MpegMarvel User Manual
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1. Load Preset Custom Settings General Veen Rendering Editing Mode Video for Windows x Default Sequence Timebase 29 97 frames second Video Frame Size 1920 horizontal 1080 vertical 16 9 Pixel Aspect Ratio Square Pixels 1 0 7 Fields No Fields Progressive Scan Display Format 29 97 fps Drop Frame Timecode Title Safe Area jo horizontal jo vertical Action Safe Area fio horizontal fio vertical IV Scale clips to project dimensions when adding to sequence Playback Settings Audio Sample Rate 48000 Hz ka Display Format Audio Samples beg Save Preset Location C trempi Browse Name I o Cancel Note 1 To import and export MPEG 2 HDTV format streams correctly you should set the video fields issue to No Fields Progressive Scan 2 To import and export MPEG SD format stream you should set the video fields issue to Upper Field First which should be same as most of MPEG 2 SD format encoders 4 To save these settings press the Save Preset button after making all the required settings changes Type the Name of the new settings Note You can write down the description that includes the original Project Setting on which this new custom setting is based 5 Import files to Premiere for editing If you want to open a MPEG or any other format of file just choose File Menu gt Import gt File or double cli2. cemator a semi oe x 3 Press the Next button after checking that the Automatic option is selected Select Uninstall Method ix Welcome to the MpegMarvel uninstall program You can choore to sutonstcally uninstall this solbware of to Chocia exacty which changet are made to yous sytem Select the Custom button to select which modlicsions ate to be made daing the uninstall Select the Automatic button for the delai urwistad options Press the Ned bulton lo continue Automate Custom Cocal 4 Press the Finish button and the MpegMarvel software will be automatically removed from your system MpegMarvel User Manual Installing MpegMarvel Software BACKGROUND INFORMATION If you have purchased a release version of MpegMarvel you should have received a hardware dongle and software installation disk If you are installing a demonstration version no hardware dongle is required however please note that all rendered files will have the B amp M Server logo superimposed over the video Before installing the MpegMarvel software please first install Adobe Premiere 6 5 on your system If you have a previous version of MpegMarvel installed on your system please uninstall all components using Control Panel Add Remove Programs prior to the installation of the new version INSTALLATION PROCEDURE 1 Insert the MpegMarvel Installation disk into your CD ROM 2 Run the MpegMarvel_Setup exe file
3. 3 A setup wizard will begin to guide you through the installation Select Next to accept the all items of the agreement Selecting Cancel will exit the setup wizard Welcome SI Welcons lo NpegMarvel Setup progan This i pogam mil instal MoegMarvel on your computes F itis srongy recommended thst you ent af Windows programs before running is Setup Program running Cick New to continue wth the Setup program WARNING This program it protected By Coppaghl law anal Fiemaiona testes Unevthorzed seproduction or distibution of this program o ony portion ol R hay ee in severe ciel and criminal perier and well be prosecuted to the masrum ement posible under law i Click Cancel to qui Setup and chae any progiare you have i i 1 i 1 1 Fr ca 4 Please enter your name and company information and then press the Next button to continue 2 Get Registration Information ax Please ertet the nae and company of Fre regetered owner ol Mpeg arvel ito the fields below Al heid must be filed in to proceed Nang hon Sri Company Brosdoscting and Mutimsdal amp gt re Core MpegMarvel User Manual 5 If you have a previous version of MpegMarvel installed on your system please press Cancel to quit the installation programme then uninstall the old version before starting installation of the new MpegMarvel software It is highly recommended that
4. output streams are decoded by some MPEG hardware decoders Note If you want to export the MPEG 2 HDVT format streams you must set the Aspect Ratio to 16 9 in B amp M setting dialog and set the Pixel Aspect Ratio to Square Pixels 1 0 in Premiere s Video setting page d Start TC It is the started time code of the output streams first frame e DC Precision You can select the intra DC precision selection as 8 bits 9 bits 10 bits and 11 bits depends on the output stream quality requirement f Chroma There are two selections of chroma format 4 2 0 and 4 2 2 17 MpegMarvel User Manual g Rate Control Mode Including CBR Mode and VBR Mode h GOP Size You can choose between 12 frames and 15 frames per GOP i Bitrate Avg for VBR This is the CBR streams bitrate and the average value for VBR streams j Max Bitrate for VBR The maximum value bitrate of the VBR mode k Motion Search Range MPEG 1 Max Range is 64H 64V MPEG 2 Max Range is 128H 128V Audio Setting Including audio channel mode audio bitrate emphasis selection and other compressed parameters m Save amp Load The users can create and save many different settings as the BMS files and then reload them instead of setting many video and audio parameters if they want to change to another format before output 10 After confirming the video and audio settings choose or type one MPG file s name and select the loca
5. see unstable video playback when replaying MPEG files from the timeline Please note that this will not be a problem once you have rendered the file using Export Movie or Export timeline Note The MPEG RT Playback feature works best on high performance dual CPU systems 19 After installing MpegMarvel Release version program and installing the hardware dongle s driver correctly why does the program still pop up the Error dialog told me that B amp M MPEG Importer Exporter could not find available license B amp M MPEG Importer could not find available license B amp M Ltd provide a hardware dongle and a software license file B amp M LIC extension name which on your installation disk for MpegMarvel release version After the installation and copy the correct B amp M LIC to the Premiere s directory if the program still pop up the error dialog B amp M MPEG Importer Exporter could not find available license during running Premiere please check your PC s Parallel Port Setting in the motherboard s BOIS setting Please make sure that your PC s parallel port is Enabled and set to ECP or EPP mode 20 Why the Error dialog B amp M MPEG Importer Exporter could not find available license still pop up after the correct license file is copied and the parallel port setting is correct Some users like create and directly run the program s shortcut in the desktop 24 MpegMarvel
6. to proceed Dongle Driver for Windows NIJ Windows 2000 Copyright Q 1989 Broadcacting 4 Multimedia Ltd All Rights Reserved Result lastall Note If necessary you may install the Dongle Driver separately by choosing the Dongle Driver icon in the MpegMarvel Programme Group 12 When the dongle driver installed successfully you will see the following screen F Warning s A Loanpe bie wih LIC edernion it located on pour installation dsk Pheata copy thir Licerrps file to the IC Progeare Files Adobe Preveere 6 X deectorp to activate your copy of Hpegharvel ater entalision in thes case miiie a UC Ide abad mests in this crectory please replace the old are fick Caneel Note In order to activate the MpegMarvel release version the LIC license file provided by B amp M Lid on your software installation disk must be manually copied to the application folder Premiere Pro or Premiere 6 X 13 Press Finish to complete the MpegMarvel installation Fy Installation Complete eB Mpeg avel hss been succesfully installed Paess the Fireits button to ext this ecitaliysor Cr a 11 MpegMarvel User Manual The installation of MpegMarvel is now complete It is not necessary to reboot your computer You may now start Adobe Premiere and begin to use MpegMarvel Note Adobe Premiere series program should be installed in your system before installing MpegMarvel program I
7. you completely semove ary prevau MpegM vel demo or release version Sne al of Be car Don SALE baton iNO Ine D R Moeghtarvel software Ih pou are sure pou want to continue to install HMpegharvel software to pour system please press Nest to proceed Il pou want to sem the prevaout version of Moegharvel soflware feet you shoud press Carca 10 eat thit setup progam nd then ur esital the previous version using Add Remove Programs in the Control Panel kr 6 Now select the installation directory this must be the same directory where you installed Adobe Premiere series program The default directory is Premiere Pro or Premiere 6 x 5 Choose Destination Location Serp vel install M pegMarvel in Be folowing foldet Toirdial nto a different foldet click Browne ard select another folder You can choose not to instal NpegMarvel by cheking Cancel to eet Setup Destination Folder C Prozan Fierdebe Prerime 65 Biome es Cael HE 7 Select the components of MpegMarvel you want to install If this is a fresh installation you should select both Importer and Exporter options By Select Components eee RRS In the options ket below select the checkbooors for ha options that pou would ike to have installed The dkk space bekis select Ihe recpatereents of the options you have selected F NpegMarvel impots 7 5100 i F NpegManvel Expoter V1 5172 22k Dick Space Required Bk Deck Space Remari
8. G 1 Video amp Audio elementary stream MPEG 2 Program stream at 4 2 0 or 4 2 2 chroma format MPEG 2 Transport stream including MPTS and SPTS at 4 2 0 or 4 2 2 chroma format streams MPEG 2 HD transport streams MPEG 2 Video amp Audio elementary stream at 4 2 0 or 4 2 2 chroma format Dolby AC 3 audio stream SMPTE 302M un compressed audio format SMPTE 360M GXF stream format 20 MpegMarvel User Manual Multiple program muxed stream and multiple audio muxed stream supported Program streams within multiple MPEG 1 Layer II audio muxed supported Program streams within multiple SMPTE 302M audio muxed supported SAF file format streams supported SeaChange MPEG server file system GXF file SMPTE 360M format streams supported Thomson GVG Profile MPEG server file system 5 What output stream formats does the MpegMarvel Exporter support The B amp M MPEG exporter supports the following stream formats MPEG 1 System stream Can be used for VCD MPEG 1 Video Elementary stream MPEG 2 Program stream at 4 2 0 and 4 2 2 chroma format Can be used for SVCD DVD MPEG 2 Video Elementary stream MPEG 2 Transport stream at 4 2 0 and 4 2 2 chroma format MPEG 2 HDTV format streams MPEG 1 layer 2 audio stream Profiles amp Levels supported MPEG 2 MP ML 420 format 1 15Mbps MPEG 2 MP HL 422 format 6 50Mbps MPEG 2 422P ML 422 format 6 50Mbps 6 Does the importer support VOB files The importer has limited fu
9. MpegMarvel User Manual B amp M Ltd ww bmserver net MpegMarvel User Manual Copyright This document the B amp M MpegMarvel software distribution disks and all related materials are Copyright 2001 2004 Broadcasting amp Multimedia Ltd All rights reserved Limitations on Installation and Use of MpegMarvel You may install only one copy of MpegMarvel into one machine You may not modify translate reverse engineer de compile disassemble MpegMarvel or create derivative works based on MpegMarvel You may not lend or copy and distribute MpegMarvel to other persons without agreement from B amp M Ltd Acknowledgment You acknowledge that you have read this agreement understand it and agree to be bound by its terms and conditions You further agree that it is the complete and exclusive statement of the agreement between yourself and B amp M Ltd This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program or any potion of it may result in severe civil and criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under law Trademarks B amp M and MpegMarvel are trademarks of Broadcasting amp Multimedia Ltd Adobe Premiere is a trademark of Adobe Solution Network Windows NT Windows 98 XP and Windows 2000 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation All other trademarks are property of their respective holders Caveats Informat
10. User Manual 21 But please note that Premiere 6 5 s shortcut got a wrong direction So if you want to create the shortcut in the desktop it must be after installing MpegMarvel Release version Installing MpegMarvel release version could modify Premiere shortcut s property Then you will use MpegMarvel Release version without any problems Another way to run MpegMarvel release version correctly the users could directly run the premiere exe file in the Windows Explore or run Adobe Premiere 6 5 in the Start menu How to make Premiere more stable during playback and editing 1 If you want to switch the playback mode in the preview window you should press Stop button first 2 MpegMarvel only support MPEG format streams very well If you want to import and edit other format streams you should use Video for Windows mode of Premiere to avoid crash This working method will be more stable 22 Can I still use B amp M MPEG mode to playback and do mix editing with 23 24 25 26 MPEG and other format streams together in Premiere Basically MpegMarvel only provides the Premiere s users the MPEG format streams import and export feature All of the format streams supported by Premiere could be imported and done the mix editing in Premiere But we recommend the users to use Video for Windows mode for the multiple format streams mix editing On Windows XP 2003 OS why my Premiere s Preview window di
11. ck in the empty place of the Project gt Bin area 14 MpegMarvel User Manual bT Adobe Premiere File Edit Project Clip Timeline Window Help New Project Ctrl h New gt Open Ctrl 0 Open Recent File gt Open Recent Project Close Ctrl Ww Saye Gtri 5 Notes Save As Ctrl Shift 5 Save a Copy Ctrl Alt 5 Revert Capture b Export Glip gt Folder Ctrl Shift 1 Export Timeline Project Ctrl Alt Shift I Get Properties For Page Setup Ctrl Shift P Print Ctrl P Exit Ctrl Q Then the import dialog will pop up you can select one or more MPEG format files to import to Premier Pro or Premiere 6 x 6 Editing the MPEG format files following the steps of Premiere 6 x 8 Export a new MPEG format files Select the Export Timeline Movie function from the File Menu MB Adobe Premiere Be ER Poet Je Jere Window Heh New Project Cute New Oper ho Open Recent Fle Open Recent Project Chee hw Save Coles Seve S Creshetes Save a Coqry Cul anes Cacture broat Dpat Tene gt R b Frar Cesta beaten nts frat ohsh ate Page Setup Cerle Shite pint to Wdoo Pr Wh Bot HHO Fie Let ID Adobe MPEG Encoder 9 Customizing the MPEG parameters before exporting to another MPEG format file Enter the Setting dialog by select File Menu gt Export Timeline gt Movie Select B amp M MPEG Compiler enter the Advance
12. cted format will have this B amp M logo super imposed To remove the logo you must purchase a release version of MpegMarvel or alternatively un install the MpegMarvel Demonstration version by following the instructions on Page 6 of this manual Why is such a high performance NLE Workstation recommended The MpegMarvel plug in for Adobe Premiere is a software only MPEG 2 editing solution The host CPU of the NLE Workstation is used for all processing of MPEG 2 files Therefore the speed of rendering new MPEG 2 clips is directly related to CPU speed amount of RAM and disk drive read write performance Please read Page 4 of this manual for the minimum recommended specifications for the NLE Workstation 3 Why does my MpegMarvel Release version support fewer features than the demo version MpegMarvel is sold in 5 different versions including a Standard Version b International Version 4 2 2 Version O TS Version Professional MPEG Server Version oO a Each of these versions provides different functionality The MpegMarvel Demo Version provides all this functionality to allow potential purchasers to choose the features that they require If the version you have purchased does not include a function that you require please contact the place of purchase 4 What input MPEG stream types does the MpegMarvel Importer support The B amp M MPEG importer supports the following MPEG stream types MPEG 1 System stream MPE
13. d Settings dialog 15 MpegMarvel User Manual Advanced Settings tile 38 EG Compiler Cancel Range fork Area OOo rl IV Export Video J Open When Finished Embedding Options JV Export Audio IV Beep When Finished Fone z Load Current Settings Save Frame Size T20 x 576 Frame Rate 25 00 Depth Millionst Quality 100 Prev Fr ed Fre tn FSH Hext Then you can customize the MPEG parameters as follows System Setting IV Enable Multiplxer Transport Rate 26790 K 1000 bps Stream Type MPEG 2 TRANSPORT 7 Null packet rate Hz fo PSI rate Hz fi 0 PMT pid 32 gt Video Setting Video Stream Type MPEG 2Video ssi Aspect Ratio feo tt s lt s CS Video Format Ntsc Stat TC 00 00 00 00 DC Precision 8 bits Chroma 422 Rate Control Mode CBR Mode GOP size 15 frames Bitrate Avg for VBR 35000 _ CK 1000 bps Max Bitrate for VBR 15000 K 1000 bps Motion Search Range Normal motion 80H 6OV m Audio Setting Channel Mode Joint Stereo x I Error protection i ITT I Private hoe Bitrate I Copyright Emphasis None I Original Copy OK Cancel a Enable Multiplexer Mux the video and audio streams to MPEG 2 program stream or MPEG 1 system stream If you do not enable this it will output elementary streams b Stream Type There are several stream types you can select to output Incl
14. d rendering To output very long time streams almost all of the system resources will be occupied during the rendering operation Once the rendering is complete and finished Premiere will not release the system resources itself at once And if the refresh rate of your VGA monitor or the display card are not very high enough the exporting dialog interface will be still displayed there Now you can double click any one of stream to switch to the different interface s displaying the system resources will be released 31 To output MPEG 2 HD transport streams correctly what kind of field issue 26 MpegMarvel User Manual should I set It depends on what is your target application and what is kind of field issue of the source streams Basically if the source streams are Progressive the exported MPEG 2 HD transport streams must be set to Progressive If the input streams are Interlace then it depends on the target display 1 Ifthe target display is interlace HDTV then the exported MPEG 2 HD transport streams must be set to Interlace 2 If the target display is progressive like LCD TV then the exported MPEG 2 HD transport streams must be set to De interlace 27
15. ed for transmission from their SeaChange BMC or BMS video server dag OSTER 18 x rect J ipepre x Effects WD RainMaker mpg Fh movie 720 480 09 w z 00 03 38 07 23 97 fys gt 40000 Nee tit Piast S F The alternate reel E t rproj 2 Mens Mane Label f o IEJ x ey i raintsker2 npe a J te ae e l ow d System Setting Enable Mutphe Trarepat Rate 35730 K11000 bpe Sveam Type MPEG 2 TRANSFUR I 2j I Seworece OF x W Nul pocket rate Ha f Poivote Hati PMT gat 32 90 02 83 0 foo 00 01 00 00 SETE RESTER RS i j s Auto Video Seting Video Steam Type MPLG 2 Video Aspect Rat fies Video Format NTSC zj Sae fo e bvm DC Poncision fios Owoma 422 Ind wate Rate Control Mode COA Mode 7 GOP sue 15 frame i k yes Ed Birate Avglor VER 200 KIOO bos Quay Data Rate Ma a f x T Linge Data Rate Max Birate for VBA 1000 bps mp waor Balada Bums 1A amp Eel eta eid r ea a _ _ F Rompen ja Motion Search Range Extreme mation 7 125 120 x SS i mar Audo Setting f Channel Mode I Enor protection 4 babe 3 F Private Master Biala TF c Fk EF E Emphasis ro 3 a F Load Save ok Com osd Save vasdore ok care MpegMarvel User Manual MpegMarvel Main Features 1 e 10 Supports MPEG 2 HDTV format streams import and export option Sup
16. h hardware RAID controller Professional VGA display card Matrox Parhelia SE video card Direct Draw 6 0 or above High quality sound card 1280 x 1024 screen resolution 32bit colour Windows 2000 XP 2003 with service pack Adobe Premiere Pro or Adobe Premiere 6 x MpegMarvel User Manual Software Requirement 1 Windows 98 or Windows NT 2 Windows 2000 XP with Service Pack Windows 2003 3 Adobe Premiere Pro or Adobe Premiere 6 x MpegMarvel User Manual De installing MpegMarvel Software BACKGROUND INFORMATION Before installing a new version of MpegMarvel it is necessary to remove any previous versions from your system PROCEDURE FOR DE INSTALLING MPEGMARVEL 1 From the Start button select Control Panel and then Add Remove Programs 2 Highlight the MpegMarvel entry and press the Change Remove button 5 Add or Remove Programs Boe Fy Current mutated rogers Seti iine Charge m Aste OCG Encoder s aye rogare ED ide Premars 2 5 Se 25 078 F Atrarced Reaede Expert Pagan for Premiers 6 2 oe 4338 F JG Lerat Sykes Morze wot lee Wersi nse Ff roaa Gte 2000 reram Soe 100 008 ml Eon wra hotera 2002 Engin S 1550908 dio a Cangas Cask dere fx agoa deres To change tis pagan o remove from your computer cick Change Remove ourcenemre Set Pagan Borre f 1e pay BS weesen torn s nwe JB TE nave Essonsals 202 oe 2530 Soe 10 098 D Sov renee Awar 5 tor rare etoreaory for aro r cerator for more r
17. ing in the Project Settings 11 How does the built in multiplexer work The built in multiplexer packetizes the audio and video into system or program stream If the multiplexer is enabled then the output will always be system or program stream no matter whether there are both audio and video only video or only audio If the multiplexer is disabled the video and audio streams will be output separately and have the extension m2v and mp2 respectively 12 Does BM MPEG Exporter support upscalling from the smaller resolution like SIF CIF to FULL D1 or higher Yes you can output MPEG 1 format streams where the resolution is larger than SIF CIF using MpegMarvel s exporter Furthermore the MPEG 1 format stream s bitrate can be set up to a maximum of 15Mbps Note that if the output MPEG 1 streams resolution is larger than 352x288 you should to set the field types to No fields to avoid field type conversion 13 What kind of transport stream s format does MpegMarvel TS version support MpegMarvel TS version supports all of the standard DVB format transport streams including SPTS and MPTS but it does not support transport streams containing 22 MpegMarvel User Manual 14 15 16 17 User Private data After installation when I start Adobe Premiere see a warning B amp M MPEG Importer Exporter could not find license file Or license file is corrupted what do I do Please copy the license file with LIC extens
18. ion to the Premiere Pro or Premiere 6 X directory The license LIC file is located on your installation disk In the case where a LIC file already exists in this directory just recover the old one should be OK When previewing a file in the Preview window why is the time code display wrong If you import a NTSC clip into a PAL Project the time code will only display 0 24 frames even though the clip is a 30fps frames per second based Or if you import a PAL clip into a NTSC Project the time code will display 0 29 frames even though the clip is a 25fps based Please make sure that you have selected the correct Premiere project type How do I output PAL or NTSC MPEG streams correctly B amp M provides you with two Project Settings projects including B amp M MPEG PAL select this Project setting if your source streams are PAL B amp M MPEG NTSC select this Project setting if your source streams are NTSC These two project settings are for importing streams to Adobe Premiere Before you Export your edited stream you should set the video configurations in the Export Timeline Settings dialog Typically these settings should exactly match the Project Settings as this will provide the fastest rendering time You can change the output stream format however please note that rendering time will increase If you select to Export NTSC when in a PAL Project the program will warn you that Video format is n
19. ion in this document is subject to change without notice Installation of the MpegMarvel requires technical ability The user assumes all risks when this product is installed by anyone other than an authorized B amp M dealer or partner MpegMarvel User Manual Declaration of Conformity Developer s Name Broadcasting amp Multimedia Ltd Developer s Address 18A Tower A GITIC Plaza Hotel 339 Huanshi Dong Rd Guangzhou China Representative s Name B amp M Ltd Description of MpegMarvel True MPEG NLE solution for Adobe Premiere Date of Issue 2002 Harmonized Standards to which Conformity is declared e ISO IEC 11172 1993 Information technology Coding of moving picture and associated audio for digital storage media at up to about 1 5Mbps e IEEE Standard Specifications for the Implementations of 8 by 8 Inverse Discrete Cosine Transform IEEE Std 1180 1990 e ITU T Recommendation H 261 Formerly CCITT Recommendation H 261 e ISO IEC 10918 1 ITU T Rec T 81 JPEG Digital compression and coding of continuous still images MpegMarvel User Manual Contents e Copyright e Overview e Features e De installing MpegMarvel Software e Installing MpegMarvel Software e Installing Dongle Driver e Getting Started e Technical Support e MpegMarvel FAQ page 1 page 4 page 5 page 6 page 7 page 11 page 12 page 17 page 18 MpegMarvel User Manual Overview MpegMarvel plug ins for Adobe Premie
20. lug in cannot fix it a stream that has incorrect field order because if you try to reverse the field order by setting the output to a different field order the importer will automatically reverse it to match the output format You have to use an external tool to fix the incorrectly coded stream 10 How do I output my MPEG stream with the correct field order You should first check the input stream s field order in the Project Settings This is found in the Keyframes and Rendering Options The setting is called Fields There are three options for the field order Upper Field First Lower Field First or No Fields This setting should match your input streams field order Note Below are some examples of the field order setting for some different format streams 1 DV format stream project should always be Lower Field First 2 Multimedia QuickTime format stream project should always be No Fields 3 Multimedia Video fro Windows format stream project should always be No Fields 4 NTSC and PAL Quick Time format stream project should always be Upper Field First 5 NTSC and PAL Video for Windows format stream project should always be Upper Field First 6 MPEG 2 HDTV format stream project should always be NoFields Progressive Scan and enable Deinterlace Video Footage before render out When Exporting your new stream please ensure that the Fields setting in the Export dialog matches the Fields sett
21. nctionality with VOB files It can import VOB files but since most VOB files use 3 2 pull down which is not currently fully supported by the importer support for VOB files is limited lf the user doesn t care about the audio he can fix the time code and convert the VOB file back to a 24fps 23 976fps stream and then import the file 7 My MPEG stream looks Ok when played by a software player but flickers on the TV when played by a hardware decoder This problem may be to do with the field order or field dominance setting Interlaced streams can be either bottom even field first or top odd field first When the field order is incorrect playback of the stream on a hardware decoder may appear to flicker If you see this problem try changing the Fields setting in Keyframe and Rendering of the Export Movie Settings in Adobe Premiere 8 Can I mix edit streams with different field order or field dominance Yes The B amp M MPEG Importer can do auto field order conversion to match the output setting For example if you set the output field order to be bottom field first and you import a stream that is top field first the B amp M MPEG importer will automatically convert the stream from the top field first to bottom field first and hence make sure the field order is always encoded right 21 MpegMarvel User Manual 9 If import a stream that already has the wrong field order MpegMarvel exporter will fix it No The p
22. ng 73938704 k lt Back Cancel MpegMarvel User Manual 8 Next select the Programme Group name where you want all MpegMarvel components to appear ai selet Program Wanager Group a Enter the name of the Program Manager group lo add Mpeg arvel icons tor MpegMaval Arorisones Aubrrintch tive Took Adobe Gases QuickTime Solthl Subset Sule Stan Storage Manager TC Werke 9 You are now ready to install MpegMarvel please press Next to proceed BHStort Installation TT eid etapa You are noe ready to install MpegMarvel Pree the Nest button to begin the inetsiisbon or press the Back button to modiy Pa retailer setup information enes 10 The Setup wizard will now install all of MpegMarvel components to the selected destination directory Free ing fie DA Premiere E SPluyira MM hine oe EOOREO3JGE Note If there is a previous version of MpegMarvel already installed on your system you will see the following warning Please exit the setup wizard and uninstall this old version before proceeding You had atalied a previous MpegMarvel vernon in your spstem Plasse emt the setup pogam and remove all of ts components fret m 10 MpegMarvel User Manual 11 When the software is installed the Setup wizard will proceed automatically to the dongle driver installation Please install the supplied dongle onto the Parallel LPT 1 port on your system and then press Install
23. nstalling Dongle driver On the Taskbar click Start and select MpegMarvel group in the Program menu choose Dongle Driver item You can install the dongle driver separately lectall Ea Dongle Drives for Windows NTI Windows 2008 Copyright Q 1989 Broadcasting amp Multimedia Lid All Rights Reserved Result lastall Cancel 12 MpegMarvel User Manual Getting Started 1 Enter Adobe Premiere and select the B amp M Project Settings B amp M Ltd provide the customers three modules MPEG settings including B amp M MPEG PAL B amp M MPEG NTSC and B amp M MPEG 2 HDTV Preset settings You can choose one setting to enter Premiere based on your original streams video format Her Project Load Preset Custom Settings Available Presets M Description BM MPEG NTSC sA BM MPEG PAL bad BM MPEG 2 HDTY Preset DB Custom H DY NTSC DY PAL For MPEG 2 HDTY format streams import General Editing mode Video for Windows Timebase 29 97 fps Video Settings Frame size 1920h 1080v 1 000 Frame rate 29 97 frames second Pixel Aspect Ratio Square Pixels 1 0 Color depth Millions of colors xl Delete Preset Location c Temp Browse 2 You can press the Custom Settings tab page and change the video and audio settings to match your original source material 13 MpegMarvel User Manual Hew Project x
24. ot compatible with the frame rate You will get the same warning if you select to Export PAL when in a NTSC Project When add a video transition on the timeline and want to play back from the timeline see a drop frame after the effect even if render the effect before playback What is happening This is reasonable that playback effects from the timeline in Real time Preview and even after the effects parts were rendered Note however that when the timeline is finally render into a new MPEG 2 clip the transition will replay smoothly 23 MpegMarvel User Manual 18 When playing an MPEG file on the Premiere timeline there are audio dropouts why The B amp M plug in provides a Real Time MPEG playback feature for playback of MPEG files directly from the Premiere timeline This feature provides smooth playback directly from the Premiere timeline but depends upon high performance hardware in your PC If you are experiencing audio dropouts when playing back MPEG files from the timeline it may be that your system is not powerful enough to support this feature MPEG RT Playback Setting You can disable the MPEG RT If you are experiencing audo dsopouts your FC mn ig 2 i RR may not be fast enough to handie ReabTime Playback function in the Project MPEG playback Please disable thes fasture Settings gt General gt Playback DEn MPEG AT Playbact Settings menu This will fix the audio dropouts however you may
25. ports MPEG 2 4 2 0 stream format and MPEG 2 4 2 2 stream format option Transport stream version available option Time code extract option MPEG 1 and MPEG 2 import export supports resolution from CIF SIF format to FULL D1 format bit rates from 500Kbps to 50Mbps supports VBR and CBR modes IBP frame based MPEG 1 Layer Il Layer III AC3 PCM and SMPTE 302 audio format import export Aggressive motion search range from 80H 60V to 128H 128V produces the best quality of any software encoder Frame accurate fastest frame extract MPEG browsing engine no need to generate an index file Fastest cut and seek on both SD HD streams at CBR or VBR mode Built in multiplexer supports MPEG 1 system stream MPEG 2 elementary streams MPEG 2 program streams and MPEG 2 transport streams Seamlessly mix editing with Quick time MPEG 1 2 DV AVI FLC FLI Media 9 HD format streams and any other streams supported by Adobe Premiere Pro or Adobe Premiere 6 x Advanced Features 1 REAL TIME playback and Preview the transitions and effects in the Preview window Look ahead bit allocation and stream control technology Non Linear Rate Distortion optimized search MMX SSE SSE2 3D optimized supports MPEG SD FULL D1 REAL TIME encoding ISO IEC MPEG standard compatibility of post edit files System Requirement o 0 N O OT e0 N Dual Pentium 4 2GHz CPU or higher 512MB or higher of system memory SCSI disk drives wit
26. re realizes the first broadcast quality REAL frame accurate editing solution for long GOP MPEG 2 SD HD format streams This MpegMarvel plug in provides Adobe Premiere users real time import and export capability for MPEG 1 and MPEG 2 streams For the first time you can release the full power of Adobe Premiere using any flavour of MPEG you can even mix bit rate and if necessary edit these together with any other supported video format Add effects and titles and the whole program can be edited from MPEG files cutting down drastically on the amount of storage a nonlinear editing NLE system requires Proprietary transcoding technology in the MpegMarvel exporter takes YUV data direct from the importer eliminating the need for color space conversion and resulting in higher quality video Using the full power of Adobe Premiere any MPEG format can be edited frame accurately even when the MPEG files are encoded at different bit rates or formats Other file formats such as DV AVI can be simultaneously utilised with MPEG files on the timeline Although MpegMarvel will run on any mid range Windows PC a high performance dual CPU system with fast data disks is highly recommended for best performance The benefit of such a system will be most noticeable during the rendering process as the MpegMarvel code has been optimised to make use of MMX SSE SSE2 technology Note With MpegMarvel Broadcasters can now encode and edit at the same bit rate that will be us
27. reams which had been encoded with up to 16 channels SMPTE 302M or MPEG 1 Layer II audio 28 Why does the Preview Window Source Window and Program Window can not be displayed the streams correctly always be displayed black frames after importing MPEG streams by MpegMarvel in Windows 2003 server operate system Windows 2003 server operate system already installed DirectX8 1 by its default setting but Windows 2003 server typically disabled DirectDraw Direct3D and AGP Texture support feature This is because server operate system is not used for the multimedia and entertainment usage usually But the customers could fix this problem by doing the following steps 1 Go to Control Panel gt Display gt Setting gt Advanced gt TroubleShooting Change Hardware Acceleration to FULL 2 Go to Start gt Run run DxDiag exe which is the DirectX diagnostic tool come with DirectX Then go to Display tab and Enable DirectDraw Acceleration Then the displaying problem should be resolved very easily 29 Why does the output streams always surrounded with black frame when the output streams resolution is larger than the imported streams in Premiere Pro Premiere Pro project s preset parameters fixed the frames resolution so the output streams must be same as the resolution of imported streams and the presettings 30 Why does the exporting dialog look like freezed when the very long time streams finishe
28. splay the black frames during decoding the MPEG streams This because of your current operate system s displaying modes can not fully support the displaying If you have this displaying problem just please install the DirectX 9 0 or higher version will be OK What happens if I disable the Multiplexer in the Compiler Advanced Settings The built in multiplexer packetizes the audio and video into System or Program stream with the multiplexer enabled then the output will always be a System or Program stream no matter whether there are both audio and video only video or only audio If the multiplexer is disabled the video and audio streams will be output separately and will have the extension named m2v and mp2 respectively Can I create a MPEG 2 clip with more than 2 audio tracks one stereo pair No this is currently not possible due to the limitations of Adobe Premiere 6 x Can import a MPEG 2 clip with more than 2 audio tracks Yes it is possible If you try to import a MPEG 2 clip with more than 2 audio tracks one stereo pair 25 MpegMarvel User Manual a pop up dialog box will let you select which one pair to import Therefore you must import this MPEG 2 clip several times based on the audio tracks number 27 Can I import the Program Streams which had been muxed multi channel SMPTE 302M audio tracks If can how many audio channels does MpegMarvel support to import Yes You can import the program st
29. tion press Save button it will display the rendering status of the export 15 x B amp M MPEG Encoder Multi CPU Version Stop w Frame 20 of 44 Est Remain less than a minute Elapsed 00 00 Target D 33 mpq Free Space 14 5GB Performance Read Decompress __ Render HH Write Compress Note If you enter PAL video project at the beginning you should output the PAL video streams If you output the NTSC video streams in the PAL video project the time code information will be followed by the PAL standard 25 frames per second 18 MpegMarvel User Manual Technical Support If you encounter problems while installing or using B amp M Ltd product please initially contact the dealer from where you purchased the product Technical support from B amp M Ltd and MpegAV our master distributor in Europe and North America is also available if required Please see contact details below B amp M Telephone Number Fax Number E mail MpegAV Telephone Number Fax Number E mail 86 20 8331 2812 86 20 8331 1365 support bmserver net 44 1676523 146 44 1676523 146 support MpegAv TV 19 MpegMarvel User Manual MpegMarvel FAQ 1 Why is there a B amp M logo in the bottom right hand corner of all clips rendered in Adobe Premiere There is a demonstration version of MpegMarvel installed on your system On the demonstration version of MpegMarvel all clips no matter what the sele
30. uding MPEG 1 System VCD format MPEG 2 Program MPEG 2 DVD SVCD format 16 MpegMarvel User Manual and MPEG 2 Transport stream format If you choose MPEG 2 Transport stream format the PSI Rate and PMT PID will be enabled The Video PID and Audio PID will be increased based on the PMT PID value For example If the PMT PID is 32 the Video PID will be 33 and the Audio PID will be 34 Bal EPEG Compiler Setting F System Setting IV Enable Multiplxer Transport Rate 36790 K 1000 bps Stream Type MPEG 2 TRANSPORT Null packet rate Hz fo PSI rate Hz fio PMT pid 32 B amp M only provide the users CBR mode only for the transport stream format based on the DVB ATSC requirement The Transport Rate is depended on the video and audio bitrate MpegMarvel will pop up the warning dialog if the Transport Rate value is not correct when you press Validate button Te hl Minimum transport rate is 36790Kbps to accommodate the stream B amp M enabled the customers to output MPEG 2 transport streams with NULL packets muxed in Users could fill in the random Null packets in the transport streams depend on their streaming requirement But the NULL packet rate is bigger the output transport streams video quality is worse c Aspect Ratio Video Format These two parameters should be depended on the source and output streams video format A little wrong value settings will lead to some jerkyness when the
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