ADS Technologies USBAV-701 manual

Save Y our Memories T o CD or DVD User's Guide : Second Edition DVD Xpress DVD Xpress: English Manual[...]

DVD Xpress Page 2 DVD Xpress Page 3 T able of Content Copyright Notice ........................................................................................................................................................ 4 Quick Setup Steps ..........................................................................................................[...]

DVD Xpress Page 4 DVD Xpress Page 5 Copyright Notice The DVD Xpress is an innovative, hassle-free device that is designed to let you edit and archive your home movies easily . ADS T ech respects the rights of copyright owners and asks that you do the same. The Copy Right Act gives owners of copyrights the exclusive right to reproduce and prepare de[...]

DVD Xpress Page 6 DVD Xpress Page 7 DVD Xpress DVD Xpress is a fun and easy way to get DVD, SVCD and VCD video into your Windows PC so you can edit or archive your home movies. DVD Xpress then lets you share the video on CD or DVD disk or publish to the Internet. All the video digitizing and compression takes place in the DVD Xpress device so when [...]

DVD Xpress Page 8 DVD Xpress Page 9 1. Check DVD Xpress Contents Hardware: (A) DVD Xpress device (B) 5 VDC Power supply (C) 6 ft. USB Cable (D) 6 ft. A/V Out cable (RCA video and (L+ R) Audio to RCA video and L & R Audio RCA stereo) (E) One (1) Installation CD (F) User's Manual System Requirements - Intel® Pentium® III 800 MHz or higher [...]

DVD Xpress Page 10 DVD Xpress Page 1 1 In this section we will connect audio and video cables that you will use to capture audio and video and then send audio and video back to a TV or VCR for viewing or recording. 2. Wire It Up! 1. Connect your video source (VHS, DVD, Laser Disc Player , TV . etc.) to your DVD Xpress. Connect your (D) 6 ft. RCA ca[...]

DVD Xpress Page 12 DVD Xpress Page 13 7. Optimize System For Best Performance Optimize System for Best Performance Set your VGA Resolution 1024 X 768 is the optimal resolution for viewing video at full resolution. DVD video is captured at 720 x 480 (720 x 576 P AL). If your resolution is not high enough you will not be able to view the video at ful[...]

DVD Xpress Page 14 DVD Xpress Page 15 Step Three: Create le name and select le location Step Four: Choose video format In this step you will select between MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video compression formats. Select MPEG-2 if you wish to capture video in the highest quality DVD format. Select MPEG-1 if you want to capture video in the VCD format. The[...]

DVD Xpress Page 16 DVD Xpress Page 17 Ways to begin Recording 1. Y ou can start recording from the Stop or idle status in CapWiz or while you are previewing video. 2. Click the red record( ● ) button to begin recording at any time. 3. T o Stop recording, Click the “Stop” ( ■ ) button or the “esc” key on your keyboard. 4. The video will [...]

DVD Xpress Page 18 DVD Xpress Page 19 CapWiz Direct to Disc Direct to Disc Wizard Overview Capture Direct to Optical Disc: CapWiz now includes the ability to capture directly to VCD, SVCD or DVD disc . Burn an MPEG le to Optical Disc: Y ou can also load a previously captured MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 video le and burn to disc. Y ou can select and burn[...]

DVD Xpress Page 20 DVD Xpress Page 21 Clicking the Direct to Disc button launches the Direct to Disc (DTD) Wizard. The DTD Wizard can be launched while CapWiz is idle (no video preview) or wheil video is being previewed. Y ou cannot start the DTD Wizard while you are recording to the hard drive or if you are playing back a previously re- corded vid[...]

DVD Xpress Page 22 DVD Xpress Page 23 DTD Wizard Step 2: In step 2 you customize your video disc with Movie and video clip titles, set video capture duration times, auto chapter timing points and back ground template. Background T emplate: Y ou can select from several background templates. CapWiz 3.5 includes a dozen templates to choose from. Scrol[...]

DVD Xpress Page 24 DVD Xpress Page 25 This section will describe all settings and choices for all of the menu options along the top of the CapWiz Interface. • Video Inputs/Outputs: This dialog box allows you to quickly change your video input choices. Here you can choose between RCA, S-video These settings can also be changed by running the Captu[...]

DVD Xpress Page 26 DVD Xpress Page 27 Video Resolution: Y ou can select from the following video capture resolutions NTSC P AL 325 x 240 (VCD) 352 x 288 (VCD) 352 x 480 (1/2 D1) 352 x 576 (1/2 D1) 480 x 480 (SVCD) 480 x 576 ( SVCD) 704 x 480 (DVD) 704 x 576 (DVD) 720 x 480 (DVD) 720 x 576 (DVD) Video Bit Rate: Y ou will notice that you have the abi[...]

DVD Xpress Page 28 DVD Xpress Page 29 The Options menus provides more selections in customizing your use of the Capture Wizard application: Click the Options button at the top of the interface to view the Options menu. Show Splash If there is a check mark next to this an “ADS” splash screen will appear on your screen when you start Capture Wiza[...]

DVD Xpress Page 30 DVD Xpress Page 31 User Guide ULEAD Systems, Inc. July 2004 This is an abridged version of the DVD MovieFactory 3 User Guide. It's contents have been customized for use with DVD Xpress. The full edition of the DVD MovieFactory 3 User Guide, which is in the Adobe Acrobat PDF le format, can be found on the DVD Xpress CD by [...]

DVD Xpress Page 32 DVD Xpress Page 33 Welcome To Ulead DVD MovieFactory Ulead DVD MovieFactory provides you with the answer to your disc-authoring needs. Y ou can instantly create video, slideshow, music, or data discs through a user-friendly , wizard-type process and specic task oriented features. Y ou can also enhance your video by adding tran[...]

DVD Xpress Page 34 DVD Xpress Page 35 DVD MovieFactory launcher The DVD MovieFactory launcher serves as a control panel where you can nd the tasks you’ll need for disc-authoring. Clicking a task icon will launch the program module associated with it. Note: Opening previously created project les from outside DVD MovieFactory launcher will au[...]

DVD Xpress Page 36 DVD Xpress Page 37 Erase Disc Erases the contents of a disc. Print Disc Label Launches the Print Disc Label dialog box where you can create and print disc labels and covers for your discs. See "Print Disc Label" for more details. Note: Y ou could also run the EXE les of program modules to open them without using the [...]

DVD Xpress Page 38 DVD Xpress Page 39 Capturing Video from DVD Xpress DVD Movie Factory has been customized for full integration with your DVD Xpress hardware. This integration allows for capture video in MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 video compression formats directly from the DVD Xpress hardware. Steps for setting up Video Capture with DVD Xpress 1) Click the[...]

DVD Xpress Page 40 DVD Xpress Page 41 Adding video les DVD MovieFactory allows you to add video les of different formats such as A VI, MPEG, and, WMV into your video project. T o add a video le to your project: 1. Click Add Video in the Add/Edit Media page to launch the Open Video File dialog box. 2. Locate the video le(s). Y ou can sel[...]

DVD Xpress Page 42 DVD Xpress Page 43 • VCD player compliant Select to make sure that the VCD created will play in stand-alone VCD players. • Applying anti-ickering lter Select to apply the anti-ickering lter to the menu pages. The anti-ickering lter reduces the ickering that happens when using a television to view the menu[...]

DVD Xpress Page 44 DVD Xpress Page 45 Edit Media After importing the media les into your project, you can now edit the content using DVD MovieFactory’s edit tools. Trimming a video Y ou can trim a video using the Jog Ba r, mark-in/out, and navigation controls. Trimming allows you to modify the length of the video according to your needs. To tr[...]

DVD Xpress Page 46 DVD Xpress Page 47 Options for the Effect tab • Auto Add T ransition Effects Click to automatically add transition effects based on the scene changes or chapters of a video title. • Add effect only between joint videos Select to automatically insert transition effects in between videos that are joined together . This option w[...]

DVD Xpress Page 48 DVD Xpress Page 49 To add audio: 1. In the Audio tab, click Add Audio to locate the audio le you want to add. Y ou can only add one audio le per video. 2. T o add a voice annotation to your video, drag the Jog Bar or use the playback controls to move between frames in the video. Stop when you reach the point where you want [...]

DVD Xpress Page 50 DVD Xpress Page 51 Setup menus Create main menus and submenus in this step. These menus allow the viewers to instantly access specic portions of your video. DVD MovieFactory offers a set of menu templates to best t the purpose of each menu. Custom-made menus are also easily created. See the illustration below to better unde[...]

DVD Xpress Page 52 DVD Xpress Page 53 To create your own menu template: 1. Click Customize in the Edit Menu page to open the Customize Menu dialog box. 2. Select a menu template to modify in Customize templat e. 3. Double-click the thumbnail of the Layout, Scene Frame, or Navigation Button that you want to use. 4. T o choose a new image to use as b[...]

DVD Xpress Page 54 DVD Xpress Page 55 Output This is the nal step in disc-authoring process. Choose the disc burner and/or select the folder where you want to output video les or a disc image le in this step. T o burn your project onto a DVD: 1. Select Record to disc and specify the recording format. 2. If you selected DVD-Video as the rec[...]

DVD Xpress Page 56 DVD Xpress Page 57 • Required/Available DVD folder space Displays the space needed to save the DVD folders and the space available in the hard drive. • Required/Available disc image le space Displays the space needed to save the disc image le and the space available in the hard drive. • Required/Available working fold[...]

DVD Xpress Page 58 DVD Xpress Page 59 Direct to Disc Direct to Disc provides you with a fast way to capture videos from a video device (such as DV camcorder , VCR, or TV) through an analog or IEEE-1394 (FireWire) interface card, and then burn them directly onto a video disc. When this task is selected, DVD MovieFactory will initially check both you[...]

DVD Xpress Page 60 DVD Xpress Page 61 8. Select the menu template and click Background Image or Background Music to add background image and music. Click O K. 9. Click Create Chapter to automatically add chapters with a specic time interval. 10.Select the desired output format in Forma t. Select Customize to open the Video and Audio Capture Prop[...]

DVD Xpress Page 62 DVD Xpress Page 63 Motion Menu A menu that features animated backgrounds and/or buttons. MPEG audio A family of standards for low bit-rate coding of audio. Normalize audio This function evaluates and adjusts the audio waveform of each video clip used in a movie so that the highest peak reaches a certain level, correcting the rest[...]

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