USB USB USB USB USB USB USB USB USB USB USB USB USB USB USB USB USB USB USB Instant Video User Guide, Rev. 2.0 Product Part# USBAV-170 Product UPC: 7-57887-17000-4 website: www.adstech.com email: support@adstech.com © 2001 ADS Technologies. All Rights Reserved First Edition: Revision 2.0 May, 2002 Microsoft, MS-DOS, Windows, Windows 95 and 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. Table of Contents A letter from the President of ADS . . . . . . . . . 5 Package Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Hardware Installation (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Software Installation (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Hardware Installation (Mac) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Software Installation (Mac) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Help Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Service and Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 4 A Letter from the President of ADS Technologies "Connect, Create, and Store" At ADS Technologies, Inc. we bring the best and latest multimedia technology to your PC. Our products allow you to "Connect, Create and Store". CONNECT with our line of USB 1.1, USB 2.0 and 1394 Host and Hub devices. Today, external bus technologies such as USB and FireWire/1394 let you connect hundreds of devices to your PC or MAC. We have the connectivity solutions that allow you to get the most out of USB and 1394 technologies. CREATE audio and video productions with our line of video capture and editing solutions. We have video editing and MPEG2/DVD Capture and Authoring solutions to fit everyone's needs, ranging from the novice level to the professional level. STORE that multimedia masterpiece with one of our 1394 storage or USB 2.0 Storage solutions. Today's multimedia files are getting larger and larger. You need solutions that help you easily and cost effectively store your work; we've got those solutions. More than ever, my goal has been to bring new technologies to the consumer market at affordable prices and with significant value to you, our customer. ADS products are easy to use. Most of our products are Plug-and-Play, easy to install and offer software to help get the best value out of the hardware product. And if you do need help, we will do our best to support you. We want every customer to be a happy ADS customer. The combination of technology innovation, affordability, quality, value and support has made our products award-winners in the press and at conventions. More over they are winners with our customers. I wish to thank you for choosing ADS Technologies and I hope you enjoy your new multimedia experience. Sincerely, Michael McCoy President 5 INTRODUCTION Package Contents: 1. 2. 3. 4. USB Instant Video device w/ 6 ft. USB cable attached Audio/Video connection cable USB Instant Video CD User's Guide System Requirements: · A computer system equipped with a PENTIUM II 300MMHZ / AMD K7 Chip or above / Apple G3, G4 Based MAC · USB host on mother board or USB Port adapter card in the computer · Operating system: Windows 98, Win98SE, WinME, Windows 2000, Windows XP / Mac OS 9.0 or above (OS X NOT Included) · 64 MB of RAM · 200 MB of free hard disk space for software installation · CD-ROM drive for installation of the bundled software · CD-R/RW drive and software required for creating Video CD's · Sound card · A modem and Internet connection is required for the application of videoconference, live web cam and Internet video publishing software Applications: · Still and video image capture · Video Editing · Video conferencing · Live Web Cam · Video mail · Capture Analog video to VIDEO CD (VCD) Format to play on most DVD Players. 6 HARDWARE INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR WINDOW'S Windows 98, 98SE, ME, 2000, XP Do not connect the device to the USB port at this time. INSTALL Device Drivers FIRST ! 1. Insert the USB INSTANT VIDEO CD. 2. Our AUTORUN CD will display the USB INSTANT VIDEO SETUP SCREEN. 3. Click on the yellow button with the label, INSTALL DRIVERS. 4. The screenshot below will be shown: 1. Click NEXT. Note: This is a screen shot from WINDOWS XP. Windows 98, ME and 2000 operating systems will show a different but similar picture. 2. Click NEXT. Please DOUBLE check that you have NOT plugged in your USB INSTANT VIDEO. 3. Windows XP user's will see this screen. Please click to continue. The Driver we use for the INSTANT VIDEO was just updated and at the time of creation of this manual, has not yet finished WHQL testing with Microsoft. This will NOT affect the drivers functionality in ANY way. 7 4. USB INSTANT VIDEO DRIVERS will now start to install in your PC. Make sure to select INSTALL DRIVER AUTOMATICALLY on all the screens that will prompt you from here on. Continue Clicking the NEXT button until you see the screen below. Windows XP Dialog box Shown, WIN98/ME/2K will be diffrent but similar. NOTE: Since USB INSTANT VIDEO has an AUDIO COMPONENT, our Installer will install a USB AUDIO DEVICE. 5. After Installation, you will see a similar screen to the left. 6. THE DRIVERS FOR USB INSTANT VIDEO HAS NOW BEEN INSTALLED IN YOUR SYSTEM. PLEASE RESTART YOUR COMPUTER AT THIS TIME! 7. Once Your Computer has restarted. Plug the USB INSTANT VIDEO into an available USB PORT. NOTE: IT IS ADVISABLE THAT THE USB INSTANT VIDEO NOT BE PLUGGED INTO A USB HUB TO AVOID USB BANDWIDTH ISSUES. 7. The USB INSTANT VIDEO will be recognized and installed as soon as you plug it in. This will take several minutes. After several minutes, check your device manager window to verify if the USB Instant Video Is correctly installed. Open DEVICE MANAGER and check under the category IMAGING, the USB Instant Video will be listed there. To open DEVICE MANAGER, right click on MY COMPUTER and click on properties. 8 PLUG IN ALL YOUR CABLES The USB INSTANT VIDEO Hardware is now installed. Plug the included AUDIO/VIDEO Cable to your VCR, DVD Player or CAMCORDER. Plug the other end into the USB INSTANT VIDEO. The MONITOR connector on the USB INSTANT VIDEO allows you to LOOP the VIDEO back to your TV. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR WINDOW'S: 1. Insert the USB INSTANT VIDEO CD into your CD ROM DRIVE. Click on the YELLOW BUTTON with the LABEL VIDEOSTUDIO 6. 2. INSTALL VIDEOSTUDIO 6. Follow Instructions on the screen on Installing Video Studio 6. 3. RESTART YOUR COMPUTER after installing the SOFTWARE. USING VIDEOSTUDIO 6 Whats new in ULEAD VideoStudio 6? Creating movies has been simplified with Ulead VideoStudio 6. It is designed with an even more amazing tool for your movie making needs. With its new look, enhanced and added features, creating movies would surely be more exciting and easy. · · · · · · · · · New user-interface Overlay Step and Overlay Track Enable to maximize Preview Window Import Ulead COOL3D Animations Create QuickTime video files for streaming More title motion styles Instant Preview Automatically capture scenes into multiple files Multiple CD-ROM support WARNING: EVEN THOUGH VIDEOSTUDIO 6 WAS DESIGNED FOR THE ENTRY LEVEL USER, PLEASE SPEND THE TIME TO LEARN THE PROGRAM, FOR HELP ANYWHERE IN VIDEOSTUDIO 6, PRESS THE F1 KEY FOR HELP. 9 VIDEOSTUDIO 6 AND USB INSTANT VIDEO: USB INSTANT VIDEO can capture analog video and audio into several formats. The most popular kinds are AVI and MPEG1 (VCD). AVI file capture is popular for turning video into email attachments or for streaming video on the web. VideoStudio 6 can easily convert AVI files into various streaming formats. MPEG1 or VCD (Video CD) is used for making VIDEO CD (VCD) disk's that can play in most DVD PLAYERS. To create a VCD project and burn it to disk, a CD BURNER would be required. CONFIGURING VIDEOSTUDIO 6 TO CAPTURE IN VCD FORMAT 1. Run VideoStudio 6. Click START on the Step Panel. 2. Click NEW PROJECT. This opens the New Project dialog box. 3. Specify a path to store captured files to be used in the project. 4. Select NTSC VCD or PAL VCD. NTSC is the TV STANDARD that is used in the USA, CANADA, MEXICO and JAPAN. PAL is the TV STANDARD in use in EUROPE, SOUTH AMERICA, AUSTRALIA and MOST OF WORLD. 5. Click OK. 6. Go to the CAPTURE Step. Be sure you are in CAPTURE mode. 7. Specify the length of video you want to capture by entering the timecode in the Capture duration entry box. (If you don't specify a length before capturing, you can stop the capture manually by pressing escape.) 8. Click OPTIONS in the CAPTURE SETTINGS Tab. 9. In the CAPTURE OPTIONS dialog box, select Capture to Library if you want to add the video clip into the library. By doing this, you make the video clip available for other projects. 10. Click OPTIONS again in the CAPTURE SETTINGS Tab of the and select VIDEO FORMAT, you will see this window: 10 11. Change the settings for the VIDEO FORMAT to window below: MAKE SURE YOU PICK: Compression: I420 Frame Size: 352x240 12. Click OPTIONS again in the CAPTURE SETTINGS Tab and Select CAPTURE PROPERTIES. You will see a box similar to the one below: 13. Select VIDEO CAPTURE FILTER, click PROPERTIES and you will see the screen below. This is where you can change video settings and select your video input source. Since you can connect an SVHS source and a COMPOSITE (Yellow RCA Jack) video source you would need to select your input. Click OK when fin ished. 14. Click OPTIONS again in the CAPTURE SETTINGS Tab and Select CAPTURE PROPERTIES. Select VIDEO CAPTURE PIN, click PROPERTIES. You will see the window below. This is where you need to double check that you have the following settings: MAKE SURE YOU PICK: Compression: I420 Frame Size: 352x240 15. Lastly, you need to tell Video Studio to capture from the right AUDIO SOURCE. Click OPTIONS again in the CAPTURE SETTINGS Tab and Select CAPTURE PROPERTIES. Select AUDIO SOURCE, click PROPERTIES. Select USB INSTANT VIDEO as your CAPTURE SOURCE and click OK. 11 CAPTURING VIDEO AND EXPORTING TO VCD With VIDEOSTUDIO 6 correctly configured to capture in VCD mode, you can now go ahead and start capturing video by clicking on the CAPTURE VIDEO ICON on the upper left side of the screen. Once you have captured all your clips and placed on the TIMELINE, added effects and titles, you can CLICK on the FINISH TAB and CLICK on SAVE TO VCD. This will render your whole project into one file. After which the ULEAD DVD PLUG-IN Dialog box will appear below:: Follow the STEP by STEP Instructions to make a VCD Movie that can play in most DVD PLAYERS. For a list of DVD PLAYERS that play VCD movies, go to www. VCDHELP.com. CAPTURING TO AVI To Capture your video to an AVI file, just pick the AVI template when you start a NEW project and START CAPTURING. You can then take that AVI file and save it into a streaming file for the web or into even smaller formats for video email. 12 HARDWARE INSTALLATION FOR MAC'S Do not connect the device to the USB port at this time. INSTALL Video Drivers FIRST! STEP 1. (Installing Drivers for the USB Instant Video) A. Insert the USB Instant Video CD. B. From the Install screen, INSTALL DRIVERS first. When installing the extension, you will notice the following: Follow Driver installation instructions. Step 2. RESTART YOUR MAC after the Installtion. Step 3. Connect USB Instant Video to your USB Connector. Connect directly to the host USB connector on your MAC. Do not plug into keyboard connector or any other hub device. Step 4. The USB INSTANT VIDEO Hardware is now installed. Plug the included AUDIO/VIDEO Cable to your VCR, DVD Player or CAMCORDER. Plug the other end into the USB INSTANT VIDEO. NOTE: USB INSTANT VIDEO DOES NOT HAVE OS X DRIVERS. CHECK OUR WEBSITE FOR FUTURE UPDATES. USB INSTANT VIDEO WILL ALSO NOT RUN UNDER CLASSIC IN OS X. 13 MAC SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Installing Software applications A. Insert the USB Instant Video CD. B. From the Install screen, INSTALL each software application by running it's separate installer. C. Be sure to install the Instant Video drivers before connecting the device to your Mac. D. Follow installation instructions for each product in the software bundle. Getting Started with Movie Works LE The MovieWorks LE application is used to record and edit video. Video Settings Before recording video, you must set the Input Source (TV, VCR, etc.), the Frames/Second ...