Ulead® VideoStudio™ 9

Ulead® VideoStudio™ 9

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March 2005

1. An overview of Ulead VideoStudio

2. System Requirements

3. Installing Ulead VideoStudio and drivers

4. Registering your copy of Ulead VideoStudio

5. Program-related information

6. Troubleshooting

7. Copyright Information

8. Contacting Ulead Systems

An overview of Ulead VideoStudio

Ulead® VideoStudio™ 9 is easy-to-use software that turns great video moments into fun-to-watch movies. Use the two-step DV-to-DVD Wizard™ for the quickest way to get your home movies edited and on disc, or graduate to the powerful video editor with over 1000 effects, transitions and audio tools. Preserve your finished movies - on disc, tape, or the Web - and share with family and friends.

System Requirements

Microsoft® Windows® 98 SE, 2000, ME, XP
Intel® Pentium® III 800 MHz or higher
256MB of RAM (512MB or above for editing)
1.2GB or more of available hard drive space for program installation
Windows-compatible display with at least 1024x768 resolution
VGA display card setting: 24-Bit true color or above is recommended
Windows compatible sound card
CD-ROM, CD-R/RW or DVD-R/RW

Real-time features perform best with at least:

Pentium 4, 2.0 GHz CPU
512MB of RAM
7200 rpm IDE hard drive

In the DV-to-DVD Wizard, if you plan to capture and burn an hour of DV tape, it is recommended that you have at least 20GB of available hard drive space.

Installing Ulead VideoStudio and drivers

To install Ulead VideoStudio and the necessary drivers, insert your Ulead VideoStudio CD in the CD-ROM drive and simply follow the on-screen installation instructions.

What are these drivers?

QuickTime 6.52 - The video format from Apple for creating and playing back movie files such as MOV and QT file formats. You should install QuickTime 6.52 or above to be able to use the Auto Music function (i.e., SmartSound QuickTracks®) in Ulead VideoStudio. For more information on Apple QuickTime, visit their web site at http://www.apple.com/quicktime.
SmartSound Quicktracks - This is a plug-in from SmartSound® that is integrated into Ulead VideoStudio. It gives you a library of quality soundtracks that you can add as background music to your movie projects.
RealPlayer 10.5 - This is a software player from RealNetworks for playing Real Video and Real Audio files from the Internet. It is recommended that you install this driver unless you have a later version. For more information, visit their web site at http://www.real.com.
Intel Indeo 5.2 - This is the codec for creating or playing .AVI files in QuickTime. You should install Intel Indeo 5.2 or above to be able to use the style templates in the Ulead VideoStudio Movie Wizard.
Acrobat Reader 5.0 - This is Adobe’s Acrobat Reader and is used for viewing the Ulead VideoStudio’s electronic manual. It is recommended that you install it unless you have a later version.
Microsoft DirectX - A driver from Microsoft that improves playback performance of video files. You should install this driver. It will be installed automatically when you are installing Ulead VideoStudio. For more information, visit Microsoft's Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/directx.
Microsoft Windows Media Format - A set of drivers from Microsoft that allows you to create WMV and other streaming media files. They will be installed automatically when you are installing Ulead VideoStudio. For more information, visit Microsoft's Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia.
Macromedia Flash Player 7 - This is a software player that allows you to play back flash animation files (SWF). VideoStudio comes with plenty of flash animation files that you can use for your video. For more information, visit Macromedia's Web site at http://www.macromedia.com/software/flashplayer.

Note: If you have a previous version of Ulead VideoStudio installed in your system, it is recommended that you uninstall it only after installing Ulead VideoStudio 9. During installation, the Setup Wizard will auto-detect your capture device plug-in and specially supported codecs (such as MPEG-4, 3GP, DivX) from the previous VideoStudio version and integrate it onto VideoStudio 9.

However, if you installed Ulead VideoStudio 9 then you uninstalled the older version, program files that are used by both versions will also be deleted. To install them back to VideoStudio 9, double-click Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel, select Ulead VideoStudio 9, click Change/Remove, then click Repair.

Registering your copy of Ulead VideoStudio

Don’t forget to register your copy of Ulead VideoStudio. You can do this in the registration window when you launch the program or by simply filling out the registration card and mailing it in. It is important to register your copy as it allows you to receive technical support and important product update information. You will also be getting the opportunity to win prizes as well as taking advantage of special promotions and discounts on other Ulead Systems’ software.

Program-related information

1. Capture board requirements
When acquiring video from an analog source, make sure that the analog capture card you are using supports RGB or YUV capture.

2. Startup Screen

Click the 16:9 button if you want to use the widescreen format for your video project.

3. DV-to-DVD Wizard

a. If you plan to capture and burn an hour of DV tape, select all the scenes before you go to the next step and make sure that you have 20GB of available hard drive space. The whole process will take approximately 5 hours to complete.
b. When scanning the DV tape using maximum speed, the detected scenes will vary everytime you scan the tape. The scenes that are detected will depend on the type of DV camcorder used.

4. Capture Step
To check MPEG capture settings, click the Options button in the Options Panel and select Video and Audio Capture Property Settings. In the dialog box that opens, click the Capture tab. To view more MPEG settings, click Advanced.

5. Effect Step
Before applying the Album Flip transition effect to your clips, make sure that your system is updated with the latest display card driver.

6. Audio Step

Some VST audio plug-ins when applied to audio clips will make the clip silent. This happens in multithreaded applications such as VideoStudio. Please contact the VST plug-in vendor to inquire about this problem.

7. Share Step
a. To create an MPEG video file or DVD/VCD/SVCD-ready MPEG file:

Click the Create Video File button and select one of the movie templates from the pop-up menu, or select Same as Project Settings or Same as First Video Clip to output an MPEG file according to the project settings or the properties of the first clip in the Video Track.
Or,
Click the Create Video File button and select Custom. Select MPEG files from the Save as type box, then click the Options button to specify the properties for the video file.

b. The Movie Screen Saver option in Export only supports the WMV file format.

Troubleshooting

1. If you experience difficulty getting started with Ulead VideoStudio, use the online help or check the manual for information.

2. When rendering a title text against a pure background color clip, the text may appear blurry. This is due to certain types of compression. For better results, try using the Video1, RLE, or no compression options.

3. The Video Greeting Card does not support QuickTime files.

4. If you want to share and play your video on other machines, make sure you use a common codec, such as Cinepak, Indeo or MPEG. If you use a hardware codec, such as MJPEG, you may be unable to view the video unless the other machine has the same card on board.

5. You may experience some problems when playing QuickTime files. Some examples maybe, the playback may not be smooth or the Stop button in the Navigator bar cannot switch back to the Start button after playing. In such cases, please change to safe mode in the QuickTime Video Settings. (You can do this by clicking the Control Panel: QuickTime icon.)

6. Some camcorders (specifically some Panasonic models) have a small problem that prevents them from recording movies from your computer. If this is a problem, VideoStudio can be made to pause for a short time before transmitting the video to the camcorder. Find the msdevctl.ini file in the main program folder (in All Users.WINNT), open this file in Notepad and modify the following line (where 1 second = 1000):
[MainSec]
RecordDelay=1000

7. Frame sizes supported by the Hitachi DVD Camcorder include:

352x480 (NTSC)
704x480 (NTSC)
352x576 (PAL)
704x576 (PAL)

8. Conflict between MICROMV and BT878-based capture card in Windows Me:
The conflict occurs when both Sony MICROMV and BT878 capture card drivers are installed. The capture function of the latter driver installed will fail.

9. To avoid the problem of having not enough hard drive space when you capture or burn a disc, make sure that the folders that are assigned as the working folders for capturing and burning have plenty of free space. You can check this in the Preferences in the Video Editor and in the Advanced Settings dialog box in the DV-to-DVD Wizard.

10. In DV-to-DVD Wizard, if you have more than one burner installed in your computer or the default drive is not a burner, specify the burner you want to use in the Advanced Settings dialog box.

Copyright Information

All rights reserved. Ulead® is a registered trademark and Ulead VideoStudio™ is a trademark of Ulead Systems, Inc. Some of the product names used in this document are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and are used for identification purposes only.

Portions included (RealVideo® DLL files) under license from RealNetworks, Inc. Copyright 1995-2003.
RealPlayer™ is used under license from RealNetworks, Inc.
QuickTime™ is used under license from Apple Computer, Inc.
Windows Media™ tools and Windows MediaPlayer™ are used under license from Microsoft Corporation.