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ADS Technologies USBAV-708 INSTANT VIDEOMPX User Manual

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Instant VideoMPX:
Archive & Share Your Home Movies On CD
User's Guide: First Edition
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  • Page 1 Instant VideoMPX: Archive & Share Your Home Movies On CD User’s Guide: First Edition If you have any problems or questions on this product, please call : Technical Support - 562.926.4338 North America Support Hours: Mon-Fri: 8am - 5pm, PST Support: www.adstech.com/support/support.asp www.adstech.com European Technical Support: +353.61.702042...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    IBM is a registered trademark of the International Business Machines, Inc. ADS is a registered trademark of ADS Technologies 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.

  • Page 3: Introduction

    Introduction Package Contents: 1. USB Instant VideoMPX device 2. Audio/Video connection cable 3. USB Instant VideoMPX Installation CD 4. User’s Guide System Requirements: • A computer system equipped with a Pentium 4 2.4GHz or greater. • USB 2.0 host controller on motherboard or USB port adapter card •...
  • Page 4 Instant VideoMPX 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.
  • Page 5 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 VideoMPX is set at 2.4 GHz. The software included with your Instant VideoMPX 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.
  • Page 6 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.
  • Page 7 I N S T A L L AT I O N G U I D E NOTE: INSERT the CD and install the Drivers before plugging the USB Instant VideoMPX Device in your computer!

  • Page 8: Installation Guide

    Quick Installation Guide This Quick Installation Guide should be used as a reference guide only! It is highly recommended that you read the complete USB Instant Video MPX Manual before using this product to help ensure you get the most out of your USB Instant Video MPX. 1) Insert Installation CD 2) Click on “Install Drivers”...

  • Page 9: Step 1. Driver Installation

    Step 1. Driver Installation: 1) Click on the “Install Drivers” button to start the driver installation. 2) Click on the “Next” button to continue installation. 3) Wait while Windows installs the drivers for your device.
  • Page 10 Note: This alert will appear 3 times during the installation process. Click on “Continue Anyway” to proceed. This update addresses the “Availability of the Windows XP SP1 USB 1.1 and 2.0 Update” issue in Windows XP and is discussed in Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) Article 822603.
  • Page 11 Step 2. Plugging In: Connect Your USB Instant VideoMPX Device to your Computer: A. Plug the USB end directly into the USB port on the back of your computer. B. Once plugged in a “Found New Hardware Wizard” will appear on your screen.
  • Page 12 4) Your device, USB Instant VideoMPX, is now installed, Click on “Finish” when the installation is complete. After the installation is complete, determine if the drivers have successfully installed by going into the “Device Manager” (Right-click on “My Computer” and select “Properties”. A window will appear, select the “Hardware”...

  • Page 13: Software Installation

    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.
  • Page 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.
  • Page 15 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.
  • Page 16 The Step Panel VideoStudio simplifies 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 file or automatically divided into multiple files.
  • Page 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.
  • Page 18 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.
  • Page 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.
  • Page 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”...
  • Page 21 Step 4. Start Capturing your VIdeo in DivX Format: 1) Click on the “Capture Video” button to start capturing. 2) When finished, click on the “Stop Capture” button or simply hit 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.
  • Page 22 Capturing in Windows Media Video (WMV) Format: Windows Media video is a format that is generally created to send video broadcasts over the Internet. The compression quality is very good so you can capture video at a low bit rate (small file size) yet still have good quality.
  • Page 23 Step 1. Customize or Select Different Quality Profiles: 1) Click on the “Options” button and select “Video and Audio Capture Property Settings…” 2) Click on the “Capture” tab and then click on the “Select…” where you will see a list of different Profiles you can select from.
  • Page 24 Step 2. Start Capturing your Video in WMV Format: 1) Click on the “Capture Video” button to start capturing. 2) When finished, click on the “Stop Capture” button or simply hit the ESC key. 3) Now your ready to burn your CD*. *Use the CD burning software that came with your PC or CD burner to write Windows Media Video files to a CD.
  • Page 25 Planning your VCD Project: VCD is a format that was specifically created to put video on a CD-R disc. The video is always in the MPEG-1 format with a set video bit rate of 1.15 Mb/sec. You can capture approximately 70 minutes of audio and video to fill a 700 MB CD-R.
  • Page 26 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. 3) Under the “Capture” tab, the VCD setting is selected by default (recommended), but you can also customize the frame size by clicking on the “Customize”...
  • Page 27 Step 2. Start Capturing your Video in VCD (MPEG-1) Format: 1) Click on the “Capture Video” button 2) When finished, click on the “Stop Capture” button the ESC key. 3) Now your ready to burn your CD. Step 3. Burning your VCD on Disc: 1) Click on the “Share”...
  • Page 28 2) Select desired menu and name your own titles and then click “Next”. 3) This screen allows you to preview your project before burning your disc or you can just skip it by clicking “Next”.
  • Page 29 4) Here you can rename your disc, then select the Drive your recordable disc is in and then click “Output” to start the burn. Note: VCD discs will playback in most late model DVD players. Check your DVD specifications. For more detailed information on using VideoStudio 8, please refer to the manual on the CD.

  • Page 30: Help Resources

    H EL P R ES OUR CES: Video Studio Help – Press “F1” on your keyboard at any time. Video Studio User Manual – on CD ADS Web Site: Support Online: We are constantly adding more information to the On-Line Help sec- tion of our web site.

  • Page 31: Service And Warranty

    Return/Replacement: If you need to return your ADS Technologies product you should return the product directly to the dealer or store where you purchased the product. Each individual computer store or dealer sets product returns policies for their customers. ADS Technologies, Inc. cannot be responsible for the actions or policies set by our dealers.

  • Page 32: Fcc Information

    ADS Technologies, Inc. product or inability to use the product, even if the dealer or ADS Technologies, Inc. has been advised of such lia- bility or other claims. This includes damage to property and, to the extent permitted by law, damages for personal injury.
  • Page 33 North America Support Hours Phone: 562-926-4338 M-F: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, PST www.adstech.com Support: www.adstech.com/support/support.asp SOUTHERN EUROPE OFFICE 51-55 rue Hoche 94200 Ivry sur Sein Phone. 33+(0) 1.43.90.19.20 Fax. 33+(0) 1.46.58.67.06 Part No. 708-511 Tech www.adstech.com...