ShowSqueeze and SmartSkip Settings

Automatic Showsqueeze
Specifies whether ShowSqueeze should be performed automatically on all recordings, or whether the user will manually specify the recordings to ShowSqueeze.

Time Constraints
Enabling this option will restrict ShowSqueeze operations to the time period between "Time Constraints Start" and "Time Constraints End."

Time Constraints Start
Speciifes the beginning of the ShowSqueeze time constraints. This option only appears if Time Constraints is enabled.

Time Constraints End
Specifies the end of the ShowSqueeze time constraints. This option only appears if Time Constraints is enabled.

File Format
Specifies whether the user wishes the show to be recompressed to the Windows Media (WMV) format the H.264/MPEG-4 format (if enabled) or simply copied to a different Video Folder. See Comparing Video Formats for more information on this option.

Delete Source on Completion
Specifies whether or not the SnapStream Enterprise TV Server will delete the file on which it performed the ShowSqueeze operation (the source) after the new file (the target) has been created.

Destination Folder
Specifies where the ShowSqueezed recording should be placed. Select "Same as source" to keep it in the same folder it was initially recorded to, or choose a different Video Folder.

Intelligent Quality Selection
Enable this feature to allow the SnapStream Enterprise TV Server to decide the quality profile to use when creating the new file. This feature attempts to choose a quality profile that will maintain the same level of video quality as the original.

Quality (only available when "Intelligent Quality Selection" is disabled)
Selects the quality profile to use when creating the new file.

SmartSkip
Governs if and how the software should generate SmartChapters in a recording based on commercial breaks.

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Disabled: SmartChapters will not be generated.

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Generate During Off Peak Times: SmartChapters will be generated only during "Off-peak times," which can be configured in the ShowSqueeze section of the main menu in the Web Admin interface.

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Generate Immediately: SmartChapters will be generated during any time of the day. When a recording finishes, the SmartChapter job will be added to the end of the ShowSqueeze / Smartchapter jobs queue, which is displayed in the ShowSqueeze section of the main menu in the Web Admin interface.