Copyright: Copyright (c) May 1997, Ulead Systems, Inc.


ReadMe
Ulead MediaStudio Pro ReadMe

June 1997: Ulead MediaStudio Pro 5.0 Video Edition

This ReadMe file contains last minute information not included in the manual or on-line help. It also has device-specific information that may only apply to a few users. Click on a topic below to read about that subject.

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Undocumented information

Copyrights

Contacting Ulead


Undocumented information

In MediaStudio Pro 5.0 Video Edition, we also provide a PDF file (Ms5book.pdf) that serves as an on-line manual. You can find this file in your MediaStudio Pro 5.0 Video Edition CD, Manual folder. To view this file, you first need to install the Acrobat Reader program using Acroread.exe which you can also find in the same folder.

1.1 Video Editor

1.	In Windows NT 4.0, the QuickTime movie file format is not supported. In Windows 95, some of 32-bit QuickTime movie files may not be successfully read. This will be implemented in the near future.

2.	If you are using S3 VGA card, make sure you get the latest DirectDraw support driver. If you cannot run Video Editor, please remove the DDRAW.DLL in your Windows system directory.

3.	If you want to play an MPEG movie file, make sure you have installed ActiveMovie runtime.

4.	For Fast AV Master users, if you run Video Editor in Windows NT 4.0, please add the following statements in your ulead32.ini file (this can be found in your Windows directory).

[HardwareAcc]

DisableAcc1=1

5.	When creating video file with both video and audio, it is better to interlace video and audio. In Windows 95, if you don't interlace them and the audio data size is larger than 15 MB, the created video file may have audio playback problem.

6.	The overlay function has been enhanced in Video Editor 5.0, there are more key types that are supported. If you open an old DVP file, which is created by MediaStudio 2.5, and you have applied overlay function, you may need to check the overlay options to make sure there is no problem. Sometimes you may need to adjust the similarity setting.

7.	The Title function in Video Editor 5.0 has been enhanced, now it supports rolling text. In this version, the way we handle static title is different from the previous one. So, if you open an old DVP file, which is created by MediaStudio 2.5, and there are title clips in it, you may need to check the title options and moving path options to make sure there is no problem.

8.	There are some Direct3D transition effects in MediaStudio Pro 5.0 3d_plug folder. If your VGA card supports Direct3D capability, you can copy that transition effect plug-in to MediaStudio Pro 5.0 vfx_plug folder to enable those Direct3D transition effects. Next time, when you run Video Editor 5.0, you will see those Direct3D transition effects in the Production Library/Transition Effect gallery. If you cannot see the Direct3D transition effects or their behavior is incorrect, that means that your VGA card has Direct3D compatibility problem. Then you have to remove those Direct3D transition effects plug-in from the vfx_plug folder.

9.	In the Preferences dialog box, set the temporary folder for preview files in a fast and large disk drive for better preview performance. As default, temporary folder is set to Windows temp directory.

10.	To correctly choose the field order while creating a video file, please refer to your video capture board vendor's accompanying documentation. Here are some information for your quick reference:

Fast Multimedia

AV-Master	Field order A

DV-Master	Field order A

Miro Computer

DC-10	Field order B

DC-20	Field order A

DC-20 Plus	Field order B

DC-30	Field order B

Truevision

TARGA-1000	Field order A

TARGA-2000	Field order A

11.	Although you can insert a UCG file (CG Infinity 5.0 project file) and UVP file (Video Paint project file) into Video Editor directly, sometimes it will be better to create UIS (Ulead Image Sequence files) with alpha channel in CG Infinity and Video Paint to get the best performance, especially when the contents are very complicated.

12.	In MediaStudio Pro 2.5, there is a Create Image Sequence File command that has been removed in the MediaStudio Pro 5.0. Now, we provide a better way of handling image sequence files. There is a new video file format called Ulead Image Sequence file format. It is a special file which contains file pointer to image sequence files. So, you can use Create Video File command and select Ulead Image Sequence (UIS) file format to achieve the same result. If the selected Bitmap file format supports alpha channel, user can also enable it.

13	Creating a QuickTime video file with 16-bit audio data format may produce the wrong sound when the file is played back.

14.	"Previous setting" template in the "New" dialog box always record the last setting of project properties, preview option and video save options.

15.	An audio only AVI file cannot be inserted into the Video Editor Timeline.

16.	Supports KPT1.0, KPT2.0 and Andromeda APS 16 bit plug-ins. However, this feature is not supported in Windows NT.

1.2 Video Capture

1.	 If you want to batch capture using a device control, please make sure your video device can provide frame accurate control. Otherwise, the captured video file may have incorrect mark-in position.

2.	After finishing the capture operation, it is better to close the video capture program to avoid some hardware driver problems. Because some video capture boards provide the capture and Codec drivers in one driver file, they may sometimes have some repaint or lock problems if both drivers are open.

1.3 Audio Editor

1.	The cue information can be saved to a WAVE file only. In other words, if user setup some cues and then save the edited file to, say, an AVI file, all cue information are lost.


Copyrights

1.	MediaStudio, Ulead Video Capture
© 1992-1997 Ulead Systems, Inc.
All rights reserved

2.	MediaStudio, Ulead Video Editor
© 1992-1997 Ulead Systems, Inc.
All rights reserved

3.	MediaStudio, Ulead Audio Editor
© 1992-1997 Ulead Systems, Inc.
All rights reserved

4.	Kodak Photo CD
© 1992-1997 Eastman Kodak Company
All rights reserved

All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.


Contacting Ulead

North and South America

Ulead Systems, Inc.

970 West 190th Street, Suite 520

Torrance, CA 90502

Tel: 1-310-523-9393

Fax: 1-310-523-9399

E-Mail: info@ulead.com

Internet: www.ulead.com

Germany

Ulead Support Center

Tel: 02602-5685

Fax: 02602-16812

E-mail: support@ulead.de

Internet: www.ulead.de

France

Centre d'Assistance Ulead

Hot-Line Ulead: 01.30.76.10.30

Tel: 01.30.76.90.15

Fax: 01.30.76.90.35

E-mail: graphics@imaginet.fr

Internet: www.imaginet.fr/~graphics

International

Ulead Systems, Inc.

10F, 111 Tung Hsing Street

Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Tel: 886-2-764-8599

Fax: 886-2-764-9599

E-Mail: info@ulead.com.tw

Internet: www.ulead.com.tw


MediaStudio ReadMe file
Ulead MediaStudio Pro ReadMe file

June 1997: Ulead MediaStudio Pro 5.0 Video Edition

This ReadMe file contains last minute information not included in the manual or on-line help. It also has device-specific information that may only apply to a few users. Click on a topic below to read about that subject.

1.	Undocumented information

2.	Copyrights

3.	Contacting Ulead

1.  Undocumented information

In MediaStudio Pro 5.0 Video Edition, we also provide a PDF file (Ms5book.pdf) that serves as an on-line manual. You can find this file in your MediaStudio Pro 5.0 Video Edition CD, Manual folder. To view this file, you first need to install the Acrobat Reader program using Acroread.exe which you can also find in the same folder.

1.1 Video Editor

1.	In Windows NT 4.0, the QuickTime movie file format is not supported. In Windows 95, some of 32-bit QuickTime movie files may not be successfully read. This will be implemented in the near future.

2.	If you are using S3 VGA card, make sure you get the latest DirectDraw support driver. If you cannot run Video Editor, please remove the DDRAW.DLL in your Windows system directory.

3.	If you want to play an MPEG movie file, make sure you have installed ActiveMovie runtime.

4.	For Fast AV Master users, if you run Video Editor in Windows NT 4.0, please add the following statements in your ulead32.ini file (this can be found in your Windows directory).

[HardwareAcc]

DisableAcc1=1

5.	When creating video file with both video and audio, it is better to interlace video and audio. In Windows 95, if you don't interlace them and the audio data size is larger than 15 MB, the created video file may have audio playback problem.

6.	The overlay function has been enhanced in Video Editor 5.0, there are more key types that are supported. If you open an old DVP file, which is created by MediaStudio 2.5, and you have applied overlay function, you may need to check the overlay options to make sure there is no problem. Sometimes you may need to adjust the similarity setting.

7.	The Title function in Video Editor 5.0 has been enhanced, now it supports rolling text. In this version, the way we handle static title is different from the previous one. So, if you open an old DVP file, which is created by MediaStudio 2.5, and there are title clips in it, you may need to check the title options and moving path options to make sure there is no problem.

8.	There are some Direct3D transition effects in MediaStudio Pro 5.0 3d_plug folder. If your VGA card supports Direct3D capability, you can copy that transition effect plug-in to MediaStudio Pro 5.0 vfx_plug folder to enable those Direct3D transition effects. Next time, when you run Video Editor 5.0, you will see those Direct3D transition effects in the Production Library/Transition Effect gallery. If you cannot see the Direct3D transition effects or their behavior is incorrect, that means that your VGA card has Direct3D compatibility problem. Then you have to remove those Direct3D transition effects plug-in from the vfx_plug folder.

9.	In the Preferences dialog box, set the temporary folder for preview files in a fast and large disk drive for better preview performance. As default, temporary folder is set to Windows temp directory.

10.	To correctly choose the field order while creating a video file, please refer to your video capture board vendor's accompanying documentation. Here are some information for your quick reference:

Fast Multimedia

AV-Master	Field order A

DV-Master	Field order A

Miro Computer

DC-10	Field order B

DC-20	Field order A

DC-20 Plus	Field order B

DC-30	Field order B

Truevision

TARGA-1000	Field order A

TARGA-2000	Field order A

11.	Although you can insert a UCG file (CG Infinity 5.0 project file) and UVP file (Video Paint project file) into Video Editor directly, sometimes it will be better to create UIS (Ulead Image Sequence files) with alpha channel in CG Infinity and Video Paint to get the best performance, especially when the contents are very complicated.

12.	In MediaStudio Pro 2.5, there is a Create Image Sequence File command that has been removed in the MediaStudio Pro 5.0. Now, we provide a better way of handling image sequence files. There is a new video file format called Ulead Image Sequence file format. It is a special file which contains file pointer to image sequence files. So, you can use Create Video File command and select Ulead Image Sequence (UIS) file format to achieve the same result. If the selected Bitmap file format supports alpha channel, user can also enable it.

13	Creating a QuickTime video file with 16-bit audio data format may produce the wrong sound when the file is played back.

14.	"Previous setting" template in the "New" dialog box always record the last setting of project properties, preview option and video save options.

15.	An audio only AVI file cannot be inserted into the Video Editor Timeline.

16.	Supports KPT1.0, KPT2.0 and Andromeda APS 16 bit plug-ins. However, this feature is not supported in Windows NT.

1.2 Video Capture

1.	 If you want to batch capture using a device control, please make sure your video device can provide frame accurate control. Otherwise, the captured video file may have incorrect mark-in position.

2.	After finishing the capture operation, it is better to close the video capture program to avoid some hardware driver problems. Because some video capture boards provide the capture and Codec drivers in one driver file, they may sometimes have some repaint or lock problems if both drivers are open.

1.3 Audio Editor

1.	The cue information can be saved to a WAVE file only. In other words, if user setup some cues and then save the edited file to, say, an AVI file, all cue information are lost.

2.  Copyrights

1.	MediaStudio, Ulead Video Capture
© 1992-1997 Ulead Systems, Inc.
All rights reserved

2.	MediaStudio, Ulead Video Editor
© 1992-1997 Ulead Systems, Inc.
All rights reserved

3.	MediaStudio, Ulead Audio Editor
© 1992-1997 Ulead Systems, Inc.
All rights reserved

4.	Kodak Photo CD
© 1992-1997 Eastman Kodak Company
All rights reserved

All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

3.  Contacting Ulead

North and South America

Ulead Systems, Inc.

970 West 190th Street, Suite 520

Torrance, CA 90502

Tel: 1-310-523-9393

Fax: 1-310-523-9399

E-Mail: info@ulead.com

Internet: www.ulead.com

Germany

Ulead Support Center

Tel: 02602-5685

Fax: 02602-16812

E-mail: support@ulead.de

Internet: www.ulead.de

France

Centre d'Assistance Ulead

Hot-Line Ulead: 01.30.76.10.30

Tel: 01.30.76.90.15

Fax: 01.30.76.90.35

E-mail: graphics@imaginet.fr

Internet: www.imaginet.fr/~graphics

International

Ulead Systems, Inc.

10F, 111 Tung Hsing Street

Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Tel: 886-2-764-8599

Fax: 886-2-764-9599

E-Mail: info@ulead.com.tw

Internet: www.ulead.com.tw