IMPORTANT: When ingesting content ALWAYS log on to the editing system as DOM INGEST ONLY, the password is DOM

* Double-click the "START HERE" icon in the center of the screen before you begin *

Import

1. Insert your DVD into the editing station. (if it starts autoplay, Stop and Quit DVDPlayer)

2. Open Mpeg Streamclip from the dock or applications folder.

Next you will want to open your media files in Mpeg Streamclip. You can do this one of two ways:

a) The fastest way is to simply click and drag your DVD icon from the desktop to the center of Mpeg Streamclip. If you have more than one video on the DVD it will ask you which one you want to open. Once finished with this step skip down to step 5.

<-- Drag DVD icon to the center box in MPEG Streamclip -->

Or

b) From Mpeg Streamclip choose File>Open Files and select the DVD. (You may need to wait a minute or so for the DVD to be recognized).

b- Continued) Select the VIDEO_TS folder. You may see many VIDEO_XX.VOB files. Click on each one starting from the top most until you find the first file that is greater than 1000MB (1Gig) in size, then select OPEN. If there is no file greater than 1GB, choose the file with the largest size. If a message “Would you like to open all files of the stream together?” appears, select OPEN ALL FILES.

5. You may see "Warning: the stream may contain Timecode breaks." Choose FIX NOW and then click PROCEED. If you are not prompted to do this, go to Edit>Fix Timecode Breaks. Select PROCEED. This will take a few minutes to complete. Your video is now loaded on the editing station.

Trim & QC

6. You can now play the video by either touching the space bar or “L” key. You can also drag the play head using the mouse. Verify that there are no color bars and that the program begins and ends with a frame or two of black or begins or ends on the first or last frame of the program. If no trimming is needed go to step 8.

7. Trimming the beginning and end of the program is simple:

Set the IN "I" and OUT "O" points. Starting from the beginning of the program either play or move the playhead to the location where the program should start, then press the “I” key for IN. Then move the playhead to where the program should end and press the “O” key for OUT.

Press Command and "T" or go to EDIT< TRIM in the Menu bar.

***Make sure that you have cut out (trimmed) all black, bars or anything else that is not part of your show.

Export & QC

8. Now export the program by going to File>Convert to MPEG with MP2 Audio.

Save As: Should be the name of the program and episode number (if applicable) VERY IMPORTANT: Do not use any symbols when naming your program. Please use only letters and numbers.

Where: From the drop down menu, select INGEST. Click Save.

9. A small window with a progress indicator should pop up. When completed, quit MPEG Streamclip and eject your DVD.

10. QC!!! Quality Control! Please check your video file after you ingest, no one will do this but you! If it doesn't look right you don't want it to go on air.

double click on this icon to double check and see if your show went up 

**Please note your show will be under whatever it is you named it when you saved**

Follow this procedure. Open the INGEST folder on your desktop< find your file< Hold down CTRL Key and click on your file< select OPEN with MPEG STREAMCLIP. This will reopen Mpeg Streamclip and allow you to scan through the audio and video of your file. Make sure it is all there with no black and the audio is intact.

Setting it up in the DOMinizer

11.OK your almost done, Click on the DOMinizer icon  

12. Log in to your account on the denveropenmedia.org home page and follow the link to the Dominizer:MAKE A SHOW< SUBMIT CONTENT< DOMinizer.

Complete the form entirely (see the Dominizer process: MAKE A SHOW<SUBMIT CONTENT<DOMinizer process, for step by step instructions to complete this form.)

13. Make sure you upload your file. (name of whatever it is you saved it as)

14. You should now see that its going to take 1-2 hours for it to fully encode.  Check back later so you can add a thumbnail to your video, for which you can view online. when you may ask? well the answer is whenever you want 24-7.

15. Log out of the editing station by clicking the "Apple" and "Log Out" see below:

special note: if you would like to see when your show will air on channel 56  go Here, it may take around 1-4 hours before it registers in our system. the show generally airs within 48 hours from the time you ingest it.