User manual ADS TECH USBAV-708 INSTANT VIDEOMPX

[. . . ] Instant VideoMPX: English Archive & Share Your Home Movies On CD User's Guide: First Edition USB Instant VideoMPX If you have any problems or questions on this product, please call : ADS Tech Technical Support - 562. 926. 4338 North America Support Hours: Mon-Fri: 8am - 5pm, PST Support: www. adstech. com/support/support. asp www. adstech. com Tech European Technical Support: +353. 61. 702042 Table of Contents Introduction. All Rights Reserved First Edition: July 2004 Microsoft, MS-DOS, Windows, Windows 95, Windows 98SE, Windows 2000, Windows ME and Windows XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. IBM is a registered trademark of the International Business Machines, Inc. ADS Technologies (ADS) makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this material, including but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. [. . . ] · Click on the "+" sign next to "Sound, video and game controllers" and you should see: "USB Audio Device". · Click on the "+" sign next to "Universal Serial Bus controllers" and you should see: "USB Composite Device". Once you have confirmed the 3 locations, close the "Device Manager" window. Congratulations, you have installed the Instant VideoMPX properly. 13 Software Application Installation To start the installation of VideoStudio 8, click on the "VideoStudio 8" button. To install VideoStudio 8, click on the "Install Ulead VideoStudio 8" button. Getting Started with Video Studio 8 SE VCD: 1) Click on "VideoStudio Editor" to capture, edit, and burn your home movies. 14 2) Click on the "Capture" tab and ensure that your Source is set to Instant VideoMPX. How VideoStudio works VideoStudio follows a step-by-step paradigm so that editing tasks remain uncomplicated from start to finish. VideoStudio also offers more than a hundred transition effects, professional titling capabilities and simple soundtrack creation tools. Footage from a video tape can be captured as a single file or automatically divided into multiple files. The Effect Step lets you add transitions between video clips in your project. The Overlay Step allows you to superimpose one clip over another to create a picture-in-picture effect. No movie would be complete without opening titles, captions and closing credits. In the Title Step, you can create animated text titles or choose from various presets in the Library. The Audio Step lets you select and record music files from one or several CD-ROM drives attached to your computer. When your movie is complete, you can create a video file for sharing on the Web or output the movie on tape, DVD, or CD in the Share Step. Note: These steps do not necessarily need to be followed in the order that they are presented. The Menu Bar The Menu Bar provides various commands for customizing VideoStudio, opening and saving movie projects, working with individual clips, and more. 17 Capturing in DivX Format: 1) On the "Format" pull down menu make sure that you select "DivX". Planning your DivX Video Project: You can change the video resolution and video bit rate settings to adjust for quality and also the file size of your video capture project. You may have the goal of fitting up to 2 hours of DivX video on CD-R disc. Here are some guidelines showing resolutions, video settings and approximate file sizes: Resolution 640 x 480 352 x 240 Video Bit Rate 500 kb/sec. Setting Video and Audio Capture Properties: 1) Click on the "Options" button and then "Video and Audio Capture Property Settings. . . " 2) Verify that the "Input Source:" is correct if you are connecting your analog source with RCA cables then please select Video Composite and if connected with S-Video then Video S-video. 19 Step 2. Adjusting the DivX bitrate: 1) Click on the "Capture" tab and then click on "Configure". 2) Then choose the desired Variable Bitrate Mode by clicking the pull-down arrow. 20 1-Pass Encoding: (RECOMMENDED) 1-pass encoding is the quickest way to encode your video in the DivX format, at the expense of some quality - it allows you to set a fixed average bit-rate to use for the entire encoding. Step 3. Selecting the Audio Bitrate: 1) Make sure that you select "Ulead Mpeg-1 Layer2" for your Audio Encode Codec and then click "OK" to finish and save your settings. 21 Step 4. Start Capturing your VIdeo in DivX Format: 1) Click on the "Capture Video" button to start capturing. or simply hit 2) When finished, click on the "Stop Capture" button the ESC key. 3) Now your ready to burn your CD. How do I burn the DivX file to a CD?DivX files are saved as . avi format and can be burned directly onto a CD without any special formatting or disc authoring. You can use any commercially available CD burning software to copy the DivX . avi file to a CD. If you have a CD burner you most likely received CD burning software with the drive, so you should be all set. [. . . ] Ship the product to the ADS factory with the RMA number marked on the inside and outside of the package. If there is no RMA number on the package or the RMA number has expired, the shipment will be refused. Replacement product cannot be shipped to you until the defective product has been received by ADS. Once the product is received at the factory it will be tested and then repaired or replaced. [. . . ]