Apple DVD Studio Pro 4 - Manual (Page 129)

Track Preferences
The Track preferences allow you to set a variety of defaults used when creating tracks.
• Marker Prefix (Root) Name: Enter the name that all new markers use as their prefix. The
Generate Marker Names setting, below, controls whether this root name is followed
by a number of timecode value.
• Check for unique name: Select this checkbox to ensure you will not have two markers
with the same name within a track.
• Generate Marker Names: You can select how markers are named when you create them.
Note: You can rename the markers in the Marker Inspector.
• Automatically: This setting names new markers with the prefix followed by a number
that increments each time you add a marker. (You set the prefix below.) An advantage
of this option is that you can easily tell how many markers have been added (although
the number does not take into account any markers that you may have deleted). A
disadvantage is that, because you can add markers between existing ones, the
numerical order of the markers is not necessarily the same as their order in the
timeline—the numerical order is based on the order the markers are created, not on
their position.
• Timecode based: This setting names new markers with the prefix followed by the
timecode of the video asset. (You set the prefix below.) An advantage of this option
is that the marker names are always in the order they appear in the timeline. A
disadvantage is that you cannot easily tell how many markers you have in the track.
When you select “Timecode based,” the “Auto update” checkbox becomes available.
Selecting this checkbox causes the timecode value assigned to a marker’s name to
update if you move the marker.
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