Ulead BD DISCRECORDER User manual

BD DiscRecorder USER GUIDE 1

BD DiscRecorder

Table of Contents

Welcome to Ulead BD DiscRecorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Hardware checkup and configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Running BD DiscRecorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

New/Append Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Introduction to the workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Capturing videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Adding video files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Importing DVD video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Editing a program with Multi-trim video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Setting a name for a program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Exporting video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Burning your disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Formatting a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Straight to Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

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Welcome to Ulead BD DiscRecorder

With Ulead BD DiscRecorder, users can capture, edit, and save videos in the BDAV

format for use with Blu-ray discs.

BDAV (Blu-ray Disc Audio-Visual) is the next-generation video format, making the

future of High Definition videos a reality. It was created by the Blu-ray Disc

Association (BDA) to bring HD technology and higher storage capacity to video

editing.

System Requirements

To run BD DiscRecorder on your computer, make sure the following minimum

requirements are met:

• Intel® Pentium® 4 2.8GHz CPU or higher

• Microsoft® Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or Media Center Edition

•512MBofRAM

• 200MB of available hard disk space for program installation

• 4GB or more of hard disk space for video capture and editing

• Windows-compatible display with at least 1024x768 resolution

• Power BD drive (supporting recordable or re-writable Blu-ray discs)

• BD-R/RE single or double layer disc

• Windows-compatible mouse, display card, and sound card

To utilize the full capabilities of BD DiscRecorder, the following additional

components are recommended:

• Capture devices such as DV or HDV camcorders

• OHCI compliant IEEE-1394 card for use with DV or HDV camcorder

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Hardware checkup and configuration

To make sure your video production runs smoothly and trouble free, click Control

Panel: System - Hardware - Device Manager and check if your devices are

working properly with your Operating System (OS).

In general, as long as the device can be seen and working properly in the Device

Manager (this applies to all Windows versions), BD DiscRecorder will be able to

detect it and work with it.

Also make sure that a burner that supports Blu-ray discs is properly connected and

configured and that you have the appropriate BD-R or BD-RE media for recording.

Running BD DiscRecorder

Run BD DiscRecorder from the program folder. Here, you can create a new video

project (New/Append Disc) or capture and burn videos directly on a disc

(Straight to Disc).

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Preferences

The Preferences dialog box lets you determine most of the program settings. To

open the Preferences dialog box, click Settings and Options and select

Preferences or press [F6].

General

•Resume all confirmation dialog boxes

Overrides the “Do not show again” option

and makes all confirmation dialog boxes

appear.

•Check Ulead Web site every XX days

Specifies how frequently the program checks

the Ulead Web site for news and updates.

•TV system Select the type of your TV

system (NTSC or PAL/ SECAM).

•Working folder Enter or locate a folder for

temporary files.

•Audio playback mode Determines how the

audio streams of the video are played.

•Audio export mode Determines how the audio streams of the video are

exported.

•Do not compress DV-AVI to MPEG Uses DV-AVI format to ensure best quality

in capturing and burning instead of converting videos to MPEG format.

Note: Some set-top BD players may not play the resulting disc when this option is

selected.

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Capture

•Click OK to start DV capture Launches a

confirmation message before performing the

actual capturing process.

•Stop tape once capturing stops

Automatically stops the connected capture

device in your computer once the program

stops capturing.

New/Append Disc

BD DiscRecorder gives you an easy way to add or edit programs by capturing

videos, adding video files, and importing DVD into your BDAV project.

A program is a video clip recorded by a set-top Blu-ray recorder, captured from a

video source, or imported from a DVD video folder. A program can also be an

existing video file.

You cannot capture copyrighted sources or videos protected by recognized

protection schemes such as Copy Generation Management System for Analog

(CGMS-A) and for Digital (CGMS-D), Content Scrambling System (CSS),

Theatermark and Macrovision.

To create a new video project:

1. Click New/Append Disc.

2. Choose the burning mode for your new project. Click New to burn your project

onto a new disc or Append to insert and burn new programs onto your BD disc.

When appending a disc, select your BD drive from the Select Drive list.

Note: BD-R discs can be appended if your burner supports Pseudo OverWrite technology.

3. Click Next.

Note: When appending, the light gray colored area on the BD Capacity bar indicates the

disc space already used by the current disc content.

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Introduction to the workspace

1. Add/Edit media buttons Use these buttons to add/edit videos.

2. Preview window Use this to view your videos.

3. Program list Select a program (video clip) to display in the Program video clip

list.

4. Remove and Info Use these buttons to remove programs or view program

properties.

1. Add/Edit media buttons 6. Project settings

2. Preview window 7. Show BD capacity

3. Program list 8. Program video clip list

4. Remove and Info 9. Navigation controls

5. Settings and Options

856 7 9

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5. Settings and Options Click to open a menu where you can customize

preferences, or view information about BD DiscRecorder.

6. Project settings Click to view information about the project and customize its

output settings.

7. Show BD capacity Displays the total file size and video length to be used in the

disc.

8. Program video clip list Shows the selected or all program thumbnails.

9. Navigation controls Use these buttons to preview your video clips.

Capturing videos

BD DiscRecorder lets you capture videos from DV and HDV camcorders.

To capture video from a DV camcorder:

1. Click Capture .

2. Select the device to capture from Source.

3. Select a capture mode and video format.

Note: You can only choose a video format with Dolby Digital 5.1 channel surround sound

encoding if your DV camcorder uses 4-channel audio.

4. Use the navigation controls to locate the starting point of the video to capture.

5. Click Capture video .

6. Press [Esc] to stop. Repeat steps 2 to 7 as needed to capture more videos.

7. Click OK.

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Capturing High-Definition video (HDV)

Before capturing your HDV or HD video into BD DiscRecorder, make sure that your

camcorder (or deck) is properly detected by your computer. Also check the

following:

On Sony HDV camcorder:

If you have connected your Sony HDV camcorder before to your computer, check

the Device Manager to see if your camcorder is detected as a DV device or AV/

C tape device. If the camcorder is detected as a DV device, you can capture DV

footage. If your camcorder is detected as an AV/C tape device, you can capture

HDV footage.

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Note: The Sony HDV camcorder can be detected only under Windows XP Service Pack 2.

To capture video from an HDV camcorder:

1. Connect your HDV camcorder to your computer’s IEEE-1394 port using the

IEEE-1394 cable.

2. Turn on your camcorder and switch it to Play mode.

3. If you have a Sony HDV camcorder, make sure it is switched to HDV mode.

4. Click Capture .

5. Select the device to capture from Source.

6. Click Advanced Settings and select Capture Options. In the Device Control

dialog box, select HDV 1394 Device Control in Current Device drop-down

list. Click OK.

7. After defining your capture options, click Advanced Settings and select

Change Capture Plug-in. Choose Ulead HDV Capture Plug-in from the

Current Capture Plug-in list, and then click OK.

8. Use the navigation controls to preview your project or move around your

programs.

9. Click Capture Video to start capturing. Press [Esc] to stop

capturing.

DV mode HDV mode

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10.Repeat steps 8 and 9 to add more clips. Click OK after capturing to go back to

the Add/Edit Media page.

Adding video files

You can add video files of different formats such as AVI, MPEG, WMV, and others

to your movie.

To add a video file to your project:

1. Click Add Video to open the Select Files dialog box.

2. Browse for videos on your computer and select video files(s). Use [Ctrl] or

[Shift] to select multiple files or click Select All to add all video files to your

project.

Note: When adding MPEG-2 Transport Stream (*.m2t) videos, BD DiscRecorder converts it

into MPEG-2 Program Stream (PS) for editing, then back to *.m2t when burning project

onto disc.

3. Click Open.

4. When adding multiple clips, drag the clips according to your desired sequence in

the Change Clip Sequence dialog box, and then click OK.

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