Special Folders

Device Maps Folder

This folder is named SCS DevMaps and will be created by SCS in "Documents" or "My Documents". It should not be moved from that location. The folder will store Device Maps for each production cue file for this machine. For example, if you have a cue file named "wizard.scsq" then SCS will save the Device Map(s) for that cue file in a file named "wizard.scsd", which will be stored in SCS DevMaps.

If you copy your production to another computer, such as from your design computer to your theatre computer, then the device map file should not be copied - a new device map file will be created on the theatre computer when you first open that cue file with SCS. The device map file on the theatre computer will map SCS devices to physical devices available on that computer.

The reason for the existence of the SCS DevMaps folder is to keep device map files away from the corresponding cue files, so they do not get saved to Production Folders and get included when productions are copied to another computer.

For more details of device maps, see Device Mapper.

Encoded Files Folder

This folder is named SCS EncFiles but it is only created if the Audio Driver is SM-S. SM-S will only play WAV or AIFF files but you may have other file types you want to use, such as MP3 and WMA. SCS attempts to seamlessly support several file types not supported natively by SM-S. It does this by encoding a WAV file equivalent of a requested MP3/etc file, and storing that encoded WAV file in SCS EncFiles.

The folder will be created in the SM-S Audio Files Root Folder which must be on the same machine as SM-S. If SCS and SM-S are on the same machine then the location of the folder is not significant (as long as it's on the same machine, not across a network). Since the default is to have SCS and SM-S on the same machine, the default for SM-S Audio Files Root Folder is "Documents" or "My Documents".

If you change the location of your SM-S Audio Files Root Folder then you may move SCS EncFiles to the new location.

For more details, see Encoded Files Folder.

SM-S Audio Files Root Folder

This folder is only used if the Audio Driver is SM-S. For details, see Options - Audio Driver - SoundMan-Server, which is where you nominate the required folder. Note that the Encoded Files Folder will be created if required in the SM-S Audio Files Root Folder.

Initial Folder 

When you click a Browse button to find an audio file, the Windows 'Open File' dialog will start from the folder you last used with the 'Open File' dialog in the current SCS session. For the first time you 'Browse', the dialog will use the Initial Folder specified in General options. The default setting for this option is "Documents" or "My Documents".

Production Folder

A Production Folder is a folder in which you may store all the files for a production. The use of a Production Folder is optional but it is very useful if you want to transfer your production to another computer, such as from your design computer to your theatre computer. For details on how to create and use a Production Folder, see Portability (transferring your files to another computer).