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1. t and other proprietary rights in the a decompile or revers ngineer th cept as provided in 1 above sell loit the Software product or c this license Liability TEALPOINT MAKES NO WARRANTY ACCURACY COMPLETENESS OR FUNCTIONING OF NG WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ALL OF WHICH LITY IS DISCLAIMED AND TEALPOINT ASSUMES FOR LOSS OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND DIRECT EQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL ARISING OUT OF YOUR Pl T n E OF THE LICENS REOF CO GG DO Ha T D SOFTWARE EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY 5 Termination You may terminate this Agreement at any time by destroying your co py ies of t he Software Product The Agreement will also terminate if you do not comply with any of its terms and conditions at which time you are required to destroy your copy ies of the Software Product and cease all use 6 Applicable Law of California This Agreem ent is governed by the laws of the State 402. 4 12 April 18 2008 Added workaround for bug in TX to renable full screen mode icon in landscape mode after system mistakenly disables it Version 4 11 January 16 2008 Added new UI style with rounded buttons Added new optional fancy thin fonts Added option in List Preferences to enable disable new fancy fonts Fixed ability to play unprotected movie after entering password to play protected movie Version 4 09 June 8 2006 Fixed crash on launch on older OS3 5 devices Fixed crash playing movie on older Sony CLIE handhelds Version 4 08 November 4 42005 Fixed copying of pdb prc files from card to ram broken in 4 07 Version 4 07 October 24 2005 Fixed scrolling of button list in button mapping screen Version 4 06 October 19 2005 Added 5 way nav support to jog bar on keyframe encoded movies Improved screen drawing to reduce double draws and detect refreshes required due to third party popups Improved pause screen rendering to adapt to custom palette colors Fixed incompatibility with Z22 Fixed screen playback on Tungsten T5 when in left handed landscape mode Fixed color conversion of 16 bit AVI files in TealMovie Encoder Version 4 00 June 10 2005 Added support in TealMovie Encoder for converting MPEG 1 files including audio Added support in TealMovie Encoder and player for optionally password protected movies Added support in TealMovie Encoder for new batch processing mode Added edit menus and
3. Card 48 fps RAM 320x320 TrueColor 23 fps Card 38 fps RAM 216x384 TrueColor 28 fps Card 51 fps RAM Tungsten C 400 Mhz ARM 320x320 color display 160x160 Non TrueColor 73 fps Card 243 fps RAM 320x240 Non TrueColor 56 fps Card 138 fps RAM 320x320 Non TrueColor 53 fps Card 125 fps RAM 216x384 Non TrueColor 59 fps Card 154 fps RAM 160x160 TrueColor 51 fps Card 99 fps RAM 320x240 TrueColor 38 fps Card 54 fps RAM 320x320 TrueColor 41 fps Card 51 fps RAM 216x384 TrueColor 36 fps Card 53 fos RAM The above measured results reflect sample videos encoded at medium data rates with uncompressed non Hifi sound Use this as a guide for a maximum frame rate to use when encoding video data Note differences due to expansion cards processor speed and native device resolution Tests performed using TealMovie 3 00 in test mode To measure your own maximum playback rate enter fast on the Media List screen You should hear a beep after each letter Movies will now playback as fast as possible and display the frame rate achieved afterwards To leave test mode exit TealMovie and return 22 TealMovie User s Manual Video Options Scaling and Cropping TealMovie video files can be square or rectangular depending on resolution selected Since the source video aspect ratio shape may not match the compressed video the source imagery can be scaled up to fit the entire compressed frame cutt
4. Fidelity Sound allocates more bandwidth to the soundtrack to reproduce higher fidelity sound This option cannot be used in conjunction with Audio Compression below Compress Audio Data reduces file sizes leading to significantly smaller movie files The tradeoff is a reduction in sound quality however Pre filter Audio improves output volume on older model Palm s small speakers by using a high pass filter on the incoming wave data This feature is often useful on older OS3 handhelds but introduces some distortion and probably should not be used when the important sounds are low pitched such as a male narrator on a movie Apply Volume Boost boosts the volume of quieter sound files to be better heard on a Palm s small speakers This is particularly useful with movie sountracks that are too quiet to begin with but over boosting a sound can introduce distortion in the final sound during playback Accordingly use this control with some restraint 25 TealMovie User s Manual Encoding a Movie To encode a movie 1 Obtain an AVI MPEG 1 or Quicktime file to convert Consult Appendix A for resources and hints on capturing converting or downloading movie files 2 Fill in the input fields on the main window with the source target and authorship information 3 Set the format video and audio options properly 4 Click Encode to start creating a movie Encoding takes only a few minutes for even a moderately long mo
5. and a standard platform for future TealPoint programs Additions include a new file list and file manager support for devices with minimizable text entry areas keyboard shortcuts for buttons and a new customizable button and key mapping system TealMovie User s Manual Chapter 2 Media List Screen The TealMovie Media List Screen appears when you first run the application Listing all currently installed movie and audio files in the current E Elephant Dangerously category and storage location it consists of a standard D icons TealPoint File List on top and a row of action pushbuttons and e free memory display at the bottom If an external storage card such as SD is present an extra row of navigation icons will also appear at the top of the screen E Free 5728k 7942k REG cop nfoRenPelfiovBeam Action Buttons The Action Buttons define what happens when a file in the media list is selected For TealMovie selected actions include Play Play the selected video or audio file Loop Play the selected video or audio file in a continuous loop Information Brings up information about the selected movie and allows changing of its category backup bits and default play modes Rename Renames the selected file Delete Deletes the selected file Move Moves or copies the selected file to a new location Beam Beams the selected file to another handheld TealMovie User s Manual Navigating a TealPoint Standard
6. be used to hold more or longer clips In fact due to persistence of the LCD display increasing the frame rate higher than 10fps isn t noticeable on a monochrome Palm but will simply use more memory and CPU horsepower 20 TealMovie User s Manual In addition movies play back more slowly when streamed off external media cards due to the extra overhead of shuttling data from the external device In general we recommend encoding NTSC video at 10 or 15 fps and film at 8 or 12 fos Depending on how fast the imagery in the movies changes from frame to frame movies can sometimes encode better at a higher frame rate but other times require a slower frame rate even at the same final file size Often the only way to tell is to try different rates When set to Automatically select the frame rate the TealMovie Encoder selects a frame rate from about 10 15 fps that evenly divides into the source frame rate For finer control the Manual option can be used which specifies a frame rate to use but won t encode at a higher rate than the source video of course In any case never encode a movie at a higher frame rate than the intended playback configuration can support as doing so will result in sound synchronization problems and playback at the incorrect speed To select a proper encoding speed refer to the following guide which shows measure playback frame rates for sample videos encoded at medium settings See the table below for max
7. on a Macintosh On Windows PCs the new batch mode in the TealMovie Encoder has replaced TME Using a keyboard Unix style interface TME can be called to encode animations from AVI or MOV files using command line parameters or from interactive text based menus Download TME for Windows or Macintosh from the TealMovie page at Once downloaded we recommend you place TME in the same folder as your source movie file Start the program and follow the on screen prompts to continue You ll be asked to enter e the video source file e the audio source file which is typically the same as the video file e the final pdb file to create You can also navigate various menus to set most of the options available in the TealMovie Encoder including the Palm file name frame rate data rate and volume adjustments T e Mele ites tmeYine con eal ie Encoder w Gi EM cJ200z 200 oint Soft Al tight ry eeThis software is curren register this softwere with Teal video path ta video C audio path VE r no audi pathname meNTest Truecolor Tareet ame rate iS fps Min keyframe interval gt secs Encoding speed Standard best quality mMmPression i ment Audio s Press Enter to co Judio opt 1 j JJutput options menu Dlesister this softeare Sdhowe current settings G o run conversion CQ duit Menu choice to redraw 34 TealMovie User s Manual Appendix E Revision History Version
8. pdb eS EE Palm file name Joy Author optional Title optional Adjust Settings and Options Password to play optional FORMAT 160x160 15fps 1800bpf VIDEO All Frames 100 zoom Iw Loops on playback I Waits for tap after play AUDIO Standard Uncompressed 150 About Register On the right side of the window are to preview panes used to show both the source and compressed image of the current frame during compression At the bottom are buttons for setting Format Video or Audio options or to start the encoding process At the top of the main window are text input fields for the following 15 TealMovie User s Manual Main Input Fields Source Video File This field locates the source video file for the animation to convert Currently the TealMovie Encoder supports video from AVI format files MPEG 1 files and Quicktime files Quicktime 5 0 or later must be installed to read Quicktime and MPEG 1 format files Source Audio File This field locates an optional separate audio file to be used as a soundtrack for the video The source audio file can be in any supported video format in addition to uncompressed WAV format NOTE If the soundtrack is longer than the specified video file the sound file will be truncated Also except for MPEG 1 files which always have audio in MPEG over H format the audio must be in an uncompressed format to be properly decoded as Quicktime cannot extra
9. rotate the imagery to properly fit the image frame The rotate option is particularly useful for the 216x384 Sony Sideways Widescreen resolution Note that the image preview will show the frame shape rotated and not the image so nothing will appear to change when you select Rotate Sideways if the compressed resolution is a square 160x160 or 320x320 The rotation will take place during compression however 24 TealMovie User s Manual Audio Options Many PalmOS handheld computers have small speakers that do not reproduce sound well To make the best of the limited hardware these audio options are available Audio Options Encode High Fidelity Sound also increases file size Compress Audio Data also adds some noise P Pre filter Audio with High Pass Filter Iw Apply 150 volume boost High fidelity sound uses a higher sampling rate for better sound on PalmO S5 ARM handhelds but with a tradeoff of larger file sizes Audio compression reduces output file size but slightly degrades sound quality and playback performance Not compatible with HiFi option Audio prefilter preprocesses sound with high pass filter to increase sound volume This was effective on older Palm handhelds but made the sound more tinny Applying a volume boost value larger than 100 on the other hand increases volume by scaling up the samples and is more effective especially for modern devices Cancel Encode High
10. screen is tapped 17 TealMovie User s Manual Format Options Before encoding a movie you check the current encoding options by clicking on the Format button on the main window e Both color and grayscale movies will run on all devices but grayscale encoding will yield better image quality at comparable file sizes on a monochrome Standard palette mode optimizes colors for 4096 color devices while extended palette mode favors 65000 color devices Truecolor mode yields the best overall color results but requires higher bandwidth and 16 bit color capability Uncompressed movies can be used to deliver high quality low resolution movies but play slowly from SD cards are very large and are not recommended For compressed movies the data rate is variable Higher data and frame rates increase quality but make larger files Data rates above a medium setting may not play at full speed on low end Palms 10 fps is recommended for most purposes Autoload suggested sample settings Color Mode Truecolor DI Output Resolution Standard Resolution 160x160 D Requires compatible hardware Image Compression Iw Compress Video Imagery highly recommended Target 1800 bytes per frame high quality Estimated file size 133K 62 frames at 15 fps Duration 0 04 Frame Rate Automatic Current source is 60 fps 15 fps resamples up to source frame rate Rate 15 fps Manual Key Frames u
11. small speakers on some models with quiet sound Allow Slowing Sound to keep Sync Occasionally when playing a movie which has been encoded at too high of a frame rate or playing a movie on a slower device than which it was intended video playback cannot keep up with a movie s soundtrack resulting in the video falling progressively further behind the audio as the playback continues When this option is set TealMovie will slow down the sound playback rate or even temporarily stop it altogether in order to allow the video to catch up and maintain synchronization between the video and sound as the movie plays Handle OS events during play An option which should only be set to meet a specific need this item tells TealMovie to periodically check PalmOS to handle background events such as special button presses or hardware or network notifications This may affect the smoothness of playback but may be helpful on some devices to keep certain background tasks such as phone calls on some PalmOS powered phones active during movie playback Play MP3 if no soundtrack On CLIE handhelds with MP3 support only this option allows sound to be used in a separate MP3 file to be use in place of imbedded TealMovie audio To use this feature first turn on this option to activate the Sony sound library and then exit to the Sony AudioPlayer program to cue up the appropriate album and track Then return to TealMovie and start a silent movie and the MP3 playbac
12. stability configuration and diagnostic features and PalmOS 5 0 hack emulation TEALMEAL http www tealpoint com softmeal htm Save and recall your favorite restaurants with TealMeal the personal restaurant database With TealMeal s handy sorting and selection options never ask where to eat again TEALMEMBRAIN http www tealpoint com softmemb htm Stop crashes and monitor your memory use with TealMemBrain the application stack stabilizer TealMemBrain boosts your stack space on OS3 and OS4 handhelds eliminating causes of system instability TEALMOVER http www tealpoint com softmovr htm Beam delete rename and copy files with TealMover the file management utility for SD CF MS cards TealMover lets you see move modify hex edit and delete individual files TEALMOVIE http www tealpoint com softmovi htm Play and convert high quality video and synchronized sound with the TealMovie multimedia system TealMovie includes a handheld audio movie player and a Windows AVI MPEG Quicktime converter program TEALNOTES http www tealpoint com softnote htm Insert freehand graphics anywhere with TealNotes sticky notes for Palm OS TealNotes can be inserted into memos to do lists address book entries almost anywhere you currently have editable text TEALPAINT http www tealpoint com softpnt htm Paint sketch or draw with TealPaint the all in one mobile graphics paint program and photo editor Highlights inc
13. File List The Media List uses a TealPoint Standard File List interface It displays the files in the cu rrent category along with their size in kilobytes Use the up and down scroll buttons to page through the list of items and tap on a file to activate it You can also seek through a long list of files to entries starting with a particular letter by entering that letter either by graffiti keyboard if present or ee vao You can select or edit categories by tapping on the category A A aN sa k selection button in the upper right hand corner of the screen Edit Categories The count of items present in each category appears in Unfed pe ez parentheses next to each category name Categories are Category Category x Category 2 10 Category 10 supported for files present in both RAM and flash memory and Category 3 11 Category 11 can be named from the Categories drop down menu z Category 4 12 Category 12 z Category 5 13 Category 13 z Category 14 Category 14 z Category 7 15 Category 15 Internal Flash Read Only A dot indicator appears to the left of a file s name to indicate any files that are installed in ROM or PalmOS formatted flash memory such as a Visor Flash module or unused operating system flash memory Files in these internal locations are generally read only and cannot be modified External Flash External VFS Virtual File System flash card storage devices such as Memory Stick Compa
14. Generate reports and export data to a spreadsheet TealTracker is your personal time clock TEALTOOLS http www tealpoint com softtool htm Improve productivity with TealTools pop up Palm Desk Accessories TealTools includes a popup calculator clock stopwatch preferences panel editing panel memopad and a file oackup manager Appendix License Agreement We at TealPoint Software are committed to providing quality easy to use software However this product is provided without warranty and by using the software the user accepts the terms and conditions of the Customer License Agreement below This archive is freely redistributable provided it is made available only in its complete unmodified form with no additional files and for noncommercial purposes only Any other use must have prior written authorization from TealPoint Software Unauthorized commercial use includes but is not limited to A product for sale Accompanying a product for sale Accompanying a magazine book or other publication for sale Distribution with Media Copying or other incidental costs Available for download with access or download fees This program may be used on a trial basis for 30 days The program will continue to function afterwards However if after this time you wish to continue using it please register with us for the nominal fee listed in the program 39 YOU ARE ABOUT TO D CUSTOME OWNLOAD INS OWNED B
15. Hz M 16 20 33 other 33 O Boost Sound Loudness P Allow slowing sound to keep sync O Handle OS events during play O Play MP3 if no soundtrack CLIE Plays all in list Scale up lores movies to screen On high resolution devices this option determines whether low resolution movies are played doubled up to better fit the display which may play slower or in a small window in their actual size Play in Marathon Mode Normally when a movie is done playing TealMovie will either return back to the media list screen or restart the movie if the loop option is set In marathon mode however TealMovie will play all of the media files in the current media list in sequence looping the entire list if the loop playback option is used This allows a whole collection of movies to be used as a looping demo or a long movie to be broken down into individual alphabetically ordered scenes and played together as a sequence of sequential movies Sound Volume On supported handhelds there are four basic sound levels from Off to High and one special level Over which overdrives the Palm speaker for extra volume The latter is particularly useful for amplifying quieter movie files or playing on devices with poor speakers but may result in slight distortion of the sound Sound Sync Differences in hardware sound buffering and timing from device to device can affect the synchronization between the audio and video dur
16. KEMOVI EXE These programs run on the PC and do not need installation To run either one simply double click on its icon Visit our web site for tools for other platforms Manual Files This manual is provided in this archive as the PalmPilot document MOVIDOC PRC To read it install it using the Palm Install Tool and read it with a Palm doc reader program like TealDoc TealMovie User s Manual Chapter 1 Getting Started The TealMovie package consists of two basic components that work together to form a full featured multimedia system The first component TealMovie runs on the handheld It plays TealMovie multimedia files with optional sound The second component TealMovie Encoder runs under Windows and is used to create your own TealMovie files from standard AVI files Quicktime MOV files MPEG 1 files and WAV wave audio files A third optional component TealMovie Player for Windows can be used to preview TealMovie files on the desktop before uploading them to a handheld device Launching TealMovie te e Essential Run the TealMovie by tapping its icon in the Palm applications oe amp launcher Address Calc Date Book G e MemoPad TealMlovie ToDo List New in TealMovie TealMovie 3 5 adds an improved interface based on the TealPoint Independent Code Library TICL This new library of reusable device independent code modules provides robust device compatibility new features enhanced controls
17. REGISTER HTM TealPoint Registration form in HTML format REGISTER TXT TealPoint Registration form in text format TealMovie User s Manual Installing Windows On a Windows PC you can also use quick setup installer by double clicking on the TPSETUP EXE installer program and following the on screen prompts to install the Palm format file into RAM Other Systems Mac etc Use the Palm Installer sometimes called Quick Install to install the necessary files Instructions on how to use the Palm installer are in the Install Palm Handbook that comes with your handheld You can find the install tool either as a stand along program in your Palm install folder in the Start Menu with the other Palm programs or in the Palm Desktop program as an icon along the left hand side Handheld Player Program Use the Palm Install Tool in the Palm Desktop to install the program file TEALMOVI PRC Movies For TealMovie to be useful you ll also need to install some movie files Two sample movie files DEMO PDB and EXTRA PDB are included in this package Both files require a device with a sixteen bit capable display to appear in color and the second file requires a high resolution display Other movie files in a variety of resolution and color formats are available on our web site at www tealpoint com Desktop Programs You can also play movies on the desktop using PLAYMOVI EXE or create your own movie files using the TealMovie Movie Encoder MA
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19. by snail mail or online with a credit card and a secured server from the store where you downloaded the software For the first option send the following information on a sheet of paper separate from your payment Product Name E Mail Address HotSync User ID Pilot Name Required for Passkey generation It can be found on the main screen of the HotSync application on the Pilot as Welcome or in the corner on a Palmlill or higher Check drawn off a US Bank or Money Order for 29 95 US No international checks or money orders please 36 TealMovie User s Manual Appendix H Products Products Visit us online for our complete product line including SHORTCIRCUIT http www tealpoint com softshrt htm A new twist on gameplay fused from your all time action puzzle favorite games connect falling conduit pieces into explosive loops in this frantic race against the clock SUDOKUADDICT http www tealpoint com softsudo htm Sudoku Addict brings to your handheld the addictive worldwide puzzle craze that has displaced crossword puzzles in many newspapers in Great Britain and Japan TEALAGENT http www tealpoint com softagnt htm Get news movie times stock quotes driving directions web pages and more without need for a wireless connection TealAgent fetches and formats web based content for offline viewing TEALALIAS http www tealpoint com softalia htm Free up memory and make the most of external expansi
20. bytes per frame for a 160x160 resolution or 3000 bytes per frame for high resolution but you can adjust this amount upwards to achieve better image quality or adjust it down to shrink a movie file down to a more manageable size Note that while the natural tendency might be to data rate up to its maximum this might make the movie files too unwieldy and can affect the playback rate especially when playing from external media cards Movies should be compressed with the total viewing experience in mind including file size and frame rate For good playback on all devices we recommend a data rate at or below 2000 bytes per frame for 160x160 low resolution for most purposes and 3000 4000 bytes per frame for higher resolutions Key Frame Interval Key frames can optionally be inserted into movies during encoding This option adds uncompressed frames into the video which act as seek points which can be jumped to at any time with the drag bar when playback is paused The TealMovie encoder can insert up to 60 key frames into a movie This option allows you to specify a minimum spacing between keys so playback speed and file size is not adversely affected by too many keys Frame Rate AVI Quicktime files grabbed from video typically run 29 9 NTSC or 25 PAL frames per second fps Film is often 24 fps All these speeds are usually faster than necessary for Palm playback cannot be sustained on all devices and use memory that might instead
21. ch can slow down playback for large video files when played from an external storage card can t copy files to folders on my Sony CLIE Older versions of the Sony VFS library prohibit copying files outside the MSSONY folder under PalmOS 3 5 You must copy files inside this folder but you can make as many sub folders as you need inside I can t copy files between RAM and my MemPlug Smartmedia adapter The MemPlug system software does not support the VFS library interface need to translate the files between RAM and the Card Use the PiMover utility instead The encoder complains that a codec can t be found The TealMovie encoder uses the Video for Windows VFW subsystem to decompress the AVI files not the DirectShow system used by the Windows Media Player as the latter is designed for playback only and is suitable for importing of raw video and audio data Make sure you have the appropriate 16 bit codecs installed for the compression used in the AVI file If this does not work try using VirtualDub www virtualdub org to load the AVI file and save it back out as an uncompressed AVI 30 TealMovie User s Manual Appendix B Compatibility Can TealMovie play AVI Quicktime files directly No Processing power problems aside there are two basic problems First the PalmOS file system cannot store linear files like unconverted AVI and Quicktime files in memory so a conversion process is inevitable to support movies in RAM S
22. ct Flash or SD MMC cards are also supported SE When a VFS compatible card is detected an extra row of TealMovie e Unfiled 13 8 F D KE icons will appear along the top of the File List for navigating to folders on the external device On the left are the device Ly ery Bot Lite Silent icons used to select the current card or location to list files e Seier The first icon is the memory icon and is followed by a Elephant Dangerously numbered card icon for every expansion card found GiD bike Color icons Most devices will support at most one external storage card and will thus only have one card icon The Handera 330 e Free 6851k 15872k however can support two simultaneous data cards so two EMP oop nfoRenPelfovBeam ei card icons can be present if both slots are occupied or if a device has more than one driver installed for a single card slot To show the files on an external card simply tap on the corresponding card icon External file devices support a hierarchical folder system which are fully supported to help organize files If sub folders are present in the current folder simply tap on them to move down into the sub folder to see its contents To the right of the device icons is a display showing the current directory on the card followed by two folder navigation buttons Use the first parent icon to move up one level to the folder that contains the current folder Tap on the rightmost root or ho
23. ct compressed audio file formats Output File Specifies the output TealMovie file to create It should be given a PDB file extension e g MyMovie PDB which stands for Palm Database the standard for all program data files for the Palm NOTE while all TealMovie files have a PDB extension the reverse is not true so not all PDB files are necessarily TealMovie files as any Palm format data file will have a PDB extension Palm Name Specifies the name of the file as it will appear on the Palm and in the TealMovie Media List This does not necessarily have to match the Output File which is the name as it appears on the desktop This field is mandatory and must be 1 to 31 characters long Author Specifies the author s name as shown in the info screen for the movie This field is optional Full Title Specifies the movie s full title as shown in the info screen for the movie This field is optional 16 TealMovie User s Manual Main Options Media Type Choose a video file a video file with audio or an audio only file You can also specify a video file with audio from a separate file Password to Play Any movies made with a password specified here will not play until the password is entered Loops on Playback If set the resulting movie or sound file will loop until the handheld screen is tapped Waits for Tap after Play If set the resulting movie or sound file will pause at the end until the
24. d at end D Loo ping Category The file grouping that the file appears listed with on the file list Private If set the file will be hidden or masked in the file list according to the PalmOS global Security setting HINT In TealMovie 4 you can also password protect movies The password is specified as an optional field in the TealMovie Encoder When the movie is played the player will request a password before continuing Backup at HotSync When set changes made to the file like these settings here will prompt the file to be backed up to the user s backup folder at the next HotSync if the file is present in RAM Hold at End If set the TealMovie will hold on the last video frame waiting for a screen tap after playing the movie Looping If set the movie will be played in continuous loop mode even then the current list action is play 10 TealMovie User s Manual Chapter 7 List Settings feed 9121 The List Settings Screen available from the Options drop gd Audio Test 320k Gown menu adjusts settings related to the media list Open it Ik160x160std1600uncmopr 1754k und Test 160k by tapping on the silkscreened menu button to the left of the graffiti input area and selecting Options and List Settings List Settings PR Sort Media List O Remember Last Category O Remember Last Device O Delete TrueColor temp files on exit Sort Media List This option forces the Media List screen
25. econdly unlike MPEG 1 AVI and Quicktime files are not complete file formats They only specify a shell structure and not the actual compression used to make up the movie External proprietary plug in modules perform the actual compression and decompression of movies As most of the compression formats used by these plug ins are proprietary the only way a native AVI Quicktime solution could play standard files would be if the manufacturers of the codecs like Microsoft were to write versions of their plug ins compiled specifically for PalmOS which is not likely to happen anytime soon Consequently applications that claim to natively play AVI or Quicktime files under PalmOS dont do what one might expect As they can only support a specific type of compression they require a conversion step anyway Is there a MPEG Encoder available Yes The TealMovie 4 0 now support MPEG 1 format files Note that MPEG 2 and MPEG 4 files are different and cannot be supported for licensing royalty reasons for using their technology Is there a Mac Encoder available Yes A basic command line converter TME that reads Quicktime files can be downloaded off our web site on the TealMovie page AVI Compression Codecs The AVI standard supports an extensible plug in structure of new compression methods When converting AVI files created by others make sure you have the appropriate plug in compression decompression modules codecs The base set of cod
26. ecs comes with Microsoft Video for Windows Other codecs are available directly from their manufacturers If you encounter and error reading or opening a specific AVI file you may be able to find the appropriate plug in Some may be found on Microsoft s web site http www microsoft com When saving your own AVI files it s safest in such cases to use an uncompressed AVI file if your software supports this sofa TealMovie User s Manual Appendix C Resources Video Processing Conversion Software Many AVI files can benefit from a little preprocessing to achieve better results such as color correction saturation adjustment or levels adjustment Most videos work best with the truly black blacks completely white whites and saturation turned down slightly To perform such operations commercial software such as Adobe Premiere is available which also imports and exports other video formats including MPEG and Quicktime For a free solution try VirtualDub a freely downloadable 30 suggested donation powerful conversion and effects program at www virtualdub org It also converts files from MPEG format to AVI and performs video capture and simple editing functions though the interface could be more intuitive at points and support is limited To convert audio files try the RiverPast Audio Converter www riverpast com Audio converter can extract the audio portion of an MPEG file into WAV format for use in TealMovie Audi
27. et MadaList button to bring up the custom code dialog Press the button or Seyi uttan Iiep te control to be mapped to capture the character its corresponding Pad Select i PalmOS key codes and tap OK to create the key Custom Button Code Activate the button or key you want to add as a mappable button 14 TealMovie User s Manual Chapter 10 MakeMovie The TealMovie Encoder Use the TealMovie Encoder to create your own TealMovie files from standard AVI files Quicktime files MPEG 1 files and WAV files While most software and devices that generate video output support these formats some gotchas can apply see Appendix on video formats NOTE In order to read Quicktime or MPEG movies Quicktime version 5 0 or higher must be installed along with the optional authoring toolsnecessary to import sound Visit www apple com to download the latest version of Quicktime During installation be sure to choose a custom installation and install the authoring tools as well See references later in this document for converting files from other formats Run The TealMovie Encoder by double clicking on the MAKEMOVI icon The main open window will appear Main Window CAL EA JE Select Source Files Create a VIDEO with AUDIO from one source file D Help Video source M Personal video Pain chunk2 4 mpg Se Choose Output File and Information Output file PDB _ M Personal video Paim chunk2 4
28. file system To install WAV files to an SD card use the Palm Install Tool selecting the SD card as the file s destination The WAV files can be any sample rate or bit depth but will always play at 10Khz and 8 bit Thus using a higher data rate 16 bit depth or stereo will only waste card space Furthermore external data cards are slow to read from so large files or files at sample rates may not play at full speed or completely smoothly For best results WAV files should be re sampled to lower sample rates NOTE At this time compressed formats such as MP3 and compressed WAV files are not supported Older Palm models are not fast enough to decompress MP3 file in real time in software without special hardware assistance This is possible on higher end devices but would be an ambitious undertaking that is not currently planned TealMovie User s Manual Chapter 6 Media Information Screen File Information The Media Information Screen shows the creation information and Title Author Date Mem Format Audio Rate Length men details for a selected movie or audio file Open it by selecting the May 5 Se Info option on the media list and tapping on a file to view If the file i GE is a PalmOS format file on a writable device you can set the x alette b H D ADPCM Compressed following parameters as applicable 10 fps z0 min 9 secs Category w Unfiled O Private O Backup at HotSync if in RAM O Hol
29. graffiti indicators to screens with text fields Updated TealMovie Encoder with new more intuitive interface Updated 5 way navigation order mappings on various screens to match new UI guidelines Fixed automatic activation of text fields on popup dialogs e g reg key entry screen Fixed active control highlighting on Tungsten T5 in landscape mode Fixed custom drawing routines for Tungsten T5 left handed landscape mode Version 3 94 November 17 2004 Fixed pick list selection from resizing display on Tungsten T5 Version 3 93 November 16 2004 Fixed pick list selection on Tungsten T5 Added compatibility with full screen mode on Tungsten T5 Added brighter button highlights Added support for 5 way navigation in menus of Treo600 35 TealMovie User s Manual Appendix F Contact Info TealMovie by TealPoint Software 1999 2008 All Rights Reserved Portions of code from VirtualDub code library by Avery Lee 1999 2001 All Rights Reserved Used under license Audio compression code 1992 by Stichting Mathematisch Centrum Amsterdam The Netherlands TealPoint Software TealMovie 454 Las Gallinas Ave 318 San Rafael CA 94903 3618 We look forward to hearing from you Please visit us at www tealpoint com or email us at contact tealpoint com Appendix G Registering Registering allows you to use the program past the 30 day expiration period and turns off registration reminders Currently you may register
30. ho digital ink No more writing blind TEALGLANCE http www tealpoint com softgInc htm See the time date upcoming appointments and todo items at power up with TealGlance The TealGlance pop up utility and key guard comes up when you power up letting you see your day at a glance 37 TealMovie User s Manual TEALINFO http www tealpoint com softinfo htm Lookup postal rates area codes tip tables schedules airports and info from hundreds of free Teallnfo databases Create you own mini apps a handheld reference library TEALLAUNCH http www tealpoint com softInch htm Launch applications instantly with the TealLaunch pop up launcher and button stroke mapping utility Map applications to button presses and pen swipes so you can get to your apps quickly TEALLOCK http www tealpoint com softlock htm Secure and protect your handheld with TealLock the automatic locking program with encryption and card support Teallock has unmatched features and customization options for personal or corporate use TEALMAGNIFY http www tealpoint com softlens htm Save your eyesight with TealMagnify an ever ready magnifying glass that works with most any program TealMagnify lets you enlarge the screen for those times the text is too small to read TEALMASTER http www tealpoint com softmstr htm Replace Hackmaster with TealMaster the supercharged 100 compatible system extensions manager TealMaster adds enhanced
31. icator is draggable meaning that you can tap on the rectangle and hold it down to move the drag bar and the current video frame to another location in the movie If the movie was compressed without key frames or with an older version of TealMovie however the triangle will not be surrounded by a box and will not be draggable Four playback control buttons at the bottom of the screen and resemble VCR control buttons From left to right these respectively restart the movie stop playback single step to the next frame or continue play from the current position TealMovie User s Manual Chapter 5 Audio Playback Controls Wave Player When playing a TealMovie audio or WAV audio file a control screen appears showing the position and waveform of the file as it plays as well as volume and play controls Buttons for restart stop pause and continue appear at the bottom of the control screen Il ull The position indicator can be dragged to different locations when the audio is paused 0 mins 11 secs Vol Off Low Med ISO Over Note ADPCM compressed TealMovie files created prior to version lgl wull O Loud 3 50 may need to be recompressed to support dragging with proper volume control Playing WAV Files TealMovie supports direct playback of standard uncompressed WAV files stored on external storage cards These files cannot be installed or stored in main memory however as they are incompatible with the PalmOS
32. ie User Poin TealMovie User s Manual Jea i oint Program Version 4 12 Last Updated April 18 2008 Table of Contents ue TT EN 1 DOS CHOUOM EE 1 DER eege eh dagen gehaen EA base ee eege AA E E 1 et EE 2 Chapter 1 Getting SUAS ET 3 Launching T CAIMOVIC sebere resena npa e EEA AEREE E EAEE RA 3 Chapter 2 Media List Screen siacstiscnciaiuccsonecetassabsvatactanesssiuhewusattusisaniiveteadasaiininadenis 4 Aeron EE 4 Navigating a TealPoint Standard File et 5 Chapter 3 Managing PWS eivssisceisiessassateisscacensctsscssianecsannessistenarssdunneaaiaunbacssaarsessaasannes 7 The TealPoint File Manager 7 Chapter 4 Movie Playback Controls ssssasnsusnsunnnnnununununununununununununununununnnunnnennnennnen 8 Chapter 5 Audio Playback Controls ssscsscsseeseesseestesneessnenseesseeneeneeeeneeseeas 9 NK WON UE 9 Chapter 6 Media Information SCreen scscesseesseeseeseesseeseeeeensteneensseeneennees 10 Chapter 7 List Settings EN 11 Chapter 8 UE rte CN 12 Chapter 9 Button SettingS E 14 Chapter 10 MakeMovie The TealMovie Encoder s ssssssseussnsnennununeunnnnnennnnnn 15 Man WINDOW EE 15 Mainlnput GE 16 IV GAIN Ee le TEE 17 Format ODUONS teeta x dieu ege Eddie eg E A EATE gedd E 18 Vdeo EE 23 Audio OPONE sis wins suas sene bebe das vba dua asin E penis fab v bo EEE EE ena an yee 25 ENCOING a Movie 26 Batch Mode NOW I Eege ee 26 Chapter 11 Encoding Tips and TIriC
33. imum sample frame rates measured on test devices Use these values for guides only for a maximum achievable rate your device can reach 21 TealMovie User s Manual Average Playback Speed by Configuration Palm m125 33 Mhz Dragonball 160x160 monochrome display 160x160 Non TrueColor 160x160 TrueColor 15 fps Card 13 fps Card 25 fps RAM 21 fps RAM Palm m515 33 Mhz Dragonball 160x160 color display 160x160 Non TrueColor 160x160 TrueColor HandEra 330 33 Mhz Dragonball 240x320 monochrome display 160x160 Non TrueColor 160x160 TrueColor 20 fps Card 9 fps Card 9 fps Card 8 fps Card 32 fps RAM 11 fps RAM 17 fps RAM 18 fps RAM Sony CLIE NR70 66 Mhz Dragonball 320x480 color display 160x160 Non TrueColor 8 fps Card 9 fps RAM 320x240 Non TrueColor 17 fps Card 27 fps RAM 320x320 Non TrueColor 14 fps Card 21 fps RAM 216x384 Non TrueColor 17 fps Card 27 fps RAM 160x160 TrueColor 6 fps Card 7 fps RAM 320x240 TrueColor 6 fps Card 7 fps RAM 320x320 TrueColor 5 fps Card 6 fps RAM 216x384 TrueColor 6 fps Card 7 fps RAM Tungsten T 144 Mhz ARM 320x320 color display 160x160 Non TrueColor 37 fps Card 69 fps RAM 320x240 Non TrueColor 38 fps Card 90 fps RAM 320x320 Non TrueColor 35 fps Card 81 fps RAM 216x384 Non TrueColor 39 fps Card 97 fps RAM 160x160 TrueColor 26 fps Card 39 fps RAM 320x240 TrueColor 28 fps
34. ing off edges of the imagery or letterboxed to fit entirely within the compressed frame filling in the extra space with black Video Options Effects Scaling and Cropping Fully Zoomed Up Fill frame and crop Movie Preview Drag the jog shuttle bar below to preview any frame of the current movie Use the sizing slider to the right to adjust the image size When zoomed up the full screen is filled and extra imagery at sides is cropped SE Sizing When letterboxed the movie is reduced to fit entirely within the screen When the source aspect ratio matches the output screen shape the image can fill the screen with no cropping so this slider has no effect In EN A Frame 198 0 00 03 300 Letterboxed Down Fit movie in frame Rotate Flip I Rotate Sideways Which Frames to Encode Flip image vertically fo Set to First ol to 253 Set to Last ol Use All Frames l rice Brightness St p Contrast ooo L Moret Sines Cancel A slider exists to let you adjust between letterboxing and filling the frame if the shape of the source video does not match the display At one end of the slider the Letterbox option sizes down the movie so that it fits entirely on screen with two black bars added to cover up the extra extra bits At the other end of the slider the Full Screen option zooms up the movie so that it just fills the entire screen and the two ends along the lo
35. ing playback Use this option to tune playback to an optimal level for your specific model device Setting the sound sync adjustment to a negative number corrects for situations when the soundtrack is playing in advance of the video while a positive number advances the sound to correct sound lagging behind the video Note that this option does not repair synchronization problems caused by movies encoded at too high of a frame rate for the current playback device Use the Allow slowing sound option below to handle these CPU MHz This item identifies the cpu speed of your handheld which may be necessary for correct sound reproduction on Dragonball based Pre PalmOS 5 devices which support sound On newer ARM based handhelds this setting has no effect For most devices Auto is the recommended setting If sounds play back erratically or at the wrong rate you may wish to 12 TealMovie User s Manual explicitly set the CPU speed here for better results This is particularly true if you are running Afterburner or another turbo utility that alters the default CPU speed Note however that when over clocking to very high speeds your actual clock speed is typically less than the speed requested in the turbo program due to missed CPU cycles and that Auto may actually give better sound reproduction Boost Sound Loudness The Boost control amplifies the sound to give it more boominess louder sound playback from the Palm s
36. ion at 85 quality can reduce file sizes drastically with no visible degradation in final movie quality File Formats The TealMovie Encoder imports movie files using Video for Windows and or Quicktime if present Using these two systems it can directly support importing of AVI files MPEG 1 files and Quicktime movie formats as sources for both video and uncompressed audio Even within these formats however there are variations wild incompatibilities files that do not follow the standards For instance reading AVI and Quicktime files also require separate plug in Codec modules be installed on your computer In order to read a movie file you must have the correct codec for the compression used by the movie NOTE 1 Video for Windows requires the correct 16 bit be installed This is not the same codec as Windows Media Player which uses 32 bit codecs NOTE 2 Despite being similar in name MPEG 2 used in DVDs and MPEG 4 are not compatible with MPEG 1 or the TealMovie Encoder Due to licensing restrictions and expensive fees required to use these technologies including fees to distribute movies in these formats MPEG 2 and MPEG 4 are not supported There is of course a seemingly endless array of other video formats currently in use Many of these are proprietary undocumented or protected and cannot be supported for this reason For others direct support is technically unfeasible to add to the TealMovie Encoder but can be con
37. ips and Tricks General Video Tips e The TealMovie Encoder works best with clean high quality source material Video files with noise blurriness or compression artifacts can create poor TealMovie files even if the effects in the source movie seem acceptable e For best results use clean source material larger than the final size on the Palm The source material should have dark darks and light lights to best make use of the Palm s color space Most Palm handhelds can only reproduce a small number of colors in the dark end of the spectrum so adjusting the brightness or contrast levels in the TealMovie Encoder as can a slight sharpening of the image using an external video manipulation program to bring out important details e Use a program like VirtualDub free at www virtualdub org to perform more complex manipulations General Audio Tips e Audio is particularly tricky on a Palm whose small speakers do not reproduce audio well except on a TRGpro Handera Sony CLIE or newer OS5 handhelds When deciding on a soundtrack for a Movie note that music reproduces better than speech and female voices better than male ones due to the small Palm speakers It s usually useful to boost the sound on a file when recording to make it intelligible on the Palm Third party sound manipulation programs like SoundForge XP by Sonic Foundry Inc can be particularly useful in manipulation WAV files e With any source make sure that the imported a
38. k should start at the same time You may also specify a track number to be associated with a particular movie in the Info screen for each movie though the correct album will still need to be specified first in AudioPlayer 13 TealMovie User s Manual Chapter 9 Button Settings Button Key Mapping TealMovie supports customization of button controls using the Location w Media List TealPoint standard button manager available from the Options Key Button Maps to drop down menu Open it by tapping on the silkscreened menu button to the left of the graffiti input area and selecting Options and Buttons Pad Select Jog Push IHC a TealPoint Button Manager The TealPoint standard button manager provides a powerful and flexible interface for customizing the hardware button and key mappings for TealPoint applications Mappings can be individualized for different locations screens in the application and mappings can be created to support new buttons jog dials and directional pads on future devices To modify the mappings for a particular screen first select the screen from the pick list of locations at the top of the screen A list of mappable buttons controls appears on the left When an item is selected its corresponding action is shown on the right To change a mapping simply select the new action when the key or button is highlighted Button Key Mapping To create a mapping for a new key or button tap on the New Le
39. kS cccsessecscesseeseeesseeseeseenseeneeenseeneennees 27 General Videod MIDS erresires edd ege edel 27 General Audio Tips 27 Very LarQe Movies cisci cisssie tinesed crisidessteieed iain ined SEENEN EENS EEN 28 Fila ee 28 Chapter 12 TealMovie PC Player cscsscsseeseesseesneeseessnenseesseensnensennseeneeanees 29 Appendix A Common QueStiOns ssccceeseeeseesneesseesneeseeesseeseeneeenseeneennseeneeenees 30 Appendix B Compatibility svssicessicciccatatesancsseessisassaveessannsasinaniereinomsdinastaceeraeesasiaene 31 Can TealMovie play AVI Quicktime files directly ENNEN 31 Is there a MPEG Encoder available AEN 31 Is there a Mac ees TE EI LTE 31 AV eelere D 31 Appendix C TT 32 Video Processing Conversion Software 32 Capturing movie Tootage SNE SEENEN niente 32 Downloading movie footage 0 ceeeee eee tnee eee e ttn ee nnn eT EE EEE EE ener Ender tena nett aan eeeeaaes 32 Downloading MUSIC 1 edeee NEESS EAEE EECH EEN EELER 33 AVI dnformation and EE 33 Appendix D TME The Command Line Encodet c sscscseeeeseeseeneeseeees 34 Appendix E Revision History s cssccccceseessseensesseesseeseeeseenseensensseneeseseeneeseeeas 35 Appendix F Contact Info wisissnnccsiecseiecstenecssvenvecssssestunctiasisecncettavauevunsvanccuranssensedenevene 36 Appendix G Registering seiistewcisctvcecciiivanscastitsardncisiriansiatindiunecidiiinintenianudtinnnanie 36 Appendix H Eta
40. lude 25 tools 32 patterns 49 brushes zoom layers undo amp JPEG GIF BMP support TEALPHONE http www tealpoint com softphon htm Supercharge the address book with TealPhone the contacts replacement with superior interface and options Highlights include enhanced display search phone dialing groups and linking 38 TealMovie User s Manual TEALPRINT http www tealpoint com softprnt htm Print text and graphics to IR serial and Windows printers with TealPrint With numerous connection options TealPrint is the all in one text and graphic printing solution TEALSAFE http www tealpoint com softsafe htm Store your passwords credit cards PIN numbers and bank accounts in the TealSafe data wallet With maximum security and encryption TealSafe is a must for features and security TEALSCAN http www tealpoint com softscan htm Keep your PDA or Smartphone healthy clean and fast with TealScan the system maintenance utility Use TealScan to fix crashes find updates and keep your device running smoothly and efficiently TEALSCRIPT hittp www tealpoint com softscrp htm TealScript adds Graffiti text input to Treo and Centro smart phones For devices that already support Graffiti TealScript adds a trainable system that supports both multi stroke and Graffiti 1 TEALTRACKER http www tealpoint com softtrac htm Track time and expenses with a fast easy to use interface that requires minimal effort
41. me icon to move all the way back up to the topmost folder TealMovie User s Manual The Standard File List also supports navigation via device specific controls including Palm 5 way Control Use the select button to highlight the top file in the list Once an entry is highlighted the scroll buttons can move the current selection up and down A second press of the select button will activate open the selected file or folder The left button acts as a parent button moving up one folder in a hierarchical directory structure while the right button can be used to cycle through the installed devices When no parent directory is available a left move will pop open the category pick list Clie Jog Dial An inward press of the jog dial selects a file entry while scrolling the jog dial up and down changes the highlighted entry The jog back button if present moves up one folder in the directory structure if the current location is within a sub folder In the root of a device or on a device like RAM which does not support folders the back button acts normally returning to the application launcher screen Accessory Keyboard On a PC simulator or add on accessory keyboard the up down left and right arrow keys function as Palm 5 way control buttons while the enter key acts as select The backspace key navigates to the parent folder TealMovie User s Manual Chapter 3 Managing Files Zen er GE TealMovie suppor
42. nger dimension are cropped off The cropping option however gives you full flexibility by letting you choose a size anywhere in between the two end options To preview your changes a horizontal frame preview slider lets you see how any frame in the final movie will appear 23 TealMovie User s Manual First Last Frame The first frame and last frame controls let you create a TealMovie from only part of a movie instead of its full duration This is particularly useful when say encoding a large file into several smaller TealMovies To select a region to use seek to the first frame you want to use in the preview window and click on the Set to First button Then seek to the last frame in the sequence and tap on the Set to End button You can also tap on Use All Frames to select all the frames in the imported movie which is the default setting Once start and end frames are selected you can click on the arrow shaped buttons next to the start and end frame numbers to seek the preview window to the indicated frame numbers which is handy if you need to make minor adjustments to either setting Contrast and Brightness Contrast and brightness controls allow you to make simple adjustments to the image which may be necessary to compensate for differences in the handheld display from a desktop monitor Rotate and Flip Controls In addition rotate horizontal flip and vertical flip options allow you to
43. o Converter features a free trial that will convert audio data up to 2 minutes in length The book How to Digitize Video by Nels Johnson ISBN 0 471 01440 0 includes a CD ROM with the program TRMOOV EXE which can convert between AVI and Quicktime files though the audio does not translate properly from some files The software author website at http www sfcanyon com wasn t reachable at the time of this writing but copies of the program can be found on various download sites on the web including the Download Recordings web page at http Awww downrecs com AVI files can also be converted from Quicktime files by SmartVid which can be found on the Intel Corp Web page at http www intel com Capturing movie footage Most video capture cards and web cameras come with software that is capable of exporting imagery in AVI format When choosing a web camera be sure to find one capable of capturing images at a sustained frame rate of at least 15fps and with software that supports AVI files and uncompressed audio Downloading movie footage There are many sources for AVI and Quicktime files on the Web that you can view and convert For most of these however you cannot redistribute the files without permission There are a few sources of free downloadable files that you can legally use and distribute The term Public Domain is used loosely and usually incorrectly on the Web so don t necessary trust what a web or ftp site says Clip
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45. party add ons such as the Kopsis Engineering VFS library can add this capability Sony CLIE Sony CLIE handhelds running older versions of the PalmOS system software prior to PalmOS 4 0 do not support copying files to any folders outside the root standard MSSONY folder Subfolders can be freely made and used within the MSSONY folder however An additional Folder button is present for creating and deleting folders If the current target is on a device which supports folders tap on it to either delete the current folder location if it is empty or create a new subfolder in the current target location TealMovie User s Manual Chapter 4 Movie Playback Controls When you play a selected movie file you can pause the movie at time by pressing one of the Palm s hardware buttons or briefly tapping holding the pen on the screen The Pause Window will appear showing you the current position in the file along with elapsed time Volume controls appear on all handheld where sound is supported and contrast AR controls will appear on all monochrome handhelds or on color handhelds when a non TrueColor movie is being played Frame 500 Garma 1 2 E s This triangular position indicator shows the current location of Vol Off Low Med IRI the current frame If the movie was compressed with key 4 Or O08 frames there will be a box around the triangle and tick marks MS ane along the timeline indicating that the ind
46. s from commercial movies and TV shows are almost never usable Governmental agencies are funded by your taxes though so they may be a source of movie files A number of companies also sell tapes of video footage that has been placed or fallen into the public domain 32 TealMovie User s Manual Downloading music When looking for music for a soundtrack to a movie you d like to distribute the situation is similar to that of video footage Most songs are copyrighted and you can t use them for free even if you record yourself performing them Some songs have fallen into the public domain but almost none are contemporary in nature Even if you do find a song that you can use you can t use someone else s recording of a particular performance without getting permission and often paying fees to the recording owner and performers Virtually no recordings are free Instead there are many composers who sell recordings of their original music for use with a one time free of about 10 30 To find them search for royalty free music on the web AVI Information and Links The AVI Overview by John F McGowan Ph D is an excellent document describing AVI the file format tools and links Available at http Awww jmcgowan com 33 TealMovie User s Manual Appendix D TME The Command Line Encoder TME is a command line TealMovie encoder which is an older tool used to create TealMovie files in batch mode scripts or
47. sed for seeking Select to Load Sample Settings e High up to every 10 seconds e x Goen C Output Resolution Movies can be compressed for multiple resolutions including 160x160 320x240 320x320 and 216x384 Before compressing a movie make sure the handheld used to play it back can display the selected resolution All devices can play back 160x160 modes though some slowdown may occur on devices with native high resolution 320x320 displays High resolution devices support the 320 wide modes while the 216x384 resolution is intended for the Sony CLIE NR70 NX70 whose virtual silkscreen allows for a vertical resolution larger than 320 pixels In all cases note that higher resolutions will result in larger file sizes so choose carefully 18 TealMovie User s Manual Color Mode Grayscale Both color and grayscale TealMovie files can play on both color and grayscale handhelds but some restrictions apply Grayscale movies will play similarly on all handhelds and will yield the best image quality for monochrome source videos Palette Modes Standard and Extended palette color modes provide the most compatible and efficient color support Movies encoded with these options feature 8 bit color which will play on grayscale on all monochrome units and in color on all color units While color banding will occur on movies with a wide range of colors paletted movies can support higher frame rates and smaller file
48. sizes than TrueColor movies below Two paletted color modes are supported Standard and Extended In Standard color mode colors are optimized to display from the 12 bit color space of the Palm Illc While the Illc can only display 256 different colors 8 bit at a time the selected colors are chosen from a larger range of 4096 colors 12 bit the display hardware is capable of generating This limit can lead to exaggerated color quantizing or banding in movies The Visor Prism m505 and newer handhelds are capable of displaying colors from a 15 bit color space leading to slightly smoother color gradients and less banding In Standard mode colors are displayed to best use a 12 bit color space while in Extended mode they are allowed to take advantage of a 15 bit color space In either setting the effects are not drastically different but have the effect of improving the appearance of movies on one class of devices compared to the other TrueColor TrueColor Plus The last two color modes provide the best looking color imagery with the least color banding and most faithful colors TrueColor Plus added in TealMovie 3 90 provides the best overall color reproduction optimized for darker images and better flesh tones The original TrueColor mode is provided mainly for backwards compatibility but may give slightly better results for highly saturated movies With either mode files tend to be 25 50 larger when compared to similar palet
49. t eessen dEr 37 Appendix I License Agreeme ntt ssssssscsesseesssesnerseeeseensensensseeneeseeeeneeseeeess 39 TealMovie User s Manual Introduction Description Thank you for trying TealMovie TealMovie enables any model Palm handheld running PalmOS 3 0 or higher to become a player of high quality video and animation It supports smooth playback up to and over 60 frames per second high quality full screen color or grayscale imagery and synchronized sound playback capability In addition to providing entertainment TealMovie greatly extends the usefulness of Palm handhelds for sales marketing training service and maintenance operations for a wide range of industries TealMovie files can be easily created from Windows AVI or Quicktime files using the TealMovie Encoder which runs under Windows Sound playback is available on all Palm handheld models above a Palm Ill Contents This archive contains the following files Program files TEALMOVI PRC TealMovie handheld movie player MAKEMOVI EXE TealMovie desktop movie encoder PLAYMOVI EXE TealMovie desktop movie player Windows TPSETUP EXE Easy installer program Windows Media files DEMO PDB Sample movie file lo res TrueColor EXTRA PDB Sample movie file hi res TrueColorPlus Hi Fi Document files MOVIDOC PDF This document in Adobe Acrobat PDF format MOVIDOC HTM This document in HTML format sans images MOVIDOC PRC This document in TealDoc palm format
50. ted color movies Also the maximum frame rate will be slower on older devices and playback requires Palm OS 3 5 or higher Lastly in order to appear in color the playback device must support 16 bit color Playback on 8 bit displays such as found on the Palmillc will be in grayscale only 19 TealMovie User s Manual Compress Video Imagery Select this option to enable image compression This is highly recommended Rarely when encoding a short video a specific application it might be desirable to turn off video compression when creating that file This will result in very high quality imagery that does not exhibit artifacts from video compression On the downside turning off compression will result in very large files roughly 15 times larger than a comparable compressed movie These large files can very quickly fill up main memory on a device and may not play at full speed from an external expansion card due to the high overhead of moving so much data through an external data port Though not generally recommended it may be useful in specific applications Uncompressed files are always stored in low resolution so only turn off this option if converting in 160x160 resolution mode Compressed Data Rate Unlike some video compressors TealMovie gives you complete control over the compression quality and file size giving you the choice of how much file space to allocate to a particular movie Normal video encodes at about 1600 about
51. to be sorted alphabetically Remember Last Category This option saves the current viewing category when you quit and return to TealMovie If not selected the category is restored to All each time you return Remember Last Device This option saves the current device when you quit and return to TealMovie If not selected the current device is reset to RAM each time you return Delete TrueColor Temp Files on Exit When playing TealMovie files in TrueColor or TrueColor Plus format TealMovie generates a lookup table used to reproduce the color on the handheld display This process takes about 10 seconds on most devices Normally this table remains in memory after playing the movie so that all future movies in that format TrueColor or TrueColor Plus play immediately without the additional delay When this option is checked these tables are deleted from memory when TealMovie exits Use this option to save storage memory when TealMovie is not running 11 TealMovie User s Manual Chapter 8 Play Settings The Play Settings Screen available from the Options drop down TealMovie w AIMS e WS menu adjusts settings related to playback of movie and audio files Sohal i il Open it by tapping on the silkscreened menu button to the left of the O Scale up lores movies to screen O Play in Marathon mode graffiti input area and selecting Options and Play Settings Vol Off Low Med EEN Sync 5 4 3 2 1 fi 2 3 4 5 M
52. ts the TealPoint standard File Manager for Bomb Run T copying or moving files To open the manager tap on the Mov From RAM pushbutton and tap on the name of the file to move or copy g Ka ZS To RAM Is Free 6851k 15872k v The TealPoint File Manager The TealPoint Standard File Manager allows you to copy or move the pre selected file from one folder or device to another The contents of a target location to receive the file appear in the lower half of the screen Simply select the destination device and folder using the file list and device navigation icons and tap on the Copy or Move buttons to start Files may be copied between RAM and external storage cards or between folders on the same storage card The target location must differ from where the source file already exists Note that items in the list are not selectable but are present to indicate contents which may already be present in the target location for the pre selected file Note that operations are limited to what is supported by the installed hardware and system software Palm Memory PalmOS memory does not support folders and can only hold PalmOS specific resource PRC and database PDB files Desktop specific files such as WAN TXT etc can only be stored on external expansion cards MemPlug The system software MemPlug expansion Springboard modules does not support the VFS standard interface for moving of files between Cards and RAM but third
53. udio is in an uncompressed format as MakeMovie does not current support importing compressed audio except MPEG 1 and you will get an error trying to convert audio from a file that contains compressed audio e For movies with compressed audio try using a program like RiverPast Audio Converter to extract the audio in a movie into an uncompressed WAV format file e When importing Quicktime movies make sure you have the Quicktime Authoring Tools installed which is an available option when performing a custom install of the Quicktime package from Apple 27 TealMovie User s Manual Very Large Movies e While large movies can always be broken up into smaller chunks and played in marathon mode the TealMovie file format can support individual movies up to 65000 frames long which is about 72 minutes of video at 15fps e When creating large movies it s important to keep in mind the size of intermediate files used for any conversions The classic AVI file format supported by Video for Windows supports a maximum file size of 2 Gigabytes and most Windows file systems have a maximum file size of 4 Gigabytes Because of this the TealMovie Encoder should only be used to import AVI files less than 2 Gigabytes 2000 Megabytes in size Thus if you re using another program to export a movie a temporary AVI file you may need to turn on some video compression to keep below the maximum file size We found that Intel Indeo compress
54. verted using numerous utilities and free conversion tools For doing video effects and converting various AVI variants the free application VirtualDub www virtualdub org is invaluable Whenever an AVI file cannot be directly converted in the TealMovie encoder try converting it first in VirtualDub which has special routines to work around damaged files and buggy drivers 28 TealMovie User s Manual Chapter 12 TealMovie PC Player Use the TealMovie Player to play TealMovie files on your desktop PC It s an invaluable tool for previewing the results of various compression settings without having to HotSync them to a PDA To play a file choose Load from the File menu and press the play button The player window is sizeable and will automatically scale the playback image to fit E TealMovie Player for Windows M E3 File Help Nu i Frame 0 o 00 00 000 29 TealMovie User s Manual Appendix A Common Questions Movies play slowly getting out of sync with the sound For smooth playback be sure to use a reasonable data rate Too high a data rate can make a movie too slow to play back on a slower Palm First try the default middle setting Using audio compression adds additional overhead as well as does playing back from an external storage device The PalmOS VFS system also seems to have a problem sustaining data rates as code progresses further from the beginning of the file whi
55. vie You can watch the progress in the preview panes at the bottom of the window 5 When done use the Palm Install tool to install the completed movie file for playback in the TealMovie Player As some movie files can be large make sure you have a stable HotSync setup that can sustain the extended connection needed to install the file Batch Mode New in 4 0 Instead of encoding the movie immediately TealMovie s Batch Mode allows you to save all your settings and encode one or more movies together at a later time Click the Batch Mode button to open the Batch Mode Encoder window Batch Mode Encoder Tasks Currently Queued for Batch Processing Created 2005 6 10 at 12 28 01 Format 160x160 15fps 1800bpf Target file chunk2 4 pdb Add Task Based on Current Settings Delete Task Encode All Now Close Click on the Add Task button to copy your settings to the current batch mode list or Encode All Now to encode all the listed tasks HINT The TealMovie Encoder stores your batch mode settings in a text file called patch_tasks txt in the same folder as the encoder program file The technically proficient can manually edit this file in a text editor to import save or otherwise manipulate task settings You ll have to experiment to various settings however to figure out how the less obvious fields in the text file correspond to individual options 26 TealMovie User s Manual Chapter 11 Encoding T
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