Re: 2 Quick and Stupid Quesitons

["Bob Maple" <bobm-ds(at)burner.com>]

> Awhile back, someone had posted a help message whereby they
> inadvertently hit a button and could not see any video play or hear
> audio scrub and it was a  simple icon on the monitor somwhere.
>
> I seem to have hit that button.  What was that again.

There are two;  Down at the lower right of the right monitor, there is a 
speaker icon which turns on/off audio scrubbing, and to the right of that 
one that lokos like a monitor (a black square) which turns the viewer 
updating off.

> Secondly, while looking for that mysterious button, I notice that my
> DMS brokering icon is grey.

> What is this and do I need it?

If you're not running RP, just ignore it.  If you have an RP, it will light 
up in the center to show that it's sending jobs to the DMS broker when you 
send a job off to process; it'll also open the DMS Broker administration 
tool if you click it (but again, unless you're even running a DMS Broker 
somewhere, it won't do anything)

> OK I lied, a third.  My audio guy ( Pro Tools ) is asking why I don't
> want my audio at 24 bit now that I have DS.  I seem to recall issues
> when making Quicktimes and AVI's if the audio is 24 bit.  Could
> someone refresh my atom sized brain why this is so and should
> I be working at 24 bit.  If I do, what is the workaround to make QT
> and AVI's.

QTs seem to make 16-bit audio, but AVIs do 24-bit.  To make it 16, just make 
a new sequence with 16-bit audio and drag your 24-bit sequence into it, and 
export from that instead.

As to why to work in 24, the truth is that most people wouldn't notice or 
could hear the difference... and it's really only particularly important 
when you're actually mixing (think about it visually, like compositing in 8 
versuses 16 bit.. you have a much bigger range).


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