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ProCoder 3 Installation and User Guide ProCoder 3 Cautions (1) (2) (3) (4) Itisprohibitedtocopyapartorallofthisproductwithoutpriorpermission. Thecontentsorspecificationsofthisproductmaybechangedwithoutpriornotice. Wehavepreparedthecontentsofthisproducttothebestofourability;howeverifyouhaveany questionsaboutthecontents,orifthereareanyerrorsormissingitems,pleasecontactGrassValley. H oweverwedonottakeanyresponsibilityformalfunctionsarisingfromuse,irrespectiveofthepoints outlinedin(3). (5) Irrespectiveofwhetheritwasduetoausageerror,Canopustakesnoresponsibilityforextraordinary, i ncidentalorderivativeclaims,includingthoseforlostearningsgeneratedbytheapplicationofthis product. (6) tisprohibitedtoanalyze,reverseengineer,decompile,ordisassembleanyoftheitemsincludedwith I thisproduct,includingthesoftware,hardware,andmanuals. (7) HDVisthetrademarkofSonyCorporationandVictorCompanyofJapan,Limited(JVC). (8) MicrosoftandWindowsareregisteredtrademarksofMicrosoftCorporation,USA. (9) ntel,PentiumandXeonarethetrademarksorregisteredtrademarksofIntelCorporationorits I subsidiariesintheUnitedStatesofAmericaandothercountries. (10) QuickTimeistheregisteredtrademarkofAppleComputer,Inc.,USA. (11) iPodandFinalCutProarethetrademarksofAppleComputer,Inc. (12) acromediaandFlasharethetrademarksofMacromedia,Inc. M (13) dobe,Adobelogo,AdobeReaderandAdobePremiereareregisteredtrademarksofAdobeSystems A Incorporated. (14) Dolby,DolbyandtheDoubleDsymbolareregisteredtrademarksofDolbyLaboratories. Theyaremanufacturedbasedontheirownlicense. (15) therproductnamesorrelatedbrandnamesaretrademarksorregisteredtrademarksoftheirrespective O companies. Manual Explanation I nformationnotdescribedinthismanualmaybedisplayedinsomecases.Makesuretoreadthetextfile attachedtothedisc. I fthereareanyvariationsbetweentheexplanationinthismanualandtheactualapplicationmethod, priorityisgiventotheactualapplicationmethod. T hismanualiswrittenforpeoplewhohaveabasicknowledgeofhowtouseacomputer.Ifthereareno specialinstruction,performthesameoperationasanormalcomputeroperation. W indowsXP(collectivetermofHomeEdition,ProfessionalandProfessionalx64Edition)inthisbook meansMicrosoft®Windows®XPoperatingsystem. Inthismanual,ProCoder3iscalled'ProCoder'. DANGER Health Precautions Inrarecases,flashinglightsorstimulationfromthebrightlightofacomputerdisplayorTVmonitormay triggertemporaryepilepticseizuresorlossofconsciousness.Itisbelievedthatevenindividualswhomhave neverexperiencedsuchsymptomsmaybesusceptible.Ifyouorcloserelativeshaveexperiencedanyof thesesymptoms,consultadoctorbeforeusingthisproduct. Copyright Donotusecapturedimage/sounddatacreatedbyotheroneswithoutauthorizationoftherightholder regardlessofwhetheritismovingorstillimage,exceptforpersonalfun.Also,duplicationofsuchdatais sometimeslimitedevenforpersonalhobby.Pleasenoticethatweareexemptedfromresponsibilityforthe useofcaptureddata. ProCoder3 InstallationandUserGuide March,2007 Copyright©2007GrassValley. Allrightsreserved. Contents Contents Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Before Installing ProCoder ........................................ 8 Before Using ProCoder .......................................................... 8 Support ............................................................................... 9 C ontents CHAPTER 1 I n tr o d u c tio n 2 Key Features ......................................................... 10 3 Navigating this Manual ............................................ 12 Minimum System Requirements ............................................. 12 CHAPTER I n s t a ll a t i o n 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 3 ProCoder 3 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 4 Contents 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 C ontents CHAPTER 1 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 5 ProCoder 3 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 .......................................................................... 182 Broadcast Color Safe Filter .................................................. 182 Circular Blur Filter ............................................................... 183 Color Correction Filter ......................................................... 183 Fade In/Out Filter ................................................................ 184 Gamma Correction Filter ...................................................... 184 Gaussian Blur Filter ............................................................. 185 Median Filter ...................................................................... 185 Pulldown Filter .................................................................... 186 Relative Crop Filter .............................................................. 187 Rotate Filter ....................................................................... 189 Sharpen Filter .................................................................... 190 T emporal Noise Reducer....................................................... 191 Video Inverse T elecine Filter .................................................. 192 4 Audio Filters ......................................................... 193 Channel Mixer Filter............................................................. 193 Fade In/Out Filter ................................................................ 193 Lowpass Filter .................................................................... 194 Normalize Filter .................................................................. 194 Volume Filter ...................................................................... 195 5 ProCoder Preset Categories ....................................... 196 Chapter 7 Glossary Index Index ...................................................................... 206 6 Chapter 1 Introduction ProCoder 3 1 Before Installing ProCoder Before Using ProCoder Precautions INNOEVENTSHALLGRASSVALLEYBELIABLETOUSERORANYOTHERPARTY FORINCIDENTIAL,CONSEQUENTIALORSPECIALDAMAGESARISINGUNDER THEUSEOFTHISPRODUCTWHETHERUNDERTHEORYOFCONTRACT,TORT, INDEMNITY,PRODUCTLIABILITYOROTHERWISE. EXCEPTASOTHERWISEEXPRESSLYPROVIDEDHEREIN,GRASSVALLEYMAKES NOREPRESENTATIONS,EXTENDSNOWARRANTIESOFANYKIND,EXPRESSOR IMPLIED,INCLUDINGTHEWARRANTIESOFMARCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENTORFITNESSFORAPARTICULARPURPOSE,ANDASSUMES NORESPONSIBILITYWITHRESPECTTOTHEUSEOFTHISPRODUCTHEREUNDER. FURTHER,GRASSVALLEYMAKESNOWARRANTIESOFPROPEROPERATION OFTHISPRODUCTUNDEROTHERUSAGEENVIRONMENTTHANTHAT RECOMMENDEDBYGRASSVALLEYFORTHISPRODUCT. Unauthorizedrecordingofcopyrightedtelevisionprogrammes,compactdiscs,digital versatilediscs,videotapesandothermaterialsmayinfringetherightofcopyright ownersandbecontrarytocopyrightslaws. INNOEVENTSHALLGRASSVALLEYBELIABLETOUSERORANYOTHERPARTY FORWORKSAND/ORTHEIRREPRODUCTIONSTHATPRODUCED,REPRODUCED, OREDITTEDBYUSEOFTHISPRODUCT. ITISSPECIFICALLYRECOMMENDEDTHATUSERSHALLCONSULTWITHITS LEGALADVISOR,FORTHERISKOFINFRINGEMENTMAYDEPENDONTHEUSAGE ENVIRONMENTS. Before Installing ProCoder Support C ontents Customer Support Forquestionsregardinghardwaresetupandusage,pleasecontactyourlocalGrass Valleyoffice,distributororthestorewhereyouhavepurchasedthisproduct. CHAPTER 1 I n tr o d u c tio n Web-site IncludingProCoder,thelatestcompanyinformationisannouncedatourweb-site: http://www.canopus.com/ Thelatestdriversutilities,productmanuals,FAQs,etc.arealsoavailableatourwebsite. CHAPTER CHAPTER 3 I n s t a ll a t i o n Online User Registration YoucanregisteryourProCoderhere. http://www.canopus.com/support/ ProCoder 3 W iz a rd Using ProCoder Helpful Hints ProCoder Reference Glossary Index CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7 ProCoder 3 2 Key Features Whetheryou'reencodingMPEGforDVDproductionoraWindowsMediaVideoforWeb streaming,ProCodermakesconversionfromonevideoformattoanotherquickandeasy. FeaturingGrassValley'shighlyoptimizedDVandMPEGcodectechnologies,ProCoder provideshigh-qualityoutputwithoutthelongwaitandguessworkofsimilartools. Supports the loading/exporting of Dolby Digital audio (.ac3) DolbyDigitalaudio(.ac3)andMPEGfilesthatcontainDolbyDigitalaudio,suchasa videorecordedwithaDVDrecorder,canbeusedasaudiosources,ascanAVCHD files. DolbyDigitalaudiocanalsobeexportedandyoucanmapaudiochannelswithan audiofilter,channelmixer. Audio channel mixer Youcanloadasourcefilewithmultipleaudiochannelsandallocateaudiochannels beforeexportingthefile. YoucanallocatetheaudiotracksofanEDIUSprojecttospecifiedchannelsand exporttheseasanaudiofile. High-speed HDV encoder (Speed Encoder) OnaPCwithmultipleCPUcores,ProCoder3canexportHDVMPEG-TSfilesathigh speed.ByutilizingoriginalGRIDencodingtechnology,theencodingtimecanbe reduced,dependingonthenumberofCPUcores. *RAMlargerthan[numberoftheCPUcores]x[512MB]isrequired. Supports Flash encoding YoucangenerateafileintheFlash7format,whichissuitableforWebVideocontents. Supports H.264 encoding YoucangenerateanH.264filethatcanbeplayedonmobileterminals,including cellularphones. Convenient features for loading DVD files WhenyouloadaDVD(VOB)ontotheProCoder,thechapterinformationcanbe retainedforuse.Youcanalsoloadfilesandsplitthese,basedonthechapters. Improved progressive video quality Thenoisereductionfilterhasbeenimproved,whichreducesthecombingnoise thatordinarilyoccurswhenconvertinganinterlacedvideotoaprogressiveformat. AnotherfilterthatspecializesinInverseTelecinehasbeenadded. 10 Key Features Improved scaling quality Videoqualitywhenchangingthevideosize(scaling)hasbeenimproved.ProCoder3 excelsatconvertingSDvideotoHDvideoand/orNTSCtoPAL. C ontents Marker function Whenyoucreateanewfilebyjoiningmultiplesourcefiles,markerscanbeaddedat thejoiningpoints. CHAPTER 1 I n tr o d u c tio n Supports Drop/Non-Drop timecodes Drop/Non-droptimecodescanbeusedduringfileseekoperations. CHAPTER I n s t a ll a t i o n Supports conversion of files with VBI data Whenyouconvertfilesthathavetheiroriginalsizedata(720x512,720x608,etc.) storedinaVBI(verticalblankinginterval)format,scalingandcroppingcandone properly. CHAPTER 3 ProCoder 3 W iz a rd Supports retention of the original timecode Whenafileisbeingconverted,theoriginaltimecodecanberetainedandwhenafile isexportedfromEDIUSversion4,theEDIUSprojecttimecodewillberetained. Using ProCoder Helpful Hints ProCoder Reference Glossary Index 11 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7 ProCoder 3 3 Navigating this Manual ToinstallProCoder3onyoursystem,goto Chapter 2: Installation. Tolearnabouttheeasy-to-useProCoder3Wizard,goto Chapter 3: ProCoder 3 Wizard. ForanoverviewonProCoder3anditsmajorfeatures,goto Chapter 4: Using ProCoder. Forsomehelpfulhintsandtipsonhowtoimprovevideoquality,goto Chapter 5: Helpful Hints. ForacompleteProCoderReferenceguide,goto Chapter 6: ProCoder Reference. Fordefinitonsofcommonvideoandcompressionterminology,goto Chapter 7: Glossary. Minimum System Requirements Intel® Celeron® / Intel Pentium® III 800MHz +, or AMD AthlonTM 800MHz +. Multiple processors and Hyper-Threading support included (If multiple CPU's are installed on a PC (including multi-core), the Speed Encoder feature of ProCoder 3 will improves the HDV/MPEG2 conversion speed.) 256MB RAM (512MB RAM for HD encoding, [Number of CPU Cores] x 512MB RAM for Speed Encoder feature) 800MB free hard disk space DirectX 9.0 or later Windows® XP Home, Windows® XP Professional + SP2 USB 1.1 port for USB Hardware Key (also compatible with USB hubs) 1 Chapter 2 Installation ProCoder 3 1 Installing ProCoder ToinstallProCoder: Beforeinstalling,makesuretheUSBhardwarekeythatcomeswithyoursoftwareis NOTpluggedin. Inordertoinstall,youmustloginasauserwithadministratorprivileges. IfQuickTimehasnotbeeninstalledonyoursystem,gotoMyComputer,openCDROMdrive,QuickTimefolder,andrunQuickTimeInstaller_7.1.exetoinstallit. 1 2 InserttheProCoder CD-ROM inyourCDdrive.TheCDlaunchesautomaticallyif Window'sAutorunfeatureisenabled.IfAutorunisnotenabled,thengotoMy Computer,double-clickontheCD-ROMdriveandrunSetup.exe. TheWelcome screenappears.ClicktheNext buttontogotothenextinstallation screen. 14 Installing ProCoder 3 TheLicense Agreement appears.SelectI accept the terms of the license agreementtoacceptthetermsofthelicenseandclicktheNextbutton. C ontents CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 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 4 CHAPTER 5 TheCustomer Information windowappears.Enteryournameandcompanyname andclicktheNext button. Helpful Hints ProCoder Reference Glossary Index 15 CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7 ProCoder 3 5 ChooseTypical,specifyadestinationlocationforProCoder,andclicktheNext button.Tochangethedestinationlocation,clicktheBrowsebuttonandselecta newdestinationfolder. 6 SelectNoandclicktheNextbutton. IfyouaregoingtouseaTarariboard,selectYes. 16 Installing ProCoder 7 ClicktheInstallbutton. C ontents CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 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 8 InstallWindowsMediaFormat9.5runtimefiles. ClicktheYesbutton. CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER 6 Helpful Hints ProCoder Reference 9 TheLicense Agreementappears.ClicktheYesbuttontoacceptthetermsofthe license. CHAPTER 7 Glossary Index 17 ProCoder 3 10 ClicktheOKbutton. 11 ClicktheOKbutton. 12 ClicktheOKbutton. 13 Whentheinstallationisfinished,youmustrestartyourcomputertocompletethe installation.Choose"Yes, I want to restart my computer now."andclicktheFinish buttontorestartyourcomputer. 1 Installing ProCoder 14 Whenthecomputerfinishesrestarting,plug-intheUSBHardwareKeythatcomes with your software. You can use the computer's on-board USB ports, a USB PCI card or a USB hub connected to either of these ports. The USB Hardware Key MUSTbeconnectedbeforestartingProCoder. 1 C ontents CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7 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 ProCoder Reference Glossary Index ProCoder 3 2 Uninstalling ProCoder Beforestartinguninstallation,closealltheotherapplicationsthatmayberunninginthe tasktray. Inordertouninstall,youmustloginasauserwithadministratorprivileges. TouninstallProCoder: 1 2 FromtheStartmenu,selectControl Panel,andchooseAdd or Remove Programs. SelectProCoder 3andclicktheRemovebutton. 0 Uninstalling ProCoder 3 SelectRemoveandclicktheNextbutton. C ontents CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 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 4 Select"Yes, I want to restart my computer now."andclicktheFinishbutton. CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7 Helpful Hints ProCoder Reference Glossary Index Thecomputerwillreboot.Uninstallationiscompleted. 1 ProCoder 3 Chapter 3 ProCoder 3 Wizard ProCoder 3 1 Using ProCoder 3 Wizard TheProCoder3Wizardisveryeasy-to-use.ItsWizardinterfacemakesconvertingyour videosasstraightforwardasansweringafewsimplequestions.Simplylaunchthe ProCoder3WizardbygoingtotheStartmenuandchoosingAllPrograms > ProCoder 3 > ProCoder 3 Wizard. TheProCoder3Wizardletsyouconfigureaconversionbysimplyansweringthequestions displayedinthedialog.ProCoder'sonlinehelphasmoredetailedinformationregardingthe questionsyouwillbeasked.PresstheF1 keyonyourkeyboardtoaccesstheonlinehelpat anytime. TheWelcome screenappearswhenyoulaunchtheapplicationandgivesyoutwochoices ­Convert a source file to a different format orCreate a watch folder.Makeaselection andclicktheNext button. 4 Using ProCoder 3 Wizard Convert a Source Ifyouchoosetoconvertasourcefile,theLoad Source screenappears.ClicktheLoad buttontochoosethevideofileyouwanttoconvert. C ontents CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5 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 TheProCoder3Wizardcanloadavarietyofdifferentvideofileformatsforconversion. Ifyoucannotseethefileyouwanttoloadbutyouknowitexists,thefilemaynotbea supportedsourcetype.Forexample,somefiletypes,suchasRealMediafiles,cannotbe loadedduetolicensingrestrictions. IftheProCoder3Wizardhasproblemsloadingtheselectedfile,pleasemakesurethefile hastheproperfileextensionforitsformat.Forexample,anMPEG-1filethatshouldhave the.mpg fileextensionmaybemislabelledwiththe.wmvfileextension.WindowsMedia Playermayplaythefileproperlybutalsodisplayanerrormessageaboutthefileextension notmatchingthefiletype. CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7 ProCoder Reference Glossary Checking the Source TheSource Parameters sectionofthewindowshowstheselectedsource'sfile information.Youcanseeapreviewofthevideoandscrubthroughitontherightside ofthescreen. Index Changing Source Parameters IfyouwanttomodifytheIn/Outpointsorchangethecroppingparameters,clickthe Config Source File Settings optioninthebottomleft-handcornerandclicktheNext button. 5 ProCoder 3 Setting In/Out points SettingInandOutpointsonyourvideoclipallowstheProCoder3Wizardtoignore portionsofvideoatthestartandend.Forexample,youmayhaveafewsecondsof blankvideoatthebeginningorendthatyoudon'tneedtoencode. ClickanddragthescrubberbelowthePreviewwindowtochoosewhereyouwant thefinalencodedvideotostartandclicktheSet In Point button. Thetimelinetotheleftofthescrubberturnsgray,whichmeansanyfootagethat appearsbeforethescrubberwillnotbeincludedinyourfinalconvertedvideo.Click anddragthescrubbertosetthevideo'soutpointandclicktheSet Out Point button. Thetimelinetotherightofthescrubberturnsgray,whichmeansanyfootageafter thispointwillnotbeincludedinyourfinalconvertedvideo. TheDefault buttonrestorestheinandoutpointstotheiroriginalsettings. 6 Using ProCoder 3 Wizard Advanced Settings C ontents CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 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 AdvancedSettingsletyousetthevideocroppingmodeforyoursourcevideo. ChooseacroppingmodeandclicktheNext button.IfyouchoosetheManualoption, thenclicktheSelect Cropping buttontoopentheCropdialog. Tomodifymoreadvancedsourcesettings,clicktheSelect Settings buttontoopen theConfigdialog.TheConfig dialogletsyoumodifyadditionalparametersthataffect yoursourcevideo.Thisisonlyrecommendedforadvancedusersandshouldbeused withcaution. CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7 Helpful Hints ProCoder Reference Glossary Index 7 ProCoder 3 Choose Conversion Settings Next,theUse the Wizard or Select a History Entry screenappears.Thisscreengivesyou threeoptions­youcanusetheWizardtohelpyouselectatarget;selectagenerictarget formatandmodifytheparametersyourselfifyouareanadvanceduser;oryoucanchoose thesettingsfromapreviousencodingjobfromthehistorylist.Thelastoptionisnot availableifyouhavenotperformedanypreviousencodingjobs.ClicktheNext buttonto proceedtothenextscreen. TheProCoder3Wizardmustberunninginorderforwatchfoldermonitoringandfile conversiontooccur. Using ProCoder 3 Wizard Selecting a Target format TheSelect Target screenappearsandletsyouchoosetheconversionsettingsfor yoursourcevideo. C ontents CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5 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 Youcanchoosefromanyofthefollowingformats. Web Video CD-ROM Video VideoCD Super VideoCD DVD HD (High Definition) Email Attachment Video Editing CreateaQuickTime,RealMediaorWindowsMediaforviewingona Webpage. CreatevideofilesinAVI,MPEG-1,QuickTimeorWindowsMedia formatfordeliveryonCD-ROM. CreateMPEG-1filesthatarereadytobeusedinVideoCDauthoring software. CreateMPEG-2filesthatarereadytobeusedinSuperVideoCD authoringsoftware. Createhigh-qualityMPEG-2filesthatarereadytobeusedinDVD authoringsoftware. CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7 ProCoder Reference Glossary Index CreateHD-compliantvideostreamsthatcanbeviewedonan HDTV. CreateaWindowsMediafilethatissmallenoughtosendviaemail. Convertyoursourcevideotoaformatthatiscompatiblewithyour videoeditingsoftware. AfterselectingyourdesiredtargetformatandclickingtheNext button,theWizard beginsaskingyouaseriesofquestionssothatitcanchoosetheappropriatesettings foryourfinalencodedvideo.ProceedthroughtheWizard'squestionsuntilyougetto theSaving Your File screen. ProCoder 3 Selecting Generic Targets Advancedusersthatknowwhatoutputsettingstheywanttousecanselectageneric targettypeandbypasstheWizardquestions.Thesettingsofthetargetcanbe specifiedlaterintheJob Summary screenbyclickingtheAdvanced Output Settings button. ChooseoneoftheoutputtypesandclicktheNextbutton. About the Formats AVI AVIisusedforavarietyofapplicationsrangingfromCD-ROM videotovideoeditingandarchiving.Itisreallyafiletype,versusa compressiontype.AVIfilescancontainmanytypesofcompressed videodatadependingonthecodecsinstalledonthesystem.Any availableDirectShowcodeconthesystemcanbeusedasthe compressor. AVI (DV) MPEG DVAVIsareusuallyusedbyDVvideoeditingsoftware. MPEGiscommonlyusedasadeliveryanddistributionformat becauseitprovidessmallfilessizes.VideoCD,SuperVideoCD andDVDalluseMPEGcompression.BothMPEG-1andMPEG-2 streamscanbecreated. QuickTimeisalsomoreofafiletypeversusaformat.QuickTime filescancontainmanytypesofdatadependingonthecodecs availableonthesystem. WindowsMediafilesareoftenusedforwebvideoandmore recently,highdefinitionvideo. RealMediafilesarenormallyusedforstreamingvideo. RawDVfilesareusedbysomeDVvideoeditingsystems. QuickTime WindowsMedia RealMedia Raw DV 30 Using ProCoder 3 Wizard Choosing Output Location Afteransweringchoosingyoursettings,theSaving Your File screenappears.Onthis screen,youcanchoosewhereyouwantyourencodedvideofiletobesavedandhowthe fileshouldbenamed. C ontents CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5 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 TherearethreequestionsintheSaving Your File screen. Wheredoyouwanttosavethefile? Howshouldthefilebenamed? Ifthefileexists,doyouwanttooverwriteit? CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7 ProCoder Reference Glossary Where do you want to save the file? Clickonthe...buttontochoosethefolderwhereyouwantyourconvertedfilestobe saved. Index How should the file be named? Therearetwooptionsforthisquestion.ChoosingUse the Source File Namegives theconvertedvideothesamenameasthesourcefilebutwiththefileextension(.mov, .m2p,.wmv)oftheoutputtype. ChoosingSpecify New Name letsyougivetheconvertedvideoadifferentfilename. Simplytypethenewfilenameinthefield. 31 ProCoder 3 If the file exists, do you want to overwrite it? CheckingthisoptionletstheProCoder3Wizardautomaticallyoverwriteanyexisting filesinyourSavefolderiftheyhavethesamenameasthefileyou'recurrently encoding.Leavingthisoptiondisabledsimplyaddsanumbertothefilenameto differentiateitfromafileintheSavefolderthathasthesamename. ClicktheNext buttontomovetotheJob Summary screen. Confiming Your Settings TheJob Summary screencontainstheinformationaboutyoursourcefile,thetargetfile andtheoutputformat.VerifythatthisinformationiscorrectandclicktheConvertbuttonto startconvertingyourvideo. 3 Using ProCoder 3 Wizard Advanced Output Settings Ifyouareanadvanceduserandwanttomakesomelastminutechangestoyour settings,clicktheAdvanced Output Settings buttontoopentheConfig dialog. Clickingonanyofthesettingsgivesyouabriefdescriptionatthebottomofthe dialog. C ontents CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5 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 Whenyouarefinishedconfiguringyoursettings,clicktheClosebutton. CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7 ProCoder Reference Glossary Index 33 ProCoder 3 Converting Files Youcanmonitortheconversionstatusofyourfileonthenextscreen.Theconversion statusappearsinTimeelapsed,Timeremaining,Totaltimeandspeedintermsofrealtime. Forexample, 2.0x Realtime meansconversionisoccurringtwiceasfastasrealtime,ora 2-minutefilewilltake1minutetoconvert. ClicktheStop buttontoabortconversion. Whenconversioniscomplete,clicktheNext buttontocontinue. 34 Using ProCoder 3 Wizard Conversion Finished Congratulations,yourconversioniscomplete!Alistofconvertedfilesappearsatthe bottomofthewindow. C ontents CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5 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 ClicktheOpen Target Folder buttontoaccessyourconvertedvideos.Whenthefolder opens,double-clickonthefileyoucreatedanditshouldopenintheappropriatemedia player.Watchthevideoandmakesureitlooksokay.Ifyouwanttotryencodingthefile again,launchtheProCoder3WizardandgothroughtheWizardinterviewagain. ClicktheRestart buttontoreturntothestarttosetupanotherconversionorclickFinish to exittheProCoder3Wizard. CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7 ProCoder Reference Glossary Index 35 ProCoder 3 Create a Watch Folder IfyouchoosetheCreate a watch folder optionontheProCoder 3 Wizard Welcome screen,theSelect Watch Folderscreenappears.Watchfoldersareusefulforstreamlining theconversionprocessbyautomaticallyencodingfilesthatareplacedinsideit.Ifyou createaWatchfolder,thesettingsyouspecifyusingtheWizardareusedtoconvertany filesthatareplacedintheWatchfolder. Bysharingawatchfolderonthenetwork,youcaneasilyacceptfileswrittenbyother computersforconversion. Clickthe...buttontospecifyaWatchfolder.ClicktheNext buttontoproceedtothenext screen. TocreateawatchfolderthatwillbeactiveregardlessofwhethertheProCoder3Wizardis open,usetheProCoder Watch Folder Manager tocreateaPermanentWatchFolder. FolderswatchedinthismannerareonlyactivewhiletheProCoder3Wizardisrunning. OncetheProCoder3Wizardisclosed,thefolderisnolongerwatched.Tocreatea watchfolderthatisactiveregardlessofwhethertheProCoder3Wizardisopen,use theProCoderWatchFolderManangertocreateaPermanentWatchFolder. 36 Using ProCoder 3 Wizard Monitoring Watch Folders YoucanalsomonitorwatchfoldersusingtheWizard.Theconversionstatusappears inTimeelapsed,Timeremaining,Totaltimeandspeedintermsofrealtime. Forexample, 2.0x Realtime meansconversionisoccurringtwiceasfastasrealtime. Inotherwords,a2-minutefilewilltake1minutetoconvert. C ontents CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5 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 ClicktheStop buttontostopconversionofthecurrentfileandgoontothenextfile,ifany. CHAPTER 6 Files to convert Alistoffilesremainingtoconvertappearsinthissection.Anyfilesthathavebeenput intothewatchfolderthathavenotalreadybeenconvertedorareintheprocessof conversionappearhere. ClicktheClear List buttontoremovetheremainingfilesfromthelist.Removingthe filesfromthelistwillskipconversionofthosefiles. ClicktheUnwatch buttontostopmonitoringtheselectedfolder.Anyfilesthatarrive inthewatchfolderwillnotbeaddedtothelistoffilestoconvertuntilmonitoring resumes.AfterclickingUnwatch,thebuttonwillchangetoWatchandyoucanclick theWatchbuttontoresumemonitoringthewatchfolder. ProCoder Reference Glossary Index CHAPTER 7 Watch Folder Thissectionshowsthepathtothefolderbeingwatched. 37 ProCoder 3 Other Watch Folder Options YoucandraganddropfilesintotheMonitoring Watch Folderswindowtobeginencoding. MovingorsavingfileshortcutsinsteadoftherealfilesintotheWatchfolderwillalsostart theencodingprocess. 3 Chapter 4 Using ProCoder ProCoder 3 1 1 QuickStart ThisQuickStartGuidegivesyouabasicoverviewofProCoder'sconversionworkflow. TouseProCoder: ClicktheSourcetab. 2 ClicktheAddbuttonandchoosethefile(s)youwanttoconvert. IfyouwanttoaddmultiplefilestotheSourceList,holddowntheShiftorCtrlkeysand choosethefilesyouwanttoconvert.YoucanalsodraganddropfilesdirectlyontotheSource List. 40 QuickStart 3 Thefile(s)appearsintheSourceList. C ontents CHAPTER 1 I n tr o d u c tio n 4 CHAPTER I n s t a ll a t i o n Ifyouwanttotrimyoursourcevideooraddvideoand/oraudiofilters,clickthe Advancedbutton.YoucanalsoaccesstheAdvancedwindowby: Double-clickingthesource'siconintheSourceList. Right-clicking the source's icon in the Source List and choosing Advanced in the CHAPTER 3 ProCoder 3 W iz a rd contextualmenuthatappears. Clickingthesource'siconintheSourceListandpressingtheEnter key onyourkeyboard. ClickingtheSourcetab. Using ProCoder Helpful Hints ProCoder Reference Glossary Index CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7 Formoreinformation,seethe Advanced windowsectionlaterinthischapter. 41 ProCoder 3 Assigning a T arget format Yoursourcevideo(s)isconvertedtooneofseveraltargetformats.Youcanchoosethe targetsyouwanttocreateintheTarget tab.Toassignatargettoyoursourcevideo(s): 1 ClicktheTarget tab. 2 ClicktheAddbuttontochooseyoursourcefile'stargetformat.Youcanaddas manyformatsasyoulikeforthespecificsourcefile(s).Ifyouwanttocreatemultiple targets,simplyholddowntheShiftorCtrlkeystoselectthetargetformatsyou wanttocreate.Clickthecategoriesatthelefttoselectdifferentsetsofpresets. 4 QuickStart 3 Ifyouwanttoenhancethetarget'sparameters,includingaddingvideooraudio filters,clicktheAdvanced button.Themodificationsyoumaketothetarget's parametersinthesetabsaffectallthefilesintheSourceListintheSourcetab.For example,ifyouhavefiveDVfilesintheSourceListandyoumodifytheparameters foranMPEGtargetsettingintheTargettab,thenthemodifiedMPEGparameters willbeappliedtoallfiveDVfilesyouareconverting. 43 C ontents CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7 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 ProCoder Reference Glossary Index ProCoder 3 Converting the file Tobeginfileconversion,clicktheConvert tab. YourencodedvideoissavedtothepathintheTargettab'sPathfieldunlessyouhaveseta globalorlocalpresetoutputinthesettings.Formoreinformationorifyouwanttochange thedefaulttargetfolder,seeTranscoding Settings. YoucanstopencodingatanytimebypressingtheStopbutton.Ifyoudecidetostop encoding,thefileoutputisstillwrittenupuntilthepointencodingwasstopped(exceptfor 2-passencoding). Ifyousimplywanttopauseencoding,clickthePausebutton.Clickitagaintoresume conversionfromapausedstate. ToenableordisablethePreviewwindow,clickthePreviewbox. IftheShutdown PC when finishedoptionisenabled,thecomputerwillautomaticallyshut downafteritconvertsthefile. Topreviewtheoutputofadifferenttarget,clickitintheTargetList. Ifyouwanttoplaythefileafterit'sencoded,clickthefileyouwanttoviewintheOutput ListontherightsideofthewindowandthenclickthePlay Filebutton.Theappropriate playerforthefileyouselectlaunchesandplaysthefile.Ifyouwanttoopenthedestination folder,clicktheOpen Folderbutton. YoumaywanttodisablethePreviewwindowstoimproveencodingperformance.This isespeciallyusefulifyouareusingProCoderonanolderorslowersystem. 44 Source Tab 2 Source Tab C ontents TheSourceTabletsyoumodifysourcevideosettings,enhancingandrepairingvideo beforeitisencodedtothedesiredTargetformat. CHAPTER 1 I n tr o d u c tio n


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