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| author | Carl Hetherington <cth@carlh.net> | 2019-01-28 23:10:22 +0000 |
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| committer | Carl Hetherington <cth@carlh.net> | 2019-01-28 23:10:22 +0000 |
| commit | 0317705d1031d4f529a99b26034a8c9ab7f72ba1 (patch) | |
| tree | 1530a6073f6b71973c140c1085a344f0955776c2 /doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml | |
| parent | 1409af06f789ee1a832e61ed722cc48ed18f89f3 (diff) | |
Export in the manual.
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diff --git a/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml b/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml index cc19d9ebf..0e3a9a7dd 100644 --- a/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml +++ b/doc/manual/dcpomatic.xml @@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ to encode a single frame which it can then repeat. <!-- ============================================================== --> -<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.0" xml:lang="en"> +<chapter xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.0" xml:lang="en" id="ch-manipulating-existing-dcps"> <title>Manipulating existing DCPs</title> <para> @@ -2065,6 +2065,43 @@ from the timeline is also preserved. </chapter> +<!-- ============================================================== --> +<chapter xml:id="ch-export" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.0" xml:lang="en"> + <title>Export</title> + + <para> + As well as creating DCPs from the content you specify, DCP-o-matic + can also export projects to ProRes and MP4 files. This is most + often useful to convert DCPs to a file that is smaller and easier to play back. + </para> + + <para> + To convert a DCP to ProRes or MP4, the first step is start a new + project and import the DCP (see <xref + linkend="ch-manipulating-existing-dcps"/>). Then, choose + <guilabel>Export...</guilabel> from the <guilabel>Jobs</guilabel> + menu to open the export dialogue, as shown in <xref linkend="fig-export"/>. + </para> + + <figure id="fig-export"> + <title>Export dialogue</title> + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="screenshots/export&scs;"/> + </imageobject> + </mediaobject> + </figure> + + <para> + From this dialogue you can select the required output format, + output file and, in the case of MP4, the quality of the output + file. Higher quality files will, of course, be larger. + </para> + + <para> + You can also choose whether to mix down multichannel sources to stereo and whether you want to write separate reels to separate files. + </para> +</chapter> <!-- ============================================================== --> <chapter xml:id="ch-encryption" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.0" xml:lang="en"> |