Preferences

Use the Preferences dialog to enter your registration details and change user preferences. The following settings are available:

General tab

Format for displaying dates and times; whether to interpret timecode as PAL or NTSC; whether to create a backup copy when saving catalogs; whether renaming a clip or changing its bin also renames or moves the media file.

Import tab

Whether to recursively scan subdirectories when importing a directory; whether imports (and similar operations) can take place as a background activity; how to import Cinestream projects; whether to combine clips with the same tape name, in and out values into a single clip reference; whether to automatically combine start and end segments of a DV clip that spans more than one capture file.

Movies tab

Whether to import clips based strictly on the DV timecode information embedded in the media; whether to perform scene detection based on changes in time stamp or image contents (check both to for automatic operation); what naming scheme to use when automatically generating clips for each scene; what size thumbnails to create; whether to use midpoint or start of clip as initial default poster; whether to create thumbnails on first/last frame or inset at 5%/95% (in case shots fade in from black).

Previews tab

What size and quality settings to use when creating preview movies (use one of the presets, or customise your own in the Professional Edition); what size and quality previews should be created by the Live Capture Scan & Build Previews command; whether Live Capture should compensate for dropped frames when building previws; the directory in which to store previews.

Play media tab

Whether to display a preview instead if the original movie is unavailable; how fast should slide shows be shown; whether to fade between slides (Macintosh only); whether to automatically double the size of small movies or images; whether to use jog or shuttle keyboard controls (Professional Edition only).

Export tab

What line ending character to use when exporting batch logs; whether to use the whole clip or a selection within the clip when exporting clips; whether to prefix the name of exported movie files with the tape or bin name (or create subdirectories based on these names).

Printing tab

What fonts and margins to use when printing; how much extra spacing to leave around cells; any custom title to be used.

Appearance tab

Select the look and feel of the application; explicitly define the default view and grouping when a window is first opened or whether these should automatically be the same as the previous window; define whether the media or details dialog is shown when double clicking on a clip.

Registration tab

Enter the name and registration code you were sent to register CatDV, or clear an existing registration.