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3.2
Multimedia Player
User's Guide
6.3
March 2013

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  • Page 1 Multimedia Player User’s Guide March 2013...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Installing and Upgrading Introduction Installing Flip Player Uninstalling Flip Player Upgrading Flip Player Purchase Online at the Telestream Store Checking for Updates to Flip Player Manually Entering a Serial Number Deactivating a Serial Number Activating a Serial Number Basic Features...
  • Page 4 Contents Opening a Movie Stream Opening Recent Media Files Simultaneously Playing Multiple Movies Editing Media Files Cropping the Movie Frame Rotating the Video Trimming the Video Scaling Picture Resolution Movie Playback and Editing Controls Play Bar Play Controls Setting Audio Volume and Muting Viewing Controls Full Screen Display Highlighting the Flip Player Window...
  • Page 5 Contents Reference Supported Codecs, Formats, & Protocols Network Stream Protocols Flip Player User’s Guide | 102190...
  • Page 6 Contents Flip Player User’s Guide | 102190...

  • Page 7: Preface

    Preface Copyrights and Trademark Notices Copyright © 2013 Telestream, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, altered, or translated into any languages without the written permission of Telestream. Information and specifications in this document are subject to change without notice and do not represent a commitment on the part of Telestream.
  • Page 8 Preface Copyrights and Trademark Notices EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
  • Page 9 LLC. SEE HTTP://WWW.MPEGLA.COM FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. Limited Warranty and Disclaimers Telestream, Inc. (the Company) warrants to the original registered end user that the product will perform as stated below for a period of one (1) year from the date of shipment from factory: Hardware and Media—The Product hardware components, if any, including equipment...
  • Page 10 Product is purchased/licensed. Limitations on Remedies—YOUR EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES, AND THE ENTIRE LIABILITY OF TELESTREAM, INC. WITH RESPECT TO THE PRODUCT, SHALL BE AS STATED IN THIS LIMITED WARRANTY. Your sole and exclusive remedy for any and all breaches of any...

  • Page 11: Telestream Contact Information

    Telestream, Inc. 848 Gold Flat Road Nevada City, CA 95959 You can call Telestream, Inc. via telephone at (530) 470-1300. Telestream Contact Information To obtain product information, technical support, or provide comments on this guide, contact us using our web site, email, or phone number.
  • Page 12 Preface Telestream Contact Information Flip Player User’s Guide | 102190...

  • Page 13: Overview

    Overview Introduction Flip Player is a very versatile multimedia player. You can use it to view many kinds of files, including most video and audio files. Flip Player supports the most popular formats on the Internet for news, sports, education, movie trailers, and other entertainment.

  • Page 14: Licensing Levels

    Flip4Mac is the official Windows Media player on the Mac and adds support for WMV and WMA to Flip Player. Telestream is committed to extending format support in future releases of Flip Player to provide official and legal multi-format support.

  • Page 15: Player Pro

    Player, QuickTime Player 7 Pro, Final Cut Pro 7, and Final Cut Pro X (using Compressor). You can also export Window Media from Telestream’s ScreenFlow. The export process is simplified by using a variety of preset encoding profiles to meet most needs, which cannot be modified.

  • Page 16: Studio Pro Hd

    Overview Feature Comparison Note: To export WMV from Final Cut Pro X, you must do so via Final Cut Compressor. Studio Pro HD Studio Pro HD includes all Studio features, plus it adds the ability to create high- definition video and two-pass HD encoding profiles. The WMV 9 Advanced Video codec, WMA 9 Professional codec, and WMA 9 Lossless audio codec are also available.
  • Page 17 Overview Feature Comparison Table 2. Flip Player Import and Export Features at each License Level License Features Restrictions Studio • • Playback Importing Only one-pass encoding presets available. (Transcoding from WMV) • Only standard-definition encoding presets available. • Exporting • Custom settings disabled.

  • Page 18: System Requirements

    Overview System Requirements Table 3. Flip Player Application Features at each License Level License Features Restrictions Player Pro • • Playback Windows media exporting requires Flip4Mac Studio or • Studio Pro HD Editing • Slow Motion Playback • iPhone Ringtone Exports •...

  • Page 19: Installing And Upgrading

    Installing and Upgrading Introduction This section will demonstrate how to install, remove, update, and customize Flip Player. Note: Installers are available on Telestream.net for installing Flip Player by itself or installing Flip4Mac and Flip Player together. Topics  Installing Flip Player ...
  • Page 20 Installing and Upgrading Installing Flip Player 4. Click and drag Flip Player icon into the Applications folder. Click and drag icon 5. If you are installing Flip4Mac, double-click Flip4Mac.pkg icon, and follow the steps to install both Flip4Mac and Flip Player software. Double-click icon.

  • Page 21: Uninstalling Flip Player

    Manual Activation Guide (www.telestream.net/pdfs/user-guides/ Manual_Activation_Guide.pdf ) on the Telestream Web site for step-by-step instructions on manually activating your serial number. Checking for Updates to Flip Player To use Flip Player Preferences to check for software updates manually (or at scheduled intervals), follow these steps: Flip Player User’s Guide | 102190...

  • Page 22: Manually Entering A Serial Number

    If your computer is connected to the Internet and you purchased an upgrade via the Telestream Store online, you may use the email receipt (which contains your serial number) to manually activate Flip Player. Manual activation is also used for activating a serial number in Flip Player on another Mac.

  • Page 23: Deactivating A Serial Number

    877-681-2088. 4. When the serial number is entered correctly, the Activate button is enabled, and you can click Activate. The Telestream Store is contacted and activates the serial number for your computer. Deactivating a Serial Number A Flip Player serial number can only be active on one computer at a time. But, you can...

  • Page 24: Activating A Serial Number

    Installing and Upgrading Activating a Serial Number then activate it elsewhere as needed. (See Activating a Serial Number.) This makes the use of the serial number more flexible, and avoids unnecessarily purchasing extra licenses. To deactivate a Flip Player serial number on a particular computer follow these steps: 1.
  • Page 25 Click License Click lock icon Click Activate Serial Number 3. When the Serial Number window displays, click Activate. The Telestream Store is contacted and your serial number is activated on your computer. Click Activate Flip Player User’s Guide | 102190...
  • Page 26 Installing and Upgrading Activating a Serial Number Flip Player User’s Guide | 102190...

  • Page 27: Basic Features

    Basic Features Introduction This section presents the basic features of Flip Player. Topics  Opening Media with Flip Player  Editing Media Files  Movie Playback and Editing Controls  Setting Audio Volume and Muting  Viewing Controls Opening Media with Flip Player When Flip Player is installed, Windows Media files become automatically associated with Flip Player.

  • Page 28: Opening A Video File

    Basic Features Opening Media with Flip Player For convenience, you can add the Flip Player application to your dock by dragging it from the Applications folder. To open other Windows Media files, drag and drop them onto the Flip Player icon. Drag and drop Windows Media files onto the Flip Player icon...

  • Page 29: Editing Media Files

    Basic Features Editing Media Files When you have more than one Flip Player window open, the audio plays only on the active (top) window. Editing Media Files The Edit Menu offers selections for editing of video and audio content. Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete, and Select All can be used when in Trim mode for basic video clip editing.
  • Page 30 Basic Features Editing Media Files a 4:3 or 16:9 aspect ratio that is sized smaller than the existing frame geometry. You can access the crop tool by selecting Edit > Crop, or by pressing the command + K keys. Crop settings The crop tool enables you to set the crop size, crop offset, and constraints (full screen, wide screen, or none).

  • Page 31: Rotating The Video

    Basic Features Editing Media Files When you enter a new value, the screen will adjust its cropping frame when you enter another setting field. You can also click and drag on any of the handles of the crop selection to resize it, or in the center to move it. Note: Do not click Apply or press the Enter key until you have made all your cropping settings.

  • Page 32: Trimming The Video

    Basic Features Editing Media Files The rotate window enables you to rotate the video either clockwise or counter- clockwise by 90 degrees. Shown below is the result of a counter-clockwise rotation. Rotated video Normal video Multiple clicks of either rotation button causes additional rotations of the video. After rotating, click Apply, or press the Enter key, to implement your settings.
  • Page 33 Basic Features Editing Media Files would be the same as 20.00/100). Scale is not the frame rate, even though it looks similar. Enter a start time for the In marker and click Go to set the marker. Then enter an end time for the Out marker and click Go to set that marker.

  • Page 34: Scaling Picture Resolution

    Basic Features Editing Media Files Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete, and Select All can be used when trimming video clips. Select the portion of the clip you want to Cut, Copy, or Delete, then select the Paste to place it in your target location. You can also cut, copy, and paste between multiple movies. After trimming, click Apply, or press the Enter key, to implement your settings.

  • Page 35: Movie Playback And Editing Controls

    Basic Features Movie Playback and Editing Controls A variety of screen presets are available from the Preset menu. When a selection is made, the video re-sizes accordingly. Here are the available presets: After scaling, click Apply, or press the Enter key, to implement your settings. Click Cancel to discard your changes.

  • Page 36: Play Bar

    Basic Features Movie Playback and Editing Controls Play Bar The features of the play bar are shown below. play Bar Progress Bar Scrubber Volume Control Time Remaining Elapsed Time Play/Pause Play/Pause Click to play the video; click again to pause it. Note: In addition to clicking Play/Pause on the play bar, you can also play and pause by pressing the spacebar.

  • Page 37: Play Controls

    Basic Features Movie Playback and Editing Controls Play Controls To access Control selections, select the Control menu. Control features include: Play, Fast Forward/Reverse, Slow Motion (Flip Player Pro only), Step, Jump, Skip, Instant Replay, Chapter selection, and Loop. Play Click Play to begin playing your video. The word Play changes to Pause while playing media.

  • Page 38: Setting Audio Volume And Muting

    Basic Features Setting Audio Volume and Muting Jump Forward/Backward Selecting Jump forward or backward results in moving 10 seconds ahead or behind in the video. Jump To End/Start Jump To End moves the video to the last frame; Jump To Start moves it to the first frame.

  • Page 39: Full Screen Display

    Basic Features Viewing Controls Full Screen Display You can set the screen so that only the movie is visible. This presentation setting is called Full Screen mode. (You can also size the movie player so it will play at whatever screen size you need.) To play a movie at full screen, do one of the following: •...

  • Page 40: Highlighting The Flip Player Window

    Basic Features Viewing Controls Highlighting the Flip Player Window To make viewing the Flip Player player window easier when you have lots of windows open, select View > Dim Lights. This isolates the Flip Player player window visually from all others on the desktop by fading everything else to a dark gray. Select Dim Lights again to disable this feature.

  • Page 41: Advanced Features

    A powerful feature of Flip Player Pro is the ability to re-encode video and export a new movie clip for use by other applications and many popular devices (iPhone, iPod etc.). While not having the powerful features of Telestream Episode or Vantage, Flip Player is...

  • Page 42: Exporting To Applications

    Advanced Features Exporting to Applications handy for doing quick conversions of all container formats, audio codecs, and video codecs that are available in QuickTime. Note: You can export from all QuickTime supported formats, but you cannot export to all QuickTime supported formats. Exporting to Applications You can export Flip Player files to a variety of popular applications including: iMovie, iPhoto, Final Cut Pro X (Player Pro only), Episode, ScreenFlow, and Wirecast.

  • Page 43: Exporting To Devices

    Advanced Features Exporting to Devices Note: To automatically launch export-receiving applications such as Episode, ScreenFlow, Wirecast, iMovie, etc., they must reside in the Applications folder and they must not be renamed. Exporting to Devices Since so many devices play video (iPod, iPhone, iPhone-Ringtone (Player Pro only), iPad, AppleTV, Mac, and PC computers), Flip Player acts as a simple and fast tool for exporting video to them.
  • Page 44 Advanced Features Exporting to a Format 2. Export > Format > Windows Media, or press the command + J keys. 3. Select a preset from the list of presets, then click the down-arrow to edit/view the preset’s values. Select preset Click to see preset’s values Note: You can create and edit these presets if you have the Studio Pro HD license.

  • Page 45: Export Settings

    Advanced Features Export Settings To select a preset, click the Preset pull-down menu to display all the presets available (for your license level). You can also select New Preset to create a new preset (if you have a Studio Pro HD license). Export Settings To edit the preset’s values, click the down-arrow to display the Media Export Settings window which contains four tabs:...

  • Page 46: Video Encoder Settings

    Advanced Features Video Encoder Settings drop-down list at the top of the Flip Player Export Settings dialog). You can also select New Preset from the popup menu (near the bottom of the drop-down list), to create a new, custom interlaced or progressive encoder profile with custom set- tings.
  • Page 47 Advanced Features Video Encoder Settings Use the controls on this dialog to change your basic video settings. For more options, you can click Advanced to display additional controls. (Settings displayed vary with the selected preset). • Export using When checked, the video track is encoded using the selected video codec.

  • Page 48: Advanced Video Settings

    Advanced Features Advanced Video Settings Advanced Video Settings When you click Advanced, additional settings are displayed: Advanced settings Advanced settings • Complexity This setting controls the effort used to identify areas of similarity in consecutive frames. Live modes apply less effort and may sacrifice image quality for encoding speed.
  • Page 49 Advanced Features Advanced Video Settings • Profile Specify Simple or Main (WMA 9 Standard), or Advanced (WMV 9 Advanced). – Simple—This profile targets low-rate Internet streaming and low-complexity applications (mobile communications, or playback of media in personal digital assistants). – Main—This profile targets high-rate Internet applications (streaming, movie delivery via IP, or TV/VOD over IP).

  • Page 50: Audio Encoder Settings

    Advanced Features Audio Encoder Settings Audio Encoder Settings Use the Audio settings tab to control how the audio track is encoded. Note: The audio settings tab is disabled if your source media does not contain an audio track. Audio settings Click for advanced settings Use these controls to change your audio settings:...

  • Page 51: Advanced Audio Settings

    Advanced Features Advanced Audio Settings of each sample. Crisper quality produces better sound, but potentially drops more samples. • Bit Rate Select data rate from the drop-down list. • Peak Bit Rate Select the peak data rate from the drop-down list. •...

  • Page 52: Metadata Settings

    Advanced Features Metadata Settings Metadata Settings The Metadata tab provides optional metadata information stored inside the exported file: This information is stored in the Windows Media file and displayed by most Windows Media players. Silverlight Settings When encoding media for use with Silverlight, click the Silverlight settings tab. Check Embed video in Silverlight package to embed video into Silverlight.

  • Page 53: Creating Custom Encoder Profiles

    Advanced Features Creating Custom Encoder Profiles template. Templates specify a particular skin that will encase your video, which can be one of any number of stylized designs that include playback elements. Due to the way QuickTime works, you cannot name the exported media the same as another file that exists.
  • Page 54 Advanced Features Creating Custom Encoder Profiles Studio Pro HD, you can create your own encoder profiles (a specific set of encoder settings). To create a new profile, follow these steps: 1. Select Export > Format > Windows Media, pull down the Presets menu, then go to the bottom of the drop-down list and select New Preset.

  • Page 55: User Interface

    User Interface Introduction These topics describe the menus and menu items in Flip Player. Topics  Flip Player Menu  File Menu  Edit Menu  Control Menu  Audio Menu  View Menu  Export Menu  Window Menu ...

  • Page 56: File Menu

    User Interface File Menu File Menu Open File Displays the Open dialog window for opening a media file. Open Stream Displays the Open Stream dialog window for opening a stream from a location determined by the URL provided. Open Recent Displays the most recently accessed media files. Every time a file is opened or saved it is entered into the this list.

  • Page 57: Control Menu

    User Interface Control Menu Trim Displays the Trim window, enabling you to trim the selected media. Scale Displays the Scale window, enabling you to scale the selected media. Special Characters Displays the Special Characters window, enabling you to create a list of favorite special characters.

  • Page 58: Audio Menu

    User Interface Audio Menu Loop When checked (selected), media loops back to start when end is reached. Audio Menu Increase Volume Turns the media volume up. Decrease Volume Turns the media volume down. Mute Mutes the media audio. View Menu Enter Full Screen Expands the selected media to full screen.
  • Page 59 Gather Support Information Gathers support information and enables you to save a file with this information to your Mac desktop. A unique filename is generated. Sending this file to Telestream enables the support team to diagnose any problems you have reported.
  • Page 60 User Interface Help Menu Flip Player User’s Guide | 102190...
  • Page 61 Reference Introduction This section provides important reference information including supported codecs and formats, and network protocols. Topics  Supported Codecs, Formats, & Protocols  Network Stream Protocols Supported Codecs, Formats, & Protocols The following audio and video codecs and general file formats can be processed in Flip Player and Flip4Mac.
  • Page 62 Reference Supported Codecs, Formats, & Protocols Table 4. Supported Audio Codecs Play/ Audio Codec Import Export Microsoft G.726 Microsoft IMA ADPCM Microsoft ADPCM Table 5. Supported Video Codecs Play/ Video Codec Import Export Windows Media Video 9 Advanced (WMVA)—Broadcast Profile Windows VC1 Windows Media Video 9 Standard (WMV3) Windows Media Video 8 (WMV2)
  • Page 63 Reference Supported Codecs, Formats, & Protocols Table 7. Supported Export to Applications and Related File Formats Application Versions Video Audio Container Extension iMovie 9.0.4 and later. Apple AAC-LC 128 QuickTime Intermediate Kbps, Codec (AIC) 16-bit, 44.1kHz, Stereo Final Cut Pro 10.0.3 and later.
  • Page 64 Reference Network Stream Protocols Network Stream Protocols You can use MMS-RTSP, MMS-HTTP, HTTP, with Flip Player and/or Flip4Mac. Table 8. Supported Stream Protocols Stream Type Name Protocols Microsoft Media Server MMS, HTTP, RTSP, and TCP HTTP Live Streaming HTTP and TCP Flip Player User’s Guide |102190...
  • Page 65 Index Copyright notice Encoder Profiles Creating Custom Exporting Media To a Format To Applications To Devices Exporting Media Feature Comparison Table Features Player Player Pro Studio Studio Pro HD File Menu Flip4Mac Editions Studio Pro Help Menu Installation...
  • Page 66 Advanced Audio Advanced Video Audio Encoder Export Metadata Silverlight Video Encoder Supported Codecs, Formats, & Protocols System Requirements Telestream contacting International Telestream, contacting Trademark notices Uninstalling Updates Checking for Upgrading Warranty and Disclaimers Window Menu Flip Player User’s Guide | 102190...

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