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Instant Video PCI :
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Archive & Share Your Home Movies On CD
User’s Guide: First Edition
Instant Video PCI
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Table of Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Installation Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Step 1. Driver Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Step 2. Plugging In the Hardware . . . . . . . . 12 Software Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Ulead VideoStudio 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 French Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Help Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Service and Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 FC
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Introduction Package Package Contents: Contents: 1. Instant Video PCI device 2. Audio/Video connection cable 3. Instant Video PCI Installation CD 4. User’s Guide System System Requirements: Requirements: • A computer system equipped with a Pentium 4 2.4GHz or greater. • Operating system: Windows XP Home or Professional Editions with SP1 only (minimum) • Minimum of 256MB of RAM or greater • Minimum of 100MB of hard disk space for software installation • CD-ROM drive for installation of the
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Instant Video PCI allows you to easily capture video in multiple video compression formats. This product is targeted at compressing video into low bit rate formats that generate compact video files which are easily transferred to portable devices or allow for lots of video to fit on a normal CD-R disc. The Instant Video PCI acts as a video digitizer and video pipeline enabling raw uncompressed video to flow into the PC via the PCI port on Windows XP machines. Once in the PC any number of s
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technology that can reduce the file size of video more than 5 times smaller than DVD while offering similar quality. This takes intense processing power. This is why the minimum CPU requirement Instant Video PCI is set at 2.4 GHz. The software included with your Instant Video PCI installs the Divx Video codec, Microsoft Windows Media Video 9 codec and MPEG-1 codec allowing you to easily capture into any of these video formats. What can I do with these video compression formats? DivX Video
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Video CD (VCD) VCD is probably the most common application for MPEG-1 video and has been a popular format in Europe and Asia for many years for movies. Before DVD players existed, VCD players were very popular virtually everywhere except North America. VCD is the same video bit rate and resolution as MPEG-1 but copied to a CD-R in a format that will play in VCD players. The advantage of VCD is that you can record approximately 70 minutes of audio and video on a CD-R. The disadvantage is t
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INSTALLATION GUIDE NOTE: INSERT the CD and install the Drivers before plugging the Instant Video PCI Device in your computer! 8
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Quick Installation Guide This Quick Installation Guide should be used as a reference guide only! It is highly recommended that you read the complete Instant Video CD Manual before using this product to help ensure you get the most out of your Instant Video CD. 1) Insert Installation CD 2) Click on “Install Drivers” when the installation menu appears 3) Windows will automatically detect the Instant Video CD and a “Found New Hardware” wizard will appear 4) Follow the directions on-screen 5)
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1) With the “Install the software automatically (Recommended)” selected, click on “Next”. 2) Wait while Windows searches for the proper drivers, then when found, the “Hardware Installation” pop-up window will appear. 3) 3) Click Click on on “Continue “Continue Anyway” Anyway” when when prompted prompted to to do do so. so. Note: Cicking on “Continue Anyway” will not harm your computer in any way and will allow you to finish the install of your new hardware. 10 10
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4) Your device, Instant Video PCI, is now installed, Click on “Finish” when the installation is complete. Note: Welcome to found new hardware wizard will come up for the second time. 5) Click on “next” to start the driver install. 6) 6) Click Click on on “Continue “Continue Anyways” Anyways” to to continue continue with with the the driver driver install. install. 11
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7) Click on “finish” button to finish the driver install. • Click on the “+” sign next to “Imaging Devices” and you should see: “Instant Video PCI”. • Click on the “+” sign next to “Sound, video and game controllers” and you should see: “ADS PTV-390 Capture Devices” and “ADS PTV-390 Crossbar ”. Once you have confirmed the 2 locations, close the “Device Manager” window. Congratulations, you have installed the Instant Video PCI properly. Step 2. Driver Installation: 12
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1) Click on the “Install Drivers” button to start the driver installation. 2) Click on the “Start” button to continue installation. 3) Click on the “OK” button to finish the install. Note: This alert will appear 2 times during the installation process. Click on “Continue Anyway” to proceed. 13
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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
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2) Click on the “Capture” tab and ensure that your Source is set to ADS PTV-390 Capture Device. How VideoStudio works VideoStudio follows a step-by-step paradigm so that editing tasks remain uncomplicated from start to fi nish. VideoStudio also offers more than a hundred transition effects, professional titling capabilities and simple soundtrack creation tools. Learn in seconds, create in minutes. To make a movie production, fi rst capture footage from a camcorder or another video source. Yo
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The User Interface 1 Step Panel Contains buttons that correspond to the different steps in video editing. 2 Menu Bar Contains menus that provide different set of commands. 3 Options Panel Contains controls, buttons, and other information that you can use to customize the settings of the selected clip. The contents of this panel change depending on the step you are in. 4 Preview Window Shows the current clip, video fi lter, effect, or title. 5 Navigation Panel Provides button
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The Step Panel VideoStudio simplifi es the process of creating movies into seven simple steps. Click the buttons in the Step Panel to switch between steps. Once a project is opened in VideoStudio, video can be recorded directtly to your computer’s hard disk in the Capture Setup. Footage from a video tape can be captured as a single fi le or automatically divided into multiple fi les. This step allows you to capture video and still images. The Edit Step and the Timeline are the heart of Video
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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 Resolution Resolution V V Video
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Step 1. 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
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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
