- Select one of the 7 stamp Duration modes:
Mode 1: Stamp all the frames.
Mode 2: Scene detection stamping. When this mode is selected, time stamp will be on for a user-specified amount of time whenever the scene changes. Scene change is defined as the discontinuity in time code of more than the specified threshold in the DV video file being stamped.
Mode 3: Date detection stamping. When this mode is selected, time stamp will be on for a user-specified amount of time whenever the date changes.
Mode 4: Periodic stamping. When this mode is selected, time stamp will be on for a user-specified amount of time (on-time) during a user-specified period. Of course this only makes sense if the on-time is smaller than the period.
Mode 5: Mark stamping. When this mode is selected, time stamp will be on for a user-specified amount of time at every user specified In-mark. See Preview Control for details on setting marks. For this mode to work, at least one In-mark has to be set.
Mode 6: Range stamping. When this mode is selected, time stamp will be on starting from every user specified In-mark to the following Out-mark. See Preview Control for details on setting marks. For this mode to work, at least one In-mark has to be set.
Note: Once stamping starts at an In-mark, any In-marks before next Out-mark will be ignored.
Mode 7: Stop-watch stamping. This mode is the same as Mode 6, except the time will be reset to 00:00:00 at the In-mark, the time stamp for each frame between this In-mark to the next Out-mark will be the elapse time from the In-mark to the frame. In effect the time stamps serve as a stop-watch that times the event between the In-mark to the next Out-mark. Some users find this useful to time a sport event.
Note: Once stamping starts at a In-mark, any In-marks before next Out-mark will be ignored.
Limitation: Valid time formats for Stop-watch mode stamping are: 21:50:38, 09:50:38 9:50:38:00, 09:50:38:00, 9:50:38.000, 09:50:38.000.
Limitation: The total duration between the In-mark and the Out-mark should not be more than 24 hours (in case multiple clips are shot for the event). Otherwise the elapse time will not be correct.
- For the Duration Modes 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6, check Enable Fade box to turn on stamp fade in/out.
- For the Duration Modes 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6, check Enable Delay Stamping box to turn on delay stamping.
The fade in/out time applies to both fade in and fade out. For example, if the Duration is in Mode 2 (scene detecting stamping) with the stamp on time being 10 seconds, and the fade in/out time being 3 seconds, then it will take 3 seconds to fade in the stamp to its full brightness, stay that way for 4 seconds, and take another 3 seconds to fade out.
The selected stamp (date or time) will be delayed by a user-specified amount of time. For example, for the scene detection stamping (Mode 2) of 3 seconds, 90 NTSC (or 75 for PAL) frames after the scene changes would be stamped without Delay Stamping. With Delay Stamping of 2 seconds, vDTS would skip 60 NTSC (50 PAL) frames and stamp the next 90 NTSC (or 75 for PAL) frames.
Note: Delay Stamping could be used to do alternating date/time stamping (e.g. stamp date for 2 seconds, then stamp time for the next 3 seconds whenever date changes).
- Click OK button to save the changes and exit the dialog.
- Click Cancel button to discard the changes and exit the dialog.
- Click Help button to bring up this Help page.