AudioDirector Preferences. CyberLink AudioDirector 7.0

CyberLink AudioDirector Help

Chapter 11:

AudioDirector Preferences

Use the CyberLink AudioDirector preferences to select a UI language, set the default profile settings for audio files, and more.

To configure your preferences in CyberLink AudioDirector, click the button.

General Preferences

In the Preferences window, select the General tab. The available options are as follows:

Internet

· Automatically check for software updates: select to periodically check for updates or new versions of AudioDirector automatically.

Language

· Use system default language: select this option for the language display to be the same as the language of your operating system.

· User defined: select this option and then select the language from the dropdown list that you want to use.

Editing

· Snap to reference: select this option if you want the timeline slider and clips to snap to reference points during the editing and mixing process. The reference points include timeline markers and other clips on the timeline.

Timebase display

· use this option to set the default timebase display used. The timebase display sets the value used at the top of the AudioDirector timeline. Timecode displays the audio by playback time, while Bar/Beats displays it by tempo, or beats per minute. Click the Tempo button to manually set the tempo used in the timeline. See the instructions in

Determining Tempo for more information

on using this feature.

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Messages

· Click the Reset button to reset the all the "Never show again" confirmation dialogs back to the default settings. All of the confirmation dialogs will display again once selected.

File Preferences

In the Preferences window, select the File tab. The available options are as follows:

File default profile settings:

· Sample rate: select the sample rate from the drop-down that CyberLink

AudioDirector will use by default when producing audio.

· Bit depth: select the default bit depth from the drop-down that CyberLink

AudioDirector will use when producing audio.

· Channels: select the default number of channels you want in the audio files produced by CyberLink AudioDirector.

Project Preferences

In the Preferences window, select the Project tab. The available options are as follows:

Project default profile settings:

· Sample rate: select the default sample rate from the drop-down of the audio in newly created projects.

· Bit depth: select the default bit depth from the drop-down of the audio in newly created projects.

· Channels: select the default number of channels of the audio in newly created projects.

Default project folder:

· Project folder: set the folder where CyberLink AudioDirector project files are saved by default. To change this folder, click folder.

and then select a new

· Working folder: set the folder that CyberLink AudioDirector uses to store the

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CyberLink AudioDirector Help working files it creates when editing, mixing, and adding effects to your audio. To change this folder, click and then select a new folder.

DirectorZone Preferences

In the Preferences window, select the DirectorZone tab. The available options are as follows:

Auto sign in:

· Auto sign in to DirectorZone: select this option and then enter in your e-mail address and password to automatically sign in to DirectorZone when the program is opened. If you do not have a DirectorZone account, click on the

Get an Account button.

Privacy rules:

· Allow DirectorZone to gather editing information: select this option to allow

DirectorZone to collect information about how you edited the sound clips you are uploading to DirectorZone.

Audio Settings Preferences

In the Preferences window, select the Audio Setting tab. The available options are as follows:

Audio hardware settings

· Default input: from the drop-down select the audio hardware device, such as a microphone, that you want to use by default when recording audio in

CyberLink AudioDirector.

· Default output: from the drop-down, select the connected audio device you want the audio to be outputted to during playback.

Hardware Acceleration

Preferences

In the Preferences window, select the Hardware Acceleration tab. The available options are as follows:

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Hardware acceleration:

· Enable hardware acceleration for video decoding: if your computer supports

NVIDIA CUDA/AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing/Intel Core Processor

Family technology, select this option to use hardware acceleration to decode the video during the editing process and when previewing videos.

CyberLink Cloud Preferences

In the Preferences window, select the CyberLink Cloud tab. The available options are as follows:

· Back up and restore your preferences: if you have a CyberLink Cloud subscription you can click Back up to CyberLink Cloud to back up program preferences to CyberLink Cloud. Click Restore from CyberLink Cloud to replace your current program preferences with the ones you previously backed up on CyberLink Cloud.

· Download folder: click the button to change the folder where CyberLink

Cloud sound clips, projects, and media are stored when downloaded.

· Clear CyberLink Cloud cache: click the Clear Offline Cache button to free up some disk space by emptying the temp files stored when downloading content from CyberLink Cloud.

· Sign out from CyberLink Cloud service: if you are currently signed in to

CyberLink Cloud, click the button to sign yourself out.

Note: click the Account Information link in the bottom right corner of the preferences windows if you want to know your CyberLink Cloud subscription expiry date, how much storage space you have, and more.

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