Job summary

Displays the name, location, video and audio encoding information, and the duration of the source file.

Timing

Provides the timecode for the Start point, In point, and the duration of the output file.

File properties

The following properties are available in the File Properties section of the Job inspector:

• Field order: Use the pop-up menu to set the order in which video fields are transcoded. There are three options:

  • Progressive: Scans complete frames (not frames divided into interlaced fields).

  • Top First: Scans interlaced fields, giving dominance (field order) to the top field, also known as the upper field. Top first field order is often used by 640 x 480 systems.

  • Bottom First: Scans interlaced fields, giving dominance (field order) to the bottom field, also known as the lower field. Bottom first field order is often used in professional 720 x 486 and DV 720 x 480 systems.

Metadata

The following properties are available in the Metadata section of the Job inspector:

• Closed captions: Click the Choose button to add closed-caption data to your output file.

• Add Job Annotation: Use this pop-up menu to add job annotation metadata to your output file.

  For more information about metadata, see Add metadata.

Action

For information about each job action and the properties it contains, see Job action properties.