{"id":17,"date":"2016-02-16T19:10:21","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T10:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.criware.com\/?p=17"},"modified":"2016-03-11T13:15:07","modified_gmt":"2016-03-11T04:15:07","slug":"sofdec2-post-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/index.php\/2016\/02\/16\/sofdec2-post-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Using the Sofdec2 encoding Wizard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sofdec2 is the versatile video encoding and playback solution from CRI Middleware.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the video itself, \u00a0Sofdec2 files (.usm) can contain music and dialogue tracks as well as text for subtitles.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-90 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.criware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Sofdec2-Data-Flow_small-300x264.png\" alt=\"Sofdec2 Data Flow_small\" width=\"300\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Sofdec2-Data-Flow_small-300x264.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Sofdec2-Data-Flow_small.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The most user-friendly way to encode a video with Sofdec2 is to use the Encoding Wizard. This tool\u00a0will lead you through the various options available via a series of screens. The first step is to select your target platform, at which point the Encoding Wizard will already select the most common options for it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-80 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/219.94.245.113\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Sofdec2EncodingWizard1-300x234.png\" alt=\"Sofdec2EncodingWizard1\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Sofdec2EncodingWizard1-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Sofdec2EncodingWizard1.png 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once you have selected your platform, you will be able to provide the video file you want to encode, as well as information about the final size and what video codec you want to use. Sofdec2 supports two codecs:<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Sofdec.Prime<\/td>\n<td width=\"85%\">This is CRI Middleware&#8217;s own high-quality video codec. It can be used on all platforms.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>H.264<\/td>\n<td width=\"85%\">The H.264\/MPEG-4 AVC codec provides high compression, but has certain limitations.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-81 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/219.94.245.113\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Sofdec2EncodingWizard2-300x234.png\" alt=\"Sofdec2EncodingWizard2\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Sofdec2EncodingWizard2-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Sofdec2EncodingWizard2.png 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once the video setup done, you will have a chance to specify multiple audio files for the music (it can be in 5.1 if needed) and the dialogue. This time, you will be able to choose the audio codec between two of the proprietary codecs from CRI Middleware:<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"14%\">ADX codec<\/td>\n<td width=\"85%\">High-quality, low-load codec with a compression ratio of about 1\/4.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"14%\">HCA codec<\/td>\n<td width=\"85%\">High-quality, high-compression codec with a maximum compression ratio of 1\/16.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-73 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/219.94.245.113\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Sofdec2EncodingWizard3-300x234.png\" alt=\"Sofdec2EncodingWizard3\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Sofdec2EncodingWizard3-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Sofdec2EncodingWizard3.png 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then it is time to indicate the path of the subtitles files for each language. This is of course optional.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-74 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/219.94.245.113\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Sofdec2EncodingWizard4-300x234.png\" alt=\"Sofdec2EncodingWizard4\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Sofdec2EncodingWizard4-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Sofdec2EncodingWizard4.png 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The next screen lets you select quality settings for both video and audio:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-75 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/219.94.245.113\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Sofdec2EncodingWizard5-300x234.png\" alt=\"Sofdec2EncodingWizard5\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Sofdec2EncodingWizard5-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Sofdec2EncodingWizard5.png 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then, you can finally select the output path of the encoded video.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-76 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/219.94.245.113\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Sofdec2EncodingWizard6-300x234.png\" alt=\"Sofdec2EncodingWizard6\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Sofdec2EncodingWizard6-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Sofdec2EncodingWizard6.png 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A last confirmation screen shows all your settings:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-77 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/219.94.245.113\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Sofdec2EncodingWizard7-300x234.png\" alt=\"Sofdec2EncodingWizard7\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Sofdec2EncodingWizard7-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Sofdec2EncodingWizard7.png 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then it is time for the encoding itself, at the end of which an .usm file will be generated that you can use in the game.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-78 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/219.94.245.113\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Sofdec2EncodingWizard8-300x234.png\" alt=\"Sofdec2EncodingWizard8\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Sofdec2EncodingWizard8-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Sofdec2EncodingWizard8.png 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sofdec2 is the versatile video encoding and playback solution from CRI Middleware. In addition to the video itself, \u00a0Sofdec2 files<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"no_sidebar_full_width","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"right_sidebar","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sofdec","category-tutorials"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94,"href":"https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17\/revisions\/94"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}