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Contents 1. TERMINOLOGY 2 2. DTS PRO SERIES NETWORK ENCODER 3 MANAGER’S GUIDE 2.1. Introduction 3 2.2. A Policy on Disk Usage 3 2.3. User File Management via FTP 4 2.4. Setting the Root Directory 4 2.5. Configuring Email Notification (optional) 6 2.6. Adding Users 7 2.7. Deleting Users 8 2.7. Deleting Users 8 2.9. Library Handling for Local Packi[...]

2. DTS Pro Series Network Encoder Manager’ s Guide 2.1. Introduction The DTS Pro Series Network Encoder system r equires periodic attention from a particular user - the Encoding Service Manager , or the “Manager”. The Manager is responsible for the administration of r esources and Encoder Users. The Manager’ s tasks include periodic mainten[...]

T o change root directories: 1. Start the Administrator program. A scr een similar to the following will display . Figure 1. Facility administrator initial screen 2. From the Setup menu, choose Set root directory ... Figure 2. Choose “Set root dir ectory” 3. In the dialog box, select the directory you cr eated to designate it as the Root Direct[...]

2.6. Adding users 1. Under the User menu, choose Add Figure 6. Choose “Add” 2. In the dialog box, specify a unique user name and password. 3. (Optional) Y ou may also specify an email addr ess so that the user can be notified when their jobs are submitted and completed. Figure 7. Add user dialog 4. Press OK. A dir ectory will be created for the[...]

3. Under the Job menu, choose Delete. c a Note: This procedur e only removes the completed job from the database. It is still the Manager’ s responsibility to manually remove the duplicate log files from the Root Dir ectory after removing them from the database, to maintain disk space available in the system. p ! Caution: Jobs can only be deleted[...]

2. Enter your User name and Password. Then click Log In. The Home Page will display . Figure 12. Home Page c a Note: Once logged in, you will remain so until the Log Out button is pressed, as long as you ar e using the service. However , you will be automatically logged out if you do not interact with the server for a period of five minutes. From t[...]

Figure 14. File Packer , initial screen Our example In this example, 48 kHz files are being packed and then encoded to pr oduce a DTS 5.1 DVD. 1. Select channel mapping L C R for the front channels. See T able 1, page 18. 2. Select Ls Rs channel mapping for the back channels. See T able 1, page 18. 3. LFE is set to ON. See T able 1, page 18. Manage[...]

9. (Optional) Add your company name, project name, or other details her e. 10. Frame rate: If the audio track is intended to sync with video, be sure to match its frame rate. If the video refer ence is “drop frame”, you MUST select “drop frame” her e. 24 25 29.97 (drop or non-drop) 30 If it is important to match the start of the audio track[...]

c a Note 1: If the sample rate of the input file does not match the sample rate you have chosen for the output file, a red outline will appear ar ound the input file’ s sample rate, as shown in this example. Input file sample rate does not match the selected output sample rate. In this case, you must change the output sample rate to match (step 4[...]

Figure 15. Network Encoder Job Specifier screen c a Note: The information about our example packed file is already loaded on this screen because it was the only packed file available for encoding. If you upload more packed files to your user dir ectory , you will be able to select which packed file to use for the encoding job you are about to speci[...]

the Packer . (See step 5 on page 13 for definition.) Matrix ES into standard surround channels – (read-only flag) specifies mixing of Center Surround into Left and Right Surr ound. This is dependent on the channel configuration selected when packing, and is only relevant for ES encodings. Phase shift ES channels – W orks only with ES source fil[...]

A list of completed jobs will display . T o sort the list, click on any of the red column headings. T o view the log file (text file) for a job, first select the job by clicking in the Select checkbox to the left. Then click the Display log button. Depending on your browser , you may be able to view the log file on your screen or download it to you[...]

c a Note: This method works only with Internet Explorer under Windows. The (case-sensitive) syntax for the ftp location is: ftp://<name>:<password>@<Network Encoder IP address>:2121/<name> For example, if the Network Encoder has an IP address of 10.0.0.1, the user’ s name is “User1” and their password is “passwor d?[...]

4. DVD Authoring for DTS A complete discussion of audio encoding for DTS can be found in DVD-Video Production with DTS Coherent Acoustics Audio, document number E818, which can be downloaded from the DTS website at: http://www .dtsonline.com/media/uploads/pdfs/DVD_Authoring.pdf Manager and User Guide – DTS Pro Series Network Encoder for MAC OSX 2[...]

The purpose of DIALNORM is to achieve a consistent level of dialog from one program or pr ogram source to the next. End-users set volume to achieve a pleasing and intelligible level of dialog. However , dialog level varies considerably across dif ferent program types. For example, in a featur e motion picture, dialog typically averages -27 dBFS Leq[...]

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32 Refer questions to DTS Customer Service T el: (818) 706-3525 (800) 959-4109 (USA only) Fax: (818) 879-2746 Email: proaudio@dtsonline.com DTS Pro Series network enc oder The Ideal DTS Encoder for Multi-User Facilities The DTS Pro Series Network Encoder for multi-user facilities delivers seamless integration with Apple’ s Xserve. DTS technologie[...]