ARCHOS AV400 Series - Manual (Page 21)

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IMPORTANT NOTE: When you pause at a given point to make a Start or End
Mark, the actual point of the cut will be the nearest I-Frame. I-Frames are special
can cut ONLY at an I-Frame. It is thus recommended that when you pause at the
point you want to make your Start or End mark, that you click the LEFT button
once (will jump to the previous I-frame) and then click the RIGHT button (shows
the next I-frame) so that you can see your choice of I-Frames to cut at. Go to
the I-Frame you desire and then set your Mark. Trying to set a mark between
I-Frames is ineffective since the AV400 will just choose the closest I-Frame.
at the spot you want to
make your Start mark.
Click the RIGHT button
once, then LEFT once,
and choose the I-frame
you want for the mark.
Click on the Edit function
button and select Start
Mark.
2. Let the video play.
Now click on Pause at
the location you want
to mark the end of your
segment. Choose your
I-frame and then select
End Mark from the
Edit menu. You can now
click on the Edit button
again and choose to Cut
or Crop
segment (blue portion in
the time line.)
3. Continue to mark
other segments that you
would like to delete and
use the edit Cut function.
edits, you can Save Edit
which keeps the edit
points and allows you to
re-edit another time, or
you can Write to new
File which will create a
(old-name_Edit0000).
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