4.3.3.1 Menu bar
Here you have all global commands and settings.
The item Tasklist has per track commands and settings.
File menu
- Load tasklist...
Pops up a file selection dialog and loads the chosen tasklist.
The tracks are appended to already existing tracks in the list.
Has a shortcut in the upper toolbar.
- Save tasklist...
Pops up a file selection dialog for saving the current tasklist.
Has a shortcut in the upper toolbar.
- Quit
Stop the current transcoding action (if any) and quit
Has a shortcut in the upper toolbar.
Options menu
- Preferences
Here, you configure the GUI and the default settings for newly added tracks.
The preferences are saved in the profile.
- Configure plugins
Here, you set the default plugins for newly added tracks. You can
configure input plugins (See Configuring input plugins)
and encoders (See Configuring encoders).
The plugin settings are saved in the profile.
- Load profile...
Pops up a file selection dialog and loads the chosen profile.
All configuration and plugin settings for new tracks will be
changed immediately.
- Save profile...
Pops up a file selection dialog for saving the current configuration
to a profile.
Actions
- Start transcoding
This will start transcoding of the tracks in the trasklist in top-to-bottom
order. While transcoding you can still add/delete/edit tracks in the list.
Has a shortcut in the upper toolbar.
- Stop transcoding
Stops transcoding. If the currently transcoded track is not a
live stream, the produced files are deleted from disk (unless you disable
this in the preferences). The currently decoded track is moved back to the
top of the tasklist.
Has a shortcut in the upper toolbar.
Tasklist
This menu acts on the tasklist as a whole or the selected track(s).
- Add... -> Files...
Pops up a file selection dialog, which lets you add files (optionally
with a specific input plugin) to the end of the tasklist.
Has a shortcut in the lower toolbar.
- Add... -> URLs...
Pops up a window, which lets you enter an URL (optionally
with a specific input plugin) to the end of the tasklist.
Has a shortcut in the lower toolbar.
- Add... -> Drives...
Pops up a window, which lets open a removeable disk (e.g.
and Audio CD) and append it's tracks to the end of the
tasklist. You must specify the device and the plugin.
Has a shortcut in the lower toolbar.
- Selected... -> Move up...
Move the selected tracks to the top of the list, so they will be
transcoded first.
- Selected... -> Move down...
Move the selected tracks to the bottom of the list, so they will be
transcoded last
- Selected... -> Remove...
Remove the selected tracks (without confirmation or undo).
Has a shortcut in the lower toolbar.
- Selected... -> Configure...
Configure the selected track.
Has a shortcut in the lower toolbar.
- Selected... -> Edit chapters...
Pop up the chapter editor. If the source has chapters, you'll
find them here. You can also add/delete/move chapters. Chapters
can also have names (currently only supported by the libquicktime encoder).
Has a shortcut in the lower toolbar.
- Selected... -> Change encoders...
Here, you set the encoding plugins of the selected tracks.
(See Configuring encoders).
Has a shortcut in the lower toolbar.
- Edit... -> Cut
Cut selected tracks to the clipboard.
Has a shortcut in the lower toolbar.
- Edit... -> Copy
Copy selected tracks to the clipboard.
Has a shortcut in the lower toolbar.
- Edit... -> Paste
Paste tracks or album entries from the GUI Player
from the clipboard. Has a shortcut in the lower toolbar.
- Postprocess...
- Pops up a dialog to configure postprocessing.
Postprocessing plugins are invoked whenever
the tasklist gets empty. It adds all tracks, which have
been encoded since batch transcoding was started.
Postprocessors make some sanity checks of the files they get,
and won't try to burn e.g. audio CDs with MPEG data.
Windows
Here, you can show and hide the log window.