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DMP-8000 Content Standards Quick Guide
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09 June 2020
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Various video-editing software tools are used to create dynamic video content to play on the DMP-8000 player.
This quick guide gives the recommended software settings to create optimal video content for displays in three
different size categories.
• Small displays - up to approximately 350K pixels
• Medium displays - approximately 350K - 2.5M pixels
• Large displays - more than 2.5M pixels (or any display wider than 3840 pixels)
These display size categories are approximate. Depending on the system requirements, it may be benecial to
choose one size over another.
Note: For display sizes that are not divisible by 2 (either width or height), increase this number by one when
creating content.
Content Creation with Adobe
®
Media Encoder (Small or Medium Displays)
Standard video editing programs such as Adobe
®
After Effects
®
or Adobe
®
Premiere
®
Pro are used to edit video
clips, composite video, or add special effects. After editing the video with one of these programs, route the
content through a secondary program to convert it into its nal delivery format. For small or medium display
content, use the Adobe
®
Media Encoder (AME) with a congured Preset.
Display Size/Type Recommended Output File Type AME Preset
Small - no alpha MOV using the Animation codec (RBG: 8 bits per channel) 1
Small - alpha MOV using the Animation codec with alpha (RGB+A: 8 bits per channel plus alpha) 2*
Medium - no alpha MP4 using H264 compression 3
Medium - alpha MOV using the Animation codec with alpha (RGB+A: 8 bits per channel plus alpha) 2*
* These use the same MOV RGB+alpha Preset.
Adobe
®
Media Encoder
For small and medium displays, route the nished, edited video content through the Adobe
®
Media Encoder
(AME).
If working with the Adobe
®
After Effects program, follow these steps:
1. Go to Composition > Add to Adobe Media Encoder Queue. Refer to
Figure 1. The Adobe
®
Media Encoder program opens automatically.
2. Create a Preset (during initial setup only) or use a pre-congured Preset
(after initial setup). Refer to Create a Preset (p.2) or Use a Preset
(p.4).
Figure 1: Adobe
®
After Effects to AME