REDUCING TO STILL A PROGRAM CHAIN

 

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General

Reducing to still a Program Chain means reduce all the cells to one still each. Reducing to a still can be done keeping the audio or also dropping it.

 

Selection I-Frame mode:

The user can select the mode of selection of the I-Frame:

- First: means to use the first frame in the cell

- Middle: means to use one cell from the middle of the cell

- Last: means to use the last frame in the cell

- Auto: means to use the largest I-Frame (in terms of bytes used) of the cell

 

Also, from the Cell list window dialog, the user can manually select any I-Frame in the Cell.

 

Reducing with audio:

When reducing to still with audio, the cell is truncated until the first Nav pack with buttons active. From this VOBU until the end the audio and subs are kept. So the outputted cell will have one VOBU with video and all the others without video (only audio/subs)

 

Reducing without audio:

When reducing to still without audio, only one VOBU is outputted. The VOBU will have all the subs and the selected I-Frame.

In IFO file, the PGC is modified to include a “still time” in each cell. The amount of seconds is taken from the original Cell duration, but the user can preset some constraints in its minimum (cells with buttons) and maximum (cells without buttons) values

 

Blanking no-buttons cells:

This option allows to blank the cells without buttons, typically used for intros, transitions…In the case of reducing without audio, it is recommended to activate this option.