Destinations preferences – Apple DVD Studio Pro 4 User Manual
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• Resolution: Choose the monitor resolution to simulate. The choices include SD, HD 720,
and HD 1080.
• Display Mode: Choose the monitoring situation to simulate.
• 4:3 Pan-Scan: This setting simulates a 4:3 aspect ratio monitor with a DVD player
configured to use the pan-scan method when showing 16:9 content.
• 4:3 Letterbox: This setting simulates a 4:3 aspect ratio monitor with a DVD player
configured to use the letterbox method when showing 16:9 content.
• 16:9: This setting simulates a 16:9 aspect ratio monitor.
Destinations Preferences
The Destinations preferences control the location of files created during a variety of
processes within DVD Studio Pro.
• Show: Choose the process whose path you want to configure.
• Encoding: This process specifies the location for the video and audio files that are
created by the integrated MPEG and AIFF encoders when you import QuickTime files
into your project. See
Importing Assets That Are Not DVD-Compliant
and
for more information.
• Image Encoding: This process specifies the location for the MPEG files that are created
when you use non-MPEG still images in your menus, slideshows, and within a track.
See
Using Still Assets That Are Not DVD-Compliant
for more information.
• MPEG Parsing: This process specifies the location for the parse files that are created
when you import MPEG files. See
for more information.
• Build/Format: This process contains settings that define the default location to which
the AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS folders, created during the build process, are saved.
See
for more information on building your project.
• Palette Elements: This process specifies the location for the stock (Apple supplied)
and custom items that appear in the Palette. Each setting has its own Choose and
Reset buttons. Click Choose to open a dialog to choose the folder to use. Click Reset
to revert to the factory default settings. The default location for the stock items is
/Library/Application Support/Final Cut Studio/DVD Studio Pro/.
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