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Quick Setup Steps For impatient people who only want to read one page: 1.) Connect the Audio/Video cables from your video source to the DVD Xpress. 2.) Load the DVD Xpress CD into your CD ROM Drive. 3.) Plug in Power and connect DVD Xpress to your USB Port. 4.) Drivers for WinXP and Win2000 are on the root of the CD. Drivers for Win98SE and WinME are in the Win98SE&WinME folder on the CD. Direct Windows to the drivers and they will install automatically. 5.
Ways to Capture and Edit Video DVD Xpress Overview CapWiz: EASY VIDEO CAPTURE & PLAYBACK DVD Xpress DVD Xpress 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. DVD Xpress then lets you share the video on CD or DVD disk or publish to the Internet.
DVD Xpress Installation Guide USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 connections and drivers USB 2.0 We strongly recommend using only WinXP or Win2000 with Microsoft USB 2.0 drivers for proper operation of your DVD Xpress at USB 2.0 connection speeds. Microsoft Windows USB 2.0 drivers can be obtained from Microsoft directly: WinXP – Included on your new PC, Windows Update, Download WinXP Service Pack 1 Win2000 – Download Win2000 Service Pack 3 Many USB 2.0 upgrade cards ship with non-Microsoft, third party drivers.
2. Wire It Up! 3. Plug It In In this section we will connect 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. In this section you will connect DVD Xpress 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 DVD Xpress and install device drivers and software applications: 1.
6. Verify Hardware Installation 8. Installation Summary Check Device Manager to verify that the DVD Xpress hardware is recognized by Windows and is properly installed. By now you should have completed the following: 1.) Made all of the Audio and Video connections between DVD Xpress and your Audio/Video equipment. 2.) Connected DVD Xpress to the Power Supply and USB Port on your PC. 3.) Installed USB drivers and verified the device is properly installed 4.
Step Three: Create file name and select file location We will automatically select ‘My Documents\My Videos” as the default location to store your video files. You can select a different location if you desire. Type in the file name for your video capture. 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.
Ways to begin Recording 1. You can start recording from the Stop or idle status in CapWiz or while you are previewing video. 2. Click the red record( ● ) button to begin recording at any time. 3. To Stop recording, Click the “Stop” ( ■ ) button or the “esc” key on your keyboard. 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.
CapWiz Direct to Disc Direct to Disc Wizard Overview Capture Direct to Optical Disc: CapWiz now includes the ability to capture directly to VCD, SVCD or DVD disc. Burn an MPEG file to Optical Disc: You can also load a previously captured MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 video file and burn to disc.
These settings over-ride any capture setting you have previously selected in CapWiz. However, If you choose “Custom” - the DTD Wizard will use the custom capture settings you have selected in CapWiz. Select Disc Drive: If you have more than one Optical drive you can select the drive you want to use for disc burning. The DTD Wizard will examine the drive and show the type of media supported by the drive. This will show the capabilities of your drive.
DTD Wizard Step 2: In step 2 you customize your video disc with Movie and video clip titles, set video capture duration times, auto chapter timing points and back ground template. Error Proof: If you do not set a capture duration time you can possibly capture beyond the capacity of the disc space. CapWiz monitors how much video is recorded on the disc and the available disc space. When you reach 99% capacity CapWiz will automatically stop recording and finalize your disc.
Menu Options Ready to Record: 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 choices. Here you can choose between RCA, S-video These settings can also be changed by running the Capture Wizard Screens. • Video Format: Once the disc has been initialized you will see the record confirmation dialog box.
Video Resolution: Spatial Filtering You can select from the following video capture resolutions NTSC PAL 325 x 240 (VCD) 352 x 288 (VCD) 352 x 480 (1/2 D1) 352 x 576 (1/2 D1) 480 x 480 (SVCD) 480 x 576 ( SVCD) 704 x 480 (DVD) 704 x 576 (DVD) 720 x 480 (DVD) 720 x 576 (DVD) This refers to filtering pixel data that are all located in the same video frame. The Spatial filter is a low-pass filter. This filter removes part of the high frequency noise components.
• Options: The Options menus provides more selections in customizing your use of the Capture Wizard application: Click the Options button at the top of the interface to view the Options 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.
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Welcome To Ulead DVD MovieFactory Ulead DVD MovieFactory provides you with the answer to your disc-authoring needs. You can instantly create video, slideshow, music, or data discs through a user-friendly, wizard-type process and specific task oriented features. You can also enhance your video by adding transition effects, text, audio, interactive menus, and many others, or print disc label or cover to make your discs more attractive and interesting.
To open an existing video project: DVD MovieFactory launcher The DVD MovieFactory launcher serves as a control panel where you can find the tasks you’ll need for disc-authoring. Clicking a task icon will launch the program module associated with it. Note: Opening previously created project files from outside DVD MovieFactory launcher will automatically launch the associated program. 1. Select Existing Project. 2. Select an existing project from the list or click Browse to locate one. 3. Click OK.
Erase Disc Create Video Disc Erases the contents of a disc. Ulead DVD MovieFactory’s step-by-step interface makes creating movies simple and easy. Print Disc Label Launches the Print Disc Label dialog box where you can create and print disc labels and covers for your discs. See "Print Disc Label" for more details. Add Media DVD MovieFactory lets you add content to your movie by capturing video, adding video files, and importing DVD videos. You can also create and add photo slideshow to your movie.
Capturing Video from DVD Xpress DVD Movie Factory has been customized for full integration with your DVD Xpress hardware. This integration allows for capture video in MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 video compression formats directly from the DVD Xpress hardware. 5) The Video Capture Window will appear. 6) If you have video playing from a VCR, you may see it automatically begin previewing after a few seconds. If not follow the next few steps to set up for video capture.
Now DVD Movie Factory will use the DVD Xpress as the selected video capture device. Select Video settings; video quality and resolution: 1) Click Advanced Settings 2) Select MPEG Settings and the properties dialog box will appear. 3) In this settings box you can select the video source (RCA or S-Video) video bit rate(quality), audio format and frequency, video resolution, and video format (NTSC, PAL or Secam). 4) Make the settings you desire to fit your projects goals and click OK.
• VCD player compliant Select to make sure that the VCD created will play in stand-alone VCD players. • Applying anti-flickering filter Select to apply the anti-flickering filter to the menu pages. The anti-flickering filter reduces the flickering that happens when using a television to view the menu pages. However, this does not help when the menu page is viewed on progressive scan devices such as computer monitors or projectors.
Edit Media After importing the media files into your project, you can now edit the content using DVD MovieFactory’s edit tools. Joining/Separating videos You can combine two or more video clips, or separate previously combined video clips using the Join/Separate Video feature. To combine video titles: Trimming a video You can trim a video using the Jog Bar, mark-in/out, and navigation controls. Trimming allows you to modify the length of the video according to your needs. 1.
Options for the Effect tab • Auto Add Transition Effects Click to automatically add transition effects based on the scene changes or chapters of a video title. • Add effect only between joint videos Select to automatically insert transition effects in between videos that are joined together. This option works only with Auto Add Transition Effects. • Duration Allows you to specify the length of the selected transition effect.
To add audio: Tips: 1. In the Audio tab, click Add Audio to locate the audio file you want to add. You can only add one audio file per video. 2. To add a voice annotation to your video, drag the Jog Bar or use the playback controls to move between frames in the video. Stop when you reach the point where you want to insert a voice annotation. Click to start recording. 3. To remove a previously recorded annotation, select it from the Recorded voice list then click Delete. 4.
Setup menus Create main menus and submenus in this step. These menus allow the viewers to instantly access specific portions of your video. DVD MovieFactory offers a set of menu templates to best fit the purpose of each menu. Custom-made menus are also easily created. See the illustration below to better understand the DVD/SVCD/VCD menu structure. To design the menu for your project: 1. In the Add/Edit Media page, select Create Menu. 2. Click Next to open the Edit Menu page. 3.
To create your own menu template: 1. Click Customize in the Edit Menu page to open the Customize Menu dialog box. 2. Select a menu template to modify in Customize template. 3. Double-click the thumbnail of the Layout, Scene Frame, or Navigation Button that you want to use. 4. To choose a new image to use as background, click Background Image. 5. Click anywhere in the Preview window and select either Customize Menu Heading Style or Customize Text Description Style to modify it. 6.
Output This is the final step in disc-authoring process. Choose the disc burner and/or select the folder where you want to output video files or a disc image file in this step. 3. Select Create DVD folders to create folders for your project and locate the path where you want to save it. 4. Select Create disc image file to make an ISO image file of the DVD for later use. 5. Select Normalize audio to make sure that irregular audio levels during playback are prevented. 6.
• Required/Available DVD folder space Displays the space needed to save the DVD folders and the space available in the hard drive. • Required/Available disc image file space Displays the space needed to save the disc image file and the space available in the hard drive. • Required/Available working folder space Displays the space needed by the working folder of the project and the space available for use in the hard drive.
Direct to Disc Direct to Disc provides you with a fast way to capture videos from a video device (such as DV camcorder, VCR, or TV) through an analog or IEEE-1394 (FireWire) interface card, and then burn them directly onto a video disc. When this task is selected, DVD MovieFactory will initially check both your burner and disc to ensure that there are no problems with your output device and media. Then, you can setup your menu template as well as capture options and settings. 4.
8. Select the menu template and click Background Image or Background Music to add background image and music. Click OK. 9. Click Create Chapter to automatically add chapters with a specific time interval. 10.Select the desired output format in Format. Select Customize to open the Video and Audio Capture Property Settings dialog box where you can adjust the settings for your captured video. 11.Click Burner Settings to set the disc burner options and properties.
Motion Menu A menu that features animated backgrounds and/or buttons. MPEG audio A family of standards for low bit-rate coding of audio. Normalize audio This function evaluates and adjusts the audio waveform of each video clip used in a movie so that the highest peak reaches a certain level, correcting the rest accordingly to avoid volume level variation. NTSC NTSC is the video standard in North America, Japan, and some other regions. Its frame rate is 29.97 fps and has a video resolution of 720x480 pixels.
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