Conversion Options Tab
The Conversion Options tab controls various preview, loading and system preferences.
Preview Options:
Always Scale/Shrink To Aspect Ratio Correct Full Screen Display –
Enable this option to have ProCoder 3 always compensate for pixel aspect ratio differences and provide an accurate on-screen display. It is recommended to keep this option enabled.
Preview Devices:
Use Overlay on Desktop – Enable this option to use video overlay for preview. Video overlay is faster than standard video and therefore uses less system resources. You should disable this option for remote desktop or if your preview stays blank.
Source Loading Options:
Apply modified Source options to similar Sources – Enable this option to use modified source options on subsequent source files. With this option enabled, subsequent sources of similar types will be loaded with the same source parameters as the previous source of the same file type. This is useful for Watch folders because it allows source files to be adjusted automatically without the need for the user to interact with the software.
For example, let’s say you have an AVI file that does not have square pixels and you set it so the pixel aspect ratio isn’t square (i.e. DV NTSC). If Apply modified Source options to similar Sources is enabled, the next AVI source file you load will retain the same settings used before, and will load the file with the pixel aspect ratio set to DV NTSC, instead of the default setting.
Force Internal DirectShow MPEG Decoder – this forces ProCoder 3 to use the built-in decoder, even when using DirectShow graphs.
Default Subtitle Language – select what subtitle language should be pre-selected when loading a VOB.
System:
Temp. Dir – Some conversions need to save temporary files. Click the Browse button to choose a location for your temporary directory.
Cache Dir – ProCoder 3 retains some information in order to speed certain types of conversions. Click the Browse button to select the location to use for ProCoder 3’s cache files.