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# Using an HTML TOC to View an Archive

To view the contents of an archive without opening it, open the HTML version of the table of contents using a Web browser.

NoteYou can use a Web browser other than the default specified in the DEFAULT WEB BROWSER section of the software initialization configuration file. The browser name must be in the environment path to avoid errors. If you cannot open an OTOC, specify Firefox as the default Web browser in the software initialization configuration file.

The HTML TOC is conveniently organized, displaying JPEG proxies for the first and last frame of each clip in the archive.

To create an HTML TOC:

1. Open the archive. See Opening an Archive.

   (a) Generate HTML TOC button(b) Proxy Generation box(c) Proxy Quality field

2. Enable Generate HTML TOC.
3. Determine how the JPEG proxies are generated by selecting an option from the Proxy Generation box.

   Select: | To:
   --- | ---
   Background | Generate the JPEG proxies while the archive is being created.
   Foreground | Generate the JPEG proxies after the archive has been created.

4. Set the JPEG quality setting using the Proxy Quality field.

   An HTML TOC, along with JPEG proxies, is updated each time you close the archive.

   NoteThe HTML TOC is generated from the XML TOC based on the HTML templates installed in /usr/discreet/<product home> /templates.

To view an HTML TOC:

1. Open the Archive menu.
2. Click View HTML TOC.

   The file browser appears with the list of all HTML TOCs available.

3. From the list, select an HTML TOC to open and click Confirm.

   A default Web browser opens and the available TOCs are listed under the “Table of Contents” heading.

4. Click the table of contents that you want to open.

   The contents of the archive appear.

   Image courtesy of Das Werk