About encoder views
The main window of Windows Media Encoder has numerous panels that provide information about the current session. The panels that are displayed when you encode depend on the type of content being encoded, the number of sources set up for the current session, and your personal preferences. You can display additional panels or hide the ones that are displayed. Any changes you make to the window are saved between sessions.
- Properties panel. Includes properties that you can use to adjust the settings related to the current session or to set up a custom session.
- Video panel. Displays the content you are encoding. Depending on the type of content, you can customize the window to show just the pre-encoded content, the encoded content, or both. In some instances, the source content or encoded output is not displayed during encoding.
- Sources panel. Lists each source in the current session. You can switch between sources while encoding by clicking the appropriate source button.
- Audio panel. Contains controls for monitoring and adjusting the volume of the audio stream you are encoding.
- Device panel. Appears when you have a device connected to your computer either through an port or a COM port using a video tape recorder (VTR) that supports the Sony RS422 protocol. You can control the play, pause, stop, fast-forward, rewind, and eject functions of your device in this panel. You can also create an edit decision list (EDL) to automatically encode specific time segments of your content on one or more video tapes.
- Monitor panel. Contains status information about the session.
- Script panel. Appears if you enabled scripts as a source type when you set up the current session. You can insert a script command into the stream during encoding from this panel.
To display or hide a panel, on the View menu, click the panel you want to display or hide.
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