ELAN/C2/Introduction-to-ELAN/English

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Title Slide

Welcome to the spoken tutorial on Introduction to ELAN.
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Learning Objectives

In this tutorial, we will learn to,
  • Download and install ELAN 6.0 on
  • Windows 10 OS and
  • Ubuntu Linux 18.04 OS
  • Open the ELAN interface
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Learning Objectives

* Create a project and add a video file to it and
  • Save the project
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System and Software Requirement

To record this tutorial, I am using
  • Ubuntu Linux v18.04 OS
  • Firefox web browser v84
  • Windows 10 OS
  • Microsoft Edge 40 web browser
  • ELAN v6.0
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System and Software Requirement

* A working internet to download ELAN.
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Pre-requisites https://spoken-tutorial.org

To follow this tutorial,
  • Learner must be familiar with basic computer and Internet skills.
  • For pre-requisite tutorials, please visit this site.
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Code Files

* Files used in this tutorial are provided in the code files link.
  • Please download and extract the files.
  • Make a copy and then use them while practising.
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Download Link

https://archive.mpi.nl/tla/elan/download

Download link for ELAN is shown here.
Open web browser and go to

https://archive.mpi.nl/tla/elan/download .

Open any web browser and go to the given ELAN download link.
Cursor next to 6.0. The current release is 6.0.
Cursor next to 6.0. When you practice this tutorial, the version number may be different.
Hover mouse over the windows and Linux downloadable files. Notice the downloadable files for many operating systems.
Hover mouse over the Source code and previous versions link. Source code and Previous versions are also available.
Cursor on .tar.gz file against Linux 6.0 version. Ubuntu 20.04 users can download the tarball seen here.

This is a compiled version and does not need installation.

For the installation in Ubuntu 20.04 OS please do the following.

Download the tarball seen in this link.

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Installation of ELAN on Ubuntu 20.04

>tar -xvf ELAN_60_linux.tar.gz

* Open a terminal.
  • Extract the files from the tarball with the command shown here.
  • Change directory to the extracted folder.
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Installation of ELAN on Ubuntu 20.04

./ELAN

* Change the ELAN file to executable with command as shown here.
  • To open the ELAN interface, enter the command, as seen and press Enter.


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Download and install on Windows 10 OS

Let’s download and install ELAN on Windows 10 OS.
Hover mouse over, .exe and zip. The .exe file, will download an executable file.

The zip file will download the compiled program.

Click on the .zip link for Windows OS. Click on the compiled zip folder to download it.
Show the downloading file message. The download may start automatically in some systems.
Show screenshot of save file dialogue box. If a dialog box opens, choose to save the file option and click on Ok.
Show the completed file download icon. Allow the file download to complete.
Open the file manager. Open the File manager.
Go to the Downloads folder. Go to the Downloads folder.

The file is downloaded into this folder for me.

Double click on the ELAN-win.zip file.

Choose Extract all.

Right click on the compressed zipped ELAN file as seen here.

Click on Extract all.

Cursor on the dialogue box.

Click on Extract.

A dialogue box opens.

I will retain the default setting and click on Extract as seen.

Cursor on the progress bar. Extraction takes a minute or so and we can see the progress.
Cursor on the ELAN-6-0 folder. Notice the extracted ELAN folder.
Go to the ELAN-6-0 folder. Go to the newly created ELAN folder.
Again Go to the ELAN-6-0 folder.

(Add annotation: Some users will not need this second step of entering the folder).

Again, enter the ELAN directory as seen here.
Scroll down.

Cursor on the ELAN application file.

Let’s scroll down.

Notice the ELAN application.

Double click on the ELAN application file. The program is already compiled for you.

Double click on the ELAN application file, to open the interface.

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Download and install on Ubuntu Linux 18.04 OS

Next, Let’s download and install ELAN on Ubuntu Linux 18.04 OS.
On the Linux OS section, Click on .tar.gz on the right side of ELAN 6.0 In the Linux section for 6.0 version, click on the .deb link.
Point to the dialog box. A save file dialog box opens.
Choose the Save File option and click on OK. Choose the Save File option and click on OK to download the file.
Show download completed icon. Allow the download to complete.
Open the file manager and go to Downloads folder. Open the File manager and go to Downloads folder.
Cursor on ELAN_6-0_linux.deb file. Notice the downloaded ELAN deb file in the Downloads folder.
Press Ctrl+Alt+T .

Cursor on the Terminal.

Open a terminal by pressing Control, Alt and T keys together.

A terminal window opens.

Type cd Downloads and press Enter. Change the directory to the Downloads folder.
Type sudo dpkg -i ELAN_6-0_linux.deb and press Enter. Type the command as seen here to install the deb file.

Enter the sudo password when prompted.

Point to the files of installation. Allow the installation to complete.

In case of error messages, contact your system administrator.

Press the Windows key on the keyboard. To open the software interface, first, press the Windows key on the keyboard.
Type Elan in the search form. Type Elan in the search form, and notice the installed software is listed.
Select the Elan icon, press Enter or double click to open the program. Select the Elan icon, press Enter or double click to open the program.
Show ELAN interface. The ELAN interface opens with a grey window and menus on top.
Click on Edit and then Preferences, Edit Preferences. Click on Edit and then Preferences.

Choose Edit Preferences from the sub menu.

Choose Platform/OS option from the left panel. The Edit Preferences window opens.

Choose the Platform or OS option from the left panel.

For Media Framework, choose JavaFX Media Framework option. For Media Framework, choose JavaFX Media Framework option.

Do this before creating or loading projects.

Click on Apply. Click on Apply to accept the changes.
Click on File, New. Click on File, New to start a new project.

A dialogue box opens.

Navigate to Videos directory. Change the path to Videos directory.

I have saved the input file here, which is provided in the Codefiles link.

Choose ELAN.mp4 file. Choose the file ELAN.mp4 .
Click on the file format drop-down. Click on the file format drop-down.

Notice the various media file formats that ELAN can read.

Click on the right shift(>>) operator. Click on the right shift operator.
Cursor on the right frame. This adds the file on the right frame and to the project.
Click on OK. Click on OK to accept and initialize the new project.
Cursor on the video. The video window is seen on the top left side.
Cursor on the right panel. On the right side, notice the various tabs.

By default, Controls tab is selected.

Place the cursor on the scroll bar in the middle. Place the cursor on the scroll bar in the middle.
Left click hold and drag it. Lets click hold and drag it.

Notice the frames of the video, in the video window.

Click on the play button. Click on the play button, to play the video.
Click on the play button. Click on it again to pause the video.

Add the video file to sequencer panel.

Short cut key to play or pause is to press Control and Spacebar keys together.

Click on Options and show the layout modes.

Point to the Annotation Mode radio button.

Click on Options tab to show the layout modes.

This is the Annotation Mode layout in the software.

There are modes such as Transcription or Segmentation Modes as seen here.

Click on File, Save ELAN File. Click on File, Save to save the project.

A Save as dialog box opens.

Cursor on eaf extension.

Choose Videos folder and type file name, first-ELAN.eaf.

The project extension is .eaf here.

I will choose the Videos folder and name the file, first-ELAN.eaf.

Click on Save. Click on Save to save the project.
Click on File, Quit. Click on File, exit to quit ELAN.
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Summary 12

Now let’s summarize. In this tutorial, we
  • Downloaded and installed ELAN 6.0 on
  • Windows 10 OS and
  • Ubuntu Linux 18.04 OS
  • Opened the ELAN interface
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Summary 13

* Created a new project
  • Added a video file and
  • Saved the project
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Assignment 14

https://archive.mpi.nl/forums/

For assignment activity, please do the following.
  • Explore the ELAN interface and
  • Browse through the ELAN user forum in the given link.
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Acknowledgment

Spoken Tutorial Project is funded by MHRD, Government of India.
This is Rani from IIT, Bombay. Thank you for joining.

Contributors and Content Editors

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