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Preferences dialog box: Preview tab
• Specify additional folders for preview files indicates which folder Video Editor
can use to save preview files. Specify other folders if you have additional drives or a
partitioned drive. If you only have one drive, leave the other boxes empty.
• Hard disk displays how much free space you have left on your hard drive.
• Limit hard disk usage to specifies how much memory you want to allocate just for
Video Editor's purposes. If you are only using Video Editor and want to optimize
performance, select the maximum amount possible. If you are using other programs
in the background, you may want to limit this to about half. If left clear, Video Editor
uses your system's memory management to control the use and distribution of
memory.
Preferences dialog box: Smart Proxy tab
• Enable video proxy automatically creates proxy files whenever a video source file is
inserted into the Timeline.
• Create proxy when video size is (or above) allows you to set the condition as to
when proxy files will be generated. If the frame size of a video source file is the same
as or is higher than the chosen frame size here, a proxy file will be created for the
video file.
• Proxy folder sets the folder location to store proxy files.
• Video proxy options indicate the settings to be used in generating proxy files. To
change the proxy file format or other settings, click Template to choose a template
that already contains predefined settings, or click Options to tweak detailed
settings.
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