Introduction

The Media Processing section is where you will find all of the stand-alone media file processing actions that help you prepare files independently from Storyline or PowerPoint.

Action Index

Following are the actions available in this version of Ambassador.

Video Compression. Compress video without losing noticeable quality.

General Instructions

Because all of the media processing functions require reference to file and folder names, the Media Processing start page has several text fields that must be filled in before continuing to each specialized action.

Following are descriptions of each of the controls.

Key	Name	Description
A	Working Folder	Full path name of the folder serving as the common base for the Source and Target media files.
B	File and folder ellipsis buttons	Click to open a file dialog for the associated field.
C	Source Media File	Relative filename of the file to be read and operated upon.
D	Target Media File	Relative filename of the file to be created as a result of the operation.
E	Backup File Pattern	Templated filename pattern of the backup file to create before making any changes. Following are the available components of this name. {BaseFilename} - Source filename without extension. {Extension} - Extension of the filename (the characters following the last period in the name). {yyyyMMddHHmmss} - Current year, month, day, hour, minute, and second at the time of the operation, arranged in sortable pattern.
F	Backup Enable	If unchecked, a backup will not be performed.
G	Update Source Automatically	If checked, the target file will replace the source file after the operation completes successfully, making the target file a temporary file only.
H	Update Source Now	If not updating source automatically, you can click this button to use the target file to overwrite the source file.
I	Active Command	The command text representing the action to make.
J	Command Filter	Typing text into this textbox will limit the choices in the Active Command drop-down list to items that share content with the textbox.
K	Run Command	Open the specific window related to the selected Active Command. This button is disabled unless the Source and Target filenames are both valid.

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