CinecodeTestingProcedures – CineFX – Trac

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install cinecode, the procedure should go smoothly.
re-install cinecode, it should ask you whether you want to upgrade or not, then smoothly un-install and re-install itself.

drag and drop media onto desktop icon
double-click open app, drag and drop media onto media window
double click to open app, use Load to browse to clip and load.
having once loaded a clip via the browser, then drag and drop media to window.
check that prompt for username and password appears if not previously logged in
check that username and password, once entered is subsequently remembered
application should be loaded globally, but username and password data remembered per user.

Exercise window controls as follows:

maximise window, and press again to return to minimum size
minimise window/store window on tool bar and re-open
click on close to exit
drag on title bar to move window.
Drop in new position and try moving again
Move window to limit at top, bottom, left and right of screen in turn and then try moving.
open and close tray
open tray and repeat maximise, minimise, close and window movement tests.
load a clip and drag in bottom right corner to resize - larger and smaller
open About box
open Help
logout button.
re-enter login data
test link to site to register (link should be in login dialog)

Exercise the player:

Verify audio, should be no pops/clicks or lags:

Test with a variety of media, with and without audio, check for:

Check a variety of media can be published (temporarily placed on the desktop):

whole clips
subclips
that multiple encodes from the same clip do not overwrite the previous temporary .flv files
check playback of .flv clips using macromedia or Adobe flash players
finishing uploading should delete the temporary encoded files

Various aspects:

Publishing opens metadata panel
metadata is accepted, panel disappears
publishing creates an event in the tray.
event progress bar updates
event LED shanges colour to 'blue' as it encodes
master LED also changes to 'blue' when any event is encoding
event can be paused and resumed
when paused the event LED shows 'grey'
event can be cancelled
event can be individually cleared from the tray.
on completing encoding, the event is uploaded
upload progress should be shown
whilst uploading, event led and master led show 'yellow'
on completion of upload, url to media should be shown in tray.
any error should turn the event and master LEDs 'red'.
Clean Up in the tray to remove all listed events (Question: what should happen to events currently in progress?)
whilst encoding or uploading, tray should be able to opened and closed

Run the uninstaller, cinecode should not be present in Program Files anymore, and a further installation of cinecode should not ask whether to upgrade or not.

Test the hotkey operations:

Cincode v2 has two working modes :

in the edit mode, the bottom-left icon contains the cinema 'cut' symbol
in the playback mode, the bottom-left icon contains the universal play symbol. Playback mode is very similar to edit mode, with the difference that it is not possible to put the scrubber outside of the existing in-out ranges anymore.

(From "Workflow" in the specifications)

Load a clip into CineCode?, either by drag and drop onto the icon, onto the open video panel or by using the Load button, the app should be in edit mode.
Play the clip
Determine the first in-point, press to mark the in-point.
mark an out-point.
Repeat the process, make a new in-point, preserving the previous edit and then select a new out-point etc
Play down the file again adding more edits
Go into play mode (by clicking on bottom left icon)
Play the clip. The only bit played should be the ones in in-out ranges, and it should not be possible to move the scrubber outside of these ranges.
Play around with the brightness, contrast, saturation and exposure settings. The effects should be applied in immediatly, and stay so while the video keeps playing.
Change the in/out ranges by moving the in out points.
Delete an in/out range by selecting it, then pressing delete
Split an existing range by selecting it and pressing ‘s’.
Modify the resulting ranges.
Reset the editing by pressing 'r', a confirmation must be asked.
Sets some in-out ranges again and publish the clip (to a website, or to the desktop) with various quality settings.
- Lower quality settings should give lower size in the encoded video
- Higher quality settings should give higher quality in the encoded video
- The resulting clip should enclude all the in-out ranges specified, and nothing else
- There should be a smooth audio transition in the encoded clip from on range to the other (no pops or clicks).

Test the hotkey operations:

space bar to start and stop playback
left and right arrow keys should advance a few seconds (always the same amount of time)
hold left and right arrow keys to multiple advance and back
'i' key to set an in-point
'o' key to set an out-point
shift-left and -right go at the beginning and end of the current in-out range