User manual NERO RECODE

[. . . ] Nero Recode Manual Nero AG Copyright and Trademark Information The Nero Recode manual and all its contents are protected by copyright and are the property of Nero AG. This manual contains material that is protected by internationally valid copyright. No part of this manual may be reproduced, transmitted or transcribed without the express written permission of Nero AG. All trade names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Nero AG rejects any claims that transcend the clauses of the guarantee rights. Nero AG does not accept any liability for the correctness of the content of the Nero Recode manual. [. . . ] These files can be played back in Nero ShowTime and other commonly available programs. 9. 1 Task-specific input options Fig. 12: My Nero DigitalTM Disc screen with files already imported In addition to the input options described in the chapter Import Files screen, the following input options are available in the My Nero DigitalTM Disc screen for the Recode DVDs and Videos to Nero DigitalTM task: Delete Removes video titles. It is still possible to make manual changes to the quality settings by moving the slider. This button is only active if a DVD-Video title has Nero Recode Page 34 Lock Ratio Unlock Ratio Trim Movie Recoding DVDs and Videos to Nero DigitalTM been imported. Opens a window where chapter markers can be set (see Setting chapter markers). This button is only enabled if a DVD-Video title has been imported and selected. The setting relates to the target medium for which encoding is being carried out. The setting relates to the target medium for which encoding is being carried out. This method requires less time, but the resulting quality is less than encoding in two steps. The quality is better, but the process takes longer. Chapters Nero DigitalTM Category Nero DigitalTM Profile Encoding Method The following information is listed in the columns in the upper section of the Nero DigitalTM Titles tab. Content Duration Size Video Quality Shows the structure contained on the DVD. The higher the number, the better the quality of the file recoded with Nero Recode. 9. 2 Recoding To recode a DVD or video to Nero DigitalTM, proceed as follows: 1. Select the Recode DVDs and Videos to Nero DigitalTM task in the Nero Recode start screen. Check the Fit to target box. The contents of the source DVD are then recoded to fit the target format selected in the drop-down menu Fit to target. If the Fit to target box is not checked, the DVD-Video is imported in its original size. In this case the volume of data can be so great that it can only be burned onto a double-layer DVD or saved on the hard drive. 5. Select the required import profile in the Title import profile area (see Title import profile area). 6. Click the Import Files button. The Import Titles dialog box opens. Nero Recode Page 35 Recoding DVDs and Videos to Nero DigitalTM 7. Select the drive or hard drive folder containing the DVD or the individual video titles that you want to recode and click the Add title button. The capacity bar at the bottom of the screen shows how much memory the imported files use. If the imported files are larger than the target medium, the central area of the DVD-Video Files tab shows how the files will be recoded in line with the selected profile. 8. If you would like to change the video settings, click the Settings button on the Video tab (see Defining video settings). [. . . ] Since P-frames have a higher compression rate than I-frames, the compressed data volume is less. Plug-ins A plug-in is a small extra program that adds features to a higher-order program. Quantization Quantization is part of the digitalization of analog signals. The analog signals are scanned at regular intervals, and at each of the scan times their voltage values are converted to digital values. This conversion to numbers and measurable quantities is referred to as quantization. Nero Recode Page 54 Glossary Recoding Recoding means the conversion of an existing video with certain properties (e. g. bit rate 2500 kbps) into the same format with different properties (e. g. [. . . ]