Engine User Manual V7.7.7
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Engine User Guide V7.7.7 July 2019 Contents Contents ........................................................................................................................................... 2 1. Engine Overview ..................................................................................................................... 6 About Engine ........................................................................................................................................... 7 Hardware Requirements ..................................................................................................................................... 8 2. Installation and System Configuration ............................................................................. 9 Getting Started ......................................................................................................................................... 9 Files Installed (Windows) ..................................................................................................................... 9 Files Installed (Apple Mac) ................................................................................................................. 10 Eflow (Information for Windows Installations) ......................................................................... 10 Engine–Configurator Application .................................................................................................... 11 Report Customisation .......................................................................................................................... 11 Eclient ........................................................................................................................................................ 12 Upgrades .................................................................................................................................................. 12 3. Application Configuration ................................................................................................... 13 Activate Licences ................................................................................................................................... 13 Evaluation Licences .............................................................................................................................. 13 Permanent Licences ............................................................................................................................. 13 Next Steps ................................................................................................................................................. 13 Enable the required number of ESP processors ........................................................................ 14 Creating Workflow Configurations ................................................................................................. 15 Workflow Settings ................................................................................................................................. 16 Create a New Workflow/Profile ....................................................................................................... 16 Summary Workflow Creation Process ........................................................................................... 16 Detailed (Processing) Workflow Creation .................................................................................... 16 Configure Signal Processing Choices .............................................................................................. 19 Configure Loudness Step ..................................................................................................................... 19 Loudness - Measurement Settings ................................................................................................................. 20 Loudness - Correction Settings ....................................................................................................................... 21 Detect and Ignore Tone ...................................................................................................................................... 21 Always Enable Processor ................................................................................................................................... 22 Correct Loudness Range (LRA) ....................................................................................................................... 23 Loudness Processing of Encoded Audio ...................................................................................................... 23 Configure Track Map and Mute Step ............................................................................................... 23 Configure Dolby E Encode Step ......................................................................................................... 24 Advanced Program Description ...................................................................................................................... 27 Dolby E Program Type ..................................................................................................................................................... 28 Free Form Text .................................................................................................................................................................... 28 Source Filename .................................................................................................................................................................. 29 Example Program Name Configuration .................................................................................................................... 29 Source Filename – Regular Expressions ................................................................................................................... 29 Measure Loudness for Dialnorm .................................................................................................................... 29 Configure Dolby E Decode Step ......................................................................................................... 30 Configure Dolby E and Dolby ED2 Guard Band Correction Step ............................................ 31 Configure Soundfield Upmix Step .................................................................................................... 32 Direct Sound ............................................................................................................................................................ 33 Front Ambient Sound .......................................................................................................................................... 33 Rear Ambient Sound ............................................................................................................................................ 33 Width .......................................................................................................................................................................... 33 Centre Divergence ................................................................................................................................................. 33 Configure Downmix Step .................................................................................................................... 34 Page 2 Lo/Ro, Lt/Rt Downmix Mode Select ............................................................................................................. 35 LFE On/Off ............................................................................................................................................................... 35 Center Gain Level .................................................................................................................................................. 35 Ls/Rs Gain Level .................................................................................................................................................... 35 Configure Stereo to Mono Downmix Step ...................................................................................... 35 Configure AD (Audio Description) Mix step ................................................................................. 36 Configure Pitch/Duration adjustment step .................................................................................. 37 Configure “Audio Processor” ............................................................................................................. 38 Configure Dolby Digital or Dolby Digital Plus Pro Encode ...................................................... 39 Configure Audio Alignment ................................................................................................................ 42 Configuring the Output stages of the Workflow .......................................................................... 42 Stream Manipulation Options ........................................................................................................... 43 QT/MOV Stream Manipulation and Metadata Options ......................................................................... 47 Examine Workflow ............................................................................................................................................... 48 Conditional Workflow ........................................................................................................................................