The New Beta Segment Editor is great, but...

[JFerguson]

A couple of things:

It would be nice if we could blank by VTS, or while blanking within a VTS, we had a shortcut key (like "B") to do so. Mousing gets a little tiring/cumbersome, especially when there's a lot of blanking within a VTS.

I did notice that you can still double-click to rotate through encoding options, so we still have the status quo at least. I thought I had to click off of the segment to blank, but I was mistaken - FYI...


The other thing that is a little confusing for me is the output between the two segment editors. If I blank with the new editor, the main movie bitrate and DVD-size do not appear to get auto-adjusted. If I switch to the old editor (after saving blanking work with the new one, and same session), it does register the change in bitrate for the feature, as if I had blanked with the old editor.

But, comparing the .ECL file between blanking via the two editors (in two different sessions), shows that the .ECL file is slightly different. Old blanking registers changes in "vbr_brate_avg=" for the feature, new blanking does not. Does this parameter serve a function, or is it informational, with the average bitrate being calculated/picked-up from somewhere else?

Thanks -- hope this isn't too confusing...

[jdobbs]

The two aren't really compatible in the way they work. The original segment editor was limited in that it only did a few functions (blanking, slideshow, etc...) and worked very specifically when it did. But it was also restrictive because it controlled the allocation of any bits you've saved. The new editor give you a free hand. That makes it a lot more capable for some of the functions I have planned in upcoming versions. One of the things you have to watch with the new editor is that if you blank something and save space -- you have to decide yourself where you want it to go (e.g. the feature).

It makes it a lot more friendly to series discs, though.

[kRuZaDeR]

Do you have to run the 'PREPARE' phase again after modifying in the New Segment Editor?

I have not had a chance to use the old one either, so I am practically don't have a clue. At least I knew that you are able to use this in the 3-click mode. It took me awhile to find out about this since I stuck myself into using the 1-click mode.

Thanks for the info.

[jdobbs]

No. But you have to save your work when you exit it. If you open it again later you will see that the settings are the same as what you saved.

If you do run the PREPARE again after your changes you will be right back where you were before editing.