This document describes sample jobs installed with the RealProducer(r).

Table of Contents
   ABOUT SAMPLE JOBS
   WHERE TO FIND SAMPLE JOBS
   RUNNING SAMPLE JOBS FROM GUI
   RUNNING SAMPLE JOBS FROM COMMAND LINE
   EDITING SAMPLE JOBS


ABOUT SAMPLE JOBS
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RealProducer employs XML formatted text files to save all settings for an encoding session.  These text files are called as job files.  Job files are broken up into the following major sections.

Clip Info - Name/value pairs that are written to the media file as metadata.
Input - Settings for either an input file or capture device.
Output - Settings for one or more destinations.  Destinations may be either file or server type.
Media Profile - Settings for how to encode the media file.
Audiences - Settings for one or more audiences.

Sample jobs are provided as a starting point for creating a job.  In most cases, you can run a sample job with no changes, using sample input media installed with RealProducer.  Following are instructions on how to run a sample job from the GUI and command line applications.

WHERE TO FIND SAMPLE JOBS
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All sample jobs are located in the samples/jobs subdirectory of the folder in which you installed RealProducer.  With RealProducer Plus, there are also sample jobs for use with wireless devices. These are located in the samples/wireless subdirectory.

RUNNING SAMPLE JOBS FROM THE GUI APPLICATION
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1. Open the GUI from the Start menu
2. Choose Open from the File menu.
3. If necessary, change directory to the samples/jobs subdirectory.
4. Change any settings, if desired, and run the job.  If the output is to file, the RealMedia file is written to the samples/media subdirectory.

RUNNING SAMPLE JOBS FROM THE COMMAND LINE APPLICATION
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A note on relative paths
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To run sample jobs from the command line application without editing, you need to change your working directory to the proper location so that RealProducer can find the input media file and output media directory. This is because the sample jobs are written using relative paths (absolute paths are also allowed, but the sample jobs use relative paths since the installation directory is not known ahead of time.) The instructions below describe how to change your working directory in order to run the sample jobs.

1. Open a command prompt and change directory to the application install directory.
   Windows default: C:\Program Files\Real\RealProducer Plus
   Linux default: /usr/local/realnetworks/producer
2. Type the following:
   producer -j samples/jobs/<Name of Job File>

EDITING SAMPLE JOBS
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As noted above, sample jobs are a starting point for creating your own job files.  To learn more about editing job files, please see the RealProducer User Manual.