User manual ADS TECH USB INSTANT DVD

USB USB USB USB USB USB USB USB USB USB USB USBAV700Cover.p65 44 USB Instant DVD User's Guide Rev. 3 Technical Support: 562.926.4338 Technical Support Hours: M-F 8am-5pm, PST www.adstech.com 6/4/2002, 12:20 PM ADS Technologies North America Office 12627 Hidden Creek Way Cerritos, CA, 90703 Phone: 562.926.1928 Technical Support: 562.926.4338 Technical Support Hours: M-F 8am-5pm PST Fax: 562.926.0518 European Office Shannon Industrial Estate Shannon Co. Clare, Ireland Phone: +353.61.702042 www.adstech.com USB USB USB USB USB USB USB USB USB USB USB 6/4/2002, 12:20 PM USBAV700Cover.p65 45 USB Instant DVD User's Guide Table of Contents ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Copyright Notice ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Instant DVD Overview ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 4 Three Ways to Capture Video ......................................................................................................................... 5 Burn a VCD or DVD movie to disk.................................................................................................................... 6 Create Video and Send Back to Tape .............................................................................................................. 7 Single Step Capture & Burn a CD or DVD disk..................................................................................................................................... 8 Create VCD or DVD Slideshow ....................................................................................................................... 8 USB Instant DVD Installation Guide ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 9 System Requirements ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 9 Getting Started ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 1. Check USB Instant DVD Contents ................................................................................................................ 9 2. Wire It Up! ................................................................................................................................................... 10 3. Plug It In & Install Device Drivers and Software ......................................................................................... 13 4. Optimize System For Best Performance .................................................................................................... 14 5. Verify Hardware Installation ...................................................................................................................... 15 6. Windows Audio Mixer Settings .................................................................................................................. 16 7. Installation Summary .................................................................................................................................. 17 8. Start Making DVD Movies ........................................................................................................................... 17 USB Instant DVD Capture Wizard ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 18 Using Capture Wizard Video Capture/Playback tool for the first time:............................................................................................................. 22 Menu Options ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 24 Menu Options: Options ................................................................................................................................... 26 Menu Options: Advanced ............................................................................................................................... 27 Menu Options: Advanced ....................................................................................................................................................................... 28 Menu Options: Help ........................................................................................................................................ 29 USB Instant DVD Wizard Features ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 30 Service and Warranty: .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 32 Ulead VideoStudio 6 Quick Start .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 34 Copyright Notice The USB Instant DVD is an innovative, hassle-free device that is designed to let you edit and archive your home movies easily. ADS Technologies respects the rights of copyright owners and asks that you do the same. The Copy Right Act gives owners of copyrights the exclusive right to reproduce and prepare derivative works as well as to publicly perform, display and distribute their works. This means that you must obtain permission to engage in any of these activities when using works that are copyrighted by another person. © 2002 ADS Technologies. All Rights Reserved Third Edition: Revision 3.0 May 2002 Microsoft, Windows, & Windows 98 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. IBM is a registered trademark of the International Business Machines, Inc. ADS is a registered trademark of ADS Technologies Inc. ADS Technologies (ADS) makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this material, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The information furnished within this written document is for information purposes only and is subject to change without notice. ADS Technologies assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear herein. ADS makes no commitment to update or to keep current information contained within this document. OverView.p65 1 6/4/2002, 12:21 PM USB INSTANT DVD USER GUIDE Ulead VIdeoSudio 6: The big picture ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 38 An introduction to digital video .................................................................................................................................................... 38 An introduction to MPEG ................................................................................................................................ 39 MPEG-1 .............................................................................................................................................. 39 MPEG-2 .............................................................................................................................................. 39 How VideoStudio works ................................................................................................................................ 40 Installing and running VideoStudio ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 41 Configuring VideoStudio .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 42 ....................................................................................................................................................................... 42 Instant DVD Setup .......................................................................................................................................... 42 Getting around VideoStudio ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 43 The Library ..................................................................................................................................................... 47 Steps to create your movie ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 48 Start ................................................................................................................................................................ 50 Creating a new project ...................................................................................................................... 50 Selecting a template ........................................................................................................................... 52 Capture .......................................................................................................................................................... 53 Checklist for successful video capture ............................................................................................. 53 Direct capturing MPEG video ............................................................................................................. 54 Capturing still images ......................................................................................................................... 55 Storyboard ..................................................................................................................................................... 56 Storyboard Mode ............................................................................................................................... 56 Timeline Mode .................................................................................................................................... 57 The Options Panel .............................................................................................................................. 58 SmartRender and Play Project button ................................................................................................ 59 Preview Files Manager ...................................................................................................................... 60 Inserting a clip into the Timeline ......................................................................................................... 60 Trimming a clip ................................................................................................................................... 61 Working with clips ............................................................................................................................. 62 Capturing still images in the Storyboard Step ..................................................................................... 63 Using color clips ................................................................................................................................ 63 Effect ............................................................................................................................................................. 64 Creating effects ................................................................................................................................. 64 Customizing effects ........................................................................................................................... 65 Overlay .......................................................................................................................................................... 66 Inserting video/image in the Overlay track......................................................................................... 66 Customizing overlays ........................................................................................................................ 67 Title ................................................................................................................................................................. 68 Creating text titles .............................................................................................................................. 69 Rolling & scrolling ............................................................................................................................... 71 Fading in & out ................................................................................................................................... 72 Putting it all together ........................................................................................................................... 72 Audio .............................................................................................................................................................. 73 Finish.............................................................................................................................................................. 75 Creating and saving a video file ........................................................................................................ 75 Video Save Options ........................................................................................................................... 77 Creating a DVD / VCD / SVCD Title .................................................................................................... 80 Project Playback ................................................................................................................................ 80 Creating an audio file ......................................................................................................................... 80 2 OverView.p65 2 6/4/2002, 12:21 PM USB INSTANT DVD USER GUIDE Exporting your movie ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 81 Burning DVD/VCD/SVCD ............................................................................................................................... 81 Recording back to a camcorder or VCR ........................................................................................................ 83 Shortcuts ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 84 Need more help? ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 85 Glossary ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 86 MyDVD User's Guide .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 88 MyDVD: Get Started ....................................................................................................................................... 89 Video Capture from Instant DVD.................................................................................................................... 90 Single Step Capture and Burn a CD or DVD disk ........................................................................................... 91 USB Instant DVD Helpful Hints: .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 92 3 OverView.p65 3 6/4/2002, 12:21 PM USB INSTANT DVD USER GUIDE Instant DVD Overview Instant DVD is a fun and easy way to get DVD, SVCD and VCD video into your Windows PC so you can edit or archive your home movies. Instant DVD then lets you publish the video to CD or DVD disk or publish to the Internet or send the video back to a VCR or camcorder for distribution on Tape. All the video compression takes place in the Instant DVD device so when the video comes through the USB port it is already compressed in the format you desire such as MPEG-1 for VCD (Video on CD) or MPEG-2 for DVD (Digital Versatile Disc). USB Instant DVD includes several flexible and dynamic software tools for your video projects: 4 OverView.p65 4 6/4/2002, 12:21 PM USB INSTANT DVD USER GUIDE Three Ways to Capture Video CAPWIZ: BASIC VIDEO CAPTURE & PLAYBACK This is fastest and easiest way to capture MPEG-1 (VCD) or MPEG-2 (SVCD, DVD) video on your PC. Use the Wizard screens to verify your video connections and video and audio format. Use CapWiz to quickly capture video or send MPEG video back to a VCR for recording or a TV for viewing. CapWiz also allows you to set up timed recordings and delayed recordings, set audio recording formats for various DVD authoring software and easily select video capture bit rates for good (3 Mb/sec.), Better (4 Mb/sec.) or Best (5 Mb/sec.) DVD video quality. VIDEOSTUDIO: FULL VIDEO CAPTURE & EDITING Video Studio steps you through the movie making process. Key steps are START, CAPTURE, STORYBOARD, EFFECTS, OVERLAY, TITLE, AUDIO and FINISH. Use Video Studio if you want to edit video, add effects or video filters, titles, back ground music or voice overs to create a unique video production. MYDVD: DIRECT PUBLISHING TO CD OR DVD DISKS WITHOUT EDITING THE VIDEO Use MyDVD to capture video in VCD or DVD format for the purposes of authoring a VCD or DVD disk. MyDVD allows you to capture video directly from Instant DVD into the MyDVD application. 5 OverView.p65 5 6/4/2002, 12:21 PM USB INSTANT DVD USER GUIDE Burn a VCD or DVD movie to disk VIDEO STUDIO: DVD-WIZARD AT THE FINISH STEP To use the DVD-Wizard you first save your movie into VCD, SVCD or DVD format and then the DVD-Plug-in will appear and allow you to quickly and easily author and burn your movie to disk. If all you want to do is capture and burn you can skip all the other video editing features and jump to the Finish step after you have captured your video. VCD and SVCD movies can be burned on a CD-ROM disk. DVD movies can also be burned on a CD-ROM disk, but you are limited to about 20 minutes of DVD quality video on a CD. If you have a DVD recorder, you can get about 2 hours of DVD quality video on a 4.7 GB DVD disk. Video Studio also supports publishing SVCD (MPEG-2 at 2.4 megabits/sec.) to a CD-ROM. SVCD is playable in many home DVD players. You can fit about 35-40 minutes of SVCD content on a 700 MB CD disk. MYDVD: CAPTURE AND BURN EITHER VCD (CD-ROM) OR DVD (CD-ROM OR DVD DISK) MOVIES You select the type of video you wish to publish, select the background template and either import video or capture video from Instant DVD. Once you have updated the template and button text to customize your movie, click "Make Disk" and you will step through the process to burn your movie to disk. When capturing video, MyDVD will check for a CD or DVD burner installed on your system and it will determine how many minutes of VCD or DVD video (depending upon your selection) will fit on the disk. If you want to make a DVD on a CD disk (sometimes called "mini-DVD"), a software DVD player will automatically be burned to the disk so you can distribute to any Windows PC with a CD player. The DVD player will automatically load so the DVD movie can be played. This is a great way to distribute high quality DVD video to people who may not have a DVDROM on their PC. If you have a DVD recorder (burner) you can produce DVD videos that will play in many home DVD players. With a CD burner you can produce a VCD (MPEG-1) movie that will play in many home DVD players. 6 OverView.p65 6 6/4/2002, 12:21 PM USB INSTANT DVD USER GUIDE Create Video and Send Back to Tape While Instant DVD was created to allow you to easily publish your home movies to CD or DVD disk, we did not forget the fact that many users would still like to record finished movies on video tape or preview on a TV before publishing to disk. Instant DVD includes two applications that allow you to send MPEG video from your computer and back through Instant DVD to be displayed on TV or recorded on a VCR. NOTE: When preparing to display captured video on a TV or recording to video tape, be sure that you have connected a video cable from the Instant DVD to the video input of your TV or VCR and that you have connected the audio out cable from your sound card to the audio inputs on your TV or VCR. CAPWIZ: SELECT ANY MPEG-1 (VCD) OR MPEG-2 (SVCD OR DVD) VIDEO FILE AND PLAY IT BACK ON A TV OR RECORD TO VCD Simply select the file from the file library or Browse to the directory where you saved the video file. Once the file is selected, click Play back on "TV or VCR" and click the Play button. If you have a TV attached to the RCA or S-VHS out connectors you will see the video displayed on the TV. If you connect to a VCR, click Record on the VCR just before clicking Play on the CapWiz application. VIDEO STUDIO: EXPORT MPEG VIDEO THROUGH THE INSTANT DVD UNIT SO YOU CAN DISPLAY EDITED VIDEO ON TV OR RECORD TO TAPE Although Video Studio allows you to save video in various formats such as .avi, .rm, .asf, .mov, only .mpg (MPEG) files can be exported out through USB Instant DVD. To export a video, go to the FINISH step, drag a .mpg movie to the preview window and the export button on the left of the interface will be enabled. Click the Export button and select "USB Instant DVD". A small dialog box as shown below will appear. Click Play to begin playback of the video file. The video will be displayed on your TV. If you wish to record to video tape, click Record on your VCR a few seconds before clicking Play USB Instant DVD dialog box. Click Stop to stop playback. 7 OverView.p65 7 6/4/2002, 12:21 PM USB INSTANT DVD USER GUIDE Single Step Capture & Burn a CD or DVD disk MYDVD: DIRECT TO DISC The Direct to Disk capability in MyDVD allows you to easily set up a one step capture and burn sequence. This is the simplest way to archive your video tape collection to CD or DVD. Select Direct to Disk when the MyDVD application is started. You must have a CD or DVD recorder attached to your PC at the beginning of this procedure and a new blank disk inserted. Follow the steps and you will be brought to a video capture dialog screen. Select the hours and minutes you want to record to the disk Select how often you want chapters to be automatically created in minutes or seconds; i.e. set chapter every 5 minutes. Select video quality (for DVD only) to Good, Better or Best. VCD is a set quality standard. Click Play on your video device. You will see video playing in the preview window, then Click the "RED" record button below the video preview area to start recording. Video will temporarily be stored on your hard drive. At the end of the capture sequence, the video will automatically be sequenced into chapters and burned to the disk. The finished disk is automatically ejected when sequence is complete. 8 Create VCD or DVD Slideshow DVD PICTURE SHOW: CREATE CUSTOM PHOTO SLIDESHOWS ON CD OR DVD You can create custom backgrounds and menus allowing you to put multiple slideshows on a single disk. You can even add music to your slideshows to create a multimedia experience. DVD Picture Show is totally wizard driven so it is very easy to use, simply choose VCD 2.0 or DVD format, select the still images for your slideshow, add background music, select a menu background and record to CD or DVD disk. Then you can play your slide show in most any DVD player so the entire family can enjoy the show! Images can be captured in .jpg or .bmp format from within the Video Studio 6 application. A still image can be captured in the Storyboard Step by selecting a specific frame in the Timeline and saving it as an image file. In this manner, possible distortions are avoided since the image is not acquired from a running video. To capture still images in Video Studio: 1. Select a clip in your project. 2. Drag the Preview Bar to the frame you want to capture. 3. Switch to an image folder in the Library. The folder can be the default Image folder, or the one created by yourself. 4. Click Save Still Image in the Options Panel. The new image file is saved to the hard disk and is represented as a thumbnail in the image folder you assigned. OverView.p65 8 6/4/2002, 12:21 PM USB INSTANT DVD INSTALLATION USB Instant DVD Installation Guide Getting Started The basic steps are: 1. Check USB Instant DVD package contents 2. Wire it Up!- audio and video connectors 3. Plug it In!- Power and USB connection Install Device Drivers & Application software 4. Optimize System For Best Performance 5. Verify Hardware Installation 6. Set Windows Audio Mixer 7. Installation Summary & Diagram Optimize System For Best Performance 8. Start Making DVD Movies! System Requirements - Intel Celeron 500 MHz or AMD Athlon 600 MHZ or better - Windows 98, Win98SE, WinME, Win2000 or WinXP - 128 MB recommended - Full duplex sound card - 16 MB AGP video card - CD-ROM Drive - 150 MB hard disk space for capture/editing applications - Disk space for video captures; Video captured at 4 Mb/sec will use 1.8 GB per hour - CD Recordable Drive & software required for saving movie files onto a CD - DVD Recordable Drive & software required for recording DVD movies. 1. Check USB Instant DVD Contents Hardware: (A) USB Instant DVD device (B) 5 VDC Power supply (C) 6 ft. USB Cable (D) 6 ft. A/V In cable (RCA video and Audio to RCA video and 3.5 mm stereo) (E) 6 ft. 3.5 mm male to 3.5 mm male stereo audio cable (F) 9 ft. Audio out to TV/VCR cable (3.5 mm stereo w/female 3.5mm Y to R+L RCA audio) (G) 9 ft. RCA Video cable Instant DVD CD containing: - Capture Wizard Capture & Export utility - USB Instant DVD device drivers - Ulead VideoStudio 6 ­ Special full version customized for Instant DVD - Sonic MyDVD 3.5 - Cyberlink PowerDVD 4.0 - Neptune MediaShare 3.0 - Ulead DVD PictureShow - Quick Time player 9 CapWiz manual.p65 9 6/4/2002, 12:21 PM USB INSTANT DVD INSTALLATION Check Contents - Wire it Up! - Plug It In! - Install Optimize System- - Verify Installation - Set Audio Mixer - Installation Summary 2. Wire It Up! In this section we will connect all audio and video cables that you will use to capture audio and video and then send audio and video back to a TV or VCR for viewing or recording. 1. Connect your video source (VHS, DVD, Laser Disc Player, TV. etc.) to your USB Instant DVD. A/V Source Connect your (D) 6 ft. A/V In cable to the 3 RCA jacks to your analog audio/ video source RCA Line Out. The other end connects to the "RCA Video In" jack and "Audio In" jack on the back of your USB Instant DVD. USB Instant DVD 10 CapWiz manual.p65 10 6/4/2002, 12:21 PM USB INSTANT DVD INSTALLATION Check Contents - Wire it Up! - Plug it In! - Install Optimize System- - Verify Installation - Set Audio Mixer - Installation Summary 2. Wire It Up! (cont'd) 2. Connect your USB Instant DVD Audio to the Sound Card on your PC. This will send Audio from your USB Instant DVD to your PC. Connect one end of your (E) 6 ft. USB Instant DVD male to male stereo audio cable to the Audio Out jack at the back of your USB Instant DVD. Connect the other end to the Line In jack on your sound card of your PC. Check your diagram of connectors on your Sound Card PC Sound Card If you want to send captured or edited video back to your TV or VCR for viewing or recording, continue steps 3 & 4. If you only want to preview & capture the video on your PC, skip to the Plug It In section on page 6. 3. Connect your USB Instant DVD to your TV or VCR. This will send captured or edited video back to your TV or VCR for viewing or recording. Connect (G) RCA cable to "Video Out" on Instant DVD Connect other end to Video IN on your TV or VCR. USB Instant DVD A/V Source 11 CapWiz manual.p65 11 6/4/2002, 12:21 PM USB INSTANT DVD INSTALLATION Check Contents - Wire it Up! - Plug It In! - Install Software - Verify Installation - Set Audio Mixer - Installation Summary 2. Wire It Up! (cont'd) 4. Connect the Audio Out of your PC to the Audio In on your TV or VCR. This will send recorded audio from your PC out for recording or listening on your TV or VCR. Connect the Right and Left RCA jacks of the (F) 9 ft. Audio out to TV/VCR cable to the Audio Inputs on your TV or VCR. Connect the 3.5mm stereo jack to the Line Out or Speaker jack on your sound card. If you do not have a "Line Out" jack you can connect this cable to your "Speaker Jack". Then you can plug your speakers into the "Y" female 3.5mm jack A/V Source Sound Card Color Coded Connectors: Audio Line-In = Light Blue Audio Line-Out = Lime Green Microphone = Pink Speaker Out/Subwoofer = Orange Right to Left Speaker = Brown *Sound Card Connector color codes according to PC-99 spec. PC Sound Card 12 CapWiz manual.p65 12 6/4/2002, 12:21 PM USB INSTANT DVD INSTALLATION Check Contents - Wire it Up! - Plug It In! - Install Software - Verify Installation - Set Audio Mixer - Installation Summary 3. Plug It In & Install Device Drivers and Software In this section you will Connect USB Instant DVD to your PC and Install Software Drivers. Please read through this section first, then go back and follow these step by step instructions to connect your USB Instant DVD and install device drivers and software applications: 1. Insert USB Instant DVD CD (Apple Quick time is required for our installers to run. If you don't have Quicktime Installed, it will install automatically. Click Next on every screen. No user name, registration or serial number is required) 2. Once you see the Instant DVD installation screen, Plug the power cable into your USB Instant DVD, then plug it into a power source. Now, plug your USB cable into USB Instant DVD and your PC. Windows will recognize the device and ask you for the drivers. Let Windows conduct an automatic search for the drivers. The drivers are located in the root directory of your USB Instant DVD CD. Windows will install the drivers. For WINDOWS XP users: Click Continue at this dialog box. CD Drive icon to bring back the Instant DVD Installation screen. c.) Continue installing the key bundled software on to your system; Video Studio 6 and MyDVD. We recommend installing MyDVD last because it also requests you to restart your system when the installation is complete. 3. Now that you have installed the device, Click the Capture Wizard button to install the key software components that make Instant DVD work as well as the CapWiz capture and playback application. a.) If you do not have Microsoft's DirectX 8.1 installed, it will install automatically. DirectX 8.1 is required for proper operation of your Instant DVD. Installation of DirectX 8.1 requires a re-start of your computer. b.) If your computer restarted, Click "My Computer" on your desktop. Double click the 13 CapWiz manual.p65 13 6/4/2002, 12:21 PM USB INSTANT DVD INSTALLATION Check Contents - Wire it Up! - Plug It In! - Install Optimize System- Verify Installation - Set Audio Mixer - Installation Summary 4. Optimize System For Best Performance Optimize System For Best Performance Set your VGA Resolution 1024 X 768 is the optimal resolution for viewing video at full resolution. DVD video is captured at 704 x 480 (704 x 576) PAL. If your resolution is not high enough you will not be able to view the video at full resolution. 1. Right click on your desktop 2. Click Properties 3, Click on Settings Tab 4. Adjust screen area to 1024 X 768 & 16 Bit Color Enable DMA to optimize video capture: For Windows 98SE: Enable DMA on your IDE hard drive for optimal video capture (Note: Not all hardware supports DMA acess). 1. Right click on My Computer 2. Click Properties 3, Click on Device Manager 4. Double click Disk Drives 5. Double click Hard Disk (labeled Generic IDE type XXX) 6. Click the settings tab 7. Enable DMA by checking the DMA box. 8. Click OK 9. Click OK Your computer will reboot with DMA enabled. 14 CapWiz manual.p65 14 6/4/2002, 12:21 PM CAPTURE WIZARD STEP-BY -STEP Check Contents - Wire it Up! - Plug It In! -Install Optimize System- Verify Installation - Set Audio Mixer - Installation Summary 5. Verify Hardware Installation Check Device Manager to verify that the USB Instant DVD hardware is recognized by Windows and is properly installed. Win98, Win98SE, WinME: 1.) Click Start, Settings, Control Panel. 2.) In Control Panel, click System. 3.) Click Device Manager tab. 4.) Double click the Imaging Device heading. 5.) USB Instant DVD should be listed. WinXP, Win2000: 1.) Click Start, Settings, Control Panel. 2.) In Control Panel, click System. 3.) Click on the Hardware Tab. 3.) Click Device Manager Button. 4.) Double click the Imaging Device heading. 5.) USB Instant DVD should be listed. If USB Instant DVD is listed under the Imaging Device heading, then the device is properly installed. 15 CapWiz manual.p65 15 6/4/2002, 12:21 PM CAPTURE WIZARD STEP-BY -STEP Check Contents - Wire it Up! - Plug It In! - Install Software - Verify Installation - Set Audio Mixer - Installation Summary 6. Windows Audio Mixer Settings Windows Audio Mixer Settings USB Instant DVD uses your computer sound card to record and playback the audio portion of your video recordings. You need to set up your audio mixers to properly capture the audio. Volume/ Play Control Mixer 1.) Click "Mute" on the Line-In Mixer. If Line-In is not present click "Options" and select Line-In as one of the mixer options that should appear in the Volume/Play Control mixer. Don't worry, you'll still hear the audio when you preview or record your video. You should have a full duplex sound card. This means that it records and play's back at the same time so you will hear the playback through the sound card while previewing and recording video. If you hear and echo while recording video, check your mixer and be sure Line-In is muted or check your sound card to be certain that it supports full duplex. Record Mixer 1.) Make the Record Mixer appear by Clicking Options on the Volume/Play Control Mixer & click the "Recording" option. 2.) When switching to Recording, be sure that the Line-In option is selected. 3.) Click OK and the Record Control mixer is displayed. 4.) Select Line-In on the Record Control Mixer. 5.) You can control audio record levels with this mixer. 16 CapWiz manual.p65 16 6/4/2002, 12:21 PM CAPTURE WIZARD STEP-BY -STEP Check Contents - Wire it Up! - Plug It In! - Install Software - Verify Installation - Set Audio Mixer - Installation Summary 7. Installation Summary 8. Start Making DVD Movies By now you should have completed the following: 1.) Made all of the Audio and Video connections between Instant DVD and your Audio/Video equipment. 2.) Connected Instant DVD to the Power Supply and USB Port on your PC. 3.) Installed USB drivers and verified the device is properly installed 4.) Installed all necessary software applications required for proper operation. 5.) Now you are ready to Start Making DVD Movies. USB Instant DVD Capture/Playback Now you are ready to start capturing video. We have created the Capture Wizard application to allow you to quickly capture and export video on your PC without starting a video editor or DVD Authoring program. Use the Capture Wizard application to test video capture and playback of video before moving on to Video Studio 6 or MyDVD. We have created a simple getting started Wizard that allows you to verify your connections and make the proper setup choices before capturing video. 17 CapWiz manual.p65 17 6/4/2002, 12:22 PM CAPTURE WIZARD STEP-BY -STEP USB Instant DVD Capture Wizard Step One: Open Cap Wiz. Click the Cap Wiz icon on your Desktop Or Click "Start" -> "Programs" -> "ADS Tech Instant DVD" and click on "Capwiz" Choose worldwide video standard based on country For more information on these standards, click on "Learn more about worldwide video standards" Step Two: Select Video Inputs &Outputs Choose RCA or S-Video based on your video source 18 CapWiz manual.p65 18 6/4/2002, 12:22 PM CAPTURE WIZARD STEP-BY -STEP USB Instant DVD Capture Wizard (cont'd) Step Three: Create file name and select file location Step Four: Choose video format and click Finish. For more information on these MPEG, click on "Learn more about video formats" 19 CapWiz manual.p65 19 6/4/2002, 12:22 PM CAPTURE WIZARD STEP-BY -STEP USB Instant DVD Capture Wizard (cont'd) Step 5: If you chose MPEG-2 format you will see Step 5. Here you choose the MPEG-2 audio format you wish to capture. Choose MPEG-1 Layer 2 if you want to create a file comaptible with Video Studio, DVD Movie Factory or DVD WorkShop from Ulead. Choose LPCM if you plan to create a DVD disk using MyDVD. Ready: Now you are ready to start viewing and capturing video. You will need to start your camcorder or VCR playing. Click Finish to close the Wizard screen. 20 CapWiz manual.p65 20 6/4/2002, 12:22 PM CAPTURE WIZARD STEP-BY -STEP USB Instant DVD Capture Wizard (cont'd) Step Six: Press Play on your video source (VCR, DVD player, etc.). Then in Cap Wiz, click the Preview button. After a 2 second delay, you will see your video in the preview window. Step Seven: Click Record button to begin capturing video to your PC. Click Stop to stop recording. The filename will appear in the Playback Library. You can review your clip by selecting the file from the cap wiz library and clicking on Play. 21 CapWiz manual.p65 21 6/4/2002, 12:22 PM CAPTURE WIZARD STEP-BY -STEP Using Capture Wizard Video Capture/Playback tool for the first time: You have just completed the Wizard screens to ensure that you have connected your video cables, selected your video format and now you are ready to capture video. Application Icons The icons at the top of the CapWiz screen allow you to easily jump from CapWiz to the bundled applications that came with your Instant DVD. You can quickly jump to Video Studio 6, MyDVD or review the Capture Wizard screens anytime video is not playing in the preview area. When you click on an application icon, CapWiz will automatically close. You can repeat the Wizard steps by clicking the Capture Wizard icon at the top of the application anytime video is not playing. The Wizard will run every time you start CapWiz. You can disable this by clicking Options at the top of the application. 1.) Click or uncheck - Show Splash Screen 2.) Click or uncheck - Show Wizard You can re-enable these features at anytime by re-selecting the options. Ready to Preview and Capture Video 1. Be sure your VCR, camcorder or other video source is turned on. 2. Press play on your video source 3. Press Preview on the CapWiz interface. After a 2 second delay, you will see your video in the preview window. 4. To Stop Preview, Click the Stop button. Naming Files: Before Recording check the Recording Filename box in the upper left hand corner of the application. The file name you selected in the Wizard Screen is listed here. 1. Keep this file name if you wish or type in a new file name. 2. Check the Auto Naming box and CapWiz will automatically name each captured file in sequential order; i I.e. if your video file is "My Video", the first file captured will be named "My Video-000", the second "My Video-001" and so on. 3. You can also click the "Unique" button and CapWiz will give your next vide a unique file name. 4. Every time you stop a capture, the new file name will be displayed in Playback List box. 5. If don't give each capture a new name, or use Auto Naming and capture several clips, you will actually keep writing over the same file each time because each file will have the same file name. This is actually handy if you want to do some simple test captures. Begin Recording: 1. You can start recording from the Stop or idle setting in CapWiz or while you are previewing video. 2. Click the red record button to begin recording. 3. To Stop recording, Click the Stop "? " button. 4. The video will be displayed in the resolution you selected for the video capture: a. VCD 352 x 240 NTSC / 352 x 288 PAL b. SVCD 480 x 480 NTSC / 480 x 576 PAL c. DVD 704 x 480 NTSC / 704 x 576 PAL 22 CapWiz manual.p65 22 6/4/2002, 12:22 PM CAPTURE WIZARD STEP-BY -STEP Using Capture Wizard Video Capture/Playback tool for the first time: Playback Captured Video Playback on the computer screen: This is the default setting. Video will be played back at the resolution it was captured in. 1.) Click on the file name in the Playback List Box. 2.) Click the ? button to begin playback. 3.) To Stop Playback, Click the Stop button Playback to TV or VCR: If you wish to send the video you have captured back to a TV for viewing or record to a VCR; 1.) Click TV/VCR in the Playback Video on box. 2.) Select the file you would like to play 3.) Click the PLAY button to begin playback. 4.) To Stop Playback, Click the STOP button Playback Options: This will allow you to playback captured video at any standard playback resolution regardless of the capture resolution: 1.) Click Options at the top of the screen. 2.) Click Advanced 3.) Click Playback Options 4.) Select the desired playback resolution. 5.) if you select Full Screen, then you can manually drag the playback window to any size. Playback List Box The Playback list box shows all of your video captures. This list will match the directory location you selected in the Capture Wizard screens. If you are unsure of the location you selected, run the Wizard again. Browse: The Browse button will allow you to browse to other file directories or hard drives. If you select another directory, any MPEG video files located there will appear in the Playback list box. Details: The Details button will allow you examine the details of the files in the Playback List box. Click on the Details Button and a dialog box will open showing detailed information about each file such as: Date, File Size, File Name and location on your system Click on any file in this dialog box and then click Details again and you will see more details about this individual files such as: 1.) Video bit rate 2.) Audio sampling rate 3.) Audio bit rate 4.) Frame rate Deleting a File: From the detailed information box you can delete a file by clicking the "Remove" button. CapWiz will ask you if you are sure, click OK and the file is deleted from your system. 23 CapWiz manual.p65 23 6/4/2002, 12:22 PM CAPTURE WIZARD STEP-BY -STEP Menu Options This section will describe all settings and choices for all of the menu options along the top of the CapWiz Interface. Video Inputs/Outputs: This dialog box allows you to quickly change your video input and output choices. These settings can also be changed by running the Capture Wizard Screens. Video Format: The Video format dialog box allows you to quickly change your video format for NTSC or PAL. If you are not sure of the correct selection, run the Capture Wizard and read the document called "Learn more about worldwide Video Standards" The Video format box also allows you to quickly set your video resolution and quality setting. You can choose: a. DVD at Good, Better or Best Quality b. Super Video CD (SVCD) c. VCD There are no quality settings for SVCD or VCD as these formats have standard video bit rates. DVD Settings - 3, 4 or 5 Megabits per second (Mb/sec.) SVCD - MPEG-2 video at 2.4 Mb/sec. VCD - MPEG-1 video at 1.15 Mb/sec. The Video format and bit rate (3,4 or 5 Mb/sec) for DVD video will be displayed in a status area of the CapWiz interface you will always know what video format and bit rate you are recording. Brightness/Color Here you can make changes to Brightness, Color, Saturation, Hue and Chroma. 1. Move the slider 2. Click the associated button to "SET" your adjustment; i.e. Slide the Brightness slider then Click the Brightness button to set. 3. You will see the change in about 2 seconds. The setting has to be communicated to Instant DVD and set in the Instant DVD box. 4. If you mess up, Click Reset to restore factory default settings. 5. Click OK to close the box. 24 CapWiz manual.p65 24 6/4/2002, 12:22 PM CAPTURE WIZARD STEP-BY -STEP Menu Options Audio/Video Delay Parameters We have worked hard to ensure that audio and video are in synch, but it is hard to predict everyone's system configuration and timing. If the audio and video are not in synch you can adjust the timing here. Note: 1. Make adjustments with No Video Playing 2. Make small adjustments. 3 Change only one setting at a time; only audio or only video. 4. Make small adjustments. 5. Watch the video carefully during capture and playback so you can properly determine if audio is ahead of the video or if the video is ahead of the audio. 6. Watch both the preview and the captured video. Often times the preview may be slightly off, but the recorded file is fine. 7. Most corrections can be made by changing ONLY the Audio timing. 8. During long captures you may see the lip synch drift off a bit and then return to normal a few minutes later. This will most likely not affect your recording. 9. If you mess up, click the Reset button to return to factory default settings. Video Capture Timing: Making an adjustment here will control audio and video timing during preview and capture. 1. Slide Audio or Video delay slider. 2. Click the Audio or Video button to set. 3. Click OK. 4 Click Preview to see the change. 5. Repeat steps 1-4 until you have perfect lip synch. Video Playback Timing: Making an adjustment here will control audio and video timing during preview and capture. 1.) Slide Audio or Video delay slider. 2.) Click the Audio or Video button to set. 3.) Click OK. 4.) Click Preview to see the change. 5.) Repeat steps 1-4 until you have perfect lip synch. Control The Control menu gives you another way to control video recording and playback: The selections are: Preview, Record, Stop, Pause Play Applications The Applications menu gives you another way to jump to bundled applications and you can also change the path of these applications if you happened to install them on a different drive. 1. Click the Applications menu button 2. Click on MyDVD or Video Studio to Jump to the selected application. Capture Wizard will automatically close when you do this. 3. Click the Edit button. This will show the default or standard directory path the applications are normally installed. 4. To change the directory path click the box with the "..." and you can browse to the directory path you installed the application. 25 CapWiz manual.p65 25 6/4/2002, 12:22 PM CAPTURE WIZARD STEP-BY -STEP Menu Options: Options The Options menus provide the widest variety of selections in customizing your use of the Capture Wizard application: Click the Options button at the top of the interface to view the Options drop down menu. Show Splash - If there is a check mark next to this an "ADS" splash screen will appear on your screen when you start Capture Wizard. To disable, click on "Show Splash" and the check mark will disappear. Show Wizard - If there is a check mark next to this, the "Capture Wizard" screens will appear on your screen when you start Capture Wizard. To disable, click on "Show Wizard" and the check mark will disappear. Prompt Record - If this has a check mark next to it, you will see a "OK to begin Recording" confirmation every time you click on the record button. To disable, click on "Prompt Record" and the check mark will disappear. Prompt Delay Record - Enabling this feature will cause the "Recording Options" box to appear when you click the Record Button. Click "Prompt" Delay Record" again to disable. More on this below. Recording Options Prompt to Confirm Recording - This will be checked if you enabled the feature as described above. This will prompt you to confirm you want to record. You can use this to time a recording sequence. 26 CapWiz manual.p65 26 6/4/2002, 12:22 PM CAPTURE WIZARD STEP-BY -STEP Menu Options: Advanced There are several advanced features accessible through this menu. Audio - In the Wizard screens, if you selected MPEG-2 for the video capture format, you were given the opportunity to select 48 KHz MPEG-1 Layer 2 or 48 KHz LPCM audio format. The Advanced Audio Options allows you to confirm your settings and make any changes. Enable 48 KHZ Capture - MPEG-1 Layer 2: Check this box if you wish to capture at 48 KHz audio. This is required to create a DVD compliant video file. Use 48KHz, but Capture in PCM format Check this box additionally to capture audio in the PCM format. To capture 48KHz PCM audio, both boxes must be checked. The CapWiz interface will display the audio setting during capture and preview as 48 KHz for 48 KHz MPEG-1 Layer 2 and 48 KHz PCM for PCM audio capture. SVCD and VCD video use 44.1 KHz MPEG-1 layer 2 audio format automatically. Encoding Bitrate - You can select the audio encoding bitrate for MPEG-1 Layer 2 audio. The audio bitrate for PCM audio is always 1,536 kbps or approximately 11.52 MB/minute. Select the audio bit rate you desire for VCD, SVCD or DVD video. These bit rates are measured in kilo bits per second (kbps) The standard for VCD and SVCD is 224 kbps, but you can select a range from 64 kbps to 384 kbps. Playback This will allow you to playback captured video at any standard playback resolution regardless of the capture resolution: 1.) Click Options at the top of the screen. 2.) Click Advanced 3.) Click Playback Options 4.) Select the desired playback resolution. 5.) If you select Full Screen, then you can manually drag the playback window to any size. 27 CapWiz manual.p65 27 6/4/2002, 12:22 PM CAPTURE WIZARD STEP-BY -STEP Menu Options: Advanced Split Stream Audio Some DVD authoring programs require the audio and video to be separate elementary streams. Click the box to enable this feature. When you capture video two (2) separate files will be created. Audio file will have the .mpa extension Video file will have the .mpv extension Click OK to set and close dialog box. This setting will be in effect until you close CapWiz. The next time you use CapWiz you will automatically return to the default setting of a single video file with audio and video contained in the single file. Audio Devices This box shows the audio devices you have installed on your system. If you have more than one sound card, you can select the device you wish to use for capturing audio with CapWiz and Instant DVD. Disk space You can set up to be warned if you don't have enough disk space available when you begin recording. Check this box to enable the feature and set the slider to the amount of disk space you feel comfortable as a warning level. 28 CapWiz manual.p65 28 6/4/2002, 12:22 PM CAPTURE WIZARD STEP-BY -STEP Menu Options: Help About The About box so you can check the version number you are running and it will also display the amount of disk space available on your C: drive. Help Using CapWiz This will bring up an Adobe Acrobat file that will display this CapWiz manual. System Info This will bring up a dialog box with all of your system information. You can click the copy button and paste this information in an e-mail and send to the ADS tech support person if he/ she requests it. 29 CapWiz manual.p65 29 6/4/2002, 12:22 PM CAPTURE WIZARD FEA TURES USB Instant DVD Wizard Features Video Inputs/Outputs: Select RCA or S-Video based on your video source Video Format: Television standards Video Brightness/Color Control Select NTSC or PAL based on country (See Television standards below) Select Video Quality (see Video Compression Formats below) Brightness: To adjust brightness, slide control bar and click Brightness button Contrast: To adjust contrast, slide on control bar and click Contrast button Saturation: To adjust saturation, slide on control bar and click Saturation button Hue: To adjust hue, slide on control bar and click Hue button Chroma: To adjust chroma, slide on control bar and click Chroma button Click OK to close dialog box. Audio Parameters Only use this feature if your captured video and audio are out of synch in playback. In some cases, audio synch may appear off during preview. Do not adjust these settings until you have reviewed your captured file. To reset default settings, click Reset button and click OK to close dialog box. Advanced Options Playback: Set playback format and resolution Split Stream: Enable separate video (.mpv) and audio (.mpa) capture Video Compression Formats Before selecting a Video compression format for recording your video with Instant DVD, think about your final goal for the captured video? If you wish to capture, edit and record back to videotape you will choose a different format than if you want to put an hour of video on a CD-ROM. Choosing a video format that matches your output goal will save you time and assure the best video quality. Read the description of each video capture format to be sure that it not only matches your output goal, but also matches your playback goal. Some formats will only playback on a Windows PC and others will play back in home DVD players. My Goal is: Video format choice: -Copy an hour of video on to a CD-R/RW disk VCD (Video CD format/MPEG-1) -Capture video for video e-mail or publish on Internet VCD (MPEG-1) -Copy 30-40 minutes of Better quality video to CD SVCD(Super Video CD) -Copy DVD on CD (20 minutes) play back on PC (MPEG-2) -Capture, edit and record back to videotape DVD (MPEG-2) -Capture and copy DVD quality movie to DVD diskDVD (MPEG-2) 30 CapWiz manual.p65 30 6/4/2002, 12:22 PM CAPTURE WIZARD FEA TURES USB Instant DVD Wizard Features (cont'd) Television standards Different countries use different television standards. The United States, Japan and a few other countries use the NTSC (National Television Standards Committee) standard; the rest of the world uses PAL (or SECAM, which is very similar to PAL). NTSC countries Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil*, British Indian Ocean Territory, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica,Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Greenland*, Grenada, Guam,Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Japan, Korea (South), Laos*, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Micronesia, Myanmar (Burma), Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua,Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Samoa (American), St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Taiwan, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States, Venezuela,Virgin Islands (American and British). PAL countries Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla?*, Argentina, Armenia,Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan,Bosnia, Botswana, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Comoros, Congo, Republic of, Cook Islands, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, East Timor, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, France, France (Metropolitan),Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Greenland*, Guadeloupe, Guiana (French), Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire), Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea (North), Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagasgar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru?*, Nepal, Netherlands (Holland), New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Poland, Polynesia (French), Portugal, Qatar, Réunion, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Samoa (Western), San Marino, São Tomé and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands*, Spain, Sri Lanka, St. Helena?*, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Sudan, Svalbard (Spitzbergen), Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu?*, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna Islands, Western Sahara, Yemen, Yugoslavia (Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo), Zambia, Zimbabwe. 31 CapWiz manual.p65 31 6/4/2002, 12:22 PM SER VICE AND W ARRANTY Service and Warranty: Service: If you require assistance with the installation, operation, or application of your ADS Technologies, Inc. product there are several options available to you as described in the technical support section of this manual. The ADS Technologies technical support and customer service staff can aid in solving many problems. Our technical support department is available to repair any ADS Technologies product. You or your dealer must return products to our factory for repair or warranty replacement. Return/Replacement: Each individual computer store or dealer sets product returns policies for their customers. ADS Technologies, Inc. cannot be responsible for the actions or policies set by our dealers. If you desire to return the product for a refund, you must get the refund from the dealer or store you purchased the product from. If you purchased the product directly from ADS please see the "Terms and Conditions of Sale" on the reverse side of your sales invoice. Returns to ADS Technologies, Inc. are for repair or warranty replacement only. If you need to return product to ADS Technologies, Inc. for repair or replacement you must follow these steps: 1. Call our Technical Support department at (562) 926-4338 to obtain a Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) number. 2. The RMA number is valid for 30 days. 3. Ship the product to the ADS factory with the RMA number marked on the inside and outside of the package. If there is no RMA number on the package or the RMA number has expired, the shipment will be refused. ADS will not be liable for lost or mis-shipped products. 4. Replacement product cannot be shipped to you until the defective product has been received by ADS. 5. Once the product is received at the factory it will be tested and then repaired or replaced. 6. Turn around time is approximately one week. A repaired or replacement product will be shipped back to you. 32 CapWiz manual.p65 32 6/4/2002, 12:22 PM SER VICE AND W ARRANTY Warranty: This ADS Technologies, Inc. product comes with a One (1) year hardware warranty. ADS Technologies, Inc. (ADS) warrants this product against defects in material and workmanship for a period of One (1) year from the date of original purchase from ADS or an authorized ADS dealer. This warranty applies only to the original purchase of the product and is not transferable. This warranty does not cover any incompatibilities due to the user's computer, hardware, software or other related system configuration in which the product interfaces. Proof of purchase will be required before any warranty consideration by ADS occurs. This warranty does not cover any damage caused by negligence, non-authorized modifications, or parts installed without prior written permission from ADS. This warranty does not apply if the product has been damaged by accident, abuse, or misapplication, nor as a result of service to the product by anyone other than ADS. If your ADS product is not in working order, your only recourse is repair or warranty replacement, as described above. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES will ADS Technologies, Inc. be liable for consequential damages, including but not limited to any lost savings, lost profits, or any other damages, caused by the use of any ADS Technologies, Inc. product or inability to use the product, even if the dealer or ADS Technologies, Inc. has been advised of such liability or other claims. This includes damage to property and, to the extent permitted by law, damages for personal injury. This warranty is in lieu of all other warranties including implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. FCC Information Federal communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: * Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna . * Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. * Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. * Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help. Notice: (1) The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment. (2) Shielded interface cables and AC power cord, if any, must be used in order comply with the emission limits. 33 CapWiz manual.p65 33 6/4/2002, 12:22 PM 34 VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Ulead VideoStudio 6 Quick Start Start Capturing Video with Video Studio in 5 Easy Steps Before Starting with Video Studio 6 we trust that you have already used the Capture Wizard and captured some video so you know that you have Instant DVD connected properly and that you can capture video 1. Start Video Studio 6 2. Click the Tool Box button & select "Change Capture Plug-in - USB Instant DVD Capture Plug-in MUST be selected. Click OK to Set or Cancel if USB Instant DVD is already selected. 3. From the START page in Video Studio, Click the New Project Button and the New Project Template box will appear. Select the Template that matches your project goal. With Instant DVD you can select templates for DVD, SVCD or VCD ONLY. Selecting the Template will automatically select the resolution and video capture bit rate for the video being captured. 4. If you have Instant DVD connected and the Instant DVD capture Plug-in Selected you will automatically be taken to the Capture Mode. You can confirm that you are capturing from Instant DVD by noting the display at right. 5. Click the Capture Video Button to begin capturing video. Click this button a second time or click the "esc" key on your keyboard to stop the capture. The file will be displayed in the timeline below. VS6-A.p65 34 6/4/2002, 12:22 PM Abridged USB Instant DVD edition for Ulead VideoStudio version 6.0, May 2002 © 1992-2002 Ulead Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or storing in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form without the express written permission of Ulead Systems, Inc. Software license The software described in this document is furnished under a License Agreement, which is included with the product. This Agreement specifies the permitted and prohibited uses of the product. Licenses and trademarks ICI Library © 1991­1992 C-Cube Microsystems. Ulead Systems, Inc., Ulead, the Ulead logo, and Ulead VideoStudio are trademarks of Ulead Systems, Inc. All other product names and any registered and unregistered trademarks mentioned in this manual are used for identification purposes only and remain the exclusive property of their respective owners. Sample files Files provided as samples on the program CD can be used for personal demonstrations, productions and presentations. No rights are granted for commercial reproduction or redistribution of any sample files. North & South America: Ulead Systems Inc. http://www.ulead.com E-mail: info@ulead.com International: Ulead Systems, Inc. http://www.ulead.com http://www.asiapac.ulead.com http://www.ulead.com.tw E-mail: info@ulead.com.tw Europe: Ulead Systems GmbH http://www.ulead.de E-mail: info@ulead.de Japan: Ulead Systems, Inc. http://www.ulead.co.jp E-mail: info@ulead.co.jp VS6-A.p65 35 6/4/2002, 12:22 PM Table of Contents Ulead VideoStudio6 Quick Start .......................................................................... 34 The big picture ....................................................................................................... 38 An introduction to digital video .......................................................................................................... 38 An introduction to MPEG ...................................................................................... 39 MPEG-1 ........................................................................................................................................... 39 MPEG-2 ........................................................................................................................................... 39 How VideoStudio works ........................................................................................ 40 Installing and running VideoStudio ....................................................................... 41 Configuring VideoStudio ....................................................................................... 42 ........................................................................................................................... 42 Instant DVD Setup ............................................................................................... 42 Getting around VideoStudio ................................................................................. 43 The Library .......................................................................................................... 47 Steps to create your movie ................................................................................... 48 Start .................................................................................................................... 50 Creating a new project ................................................................................................................ 50 Selecting a template .................................................................................................................... 52 Capture ............................................................................................................... 53 Checklist for successful video capture .................................................................................... 53 Direct capturing MPEG video ...................................................................................................... 54 Capturing still images ................................................................................................................. 55 Storyboard ........................................................................................................... 56 Storyboard Mode ........................................................................................................................... 56 Timeline Mode ............................................................................................................................... 57 The Options Panel ....................................................................................................................... 58 SmartRender and Play Project button ...................................................................................... 59 Preview Files Manager ................................................................................................................ 60 Inserting a clip into the Timeline ............................................................................................... 60 Trimming a clip ............................................................................................................................. 61 Working with clips ........................................................................................................................ 62 Capturing still images in the Storyboard Step ........................................................................ 63 Using color clips ........................................................................................................................... 63 VS6-A.p65 36 6/4/2002, 12:22 PM Effect .................................................................................................................. 64 Creating effects ............................................................................................................................. 64 Customizing effects ..................................................................................................................... 65 Overlay ................................................................................................................ 66 Inserting video/image in the Overlay track .............................................................................. 66 Customizing overlays .................................................................................................................. 67 Title ..................................................................................................................... 68 Creating text titles ......................................................................................................................... 69 Rolling & scrolling ........................................................................................................................ 71 Fading in & out .............................................................................................................................. 72 Putting it all together .................................................................................................................... 72 Audio .................................................................................................................. 73 Finish .................................................................................................................. 75 Creating and saving a video file ................................................................................................ 75 Video Save Options ...................................................................................................................... 77 Creating a DVD / VCD / SVCD Title ........................................................................................... 80 Project Playback ............................................................................................................................ 80 Creating an audio file .................................................................................................................. 80 Exporting your movie ............................................................................................. 81 Burning DVD/VCD/SVCD ...................................................................................... 81 Recording back to a camcorder or VCR ................................................................. 83 Shortcuts ................................................................................................................. 84 Need more help? ................................................................................................... 85 Glossary .................................................................................................................. 86 VS6-A.p65 37 6/4/2002, 12:22 PM 38 VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE The big picture Digital video editing used to be dominated only by professionals. Advances in technology, however, made it possible for almost anyone to create desktop video productions even at home. As personal computers become increasingly powerful, video editing software also become smarter. Ulead VideoStudio puts you at the cutting edge of video technology by providing a complete set of tools to cut, mix, run titles, add special effects, and do almost anything digitally possible with your work. Even novices achieve professional results as VideoStudio turns the complex process of video editing into a simple and fun affair. An introduction to digital video Tens of millions of camcorders and personal computers have been sold around the world and video capture cards serve as the connection between the two. These cards allow the transfer of video data from the camcorder to the computer hard disk. The introduction of the IEEE 1394 interface technology also known as FireWire or i.Link and the emergence of a generation of entirely digital camcorders and a new format to emerged - digital video (DV). VideoStudio fully supports digital video (DV) editing and puts all the advantages of working with this format in your hands. VideoStudio lets you output your video projects in a wide range of storage media DV camcorders are compact and simple tooperate VS6-A.p65 38 6/4/2002, 12:22 PM THE BIG PICTURE 39 An introduction to MPEG The Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) defined a series of standards for compressing or reducing the file size of video to make it easier for computers to handle. VideoStudio allows you to work with both MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 formats to create VCD and DVD movies with amazing frameaccurate technology. MPEG-1 Also known as the White Book standard, MPEG-1 gives you VHS quality video which you can burn to a CD and play back using a regular CD player. Popularly known as the VCD format, MPEG-1 enables more than 70 minutes of good quality video and audio to be stored on a single CD-ROM disc. MPEG-2 A standard for coding video at higher data rates and in an interlaced format, MPEG-2 allows multi-channel sound recording and enables a resolution four times greater than MPEG-1. It is optimized for higher-end applications such as satellite broadcast and DVD. Note:MPEG-4, a more recent development, allows video and sound recorded by cameras and microphones to work smoothly with their computer-generated counterparts. VS6-A.p65 39 6/4/2002, 12:22 PM 40 VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE How VideoStudio works VideoStudio follows a step-by-step paradigm so that editing tasks remain uncomplicated from start to finish. VideoStudio also offers more than a hundred transition effects, professional titling capabilities and simple soundtrack creation tools. Learn in seconds, create in minutes. VideoStudio breaks up your movie into separate tracks, giving you broad creative freedom. Changes to one track do not affect others. After transferring footage from your camcorder, you can arrange scenes, apply special effects, overlay images, add animated titles, sync in a voiceover narration, and use background music from your favorite CDs in formats such as WAV and MP3. All these can be done using drag-and-drop, cut-and-paste, or select-and-apply operations. All the tracks in your movie are then organized into a video project file (*.VSP), which contains all the video and audio information on how your movie is put together. When everything is all set to go, your computer collects all information needed to create your final movie file. This process is called rendering. You can then output and distribute your movie as a DVD/VCD/SVCD title, streaming Web page video, or an e-mail attachment. You can also record your movie back to your camcorder or VCR. Components of a finished project as displayed in Timeline Mode Footage can be captured from your camcorder and digitized for editing in your PC The VideoStudio workspace VS6-A.p65 40 6/4/2002, 12:22 PM CONFIGURING VIDEOSTUDIO 41 Installing and running VideoStudio To install VideoStudio: 1. Place the Instant DVD CD into your CD-ROM drive. Click on the Video Studio icon to load the Video Studio Installation screen. 2. When the Setup screen appears, follow the instructions to install VideoStudio onto your computer. Note: If the Setup screen does not appear after loading the CD, then you can manually start it by double-clicking the My Computer icon on your desktop, then double-clicking the icon for the CDROM drive. When the CD-ROM window opens, double-click the Setup icon. VideoStudio installation screen Please install also the following applications, because they are very important in making digital video work well on your computer. The installation program will walk you through installing: · · · · QuickTime Windows Media Format RealPlayer Acrobat Reader Note:Skip this step if you already have newer versions of the above supporting applications installed in your PC. To run VideoStudio: · Double-click the VideoStudio icon on your Windows desktop. OR Select the VideoStudio icon from the VideoStudio program group on the Windows Start menu. Running VideoStudio from Windows Start menu · VS6-A.p65 41 6/4/2002, 12:22 PM 42 VIDEOSTUDIO USER GUIDE Configuring VideoStudio Camcorders, VCRs, and VCD/DVD players are common sources of video footage. To ensure a smooth interaction between these video sources and your computer, make sure that the settings of VideoStudio are configured properly depending on the capture device you are using. Instant DVD Setup To check the setup of VideoStudio for analog interface: 1. Connect your camcorder, VCR, or other video source device to your analog capture card. 2. Insert your videotape into the capture device and switch it on. Make sure it is in the playback mode (usually named VTR or VCR). See your machine's manual for specific instructions. 3. The Instant DVD Capture plug-in will be detected automatically. 4. Click Capture Step at the top of Video Studio software and check if your device is displayed in the Options Panel under Driver. 5. To change video source (RCA or S-VHS), NTSC or PAL, brightness and color controls, click the Options button (Gear icon). Select Video Properties and click Video Capture Pin. Make your changes and click OK to close the dialog box. Check that your device is listed under Driver Note: Instant DVD supports multiple video sources. The Video Properties dialog box allows you to select your desired video source such as Composite or S-Video. You can also make changes to color and brightness settings to video being captured via Instant DVD. VS6-A.p65 42 6/4/2002, 12:22 PM GETTING AROUND VIDEOSTUDIO 43 Getting around VideoStudio The VideoStudio interface has been designed to make the sometimes complicated task of editing movies on your PC intuitive and enjoyable. The illustration on this page shows an overview of the entire program, while the next few pages detail more specific features. Track buttons Each activates a track to edit. Click a button to change the Preview Window and available options accordingly. Options Panel Contains controls, buttons, and other information. Preview Window Shows the current clip, video filter, effect, or title. Folder button Click to switch between various library folders. Load media button Click to add video or audio files to the Library. Library Stores and organizes all of your media clips. Trim Bar Used for trimming, editing, and cropping video clips. Timeline Represents the period of time that a clip appears in your movie. The Options Panel The Options Panel changes depending on the program's mode and the step or track you are working on. The Options Panel may contain one or two tabs. Information in each tab vary depending on the selected clip. Options Panel in Storyboard Step VS6-A.p65