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Author Topic: Ingest Options - Clip versus Package Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 08-14-2013 11:54 AM                     I'm not sure about the other servers/processors but the user interface on the Dolby DSS200 provides the option to view local content as either "clips" or "packages." I always select "packages" and ingest from that view -- but is there truly a difference? A recent screening of a feature had trouble with subtitles. This was the first subtitle issue in a little over a year (since I replaced an unshielded cable with shielded). Hence, I think the cause of this particular issue is different from what we had been previously experiencing. Other venues that used the same hard drive were not affected, so I don't think we can blame the content or the drive. Is it possible that this feature was ingested as a "clip" instead of a "package"? (I didn't ingest it, and the operator wasn't paying attention to that.) I can't seem to find anything definitive to explain why that option exists, and what the key differences are.  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 08-17-2013 11:59 AM                     Looks like I'm not the only person who doesn't know the answer. I'll report back when I find out. BTW: Our current feature has subtitles, ingested as "package" and is playing fine.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 08-17-2013 01:34 PM                     I believe "packages" is a throwback to the days when movies were larger than a single drive. The package allowed one to span the installation over several drives. Clips is the proper way to ingest all content now.  |  IP: Logged

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