User manual SONIC DVD PRODUCER

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Written and designed at Sonic Solutions, 101 Rowland Way, Novato, CA 94945, USA Contents 1 Introduction About the Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Sonic on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Installing DVD Producer Installation Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Step 1: Installing the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Step 2: Installing the SD-1000 Encoder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Step 3: Connecting the Stereo Audio I/O to the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Step 4: Connecting Peripheral Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Step 5: Launching DVD Producer the First Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Removing DVD Producer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 3 Planning the Project DVD Producer Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 What Is a DVD Producer Project?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Calculating Bit Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Creating, Saving, and Opening Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 4 Contents 4 Preparing Media Files Video Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audio Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Graphics Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating Menu Graphics in Adobe Photoshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating Motion Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 46 47 51 55 5 Encoding Video and Audio Encoding Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Preparing to Encode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Encoding Video and Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Creating and Editing Video and Audio Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Audio Encoding Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 6 Getting Media Files into DVD Producer Using the Palette Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Importing Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deleting Files from the Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Missing Media Files and Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 81 82 82 7 Building the Project Structure The List Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating Movies and Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting the First Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing Menus and Movies in the List window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 85 87 89 8 Working with Menus How DVD Producer Creates Menus and Menu Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 The Menu Editor window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Editing Menus with Floating Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Editing Photoshop-Created Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Editing Buttons, Graphics, and Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Contents 5 Creating Button Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Adding, Replacing, and Deleting Menu Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Changing Menu Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 9 Working with Movies The Movie Timeline Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Editing the Video Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Creating and Editing Chapter Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Multiple Audio Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Changing Audio Tracks in Simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Importing Subtitles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Working with Subtitles in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Subtitles in Simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Changing Movie Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 10 Proofing the DVD Project DVD Producer's Playback Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Proofing the DVD Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 11 Creating DVDs Choosing an Output Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Creating a DVD Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Creating a Disc Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Creating a DVD Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Creating a DVD Master. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Creating a DVD-ROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 A Television Standards and DVD Regions What Is a Television Standard? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 NTSC Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 PAL Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 DVD Regions and TV Systems for All Countries/Territories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 6 Contents B Digital Compression Primer Four Factors of Digital Video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Major Digital Video Storage Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Factors Affecting Compression. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MPEG Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 193 193 195 203 C Audio Connector Wiring AES/EBU Digital Input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Balanced Analog Inputs and Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Unbalanced Analog Inputs and Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Glossary Index 1 Introduction Welcome to DVD Producer, a professional DVD production system that integrates encoding, authoring, and disc creation into a single, easy-to-use application. DVD Producer takes MPEG video, graphics, and PCM, Dolby Digital and MPEG sound files, and helps you to quickly build stunning, professional DVD presentations. A bout the Do c u me n ta tio n DVD Producer includes the following documentation: DVD Producer User Guide (This User Guide) Documents how to install and configure the DVD Producer software and hardware, and how to use DVD Producer to author DVD discs, which includes project planning, asset preparation and importing, building and authoring projects, proofing, and writing to disc. DVD Producer Tutorial Contains several tutorials that introduces DVD Producer and the typical DVD authoring workflow; also included is a quick reference section listing all of DVD Producer's shortcuts. It is highly recommend that you read this document before you begin using DVD Producer to create DVD presentations. 2 Chapter 1, Introduction DVD Producer Quick Start Guide A quick overview of installing and using DVD Producer (for those who just can't wait!). SonicCare Card Complete guide to the technical support options for Sonic products. Before You Begin You should understand basic Windows operations, such as using a mouse, clicking, doubleclicking and Right-clicking, dragging, and selecting items from menus, as well as using dialog boxes and other Windows elements. If these are unfamiliar terms, please review the Windows online help or documentation that came with your computer. S onic on the We b Sonic's Web site (www.sonic.com) contains a wealth of information about Sonic products and DVD authoring. White Papers, providing additional background on Sonic products and technology, are available at: http://www.sonic.com/support/whitepapers.htm If you have specific questions about using DVD Producer that aren't answered by the documentation, a Support Knowledgebase is available at: http://support.sonic.com/KBsearch.asp Sonic continually tests and qualifies computer systems and peripherals for use DVD Producer. For the latest Configuration Guide on supported systems and devices, visit the Sonic Web site at: http://www.dvdproducer.sonic.com 2 Installing DVD Producer This chapter contains instructions for installing and configuring DVD Producer. It covers both hardware and software. DVD Producer comes in three configurations: · Integrated authoring and encoding workstation (DVD-4001) · Authoring only (DVD-4000) · Encoding only (DVD-4025) This chapter covers installation for each of these configurations. If you are installing a system for authoring only, you only need to read the sections on installing and registering the software. For the other two configurations, you should read the entire chapter. 4 Chapter 2, Installing DVD Producer I ns tallation Ove rvie w What's Included with DVD Producer DVD Producer is available either as an authoring-only software application or as an authoring and encoding system. Systems that include the SD-1000 Encoder include the following hardware: SD-1000 Encoder Sonic Stereo Audio I/O Breakout cable The authoring-only application comes with a dongle that you must connect to the computer's USB port. Installation Overview 5 System Requirements In addition to the Sonic hardware, you need a suitable computer and peripheral devices. The DVD Producer Configuration Guide (available at www.dvdproducer.sonic.com) has the latest list of recommended devices. Basic Steps These steps provide an overview of the installation process. See the following sections for more details on each step. 1 Install the DVD Producer software, then shut down the computer. 2 Install the SD-1000 Encoder. 3 Connect the Stereo Audio I/O to the computer. 4 Connect the remaining peripheral devices. 5 Restart or power up your computer, then register and configure DVD Producer according to the hardware configuration. Tools Required · Phillips #2 screwdriver · Static protection wristband (included) 6 Chapter 2, Installing DVD Producer Grounding Precautions For your safety and to prevent damage to the hardware components, please observe these precautions: · Before making any connections, shut down your computer and any peripheral equipment that is already connected to it. Never connect or disconnect components while the power is on unless you are certain that they are hot-swappable. · Use only 3-pin grounded AC outlets and, if in doubt, test them before using to ascertain that they are properly wired. · Never use ground-lifting adapters to defeat the earth ground connection; this can result in a hazardous condition. · Use surge-protected outlets to prevent damage from power surges. · Where possible, connect all components to the same AC circuit; this will minimize the possibility of ground voltage differentials. · Handle circuit cards by the edges only, and use the static protection wristband (included) to avoid damaging sensitive components. Step 1: Installing the Software 7 S tep 1 : Insta llin g th e So ft w a r e You should install the DVD Producer software before installing the encoding hardware. The installer installs the DVD Producer program files, drivers for the SD-1000 Encoder, Ravisent's CinePlayer DVD software, and the Sentinel SuperPro dongle drivers (for authoring-only systems). Upgrading from an Earlier Version of DVD Producer If upgrading from an earlier version of DVD Producer (or DVD Fusion for Windows), make sure to first uninstall the old version. To uninstall DVD Producer: 1 From the Windows Start menu, choose Settings > Control Panel. The Control Panel window opens. 2 Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. 3 Select DVD Producer (or DVD Fusion) and click Change/Remove. 4 Follow the on-screen instructions. Note: Make sure to also uninstall any MPEG-2 decoders and DVD players currently installed on your computer. 8 Chapter 2, Installing DVD Producer Installing DVD Producer To install DVD Producer: 1 Insert the DVD Producer Installation disc. The Setup program launches automatically. 2 Follow the on-screen instructions to install the program files for DVD Producer. 3 If prompted to install the Sentinel SuperPro dongle driver, do one of the following: · If your system does not have the Sentinel driver installed, click Install Service. · If your system already has the Sentinel driver installed, click Quit. 4 Click Finish to exit the DVD Producer installer. 5 After installing DVD Producer, you are prompted to install Ravisent's CinePlayer DVD. You must install this software to be able to use MPEG-2 video streams. 6 Follow the on-screen instructions. 7 Click Finish to exit CinePlayer DVD Installer. 8 Eject the DVD Producer Installation disc, then do one of the following: · For SD-1000 systems, shut down your computer and proceed to "Step 2: Installing the SD-1000 Encoder" on page 9. · For authoring-only systems, restart your computer and proceed to "Registering DVD Producer (Authoring-Only Systems)" on page 19. Step 2: Installing the SD-1000 Encoder 9 S tep 2 : Insta llin g th e SD- 1 0 0 0 E n c o d e r To install the encoder: 1 After shutting down, power off your computer and disconnect the power cord. 2 Put on the static protection wristband and attach the wire to a grounded terminal. 3 Open your computer (following the manufacturer's instructions) and locate the PCI expansion slots. Look for an empty slot. 4 Remove the slot cover screw and slot cover if necessary. 5 Remove the SD-1000 Encoder from its static-proof bag. Handle the card by its edges; don't touch the gold connectors or on-board components. 6 Align the card's connector fingers with the PCI slot and press down until the card is seated properly. PCI slots 10 Chapter 2, Installing DVD Producer At this point you should make a note of the Encoder card's serial number, which is located on the connector at the top edge of the card. Serial number You'll need this number when you launch DVD Producer the first time (see "Registering and Configuring DVD Producer (SD-1000 Systems)" on page 17). You may also be asked for this number when contacting Sonic Customer Support. 7 Replace the slot cover screw to hold the card in place, then close up the computer. 8 Reconnect the computer's power cord. This ensures that the computer is grounded and thus prevents damage from differing ground potentials or stray electrostatic charges. Step 3: Connecting the Stereo Audio I/O to the Computer 11 S tep 3 : C onn e c tin g th e St e r e o Au d i o I / O t o t he Co m p u t e r You use the breakout cable to connect the Stereo Audio I/O to the Encoder. To connect the Stereo Audio I/O: 1 Make sure that both the Stereo Audio I/O and the computer are plugged into a grounded power supply and powered off. 2 Connect the micro 68 DIN connector to the SD-1000 Encoder. 12 Chapter 2, Installing DVD Producer 3 Connect the SCSI-3 connector on the breakout cable to the Sonic I/O socket on the back panel of the Stereo Audio I/O. Step 4: Connecting Peripheral Devices 13 S tep 4 : C onn e c tin g Pe rip h e r a l De v i c e s Video Connections The SD-1000 Encoder has two BNC sockets for connecting a videotape deck and an external monitor. The breakout cable provides an XLR connector and a 9-pin RS 422 connector for timecode and machine control. Video input Video output Timecode/machine control connectors · Use a BNC-to-BNC video cable to connect the videotape deck's SDI output to the SD1000 Encoder's SDI In. If the deck provides only analog outputs, use an analog-to-digital converter to convert the signal. 14 Chapter 2, Installing DVD Producer · Use a BNC-to-BNC video cable to connect the SD-1000 Encoder's SDI Out to an external video monitor's SDI input. If the monitor accepts only analog inputs, use a digital-toanalog converter to convert the signal. You can use either the female XLR or the RS-422 connector for timecode and machine control. The XLR (longitudinal timecode) connection gives the most accurate timecode. · Connect the female XLR on the breakout cable to the videotape deck's timecode output. You can use an adapter if the deck provides a different connector, such as BNC. · Connect the 9-pin RS 422 connector on the breakout cable to the videotape deck's RS 422 In/Remote 9P input. Audio Connections The Stereo Audio I/O provides both digital and analog connections to the videotape deck and audio monitoring systems: S/PDIF digital output Analog output AES digital input Analog output level Analog input Analog input level