Kron DVD Option (User Manual Supplement)
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1. writing and the read write light has gone out you can remove the DVD and try playing it in a playback device Most new DVD players accept DVD R media Note Please note that you can only use DVD R or DVD RW media but not DVD R or DVD RW media DVD RW media that have already been burned can only be used for re recording data if their contents are first deleted completely If for in stance there are only 10 minutes of video foota ge on the already burned DVD it is not possible to just add further footage 14 With DVD Arabesk you can make copies from non copy protected DVDs Note Some commercial DVDs are not copy pro tected even though the manufacturer expressly prohibits copying DVD Arabesk cannot tell the difference between such a DVD and a DVD that you have burned yourself Technically speaking the DVD can be copied But this may be illegal We accept no liability in such cases When in doubt ask the manufacturer of the DVD To copy the source DVD is copied to the DVD hard drive space and from there written to a DVD R or RW The result is a 100 copy without loss This function enables you to copy your own DVDs if you need further copies after deleting the project from the hard drive Changes are then no longer possible The copies made are 1 1 Reading in a DVD requires reserved space on the hard drive s DVD partition Any projects in this space must be deleted beforehand Copying takes into account all men2. Casablanca Kron additional in formation about DVD Arabesk Thank you for your purchase of the DVD wri ter These instructions will introduce you to the DVD Arabesk program and tell you how to burn a DVD If your Casablanca Kron already includes the SMART EDIT system software you can read how to operate the DVD Arabesk program here or in your SMART EDIT user manual see chapter 5 6 Finish Customers upgrading their Kron to Kron DVD who are currently using the Kron 1 x system software on their device should carefully read the following steps as the DVD Arabesk pro gram is not explained in the Kron user manual The illustrations of the menus shown in this chapter show screenshots from a Kron using the SMART EDIT system software They slightly differ from those of the Kron 1 x system softwa re in appearance Operation is however carried out in the same way For the general operation of your Casablanca Kron and the other editing and effects menus please read your Casablanca manual or your SMART EDIT manual DVD Arabesk allows you to create a high quality DVD production quickly and easily The DVD writer supports both DVD R and DVD RW formats Writing a DVD After you have edited your video material you now have the option to burn this onto a DVD R or DVD RW To do this enter the Finish menu Select DVD Arabesk in the lower left area After you have created the co
3. an now be set The background can be monochrome or colored You can also use one of the supplied pictures Click on Tithe menu Background so that the image pool with which you are already familiar appears window Select Pattern and you can select a picture by clicking in sequence on the Product DVD Arabesk Type Pictu res buttons Patterns and pictures from supplemental pro grams you have paid for can also be used if the programs are installed 12 Click on the button Menu Preview and you are in the menu that shows you the reference pictures of the individual projects on the back ground you have selected Six reference scenes are displayed maximally 13 After you have completed all the previous steps and have opened the DVD door of the Casablanca select the button Write DVD The DVD drawer will open Insert a DVD R or DVD RW so the system can begin writing A progress bar informs you of the progress Note very short videos may require a dispro portionately long time because about 20 of the storage space is written even when less data is to be written The writing time takes a minimum 20 minutes in length The DVD writer s read write light is lit during writing It can happen that Casablanca is fini shed the write window is closed but the red light is still lit In this case wait unit the light has gone out before removing the disc Otherwise the disc can be damaged When Casablanca has finished
4. mplete video project you can click on the Launch program button in the area to the right in order to run DVD Arabesk You will now see the DVD menu which is divi ded into two parts The upper part is for creating DVD projects the lower part is used to write to the DVD Project Project ReturnPost Image quality Edit Chapters Audiomode iincompressed Size req 00007200 1 Add Projeci J DVD Name J 4 title s U pal eras oni 10 Hamburg 2002 003 0600 Xmas2002 00239 15 ia Summer holid 003 1605 a Hagen impres 001 4515 E Title Menu Background 1 In the upper line you see the project name that is later also used in the DVD menu If you are not satisfied with the name exit the DVD Arabesk menu change the project name in Pro ject Settings and come back to the DVD menu 2 In the second line you can specify the project s Image quality after transformation to the DVD standard Three levels are available Normal High and Maximum Picture quality is determined by the data transfer rate compression factor The hig her the picture quality the more storage space is required High or maximum quality cause the DVD to fill up faster than at normal quality The Normal quality corresponds to the quality generally available on commercial DVDs The High picture quality corresponds to the minimal requirements for a playback device ac cording to the DVD standard this video should be just a
5. nversion procedure to be carried out The project is con verted and stored on the reserved section of the hard drive The conversion procedure is what determines in the end the picture quality of the finished DVD This process is speeded up considerably with the help of a special hardware component Because of this we have decided to offer you the highest possible quality The progress of the conversion is shown by a progress bar and may because of the high quality take some time Any pending creations are automatically carried out before the project is added After you have created the project it appears in the list in the lower function block Note Six projects can be added maximally 7 The button next to DVD Name can be clicked to bring up the keyboard so that you can enter a name of your choice 8 In this small window you are shown the num ber of titles added up to six the total running time and the space used on the hard drive in percent 9 With a click on Title Info a screen appears in which you can change the project title name In addition you are shown the project runtime its picture quality and its audio quality Six projects altogether can be written to a DVD The projects are allowed to have different set tings 10 A click on Remove Title causes a confirma tion warning to be displayed Clicking there on Ok causes the selected title to be deleted 11 The background for the DVD menu c
6. s playable as with normal quality The Maximum quality level takes advantage of everything the DVD standard has to offer Not all DVD players conform to this level If your video is jittery or even causes error messages then this could be the reason 3 The next thing to do is to set the audio quali ty with the Audiomode button Two levels are available uncompressed and compressed Compressed audio requires only a fraction of the storage capacity but sacrifices a bit of quality It is recommended to use uncompressed audio when creating a music video Note for the technically interested Uncom pressed audio is 16 bit PCM audio at 48 kHz Compressed audio is in MPEG format 4 This field displays the Size requirements for this project The value is dependent on the quality levels explained above and on the length of the project If there is enough space on the DVD for the project with its given settings the display will be less than 100 If the project will not fit the display will read more than 100 In this case you must reduce the storage requirements for the project by redu cing video and or audio quality and or you must remove one or more projects 5 Here you can divide your project into chap ters The chapters can be directly accessed when playing the DVD usually via remote which is a great help especially for long projects Selecting the Edit Chapters button opens a window in which the individual
7. scenes of storyboard are displayed You see that the scenes are displayed for ex ample as Chapter 1 000 05 00 S1 A chapter must always be at the beginning of a scene Scroll through scenes listed in this win dow and decide for which scenes a new chapter should begin Select the line with the desired scene and click on the button Start Chapter Numbering is done automatically by the sys tem so in the example Chapter 1 would be renamed to Chapter 2 Clicking on the button Undo Chapter causes the selected chapter to be canceled A further menu function is the specification of the reference scene The first frame of this scene will later represent the project in the DVD menu You should pick it carefully Click on the button Ref picture and the se lected scene is taken as reference scene It is labeled with an asterisk in the line Note Please take note that you can only select one reference scene per title project i e you can define a maximum of six reference scenes for the DVD If you do not define any reference scenes for a project the first frame of the first scene in the storyboard is automatically inserted as the refe rence scene 6 After these settings are made you can now click Add Project In order to add projects make sure that the project has been recorded in picture quality set ting 4 or higher DV direct projects are added particularly fast A click on this button causes the co
8. us chapter information etc These setting don t have to be repeated If you haven t deleted all existing data then a message appears after you click on Read DVD If you confirm with Ok the project data will be deleted after you have inserted the DVD Once you have read in a DVD you can create as many copies using DVD R or RW as you wish Note Before you burn the DVD you should not make any further changes e g add projects change the background menu or else the DVD menu will no longer be displayed properly 15 You also have the possibility of deleting a DVD RW Click on the button Erase DVD The DVD drawer opens and you can insert a written DVD RW After closing the drawer the DVD is erased Note With DVD Arabesk you can write both DVD R and DVD RW media DVD R media can only be written once and cannot be erased Their advantage is that they work without problems in most DVD players DVD RWs on the other hand can be erased and rewritten but they are more expensive and do not work with all DVD players A DVD R can be written twice as fast as a DVD RW 16 With a click on the menu symbol in the lo wer right corner of the DVD menu you return to the Finish menu 096 07 03
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