Discrete Cleaner XL (Windows) back BACK

 

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Dan LaValley
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Biology New Media Center

Thanks to Dan LaValley of Learning Technology & Distance Education for creating this tutorial.

Discrete Cleaner XL is used to take a source material and repurpose it into multiple formats, such as QuickTime, RealMedia and Windows Media. The interface of Cleaner XL is quite different than either Cleaner 5 and the current Macintosh version Cleaner 6. To accomplish this, you need to set up Cleaner to compress the source clips using the settings we have provided later in this lesson.

Adding Clips

  1. Choose Job | Add Source Media.
  2. Locate the clip or clips you want Cleaner to process. This clips will be listed in Sources section of the Job Window.
    The Cleaner XL job window. Labeled is the are for adding the source files to be encoded.

Setting Compressing Options

  1. Right-click on the Output Profile area of the Job window or use the menu Job: Add Saved Output Profile. A list of predetermined settings will appear. If you wish to create a custom Output Profile select View: Encoder Setting Editor. Each format has a slightly different dialog window, but basic settings are largely the same.

    The Cleaner XL job window. Labeled is the are for addinf edcoder output profiles

  2. You can modify the settings of the Output Profiles you add by selecting the profile you wish to alter, and clicking the "Encoder Setting" button to the right. You can also add video and audio filters with "Filter Settings" button that is in the same portion of dialog window.

    sample encoder settings dialog window for Cleaner XL

  3. Once you have added your source files, the encoder profiles you wish to use and any filtering options needed, you submit the job. Select Job: Submit to Job Queue.
  4. You will be asked to save the job, select Yes.
  5. The encoding process will begin automatically and proceed to encode all the source files added using all the out profiles you have selected.
  6. The process is similar when using Cleaner 6 on the Macintosh, but the interface is different - Cleaner 6 also offers some functionality not available in Cleaner XL.