

Set EDIUS capture operations, processing at automatic detection of events, and other operations.

1Click [Settings] on the menu bar, and click [System Settings].
2Click the [Application] tree, and click [Capture].
3Set each item.
[Margin]

Set the length of the margin added at In and Out points at capture operation.

[Confirm Reel Name Setting after Setting Device Preset]

After a device preset is selected in the [Select Input Device] dialog box at a capture operation, the dialog box for setting the reel name appears.

[Confirm File Name at Capture]

Check and set the file name at a capture operation. If you select [Before Capture], you can set the destination and file name before performing capture. If you select [After Capture], you can set the destination and file name after capture is finished.

[Load to Player after Capture]

Play back the file created after capture automatically.

[Correct Audio Errors Automatically]

Correct audio errors automatically at a capture operation.

[Set file names for 2 file Capture]

If you create 2 files for the L side (for left eye) and the R side (for right eye) with 2 streams at stereoscopic source capture, set the suffix for the file name for L and R sides.

[Automatic Detection of Capture Events]

Select the conditions for automatically inserting cuts in files at capture operation. Cut insertion conditions are as follows:

  • [At Timecode Break]

  • [When Aspect Ratio Changes]

  • [When Sampling Rate Changes]

  • [When the recorded Time Date Changes]

[When an Event is Detected]

Select how cut positions are processed.

If you select [Divide Files], files are divided at the cut position. If you check [Group Divided Files as Sequence], multiple divided files are registered to the bin as a single sequence clip.

If you select [Add Marker], a clip marker is set at the cut position.

[Deck Control after Capture]

Select the deck state after capture operation from the list.

4Click [OK].

You can continue to set other items by clicking [Apply].

[Render]

Set the reference of rendering options or the timing to delete rendering files.

1Click [Settings] on the menu bar, and click [System Settings].
2Click the [Application] tree, and click [Render].
3Set each item.
[Render Options]

Select the rendering target. For example, if you check [Filters] and a rendering option is set when a filter is applied on a clip placed on the timeline, the area of that clip changes color to yellow. By unchecking [Filters], the area will not change color to yellow. By default, all items below are checked.

Color Coding of Time Scale

[Filters]

Select video filters as the rendering target.

[Transition/CrossFades]

Select transitions and title mixers as the rendering target.

[Key/Transparency]

Select key effect and transparency (when changed from the default) as the rendering target.

[Speed Change]

Select clips that feature any speed adjustments from the default value of 100% as the rendering target.

[Contents that are not in the Project Format]

Select clips matching any of the following formats as the rendering target:

  • Frame size different from that in the project

  • Aspect ratio different from that in the project

  • Frame rate different from that in the project

  • Field order different from that in the project

  • Compression format different from format handled by codec specified in the project settings

  • Clip including alpha information

[Render Decisions]

Check this item to perform rendering when the buffer becomes less than the set value in [Buffer Left: Fewer than] at playback.

[Buffer Left: Fewer than]

Set the left of buffer value to be referenced for rendering decisions.

[Delete Invalid Rendered Files]

Select the timing to delete rendering files.

Rendering Overload Areas of the Entire Sequence

Rendering Overload Areas between In and Out Points

4Click [OK].

You can continue to set other items by clicking [Apply].

[Profile]

Register editing environments as profiles and manage these profiles.

Editing Environment Management

[Project Preset]

Create new project presets and manage project presets.

Creating New Project Presets

[Loudness Meter]

You can register reference to be used at the loudness measurement as a preset.

1Click [Settings] on the menu bar, and click [System Settings].
2Click the [Application] tree, and click [Loudness Meter].
3Click [Add].
4Set each item.
[Preset Name]

Enter the name of the sequence.

[Momentary Gating]

Enter the measurement time for the momentary value.

[Short-term Gating Block Size]

Enter the measurement time for the short-term value.

[Overlap]

Enter the overlap value.

[Relative Gating threshold]

Enter the relative gating block level.

[Target Level]

Enter the target level.

[Meter range]

Set the meter range.

[Group 1]/[Group 2]

Set the output channel assignments for L/R/C/LS/RS channels.

Set the assignment to both [Group 1] and [Group 2] to measure 2 groups simultaneously.

[Downmix]

Select an equation of the downmix process from the list.

[Add]

Add a preset.

[Delete]

Delete a preset.

[Register]

Register the preset for the settings.

[Import]/[Export]

Import/export the setting file for the loudness meter.

Measuring Volume

5Click [Register].
6Click [OK].

You can continue to set other items by clicking [Apply].

[Source Browser]

Set the transfer destination used when importing a file from the source browser.

1Click [Settings] on the menu bar, and click [System Settings].
2Click the [Application] tree, and click [Source Browser].
3Set each item.
[File transfer folder]

Specify the transfer destination of the file. If [Custom folder] is selected, click [Browse] and specify a transfer destination.

[Create folder with date]

Check this item to create the date folder in the folder set in [File transfer folder].

[File transfer folder path]

Display the path of the transfer destination. “%MediaType%” is the name of the source media to be transferred by the source browser.

4Click [OK].

You can continue to set other items by clicking [Apply].

[File export]

Make a setting to delete the last frame when exporting a file in 720/60p or 50p so that the number of the frames will be even. This setting is applied to export and batch export operations.

1Click [Settings] on the menu bar, and click [System Settings].
2Click the [Application] tree, and click [File export].
3Set each item.
[Round off to even frame when exporting 60p/50p.]

Check this item to delete the last frame when exporting a file in 60p/50p so that the number of the frames will be even.

4Click [OK].

You can continue to set other items by clicking [Apply].

[SNFS QoS]

Restrict the SNFS bandwidth when loading files from the K2 Media server. This function allows to easily load a file without affecting the other operations.

1Click [Settings] on the menu bar, and click [System Settings].
2Click the [Application] tree, and click [SNFS QoS].
3Set each item.
[Enable QoS.]

Check this item to restrict the SNFS bandwidth.

Drive list

The list of SNFS drives appears.

[Add]

Click this item to display the [QoS] dialog box, then add an SNFS drive.

[QoS] Dialog Box

[Del]

Delete an SNFS drive from the drive list.

[Modify]

Change the SNFS drive settings.

4Click [OK].

You can continue to set other items by clicking [Apply].

[QoS] Dialog Box
[Drive]

Select a drive to restrict the bandwidth.

[Bit Rate]

Set the upper limit of the bandwidth.

[Check for updates]

If the updated EDIUS is released, the update information is automatically notified at the startup of EDIUS.

1Click [Settings] on the menu bar, and click [System Settings].
2Click the [Application] tree, and click [Check for updates].
3Set each item.
[Check for online EDIUS updates.]

Check this item to automatically notify of the release of the updated EDIUS at the startup.

[Update Notification] Dialog Box

4Click [OK].

You can continue to set other items by clicking [Apply].

[Update Notification] Dialog Box
[To update, click here.]

Click this item to download the updater.

[Do not show this message for 30 days.]

Check this item not to automatically notify of the release of the updated EDIUS for the next 30 days.

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