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| <menuchoice>Copy</menuchoice> || If you choose to copy , the selected media files will just be copied to your '''collection folder''' without encoding. | | <menuchoice>Copy</menuchoice> || If you choose to copy , the selected media files will just be copied to your '''collection folder''' without encoding. | ||
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| <menuchoice>Transcode</menuchoice> || If you choose to transcode , the selected media files will be coded with the default encoding preset and a menu interface will pop-up. This interface has been explained [[http://userbase.kde.org/index.php?title=Amarok/Manual/AdvancedFeatures/OrganizeCollection&action=submit#Contents here]] , in a previous article. | | <menuchoice>Transcode</menuchoice> || If you choose to transcode , the selected media files will be coded with the default encoding preset: medium compression , high quality ,Ogg Vorbis (lossy). and a menu interface will pop-up. This interface has been explained [[http://userbase.kde.org/index.php?title=Amarok/Manual/AdvancedFeatures/OrganizeCollection&action=submit#Contents here]] , in a previous article. | ||
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| <menuchoice>Transcode With Custom Parameters</menuchoice> || If you choose this , you should have a little bit of encoding knowledge, because you to encode media files to custom formats and settings, provided that you have the required codecs. After you click this a new menu will appear. | |||
=== Custom Encoding === | |||
Revision as of 22:32, 18 December 2010
Overview
Transcoding is a new Amarok feature embedded in the 2.4beta1 release. It allows encoding media files to various formats while copying them to your collection. As a word of warning you should be careful when you use this feature as you are working with actual files on your hard drive so a backup is a good idea.
Interface
You can access this feature while you copy files to your collection folder by right clicking a media file then and a pop-up menu will appear.
Or you can encode media files directly on your hard drive by selecting .
Transcode Menu
If you choose to copy files to your collection the following menu interface will pop.
| Menu Item | Description |
| If you choose to copy , the selected media files will just be copied to your collection folder without encoding. | |
| If you choose to transcode , the selected media files will be coded with the default encoding preset: medium compression , high quality ,Ogg Vorbis (lossy). and a menu interface will pop-up. This interface has been explained [here] , in a previous article. | |
If you choose this , you should have a little bit of encoding knowledge, because you to encode media files to custom formats and settings, provided that you have the required codecs. After you click this a new menu will appear.
Custom Encoding |