General options and settings

Overview

The following general settings may be customised:

Raising preferences
Printing preference
Speech engine preferences
Timecode Devices

To view or change the general preferences, click the appropriate button in the Toolbox->Configure tab.

Configure raising

Click on the button to set the default raise and drop positions for raised subtitles. The following dialog is displayed.

Enter the desired raise and drop positions and click on OK to save. The numbers are calculated as Teletext rows. In other words, the screen is divided vertically into 23 (single-height) rows and hence a bottom raise value of four would raise the subtitle by 4 single height rows (or two double-height rows).

Raising works for both Teletext and Open Caption personality subtitles. In the case of Open Caption subtitles, the screen is divided vertically into 22 virtual rows, the height of each row (in pixels) is calculated as the safe area height / 22.

Note: Wincaps Q4 stores the raising settings as a user preference.

Configure printing

Read about printing preferences here

Configure speech

Click on the button to display the Speech Options dialog:

Choose the Speech input method to use from the drop-down list:

Keyboard messages to SpeakTitle : Selecting this option will route all speech input through the SpeakTitle window. Select this option if you are using a third-party speech engine other than Dragon Naturally Speaking. You may also use this mode with Dragon if desired, though the integrated mode is normally better in this case.
Integrated Dragon Interface : In this mode, Dragon Naturally Speaking is integrated into Wincaps Q4 and the SpeakTitle window is replaced by a control panel that allows you to configure and manage Dragon from within Wincaps Q4. When you run Wincaps Q4 for the first time, it will default to this mode if it finds a compatible version of Dragon installed.
Show HouseStyle expansion in SpeakTitle Window : With this option enabled, the respeaker can see the housestyle longform appear in the SpeakTitle Window. This is off by default. See also SpeakTitle Window Settings.

Learn more about speech input

Timecode devices

A timecode device can be configured to provide a source for capturing timecodes during live transmission.

IMPORTANT: An active timecode device will conflict with any video timecode. You should not enable the use of a timecode device if you are working with video timecode..

Click the button to configure the timecode source. The following dialog is displayed:

In the Timecode tab, select the timecode source to use from the following options:

None - no timecode source

PC Clock - use the workstation's clock (i.e. time of day) as the timecode source

If you tick the Open with previous... option then Q-Live will start up with the timecode source in the same state (running/stopped) as when it was previously closed down. With the option unticked, the timecode source will always begin in the stopped state.

The settings in the Glitch Filter and Timecode Offset tabs are for future expansion and have no effect at this time.

In the PC Clock Timecode tab, you can select the desired frame rate from the drop-down list:

When the frame rate is changed and OK is pressed there is a prompt to confirm the change:

The PC Clock Timecode must always match the frame rate of the file.

Previously, an Alpermann Timecode tab appeared if there was a card installed, however the support for the Alpermann + Velte timecode card is no longer up to date, so there will be some risk with this card. Please check with Broadstream Support if a timecode card is to be used with Wincaps.

On the Alpemann Timecode Tab, you can select the desired timecode type from the drop-down list:

IMPORTANT: Note the following:

1) The A & V card and associated drivers must be correctly installed in the host workstation by following the manufacturer's instructions.

2) The installed card must be capable of providing the selected timecode type - all types will be shown in the list, even if the installed card does not support them.

3) A suitable timecode signal must be connected to the input of the A & V card. If in doubt, you can use the A & V test utilities to check if a valid signal is present.

Click OK to save the new settings.

If you have selected PC Clock, then the timecode display located below the video window will display the current time of day. If you have selected Alpermann Velte, then the display will show the timecode as read from the installed card.

Note that a newly-enabled timecode device will start in the paused state.

System

Click the button to configure the timecode source. The following dialog is displayed:

This setting, enabled by default, allows the user to open more than one instance of WQ4 or Q-Live on the same PC.

Disabling the option stops more than one instance of WQ4 or Q-Live being opened on the PC. If the option is disabled and a second instance is opened then this error will appear.

NB: If the option is disabled, it is possible to have WQ4 and Q-Live open on the same PC, if there are available licences to do so.