RenderBooster - MacroSystem US
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1. 0000 ee ete 6 MUSGO psi weeded be eta ME 6 1 8 One stick many UMIS ur cca td ba ee ee 6 2 INnstallation a 00 0 su hae Se aed wR En ee ee a ew ae en 6 2 1 Physical COnneCtOn 2 4 ede eH ERR Cede eek bee eee a 6 2 2 Firmware update oooococoo ees 6 3 In combination with Arabesk 2 erie smara DAR eee 7 3 1 Creating DVDs SD wi cscs ieee a ae ed ee ww RA 7 3 2 Creating AVCHDs HD ees rreran RS ere n nenne nennen een nn 7 4 Exporting storyboards ec 2s ee ees Bede sekk we ee es ee rate de 7 5 Troubleshootingisairsinrkksafarok niese ae ee ede Ue ee b de sendes ekki sie 8 Since it is possible that changes were made to the software after the manual was prepared the functions shown and described in this manual might differ from the software Changes and errors excepted 1 General information 1 1 Welcome Thank you very much for purchasing the RenderBooster We are grateful for your confidence and we hope that this product will live up to your expectations The RenderBooster will give you the opportunity to use your Casablanca video editing system even more effectively than before Feel free to contact us for further questions or if you would like to give us suggestions for improving the product Whenever you contact us please have your customer number or the serial number of your device at hand so that we can help you more quickly MacroSystem US 5541 Central Ave Suite 135 Boulder Colorad2. top side of the RenderBooster There are two small lamps at the end in the back When these little lamps blink fast and alternately the system is performing a firmware update Do not switch off the Casablanca before the update is fin ished and only one of the small lamps is lit continuously The text RenderBooster should now appear in Arabesk ARABESK 5 HD 3 In combination with Arabesk Arabesk recognizes the RenderBooster automatically The cor responding text is added to the menu The use of the RenderBooster can be switched on and off To do this open the Settings window and select RenderBooster on or off It is not necessary to restart Settings f f maximum Write Speed max RenderBooster Y Verify Disc f Media used Blu ray 2568 frequent Prompts Y Authoring Mode Blu ray 169 as 219 Arabesk5 Version 5 4 HL DT STBD RE BH10LS30 Firmware Version 1 00 Factory Settings Supported Media CD R RW DVD R DL RW RW R DL BD R BD RE f r Ok Cancel When the RenderBooster is deactivated the text will no longer appear in the main menu of Arabesk 3 1 Creating DVDs SD When you render a DVD and the RenderBooster is available and activated Arabesk will use the RenderBooster instead of the software encoder When the RenderBooster is calculating both little lamps at the back of the RenderBooster will alternately light at a fast pace The calculation is both faster and more
3. The required time is about 1 2 to 1 4 times the runtime of the video A 60 minute project will require just between 72 and 84 minutes of rendering time This time includes the transcoding faster than real time and the overhead massive amounts of data have to be copied back and forth Compared to a standard S 4000 Pro this means that making a Blu ray in Arabesk is about 12 times faster with the Render Booster 1 5 The image quality That is a dramatic speed increase for sure but there s more The quality of the hardware transcoding is superb far better than the common software encoders used not only by Bogart but by many other PC Mac based editing systems too This allows a new quality mode for HD Arabesk projects you can now get 90 minutes of pristine Full HD AVCHD material onto a double layer DVD media 45 minutes onto a single layer media Almost 240 minutes on a single layer BD 8 hours on a double layer 50 GB BD 1 6 The power consumption Instead of using the power hungry main CPU 120 Watts at full capacity for transcoding using the low power consumption Render Booster 5 Watts will save a significant amount of energy For a typical Blu ray generation savings of about one kilowatt hour are common 1 7 Usage The most common use case for the Render Booster is the creation of DVDs and Blu ray disks in both SD and HD for mats These tasks are handled by Arabesk 5 which automa tically
4. RenderBooster User manual MACRO SYSTEM Legal Information We recommend that you carefully read the information in this manual in order to avoid operator errors We have taken great care in developing and testing this program Since it is currently not possible to guarantee error free operation under all circumstances and at all times we can unfortunately not entirely exclude that some errors may have crept in Hence MacroSystem Digital Video GMDH and its distributors do not guarantee a problem free or completely error free operation of the product As far as reasonably possible we will rework the program in order to correct any errors and if applicable provide the new software for free to the users concerned Our liability for defects in material and or workmanship for newly manufactured products is limited to 24 months This is not the case when the law prescribes longer terms or in case of damage to life body or health in case of deliberate or gross negligence of duty by the supplier or intentional concealment of a flaw The purchaser shall notify defects to the supplier without undue delay and in writing Claims for reimbursement of expenses in connection with searching for defects will only be accepted after prior agreement with the management of MacroSystem Digital Video GmbH Further claims by the purchaser on account of supplementary performance including costs of transport travel labor and material are excluded This is not applica
5. ble to claims for other reasons such as newly discovered software errors Claims on the grounds of defects are excluded for minor deviations from the agreed quality minor impairments in usability normal wear and tear or damage arising after the transfer of risk from faulty or negligent handling excessive strain unsuitable equipment or from other particular external influences not assumed under the agreement Claims based on defects attributable to improper modifications or repair work carried out by the purchaser or third parties and the consequences thereof shall be likewise excluded We cannot accept any liability for loss of data time or any consequential damages that may occur as a result particularly since we have no influence over correct software installation and operation by the customer MacroSystem Digital Video GmbH and its dealers therefore cannot be held liable for any defects or unintentional damage in connection with the installation or use of the MacroSystem RenderBooster Claims for damages and compensation regardless of the legal basis in particular due to breach of duties in connection with obligation or tortuous acts are also excluded This shall not apply in the case of mandatory liability e g under the German Product Liability Act Produkthaftungsgesetz in the case of intent gross negligence injury of life body or health or breach of essential contractual obligations Damage compensation entitlement for breach of essentia
6. ckground The new challenge is called transcoding Since today s world has not settled on just one video standard it is absolutely common even essential to convert a video file into other formats for compatibility reasons There are many different camcorder formats to begin with and it is often desirable to create a Blu ray disk a common DVD plus a few different PC Mac Smartphone compatible files from a finished project And this is where today s rendering time is painful Making a Blu ray compatible HD video stream out of HD footage takes a long time even with fast CPUs And it gets worse Making a DVD that looks good is a challenge the down conversion is a complex task The common software codecs always offer compromises fast rendering usually means lower image qual ity A difficult trade off 1 3 The product MacroSystem has now tackled these issues with the new Render Booster a device that plugs onto a USB port just like a thumb drive The small elegant stick packs a lot of hard ware power it basically is a small computer on its own with a highly specialized processor It handles just the transcoding the de interlacing the scaling and the encoding nothing else but it does that in a state of the art quality and far faster than high end mainstream processors A true specialist 1 4 The speed The Render Booster can transcode any HD project into Blu ray DVD or H 264 TS formats
7. detects the Render Booster if the required add on product has been activated by typing in the key code The Render Booster is also used in the Export Storyboard feature It allows very fast state of the art conversions SD and HD projects can be exported in H 264 ts formats which can be played back by PCs Macs and many other devices SD projects can also be exported in the very common MPEG 2 format The data rate is user selectable The Render Booster should be plugged into one of the rear USB slots It comes with a short USB cable extender for those that have no room at the back of their unit 1 8 One stick many units The Render Booster comes with a software key code Such software key codes can be purchased without the stick as well at a much lower price This means that one stick can be used for several units simply by purchasing multiple key codes and physically switching the stick between the units the stick has to be connected before the related unit is started up It works on all Bogart compatible machines Bogart 5 is re quired though This includes Solitaire Renommee Ultra units It does NOT support Smart Edit based products 2 Installation 2 1 Physical connection First you must ensure that you have installed the latest version of the Bogart SE operating system on your Casablanca device You need Bogart SE 5 0 or higher for the RenderBooster The stick will not work with older versi
8. efficient This means that as a rule you should be able to select a lower image quality than when you do not use the RenderBooster The RenderBooster always uses compressed audio It is there fore not possible to select uncompressed audio when using the RenderBooster The Calculation setting has no effect when using the Render Booster The resulting image quality will always be better than the intensive mode when using the software encoder The clearest improvement regarding image quality and calcu lating speed is achieved when creating a video DVD from high RenderBooster User manual 7 resolution source footage 1920x1080 1440x1080 3 2 Creating AVCHDs HD The RenderBooster can also be used when creating AVCHDs When doing so the RenderBooster is so efficient that even the new quality levels 8 MBit and 12 MBit result in a very good image quality The modes starting at 24 MBit are of little use there is no visible quality increase Add Film Summertime Select project Choose Range Project length 005 06 16 Datarate 8 MBit s 12 MBit s 14 MBit s Size approx 18 MBit s Free capacity 24 MBit s 132 MBit s Rendering fok Cancel The RenderBooster cannot be used for footage in 1280x720 mode 4 Exporting storyboards The function Exporting storyboard will automatically display new export formats when the RenderBooster is discovered Depending on the current project reso
9. l contractual obligations is however limited to the foreseeable damage typical of the contract unless there is willful intent or gross negligence or in case of injury to life body or health The provisions above do not imply a change of the burden of proof to the detriment of the purchaser Neither MacroSystem Digital Video GmbH nor its dealers are responsible for any damages resulting either directly or indirectly from the use of the software or the operating instructions e g for profit loss costs hardware or software problems or other problems Any implied guarantee is excluded including guarantee of suitability of the software or operating instructions for a particular purpose For this reason you should make a backup of your video footage before you start using the device We recommend that you do not delete the video footage and that you create a backup copy beforehand Since it is possible that changes were made to the software after the manual was prepared the functions shown and described in this manual might differ from the software Table of contents Page 1 General information 0 0 6 nee tenet eee eens 5 ll Welcome ctra san bene anerkennen an ee dope E 5 1 2 The background story iria biden ied beet ea de 5 LES NMG PFOGUCE EEE EEE EN LR De Glee oe eS eS RES 5 MA MINS Speed oreraa a E E NA dada a aeaa ai a E oe Oe ae eyeliner ards ads 5 1 5 The image quality sers saks va dk a nn 5 1 6 The power consumption
10. lution these are MPEG 2 H 264 or MP4 file formats The data rate can be set These modes are easily recognized because of the addition RenderBooster Other modes MPG MTS are not acceler ated but use the software encoder as before The acceleration is often considerable 5 Troubleshooting In case of difficulties with the RenderBooster you should first completely switch off the Casablanca and then restart it Sim ply restarting without a complete shutdown is not enough The RenderBooster is its own computer and remains unaffected by a restart of the Casablanca When the RenderBooster has become out of step its power must be cut by a complete shutdown Only then will it restart Please note the RenderBooster should not be connected or disconnected while the system is in use If you have trouble using the RenderBooster for the first time it is possible that the firmware update did not succeed Repeat the procedure for its initial use Please consider the firmware update can take several minutes and starts only a short time after the start of Arabesk RenderBooster User manual 9 10 RenderBooster User manual 11 MacroSystem Digital Video GmbH www macrosystem de RenderBooster E 09 2012
11. o USA 80301 Phone 303 440 5311 E mail info macrosystem us Fax 303 440 5396 Up to date information on MacroSystem products and our sales department can be found on the Internet Please visit our website http www macrosystem us Phone support If you have special technical questions you can call our tech nical support hotline 303 801 1010 Monday Friday 9 a m 5 p m Mountain Standard Time When calling please have the serial number of your device at hand Outside of these times please e mail us Messages received in this way are handled during business hours E mail support BogartSupport macrosystem us 1 2 The background story Many Casablanca aficionados vividly remember the Render Accelerator Option for the original Casablanca editing system It was basically a faster processor making the time intensive effects rendering more speedy Since then 1996 CPU power has dramatically increased The Motorola processor in 1996 was clocked at 25 MHz now the top of the line S 6000 has 3 3 GHz and multiple cores too This theoretically makes it thousands of times faster than the then state of the art original But rendering speed is still lacking Not so much for rendering video effects even in high definition there is almost no more related waiting time Plus the background rendering allows the RenderBooster User manual 5 user to continue his work while the calculations are done in the ba
12. ons You must then activate the RenderBooster product As a rule you will receive the license code when you buy the product Install Product Pro Club Edition 2009 V 1 1 a QuadCam V 1 3 Real Maps 1 Bogart V 1 1 RenderBooster V 1 0 active s Schriftenpaket 1 V 1 0 a active Schriftenpaket 2 V 1 0 a active fa Schriftenpaket 3 V 1 0 a active Y fi fe fa ok active active active activate hide delete You will now be able to connect the RenderBooster First you must turn off your Casablanca unit Remove the RenderBooster from its packaging Take off the cap and plug the RenderBooster in one of the USB ports at the back of the machine In case there is not enough room at the back of your Casa blanca the short USB extension cable which is supplied together with the RenderBooster can be used Warning you should not use the front ports nor should you use other particularly longer USB cables If you do this may lead to problems with the operation of the device 2 2 Firmware update The RenderBooster may well look like a big USB memory stick but it actually is a small computer with its own operating system This operating system is continually undergoing expansions and improvements These improvements are automatically brought in when the product is used for the first time To do this you should switch on your Casablanca with the RenderBooster inserted and start Arabesk Look now at the
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