User manual

Recoding a DVD to Nero Digital
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Lock Ratio
Locks the automatic change of recoding quality for a DVD-Video title.
It is still possible to make manual changes to the quality settings by
moving the slider.
It could be a good idea to lock individual video titles if you want to im-
prove the quality of other content (and therefore, the quality of the re-
maining content is lowered proportionately). A locked title is protected
from the proportional adjustment in this case.
This button is only enabled if at least one DVD has been imported into
the Content area and selected there.
Unlock Ratio
Unlocks automatic recoding quality changes for a video title.
This button is only enabled if at least one DVD video title has been lo-
cked in the Content area and selected there.
Trim Movie
Opens the Trim Movie window, where the selected video title can be
trimmed.
This button is only enabled if at least one DVD video title has been
imported into the Content area and selected there.
Chapter
Opens the window Chapter where chapter markers can be set.
This button is only enabled if at least one DVD video title has been
imported into the Content area and selected there.
The following drop-down menus are available:
Profile category
Changes the Nero Digital™ category. This setting refers to the re-
spective target media for which encoding takes place. The result has
different sizes depending on the selection; the entries in the Profile
drop-down menu are adjusted accordingly.
Profile
Changes the Nero Digital profile. The setting relates to the target me-
dium for which encoding is being carried out.
Encoding Me-
thod
Selects the method to be used to encode the MPEG-4 file.
If you select Fast (1-pass), the movie only undergoes one conversion
pass. This method requires less time but has lower quality than en-
coding in two steps. The movie is analyzed and converted with the
available bit rate simultaneously.
If you select High quality (2-pass), the movie undergoes several
conversion passes. The quality is better, but the process takes longer.
The first pass analyzes the movie and creates a temporary file (*log).
The second pass converts the file. During this process, the bit rate da-
ta that was stored in the temporary files is used.
The Video tab shows the video title's properties. The following information is available:
Column
Properties
Shows the video properties stored on the DVD, e.g. resolution, fra-
me rate, pixel format, video structure, and duration.