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The DNE has complete multimedia sub-documenting and indexing capabilities with its audio/video editor in each of the three workrooms. It also has limited quick-edit audio and video subdocumenting abilities on the media screen in every room.
 To prepare for a media editing session:
| 1. | Rightclick on the audio or video tile to be edited |
| 2. | Select Edit. The tile will open in the media editor. |
| 3. |  By default, the NE affiliated with the tile you want to edit also opens in the bottom topic recorder. By default, clips created on this line are targeted to this NE. However, you can send any clip to any NE. A selected NE can either replace the default NE or can be added as a second NE (you can use up to 10 topic recorders to send different clips to up to 10 different target NEs). |
| • | To replace the default NE, drag any NE onto the icon in the bottom left topic recorder. |
| • | To add an NE, drag any  into the media editor. It will drop on the next free line above the . |
| 4. | Add up to 10 NEs to different topic recorders as in step 3. |
The media editor can only be opened when the spill machine is not already open. Note that by closing the spill machine, you do not lose the NEs and tiles that are in it: reopen the spill machine, and all the spilled tiles will be just where you left them.
Audio and video clips are created by recording segments when the source tile is being played in the media editor. They can be fine-tuned when the original is finished, or when the original's playback is paused.
To play the source tile in the media editor:
| • |  Click the play/pause button in the center of the media editor on the right end of the bench to play the source tile. As the tile is played in the editor, you can watch or listen to it exactly as when it is being played in the media player in any other room. As well, the media scroller  , which extends out beneath the bottom topic recorder, measures the duration of the original recording. |
| • |  Click the play/pause button when you want to pause playback of the source tile. Whenever the source tile is playing, the play button is replaced by a pause button. Playback can be paused at any time. Whenever the source tile is paused, you can fine-tune the clips that you have created. |
As the original is playing, each topic recorder can be turned on, to start a clip recording, and turned off, to end a clip recording. Any combination of topic recorders can be recording at the same time, and any topic recorder can record any number of snippets.
To start/stop a clip, on any topic recorder:
| • |  Click the  on the right side of any topic recorder to start a clip. The will become a  to indicate that it is recording, and a video clip  or audio clip  will start to extend from the topic recorder toward the target NE. |
| • | Click the to stop recording on any clip. The will become a to indicate that the topic recorder is no longer recording, and the clip will detach from the topic recorder. The detached clip will continue to move toward the target NE. |
To fine-tune a clip:
| • | Drag the left end of any clip or to start the clip earlier or later in the source recording, and |
| • | Drag the right end of any clip to finish the clip earlier or later in the source recording. |
To preview a video clip:
To preview an audio clip:
To add a new clip when the recording is paused or stopped:
| • | Drag the mouse over a stretch of any topic line. A or will extend to cover the area dragged. |
Once added, the new clip may be previewed and fine-tuned in order to ensure that it captures the right segment.
To save a clip or clips as subdocument tiles:
| • | Rightclick on the clip, and |
| o | Select Save to save the selected clip to its NE |
| o | Select Save All on this Line to save all clips on the selected line to the NE |
| o | Select Save All on all Lines to save all clips, each to the NE for its line. |
Note that saving all clips on all lines is not the same as saving a session. If you save an audio session tile  or a video session tile  , you are saving single tile that opens the session in the mediarecorder with all clips displayed and accessible. If you save all clips on all lines you save each clip as its own audio subdocument tile  or video subdocument tile  . Each individual clip is saved to its target NE.
You can either save a session as a new session tile or update the current session.
To save a new session tile:
| • | Click  on the media editor on the right end of the bench. |
To update an existing session tile:
| • | Click  on the media editor on the right end of the bench. |
To close the session:
| • | Click the  on the media editor on the right end of the bench. |
How to Create Quick-Edits with the Media Player
To create a single subdocument clip on the media screen:
| 2. | When the desired clip starts, click the  on the left side of the media screen. It will turn into a  to indicate that it is recording. |
| 3. | To stop the recording, click the . It will return to a . |
| 4. | A dialog box will ask you to name the clip. Name it and click  . |
Editing on the media screen rather than with the media editor offers more limited functionality (no previewing, for instance) and is designed to facilitate quick capture of single clips. To access full functionality, use the media editor.
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