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Table Of Contents
- Legal Information
- Contents
- What is Popcorn?
- System Requirements
- Installing Popcorn
- Getting to know the Popcorn window
- What types of video can Popcorn use?
- Popcorn Extras
- Using the Media Browser
- Copying to a DVD
- Creating a disc image file
- Changing copy options for a DVD
- Creating a DVD-Video Disc from Video Files
- Changing recording settings
- Sharing recorders
- Converting video
- Device Export Profiles
- Changing copy options for a portable player
- Converting Audio
- Troubleshooting tips
- Support options
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If you are converting a DVD-Video source, you can choose which
audio and video to include. By default, the main video and audio are
included. To learn more, see Changing copy options for a portable player
on page 29.
2 Click the large red Copy button and choose your player settings.
3 Complete the following steps:
a Choose a Device from the pop-up list that most closely matches
your portable device or destination. If your specific device is not
listed, you may wish to choose MPEG-4, or H.264 player options.
For more information on device presets, see Device Export Profiles
on page 25.
b Choose a quality level from the pop-up list. You will see a
summary of the video and audio settings for the quality level you
select. If are you unsure that you have selected the correct quality,
you can play back a small preview to see how your converted
video will look before beginning the full conversion.
Note You may wish to use the preview option on this screen.
The Video Quality Preview encodes a small portion of your video
so you can assess the conversion quality. You can also save the
preview to your hard disk for playback on another video player or
portable device.
c Select a Save To destination from the pop-up list. If you are
exporting to your iPod, iPhone, or Apple TV, you should keep the
default iTunes choice so that converted video is automatically
added to your iTunes library.
4 Click Convert to continue.
Popcorn displays a progress bar as your video is converted.
Encoding can be paused at any time to free up the CPU for other tasks
and then resumed later. When encoding is paused, you can run other
applications or even switch to another user account as long as Popcorn
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