User manual TELESTREAM FLIP4MAC WMV

[. . . ] Windows Media® Components for QuickTimeTM Version 2 TELESTREAM © 2005-2007 Telestream, Ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s Overview Windows Media® Components for QuickTimeTM . 23 Windows Media Components for QuickTime Contents-i Windows Media® Components for QuickTimeTM Flip4MacTM WMV is a collection of QuickTimeTM components, which allow you to play, import, and export Windows Media® video and audio files. Flip4Mac WMV can be used with most of your favorite QuickTime applications including QuickTime Player, iMovie and Final Cut Pro. After installing Flip4Mac WMV you can play Windows Media files using QuickTime Player and view Windows Media content on the Internet using Safari and other Web browsers. [. . . ] Unused areas at the top, bottom or sides will be filled with the current background color. If unchecked, the movie is scaled to completely fill the plug-in display area. When checked, any Windows Media contained in the Web page will be opened by QuickTime Player. If unchecked, Windows Media content is played within the Web page by the plug-in. Allows you to change the color that fills the unused areas of the plug-in display area. Windows Media Components for QuickTime Page 11 Movie Playback Settings The movie playback settings control how Windows Media files are converted to QuickTime movies by Flip4Mac WMV. Open the Flip4Mac WMV preference pane and click the Player tab to change these settings. Click here to display online help (this guide). Play movies automatically. When checked, Windows Media files will automatically begin playing whenever they are opened. When checked, Windows Media files that are local to your computer will be completely imported when they are opened. While this may cause a slight delay when the file is opened, it ensures that the entire movie is available for editing or export. If unchecked, all Windows Media files are imported progressively in the background, allowing the movie start playing with minimal delay. When checked, content located on a remote Windows Media Server is converted to a streaming movie. Streaming movies allows you to skip to any point without waiting for the file to be downloaded. Streaming movies are optimized for playback; they can't be edited or exported to another format. If unchecked, all Windows Media files are progressively downloaded from the remote server. When checked, you can open and play AVI files that contain Microsoft MPEG-4 video. If you run Windows Media Player on your Macintosh, it automatically associates all WMV files with Windows Media Player. To reclaim WMV file types (both local WMV files and MMS streams in your browser), click Reclaim. Windows Media Components for QuickTime Page 12 Audio Playback Settings The audio playback settings control how Windows Media Audio (WMA) Professional is handled by QuickTime. Open the Flip4Mac WMV preference pane and click the Audio tab to change these settings. These options will be enabled in a future software update Click here to display online help (this guide). Down mix surround sound to stereo. When checked, 5. 1 or 7. 1 surround sound is mixed down to stereo during playback. When checked, 24 bit audio tracks are requantized to 16 bit during playback. When checked, 96 kHz audio tracks are down sampled to 48 kHz during playback. Windows Media Components for QuickTime Page 13 Importing Windows Media If you have upgraded to Flip4Mac WMV Player Pro you can import Windows Media files into supported QuickTime editing applications, or convert Windows Media files into other media formats. This example illustrates how to import a Windows Media file to iMovie: 1. [. . . ] Note: The audio settings panel is disabled if your source media does not contain an audio track. Click to select or create an encoding profile. Click to view or change the advanced audio settings. Export using. When checked the audio track is encoded using the selected audio codec. For constant bit rate (CBR) encoding you select the audio format (sample rate and number of channels) and the desired bit rate. The encoder converts the track to that format and dynamically adjusts the quality to maintain the selected bit rate. [. . . ]