Create Disguise Proxies

Generate lower-resolution HAP Alpha proxies of .mov files.

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Method

Create Disguise Proxies scans the Source folder for .mov files and writes HAP Alpha proxies of each one to the Output folder. One proxy is made at each of the chosen Proxy levels, and the audio is included.

When Volare sets up a show folder, Source folder and Output folder default to the show’s Staged and Asset Proxies folders.

Proxy levels

Each level halves the size again:

Level 1 (1/2 res): half the source’s width and height.
Level 2 (1/4 res): a quarter.
Level 3 (1/8 res): an eighth.

Widths and heights are rounded down to a multiple of 4.

Output layout

Proxies are written under the same subfolders their file has in the source, named after the file with the level added:

Asset Proxies\Song_01\Intro_v02_proxy1.mov
Asset Proxies\Song_01\Intro_v02_proxy2.mov

Parameters

Parameter	Details
Source folder	The folder of `.mov` files to generate proxies from.
Output folder	The folder the proxies are written to.
Proxy levels	The levels to make for each file. Select one or more.
Scan subfolders	Include every folder inside the Source folder.
Skip existing	Skip a level when its proxy is already in the Output folder.