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1.3 Working with Nero Recode
Basically, choose the task you wish from the selection in the Nero Recode main window.
This manual contains a chapter for each task that describes all of the steps required for its
completion.
To complete the task, you simply navigate through the different steps (a new screen is dis-
played for each step). For each screen, the manual contains a chapter in which all areas are
described in detail.
All the tasks that you can carry out with Nero Recode are basically divided into four steps:
Selecting the required task
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tal and for the burn process
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s means that you can also change settings that you have already made
do a
Importing the files you want to recode
Setting the options for Nero Digi
Recoding and Burning the disc
Use the Next and Back buttons to move back and forth through the three screens while pe
forming a task. Thi
and un ctions.
ointer over a control element for a
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Encode
Each screen contains tool tips, detailed information and explanations for the
buttons, icons and menus. Move the mouse p
few seconds to see the tooltip.
ou should the following definitions in Nero Recode:
Means the conversion of a video of any format into another format, e.g.
MPEG-2
or Nero Digital (MPEG-4). A corresponding encoder is required
for each target format.
Transcoding
her, Means the conversion of a video from one particular format into anot
e.g. from Xvid to MPEG-2.
In this manual transcoding is used synonymously with encoding.
Mean
s the conversion of an existing video with certain properties (e.g. bit
rate 2500 kbps
Recoding
) into the same format with different properties (e.g. bit ra-
te 1990 kbps).
Decoding
pening or playing a video that has been encoded in a particular Means o
format.
ation in the separate Nero Express and Nero Burning ROM user
manuals.
The be
st way to create a simple 1:1 copy of a DVD is by using Nero Express or
Nero Burning ROM. There is no compression whatsoever in this case. The re-
cordable disc used must have as much free disk space as is shown for the con-
tent of the original DVD. You can find detailed instructions on how to work with
the applic