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2. sc ee AVER UC 90 Tutorial 90 Testing Your DVD using PowerDVD 91 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Contents Part VII Trouble Shooting 93 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC RocketDVD Professional User s Manual 1 2 Installation Guide Directories amp Files The RocketDVD Professional CD contains the following directories and files 1 RocketDVD Pro Build Number gt msi this is the RocketDVD Pro windows installer Double clicking on this file will install the RocketDVD Pro software MenuMaker and the drivers for the USB anti piracy dongle 2 RocketDVD Pro desktop bmp this bitmap can be installed as the desktop background showing that this system is a RocketDVD Pro system as well as providing contact telephone numbers for sales and support 3 Adobe Acrobat 5 exe RocketDVD Pro manuals are provided in Acrobat pdf format If your system does not have the Acrobat reader installed you can install it from this self extracing archive The Cyberlink PowerDVD 6 CD provides a software based DVD player which can be installed and used for testing DVD s created on the local hard drive The CD key for this installation is included on the outside of the paper sleeve containing thePowerDVD software Installation Procedure Your system should be configured with a boot usually C drive of 36GB or greater a DVD writer drive and for best performan
3. RocketDVD Professional User s Manual 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC KET Digital Media Applications Professio RocketDVD Professional User s Manual 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC All rights reserved No parts of this work may be reproduced in any form or by any means graphic electronic or mechanical including photocopying recording taping or information storage and retrieval systems without the written permission of the Digital Media Applications LLC While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this document Digital Media Applications assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions or for damages resulting from the use of information contained in this document or from the use of programs and source code that may accompany it In no event shall Digital Media Applications it s owners or employees be liable for any loss of profit or any other commercial damage caused or alleged to have been caused directly or indirectly by this document The RocketDVD system is designed to easily convert video to DVD Even if there is a change in medium when converting video to DVD it is still a form of copying Therefore it is assumed that you the operator or owner of the RocketDVD system owns the rights to copy any video being converted Digital Media Applications LLC accepts no responsibility for the misuse of the RocketDVD system to copy or convert copyrighted material RocketD
4. Quick Start Guide 25 The application display area should automatically switch to the Encode tab and appear as shown Encode Authc Print Y Write Job ID test Title My First DYD Title Subtitle The subtitle of f Date 1 Menu Theme HOME MOVIES insert your own titles Capture Limit 01 00 00 1 min Segment 1 Time 00 01 09 25 Total Time Video kbps Encoding audio and video streams When the encoding completes the project will authomatically switch to the Author display tab and continue with the DVD authoring When the DVD authoring is finished your DVD may be viewed using the PowerDVD application that was provided with this software For help on using PowerDVD to test your DVD before writing it to disc go to Testing Your DVD using PowerDVD To learn how to print the paper assets and write the DVD proceed to Printing the Paper Assets and Writing the DVD 2 3 3 Start Authoring Pre Encoded Files To begin authoring your pre encoded files click the Author button shown below After authoring starts the green LED above the Author button will be lit Resume Encode Author 4 The application display area should automatically switch to the Chapter tab and appear as shown Based on the default chapter selection algorithm the application must first select chapter points and then acquire bitmaps of the first frame of each chapter to use on the chapter selection menu 2003 2006 D
5. This feature is not included in the standard version of RocketDVD Professional and may or may not be available for your particular version If you do not have access to this feature and you wish to use it please contact http www dmapp com or your local dealer to purchase an upgrade The purpose of this feature is to shorten the Time To First Disc TTFD which is the amount of time from the end of video capture to when the first DVD is finished 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Using RocketDVD Professional 4 5 3 Audio Notifications Preferences Directories Preferences Audio Notifications Polling eue number of times to period of repetition Play Notification when Video Capture Completes repeat notification in seconds asie re 12 Play Notification when DVD Authoring Completes sis es Play Notification when Job Completes us Te Play Notification when Video Capture Is Paused Joe es NOTE To play a notification until operator resumes specify zero as the number of times to repeat 71 This tab is the page that allows the audio notifications to be set up They can be enabled or disabled and the wave files for each can be specified The user can create their own notification wave files if the ones supplied are not adequate The two numbers associated with each notification are the number of times to repeat the notification and the frequency at which to repeat
6. Bit rate Bitrate Computation s fe Auto Target Bitrate kilobits sec Variable C Manual Peak Bitrate kilobits sec Record length 01 00 00 hh mm ss lt Back Cancel Help Encoding Transcoding Pre Captured Files 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Using RocketDVD Professional 49 Capture Encoding Audio Encoding C MPEG Audio AC3 Stereo Dolby Digital 192 e kbits sec Video Aspect Ratio e 43 16 9 Bit rate Bitrate Computation C Constant Auto Target Bitrate kilobits sec Variable C Manual Peak Bitrate kilobits sec Record length 01 00 00 hh mm ss lt Back Cancel Help Video Source is for those systems that support more than one type of input connector this option specifies which video connectors to capture from e Composite RCA type connector usually colored yellow e S Video standard S Video source e RGB component RGB source e e e YUV component YUV source SDI digital SDI source DV IEEE 1394 port Audio Input is used by those systems which support more than one audio connector e Line In this input is the unbalanced line level source This connector is typically a 1 8 diameter phone plug connecter e Balanced this input is balanced source This connector is typically an XLR type connector In fact for stereo audio there should be two XLR connectors e AES digital AES source e Embedded AES
7. Click to select case insert printer To continue the Quick Start Guide please specify which type of source material you selected in the setup wizard e From a video source e From files on your hard drive DV source not needed for this option For additional information on this Wizard Page see also Select Default Printers 2 2 Creating a DVD From a Video Feed 1 At this stage the assumption is made that you have completed the Setup Wizard Since the Quick Start Guide used the HOME Movie theme as an example the following example creates a DVD with the HOME Movies DVD menu theme If no Menu Theme is selected the Setup Wizard was probably not correctly started You can re start the Setup Wizard by right clicking on the application logo located in the upper left hand corner of the RocketDVD user interface and then selecting Setup Wizard from the popup menu On the setup tab of the display area on the application enter the text as shown below 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC 16 RocketDVD Professional User s Manual Job ID Title My First DVD Title Subtitle The subtitle of my first DVD Date 1 1 2001 12 31 2005 Menu Theme HOME MOVIES insert your own title Capture Limit 01 00 00 Target Bitrate kbps 8000 rite DVD E Print Disc Label E Print Case Wrap I Print Chapter Insert More Hardware initialization complete If you selected an alternate theme when stepping t
8. 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC 52 RocketDVD Professional User s Manual e Enable OSD this control enables or disables the feature for the current project e Edit this button pops up the following window which allow WYSIWYG layout of the OSD graphics or text Cancel Add Bitmap Add Text e Add Bitmap this button brings up a bitmap selection dialog box Currently either omp or tga files are accepted For bmp files the transparency of the entire bitmap can be set but tga files can be created to have transparency in the back and foreground Once placed the bitmap can be moved around but not resized To resize save the bitmap to the desired size e Add Text this button brings up a text dialog box Once placed the text can be moved around by dragging and dropping the text box The font and size can be changed using the combo boxes shown at the top of the edit window The font size and color can also be set using the Font dialog from the context sensetive right click menu The transparency of the text foreground or background can be set independently The default transparency for the background is 100 transparent and the default transparency for the foreground is 0 transparent 4 3 1 8 Authoring Property Page The authoring page is where the DVD navigation and chapter selection is specified If a DVD navigation menu is desired a menu theme should be chosen RocketDVD
9. This wizard can be run again by right clicking on the logo in the upper right corner of the application then selecting Setup Wizard from the popup menu These settings are also modified if different settings are save by clicking on the Save Settings button in the lower right hand corner of the application 4 1 2 Select Work Directories This page suggests and allow for the selection of work directories drives The time taken for the authoring stage can potentially be reduced the work directory selection The best performance is obtained by specifying the following directories on three different physical drives There is no advantage to using two different drive letters which are merely partitions on the same physical drive over simply using the same drive letter In some cases there may be an advantage to creating the VIDEO TS folder on the root of a drive but it can be placed in a subdirectory 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Using RocketDVD Professional 31 Work Directory Selection In order to minimize the amount of time it takes to author a DVD the VIDEO TS folder and the work directories should be placed on different hard drives If only one hard drive is available all three directories can be located on the same drive but expect the authoring to take a little longer There is no advantage to using a different drive letter if it s only a partition on the same physical drive If a third physic
10. digital AES audio embedded with the SDI video signal In this case both the audio and video will be coming in on the SDI video connector Video Aspect Ratio for capture cards that support it is used to specify the aspect ratio of the video source 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC 50 RocketDVD Professional User s Manual Bitrate the MPEG 2 video encoder can be configured to use a constant bit rate encoder or a more advanced variable bit rate encoder The variable bit rate encoder will typically produce better results than the constant bit rate encoder but the file sizes may be slightly less deterministic Audio Algorithm specifies the encoder to be used on the audio stream This option may be set to be set to MPEG audio but in virtually all cases will be set to AC3 The default DVD bitrate for stereo two channel Dolby Digital is 192 kbits sec The bitrate can be set as high as 640 kbits sec Bitrate Computation e Auto this option will usually be used which will automatically compute the optimal bitrate for the DVD length selected The maximum value that will be used for the target bitrate is 8000 kbps If a higher bitrate is desired the manual bitrate computation method should be chosen e Manual this option is chosen only when the user requires a specific bitrate or if they wish to exceed 8000 kbps Record length it is crucial that the capture length specified here is as accurate as possible fo
11. this directory specifies the default location for the wave files that are used for audio notifications Directory for PRN files this directory specifies the default location for PRN files to be used for the print assets Directory for menu themes this directory specifies the default location for menu theme files The menu files should be located in this directory and there should be bitmap subdirectories directories where the bitmaps for the menus are stored 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Using RocketDVD Professional 69 4 5 2 Preferences Preferences Directories Preferences Audio Notifications Step Through Property Pages as a Wizard Wam if Project ID is NOT unique Wam if audio channels are unbalanced Copy segment title from filename Anti Alias Menus DVD Live Auto sense end of content Use this feature Seconds of unchanging blue video frames and no audio before stopping capture Sensetivity High H Low e Step Through Property Pages as a Wizard this option is typically checked for the application initially but once the user becomes familiar with the usage of the program they may turn off the wizard mode Turning off the wizard mode makes it so the operator can jump directly to any configuration page they wish without having to step through each one The application must be restarted in order for a change in this option to take effect Warn if Project
12. The image should be located in the directory working directory Project ID Finally the project can be re written by clicking on the Write button shown above when the diaplay tab is either on the Setup or Write page It is important to note that when re writing from the Setup display page the above mentioned prerequisites apply to the current project If re writing from the Write display page the last written project will be re written 4 10 Aborting a Project Stage When a project stage is currently running the green LED for that stage will be lit In that state the button will serve the purpose of aborting that stage Please note that just because the abort button is pressed doesn t mean that the stage will immediately abort It may take some time for the stage to actually abort This is especially the case with the writing stage when writing to a local DVD writer The abort functionality is currently not implemented for duplicators 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC 90 RocketDVD Professional User s Manual It is important to realize that there are two root level directory names that are reserved on the drive that the DVD is to be built See preferences for setting the Drive for VIDEO TS and AUDIO TS directories The reserved directories which will be overwritten during the authoring stage are VIDEO TS and AUDIO TS 4 11 Shutting Down When the power button on the application is pressed the di
13. This control can be invoked by using the ALT L shortcut when the main 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Using RocketDVD Professional 65 application window has the focus Pressing this button will bring up the following File Browser Dialog box Select Project or Theme Switch To Default Directory Look in CJ Projects D DI eg Eg Je Birthday 2 Fixed titles tpl fis Government Fixed titles tpl Case Wrap Background E Birthday 2 Insert your own titles tpl fen Government Insert your own title E Corporate Fixed titles tpl E Graduation Fixed titles tpl Je Corporate Insert your own titles tpl E Graduation Insert your own titles Je Education Fixed titles tpl E Home Movies Fixed titles tpl E Education Insert your own titles tpl E Home Movies Insert your own tith liil gt File name Home Movies Insert your own titles tpl Files of type RocketDVD Files PI pri job Cancel Open as read only Disc Label Background First three menu backgrounds of selected theme Root Menu The project extension should be used when setting up and saving projects to run When a project is run it will automatically create a file in the default project directory using the Project ID as the base part of the filename with the extension prj So it the Project ID s are kept unique the Project ID will provide somewhat of a record of the projects run The te
14. 3 1 11 3 Case Chapter Insert Property Page This page is where the DVD case insert printing is specified The case insert is the printout shown below containing the title subtitle date and chapter time indices The duration when specified is given in terms of entire scenes as determined by the scene detection The black text is used for chapters that coincide with actual scene starts and the gray text is used for chapters added simply to break up a long scene The dashed line can be used for viewer comments about the contents of the chapter If custom chapters and chapter text is specified the chapter text will be printed in place of the dashed line 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Using RocketDVD Professional User supplied title User supplied subtitle lt User supplied date range Chapters Duration Chapter 4 05 Ohsnier2 oi E RAD UD eegen MOM errr SICH Ghana SL EE Chapter6 1 52 hd ND o um a ANT AB RS SC Chapter9 1 1 57 ChapterftO 18 11 CROIT o AT TT Cep s AAA Chapteri9_ 0 40 Chapter20 2 15 Ghapig21 so o KR DNA 29 B Gan Ee eer HEN Chapter24_ 2 53 Chapter25 1 03 Ghia 7 TARN en ee Er ORBE eni Oe Time index 0 00 4 50 13 53 14 58 16 13 18 31 20 23 22 51 27 08 29 06 29 52 33 24 36 05 36 52 37 46 40 01 47 22 48 39 49 39 50 18 52 35 54 23 56 32 57 33 1 00 27 1 01 31
15. 5 Select Live or Pre Captured Video The page allows you to specify whether you will primarily be creating DVD s from a live video feed such as a camera or VCR or whether you will be making your DVD s from pre captured files on your hard drive If you select from a live video source each time the application is launched or the New Project button is pressed the application will be initially setup to capture video This default can easily be overridden by the radio buttons in the lower left hand corner of the Project Property Page Your default setting can be changed by re running the wizard or by simply pressing the save settings button after changing the setting on the Project Property Page 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Using RocketDVD Professional 35 Select Live or Pre captured source Will you primarily be making DVD s from a video source such as a video tape deck or video camera or from files on your hard drive From a video source C From files on your hard drive Back Cancel Help 4 1 6 Select Audio Video Inputs and Settings This page is only shown if the live video selection is made on the previous wizard page This allows default audio video input settings to be set On a project by project basis this default can easily be overridden by the options on the Encoding Property Page Your default settings can also be changed by re running the wizard or by simply pressing the save sett
16. ID is NOT unique if this box is checked every time the Project ID edit field on the Project Property Page looses focus the Project ID is checked against all project files in the default project directory If a project is found with the same Project ID a warning is issued If not checked no warning is issued and the pre existing project will be automatically overwritten Warn if audio channels are unbalanced if this box is checked the left and right audio channels will be monitored If one channel is consistently higher 2x than the other over a period of time a warning will be issued The warning will give the option of aborting capture or not If capture is not aborted this warning will not be given for the remainder of the capture even if the audio channels remain unbalanced 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC 70 RocketDVD Professional User s Manual Copy segment text from filename this preference takes effect when entering pre captured filenames If this option is checked the segment text field will automatically be populated from the name of the video file selected not including the extension This preference also has the side effect of filling the audio file field if an audio file exists with the same base name as the video file selected Anti Alias Menus if checked diagonal anti aliasing will be performed over the entire menu This will have the effect of blurring the menu which will result i
17. LLC 10 RocketDVD Professional User s Manual Theme Selection The theme is a project template which specifies how your DVD will work and look It specifies the DYD menu disc label and case wrap among other things Dynamically inserted text and graphics and menu buttons are NOT shown in the previews below Select Theme Template D RocketDVD Pro ProjectsHome Movies Insert your own titles tpl DW Disc Label Background Case Wrap Background First three menu backgrounds of selected theme Root Menu Menu 2 In this case the Home Movies Insert your own titles tpl was chosen The insert your own titles means that the theme has merge fields or place holders for text to be dynamically inserted at the time the project is run The color font and placement of the text can be seen or modified by using the disc layout editor or case wrap layout editor For this particular menu theme the first menu is the main menu and has buttons to play the video jump to the chapter selection menu s or jump to the second menu page which can be an information page The third menu page shown is used for bitmaps to represent each chapter To modify or see how the menu is laid out use the accompanying MenuMaker application If you choose to modify either the disc label case wrap those changes can be saved by saving the project from the application using the Save Project button If you choose to modify the DVD menu use the MenuMaker appli
18. appear this way his monitor is for viewing the decoded captured video stream Video will not appear here until video capture has started You may however still use the buttons on the monitor to change the audio and video settings before capture begins NTSC 43 1 m Composite Line In Fo In this case the monitor window will be used to show the video once capture has begun The monitor window does not replace a physical video monitor since it cannot be used to preview the video to know when to start recording It should actually be thought of as a capture view since no video is presented before capture has begun In this usage scenario even though video is not being shown the four buttons surrounding the display area below the monitor window can be used setup for the next capture 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Using RocketDVD Professional 79 Preview In this configuration as soon as the application is launched the monitor will attempt to show whatever video signal is coming in on current connector subject to the other video settings If the video doesn t look right you may need to toggle some of the video input settings in order to match the video signal coming in Since the hardware software configuration gives us the ability to preview the video before during and after starting the capture this video preview can take the place of a physical video monitor When pres
19. as ink jet printers be sure to set the paper type or print quality settings from the properties page of the printer selection dialog For example if printing to glossy disc labels you may want to select the glossy photo paper output for the disc label printer The case wrap is a paper asset that is shows on the outside of the case It is inserted between the case the it s clear plastic wrap The case inserts are are discussed further on the Case Insert Property Page Software Encoder Calibration This product uses a software MPEG encoder for realtime encoding of DV or uncompressed captured video The encoder can be configued to use as much CPU as desired without regard to the time taken or it can be configured make certain trade offs to acheive faster compression times This application has taken the approach of determining the optimal setting for realtime compression through a calibration procedure For this reason when required the calibration wizard will automatically be launched This calibration may take as much as 5 10 minutes to complete but once it has completed successfully it will not be automatically launched again It is important to note that the calibration can be greatly affected by the video content For instance video that is very dark or doesn t change much from frame to frame will be easier to compress and will probably complete the calibration with a higher quality setting than would be possible for video that is harder
20. chosen Arbitrary Number of Chapters and Arbitrary Chapter Length e Title this column is optional if not making a DVD that has chapter titles on the scene 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Using RocketDVD Professional 47 selection pages 4 3 1 6 Encoding Property Page The encoding page will appear different depending on the configuration of the product being used Screen shots are shown for the different configurations that are possible In both configurations if the computer has a DV port it can also be used to capture the video The software encoder would of course be used for the DV capture option Capture Card Hardware Encoding Options Capture Encoding Video Source Audio Input Audio Encoding C Composite Line In S Video Balanced MPEG Audio C RGB jo C YUV C C AC3 Stereo Dolby Digital 192 e kbits sec DV 1394 Video Aspect Ratio e 4 3 C 16 9 Bit rate Bitrate Computation C Constant Auto Target Bitrate l kilobits sec Variable C Manual Peak Bitrate kilobits sec Record length D1 00 00 hh mm ss ccr pm DV IEEE 1394 Capture 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC 48 RocketDVD Professional User s Manual Capture Encoding Video Source Audio Encoding C Composite S Video C MPEG Audio e AC3 Stereo Dolby Digital 192 e kbits sec DV 1394 Video Aspect Ratio 4 amp 3 C 16 9
21. custom chapter functionality see Manual Chapter Insertion M Custom Chapter List Chapter Time hh mmi ss FF Chapter Thumbnail optional Chapter Title optional 00 00 00 00 00 02 05 00 00 05 25 00 Expand To Fit 00 07 02 00 Auto Width Add Row Import CSV Export CSV Cistream _thumb0_0 bmp This is the First Chapter C istream __thumb1_0 bmp Chapter Two C stream __thumb2_0 bmp Chapter Three C istream __thumb3_0 bmp Chapter Four e Expand To Fit will expand the columns equally to fit the width of the window e Auto Width will resize the columns to fit the content e Add Row adds a row to the end e Import CSV will import a custom chapter list from a coma tab separated text file 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Using RocketDVD Professional 55 e Export CSV will export the custom chapter list to a coma tab separated text file e Time hh mm ss This is the custom chapter point given in term of hours minutes seconds Thumbnail this optional column is allows a bitmap to be supplied for use on the menu Scene selection page as well as the case wrap If thumbnails are needed but not supplied bitmaps captured during the live capture or the pre authoring chapter selection will be used If a thumbnail is specified in the pre encoded file list as well as in the custom chapter list the custom chapter thumbnail will be used instead Chapter Title this o
22. effect is that the menu background appears softer and possibly more blurred but the effect will be better on most TV monitors and the softness will tyipically not be noticeable If making DVD s primarily for progressive displays it may be more desireable to leave the anti aliasing off See the preferences for this option Issue When try to use the encode feature to transode a video file for the purpose of creating a DVD RocketDVD Pro stop or hangs at the start or in the middle and never finishes Solution First we must warn that there may not be a solution to this problem Because the variations in video files is virtually endless it is impossible to test every possible input Currently we are not using filters which would do any video frame resizing so only D1 720x480 NTSC or 720x576 PAL size video is currently supported The method used to transcode the pre captured file is to use Microsoft s DirectShow auto connect capability First the input file is loaded and an attempt is made to see what kind of video is present If the file contains MPEG 2 video in the apporpriate size it will actually be used as is without transcoding If transcoding is needed to change the bitrate that will have to be done with other software for now If the video needs to be transcoded an attempt is made to connect the video pin of the source filter to the input pin of the video encoder If this fails the operation should end with an error message If it suc
23. feature should be tested with each player before depending on it to actually stop capture To disable this feature enter zero or a very large number of seconds As in the previous two ways capture is stopped the project is advanced to the next stage when the capture completes Number of seconds of unchanging blue video frames before stopping capture 130 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Using RocketDVD Professional 83 4 8 2 Pre Captured Files RocketDVD Pro also gives you the ability to author a DVD from pre captured files These files can either be files that are already encoded for DVD and are ready for authoring or they may be files that need to be encoded before they are authored This type of project is setup using the Use Pre Captured Files Input Option on the project setup page as shown below Project Project ID project Title max 35 characters This is the DYD Title Subtitle max 60 characters This is the DVD Subtitle Date or date range max 25 characters Date Range Input Options Video Signal C Use Video Capture and Realtime Encoding NTSC Use Pre Captured Files C PAL Cancel Help Once that option has been chosen the type and files themselves can be specified on the pre captured files property page 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC 84 RocketDVD Professional User s Manual Pre Captured Files Pre Captured
24. it Setting the number of times to repeat to zero will cause it to repeat indefinitely until the user presses a button This is useful if the user wishes to pause the project before a certain phase to check or change some of the settings For example the user can set the burn complete notification to infinite allowing them to check the DVD for beginning and ending date stamps These date stamps can then be entered into the date field on the project page before proceeding to print the paperwork If the number of times to repeat is not zero the notification will be played that many times at the specified frequency after which the project will automatically continue The play buttons are used to listen to the wave file 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC 72 RocketDVD Professional User s Manual 4 5 4 Job Polling This feature is not included in the standard version of RocketDVD Professional If you do not have access to this feature and you wish to use it please contact http www dmapp com or your local dealer to purchase an upgrade Preferences Directories Preferences Audio Notifications Polling M Enable Polling Mode Directory to poll for jobs DK Cancel Help EL SN On this page a directory can be specified which is polled for jobs to launch If this field is left blank no directory is polled This provides a simple means of interfacing this application with another front end application
25. option proceed to Select Audio Video Inputs and Settings If you select the second option proceed to Select DVD Writer For additional information on this Wizard Page see also Select Live or Pre Captured Video 2 1 6 Select Audio Video Inputs and Settings This page will vary depending on your hardware configuration For Firewire or IEEE 1394 video capture not audio input connector will be shown because the audio is multiplexed in the DV stream 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC 12 RocketDVD Professional User s Manual 2 1 6 1 Select your default audio and video source parameters Select your default audio and video capture sources Video Input Source Connector Digital Video Firewire Port Y Video Signal NTSC Y Video Aspect Ratio 4x3 lt Back Cancel Help If your default video standard is NTSC select and if it is PAL make that your default selection Currently those are the only two standards supported by RocketDVD Pro You can also specify the default aspect ratio of your source video The options that are shown if supported by the hardware configuration are 4x3 and 16x9 To continue the Quick Start Guide proceed to Select DVD Writer For additional information on this Wizard Page see also Select Audio Video Inputs and Settings Direct Firewire IEEE 1394 DV Video Capture with Software MPEG Encoding This feature is not available in all versions
26. pressing the save settings button after changing the setting on the DVD Writing Property Page It is possible for non DVD writer drives to be listed so please take make sure to select appropriate drives for writing DVD s 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Using RocketDVD Professional 37 Select your default DVD writer Select Primary D VD writer to use E PIONEER DYD Riw DVR 103 1 40 v Select Secondary DVD writer to use F HL DT STDVDRAM GSA 4084NKQ09 m Destination Directory for Duplicator Job File lt Back Cancel Help e Select Primary DVD writer to use Select your default output device from the drop down listbox e Select Secondary DVD writer to use If your system has multiple local drives a secondary writer choice will be available unless you choose a duplicator for your first choice If your secondary choice is different from your primary choice both drives will be used simultaneously for writing DVD s which will increase your output capacity e Destination Directory for Duplicator Job File If you choose a duplicator aditional options may present themselves RocketDVD Pro interfaces with most duplicators by outputting a job file to a polled directory The directory specified here must be the same as that specified in the duplicator server software 4 1 8 Select Default Printers The printers to be selected here are those used for printing paper label case wrap stock and
27. should proceed as usual Because the variations in video files could be virtually endless no guarantee is made regarding the file formats supported Furthermore when transcoding it is possible that the application may simply stop or hang without progressing Under these circumstances you may contact technical support but probably that file format is not supported Multiple segments can be selected and they will be joined end to end into a single video title The segments will be joined together in the same way that live captured segments are created using the pause button Once the project is setup press the Encode button pictured below to begin encoding 4 8 3 Job Polling This feature is not included in all version of the product If you do not have access to this feature and you wish to use it please contact http www dmapp com or your local dealer to purchase an upgrade A Project can be launched or re run by simply dropping a text file in a specified directory This directory is specified in on the job polling preferences page If the job is successfully launched the extension is on the file is changed from txt to running If the job fails to launch successfully the extension will be changed from txt to err and the error encountered should be added to the bottom of the file as a comment If the job completes successfully the extension will be changed from running to done and if there is an unexpected failure the exte
28. to the top and left edges of the paper Measurements are specified in millimeters The three fields can be manually edited causing the list box to show Changed Settings If the Save As Custom button is pressed the list box will show Custom Disc Label which will retain those settings until Save As Custom is pressed again with different settings Select Printer Properties this button should be used to select a printer if printing on paper labels When a printer is selected the paper or print quality settings should also be set base on the type of paper being used These settings will be saved as part of the project and 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Using RocketDVD Professional 61 need not be reset unless a different printer is being selected e Print Now can be used for testing the print layout It can also be used to print a single disc label for a previously executed project e Background bitmap for the disc this optional field allows a full background bitmap to be specified for the disc label printing This bitmap will of course be behind any text or other graphics that are printed on the label Currently the format of this file must be a 24 bit bmp file 4 3 1 11 2 Case Wrap Property Page This page is where the DVD case wrap printing is specified This page also allows the user to customize the layout of the contents on the case wrap To change the layout double click on the picture of the c
29. 1 04 28 Black text are natural scene breaks duration is up to the next natural scene break 63 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC 64 RocketDVD Professional User s Manual Case Insert M Print DVD Chapter Index as an Inside the Box Case Insert Choose Font Times New Roman Use PRN file Select Printer Properties Click to select printer Print Now lt Back Cancel Help Print DVD Chapter Index as an Inside the Box Case Insert this option controls whether the chapter insert will be printed as part of the project e Use PRN file this option allows for a specifically prepared PRN file to be in addition to in instead of the chapter insert shown above Select Printer Properties this button should be used to select a printer When a printer is selected the paper or print quality settings should also be set base on the type of paper being used These settings will be saved as part of the project and need not be reset unless a different printer is being selected Print Now can be used for testing the print layout It can also be used to print a single chapter insert for a previously executed project 4 3 2 Load a Project f j Load This button on the application is used to load a template tpl or a saved or previously executed project prj Once loaded the project can be restarted or the project settings can be modified before starting the project
30. 1 Setup Wizard To read more about the setup wizard go to the Setup Wizard section under Using RocketDVD Professional To follow the Setup Wizard with this Quick Start Guide advance the Wizard to the next page and go to Theme Selection Page in the guide 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Quick Start Guide 7 2 1 1 Introduction Page This page merely introduces the Setup Wizard This wizard will quide you through a few steps that will setup the commonly used options This wizard can be run again by right clicking on the logo in the upper right corner of the application then selecting Setup Wizard from the popup menu These settings are also modified if different settings are save by clicking on the Save Settings button in the lower right hand corner of the application 2 1 2 Select Work Directories This page suggests and allow for the selection of work directories drives The time taken for the authoring stage can potentially be reduced the work directory selection The best performance is obtained by specifying the following directories on three different physical drives There is no advantage to using two different drive letters which are merely partitions on the same physical drive over simply using the same drive letter In some cases there may be an advantage to creating the VIDEO TS folder on the root of a drive but it can be placed in a subdirectory 2003 2006 Digital Media Appl
31. 2 CLEV2 CLPV Saar UX CD The No 1 DVD Experience on the PC e CLVS ff TITLE CH 22 on 00 TuS coocoo ad Ee e Open media Files Make the selection shown and you should get a folder browser 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC RocketDVD Professional User s Manual Browse for Folder Select a folder Movie MPEG Profiler 2 7 PowerDVD5 Program Files D RECYCLER O RQuest_images C2 samples System Volume Information VIDEO WINDOW P WORK vi Browse to the VIDEO TS folder which should be located on the C under My Computer Click OK to select VIDEO TS and if you used the menu shown in the Quick Start Guide the PowerDVD window should show the following DVD main menu 1172001 You can now use the cursor keys on your keyboard as you would the cursor keys on a DVD remote control and the Enter key as the DVD remote select button You can also use the mouse to navigate 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Testing Your DVD using PowerDVD 93 your DVD 7 Trouble Shooting Issue When I test my DVD using PowerDVD which was provided with RocketDVD Pro the DVD video is jerky Solution If playing the DVD using PowerDVD while RocketDVD Pro is running and previewing video capture shut down RocketDVD Pro then try playing your DVD with PowerDVD again Issue When play my DVD the video is jerky a
32. 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Quick Start Guide 23 Optional Auc Optional Auc Now click the browse button to select the video or multiplexed file After selecting the file and closing the browser dialog if needed follow the same steps to select your audio elementary stream If you are using Elementary Streams Program Stream or VOB Files the video will not need to be encoded so you can close the Pre Captured FileList dialog as well as the project property page dialog If your hardware supported Video Preview the preview will stop when the property page is closed This is because the application knows that this project has been setup to author pre encoded file and will not need the video capture Proceed to Start Authoring Pre Encoded Files Setting the Encoder Bitrate If using AVI files or other files that need to be transcoded the software MPEG 2 encoder will be used One of the key settings that needs to be made for MPEG encoding is the video bitrate The bitrate is the factor that determines how many minutes of video can be stored on a standard DVD e The bitrate can be computed automatically if the length of the video clip is known The length of the video clip can be entered in the cell under the heading Length hh mm ss e If the length of the video clip is not known but you know what to set the bitrate to so that the compressed audio and video will fit onto the DVD you may set it manu
33. 6 RocketDVD Professional User s Manual 4 6 5 Print Display setup ET Project ID Title Subtitle Date a N Chapter Author Write project Th This is the DYD Subtitle Date Range abel Print Disc Use Duplicator Printer E Use PRN File Z Print tN file for case wrap Z Print chapter insert ase insert Printing C The Print display will show the status of the project currently being printed The Printing display page will be automatically switched to when a project advances to the printing stage The check boxes on this display page are read only and cannot be used to alter the collateral being printed To do this use the Setup display page or the Project Property Dialog 4 6 6 Write Display Project ID Title Subtitle Date The Write display will show the status of the project currently being written The Writing display page will be automatically switched to when a project advances to the writing stage 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Using RocketDVD Professional 77 4 7 Video Monitor The video monitor window serves different functions depending on the hardware of software configuration Monitor Controls The monitor provides the following controls NTSC 431 rev Composite Line In J f A m This button will minimize the video monitor To restore the video monitor simply click on the video monitor task bar i
34. Digital Media Applications Glossy Disc Label All paper margins and dimensions given in millimeters Edit Layout The up arrow indicates the direction the paper moves through the printer Specify the measurements from the center of the label to the edges of the paper and the diameter Outer diameter of printed area Inner diameter of printed area Select Printer Properties Click to select printer Print Now Background bitmap for the disc D NRocketDVD Pro Bitmaps HOME MOVIES NT DISC LABEL ipg S Print the DVD disc label this option controls whether a disc label will be printed as part of the project Use PRN file this option allows for a specifically prepared PRN file to be used instead of the disc layout shown in the dialog above In fact if this option is checked irrelevant options will be hidden Use Duplicator Printer is only enabled if a duplicator is specified on the Burn page If this option is specified a paper label will not be printed but the duplicator will be used to print directly onto the disc surface Furthermore this option will control if and what is printed on the duplicator even though it is not part of the Burn page Choose Paper Stock this drop down list box allows the selection of pre programmed page layouts as well as a persistent user definable layout This selection simply controls the three edit fields which specifies the location and size of the label relative
35. Files Type Elementary Streams C Program Streams C VOB Files C ANI or other files that need to be encoded or transcoded Enter E dit File List lt Back Cancel Help e Pre Encoded Files e Files that need to be encoded 4 8 2 1 Start Pre Encoded File Project Pre Encoded files must be in DVD compliant format That means DVD compliant MPEG 2 video and MPEG layer 2 audio or AC3 audio The audio and video can be in the form of elementary streams or muxed as a program stream or VOB files Currently only Full D1 size video is supported Multiple segments can be selected and they will be joined end to end into a single video title The segments will be joined together in the same way that live captured segments are created using the pause button Once the project is setup press the Author button pictured below to begin chapter selection if neccessary and authoring 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Using RocketDVD Professional 85 4 8 2 2 Start Encoding Project Pre Captured files that are not in DVD compliant format must be encoded or transcoded The software will attempt to dynamically create a Direct Show filter graph to decode and then re encode the video and audio into DVD cmpliant streams Currently resizing and re sampling is not supported and only full D1 video is supported If RocketDVD Pro can find the necessary codecs to parse decode and encode the file the encoding and authoring
36. Pro comes with a few basic menu themes and more can be created using the MenuMaker application 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Using RocketDVD Professional 53 Authoring DYD Type DVD with Menu Once Play DVD w o menu Continuous Play DVD w o Menu C Arbitrary Number of Chapters Desired number of Chapters maximum 42 C Arbitrary Chapter Length 42 Smart Chapter Selection C Scene Detection Only Scene Detection Sensetivity Min Chapter Length C One Chapter per Segment ACTA j 30 sec C Custom Chapters More Detected Fewer Detected Menu Theme D NRocketDVD Pro Menu HOME MO El M Create DVD Image File UDF First three bitmaps of selected theme Root Menu Menu 2 e DVD Type A DVD without menus is typically used for showing demo content Such a DVD can be designed to play once through to the end and then stop or it can be made to start playing from the beginning every time the end is reached A DVD with menus can be made much more useful and interesting depending on how much time is put into creating the menus and extra features e Chapter Selection Options Arbitrary Number of Chapters For this selection the capture time specified on the previous page will be evenly divided up to obtain the length and hence the starting position of each chapter If the capture is stopped for any reason before the specified capture length there may be fewer chapters than specified if the captu
37. Stop Pleving Wave Fie Write DVD Now capability requires an existing image Use CD Media Volume N ame jobt Number of copies to write f Job Priority O High 9 Low 0 This number will also affect the quantities of printed assets Select Primary DYD writer to use D PIONEER DND DW DVR 105 1 33 v Select Secondary DYD writer to use E SAMSUNG CDRW DVD SM 332BT 408 v Static e Use CD Media can be used to create mini DVD s and they can also be used for faster cheaper test runs e Volume name is used to specify the name that would appear in the file explorer if the disc were inserted into a computer Number of copies to write will determine the number of copies both for local writes as well as for duplicators Even if the Write DVD option is not checked this value will still affect the quantity of the printed assets Project Priority is used by some duplicators to allow projects to be completed ahead of other projects that are already in the queue e Select Primary DVD writer to use specifies which local drive or which duplicator to use for writing the DVD e Write DVD Now button is used to write a DVD to the specified DVD writer This is useful for testing or for simply writing another DVD for a previously run project e Abort DVD Writing allows a write in progress to be aborted The disc will have to be discarded so the only reason to abort would be to avoid having to wait for the w
38. VD is a trademark of Digital Media Applications LLC Generated 9 1 2006 Contents l Table of Contents Part Part Il 1 4 Part Ill 2 Part IV 1 2 3 0 Installation Guide 4 Quick Start Guide 4 STOT WIZANG pn 6 Introduction Page ee 7 Select Work Directories nd Company Variables 8 Theme Selection Page e 9 Select Live or Pre Captured Video scissccseossiessnenssennccsseceressnenssnnanersnsnstersnesssnsanerszoncsestenssunanersuasenesenenssnnensessenes 11 Select Audio Video Inputs and Settings ss ennnennnnnnennnnnenneenennnennnnnee 11 Direct Firewire IEEE 1394 DV Video Capture with Software MPEG hol 12 PCI Capture Boards with Realtime Hardware MPEG Encoding 13 Vitec VM2 Pro Hardware MPEG Encoder Board 13 Vitec MPEG Profiler Hardware MPEG Encoder Board 13 Vitec VM2 2C7 Hardware MPEG Encoder Board 13 Vitec VM2 2 Hardware MPEG Encoder Board 13 Select DVD RC 13 Select Default Printer net re ec cese cucina etre Dota sn Fab usura e ent socks scussevecstetcbiesy 14 Creating a DVD From a Video Feed sine 15 Creating a DVD From Files on Your Hard Drive ist 17 Setting Up the Project sss
39. When any file with a txt extension is found in the directory that file will be opened and if parsed successfully will launch a job based on the contents of the text file The syntax of the polled job file is described in the section on launching a Job from a polled directory 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Using RocketDVD Professional 73 4 5 5 Save Settings This button will save the current project settings minus the Project ID Title Subtitle Date Pre Encoded Files and Data Files These settings will be saved to a file called default prj in the directory where the application resides When the application is launched after the completion of the hardware initialization the default prj profile will be loaded 4 6 Display Pages The display area on the front panel of the RocketDVD Pro Application serves multiple purposes but the primary purpose is to display status and project data There are times for convenience sake that the display page will allow editing of project data but this function is secondary to the status functionality The Setup page is where projects will appear when loaded and is also the project that will be used when starting a video capture The display pages can be switched at any time by clicking on the desired tab The pages will also be switched automatically as a project advances from one stage to the next If the audio notification pause is being used the next stage LED will b
40. al drive is available there is an advantage to having each of the following three directories on different drives If not the work and captured streams directories can be set to the same location Work Directory for DVD Authoring D RocketDVD Pro work SS Work Directory for Captured Streams D RocketDVD Procapture m Drive for VIDEO TS and AUDIO_TS directories Must be the root directory M 4 1 3 Company Variables This feature is not available in all versions of the product The company name variables use the Text Variable feature to allow dynamic insertion of Company Name website and telephone number into the menu s and print assets In fact after the setup wizard completes the variables and values can be seen on the Text Variable page Using MenuMaker see how these variables are used on the about DVD menu page The fields are actually just plain text fields and if no substitution is performed the actual text would be printed It should become obvious that by adding another text field and then adding it as a variable name on the Text Variable page you can create your own variables To include a company logo without having to re create the menu background bitmap save your logo as a png file and then add it as a bitmap object to the menu layout in MenuMaker 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC 32 RocketDVD Professional User s Manual Setup Company Variables These values will b
41. ally at this time To set the bitrate click on the Capture Encoding tab on the property page to get the following 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC 24 RocketDVD Professional User s Manual Capture Encoding Video Aspect Ratio 4 amp 3 C 169 Audio Encoding C MPEG Audio AC3 Stereo Dolby Digital 192 e kbits sec Software Encoder Speed vs Quality Tradeoff faster better emm 3 Bit rate C Constant Variable Record length 01 00 00 Bitrate Computation C Auto Target Bitrate 8000 kilobits sec Manual Peak Bitrate 8808 kilobits sec hh mm ss lt Back Cancel Help Select the Manual Bitrate Computation as shown If your video is less than one hour and fifteen minutes long you can leave the bitrate where it is If your video is longer you will have to compute the bitrate yourself For now ignore the other fields and click OK accept all the project settings If your hardware supported Video Preview the preview will stop when the property page is closed This is because the application knows that this project has been setup to do offline encoding and will not need the video capture Proceed to Start Offline Encoding 2 3 2 Start Offline Encoding To begin the offline encoding click the Encode button shown below After encoding starts the green LED above the Encode button will be lit 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC
42. alog shown below is presented which give the following options e Continue Don t shutdown or minimize the application e Minimize leave the application running but don t take up all that screen real estate e Shutdown Shutdown the application loosing any unsaved changes 4 12 DVDLive This feature is not included in the standard version of RocketDVD Professional and may or may not be available for your particular version If you do not have access to this feature and you wish to use it please contact http www dmapp com or your local dealer to purchase an upgrade This feature was designed to optimize RocketDVD Professional to be used for live event recording As it is RocketDVD Professional can be used to record live events however when this upgrade is purchased the Time To First Disc TTFD which is the amount of time from the end of video capture to when the first DVD is finished will be shortened This is accomplished in several ways the first of which is to start muxing the vob files during capture This should have the effect of reducing the post capture authoring time by more than half 5 Tutorial 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC 91 Testing Your DVD using PowerDVD 6 Testing Your DVD using PowerDVD Launch PowerDVD from the Start Menu or the the quick launch toolbar You should see a Window and application as shown below PowerDVD PowerDVD 6 Q ven Le a CLMEI
43. ase wrap or click the Edit Layout button This will bring up a larger WYSIWYG layout of the case wrap on which the text and graphics can be added moved or removed Font and text color can also be modified as well The size number of and placement of the chapter thumbnails can also be modified Case Wrap M Print DVD Case Cover Insert Choose Paper Stock Use PRN file Digital Media Applications Glossy Case Wrap Iv Print JobID in margin 288 45 274 All paper margins and dimensions given in millimeters The arrow indicates the direction of the 5 paper through the printer Select Printer Properties Click to select printer Print Now Background bitmap for case wrap D RocketD D Pro Bitmaps HOME_MOVIES_NT_CASEWRAP ipa E Cancel Help e Print the DVD Case Cover Insert also know as the case wrap This option controls whether the case wrap will be printed as part of the project e Use PRN file this option allows for a specifically prepared PRN file to be used instead of the case wrap shown in the dialog above In fact if this option is checked irrelevant options 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC 62 RocketDVD Professional User s Manual will be hidden Print Project ID in margin printing the Project ID in the unused margin of the case wrap is useful for making sure the right assets come together when packaging the DVD If printing on borderless stock p
44. case inserts Again as is the case on each other setup wizard page on a project by project basis these defaults can easily be overridden by the options on the Disc Label Property Page Case Wrap Property Page or Case Insert Property Page wizard pages Your default settings can also be changed by re running the wizard or by simply pressing the save settings button after changing the setting on the project property pages mentioned 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC 38 RocketDVD Professional User s Manual 4 2 Select Default Printers Select the desired printer for each of the print assets You may use the same printer for all three assets if desired as long as the different paper types can be stacked in the printer s in tray at the same time or be fed manually one at a time For printers such as ink jet s where different print settings are used for different paper remember to set the paper type or quality otherwise your asset may be printed using the standard or draft quality which may not look the best Select printer to use for printing paper disc labels Click to select disc label printer Select printer to use for printing the case wraps Click to select case wrap printer Select printer to use for printing the case inserts Click to select case insert printer If outputting to any printer that has the ability to use different settings resulting in different print qualities such
45. cation It is probably best to save the new template and menu theme under different filenames because if you install an upgrade it will most likely overwrite the project and menu theme templates If you change the menu make sure to change the name of menu in the project theme to points to your modified menu Finally if you choose the project theme shown the rest of the quick start guide will match what you actually see on your own screen To continue the Quick Start Guide proceed to Select Live or Pre Captured Video For additional information on this Wizard Page see also Theme Selection Page 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Quick Start Guide 11 2 1 5 Select Live or Pre Captured Video Select Live or Pre Captured Video There are a couple couple different ways to start a project but they both end up at the same place with a DVD and printed assets Selecting a default here will not prevent you from making DVD s the other way The two differnt ways of starting a DVD project are brought out because the way the project is setup and started are completely different The wizard page for making this selection is shown below Select Live or Pre captured source Will vou primarily be making D VD s from a video source such as a video tape deck or video camera or from files on your hard drive From a video source From files on your hard drive lt Back Cancel Help If you select the first
46. ce a second and possibly third hard drive with sufficient capacity for capturing 4 5 GB streams and for creating a 4 7 GB DVD image An approved analog capture card or firewire 1394 port is required for live capture and encoding You may proceed if second and third hard drives are not available but please note that the time for authoring the DVD will be longer Installation should proceed with the following steps 1 Insert the RocketDVD Professional disc into the DVD R drive and copy all contents to the root of c drive 2 Browse to the RocketDVD Pro Build Number gt msi file and double click to install the RocketDVD Pro software This will install the RocketDVD Pro software MenuMaker and the drivers for the USB anti piracy dongle It will also place RocketDVD Pro and MenMaker icons on your desktop If you re running with only one hard drive make sure you change the RocketDVD Pro folder pointer to the correct drive when prompted by the install software 3 Now install the Green Dongle in an available USB port Note Do not loose this Dongle as the software will not run without it The system will recognize the USB Dongle and ask if you want to install drivers Let the system find the appropriate drivers automatically 4 Put PowerDVD disc in DVD R drive and install PowerDVD using the key supplied on the front of the CD sleeve PowerDVD can be used to preview your DVD titles prior to outputting them on a disc 5 Go to the display properties and
47. ceeds an attempt is made to connect the audio pin to the input pin of the audio encoder If this fails the operation should end with an error message If either of these steps fails it may be due to the lack of a suitable parser or decoder for the input file format Microsoft Windows does not come with a suitable demuxer or decoder for current versions of Apple s quicktime file format These are not included with RocketDVD Professional but may be available from third party vendors After reading all of this if you still have questions you may contact your customer support representative Issue Pid bought the upgrade for the manual chapter feature E Why don t see the button Solution Manual chapter insertion is only available when the custom chaptering is selected on the authoring property page When that option is selected the button will become visible 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Digital Media Applications 2100 196th St SE Suite 119 Lynwood WA 98036 866 775 9067 http www dmapp com
48. change the desktop to the supplied RocketDVD Pro bitmap file optional You may change the bitmap to include your contact information if you would prefer 6 Re boot the system and you re now ready to go 7 Call us at 866 775 9067 if you have problems Quick Start Guide The First Time If you have just launched the RocketDVD Pro application and this Quick Start guide was automatically started then you re probably running the application for the first time We hope this Quick Start guide along with the Setup Wizard which should also start automatically will help you to 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Quick Start Guide 5 get a good start creating DVD with RocketDVD Pro At this point it would be useful to resize and move this Quick Start Guide window so that you can see the Setup Wizard and later the application as you go through the Quick Start Guide If the following dialog box just popped up with a system beep RocketDVD StartPreview returns RDVD VideoSourceNotFound No video capture devices are detected It probably means your digital video source is not connected to your computer If you got this message you will need to click the OK button in order to continue If you have not finished stepping through all the Setup Wizard pages it should automatically start now If you choose to follow along in this Quick Start guide as you step through the Wizard it will provide you with more de
49. cludes case wrap disc label or disc surface and case insert e Date Range this text is used for printing on the DVD assets which includes case wrap disc label or disc surface and case insert Input Options e Use Video Capture and Realtime Encoding this is the default option which acquires the audio video streams in realtime through a video capture board or digital port and encodes the media in realtime e Use Pre Captured Files this option skips the realtime video capture stage by allowing the user to specify pre captured files in one of several accepted formats Starting from these pre captured files the RocketDVD Pro application take the project through to completion just as it 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Using RocketDVD Professional 41 would following the end of realtime capture If unencoded files are specified encoding will be done using a software encoder The encoding step could be very time consuming possibly even taking longer than realtime to encode the clips e Video Signal is used to specify whether in the input video source is NTSC or PAL The option chosed here will also affect the DVD authored 4 3 1 2 Deck Control Page This feature is not available in all versions of RocketDVD Professional If you do not have access to this feature and you wish to use it please contact http www dmapp com or your local dealer Deck control refers to controlling a remote tape deck via Fir
50. ct ID will always be suggested as the base name of the project file but it can be overridden if you like You will always be prompted if your chosen name would overwrite an existing project file This option can be invoked by using the ALT S shortcut 4 4 Print Preview The print preview button will allow you to preview the disc label and or the case wrap if they are enabled for the current project This allows you to make sure your text fields fit properly on the printed assets If you are about to start a project using an existing project file the preview may show capture length and thumbnails from the prior project If Print Disc Label is checked the disc label will be previewed first Press the space bar or click the close box to close the preview window If Print Case Wrap is checked that will be previewed next Press the space bar or click the close box to close the preview window Currently the case inserts will not be previewed 4 5 Application Preferences The application preferences present a tabbed property page dialog that allows the following properties to be set Default Directories Preferences Audio Notifications Job Polling 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Using RocketDVD Professional 67 4 5 1 Default Directories Preferences Directories Preferences Audio Notifications Polling Work Directory for DVD Authoring D RocketDVD Pro work p Work Directory for Captured Strea
51. d together into a single file which should have the extension vob Optional Audio Elementary Stream The audio stream is a DVD compliant audio stream If a multiplexed format was selected for the video file no audio file will be expected If a video elementary stream was selected that doesn t have an accompanying audio stream this field can be left blank 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Using RocketDVD Professional 45 e When playing DVD do not allow first play to be skipped this option uses the DVD User Operation Control UOP to allow or prevent viewers from skipping or fast forwarding over the first play video 4 3 1 5 Pre Captured Files Property Page This feature is not included in the standard version of RocketDVD Professional If you do not have access to this feature and you wish to use it please contact http www dmapp com or your local dealer to purchase an upgrade When running projects with pre captured files the file types cannot be combined for a single DVD In other words you cannot make a DVD with a program stream as the first segment and elementary streams for the second segment When creating a DVD from uncompressed files or files that will need to be transcoded software audio and video comrpessors will be used to create the DVD compliant elementary streams Pre Captured Files Pre Captured Files Type Elementary Streams C Program Streams C VOB Files C ANI or other f
52. d video elementary streams will be written as they are captured and encoded For optimal performance of the DVD authoring stage it is suggested that the Work Directory Capture Directory and the DVD directory be located on different physical hard drives not just different partitions of the same hard drive 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC 68 RocketDVD Professional User s Manual Drive for VIDEO TS and AUDIO TS directories Must be the root directory this directory is where the DVD directories will be created This option must specify the root directory so in essence it simply specifies a drive See the comment regarding optimization of DVD authoring and the location of the Work Directory relative to the DVD Directory Directory for saved project files this directory specifies where the project file is written when a project completes The project file is named by using the Project ID as the base part of the name with the extension job This is the case regardless of what the filename of the project happens to be This is also the directory that is checked for files that would indicate a non unique Project ID Directory for bitmap files this directory specifies the default location to look for bitmaps that are used as the backgrounds for the disc label and case wrap Any other bitmap files that might be used on the print assets would typically be stored here Directory for wave files
53. e RocketDVD Pro Application is a Windows XP based full featured DVD authoring application It provides a simple and efficient means of completely setting up a DVD authoring project to be able to run without user intervention once started It was designed to increase productivity in commercial DVD authoring projects by reducing the need for user intervention without sacrificing flexibility and quality Using 4x DVD R writers a two hour DVD can be captured and authored in approximately 2 1 2 hours and a one hour DVD can be authored in less than 1 1 2 hours RocketDVD Professional can also output to robotic CD DVD duplicating systems The output of the completed project is e Awritten DVD sitting in the ejected DVD writer tray containing the following features options Full D1 NTSC or PAL video resolution Variable bit rate MPEG 2 video encoding Two channel stereo Digital Dolby audio encoding e e e e User defined menus with dynamic number of chapters and scene selection pages 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Introduction to RocketDVD Professional 29 determined by video content scene selection menu e Automatic scene detection with additional chapters added into long scenes Natural and forced scene breaks are distinguished from each other in the DVD scene selection menu as well as the paper assets e Printed paper asset options e Disc label e Self adhesive disc label with title subtitle date e Dir
54. e drop down listbox allows the extension of the image to be changed but the format of the image file remains the same 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC 56 RocketDVD Professional User s Manual 4 3 1 9 Data Files Property Page This feature is not available in all versions of the product If you do not have access to this feature and you wish to use it please contact http www dmapp com or your local dealer This page is used to include data files on the DVD If this option is checked all the contents of the specified directory will be written to the root of the DVD If all data files need to be in a directory on the DVD they that directory should exist inside the specified directory Files existing directly in the specified directory will be written to the root of the DVD When saving settings on the RocketDVD Pro application this option is not saved Data Files M Include Data Files on the DVD Directory to copy data files subdirectories from Fl lt Back Cancel Help 4 3 1 10 DVD Writing Property Page The DVD burning page is used to specify whether to create a DVD disc or not If the Write DVD option is not checked the DVD can still be authored and the assets printed This page is also used to indicate output to a duplicating printing unit 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Using RocketDVD Professional 57 M Write DVD ege DVD Now Abort DVD witing
55. e substituted for the variable names Company Name Company Website and Company Telephone Number These values can also be edited from the text variable property page tab If the value are left empty the variable placeholders will be replaced with empty strings For current use of these variables see the about menu page for the menu themes Enter Your Company Name My Company Enter Your Company Website bes www mywebsite com Enter Your Company Telephone Number a 11 222 3333 4 1 4 Theme Selection Page This page provides a preview of some of the current theme assets The first time it is run no preview will be showing until a theme is selected 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Using RocketDVD Professional 33 Theme Selection The theme is a project template which specifies how your DVD will work and look It specifies the DVD menu disc label and case wrap among other things Dynamically inserted text and graphics and menu buttons are NOT shown in the previews below Select Theme Template D RocketDVD Pro Projects Home Movies Insert your own titles tpl E Disc Label Backaround Case Wrap Background 7 First three menu backgrounds of selected theme Root Menu Menu 2 Click on the browse button to select a theme A Theme will determine how your DVD menu will look as well as the disc label and the case wrap Once a theme is selected you can f
56. ect to disc printing by robotic duplication system e DVD case wrap with title subtitle date running time and full color thumbnails of the chapter points e Case insert with chapter time indices and chapter durations e A project file containing all pertinent data that was input to the project as well as data that was collected as the project progressed The project file can be used as a template to run another similar project or re run the completed project 3 2 What it isn t RocketDVD Pro is not a video editing application 4 Using RocketDVD Professional This section discusses how to use the RocketDVD Pro application 4 1 Setup Wizard The Setup Wizard is automatically run the first time the application is launched It can also be launched manually from the popup menu obtained by a right click on the application logo The purpose of this wizard is to setup your hardware specific settings to simplify making your first DVD All these settings can also be set through the project wizard or property pages If the wizard is cancelled without finishing it will be run again the next time the application is launched unless the settings are saved using the save settings button 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC 30 RocketDVD Professional User s Manual 4 1 4 Introduction Page This page merely introduces the Setup Wizard This wizard will quide you through a few steps that will setup the commonly used options
57. emntary stream file VIDEO Full path to video elementary stream file LENGTH Segment length in hh mm ss this is required to set the bitrate AUDIO Full path to audio elementary stream file BITMAP Full path to thumbnail bitmap TITLE Title MUXED or VIDEO and LENGTH are required the remainder are optional Variable variable name substitution value gt The variable command takes a coma delimited pair where the first item is the variable and the second optional item is the value to be substituted for the variable in the DVD menus and print assets If the substitution value is left blank the variable will replaced with nothing 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Using RocketDVD Professional 87 JobTemplate full path gt test job JobID test2 StartingStage Author Title New Title Subtitle New Subtitle Date New Date MenuTheme full path gt vtodvd_nss menu UsePre EncodedFiles yes Pre EncodedFileType ElementaryStreams Pre CapturedFile VIDEO D RocketDVD Pro work streams video0 m2v AUDIO D RocketDVD Pro work streams audio0 ac3 LENGTH 5 Pre CapturedFile VIDEO D RocketDVD Pro work streams video1 m2v AUDIO D RocketDVD Pro work streams audio1 ac3 _LENGTH 0 5 Pre CapturedFile VIDEO D RocketDVD Pro work streams video2 m2v AUDIO D RocketDVD Pro work streams audio2 ac3 _LENGTH 0 0 5 4 9 Re Running Part of a Project The three silver buttons shown in the grap
58. ems needed Before going into this however please make sure you read the page on Re Running Part of a Project In order to be able to print the DVD print assets the project file should contain the running length of the DVD which would have been determined in the video capture stage If printing the case wrap with thumbnail pictures the bitmaps must be found in the directory working directory Project ID When printing the chapter insert the starting point and length of each chapter is needed This information is produced by the video capture and authoring stages 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Using RocketDVD Professional 89 Finally the project can be re printed by clicking on the Print button shown above when the diaplay tab is either on the Setup or Print page It is important to note that when re printing from the Setup display page the above mentioned prerequisites apply to the current project If re printing from the Print display page the last printed project will be re printed 49 3 Re Writing a Project Before starting a project at the writing DVD burning stage it may be useful to understand the project file data and work directory items needed Before going into this however please make sure you read the page on Re Running Part of a Project In order to be able to write a DVD the project file must point to an image file This image file would have been produced by the authoring stage
59. ene changes are identified Scene detection is not an exact science trying to decide whether a frame is the start of a new video sequence can be affected by the video content The middle of the scale was found to work well for most video content There are however cases where the sensetivity may need to be adjusted up or down Min Chapter Length this value is used to specify the minimum chapter length when using scene detection If scene changes result in chapters shorter than the specified length in seconds the scenes will be combined into a single chapter until the chapter length is greater than the minimum chapter length Note how this is different from every scene shorter than the minimum length being combined with the previous chapter In this case if every scene were shorter than the minimum length they would all be combined into a single chapter e Menu Thumbnails Previews are provided simply to give a visual indicator of the menu theme chosen It is not intended to show all menu bitmaps or the placement of buttons and selection highlights Create DVD Image File if this option is checked an image of the specified type is created from the VIDEO TS and AUDIO TS folders This option should usually be checked since it speeds up the DVD writing and it allows another DVD to be authored to the DVD directory without losing the ability to write another DVD by using the image The format of the image is ISO 9660 UDF 1 02 bridge file system Th
60. enus DVD Live Auto sense end of content Use this feature Seconds of unchanging blue video frames and no audio before stopping capture PO Sensetiviy High Low After making sure that option is unchecked you can apply your options by clicking OK Proceed to Setting Up the Project 2 3 4 Setting Up the Project You can start out the same way as when doing live capture by entering a Project ID title subtitle and date for the project 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC 20 RocketDVD Professional User s Manual Job ID test Title My First DVD Title Subtitle The subtitle of my first DVD Date 1 1 2001 12 31 2005 Menu Theme HOME MOVIES insert your own title Capture Limit 01 00 00 Target Bitrate kbps 6000 Write DVD Print Dis Print Case Wrap Print Chapte Hardware initialization complete Selecting the Audio and Video Files At this time don t worry about the capture limit because it will not be needed Leave all four checkboxes unchecked Now click the button to bring up the project property pages 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Quick Start Guide 21 OSD Authoring Data Files Bum Disc Label Case Wrap Case Insert Project Text Variables First Play Pre Captured Files Capture Encoding Job ID test Title rna 35 characters M y First DVD Title Subtitle max 60 characters The subtit
61. estamp as an IN point The value can also be entered or edited manually in the edit field where it is shown The mark in point can used to start the video capture at a specific timecode Cri S This control will mark the current position of the tape using the current timestamp as an OUT point The value can also be entered or edited manually in the edit field where it is shown The mark in point can used to stop the video capture at a specific timecode Depending on which seek button is pressed the deck will attempt to seek to the timecode specified to the immediate left of the seek button 4 8 Starting a Project Typically a project will start with the video capture stage The application provides the ability to open a previously completed project and re run it starting from the authoring stage the writing stage or the printing stage 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Using RocketDVD Professional 81 The project properties can be modified before re running it but be aware that if you do this when the project completes if any of the settings have been changed the project file will be re written with those changes In other words the project will no longer be an accurate history of exactly what was done Before starting the project you will want to make sure the application has the correct project settings You can load a previously created project or you can assume that the application default settin
62. ewire or Serial bus This feature is not available in all product configurations It is generally available when using 1394 Firewire capture and it will be available with some hardware capture solutions via RS 422 or other control bus The mark in out feature if available allows for setting a list of in out points which can then be used to automatically capture multiple segments from a tape without any user intervention once the capture has begun This is useful if only a section of the video contrent is desired or if most of the tape needs to be captured but some sections of unrecorded tape or ground shooting need to be removed No claims are made about frame accuracy when using the IN OUT marks See Deck Control under the Video Monitor section for alternate user interface for setting IN OUT marks 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC 42 RocketDVD Professional User s Manual Deck Control Use In Out Marks to start stop deck when capturing video User Book Mark hh mm ss fr Edit In Out Points Mark In hh mm ss fr Mark Out hh mm ss fr e Use In Out Marks to start stop deck when capturing video this control is used to indicate whether IN OUT marks are to be used for the project s capture stage e User Book Mark allows a single timecode per project to be stored for convenience This mark is not used with the In OUT marks when automatically capturing video e Edit In Out Points this butto
63. ge at any given point The following table lists the pre requisites for each intermediate starting point 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC 88 RocketDVD Professional User s Manual 4 9 1 4 9 2 Re Authoring a Project Before starting a project at the authoring stage it may be useful to understand the project file data and work directory items needed Before going into this however please make sure you read the page on Re Running Part of a Project There are two occasions when a project is started at the authoring stage by pressig the silver button under Author 1 Re authoring a project that has been previously captured with RocketDVD Pro The project may even have been completed but if changes to the menu are desired the DVD can be authored again The original chapters and thumbnails chosen during the capture stage will still be used unless custem chapters are specified 2 Starting a project at the authoring stage when pre encoded files are being used rather than starting with realtime capture and encoding See Pre Encoded Files Property Page for further discussion on the use of pre encoded files If this is the case a determination will be made based on the project settings whether chapter selection is needed before authoring In addition to selecting DVD chapters this process also captures bitmaps to use for DVD menus and case wrap printing as well as determining the lengths of the pre encoded segmen
64. gs are what you want to use If all you need to enter are the Project ID Title Subtitle Date Capture length and DVD menu theme you can do that directly on the main application user interface without having to open up the Project Properties Dialog box If you need to make additional changes you can edit the project properties by clicking the More button on the application Once project settings have be entered you may wish to save the project file When setting the capture length it is important to know that this length of time directly affects the calculation of the bitrate The best quality video is obtained by keeping the video length to an hour Anything less than an hour will utilize the same video bitrate since it is limited by the maximum bitrate allowed by the DVD standard Depending on the video content the length can be set to two hours or more but don t expect the same video quality as on Hollywood DVD titles It is also important to realize that there are three root level directory names that are reserved on the drive that the DVD is to be built See preferences for setting the Drive for VIDEO TS and AUDIO TS directories The reserved directories which will be overwritten during the authoring stage are VIDEO TS AUDIO TS collateral The collateral directory is used to store project collateral whuch would be required to reproduce the DVD paper assets At this point you are ready to start the video capture 4 8 1 Live Vide
65. he DVD UsePre EncodedFiles this interface is still supported but is supersceded by UsePre CapturedFiles yes no UsePre CapturedFiles yes no Pre EncodedFileType this interface is still supported but is supersceded by Pre CapturedFileT ype ElementaryStreams ProgramStreams VobFiles Pre CapturedFileType ElementaryStreams ProgramStreams VobFiles FilesToEncode Pre EncodedFile this interface is still supported but is supersceded by Pre CapturedFile this parameter is a coma delimited list whose elements depend on the type This command is repeated for each segment to be combined onto this video title For ElementaryStreams Required Full path to video stream Required Full path to audio stream Full path to thumbnail bitmap gt lt length of segment in hh mm ss gt lt Segment title gt For ProgramStreams Required Full path to muxed program stream Full path to thumbnail bitmap length of segment in hh mm ss Segment title gt For VOBFiles lt Required Full path to VOB file gt lt Full path to thumbnail bitmap gt lt length of segment in hh mm ss gt lt Segment title gt Pre CapturedFile this parameter is a coma delimited list whose elements are determined by the prefix This command is repeated for each segment to be combined onto this video title coma delimited fields must be prefixed by one of the following MUXED Full path to muxed or video el
66. hic above are used for re running or re starting a Project at some intermediate stage and letting it run through to completion As was mentioned in Starting a Project stages of a project can be re run The key word here is re which means the project has been run before It is crucial to understand that data is added to the project file as the project progresses from stage to stage For example after the capture stage completes the project contains the number of frames and time captured as well as potential chapter points If using Smart Chapter Selection the project file would be further altered after the authoring stage to contain the optimal chapter starting points after having performed the pruning algorithm The key point is that a project file you just created from scratch and saved is not the same as a project file that is automatically saved to the default project directory at the completion of a project The reason is that the project file automatically saved at the conclusion of a project has additional data which is crucial to being able to re run intermediate stages of the project In other words there is data in the project file which cannot be manually edited in the project property page dialog This functionality of starting a project at some intermediate stage can also be used to finish a project that may have been stopped or failed for some reason In this case it is useful to understand the pre requisites for starting a sta
67. hrough the Setup Wizard a different menu theme may be shown That is ok 3 Nextclick the record button with the un lit red LED 4 Ifthe video is a live feed such as a TV or camera feed simply press the play button If itis a tape deck queue the video to the desired starting place and then start it playing You should click the play button very shortly after starting the video feed Once capture has started the green LED will be on without blinking and the display should automatically have switched to the Encode tab shown below 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Quick Start Guide Encode Job ID Title Subtitle Date Menu Theme Capture Limit Segment Total Time test My First D VD Title The subtitle of my first DYD 1 2001 1 HOME M 01 00 00 min 1 Time your own titles 00 00 14 05 Print Y Write 17 6 Ready to capture After a minute or so click the stop button with the square symbol on it shown below to stop the video capture before the 1 hr capture limit would have automatically stopped it for you The display area should switch to the Author tab where it should take a few seconds to author the DVD Upon completion of the authoring the project is complete and your DVD has been created on the Hard Drive Video Capture le F gt Pm Ix You may now play the DVD on the hard drive using a software DVD player For help on using PowerDVD to
68. ications LLC 8 RocketDVD Professional User s Manual Work Directory Selection In order to minimize the amount of time it takes to author a DVD the VIDEO TS folder and the work directories should be placed on different hard drives If only one hard drive is available all three directories can be located on the same drive but expect the authoring to take a little longer There is no advantage to using a different drive letter if it s only a partition on the same physical drive If a third physical drive is available there is an advantage to having each of the following three directories on different drives If not the work and captured streams directories can be set to the same location Work Directory for DVD Authoring D RocketDVD Pro work SS Work Directory for Captured Streams D RocketDVD Procapture m Drive for VIDEO TS and AUDIO_TS directories Must be the root directory M 2 1 3 Company Variables This feature is not available in all versions of the product The company name variables use the Text Variable feature to allow dynamic insertion of Company Name website and telephone number into the menu s and print assets In fact after the setup wizard completes the variables and values can be seen on the Text Variable page Using MenuMaker see how these variables are used on the about DVD menu page The fields are actually just plain text fields and if no substitution is performed the ac
69. igital Media Applications LLC 26 RocketDVD Professional User s Manual Setup VE e Write Job ID Title subtitle Date FA Menu Theme HOME MOVIES insert your own titles Segment 1 Time 00 01 05 04 Total Time 00 01 05 04 Chapter selection started erry After the chapter selction is done the application display area should automatically switch to the Author tab and appear as shown Write Job ID Title Subtitle Date 1 Menu Tham ER IES insert your own titles VD Type DS ith menu art Chapter Selection Muxing is in progress When the DVD authoring is finished your DVD may be viewed using the PowerDVD application that was provided with this software For help on using PowerDVD to test your DVD before writing it to disc go to Testing Your DVD using PowerDVD To learn how to print the paper assets and write the DVD proceed to Printing the Paper Assets and Writing the DVD 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Quick Start Guide 27 2 4 Printing the Paper Assets and Writing The DVD 1 Go back to the Setup tab by clicking on it Now check the four boxes as shown below Write Job ID Title My First DVD Title Subtitle The subtitle of my first DVD Date 1 1 2001 12 31 2005 Menu Theme HOME MOVIES insert your own title Capture Limit 01 00 00 Target Bitrate kb 8000 fa Write DYD E Print Disc Label Print Case Wrap P
70. iles that need to be encoded or transcoded Enter E dit File List e Pre Captured Files Type this option specifies the type of pre captured files for the entire project What this means is that multiple segments can being joined together into a single title and the pre encoded files specified for each segment must be of the type specified Currently 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC 46 RocketDVD Professional User s Manual for files to be encoded or transcoded the file must be Full D1 size 720x480 or 704x480 If RocketDVD Pro can find the necessary codecs to parse decode and encode the file the encoding and authoring should proceed as usual Because the variations in video files could be virtually endless no guarantee is made regarding the file formats supported Furthermore when transcoding it is possible that the application may simply stop or hang without progressing Under these circumstances you may contact technical support but probably that file format is not supported Enter Edit File List is used to enter or edit the list of pre captured files It will pop up the folllowing dialog box M Pre Captured File List Optional Audio File Thumbnail Length hh mm ss Title DEN Ci istreamivideo0 m2v C istream audio0 ac3 C istream _thumbO_0 bmp Segment One C stream videol m2v C stream audiol ac3 C stream __thumb1_0 bmp Segment Two C stream video2 m2v C stream audio2 ac3 C strea
71. in the upper half of this page they might be configurable by the Options button if it is enabled 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Using RocketDVD Professional 59 Duplicator Options UserlD steve File System JOLIET e UserlD some duplicators may require or allow a UserID e File System this option allows the file system to be specified Duplicator Options Specify disc rotation for printing degrees 0 Cancel e Specify disc rotation for printing degrees for duplicators that support it this option is used to rotate the disc from a reference point before printing 4 3 1 11 Printing Property Pages 4 3 1 11 1 Disc Label Property Page This page is where the disc label printing is specified This page also allows the user to customize the layout of the contents on the label To change the layout double click on the picture of the disc or click the Edit Layout button This will bring up a larger WYSIWYG layout of the disc label on which the text and graphics can be added moved or removed Font and text color can also be modified as well When writing multiple discs as specified on the Burn Properties Page the number of copies indicated there will be the number of disc labels printed 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC 60 RocketDVD Professional User s Manual Disc Label M Print the DVD disc label Choose Paper Stock Use PRN file
72. ince the computed bitrate was designed to leave a little leeway this button can probably be used a few times with no ill effect There are multiple ways for capture to end 1 Capture can be aborted by clicking on the button with the x If capture is aborted the project will not advance to the next stage The abort function is useful if the video capture was not started at the right time relative to the start of the video source Once the abort has completed the capture is still setup ready to start at the press of the play button 2 Capture can be manually stopped by clicking on the stop button with the square Unlike the abort button when capture is stopped the project is advanced to the next stage There is a short time between when the stop button is pressed and when the project is advanced to the next stage while the scene selection and audio encoding finished up 3 Capture can be automatically stopped by the capture limit set on the front panel area shown below or on the encoding property page As in the case of manually stopping when the capture stage is complete the project is advanced to the next stage S TZT ECO Doud length 01 05 00 hh mm ss 4 The last way capture may be stopped is after a user specified amount of unchanging video and no audio has been captured Unfortunately the unchanging video has different properties from one video player to another Various approaches are used to detect unchanging video but this
73. indow is the active window but the enter key can still be used in this case When pressing the small silver buttons to step through the possible options only the options available for the given hardware configuration will be given For example if only composite and s video are available for a given configuration pressing the bottom left button will alternately show Composite and S Video but it will not show RGB YUV or SDI These settings can all be made from 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC 78 RocketDVD Professional User s Manual the encoding page of the project property page dialog Once a video capture is under way these buttons are locked and cannot be pressed until the video capture ends e Top left button is used to select the video standard Possible options are e NTSC e PAL e Top right button is used to select the aspect ratio of the video Possible options are e 4 3 e 16 9 e Bottom left button is used to select the video input connector Possible options are Composite S Video RGB Component YUV Component SDI Bottom right button is used to select the audio input connector or level Possible options are e Line In typically this is a phone type or RCA type connector e Balanced typically this is an XLR connector e AES digital audio e Embedded AES digital audio embedded in the SDI stream Capture View In this configuration when the application is launched the monitor will
74. ings button after changing the setting on the Encoding Property Page 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC 36 RocketDVD Professional User s Manual Select your default audio and video source parameters Select your default audio and video capture sources Audio Input Source Connector Line In Unbalanced Audio x Video Input Source Connector Composite Y Video Signal NTSC Y Video Aspect Ratio 4x3 lt Back Cancel Help Some of these settings will not be applicable depending on the hardware configuration e Audio Input Source Connector may be used to specify analog or digital audio and possible the type or format of the audio feed e Video Input Source Connector may be used to specify the type of cable that is used to connect the video source to the capture card e Video Signal specifies whether the video feed will be NTSC or PAL e Aspect Ratio if available will specify whether the default video feed has a 4x3 or 16x9 aspect ratio 4 1 7 Select DVD Writer This page allows the DVD writing device to be selected If no DVD duplicators or towers are attached a local DVD writer must be accessible in order to select a writing device Again as is the case on each other setup wizard page on a project by project basis this default can easily be overridden by the options on the DVD Writing Property Page Your default settings can also be changed by re running the wizard or by simply
75. le of my first DVD Date or date range max 25 characters f 71 2001 12 31 2005 m Input Options m Video Signal C Use Video Capture and Realtime Encoding NTSC e Use Pre Captured Files C PAL Cancel pply Help The four text fields are the values entered on the setup page of the display If you changed any of the text here the change would be reflected on the setup display page e Now check the Use Pre Captured File option e Next click on the Pre Captured Files tab and that property page should appear 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC 22 RocketDVD Professional User s Manual OSD Authoring Data Files Bum DiscLabel Case Wrap Case Insert Project Text Variables First Play Pre Captured Files Capture Encoding Pre Captured Files Type Elementary Streams C Program Streams C VOB Files C ANI or other files that need to be encoded or transcoded Enter Edit File List Cancel Apply Help What you need to do now will depend on the type of pre captured files you have Select the type of files you have on your hard disc that you will be making a DVD from Next click the Enter Edit FileList button and the following should appear M Pre Captured File List Ka Cancel Expand To Fit Auto Width Add Row r Set Segment Text from Filename Import CSV Export CSV Now click cell under the Video File header
76. link and the corresponding display page will allow some editing of project data which will be used by the next stage upon resuming 4 6 1 Setup Display Print Y Write Project ID project Title This is the DVD Title Subtitle This is the DVD Subtitle Date Date Range Menu Theme HOME MOVIES insert your own title Capture Limit 01 00 00 Target Bitrate kbps 8000 Write DYD Print Disc Label Print Case Wrap E Print Chapter Insert More Hardware initialization complete The G me should be treated as the project staging area A new project can be created by simply pressed If more details are needed the More button in the lower right quadrant can be That would bring up the Project Property Dialog The project staging area can be used to create or edit the next project as long as the Project ID is not the same as a project currently being run 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC 74 RocketDVD Professional User s Manual The reason for this is that as a project advances through the stages as new data is accumulated for the project that data is propogated back through the project containers for each of the display pages still displaying data for the same Project ID 4 6 2 Capture Display Setup Write Job ID j Title Subtitle Date 1 Menu Theme default menu Capture Limit 01 05 00 1 min segment 1 Time 00 01 25 06 Total Time Video kbps Capturing audio and vide
77. m__thumb2_0 bmp Segment Three Expand To Fit Auto Width Add Row Set Segment Text from Filename Import CSV Export CSV e Expand To Fit will expand the columns equally to fit the width of the window e Auto Width will resize the columns to fit the content Add Row adds a row to the end e Set Segment Text from Filename if this option is checked whenever a cell in the Video File column is updated the filename minus the path and extension will be copied over to the Title column for that row e Import CSV will import the pre encoded file list from a coma tab separated text file e Export CSV will export the pre encoded file list to a coma tab separated text file e Audio Video File the picture shows elementary streams being specified If Program Streams or VOB files were specified there would be only one column for entering the media e Thumbnail this column is optional if making a DVD without menu or a DVD with menu but no scene selection page s If no thumbnails are specified then no thumbnails would be available for the case wrap either Since only one thumbnail per segment can be specified only one chapter per segment should be specified on the authoring page if chapter thumbnails are to be used e Length this column is also optional if making a DVD with only one chapter per segment and no chapter insert If lengths are not specified the following chapter selection methods cannot be
78. mplate is a special case of the project file Unlike the project file when a template it loaded not all of the project properties will be changed For example if your system is setup to use particular video capture settings DVD writer and printers you can load a project template in without overwriting any of those settings in the current project Those system type settings can be saved as default by clicking the Save Settings button and project templates can be loaded without losing those settings As a general rule the settings that are loaded as part of a template are those that are set on the following property pages Authoring Property Page Disc Label Property Page minus the printer and print properties Case Wrap Property Page minus the printer and print properties Case Chapter Insert Property Page minus the printer and print properties 4 3 3 New Project This button will revert to the saved project settings These are the settings that are saved by clicking 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC 66 RocketDVD Professional User s Manual on the Save Settings button at the bottom right corner of the application s main panel 4 3 4 More This button which is located in the lower right hand corner of the Setup Display Tab will bring up the full Project Property Page Dialog Box It can be used to create or edit current project properties 4 3 5 Save a Project Save the current project The Proje
79. ms D RocketDVD Prowork E Drive for VIDEO TS and AUDIO_TS directories Must be the root directory d Default Direcotry for Templates and Projects D RocketDVD Pro Projects 5 Directory for bitmap files D RocketDVD Pro Bitmaps ui Directory for wave files D RocketDVD Pro Wave 2 Directory for PRN files NOTE a directory cannot be named prn D RocketDVD Prolprint E Directory for menu themes D RocketDVD Pro Menu a Work Directory for DVD Authoring in this directory a temporary folder will be created using the Project ID as the folder name This directory is where the chapter thumbnail bitmaps and the temporary bitmaps rendered for the DVD menus To optimize the performance of the DVD authoring stage it is suggested that the Work Directory and the DVD directory be located on different physical hard drives not just different partitions of the same hard drive The VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders must be placed at the root of a drive and their contents will be completed at the end of the authoring stage If an image of those directories is created it will be placed in the Work Directory If for some reason another project is run without completing the image creation stage the previously authored DVD files will be overwritten Work Directory for Captured Streams in this directory a temporary folder will be created using the Project ID as the folder name This directory is where the audio an
80. n brings up a spreadsheet like interface which allow deleting or inserting rows as well as editing of IN OUT marks 4 3 1 3 Text Variables Page This feature is not available in all versions of the product If you do not have access to this feature and you wish to use it please contact http www dmapp com or your local dealer 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Using RocketDVD Professional 43 Text Variables Variablel This is the value to be substituted for the variable Variable2 This is the second value string 3 Third value This is the fourth variable The fourth variable s value lt Back Next gt Cancel Help This page can be used to specify test merge variables and their values which can be insertted into DVD menus disc labels and the case wrap Variables are not special objects they are merely text objects What makes them a variable is for the exact string value of the text object to be listed as a variable name If the exact text of a variable name exists as a text object in menus labels or case wraps the variable name will be replaced with the substitution value at runtime If you have a text object that was not intended to be a variable but it happens to have the same text as a variable name it will be treated as a variable Because of this it is a good idea to adopt a unique naming convention for your variable names that will hopefully avoid this potential conflict If you wish t
81. n less flicker when viewed on an NTSC monitor It will also have the effect of making the menu not as crisp or sharp on a computer monitor Audo sense end of content first of all it needs to be mentioned that sensing the end of recorded content on a tape is not an exact science What this feature depends on is the unchanging frames of a solid color In cases where unrecorded tapes plays as static or video noise the auto sense feature does not work When converting home videos the operator should be aware that if long unrecorded sections of tape are encountered between scenes setting the timeout too short could result in the capture prematurely being stopped In addition to these caveats it is important to remember that it is best to set the record length as close as possible to the actual running time since this could affect the video bitrate Having made all those disclaimers we can proceed by pointing out that the auto sense tests the audio level as well as the video level The sensetivity slider is provided for cases where tapes or players produce a solid frame that is a little more variable in color or is not as constant from frame to frame If you find that the capture is not being stopped at the end of recorded content when you think it should be decrease the sensetivity by moving the slider to the right This will lessen the tolerances on what is considered a solid frame or what is considered unchanging frame to frame video DVD Live
82. nsion will be changed from running to err The polled file can have any name with a txt file extension and must follow the following syntax lines that start iwth a are considered comments and are not parsed JobTemplate Full path to existing job file to serve as a job template StartingStage Transcode Author Print Write JobID New JoblD if not specified the JobID from the template will be used which means the template will be modified This option should only be used when 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC 86 RocketDVD Professional User s Manual UsePre EncodedFiles is yes or if the job template is set to use pre encoded files Title New Title Subtitle New Subtitle Date New Date MenuTheme Full path to new menu to use instead of the one specified in the template DiscLabelFile Full path to new disc label file DiscLabelPrnFile Full path to new disc label PRN file if the job template is not set to use a PRN file for the disc label this option will set it to do so DiscLabelBackground Full path to new disc background bitmap CaseWrapPrnFile Full path the new case wrap PRN file if the job template is not set to use a PRN file for the case wrap this option will set it to do so CaseWrapBackground Full path to new case wrap background bitmap DataFileDirectory Full path to a directory whose contents including subdirectories will be written to the root of t
83. o multiplexed into a single stream mpg is a common extension for this type of file VOB files are very similar to MPEG 2 program streams in format They will typically be found in the VIDEO_TS folders of DVD s Do NOT try to use VOB files from copyrighted or encrypted DVD s it will not work b Any video format of the right dimensions Frame sizes mentioned above that you have a DirectShow decoder for Another way to look at it is any video file of the right size that can be played by Window Media Player Our software uses a software MPEG 2 encoder to convert raw video to DVD compliant MPEG 2 Some typical file extensions which will contain usable media are wmv and avi If you have specifically installed a QuickTime DirectShow Before setting up the project let s set one of the preferences to suit our needs Click the preferences button and the Preferences tab from the property page dialog that pops up Uncheck the option to Step Through Property Pages as a Wizard Don t worry about the other options for now If you want to read more about the this options on this page you can do that in the section titled Preferences 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Quick Start Guide 19 Preferences Directories Preferences Audio Notifications Step Through Property Pages as a Wizard Wam f Project ID is NOT unique Wam f audio channels are unbalanced Copy segment title from filename Anti Alias M
84. o Capture E F gt IL Px To setup for video capture you must first press the button with the un lit red LED When the button is pressed there should be some status messages and progress bar activity in the display area When the setup is complete the progress bar and the status will indicate so and the record setup button will be depressed with the red LED lit Next you will want to queue up your video source then start it and press the play button which has the triangle on it Once capture has begun the following activity on the display will keep you up to date on the progress of the video capture 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC RocketDVD Professional User s Manual Setup Write Job ID job Title Subtitle Date FA Menu Theme default rnenu Capture Limit 01 05 00 1 min segment 1 Time 00 01 25 06 Total Tim Video kbps Capturing audio and video streams The button is used when your video source looks like it might outlast the pre set capture limit by a minute or two Each time the button is pressed the capture limit will be bumped up by a minute This feature should be used with caution since it could result in A V streams that are too large If the automatic bitrate computation is used the bitrate will have been computed based on the original capture limit Increasing the capture limit will not adjust the video bitrate so as a result the AN files will be larger than planned S
85. o add edit delete variables click the Add Edit button which will bring up a spreadsheet type interface 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC 44 RocketDVD Professional User s Manual 4 3 1 4 First Play Page First Play Include First Play Video Video Elementary Stream Program Stream or VOB file Optional Audio Elementary Stream E T M When playing DYD do not allow first play to be skipped lt Back Cancel Help This page allows assets to be specified for the DVD first play The first play is the first thing that is seen when a DVD is played Often times the first play is a warning against copying the DVD In some cases it may contain some marketing material such as advertisements or movie previews Include First Play Video Check this box if you want to include a first play video clip Video Elementary Stream Program Stream or VOB file The video asset can be provided in three forms all of which must be in DVD compliant MPEG 2 format e Video Elementary Stream This is a DVD compliant MPEG 2 video elementary stream File extensions will typically be mpv or m2v e Program Stream This is a DVD compliant MPEG 2 program stream This program stream has audio and video multiplexed together into a single file which typically has the extension mpg e VOB file This is a file that has already been multiplexed for DVD This file also has audio and video multiplexe
86. o streams The Capture display will show the status of the project currently being captured The Capture display page will be automatically switched to when the REC button is pressed to setup for video capture 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Using RocketDVD Professional 75 4 6 3 Chapter Selection Display Write Y Project ID Title Subtitle Thi the DVD S Date Date Range Menu Theme default menu Segment 3 Time 00 00 01 06 00 00 13 21 Selection Status SRE The Chapter display tab displays the current progress of the chapter selection stage for pre encoded files The progress resets to zero at the start of each new segment 4 6 4 Author Display Setup VE e Y Chapter Author Print Write Project ID project Title the DD Title Subtitle the DVD Subtitle Date Date Range Menu Theme HOME MONIES insert your own titles DYD T DYD with menu Chapt Sel Custom Chapters Muxing is in prog TE The Authoring display will show the status of the project currently being authored The Authoring display page will be automatically switched to when a project advances from the capture stage to the authoring stage There are various intermediate stages in the authoring stage Some of them may not be used depending on the options selected The overall progress is an estimate of the overall progress of the entire authoring stage 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC 7
87. of the product If you do not have access to this feature and you wish to use it please contact http www dmapp com or your local dealer This product configuration is for capturing video directly from a digital video camera through the Firewire or IEEE 1394 port 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Quick Start Guide 13 2 1 6 2 PCI Capture Boards with Realtime Hardware MPEG Encoding Enter topic text here 2 1 6 2 1 Vitec VM2 Pro Hardware MPEG Encoder Board Enter topic text here 2 1 6 2 2 Vitec MPEG Profiler Hardware MPEG Encoder Board Enter topic text here 2 1 6 2 3 Vitec VM2 2C7 Hardware MPEG Encoder Board Enter topic text here 2 1 6 2 4 Vitec VM2 2 Hardware MPEG Encoder Board Enter topic text here 2 1 7 Select DVD Writer On this page you can specify where your DVD s will typically be written The choices are either a local DVD writer robotic DVD duplicator printers On this page simply make your selection from the drop down listbox As has been mentioned repeatealy setting up this preference as a default will not prevent you from changing the writer on each and every project 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC 14 RocketDVD Professional User s Manual Select your default DVD writer Select Primary DVD writer to use E PIONEER D VD Rw DYR 109 1 40 D Select Secondary DVD writer to use F HL DT STDVDRAM GSA 4084NKQ03 m Destination Directory for D
88. otifications duly e Save SEUNG c Display RE Le CC Re eiiied ence Sundenctedesstaccsarencdudasecccdeadecetecesseectecseuets SOUP Display Mt 73 Capture Display 74 Chapter Selection Display nn nn es ees ae ci nece dat scassubeecacusdueeecucboneestceed 75 Author Dis play e 75 Ilias 76 IMPER 76 Video Monitor Elle EN GET rms 80 MI RUBBEeLDII IM 81 Pre Captured Files cete 9 83 Start Pre Encoded File Project ape acie an ESL IRR ER RUN cine ee 84 Start Encoding ado RR 85 JOB POMING MCC 85 Re Running Part of a Project cccsecceceseeeceeeseeeeeeeseeeeeeesneeeeeesneeseenseeeeeensaeeeeaseaeeeenseeeeenseeeeeenees 87 Re Authoring a Project Re Printing a Project cec cg ccepsccepedece EES exeun ccu eaa napaa de vies sauacnuccesces ices pe icu oce a staeceveceueteader Dee sedusecee Re Writing a Project EE Aborting a Project Stage Sh tting DOW
89. ptional column is used to supply chapter titles Chapter titles are used in a couple places 1 If the menu theme shows chapter titles text on the scene selection page this is the text that will be displayed there 2 If the chapter insert is printed the chapter text will be printed there if specified e Menu Theme A default directory can be specified for menu theme files in the Directories tab of the Preferences dialog As mentioned above menu themes can be created using the MenuMaker application Menu themes are text readable files which have a menu file extension The menu file defines the menus and their layouts the buttons their interactions etc The menu theme files contain links to graphics such as background bitmaps or movies and audio If these supporting files are in a subdirectory of the menu theme file the path s to them will be relative paths otherwise they will be absolute paths Desired Number of Chapters The purpose of this field may vary depending on the chapter selection option chosen In this particular case when Smart Chapter Definition is chosen more than the desired number of potential chapter points are chosen and then the desired number of chapters are chosen from among the potential chapter points It is possible to end up with fewer than the desired number of chapters Scene Detection Sensetivity when using one of the scene detection chapter selection options this parameter influences how many potential sc
90. r recording lengths over approximately 80 minutes because this number is used to set the bit rate The reason it is not crucial for recording lengths under 80 minutes is that for anything of shorter length a bit rate of 8 Mbps will be used When using the auto bitrate computation method the highest the target bitrate will be set to is 8000 kbps In addition to the end of tape detection this selection can also be used to stop capture at a certain time 4 8 1 7 OSD Property Page This feature is not available in all versions of RocketDVD Professional It is currently available with the VM2 line of capture boards OSD is an acronym for On Screen Display It provides the ability overlay graphics or text onto the live captured and encoded video It is often used to watermark the video with a company logo or name In the following example the G is displayed using white text on a black background as it is sometimes done for TV ratings The background in the setup is always shown as opaque black but it will actually be displayed on the video using the transparency level set The Vitec Multimedia world logo is a tga file where the black background is transparent and the logo sphere is semi transparent The preview snapshot was taken from a Discovery channel feed which contained it s own OSD logo 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Using RocketDVD Professional 51 v Enable OSD 4 3 FE Line In l
91. re was stopped before the last chapter was placed Arbitrary Chapter Length For this selection each chapter will be made to be the specified length with the actual number of chapters not being known until the capture has completed Smart Chapter Definition This selection applies a proprietary algorithm in conjunction with natural scene detection to determine the optimum chapter selection This option can include a combination of natural and forced chapter breaks Forced chapter breaks may be used to if there are not as many scene breaks as the specified desired number of chapters Forced chapter breaks are simply chapter points occurring at points that are not the start of a new video scene These will usually occur within the context of long natural scene breaks For example if a camera was set up on a tripod to video tape a lecture or party etc there would be few if any natural scene breaks but it would still be useful to be able to skip through or 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC 54 RocketDVD Professional User s Manual directly jump to sections of those long scenes by using DVD chapters Finally in the context of the thumbnails printed on the case wrap it is a way of giving an overall picture of the video content even if there are few of no natural scene breaks Scene Detection Only This option will place chapters at points determined to be new scenes by the automatic scene detection code If the
92. rint Chapter Insert More Hardware initialization complete 2 Make sure your printers are turned on and have the correct paper If using a single printer the disc label will be printed first followed by the case wrap and the chapter insert will be printed last You must also have a blank DVD in the selected DVD writer If not when you try to start the project it will prompt you for blank media If you did not select default printers when you steped through the Wizard you should do so now otherwise you will get errors if you try to print 3 Repeat the steps used to create the DVD from a video feed or files on the hard drive This time however the project will not stop after the authoring stage but will proceed to the printing and writing stages 5 Once the printing and writing are complete if you printed a paper label you can apply the label to the DVD You can also tear or cut the perforated case wrap and cut out the chapter insert You should be able to use your DVD in most DVD players on the market today If you were happy with the DVD you had created on the hard drive and you simply want to print and burn the DVD without having to re capture or re author the DVD your could simply have clicked on the Setup tab as mentioned in step 1 checked the four boxes and then simply pressed the print button shown below Assuming you had not deleted the intermediate files from your work directory the project would have started a
93. rinting of the Project ID can be turned off by unchecking this option Choose Paper Stock this drop down list box allows the selection of pre programmed page layouts as well as a persistent user definable layout This selection simply controls the three edit fields which specifies the location and size of the label relative to the top and left edges of the paper Measurements are specified in millimeters The four fields can be manually edited causing the list box to show Changed Settings If the Save As Custom button is pressed the list box will show Custom Case Wrap which will retain those settings until Save As Custom is pressed again with different settings e Select Printer Properties this button should be used to select a printer When a printer is selected the paper or print quality settings should also be set base on the type of paper being used These settings will be saved as part of the project and need not be reset unless a different printer is being selected e Print Now can be used for testing the print layout It can also be used to print a single case wrap for a previously executed project Background bitmap for case wrap this optional field allows a full background bitmap to be specified for the case wrap printing This bitmap will of course be behind any text or other graphics that are printed Currently the format of this file must be a 24 bit bmp file of sufficient resolution to obtain the print quality desired 4
94. rite to complete The abort function will only work for local drives and not for duplicators e Stop Playing Wave File is used to stop the write complete audio notification if it is 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC 58 RocketDVD Professional User s Manual enabled If a duplicator is selected as the primary DVD writer different options may be presented and will be discussed Iv Write DVD jwite DVD Now Abort DVD wing Step Playing Wave File Write DVD Now capability requires an existing image Use CD Media Volume Name jobt Number of copies to write f Job Priority 0 High 9 Low 0 This number will also affect the quantities of printed assets Select Primary DVD writer to use E SAMSUNG CDRW DVD SM 332BT 408 DI E SAMSUNG CDRWw7DVD SM 332BT 408 F PIONEER DVD RW DVR 105 1 33 MF Digital Director Rimage Desktop Series Rimage Producer Series R Buest Static lt Back Cancel Help Destination Directory for Duplicator Job File is a directory usually on the duplicator system where job files will be written When a duplicator job file is written to that directory the duplicator job will automatically begin If you want the job to be created but not run immediately you can change the directory and then copy the job file to the job directory when ready for the job to be run Options if there are additional options that are not specified by the controls
95. roject file previously saved with that name In addition to this at the completion of each stage the project file is written to the default project directory This is useful if a failure ever occurs because then the project file written can be opened and the project can often be resumed and completed Finally there is project execution data written to the automatically saved project file such as the number of chapters the actual chapter points capture time and number of frames captured Without this information a project cannot be started beginning at the authoring stage A previously executed project should have all this data stored in the project file which should allow the project to be rerun beginning at any stage Finally if the work capture directories are moved to another drive for storage stages of the project can be re run by simply opening the completed project file and changing the work capture directories to match the current location of the work capture directories For your convenience the application has provisions for changing some of the most commonly changed settings from the front panel without having to open the project property page dialog box 4 3 4 Project Property Page Dialog This dialog box can be used as a Wizard with Next and Back buttons or as a tabbed property page dialog This functionality is controlled by the Step Through Property Pages as a Wizard option on the application preferences dialog This dialog is
96. s if some frames are missing Or when capture video the software encoder lags capture This issue only relates to direct DV capture and capture from encoder boards without MPEG encoderer hardware Solution Re run the video calibration wizard by right clicking on the application logo and selecting the calibration wizard Step through the wizard and make sure that the video feed has significant motion in it If you hook up a video camera that s pointing to the corner of a room with no motion the video encoder will work faster than it would if there was some actual motion in the video This will cause the calibration to set the encoder quality too high resulting in the encoder not being able to keep up encoding the video in realtime Issue When try to start a capture get a message saying I m out of disc space Solution Everytime you capture video to create a DVD temporary files are stored on you hard drive These files are stored in the directories specified for Work Directories for DVD Authoring and Work Directory for Captured Streams These files are not automatically deleted because as long as these work files exist if you use unique project ID s you can reload a project and re author re print or re write the DVD If you know you will no longer need to re author the DVD you can just delete the directory for captured streams and still reproduce the job since the image and bitmaps are in the DVD authoring work directory If yo
97. sing the silver buttons you should get realtime feedback on how the video looks based on the current settings Deck Control Deck control refers to controlling a remote tape deck via Firewire or Serial bus This feature is not available in all product configurations It is generally available when using 1394 Firewire capture and it will be available with some hardware capture solutions via RS 422 or other control bus If deck control is available the video monitor will have a deck control panel on it s right hand side Just because deck control may be available doesn t mean the mark in out feature can be used When using a deck or tape that doesn t provide a timecode the seek and mark in out feature cannot be used In this case you may be able to still use the play stop wind controls from the VTR Control Panel The mark in out feature if available allows for setting a list of in out points which can then be used to automatically capture multiple segments from a tape without any user intervention once the capture has begun This is useful if only a section of the video contrent is desired or if most of the tape needs to be captured but some sections of unrecorded tape or ground shooting need to be removed e This control is used to wind the tape in the remote deck backward e If the deck is in the stopped mode the control will wind the tape quickly with no video preview e f the tape is playing or paused when the wind is started it will no
98. sses asse snas asa ninnan 39 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC RocketDVD Professional User s Manual 10 11 12 Part V Part VI Project Property Page 2 need riore nes ex iaai ear sese ua Renan deed eege 40 pese 41 Text Variables RAG m 42 First Play GE isi iii pecia EO es ATEEER e ECCE nan CHO EORR ENEA Hr er A aa FIR it ERES LIVER FH ERE SEVA ENTER Ne ERR G 44 Pre Captured Files Property Page 45 Enocoding Propetty Page iro deed He e er eere be Eck Fe baa e D Ela E E Ev ric d Re ED die OSD Priopetty Page EE Authoring Property Page Data Files Property Page DVD Writing Property Page rper Et E HER S te SERMO M REM E NADE SERE e EE x ER Rs Reis a dp P TERR e Re RISE 56 Printing Property le EE 59 Disc Label Property Pages rr ire ce rc Ree EE E CERRAR COR RETO RUE EXER FERE SERVA EXER NE KR Ek 59 Case Wrap Property Page 61 Case Chapter Insert Property Page seen 62 Load a Project ccssiiicsiscscscscscccnacescascssscscdencasessceatcssvandncscnsassscatandsdbcndsatsesdensedsdsanandstaasessavdsabssebendnddssssutdessandsesdsdusaseut 64 NEW xnl More Save a Project Print uiid E Application Preferences sn enne nennt nennt nnmnnn nnmnnn nnmnnn nnmnnn nnn nana 66 Default Directories Preferences Audio N
99. t it is not a compatible DV device If you are not able to get the computer to recognize the DV device it will not be recognized by the RocketDVD Pro application Please consult the documentation that came with your DV device for instructions on connecting it to a computer 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC 6 RocketDVD Professional User s Manual If you have not started the RocketDVD Pro application yet start it now If you have already started it the application should automatically detect the presence of a DV source and start the video preview monitor If your camera or deck is not playing video at the time the video preview window may only show a black window Goal of This Quick Start Guide The goal of this quick start guide is to help you produce your first DVD in the shortest time possible It will not walk you through all the possible settings or options that can be changed but rather it will walk you step by step through the process of creating a DVD using just a few simple clicks If you have already stepped through the Setup Wizard and want to proceed directly to Creating your first DVD Please specify which type of source material you selected in the setup wizard e From a video source e From files on your hard drive DV source not needed for this option To follow the Setup Wizard with this Quick Start Guide advance the Wizard to the next page and go to Theme Selection Page in the guide 2
100. t the print stage and proceeded to the write stage 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC 28 RocketDVD Professional User s Manual If you had closed the application since you had created the DVD and had not reused the test Project ID you could simply load test prj by clicking on the Load Project button and selecting test prj as the project file to open From this point you could click on the the print button which would perform the print and write stages It should be obvious that this is one way to make extra copies of a project provided the intermediate files are not removed For a more detailed walk through and discussion of options see the tutorial 3 Introduction to RocketDVD Professional DOLE Setup a ud Project ID project Title This is the DVD Title B e Subtitle This is the DVD Subtitle Date Date Range Menu Theme HOME MOVIES insert your own title Capture Limit 01 00 00 Target Bitrate kbps 8000 E IF Ha Mix D Write DYD f Print Disc Label D Print Case Wrap E Print Chapter Insert More Hardware initialization complete Important Note It is important to realize that there are two root level directory names that are reserved on the drive that the DVD is to be built See preferences for setting the Drive for VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS directories The VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders on the specified DVD directory will be overwritten during the authoring stage 3 1 What it is Th
101. t wind as fast and will provide a video preview 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC 80 RocketDVD Professional User s Manual Ld e LN This control us used to start the tape in the remote deck playing e This control is used to wind the tape in the remote deck forward e f the deck is in the stopped mode the control will wind the tape quickly with no video preview e f the tape is playing or paused when the wind is started it will not wind as fast and will provide a video preview w e Fa This control will step the video backward one frame at a time a e LN This control will stop the tape in the remote deck IL e Eu This control will step the video forward one frame at a time E E Qari e This control will bookmark the current position of the tape using the current timestamp The value can also be entered or edited manually in the edit field where it is shown Use In Out Marks for capture This control is used to indicate whether IN OUT marks are to be used for the project s capture stage Segment Number Because the deck control feature allows multiple IN OUT points to be specified this control is used to view the IN OUT points for a given segment or to add IN OUT points for a new segment For inserting and deleting segments see the user interface on the Deck Control Property Page TA This control will mark the current position of the tape using the current tim
102. tailed information than is available on the Wizard pages If you wish to connect your Digital Video DV source to your computer at this time you can continue If you do not need or wish to connect a DV source to your computer at this time you may skip to Goal of This Quick Start Guide which follows the next section Connecting a Digital Video Camera to your Firewire port The following images show the ends of the cable used to connect a digital video camera to a computer that has a Firewire port The cable end on the left side of the picture plugs into the DV port on the digital video camera An example of this port on a Sony Digital Camcorder is shown next The cable end pictured on the right side plugs into the Firrewire or IEEE 1394 port on the computer Please note that some Digital Video Tape Decks and DV Bridge devices may use the larger 6 pin DV cable connection instead of the 4 pin shown in the Sony camera picture When you first connect the Digital Video DV source into the computer it should beep indicating that new hardware has been detected If it s the first time you have ever plugged this device into your computer it should attempt to automatically install the software to use it If successful it should tell you that the New Hardware is installed and ready to use If you don t get a beep when you plug your DV source into your computer it is not being detected That might mean that your device is not powered on or tha
103. tem Manual Chapter Insertion pja This button is not available in all version of the product If this feature is available in your version of the product the button will be visible when custom chaptering is selected See Authoring Property Page on chapter selection choices If you don t see the button under these circumstances it may be available as a premium feature upgrade Please contact your vendor for more information To use this feature Custom chaptering must be selected Some custom chapters may be pre specified if desired but it is not neccessary to do so Once video capture has begun the chapter button will become enabled for use After pressing the chapter button during live capture the following dialog box will be presented to allow chapter text to be entered Custom Chapter Text Enter optional text for the custom chapter The chapter text can be left blank if chapter titles are not being used Click OK or the Enter key to keep the chapter Cancel or the ESC key to discard the chapter If chapter text is not needed simply click the OK button or just press the enter key If you press the Cancel key the chapter will not be included The the chapter can also be inserted by clicking on the Enter key instead of using the mouse Pid to click on the button If the video monitor is the active window the space bar will also cause a chapter to be inserted The space bar will not insert a chapter if the main application w
104. test your DVD before writing it to disc go to Testing Your DVD using PowerDVD To learn how to print the paper assets and write the DVD proceed to Printing the Paper Assets and Writing the DVD 2 3 Creating a DVD From Files on Your Hard Drive Prerequisites Creating DVD s from files on your hard disc requires that you to have some appropriate files to use So the first question is what kind of files can you create DVD s from 1 Currently our DVD authoring only supports full D1 size video and we don t resize the frame size so your pre capture files will need to be full D1 size which is either 720x480 or 704x480 for NTSC or 720x576 or 704x576 for PAL 2 Now as for compression formats we either support a DVD ready compression which is DVD compliant MPEG 2 This can come in several different formats 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC 18 RocketDVD Professional User s Manual Elementary streams where the audio and video are stored in seperate files Video files with the following extensions mpv or m2v may but are not guaranteed to contain MPEG 2 video Audio files must also have the correct sampling rate for for DVD s which is 48 KHz 16 bit The audio can be compressed as MPEG layer 2 audio which will typically have extension mpa or m2v AC3 audio ac3 of the correct sampling rate and size are is also acceptable MPEG 2 program streams are typically MPEG 2 video and MPEG layer 2 audi
105. to compress So in order to make sure the calibration is comes up with a safe value it is advisable to run the calibration with video that would be on the high end of compression difficulty 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Using RocketDVD Professional 39 An example of this would be commercials from a TV feed It is important to make sure the calibration is done properly and conservatively enough The reason is that if the compression gets too far behind video frames may be lost which will result in loss of AN synchronization and irregular video playback 4 3 Project The project is combination of a project template a work order and a project history In order to kill two birds with one stone the following chapter will describe the project and the User interface used to edit and view the Project A project is created by choosing settings on the property pages This project can be saved using any file name you like In this way you are using the project as a template When saving the project you will notice that the Project ID was suggested as the base part of the project file name When the project is run a project file is saved to the default project file directory using the Project ID as the base name with a prj extension Note the automatically saved project file is the same as the filename suggested when saving a project This means that the automatically saved project file will overwrite update the p
106. ts If chapters bitmaps and segment lengths are not required the chapter selection will no be run If the chapter selection is required it can take as much as 30 of the video s time to finish If the video is one hour in length the chapter selection could take as much as 20 min In order to be able to author the DVD the project file must point to the audio and video elementary streams These would have been produced by the video capture stage These files should be located in the directory working directory Project ID If producing a DVD with chapters the video capture stage would also have identified candidates for chapter starting points and thumbnail bitmaps of those frames The quantity and frame number for each of those potential chapter starting points must be found in the project file in order to successfully author the DVD The thumbnail bitmaps are stored in the same working directory as the elementary streams Finally the project can be re authored by clicking on the Author button above when the diaplay tab is either on the Setup or Author page It is important to note that when re authoring from the Setup display page the above mentioned prerequisites apply to the current project If re authoring from the Authoring display page the last authored project will be re authored Re Printing a Project Before starting a project at the printing stage it may be useful to understand the project file data and work directory it
107. tual text would be printed It should become obvious that by adding another text field and then adding it as a variable name on the Text Variable page you can create your own variables To include a company logo without having to re create the menu background bitmap save your logo as a png file and then add it as a bitmap object to the menu layout in MenuMaker 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Quick Start Guide 9 Setup Company Variables These values will be substituted for the variable names Company Name Company Website and Company Telephone Number These values can also be edited from the text variable property page tab If the value are left empty the variable placeholders will be replaced with empty strings For current use of these variables see the about menu page for the menu themes Enter Your Company Name My Company Enter Your Company Website bes Awan mywebsite com Enter Your Company Telephone Number atm 222 3333 2 1 4 Theme Selection Page Theme Selection Page This page allows you to specify a default look and feel for your DVD and packaging You can easily change the theme for each DVD by simply loading a new template before creating that DVD but setting up a default template allows you to create a DVD more easily if you wish to use the default template The wizard page for selecting the theme is shown below 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications
108. u want to selectively delete work directories they are stored in subdirectories with the project ID s name Issue selected the DV video source and know my computer has detected the camera or DV deck why don t see the video preview Solution Click on the more button on the setup display tab On the project property page make sure the Input Options is Use Video Capture and Realtime Encoding If the Use Pre Captured Files option is set live video is not used and hence is not shown Issue When I play my DVD on a DVD player and view it on a TV my menus are very jittery but they look fine on the computer monitor Solution 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC RocketDVD Professional User s Manual The computer monitor is a progressive display but a TV monitor is usually an interlaced display This means that alternate odd even lines are displayed at once but both are not displayed at the same time As a result if you have fine graphics on your menu background sometimes the top or edge of a detailed feature including small text may appear to be shifting up and down with the alternating display of odd even lines This effect can be minimized by using less detail with more blending and blurring Larger text is less susceptible to the jittery effect caused by interlaced video To reduce the jittery effect on detail an option is available to perform anti aliasing over all menu backgrounds The
109. uplicator Job File s Options lt Back Cancel Help To continue the Quick Start Guide proceed to Select Default Printers For additional information on this Wizard Page see also Select DVD Writer 2 1 8 Select Default Printers On this page you can specify where your paper assets will normally be printed The choices are either a local DVD writer robotic DVD duplicator printers On this page simply make your selection from the drop down listbox As has been mentioned repeatedly setting up this preference as a default will not prevent you from changing the writer on each and every project 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC Quick Start Guide 15 Select Default Printers Select the desired printer for each of the print assets You may use the same printer for all three assets if desired as long as the different paper types can be stacked in the printer s in tray at the same time or be fed manually one at a time For printers such as ink jet s where different print settings are used for different paper remember to set the paper type or quality otherwise your asset may be printed using the standard or draft quality which may not look the best Select printer to use for printing paper disc labels Click to select disc label printer Select printer to use for printing the case wraps Click to select case wrap printer Select printer to use for printing the case inserts
110. urther customize your DVD if you like by using the project property pages This software provides the capability to dynmically insert title and date information into both your DVD menus and paper assets The placement of that dynamic text is not show on these previews If the menu theme contains more than 3 menus only the background bitmaps of the first three will be shown At this time thumbnails previews of motion menus are not provided The browse button will bring up the following dialog box to select your default look 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC 34 RocketDVD Professional User s Manual Select Project or Theme Switch To Default Directory Look in CJ Projects D eg Eg E Birthday 2 Fixed titles tpl E Government Fixed titles tpl E Birthday 2 Insert your own titles tpl E Government Insert your own title E Corporate Fixed titles tpl E Graduation Fixed titles tpl Ei Corporate Insert your own titles tpl E Graduation Insert your own titles E Education Fixed titles tpl E Home Movies Fixed titles tpl E Education Insert your own titles tpl E Home Movies Insert your own tith Case Wrap Background i File name Home Movies Insert your own titles tpl Files of type RocketDVD Files TC mm pri job Y Cancel Open as read only Disc Label Background First three menu backgrounds of selected theme Root Menu Menu 2 4 1
111. used for creating editing or viewing project files The settings are grouped into the following property pages Project Setup Deck Control Hardware Dependent Text Variables Professional Version First Play Pre Captured Files Encoding OSD Hardware Dependent Authoring Data Files Professional Version Burning Disc Label Printing Case Wrap Printing Chapter Insert Printing 2003 2006 Digital Media Applications LLC 40 RocketDVD Professional User s Manual 4 3 1 1 Project Property Page Project Project ID projecti Title rna 35 characters This is the DVD Title Subtitle max 60 characters This is the DVD Subtitle Date or date range max 25 characters f 41 2003 6 23 2005 Input Options Video Signal Use Video Capture and Realtime Encoding NTSC C Use Pre Captured Files C PAL Cancel Help Project ID this is an alpha numeric string which is composed of characters valid for a filename A project file will be written in the default project directory upon completion of the project with the Project ID being the base part of the filename followed by the file extension prj This field if kept unique is very useful to keep track of projects run Project Text e Title this text is used for printing on the DVD assets which includes case wrap disc label or disc surface and case insert e Subtitle this text is used for printing on the DVD assets which in
112. video has glitches sync problems or just rapid panning spurious scene starts may be detected These problems are usually minimized by the Smart Chapter Definition selection No Chapters This option will not create any chapters There will also be no chapter thumbnails for a DVD menu or for the case wrap Custom Chapters This option will allow the user to specify the time codes for the chapters along with some text that will be associated with the chapter and optionally a bitmap to use in place of the first frame of the chapter The chapter text will be rendered to the DVD menu if the menu theme so specifies The chapter text will also be printed on the chapter insert If bitmaps are supplied they must be supplied for all chapters and will be used in the same way automatically captured bitmaps are used If the custom chapter radio button is selected a button will appear which will allow the following dialog box to be brought up Chapter time must be specified in the hh mm ss ff format where frames is the frame number 0 29 for NTSC or 0 24 for PAL If the frame number is not known zero may be specified for the frame number Just because the chapter time is specified in this format does not mean that the chapter will occur at that exact frame number Chapter s must occur at the start of a GOP in the encoded video stream so theoretically the chapter should be within 15 frames or half a second of the desired chapter time For optional

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