AV News 189 - August 2012
Assuming that you choose to convert, nothing much seems to happen for a
while, then the file name changes in the slide list to filename.converted and
a new file appears in your file list. Job done and skip the rest of this section
if you want.
But what has it done? Could you have had more control over the process?
Well yes, a lot more control if you desire. By right clicking on a video file in
the file list (not the slide list), one of the options will be to 'Convert Video
Clip'. Choose this and a new window will appear, called 'Video converter'.
In addition to a few buttons, the essential areas are a file list on the left, a view
of some video on the top right and some options and sliders below that.
You may well find that you have a few files in the list, maybe marked
'completed', but at least you ought to have one marked 'paused'. The
chances are that this is the one you chose to convert, so select it by clicking
on it. The clip should appear in the right hand window and simple controls
allow you to play the video, or you can 'scrub' along it, as in PTE or O&A.
If you're happy to use it in it's entirety, at its captured pixel size, then click
the button marked 'Convert Selected'. This will do exactly the same as the
automated process will have done if you hadn't intervened.
So what might you want to do? You might chose to change the format of
the output file, reducing the quality and file size, or you might want to trim the
clip to remove unwanted video at the start or end of the clip.
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