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ProCoder 3
Installation and User Guide
ProCoder 3
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Contents
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
1 Before Installing ProCoder ........................................ 8
Before Using ProCoder .......................................................... 8 Support ............................................................................... 9
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2 Key Features ......................................................... 10 3 Navigating this Manual ............................................ 12
Minimum System Requirements ............................................. 12
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Chapter 2 Installation
1 Installing ProCoder ................................................. 14 2 Uninstalling ProCoder.............................................. 20
CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4
ProCoder 3 W iz a rd Using ProCoder
Chapter 3 ProCoder 3 Wizard
1 Using ProCoder 3 Wizard ........................................ 24
Convert a Source................................................................. 25 Choose Conversion Settings .................................................. 28 Choosing Output Location ..................................................... 31 Confiming Your Settings ........................................................ 32 Converting Files ................................................................... 34 Conversion Finished .............................................................. 35 Create a Watch Folder .......................................................... 36 Other Watch Folder Options .................................................. 38
CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7
Helpful Hints ProCoder Reference Glossary
Chapter 4 Using ProCoder
1 QuickStart ............................................................ 40
Assigning a T arget format ..................................................... 42
Index
Converting the file ................................................................ 44
2 Source T ............................................................ 45 ab
Source Properties................................................................ 45 Advanced window ................................................................. 50 Video Filter tab .................................................................... 52 Audio Filter tab .................................................................... 58
3T arget T ............................................................. 62 ab
Assigning T argets ................................................................. 62 Modifying T argets ................................................................. 64 Customizing Advanced Settings .............................................. 66
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Advanced window ................................................................. 66 Video Filter tab .................................................................... 68 Audio Filter T .................................................................... 73 ab
4 Convert T ........................................................... 77 ab
Playing converted files ........................................................... 78
5 Presets and Profiles ............................................... 79
Loading and Saving Custom Settings ....................................... 79 Loading and Saving T arget profiles .......................................... 79
6 Queue Manager ..................................................... 80
Cancelling and managing jobs ................................................. 81 Managing Jobs .................................................................... 82 Clearing the Queue ............................................................... 83
7 Watch Folders ....................................................... 84
Creating Permanent Watch Folders ........................................ 85 Removing Permanent Watch Folders ....................................... 88 Creating T emporary Watch Folders ......................................... 88
8T ranscoding Settings .............................................. 89
Processing Options tab ......................................................... 89 Conversion Options tab ......................................................... 93 Default T arget Folder T ab ...................................................... 95
9 Application Settings ................................................ 96
Settings ............................................................................. 96 Confirmation........................................................................ 96
10 Advanced Features ............................................... 97
Droplets ............................................................................. 97 Command-line Automation ..................................................... 99 Premiere Plug-in.................................................................. 101 EDIUS Plug-in ..................................................................... 104
Chapter 5 Helpful Hints
1 Maximizing ProCoder performance ...............................................108 2 Using Filters ........................................................ 109
When to apply filters ............................................................ 109 Why filters are necessary ..................................................... 109
3 Improving your Video .............................................. 110
Video is blocky or appears to break up ................................... 110 Video appears fuzzy or blurry ................................................ 111 Video has halos or blocks near objects ................................... 113 Video appears to jitter ......................................................... 113 Video movement appears jumpy ............................................ 114
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Audio and video are out of sync ............................................. 115 Video shows strange patterns or blocks ................................. 116 Video appears stretched or squashed .................................... 117 Cannot load encoded MPEG files into DVD authoring software ... 118
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Chapter 6 ProCoder Reference
1 Source Options ..................................................... 120
Common Source Options ..................................................... 120 AC3 Audio Source .............................................................. 122 AVI Source ......................................................................... 123 DV Source ......................................................................... 123 DVD (VIDEO TS.IFO) Source ................................................. 124 Flash Source ...................................................................... 125 H.264 Source .................................................................... 126 HDV(m2t) Source................................................................ 127 MP3 Audio Source .............................................................. 129 MPEG Source .................................................................... 129 PCM (WAVE) Audio Source ................................................... 131 QuickTime Source ............................................................... 131 RawDV Source ................................................................... 132 Still Image Source ............................................................... 132 Windows Media Source ........................................................ 134
I n tr o d u c tio n I n s t a ll a t i o n ProCoder 3 W iz a rd Using ProCoder Helpful Hints
CHAPTER CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER 6
2T arget Options ...................................................... 135
Common T arget Options ...................................................... 135 AC3 Audio T arget ................................................................ 139 AVI T arget .......................................................................... 140 DV T arget .......................................................................... 143 Flash T arget ....................................................................... 145 H.264 T arget ..................................................................... 147 HDV T arget ........................................................................ 149
ProCoder Reference Glossary Index
CHAPTER 7
MP3 Audio T arget ............................................................... 150 MPEG T arget...................................................................... 151 PCM Audio T arget ............................................................... 156 Poster Frame (Still Image) T arget ........................................... 157 Preview DVD T arget ............................................................ 158 QuickTime Export T arget ...................................................... 160 QuickTime T arget ................................................................ 161 Raw DV T arget ................................................................... 165 RealMedia T arget ................................................................ 166 Windows Media T arget ......................................................... 170
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3 Video Filters ......................................................... 177
601 Correction - Expand Color Space Filter ............................ 177 601 Correction - Shrink Color Space Filter ............................. 177 601 to 709 Color Correction Filter ....................................... 178 709 to 601 Color Correction Filter ....................................... 178 Adaptive De-Interlace .......................................................... 179 Bitmap Keying Filter ............................................................. 179 Black/White Correction Filter................................................. 181 Blur Filter ................................. ...
