How To Upload A Video In Elan

Chapter 1. Get-go a new annotation file

Every ELAN project consists of at least ii files: one (or more) media file(s), and one annotation file.

1 (or more) media file(s):
- zero or more video file(s) (*.mpg, etc.)
- and/or i audio file (*.wav)
The video file allows you to view the video and listen to the sound. If yous want to view the waveform equally well, you need to create an additional *.wav file through a conversion program that converts the audio data from one *.mp(due east)g file into a *.wav format. In the case of multiple video files, the audio of the first selected video file is played. The kind and number of supported video formats depend upon the media framework y'all are using. If your media framework supports a format, the aforementioned goes for ELAN in general.
Ane annotation file:
- an annotation file created past ELAN (*.eaf, "EUDICO Annotation Format")
- or an imported annotation file.

All information (eastward.g., the tier setup, the time alignment, the annotations) is saved to the notation file only – never to the media file(s). So you don't have to worry that calculation an note within ELAN will change your media.

To start ELAN, do the following:

Double-click on the ELAN icon (on your desktop, or contained within the Java Spider web Start icon on your desktop). The start window is displayed in which you can open up unlike kinds of documents.
Click on the File menu.
Click on:
- Open up... in example there is an ELAN file (*.eaf)
- New... in case there is a media file (e.g. *.mpg, *.wav), but no notation file (*.eaf)

In this latter example, the New Transcription dialog window will be displayed, e.g.:

Do the following:

Click on the "Expect in" pull down box and browse to the directory that contains the media files.
If you want to use media files of another blazon (e.g. QuickTime *.mov), use the "Files of type" dropdown card > select QuickTime files. Whether a media type is supported depends on your software configuration.
Double-click on the media file (*.mpg, *.wav, etc.) to select it. It appears at present in the rightmost box. Alternatively, you can select the media file name and click subsequently on the >> push button.
If you want to apply a predefined fix of tiers (a template), select the Template radio button and choose the template (i.east. *.etf) to be used:
Click OK to open the new annotation document; otherwise click Cancel to exit the dialog window without creating a new file. An ELAN window containing the new document appears.