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 {{:propertiesgeneral.png?nolink|Properties dialog (General tab)}}
+==== Lock ====
+The Lock icon button lets you lock (or unlock) the selected file(s) from being updated when running maintenance via the Maintain Library dialog, Maintain Playlist dialog or Maintain Files dialog.  When locked, the metadata that you see in the Properties dialog will not be changed unless you change it manually using the Properties dialog.
+By default, files are unlocked so that performing maintenance can update the metadata for your files.
 ==== Title ====
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 Click the **Type** button to obtain a different usage of the permanent link for sharing:
-  * **Permanent link:** A URL link that will access your file in your Mezzmo library via Mezzmo's web interface.
+  * **Permanent link:** A URL link that will access your file in your Mezzmo library via Mezzmo's web interface.  You can share this with others in web sites, blogs, Facebook, Twitter, etc.  Clicking on the link will take the person to Mezzmo server's web interface where the file will be played.
-  * **Embedded Player:** A script for embedding into a HTML web page that will display a small player from Mezzmo server's web interface.
+  * **Embedded Player:** A script for embedding into a HTML web page that will display a small player from Mezzmo server's web interface.  This lets you embed the playing of the file int a web page, blog, etc.
   * **Email:** A URL link that will access your file in your Mezzmo library via Mezzmo's web interface.  Click the **Mail** button to create a new email with the permanent link URL added to the email body.
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 Click this checkbox is the video is a live stream such as webcam video, online TV, online gaming video, etc.  This tells Mezzmo when transcoding to not store the transcoded file in the transcoding folder.
+==== Generate Timeline For Invalid DVD-rip ====
+This button is displayed only for DVD ripped videos.
+By clicking this button, Mezzmo will analyze your DVD rip video and create a timeline file.  This button should be clicked if your DVD rip video does not contain a correct timeline.  Incorrectly created timelines do not let you seek or fast forward through the video during playback.  By clicking this button, Mezzmo will analyze the video from start-to-finish and try to create a correct timeline.  For a full-length movie, this analysis may take several minutes.  In most cases, the new Mezzmo-created timeline file will fix (or vastly improve) the bad timeline from the original DVD rip.
+Click this button again to remove the Mezzmo-created timeline file and return back to the original timeline in the DVD rip.
+**Tip:** You can select multiple DVD videos and display the Properties dialog and click this button to process multiple video files at the same time.  Press **ESC** key on your keyboard to cancel processing the next selected file.
 ==== Get Properties From File ====
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  that is listed when you click Update Subtitles. If you wish to remove your local settings, then select the subtitle and click Subtitle Settings. In the Subtitle Settings dialog, click the Default Settings button to remove your local settings and use your global subtitle settings.
-==== Subtitle properties ====
-This lists the key information for the selected subtitle. You can change these properties using the **Subtitle
+==== Probing for embedded subtitles ====
- Settings** button.
+Embedded subtitles are stored inside your video files.  Typically, Mezzmo can find them within a few seconds of scanning (or probing) a video file.  In some cases, Mezzmo may not find embedded subtitles since they may be stored much deeper in the video file.  This can happen for larger high-definition videos - for example, Blu-ray rips.
+This probe setting lets you tell Mezzmo to scan/probe the video file for longer amounts of time to try to find embedded subtitles.  You should use this setting only when you think Mezzmo has not listed embedded subtitles for the video file.
+  * **Default probing for embedded subtitles**.  This is the default value and takes the least amount of time.
+  * **Deep subtitle probing for 4 minutes**.  Mezzmo will take up to 4 minutes to scan the video file to find possible embedded subtitles.
+  * **Deep subtitle probing for 8 minutes**.  Mezzmo will take up to 8 minutes to scan the video file to find possible embedded subtitles.
 ==== Subtitle Settings ====
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 **Tip:** Use the Subtitle Settings dialog to set the language of the subtitle. This helps Mezzmo determine the correct subtitle to stream to your devices.
+==== Subtitle properties ====
+This lists the key information for the selected subtitle. You can change these properties using the **Subtitle
+ Settings** button.
 ===== Transcoding tab =====
+Use the Transcoding tab to manage the transcoded files that have been created for the devices that you have streamed this file to.
+{{:propertiestranscoding.png?nolink|Properties dialog (Transcoding tab)}}
 ==== This file has been transcoded for the following devices ====
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 ==== Get FFmpeg Information ====
-Click to view the FFmpeg information on the selected transcoded file.
+Click to view the FFmpeg information on the selected transcoded file.  This can be useful to determine how the transcoded file was encoded.  Sometimes Conceiva customer support staff may request this information from you.
 ==== Delete ====
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 Click this button to display the **Choose Device** dialog. This lets you choose the device that you want the original file to be presented and streamed to (rather than any transcoded formats that have been created by Mezzmo).
+This is useful if you know that the original file does play OK on your device but Mezzmo server is transcoding the file unnecessarily.
+**Tip:**  Use this setting to help you determine if the original file does play OK on your device.  For example, set the Use Original File setting for a device and then try to stream the media file to your device.  If it plays OK, then you know your device supports the file's format.  You can contact Mezzmo customer support and they will tweak the device profile so that this type of file is no longer transcoded.
 ==== Save As ====
-Click to copy and save the selected transcoded file to another location on your computer so you can use it for playing with a media player or to add it into your Mezzmo library.
+Click this button to copy and save the selected transcoded file to another location on your computer so you can use it for playing with a media player or to add it into your Mezzmo library.  After saving it, you can then click **Add To Library -> Add Files** to add the file into your Mezzmo library.
+You may wish to do this if your original file has been badly encoded or encoded in such a way that it cannot be played on your devices.  So, you may wish to replace the original file with the transcoded file in your Mezzmo library.