User manual ULEAD BD DISCRECORDER

[. . . ] 18 2 BD DiscRecorder USER GUIDE Welcome to Ulead BD DiscRecorder With Ulead BD DiscRecorder, users can capture, edit, and save videos in the BDAV format for use with Blu-ray discs. BDAV (Blu-ray Disc Audio-Visual) is the next-generation video format, making the future of High Definition videos a reality. It was created by the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) to bring HD technology and higher storage capacity to video editing. System Requirements To run BD DiscRecorder on your computer, make sure the following minimum requirements are met: · Intel® Pentium® 4 2. 8GHz CPU or higher · Microsoft® Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or Media Center Edition · 512MB of RAM · 200MB of available hard disk space for program installation · 4GB or more of hard disk space for video capture and editing · Windows-compatible display with at least 1024x768 resolution · Power BD drive (supporting recordable or re-writable Blu-ray discs) · BD-R/RE single or double layer disc · Windows-compatible mouse, display card, and sound card To utilize the full capabilities of BD DiscRecorder, the following additional components are recommended: · Capture devices such as DV or HDV camcorders · OHCI compliant IEEE-1394 card for use with DV or HDV camcorder BD DiscRecorder USER GUIDE 3 Hardware checkup and configuration To make sure your video production runs smoothly and trouble free, click Control Panel: System - Hardware - Device Manager and check if your devices are working properly with your Operating System (OS). In general, as long as the device can be seen and working properly in the Device Manager (this applies to all Windows versions), BD DiscRecorder will be able to detect it and work with it. [. . . ] Click Next. Note: When appending, the light gray colored area on the BD Capacity bar indicates the disc space already used by the current disc content. 6 BD DiscRecorder USER GUIDE Introduction to the workspace 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1. Program list Select a program (video clip) to display in the Program video clip list. Remove and Info Use these buttons to remove programs or view program properties. BD DiscRecorder USER GUIDE 7 5. Settings and Options Click to open a menu where you can customize preferences, or view information about BD DiscRecorder. Project settings Click to view information about the project and customize its output settings. Show BD capacity Displays the total file size and video length to be used in the disc. Navigation controls Use these buttons to preview your video clips. Capturing videos BD DiscRecorder lets you capture videos from DV and HDV camcorders. To capture video from a DV camcorder: 1. Select a capture mode and video format. Note: You can only choose a video format with Dolby Digital 5. 1 channel surround sound encoding if your DV camcorder uses 4-channel audio. 4. Use the navigation controls to locate the starting point of the video to capture. Click OK. 8 BD DiscRecorder USER GUIDE Capturing High-Definition video (HDV) Before capturing your HDV or HD video into BD DiscRecorder, make sure that your camcorder (or deck) is properly detected by your computer. Also check the following: On Sony HDV camcorder: If you have connected your Sony HDV camcorder before to your computer, check the Device Manager to see if your camcorder is detected as a DV device or AV/ C tape device. If the camcorder is detected as a DV device, you can capture DV footage. If your camcorder is detected as an AV/C tape device, you can capture HDV footage. BD DiscRecorder USER GUIDE 9 DV mode HDV mode BD DiscRecorder Note: The Sony HDV camcorder can be detected only under Windows XP Service Pack 2. To capture video from an HDV camcorder: 1. Connect your HDV camcorder to your computer's IEEE-1394 port using the IEEE-1394 cable. If you have a Sony HDV camcorder, make sure it is switched to HDV mode. In the Device Control dialog box, select HDV 1394 Device Control in Current Device drop-down list. After defining your capture options, click Advanced Settings and select Change Capture Plug-in. Choose Ulead HDV Capture Plug-in from the Current Capture Plug-in list, and then click OK. Use the navigation controls to preview your project or move around your programs. Press [Esc] to stop 10 BD DiscRecorder USER GUIDE 10. Repeat steps 8 and 9 to add more clips. [. . . ] To speed up the workflow, you can also create templates for video settings that you frequently use. Note: You can decide which audio channels to export by adjusting the Audio export mode on the General tab of the Preferences dialog box. To export video files: 1. Select the video clip you want to export from the Program video clip list. Select a capture mode (for example, select fixed duration, marked duration, or full DV tape if capturing from DV camcorder). Select the capture format. Note: If you are capturing in the DV-AVI format, you must set the Capture format to AVI. 5. [. . . ]