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1. forward horizontal vertical backward horizontal vertical gt B1 10 5 B1 lt P 20 10 gt B2 20 10 B2 lt P 10 5 gt P 30 15 The search window settings are values for instance if a search window value is 10 the actual search for a matching pixel is done from x 10 y to x 10 y for each pixel x y These values are usually set automatically by either the Video encoder quality sliders Search method and Search range or the Motion search pixel movement settings but can be set manually here MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Appendix page 60 The Advanced H 264 Settings When you choose H 264 under Video and click the Edit button a new window appears which offers three different panes Basic Settings Advanced Video Settings and Mis cellaneous In the following we will describe the different options of the panes in more detail The Basic Settings pane In this dialog you specify different basic video settings for Video Format Keyframes and Quality You can also select one of the various ready to use presets for conversion here E MainConcept H 264 AVC Encoder Settings MAIN H 264 Encoder CONCEPT Advanced Video Codec www mainconcept com Basic Settings Advanced Video Settings Miscellan gt Video Preset H 264 DVD HD Video Format Frame Size Keep Aspect Ratio Frame Field Encoding Top Field First Frame Rate Keyframes Keytrame Interval
2. In general the basic settings for this pane and the other advanced panes are set by the options in the Video and Audio section of the main window Here are the Multiplexer Settings in detail Multiplexing Type The drop down menu offers the options MPEG 1 VCD MPEG 2 SVCD DVD TS trans port stream None and many more parameters such as HDV HD1 HDV HD2 DVB which can also be used for transport streams and MircoMV The settings are usually defined by the parameters of the MPEG Encoder MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Appendix page 73 Variable Bitrate This option sets the muxing mode to variable or constant bitrate If it is turned off constant bitrate the output data stream will contain padding packets if needed to maintain the constant bitrate In variable bitrate muxing no padding packets are added Pack Options Under this heading you find the options Size bytes and Packets Pack Pack size is the number of bytes in each pack or sector VCD and SVCD use 2324 bytes DVD uses 2048 and general MPEG 1 2 can use up to 4096 bytes 4096 is our limit not MPEG s limit The muxed bitstream is broken up into these packs with a pack header starting each one and they contain 1 or more PES Program Elementary Stream packets chunks of the video or audio stream The Packets Pack setting specifies the number of PES packets that are placed in each pack VCD SVCD and DVD always want 1 PES
3. v SetKeyframe at scene change Quality Bitrate Mode Variable bitrate Average Bitrate kbps 20000 Maximum Bitrate kbps 24000 Quantization The drop down menu Video Preset offers various encoding presets for H 264 including Blu Ray disc and HDTV Under Video Format you find the following options The spin boxes under Frame Size are disabled here because you can specify the desired resolution in a previous dialog The checkbox Keep Aspect Ratio you can only change in the previous dialog too For that reason it is disabled here The drop down menu next to it enables you to change the aspect ratio of the clip MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Appendix page 61 The drop down menu Frame Field Encoding enables you to define whether the H 264 Encoder should work in progressive or interlaced mode In interlaced mode the video footage is encoded field based i e the whole picture is saved but no fields or field infor mation will be used In progressive mode the video is encoded frame based i e frames will be saved which include field information These will be used to combine the individual fields to one frame Using this method the temporal aspect of the fields is considered i e whether the top field or the bottom field is saved first The Frame Rate drop down menu is disabled again because you can define the appro priate frame rate in one of the earlier dialogs Under Key Frame
4. MPEG The Playback video on the desktop box lets you turn Premiere s preview on and off When IEEE 1394 output is active you might want to turn off this option so that more sys tem resources can be devoted to playing back smoothly on the external device The Playback audio on audio hardware option determines whether the PC s sound hardware will be used for playback The Use DirectShow for playback box lets you use the capabilities of the Microsoft DirectShow architecture for playback This option can have different results depending on system configuration it can enhance performance on some systems but may not offer improvements on others You may want to experiment to find the setting that works best in your environment The Playback Settings dialog box also includes two more options The Force rendering of material which does not match project settings box gives you more control over MPEG Pro s capabilities The plug in will try not to render any material unnecessarily But some types of unrendered material such as some QuickTime files might not preview smoothly By turning on this option you can force this material to be rendered to MPEG for better playback The drawback is that rendering may take some time depending on the amount and format of the material MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Using MPEG Pro HD page 13 The MPEG Rendering Settings button opens the Advanced MPEG Settings dialog box
5. MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Welcome to MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro MainConcept MPEG Pro HD 2 0 Contents Introd too bra N EN N DMDMDMDMDMDMMDMMMHEBJHMHHMNHNNE NEEEEHERH HEMREMIHG o P 5 System Reguiremehls cese uuo Y e kk kk KK KK EK KK KK KK KK KK KK KK KK 7 Installations eie ape na aa etx nek SUC E RV nies ao ERU c UE Kal ey 8 Creating an MPEG Pro HD Project ll 0000 ccc eee eee 11 Adjusting Project SettingS 0 0 0 ccc ccc cece KK KS 12 importing FCS it ED 15 Capturing o oa daba Spates hese centena bees bee o autero pede 15 GINO RD DD alee OPE 21 DOMINO acne ce ee rides tenders perdices eo valen donde eae 23 The Default Profiles tab i22 Loos 1o des ERE RO kf cha DIES Eu Es 25 The Custom Profiles tab 239 LARES RE ERERERA SI RRECVYI ERE 28 EXPOM16 AUG sas duran otc a ate Se Rep d doa Beco cain ARR RUE R TUER ates 31 Export to an MPEG tape device 0 0 0 cece eee eee 31 Export to a file then to an MPEG tape device 2222000055 33 Export an existing file to an MPEG tape device 5 34 Appendix The MPEG Pro HD Capture Settings eee eee KK KK ee 35 The main window of the Capture tool 00 cece eee 35 The Selup WIdOW s ai xis to ura de e d Ces Pap RD oC de ROC e ana BES EROR RUE 37 The MPEG and H 264 Encoder Settings llli 45 The Advanced MPEG SettingS 4 k as k
6. Under Format type you specify the format you want to record once more The drop down menu offers several MPEG as well as some HD and many more formats Under Format sub type you specify whether the captured video will be recorded in PAL or NTSC Relaxed standards enables you to record non compliant MPEG streams in a particular format such as VCD SVCD and DVD MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Appendix page 46 The slider Video bitrate enables you to set the appropriate bitrate A higher bitrate leads to better quality but also to a significantly larger file size The slider Video encoder quality at the bottom of the pane allows you to change the set tings in two directions performance and quality Performance to the left means that the processing time of the recorded material is shortened Quality to the right increases the picture quality of the recorded file A higher quality setting results in slower processing time A higher performance leads to lower quality On the right side of the window you see a summary of the most important settings so that you can double check them once more MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Appendix page 47 The Video Settings Pane In this window you can change the settings for Frame rate Aspect ratio and GOP Group of Pictures structure You can also make various adjustments to the bitrate Advanced MPEG Settings Basic Settings Video Set
7. chroma format for the encoded video See ISO IEC 13818 2 section 6 3 5 for more information Only the 4 2 0 and 4 2 2 formats are supported This option is only valid for MPEG 2 MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Appendix page 56 Under Sequence Display Extension you can edit several options Enable Sequence Display Extension If set to 1 sequence display extension headers are placed in the video stream after the sequence extension headers If set to 0 the Video format Color Primaries Transfer characteristics Matrix coefficients and Display Size settings are not used or present in the video stream Some SVCD players can have problems if sequence display extensions are present for DVD the sequence display extension may or may not be present See ISO IEC 13818 2 section 6 3 6 for more information This option is only valid for MPEG 2 Video Format This setting is just a flag in the bitstream to inform the decoder how the pictures were represented before encoding If the sequence display header is not present the decoder will assume Unspecified video format This setting does not affect the encoding process at all It is part of the sequence display extension and is only used when the Sequence display extension setting is 1 See ISO IEC 13818 2 section 6 3 6 for more information This option is only valid for MPEG 2 Color Primaries This field specifies the x y chromaticity coordinates of the source picture pr
8. frame Then the encoder starts a new GOP VCSD is the abbreviation for Visual Content Scene Detection which is a better way of doing scene detection At first the VCSD is carried out i e the analysis of the frames and then the GOP planning It will yield a slightly slower encoding Closed GOP every This value specifies how often the GOPs should be closed and is only of importance if there are B frames present in the GOPs A value of 0 means do not close any of the GOPs a value of 1 means close every GOP and a value of 2 means close every other GOP etc If a GOP is closed it can be decoded by itself If a GOP is not closed the first few B frames of the GOP will be dependent on the last P frame of the pre vious GOP and cannot be decoded correctly without decoding the previous GOP first When a GOP is closed the first few frames of a GOP are encoded so they only depend on the frame in the GOP the previous GOP is not required This can be useful for set ting chapter points so a player can jump to these GOPs and can start decoding immedi ately without having to read the previous GOP or discarding the first few B frames Bitrate type Constant bitrate CBR Fixed bitrate the relevant input prompt will be enabled if selected Variable bitrate VBR The minimum and maximum values define the bitrate range the encoder should stay within while encoding The average value is the desired average bitrate of the video stream The relevan
9. The Capture pane of Premiere s Project Settings window will appear General Capture Capture 00 Video Rendering Capture Format MainConcept MPEG Pro v Capture module installed Default Sequence MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Using MPEG Pro HD page 17 Make sure that the capture format is MainConcept MPEG Pro then click the Settings button Video Capture Devices None selected iv JVC MPEG NTSC VCR k The drop down menu will include all compatible capture devices recognized by the Main Concept capture engine Select the desired one and click the Setup button which becomes available once a device has been chosen In this case we are using the HD version of MPEG Pro and the only available capture source is a JVC JY HD10U high def inition camcorder However the procedure is the same as capturing from other MPEG devices such as MICROMV cameras MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Using MPEG Pro HD page 18 After you have chosen the capture source and clicked Setup enable the Capture tab in the dialog box that appears Setup E Video Capture Device Preview LI Video Input Video Format Video Standard Frame Rate ns d COUPER Es Color Space Compression Output Size In the dialog box that appears choose Native device format from the Video
10. The Custom Profiles tab The Custom Profiles pane enables you to specify some more detailed settings for cus tomizing and finetuning the output file MainConcept MPEG Pro Export Settings e MA IN ne cose rese CONCEPT Default Profiles Custom Profiles Video MPEG v Audio MPEG v Multiple MPEG Y Video 2 Pass encoding Video Standard ONTSC PAL Fields Bottom Field First v Load Analize File J Save Output Details Export type Filename Untitled m2t Location C Documents and Settings Entwicklung My Documen www mainconcept com Settings Summary Preset custom Video Settings MPEG video stream type ATSC frame size 1920 x 1080 frame rate 25 000 aspect ratio 16 9 Display fields bottom field first bitrate variable avg 18 00 max 19 40 estimated size 180 MB Audio Settings MPEG layer 2 bitrate 224 kbps frequency 48 0 kHz mode stereo CRC off estimated size 2 MB Multiplexer Settings MPEG program stream type ATSC bitrate constant computed pu fla aian aft Export range Export Work Area Cancel About Help The drop down menu Video enables you to specify the video stream type The available options are MPEG H 264 and None no video stream Depending on the video stream type you choose you can open the advanced MPEG or H 264 settings by clicking the Edit button They will be described in more deta
11. The Video Capture Device pane Capture Setup Video Capture Device Preview Capture E TV Tuner Video Input Video Format Video Standard PAL B curr actual frmrate n a r rr Frame Rate 30 000 Y Color Space Compression RGB24 Dutput Size v 320 x 240 Extended Setup X Abbrechen Under Video Input you specify optional inputs of a connected device if they are available Alterna tive inputs are for example TV Tuner Video Composite Video SVideo etc If a TV card is connected to your computer you can configure it by pressing the TV Tuner button We will intro duce the different settings of this dialog later on The available options under Video Format depend on the connected devices and installed drivers codecs The boxes on the left display some information about the selected video cap ture device e g video standard frame rate etc The drop down menus on the right enable you to specify the Frame Rate Color Space Com pression and the Output Size i e the resolu tion They depend on the chosen video device as well The Extended Setup button offers additional settings which come with the selected device We will explain the following window in detail later on MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Appendix page 37 The TV Tuner window When you enter the TV Tuner window you can configure your TV card and scan for chan nels with MP
12. a Basic Settings Video Settings Advanced Video Settings Profile ID Main Profile Level ID High Level Noise sensitivity zg Motion search mode 6 E Do half pel search Additional settings Value 1 Motion search pixel movement Start time seconds Transfer Characteristics lt gt Sequence Header VBV Buffer Size Sequence Extension Sequence Display Extension Enable Sequence Display Extensions Color Primaries Transfer Characteristics Matrix Coefficients w Display Size 4 Picture Header E n Specify the video format flag MPEG 2 only 0 composite 1 PAL 2 NTSC 3 SECAM 4 MAC 5 unspecified This value is just a flag in the video bitstream it does not affect the video encoding or decoding processes gt v I Additional settings Value 2 E Sequence Header C Enable Sequence Extension Progressive Sequence Chroma format Sequence Display Extension Enable Sequence Display Extensions Video Format Color Primaries Horizontal Vertical Matrix Coefficients Display Size Input video is RGB15 235 Specify the video format flag MPEG 2 only 0 composite 1 PAL 2 NTSC 3 SECAM 4 User quant matrices MAC 5 unspecified This value is just a flag in the video bitstream it does not affect the video encoding or decoding processes Cancel Help The box on the right side of this pane contains many more
13. 15 maybe 18 frames long and they look like this in the order the frames are displayed BBIBBPBBPBBPBBP BBIBBPBBPBBPBBBP Here the first two B frames are dependent on both the frame after them and the last P frame of the previous GOP The Broken link flag in the GOP header is there to inform decoders that some kind of action was taken such that the preceding P frame is not present and the first 2 B frames cannot be decoded correctly the decoder may then ignore them When splitting files the files are split on a GOP boundary so that the pre vious P frame of the first few B frames is not present in the new file it is in the previous file If the files are played one after another and the last P frame of the first file is kept by the decoder the decoder can correctly decode the first few B frames of the second file The Set broken link setting just allows one to specify whether the Broken link flag is set or not and it depends on whether you intend to play the files one after another or separately Write sequence program end codes When enabled sequence and program end codes are written to the old file when switching to a new file If the files are meant to be played one after another the streams should not be terminated This option only applies to the files that are split it does not apply to the last or only file generated Write program end code When enabled a program end code is written at the end of the file This settin
14. Compres sion drop down menu Video Capture Device Preview Capture Output File C Prompt before start capture Prompt before overwrite existing file Preview during capture MPEG Tape Device native format MPEG 2 Transport Stream Compression Video Native device format iv Audio Master St sec Ligos Indeo Video 4 5 Ligos Indeo Video 5 11 DV File Fel tel IYUV codec Microsoft H 261 Video Codec Microsoft H 263 Video Codec __ MJPG_MainConcept Video V3 00a MB Microsoft RLE Microsoft Video 1 TechSmith Screen Capture Codec MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Using MPEG Pro HD page 19 Use the Native device format setting when capturing from any sup ported MPEG based device e g 720p or 1080i HD camcorder This will allow material to be captured without quality loss Normally this option is disabled when selecting a high definition device When using any other source choose MainConcept MPEG Encoder to convert the material to MPEG during capture DV HDV Device Control Seri ontrol If you are capturing from an MPEG device choose MainConcept MPEG Pro in the Device Control drop down menu near the bottom of the Capture window Otherwise use Premiere s standard device control Now you can capture as you normally would in Premiere Pro You will have the opportu nity to name captured clips and they will appear in the Project bin M
15. Here you can specify the render behaviour of the Timeline while editing your project Advanced MPEG Settings C MAIN MPEG Encoder wr _ Basic Settings Video Settings Advanced Video Settings Format type Format sub type MPEG settings summary Relaxed standards ATSC v PAL HDTV 1080i Preset Custom Settings MPEG 1 Video settings MEUS 2 video stream type ATSC SVCD frame size 1920 x 1080 DVD frame rate 25 000 DVD R aspect ratio Square Pels A bitrate variable avg 10 00 max 19 40 ow estimated size 72 MB minute MicroMV DVHS HDV HD1 ATSC D10 XDCAM IMX XDCAM HD DK Cancel Help Cox emm C He In general we do not recommend changing these settings When you choose an MPEG Pro project preset appropriate render settings are loaded automatically Some MPEG for mats require certain parameters so adjusting these items could create output that is not compliant with the chosen standard If you do want to tweak these settings you can learn more about them in the Appendix section of this manual Here you find an Advanced MPEG Settings Guide This section describes the advanced parameters for the standalone MainConcept MPEG Encoder However the information also applies to the MPEG Pro HD advanced settings which use the same engine as the standalone encoder It is safe to adjust the Video encoder quality control According to our testing the default setting is sui
16. MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Appendix page 53 If the source video has no noise at all and the setting is set to a very high value the encoder may give up to soon and not match some pixels from frame to frame wasting bits Noise Reduction is a specific noise filter It reduces the noise in a frame spatial reduc tion but it doesn t do it from frame to frame temporal reduction The value range is O 31 Motion Search Mode The Motion Search Mode defines which method is used to search for pixel movement in the video stream A higher value specifies a better method and will normally yield better quality The practical range is 3 to 11 Do half pel Search When this option is activated the Motion Search operation also looks for pixels that move only 1 2 of a pixel from one frame to the next a subpixel search This should usually be enabled and should only be disabled if speed is desired above quality Set motion search areas from pixel movement These settings specify the maximum movement of a pixel from one frame to the next They are used to calculate the Motion Search Areas the maximum area the encoder will search in an attempt to find a match for a block of pixels from one frame to the next If the video has quite a bit of movement it is useful to raise these values Unfortunately this also extends the encoding time At first activate the option by ticking the Enable check box and change the values in
17. This option is only valid for MPEG 2 Use Frame Prediction and Frame DCT Set to 1 to have the motion estimation and DCT Discrete Cosine Transformation computations done on both fields of a frame in the same pass set to 0 to have them done on each field independently Normally this should be 0 for interlaced frames and 1 for progressive frames Setting this field to 1 will result in slight faster encoding but will yield less quality in interlaced frames This setting can be specified independently for each frame type I B and P See ISO IEC 13818 2 section 6 3 10 for more information This option is only valid for MPEG 2 Quantization Scale Type Specifies which mapping to use between the encoded quantization scale factor and the quantizer scale applied in the inverse quantization arithmetic Set to O to specify a linear mapping or 1 to specify a non linear mapping This setting can be specified independently for each frame type I B and P See ISO IEC 13818 2 section 6 3 10 for more information This option is only valid for MPEG 2 Intra VLC Format VLC is the acronym for Variable Length Coding This option specifies one of two MPEG defined variable length coding tables used for intra coded blocks Table 1 is considered to be statistically optimized for Intra coded pictures coded within the sweet spot range e g 0 3 to 0 6 bit pixel of MPEG 2 Normally set to 1 for MPEG 2 video this setting can be specified independently for each frame ty
18. Using the spinbox Reference Frames you specify the maximum number of reference frames you want to search for in order to encode a picture The value range is 1 128 Under Search Mode you specify the search mode for the macroblocks In these areas the encoder predicts inter coded macroblocks in P slices The inter prediction creates a pre diction model from previously encoded frames It can be combination of the following flags 8x8 and 16x16 The drop down menu Subpixel Mode enables you to choose the subpixel motion search depth Full means that only the full pixel position will be examined When choosing Half only half pixels positions will be added to the search Quarter means that both half and quarter pixel positions will be added At the bottom of the Motion Search Prediction column you find some more check boxes The Rate Distortion Optimization checkbox allows you to enable the optimization for rate distortion The rate distortion specifies the trade off between quality and bitrate The checkbox Fast Intra Decisions allows the encoder to use fast intra coding decision metrics in order to speed up the encoding process This option can slightly decrease pic ture quality but will result in a significant speed improvement The checkbox Fast Inter Decisions allows encoder to use fast inter coding decision met rics in order to speed up the encoding process This result can be a decrease in picture quality but at the same time it
19. com Default Profiles Custom Profiles Settings Summary Preset HDV 1080i 25 30 Type Profile Video Settings MPEG video stream type HDV HD2 MPEG HDV 1080i 25 30 frame size 1440 x 1080 frame rate 29 970 drop frame aspect ratio 16 9 Display H264 tttm fields top field first bitrate constant 25 00 Mbps estimated size 271 MB Audio Settings MPEG layer 2 bitrate 384 kbps Video Standard frequency 48 0 kHz mode stereo GNrSC OPAL C on estimated size 4 MB Multiplexer Settings MPEG program stream type HD HD2 bitrate constant computed esas Cin c nan alf Output Details Export type Export range Export In Point to Qut Point i 1 Entire Clip Filename In Point to Qut Point C i Untitled m2t Cancel Location C Documents and Settings Entwicklung My Documen About Help The Filename input prompt enables you to define the desired filename for the output file Location enables you to specify the appropriate directory for exporting your project Use the Browse button to search for the desired folder On the right you find four buttons which perform the following functions Export starts the export process Cancel enables you to close the window without accepting the current settings About shows some information about the current version of MPEG Pro HD Help open the MPEG Pro HD PDF manual MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Using MPEG Pro HD page 27
20. easy to view your material on an external monitor connected via an IEEE 1394 device To turn on this feature launch the Playback Settings dialog box from the drop down menu at the top right of the Monitor window Je j J Sequence 01 x Ni New Reference Monitor Composite Alpha All Scopes Vectorscope Waveform CbCr Parade RGB Parade Vect Wave CbCr Parade Vect Wave RGB Parade Highest Quality Draft Quality Automatic Quality LOOP Cl Audio Units AR Safe Margins md EL 3 Single View Trim Ctrl T m BE Playback Settings You can also launch the Playback Settings window from the General pane of Premiere Pro s Project Settings dialog box choose Project gt Project Settings gt General then click the Playback Settings button MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Using MPEG Pro HD page 12 To activate IEEE 1394 video output check the Playback video on an external device box in the Device output field To have sound played via 1394 also check the Playback audio on an external device box If you have more than one device available choose the desired target from the Supported playback devices drop down menu Playback settings CMAIN The Codec People CONCEPT Playback video on the desktop Playback audio on audio hardware Device output Render Settings o Force rendering of material which does not match project settings Video Format
21. here Time Scale presents the number of time units that pass in one second Its value has to be greater than O If you divide Time Scale by Tick Unit the result will be the appropriate frame rate FPS time scale tick units It is valid for all common frame rates The standard value of the Time Scale parameter is 27000000 In the black field of the dialog the H 264 Encoder shows possible errors which might be caused by wrong settings because some parameters are not allowed in a specific com bination MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Appendix page 68 The Advanced Audio Settings As already mentioned before you have three different audio types which can be selected in the drop down menu under Audio MPEG PCM and AAC Each type offers different advanced settings which can be opened by clicking the Edit button The MPEG Audio Settings This dialog offers professional adjustments for MPEG audio export Set private bit Just a spare bit in the audio headers which is user defined DVD specifies it MPEG Audio Settings Layer Sampling rate C Set private bit Layer 2 48000 shall be 0 et copyri i De emphasis Made a m m ae San r3 w Stereo Set copyright bit Specifies whether the audio is zio US copyrighted or not this setting is completely arbi duce 7 v trary it has no effect whatsoever Psychoacoustic model MA um Set original bit Specifies whether the audio is a copy or
22. many devices which have standard drivers that can be accessed at the system level Some products may have proprietary drivers that cannot be accessed in this way in which case it might be neces sary to use the capture software that was provided with the device MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Using MPEG Pro HD page 15 Capture performance depends on a number of factors including system specifications and the type of capture device being used For PCs that cannot capture in real time MPEG Pro includes a buffering feature which saves some frames to disk during capture and processes them afterwards Because of the high bitrate of up to 33 Mbps during HD 1080i and 720p capturing disk performance is of great importance During our tests we encountered that a fragmented disk can cause much trouble While short breaks because of lower disk performance are not so dangerous during capture process they might cause dropouts in the recording dur ing playback to tape We recommend to capture only to an unfrag mented disk but you should also take care that the disk is not fragmented when rendering HD projects to files To capture using MPEG Pro launch Premiere s Capture window File Capture or F5 Test prproj f ft MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Using MPEG Pro HD page 16 Click the Settings tab in the upper right of the window Then click the Edit button
23. the two spinboxes Horizontal and Vertical These settings are an easy way to manipulate the Motion Search vectors The motion search vectors can also be manually manipulated in the Motion Estimation section of the Additional Settings tree The motion search vectors are different and optimized for the different frames and frame types Start Time seconds This option specifies the starting timecode in the GOP header of the video stream It is independent of the timecodes in the program stream This timecode is specified as a frame number which is converted to a hr min sec frames type timecode and placed in all GOP headers automatically incremented For instance with 25 fps and a Start Time set to 300 the first timecode would be 00 00 12 00 or 12 seconds As another example one MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Appendix page 54 could encode 1 hour of video with the start time set to zero then encode another hour of video with the start time set to 3600 seconds Then when the two videos are played one after the other the timecode will be continuos between the two files Input video is RGB 16 235 Ticking the checkbox Input video is RGB 16 235 particular black and white values are preserved During encoding and decoding the RGB color space with R G B 16 is used which corresponds to the color black Furthermore the RGB color space with R G B 235 is used which corresponds to the color white Normally the valu
24. used in accessing the alpha deblocking filter table for filtering operations controlled by the macroblocks within a slice The value range is 6 to 6 here Beta Offset allows you to specify the offset used in accessing the beta deblocking filter table for filtering operations controlled by the macroblocks within a slice The value range is 6 to 6 The Video Usability Information tree contains the following options The SAR Width and SAR Height options enable you to specify scaling coefficient for the width and height This can be useful when you want to scale the SVCD format in a way that it can be appropriately watched on a normal television However these options should not be confused with the aspect ratio which is something completely different MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Appendix page 67 Video Format is disabled here It will be controlled in the main window of the H 264 Encoder The encoder distinguishes between PAL and NTSC Video Full Range indicates the black level and range of the luma and chroma signals i e whether to use the full range between 0 and 255 or not The option is temporarily dis abled Tick Unit describes the number of time units of a clock operating at the frequency Time Scale that corresponds to one increment called a clock tick of a clock tick counter A clock tick is the minimum interval of time that can be represented in the coded data The value has to be larger than 0
25. you can choose which frames in the stream have a timestamp attached The timestamps are needed for synchronization of video and audio In general it is enough to set this option to Frame For particular formats the values are clearly defined The Pulldown option contains four parameters None 2 3 3 2 and Auto When pull down is present in the video stream the multiplexer must adjust the PTS DTS timestamps to account for the extra fields displayed This option should be set to the same value as the video pulldown setting or to Auto Split File Options Max file size You enter the value in MBs here from which a further file shall be written Reset clocks If Reset clocks is enabled the SCR PTS and DTS clocks are reset to the startup delay values the starting values when starting a new file This would make the timecodes in each of the files start with the same values If disabled the clocks are not reset and the timecodes would be continuous from one file to the next Set broken link flag in GOP This option has to do with the way MPEG compresses frames Usually a GOP consists of 1 frame and several B and P frames frames are not dependent on any other frames P frames are normally dependent on the preceding P or frame and B frames are normally dependent on the preceding and successive or P frames MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Appendix page 75 A standard GOP the default settings are
26. 920 x 1080 frame rate 29 970 drop frame aspect ratio 16 9 Display fields bottom field first bitrate variable avg 18 00 max 19 40 estimated size 180 MB Audio Settings MPEG layer 2 layer bitrate 224 kbps Video Standard frequency 48 0 kHz mode stereo ONTSC OPAL CRC off estimated size 2 MB Multiplexer Settings MPEG program stream type ATSC bitrate constant computed 3 Beckie j Dutput Details Export type Export range Een Export to a file Jevice WekArea v Filename Untitled m2t Cancel aa NN C Documents and Settings Entwicklung My Documen Help MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Using MPEG Pro HD page 24 The Default Profiles window allows easy selection of frequently used MPEG and H 264 presets and in some cases these may be all the settings you need to change They already offer high quality results If you do need to access additional settings to optimize or finetune the video and audio streams click the Custom Profiles tab But we will explain these settings in more detail later on The Default Profiles tab The Default Profiles pane under Type and Profile offers many general presets for MPEG and H 264 In the drop down menu MPEG you find many presets for MPEG including different presets for VCD SVCD DVD HDV HDTV etc MainConcept MPEG Pro Export Settings CMAIN The Codec People CONCEPT www mainconcept co
27. EG Pro Furthermore you can select different channels and adjust further settings here TV Tuner Channel Channels Country Region Tuning Space Tuner Mode 43 0 TV Signal Signal present Input TV Standard i Cable PAL_B v O Antenna Frequency Video Language A 62250000 Mono O tees O Language B Audi 67750000 Audio At first we want to show you how to scan for TV channels in order to record live video footage from TV The Country Region input prompt enables you to enter the correct regional code It is determined by your system The Tuning Space option allows you to specify the frequency range the TV tuner shall use while searching for channels The drop down menu Tuner Mode enables you to select the appropriate mode In MPEG Pro the only available option is TV In the drop down menu TV Standard you choose the appropriate standard for the input signal PAL SECAM or NTSC In the Input section you see three different checkboxes Ticking one of them enables you to specify the correct input for the TV Tuner i e whether the plug in shall use an analog digital SVideo or Composite input You can also specify whether MPEG Pro should use the input signal via antenna or cable In the Audio section you can specify whether you want record TV footage in Stereo or Mono Simply click the desired checkbox If you have a TV card which supports more than one audio channel you can select the appropriat
28. File C Prompt before start capture Prompt before overwrite existing file v Preview during capture MPEG Tape Device native format MPEG 2 Transport Stream Confia Compression Video Native device format Audio Master Stream Time limit 0 Stop capture after File size control DV File Format None O File size limit The option MPEG Tape Device native format is only enabled when an MPEG tape device is connected to your The Output File option is disabled here You can enter a file name for the recorded video in Pre miere Pro s main capture window In the box directly below you find several check boxes for controlling the appearances of some message boxes For example you can specify whether a dialog opens before starting the cap ture process whether the preview is enabled or disabled whether a message box appears before overwriting a file etc Native Capture Format computer e g an HD or MMV camcorder Clicking the Con OMPEG 2 Program Stream fig button opens another dialog Here you can specify allows scene detection on some devices whether MPEG Pro should capture in MPEG 2 Program COMPE VPN sheep Stream or MPEG 2 Transport Stream MPEG 2 Program rm Stream even allows scene detection on some devices For further details please have a look at the paragraph about the File Size Control further down below The options under Compression are maybe the most imp
29. PEG Pro for Adobe Premiere Pro 1 0 on your computer Setup Status 1 x MainConcept MPEG Pro for Adobe Premiere Pro 1 0 Setup is performing the requested operations 81 nstallShield When you now launch Premiere Pro you will have access to the MPEG Pro HD project profiles MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Installation page 10 Creating an MPEG Pro HD Project After installing MPEG Pro HD launch Premiere and create a new project New Project s You will notice a variety of MPEG Pro project presets The new version of the plug in even offers many more project presets They are designed to cover the most popular MPEG editing needs and you can also cre ate custom settings to meet special needs Choose the MPEG Pro HD preset you want specify the project file name and path and click OK When the project opens you can edit as you would normally edit in Premiere except that you now have the ability to work with MPEG material much more easily and efficiently The high definition settings do not appear in the standard version of MPEG Pro HD As you might expect the plug in is only active when MainConcept MPEG Pro is selected as editing mode in Premiere Pro MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Using MPEG Pro HD page 11 Adjusting Playback Settings MPEG Pro supports IEEE 1394 output during standard definition editing making it
30. ainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Using MPEG Pro HD page 20 Editing This is the easiest and most fun part B Project Ne Ssean comers rors EO ka Car _Inside01_1 mpg Movie 720 x 480 09 v video qi 00 00 05 02 2957 fps Fa 48000 Hz 16 bit Stereo v jai le SAL CCOII Ej Saleen Commercilprpro d tems Name Media Type 7 Jij Saleen The Dream Sequence Jy Intro Sequence Sequence fy Racing Montage Sequence Car spin08 2 mpg Movie P Beauty Shots Bin b Voice Overs Bin gt 3 PattsandAssembly Bin gt Heads and Meetings Bin gt Drafting and Computer Bin gt Miniatures Bin gt Music Bin Li gt gt 00 06 Racing Bin DP Ung mm Bina eae RE TE irem Pere E Rendered Sequences Bin k toe adh hs aoe y 4 ra v s HEJE Tan AO s W e de och ib nore he Us deo d coo A a Ri 2 S gt I z E MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Using MPEG Pro HD page 21 Edit as usual while MPEG Pro works under the hood In standard definition many tran sitions and effects can be previewed in real time depending on your system s capabili ties making it easy to experiment with different ideas and instantly see the results of color correction and other adjustments Smart rendering ensures that only changed por tions of the project will be rendered The plug in a
31. alues depend on the source material If the bitrate is low you can change the parameters to get better results 35 22 24 40 23 25 46 24 27 56 25 29 Additional Settings Tree Now we want to introduce the different parameters in the Additional Settings tree The different options are displayed in the tree You can change the settings by using the Value parameter box Depending on the setting you have to adjust the appropriate option in the corresponding tree A short definition of the selected option is offered under the display Under Sequence Header you find the following option VBV Buffer size This value specifies the size of the Video Buffering Verifier VBV buffer in KB 1024 bytes Decoders can use this value to determine the largest buffer needed to decode the video stream Set it to zero to have the encoder compute a value based on the video bitrate VCD specifies 40 KB SVCD and DVD specify 224 KB Use the Value prompt in order to change the parameters See ISO IEC 13818 2 section 6 3 3 or ISO IEC 11171 2 section 2 4 3 2 for more information The option Sequence Extension offers two settings Progressive Sequence If set to 1 all frames in the video are progressive if set to 0 both progressive and interlaced frames can appear in the video See ISO IEC 13818 2 section 6 3 5 for more information This option is only valid for MPEG 2 Chroma Format The option specifies whether to use the 4 2 0 or 4 2 2 high profile only
32. an original this setting is completely arbi trary it has no effect whatsoever Enable CRC Specifies whether a CRC is embedded in each audio frame both SVCD and DVD specify enabled Psycho acoustic model Two different models 1 and 2 specified by MPEG to compute the just noticeable noise level Layer MPEG 1 Layer 1 Normally not used MPEG 1 Layer 2 Used for VCD SVCD and PAL DVD NTSC DVDs use LPCM Linear PCM audio or AC3 as the standard audio type instead of MPEG Layer2 LPCM is an uncompressed audio format which offers higher quality but it also uses far more of the total bitrate consequently less bitrate is available for the video stream PCM is only available for MPEG 2 type streams and is seldom used for PAL DVDs MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Appendix page 69 De Emphasis Under De Emphasis you find three options None 50 15 uS and ccitt j 17 This is a flag to the player specifying what kind of de emphasis to perform on the audio DVD and SVCD specify None VCD can be either None or 50 15 uS Sampling rate The option enables you to specify the desired frequency for the output file Mode Stereo Standard stereo Joint Stereo This option can convert the sound to mono in the lower frequency range which can hardly be perceived by the human ear This results in an enhancement of the stereo quality in the median and higher frequency ranges The setting is useful if th
33. as the Format Type in the Advanced MPEG Settings window and NTSC or PAL as the Format Subtype After selecting your settings click the Device button to bring up the Device Options window Device options Supported devices NE JY HD10 HDY NTSC VCR Iv Device control Cl Activate device Preroll milliseconds C Prompt before export start MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Using MPEG Pro HD page 31 Choose the desired device from the drop down menu if necessary Click the Activate device checkbox if you want MPEG Pro to start recording on the device automatically during the output process IMPORTANT If you choose this feature make sure that the tape is cued to a point that will not result in accidental erasure of existing mate rial The Preroll box enables you to delay the output from Premiere Pro long enough to allow the device to enter recording mode if necessary If Activate device is not checked you can select the Prompt before export start option This feature will alert you that the export is about to begin so you can start recording on the device manually The Export to an MPEG tape device option is quite powerful In many cases it can out put projects with unrendered material in real time by rendering on the fly as it transmits to the device If the output is jittery it will be necessary to render changed items press Enter before exporting Please note that HD2 1080
34. case B frames can only be decoded correctly if the pre vious and the next I P frames are available B frames are smaller than P frames In addi tion B frames can be encoded using only information from the next P frame but then they are larger than if they were encoded using both the previous and next frame informa tion As a general rule for practical settings The GOP size in frames is specified with the frame setting and it must be a multiple of the P frame setting When frame is set to 1 all frames in the video will be frames When frame is larger than 1 it specifies the size of the GOP and the P frame setting specifies how often P frames occur in the GOP If P frame is set to 1 the video will consist of only and P frames If P frame is larger than 1 B frames are placed between the P frames and the video will consist of P and B frames MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Appendix page 49 Larger GOPs will yield greater compression but will possibly cause a loss of quality We recommend using the default settings Auto Gop This function always starts a new GOP when there is a scene change i e the encoder sets an frame If you choose None from the drop down menu there will not be a scene detection The Fast option is a quick method of scene detection where no VCSD happens During the motion search the application checks if a scene change occurs and if yes the P frame is encoded as an
35. down menu Profile enables you to change the H 264 profile if necessary The available options are Baseline Main and High The parameters under Level define the limits for the settings A higher level results in more available settings The H 264 spec specification allows for a large number of vari ations in the settings e g the frame resolution can theoretically be as large as 214 x 214 The Profile and Level just set limits on what the values of some of the other settings can be MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Appendix page 63 Under Stream Structure you find several checkboxes If the Use B Pictures checkbox is enabled you can specify in what intervals a reference frame appears P frames Under Baseline there are no B frames The value range is O 10 Use B Slices as Reference allows the user to specify even B slices as reference Right now only a fixed number of slices per picture is implemented If the checkbox under Multiple Slices is disabled there is only a single slice per picture an enabled checkbox means that the encoder will use a certain number of slices which can be specified in the corresponding spinbox On systems with multiple logical or physical CPUs using of more than 1 slice will accelerate encoding due to independent slice encoding The number of slices should not be greater than the size of the picture in macroblocks Under Motion Search Prediction you find the following options
36. e Video delay as 200 ms and the Audio delay as 300 ms the first SCR will be 0 the first video PTS would MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Appendix page 74 be 200 ms and the first audio PTS would be 300 ms This would shift the audio video syn chronization so the audio is 100 ms behind the video Video Options The Buffer size kB settings specify the size of the buffers needed to decode the video If itis too low you will get buffer overflows which could show up as stuttering video Usu ally it is set to the same size as the video VBV buffer although the VBV units are half these units DVD specifies 232 for the video buffer Software decoders usually ignore the buffer sizes but most hardware players will have problems if the buffer size is not correct VBV is the abbreviation of Video Buffering Verifier It is a hypothetical decoder with a buffer whose size is specified by the Video Buffer Size Encoded pictures from the MPEG stream are placed into the buffer hypothetically and removed from the buffer at regular intervals The MPEG video stream is supposed to be constructed by varying the size of the encoded frames such that the buffer does not underflow i e becomes empty where there are no frames in the buffer when it is time to decode one or overflow i e becomes full where no space is available for more encoded pictures In the menu Timestamps you find All frames amp P frames and I frames Here
37. e audio bitrate is below 200 Kbps Dual Channel In this case both audio channels are output separately as mono channels it is normally used for two channel sound The compression of the channels takes place separately Single Channel Another expression for mono audio Bitrate Kbps 32 384 This specifies the bitrate of the audio stream Depending on the MPEG type selected some values may not be available Increasing the bitrate will yield better sound quality and result in larger files or if the total bitrate is limited it will mean less of the total bitrate is available for the video MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Appendix page 70 The PCM Audio Settings This window offers professional adjustments for PCM audio export Mute flag Flag to the player whether to mute or not when all samples in an audio frame are zero PCM Audio Settings Sampling rate Emphasis 48 KHz only Flag to the player whether emphasis is to be applied to all audio samples from the start of the audio stream papi mr Mode Type AES 3 SMPTE 302 Dynamic range control The option is a recom mended gain value which can be applied to all Cx audio samples decoded from the first access unit Ticking the checkbox enables the the Dynamic range control The setting does not affect the encoding of the audio at all It is simply a value decoders may use when playing the audio Gain dB The Gain value X and Y i
38. e language For example The first frequency offers the film in English the second one in German and the third one in MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Appendix page 38 French Simply tick the corresponding checkbox Language A Language B or Lan guage C to specify the desired language Under Frequency the current audio and video frequency of the TV Tuner is displayed After you have made all necessary settings press the Auto Scan button in order to search for the TV channels The available channels are displayed under Channels You can directly select a channel by entering its number in the Channel input prompt and confirming with the Return key or the Enter button Back in the Video Capture Device pane you have an additional button called Extended Setup in the Video Format section Clicking the button opens the Extended Video Setup window which offers two different panes The Analog Video Decoder pane offers different options for capturing analog video foot age Extended Video Setup Analog Video Decoder Video Proc Amp TV Standard PAL B Lock state locked Lines detected 625 The drop down menu TV Standard enables you to specify the appropriate standard PAL SECAM or NTSC The option Lock VCR horizontal synchronisation enables you synchronize the hori zontal synch signal of a VCR connected to the input instead of the internal synch signal produced by the capture hardware This is use
39. e to connect several devices to your computer If you specify a DV device here you normally do not need to select an audio device This is also valid for MPEG devices The capture engine will detect the audio device automatically and disable the audio device selection The drop down menu Audio Capture Devices enables you to choose the desired device for capturing audio Due to the selected video device this drop down menu might be dis abled i e you choose a DV camcorder under video the option is disabled But if you select for example an analog device you can specify a desired audio source e g a sound card The slider under Volume controls the sound level of the capture preview Setup opens a new window which offers more settings for configuring the capture device and the capture file We will explain these parameters in detail later on Clicking the OK button confirms the settings you have made Cancel simply closes the dialog without accepting the changes MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Appendix page 36 The Setup window When you press the Setup button a window containing three panes appears where you can adjust further settings for the capture device the preview and the capture file Depending on the selected devices and the used codecs some of the options and menus might be disabled In the following we want to describe the different panes in detail We start with the Video Capture Device pane
40. efragmentation tool reports that it can t defragment such large files The device options shown above are also applicable to this export mode MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Using MPEG Pro HD page 33 Export an existing file to an MPEG tape device Choose the file to export by entering the filename and location or by clicking the Browse button and selecting a file MainConcept MPEG Pro Export Settings e MAIN tno cecec Peopie CONCEPT Default Profiles Custom Profiles Type Profile MPEG HDV 720p 25 30 H264 Video Standard ONTSC 9PAL Output Details Export type www mainconcept com Settings Summary Preset HDV 720p 25 30 Video Settings MPEG video stream type HDV HD1 frame size 1280 x 720 frame rate 25 000 aspect ratio 16 9 Display fields progressive bitrate constant 18 30 Mbps estimated size 22 MB Audio Settings MPEG layer 2 bitrate 384 kbps frequency 48 0 kHz mode stereo C on estimated size 0 MB Multiplexer Settings MPEG program stream type HDV HD1 bitrate constant 19 70 Mbps ans Cin cia al Export range Export to a file then to an MPEG tape device v Entire Project Filename Vacations m2t Location C Documents Export Cancel About Help Normally this part of the window is used to specify information for a file to be exported But in this case it serves a different purpose The export device optio
41. erms of the preceding License Agreement If you choose No the setup will close To install MainConcept MPEG Pro for Adobe Premiere Pro 1 0 you must accept this agreement allShield lt Back Yes N No Bach Cancel You must accept the terms of the License Agreement to use this product If you purchased MPEG Pro HD enter the registration code you were given in the Serial Number field If you want to evaluate the demo version leave the Demo text InstallShield Wizard Tu Customer Information Please enter your information User Name Mark Bailey Company Name MainConcept LLG Serial Number Demo Install this application for Anyone who uses this computer all users Only for me lt Back Cancel If you evaluate the demo version and then purchase a license it will be necessary to unin stall the product and then reinstall it with the registration code If you run the installer when MPEG Pro HD is already on the system you will be given the option to remove the exist ing installation MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Installation page 9 After the Customer Information dialog box a progress bar will appear Then you will be notified that the installation has been completed InstallShield Wizard InstallShield Wizard InstallShield Wizard Complete Setup has finished installing MainConcept M
42. es for white are R G B 0 and for black R G B 255 The specification ITU601R now defines black Y 16 and white Y 235 i e the real video signal receives values which are blacker than black or whiter than white so called super black and super white values These super black and super white values get lost in the normal PC RGB 0 255 color space but they are preserved with the Input video is RGB 16 235 option User Quantization Matrices Each 8x8 block of pixels in the image is run through a DCT Discrete Cosine Transforma tion function which yields an 8x8 block of DCT coefficients These coefficients are arranged in the 8x8 array with the lower frequencies in the upper left corner of the array and the lower frequencies in the lower right corner The numbers of these 8x8 blocks are the results of mathematical functions performed by the encoder to represent the video in a smaller number of bits The quantization matrices determine the divider used by the quantization function for each DCT coefficient Lower numbers mean the coefficient will be quantized less better quality closer to the original DCT value but more bits are needed while higher numbers mean the coefficients are quantized more lower quality but less bits are needed The default intra matrix values are biased towards the low frequency coefficients they are rep resented better while the high frequency coefficients are not represented as well The numbers on the top le
43. es present in a primary coded picture and to simplify the detection of the boundary between access units e g frames Sequence End Code may be used to specify that the next subsequent access unit in the bitstream in decoding order shall be an IDR access unit starting with new sequence parameter set MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Appendix page 65 Timestamps is used to write picture timing information into the encoded stream This can be useful for the decoding process Timestamp Offset defines a frame based offset that is added to any timestamps DTS PTS It can be used e g for segment re encoding to guarantee continuous timings Film Mode Framerate Conversion specifies the NTSC pulldown generated in the video stream It should only be used if the video frame rate is 23 976 or 24 frames per second fps If enabled it will encode 23 976 fps as 29 97 59 94 fps or 24 fps as 30 60 fps The available options are Off 2 3 Pulldown and 3 2 Pulldown Under Scene Detection you find two options Set IDR on scene change sets a keyframe when there is a change of scene Set to Yes the encoder defines a keyframe and set to No it does not Detection sensibility is used to trigger detection Higher values will lead to detection of even small changes in video content Lower values will lead to detection of only big changes The valid range of the option is 0 100 The default value is 50 Under Coding you find t
44. ettings H264 profile High level 4 1 frame size 1920 x 1080 frame rate 29 970 pulldown none aspect ratio 16 9 fields top field first variable avg 20 000 Mbps max 24 000 Mbps estimated size 200 MB Audio Settings MPEG layer 2 bitrate 224 kbps frequency 48 0 kHz mode stereo CRC off estimated size 2 MB Multiplexing none Export range Work Area Cancel About Help Under Video Standard you decide whether you want the video to be exported in PAL or NTSC On the right you find a summary of the most important export settings Under Output Details you find some general options for exporting a project The drop down menu Export Type enables you to specify the way you want to output your project It offers the following options Export to a file Export to an MPEG tape device Export to a file then to an MPEG tape device and Export an existing file to an MPEG tape device The individual options are described in more detail later on The Device button is only enabled when a supported MPEG tape device is connected to the system Here you specify the device type and some general options for it MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Using MPEG Pro HD page 26 Under Export Range you specify whether you want to export the whole project or only a segment specified by in and out points MainConcept MPEG Pro Export Settings MAIN me cesec Peopie CONCEPT www mainconcept
45. ft handle the low frequency regions and the numbers on the bottom right handle the high frequency regions The human eye is less sensitive to the high fre quencies so that region can be compressed to a higher degree this is why the values are higher there If the whole matrix consists of 1 there would be virtually no compression at all but a very large number of bits If you set all numbers of the matrix to 255 you will obtain a very bad picture because it has been compressed to such a degree that it will lead to a significant loss of quality MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Appendix page 55 When you activate the checkbox you can click the Edit button in order to adjust the parameters for Matrix for Intra Block and Matrix for non Intra Block In the following window you can change these settings Quantization matrix Matrix for intra block Matrix for non intra block 22 26 27 17 19 20 21 22 24 27 29 18 20 21 22 23 27 29 34 19 21 22 23 24 These values must be in the range 16 256 21 22 23 with the exception that the first entry in the intra block matrix must be 8 Intra blocks are macroblocks coded using only information from the current picture I frames non intra blocks are macroblocks coded using infor mation from the current picture and other pictures B and P frames If the bitrate is high you should not change the parameters Ultimately these v
46. ful because VCRs do not offer a very sta MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Appendix page 39 ble signal during tape playback very often The display directly below shows the current state of the option The display Lines detected specifies the number of lines in a picture The Enable output bus checkbox allows you to enable or disable the video port bus of some devices e g ATI or NVidia for the output which leads to deactivation of the pre view It should always be enabled if available If the preview is turned off by another appli cation you can activate it here again In the Video Proc Amp pane you find several sliders for enhancing the picture quality of the capture file such as Brightness Contrast Saturation Hue etc The Default button resets the sliders to their original settings Extended Video Setup Analog Video Decoder Video Proc Amp Brightness Contrast Hue Saturation Sharpness Gamma White Balance Abbrechen Ubeinehmen Most of the settings are self explanatory or well known from other software Therefore we will do without a detailed explanation of the different parameters here Some options might be disabled because they are dependent on the used hardware The checkbox Enable color allows you to activate the color for a picture MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Appendix page 40 The Capture pane yax Capture Preview Output
47. g only applies to the last file if the splitting option is enabled or if there is only one file generated Align sequence headers When enabled the sequence headers present in the video stream are placed at the beginning of a PES packet this makes it easier to find the sequence headers and the start of a GOP When a sequence header is aligned it is pos sible that the previous video PES packet will need to be padded to make it the correct size so this option can consume a little of the total bitrate This option is required for SVCD and DVD Pad VCD Audio Some VCD burning programs require this flag to be set and some do not VCD video packs are 2324 bytes long but the audio packs are only 2304 bytes long When the data is written to a VCD disk the audio packs are put in normal 2324 byte sec tors Some VCD burning programs deal with the extra 20 bytes themselves while others require the extra 20 bytes to be present When this setting is enabled the audio packs are padded with 20 zero bytes so they are 2324 bytes long if not enabled the audio packs are only 2304 bytes long This setting is only meaningful for VCD Add SVCD scan offset SVCD defines some navigation information that is put into the video stream to help players jump back and forth or skip ahead easily The info is called scan offsets this option is normally required for SVCD This option also consumes a little of the video bitrate Note this option will be ignored if the user
48. ge to find out what technical support options are available in your area And be sure to check the Support page regularly for product updates and more information We hope that you have a lot of fun with our latest product If you have any suggestions on how to improve MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro please send us your feedback to the following e mail address suggestions mainconcept com Depending on your location charges may apply for telephone technical support Thank you for choosing MainConcept MPEG Pro HD MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Technical Support page 78
49. ges in the audio playback rate the audio will be resampled by the cor responding driver MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Appendix page 42 The DV File Format option offers three checkboxes DV Type 1 DV Type 2 and DV Raw You specify the DV AVI type here Under Time Limit you specify the capture length i e how long the Capture tool should record video footage Tick the checkbox and enter the desired value in the input prompt next to it File Size Control offers several settings for file splitting and scene detection Your can enable file splitting as well as define particular split file sizes Furthermore you can enable scene detection for DV MicroMV and HDV devices here in order to split the cap tured data tape into separate files scene by scene It depends on a device s capabilities and the encoder selection which options are available The scene detection checkbox on Premiere Pro s main capture window has no effect The scene detection function can only be enabled on the setup page Because of the inflexibility of the Premiere Pro s plug in API file types other than MPEG are not automatically imported into the project bin but the user has to import them manu ally When scene detection is enabled for an MPEG device or format changes occur on a tape a dialog informs the user after stopping the capture process about the number of files that where actually recorded Please tick the Import all checkbox if yo
50. he following functions The CABAC option is only available for the Main and High profile It can be enabled On or disabled Off CABAC is the abbreviation of Context Based Adaptive Binary Arithmetic Coding Using this option only binary decisions are encoded A non binary item is bina rized or converted into binary code When CABAC is disabled the encoder automatically switches to CAVLC Context Adaptive Variable Length Coding In general we recom mend to use the CABAC option if it is available Although it is slower it offers a higher compression and much better quality than CAVLC The Use Hadamard option enables Yes and disables No the Hadamard Transforma tion This is an optimized cosine transformation Activating the option the clip will be encoded in better quality and it will have a smaller file size The Rate Control branch offers one option VBV buffer size bytes specifies the size of the virtual buffer verifier This value should be adjusted to bitrate Constant Bitrate or to maximum bitrate Variable Bitrate to avoid DTS PTS underflows during muxing It controls the size of the buffers needed to encode the video If it is too low you will get buffer overflows which could show up as stuttering video Software decoders usually ignore the buffer sizes but most hardware players will have problems if the buffer size is not correct MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Appendix page 66 E
51. hese values and the values should be 720x480 NTSC or 720x576 PAL These settings are part of the sequence display extension and are only used when the Sequence display extension setting is 1 Use the options Horizontal and Vertical to specify the exact value See ISO IEC 13818 2 section 6 3 6 for more information This option is only valid for MPEG 2 MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Appendix page 57 The DVD specification does specify the values to use for the Color pri maries Transfer characteristics Display horizontal size and Dis play vertical size settings if the SDE is present Under Picture Header the encoder offers one more setting Force VBV Delay Set to 1 to have the VBV delay in the picture headers fixed to a value of OxFFFF Normally this is 1 when doing VBR encoding and 0 when doing CBR encoding When the VBV delay is OxFFFF a different method is used to input data to the VBV than if VBV delay is not fixed to OXFFFF See ISO IEC 13818 2 section 6 3 9 or ISO IEC 11172 2 section 2 4 3 4 for more information The option Picture Coding Extension offers several additional settings Intra DC Precision Specifies the effective precision of the DC coefficients in intra coded macroblocks 10 bits usually achieves quality saturation 11 bits can be used if the quantization is very low the bitrate is quite high compared to the frame size rate See ISO IEC 13818 2 section 6 3 10 for more information
52. i is not compatible with DVHS i e although you can play it back from the camcorder to the DVHS deck or mux it to DVHS before and although the DVHS deck can decode it and display it on TV correctly on the tape you have a lot of dropouts The reason for this is the high bitrate MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Using MPEG Pro HD page 32 Export to a file then to an MPEG tape device This option saves a file to a disk drive and then outputs it to the device For various tech nical reasons it is necessary to use this option to export HD material to an MPEG tape device such as the Sony HDR FX1 or the JVC JY HD10U high definition camcorders The process of exporting the file can be fast due to smart rendering Because of the high bitrate of up to 33 Mbps during HD 1080i and 720p capturing disk performance is of great importance During our tests we encountered that a fragmented disk can cause much trouble While short breaks because of lower disk performance are not so dangerous during capture process they might cause dropouts in the recording dur ing playback to tape We recommend to capture only to an unfrag mented disk but you should also take care that the disk is not fragmented when rendering HD projects to files Then you can be sure that they are played back to tape seamlessly This is also valid for DV MMV HD1 etc too However defragmenting the disk afterwards does not help because the Windows XP d
53. iere Pro Appendix page 48 T 7 top field B bottom field frame 1 tff 1 rff O fields displayed TB frame 2 tff 1 rff 1 fields displayed TBT frame 3 tff 0 rff 0 fields displayed BT frame 4 tff 0 rff 1 fields displayed BTB So you get the sequence of fields TB TBT BT BTB or grouped as frames TB TB TB TB TB The above would be considered 2 3 pulldown as it is 2 fields 3 fields 2 fields etc 3 2 is the reverse frame 1 tff 1 rff 1 fields displayed TBT frame 2 tff O rff O fields displayed BT frame 3 tff 0 rff 1 fields displayed BTB frame 4 tff 1 rff O fields displayed TB In this case you get the sequence of fields TBT BT BTB TB or grouped as frames TB TB TB TB TB In most cases the MPEG Encoder adjusts the necessary settings automatically so that the Pulldown option remains disabled GOP Group of Pictures structure frames These frames are also called Key Frames All GOPs start with an frame frames contain information for a complete picture and can be decoded independent of any other frame frames are the largest and least compressed frames P frames P frames are encoded using information from the previous or P frame and can only be decoded correctly if the previous P frame is available P frames are smaller than frames B frames B frames are usually encoded using information from the previous or P frame and the next I or P frame In this
54. il in the Appendix of this manual MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Using MPEG Pro HD page 28 The drop down menu Audio enables you to specify the audio type It offers the following options MPEG PCM AAC and None no audio stream Depending on the audio stream type you choose you can open advanced audio settings by clicking the Edit button They will be described in more detail in the Appendix of this manual MainConcept MPEG Pro Export Settings MAIN me cosse Peste f CONCEPT www mainconcept com Default Profiles Custom Profiles Settings Summary Preset custom Video Settings MPEG video stream type ATSC frame size 1920 x 1080 b frame rate 25 000 Audio an aspect ratio 16 9 Display fields bottom field first bitrate variable avg 18 00 max 19 40 estimated size 180 MB Video MPEG Audio Settings MPEG layer 2 Video 2 Pass encoding bitrate 224 kbps frequency 48 0 kHz Video Standard Fields mode stereo CRC off Onse PAL Bottom Field First hd estimated size 2 MB Multiplexer Settings MPEG program stream type ATSC bitrate constant computed Eurer eee Load J Analize File J Save Output Details Export type Export range Work Area Filename Untitled m2t Cancel Location C Documents and Settings Entwickluna My Documen About Help The drop down menu Multiplex enables you to specify the multiplexer type It offers
55. ile which includes the previously made export settings You can search and select one of the pro files in the following window Open a settings file Look in CJ Settings H264 NTSC Blue Ray Disc HDMY ini T3 H264 NTSC Blue Ray Disc ini C3 H264 NTSC CIF ini C H264 NTSC D1 ini H264 NTSC DVD HD ini H264 NTSC DVD ini H264 NTSC HDTV 720p ini DH264 NTSC HDTV 1080i ini H264 NTSC iPod ini C3 H264 NTSC PSP ini C3 H264 PAL Blue Ray Disc HDMY ini C3 H264 PAL Blue Ray Disc ini H264 PAL CIF ini 5 H264 PAL D1 iini 11H264 PAL DVD HD ini C3 H264 PAL DVD ini lt File name H264 PAL DVD HD ini Files of type INI Files INI Open as read only v H264 PAL HDTV 720p ini H264 PAL HDTV 1080i ini 5 H264 PAL iPod ini H264 PAL PSP ini Spec CableLabs NTSC HD Standard Bitrate ini Spec CableLabs NTSC Low SD Standard Bitrate ini MPEG CableLabs NTSC SD Standard Bitrate ini MPEG CableLabs PAL HD Standard Bitrate ini MPEG CableLabs PAL Low SD Standard Bitrate ini MPEG CableLabs PAL SD Standard Bitrate ini MPEG DVD NTSC 4x3 High Bitrate ini MPEG DVD NTSC 4x3 Low Bitrate ini MPEG DVD NTSC 4x3 Medium Bitrate ini Spec DVD NTSC 16x9 High Bitrate ini MPEG DVD NTSC 16x9 Low Bitrate ini MPEG DVD NTSC 16x9 Medium Bitrate ini gt 3 The Analyze File button allows you to enable smart rendering if possible Simply load the same file you also use in your pro
56. imaries It is strictly an informative flag to the video decoder and does not affect the video encoding at all DVD specifies a value of 2 ITU R BT 470 2 System M or 4 SMTPE 170M for NTSC or 3 ITU R BT 470 2 System B G for PAL See ISO IEC 13818 2 section 6 3 6 for more information This option is only valid for MPEG 2 Transfer Characteristics This field specifies the opto electronic transfer characteristics of the source picture It is strictly an informative flag to the video decoder and does not affect the video encoding at all DVD specifies a value of 2 ITU R BT 470 2 System M or 4 SMTPE 170M for NTSC or 3 ITU R BT 470 2 System B G for PAL See ISO IEC 13818 2 section 6 3 6 for more information This option is only valid for MPEG 2 Matrix Coefficients This field specifies the matrix coefficients used in deriving luminance and chrominance signals from the green blue and red primaries when RGB gt YUV conversion if any is done DVD specifies a value of 3 ITU R Rec 624 4 System B G for both NTSC and PAL Currently only a value 3 is supported regardless of the setting of this field See ISO IEC 13818 2 section 6 3 6 for more information This option is only valid for MPEG 2 Display Size These values specify a rectangle which may be used by decoders as their active display area MPEG itself does not define what these values are actually used for so it is up to the decoders to handle as they see fit DVD does define uses for t
57. ject i e that matches the file s you want to export After loading the file its settings are automatically adopted by the encoder Then MPEG Pro HD will use smart rendering during export The button is only enabled for MPEG Save enables to save a user defined preset which can be used for future projects Under Settings Summary you find some detailed information about the current export settings The options under Output Details have already been described before MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Using MPEG Pro HD page 30 Export to a File This option encodes the Timeline or a clip as an MPEG 1 or MPEG 2 file on a disk drive Premiere Pro already includes a MainConcept powered MPEG 1 and MPEG 2 encoder as part of the Adobe Media Encoder However the MPEG Pro export module takes advantage of the plug in s smart rendering and requantizing features The following export options are only available when MPEG Pro detects an MPEG tape device which may be compatible with the currently selected output settings Otherwise Export to a file will be the only available option and the Export type drop down menu will be disabled Export to an MPEG tape device This option enables you to export standard definition material to an MPEG device such as a MICROMV camcorder or a D VHS deck With this option the output settings must be compatible with the device For example to export to a MICROMV camcorder choose MICROMV
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59. l remarks before As mentioned above we recommend that only experienced users should modify these settings Some of the advanced settings may be restricted by the settings selected in previous dialogs When encoding to some formats such as HD DVD Blue ray VCD SVCD or DVD it is possible to make changes to these settings such that the resulting file is not compliant for the chosen format MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Appendix page 45 The Advanced MPEG Settings When you choose MPEG under Video and click the Edit button a new window appears which offers three different panes Basic Settings Video Settings and Advanced Video Settings In the following we will describe the different options of the panes in more detail The Basic Settings Pane In the first pane you can adjust some general settings without going into details The Basic Settings include options such as bitrate and quality Advanced MPEG Settings Basic Settings Video Settings Advanced Video Settings Format type Format sub type MPEG settings summary Relaxed standards NTSC HDTV 1080i Preset Internal ATSC NTSC Video settings video stream type ATSC frame size 1920 1080 frame rate 29 970 drop frame aspect ratio 16 9 Display bitrate variable avg 18 00 max 19 40 estimated size 129 MB minute Video bitrate kbps Video encoder quality Cancel Help Here are the Basic Settings in detail
60. leads to some speed improvement MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Appendix page 64 In the black field of the dialog the H 264 Encoder shows possible errors which might be caused by wrong settings because there is a parameter mismatch in a specific combina tion The Miscellaneous Pane The Miscellaneous pane offers a complex settings tree which enables you to adjust even more professional H 264 parameters To change the settings double click the desired item and enter the new value in the input prompt or choose the new parameter from a drop down menu Press the Return key for confirmation Wil MainConcept H 264 AVC Encoder Settings OMAIN H 264 Encoder NE Advanced Video Codec www mainconcept com 3etlings Advanced Video Settings Miscellaneous 4 Additional Settings Access Unit Delimiters Sequence End Code Timestamps Timestamp Offset Film Mode Framerate Co Scene Detection Coding CABAG Off Use Hadamard Transform Yes Rate Control VBV buffer size bytes 20535539 Initial VBV buffer fulness S0 Quantization Chroma Red Offset 1 Chroma Blue Offset 1 Deblocking Video Usability Information Under General you find the following options Stream Type defines the sort of NALU Network Abstraction Layer Unit types which are written into the stream The available parameters are Type I Type SEI and Type Il Access Unit Delimiters may be used to indicate the type of slic
61. logies Edition April 13 2006 CONCEPT MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Contents page 4 Introduction e be MAI N The Codec People CONCEPT MPEG Pro HD Z Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro MainConcept AG Elisabethstrape 1 52062 Aachen Germany www mainconcept com info mainconcept com Version 2 0 Copyright MainConcept AG 2006 MainConcept MPEG Pro HD is a plug in which adds powerful MPEG 1 and MPEG 2 edit ing capabilities including HDV and HDTV to Adobe Premiere Pro 2 0 MainConcept MPEG Pro enables Premiere Pro to work with MPEG 1 and MPEG 2 files in their native format using smart rendering to eliminate unnecessary re encoding It also includes a capture engine which can encode DVD quality MPEG video in real time from a variety of analog and digital sources MPEG Pro also features a powerful encoder which can export projects to a variety of MPEG formats using smart rendering and re quantizing to achieve optimal quality and speed The plug in also allows exporting to MPEG tape devices including Sony MICROMV camcorders The new version MPEG Pro HD also supports the H 264 standard i e you have the opportunity to import as well as export videos in the H 264 format Moreover it offers AAC Advanced Audio Coding import and export The HD version of MPEG Pro enables editing of high definition material in its native for mat without unnecessary transcoding It can capture from and expo
62. lso features MainConcept Smart Requantizing which converts material from one MPEG format to another at the same resolution without re encoding For example if you capture material at NTSC resolution from a MICROMV camcorder you can edit it and then output to NTSC DVD compliant MPEG 2 without re encoding This feature prevents unnecessary quality loss and wasted time High definition editing only available with the HD version of MPEG Pro will be signifi cantly slower due to the enormous bandwidth requirements of HD video MPEG Pro HD does not offer acceleration for high definition editing because such acceleration is usually achieved by converting material to another format The goal of MPEG Pro is to avoid transcoding whenever possible It is not intended to be a real time HD editing product but rather a general purpose HD solution The demo version of MPEG Pro enables potential customers to evaluate the performance on their own systems Aside from a hardware upgrade one way to enhance HD editing performance is to create standard definition versions of the clips in a project edit with the SD standard defini tion clips and then use Premiere Pro s unlinking and relinking capabilities to replace the SD clips with their HD counterparts MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Using MPEG Pro HD page 22 Exporting MPEG Pro HD adds four export options to Premiere Pro 2 0 Export to a file Export to an MPEG
63. m Default Profiles Custom Profiles Settings Summary Preset HDTV 1080i 25 30 Type Profile Video Settings MPEG video stream type ATSC MPEG frame size 1920 x 1080 frame rate 29 970 drop frame aspect ratio 16 9 Display H264 fields bottom field first bitrate variable avg 18 00 max 19 40 estimated size 180 MB Audio Settings MPEG layer bitrate 224 kbps Video Standard frequency 48 0 kHz it mode stereo ONTSC O PAUHDY 720p 25 Cine CRC off HDV 1080 25 30 estimated size 2 MB HD 1080 25p 30p Multiplexer Settings MPEG HDTV 1080i 25 30 program stream type ATSC HDTV 720p 50 60 bitrate constant computed Ege v Output Details Export type Export range Work Area Filename Untitled m2t Location C Documents and Settings Entwicklung My Documen MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Using MPEG Pro HD page 25 The drop down menu H 264 offers many presets for H 264 including DVD HD DVD Blu ray HDTV iPod Sony PSP etc MainConcept MPEG Pro Export Settings S AIN tne cosec Peonio CONCEPT Default Profiles Custom Profiles Type Profile H264 MPEG Blue Ray Disc Video Standard Blue Ray Disc HDMV re HDTV 720p ONTSC O PAUHDTV 1080i iPo Sony PSP Dutput Details Export type Filename Untitled 264 Location C Documents and Settings Entwicklung My Documen www mainconcept com Settings Summary Preset DVD HD Video S
64. mux rate is set higher than allowed for SVCD MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Appendix page 76 The MP4 Multiplexer Settings When you choose a preset such as Sony PSP or Apple iPod and AAC for export you can choose MP4 file format under Multiplex Clicking the Edit button opens the MP4 Mul tiplexer Settings dialog which offers the following options Under Compatibility you specify the device or standard for which the encoder shall produce E RE AT MP4 compliant streams Standard generates the Corda Sg MWAMBAN normal MP4 file format Ticking the checkbox Sony PSP lets you produce MP4 streams which are compliant with the Sony PlayStation Portable Apple iPod generates streams which can be played back on the latest Apple iPod generation MP4 muxing Sony PSP Title O Apple iPod Dream Dancer Under Audio Video interleave you find a spinbox which enables you to specify how many audio video frames are written one after the other It the option set to 3 so the field on the right displays VVVAAAVVVAAA etc Video Video Video Audio Audio Audio etc The Title option is only available for the Sony PSP preset It enables you to define a name for the encoded clip which is displayed on your Sony PlayStation Portable later on MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Appendix page 77 Technical Support MainConcept Technical Support Visit MainConcept s Support pa
65. ncoded pictures from the MPEG stream are placed into the buffer hypothetically and removed from the buffer at regular intervals The MPEG video stream is supposed to be constructed by varying the size of the encoded frames such that the buffer does not underflow i e becomes empty where there are no frames in the buffer when it is time to decode one or overflow i e becomes full where no space is available for more encoded pictures Initial VBV buffer fullness defines the initial state of the VBV buffer used by bitrate con troller You can enter a value between 10 and 100 here in percent Under Quantization you find two options For High profile the Chroma Red Offset option specifies the Cr chroma quantization off set The value range is between 51 and 51 The option is not used for Baseline and Main profiles For Baseline and Main profiles the Chroma Blue Offset option defines the chroma quan tization offset both Cb and Cr The value range is between 51 and 51 Both options are used to save or cut quality in the chroma components Suitable values are between 2 and 2 or maybe slightly more For example a value of 51 will significantly increase bitrate There are several options available under Deblocking The Use Deblocking Filter option enables you turn on and off the deblocking filter for smoothing video frames Setting the option to Yes enables the deblocking filter No turns it off AlphaCO Offset defines the offset
66. ns shown previously are also applicable to this mode MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Using MPEG Pro HD page 34 Appendix The MPEG Pro HD Capture Settings The Capture engine in the MPEG Pro HD plug in allows you to record video material from analog or digital devices The user has the opportunity to capture from any device directly in DV HD or MPEG no matter what its native format is In this paragraph we want to explain the main parts of the Capture tool Furthermore we want to introduce some of the parameters and what to consider when you plan to record material with it The main window of the Capture tool The main window of the Capture tool contains the preview area as well as some general settings for specifying the video and audio devices Depending on the connected device it might be possible that some functions are disabled here BEN Capture settings Video Capture Devices Hauppauge WinTY 88x Video Captur e Audio Capture Devices NVIDIA R nForce TM Audio On the left side of the capture window you see the preview area where you can watch the capture process MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Appendix page 35 On the right side of the window you have several general options for using the Capture tool The drop down menu Video Capture Devices allows you to specify the correct device you want to use for capturing video footage It might be possibl
67. ons The options Reaction Parameter Initial Average Activity Initial Global Complexity Measure and Initial Virtual Buffer Fullness are very complex as well as highly mathe matical These values are default to 0 and should not be changed unless advised to do so by MainConcept support Minimum Frame Percentage This option is basically the target number of bits as a per centage of the VBV size for the first frame in the stream Pad Frame Percentage This function is used when the VBR bitrate drops below the specified minimum bitrate It is only applicable for VBR if this field is 0 no padding occurs and the minimum bitrate is permitted to drop below the specified minimum If the field is 100 the stream is padded to keep the minimum bitrate near the specified minimum MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Appendix page 59 Motion Estimation offers the following options P Frame Motion Vector Forward Search Width Forward Search Height e BFrame Motion Vectors Forward Search Width Forward Search Height Backward Search Width Backward Search Height The search width and height settings set the half width of the window used for motion estimation Here is an example of how to set these values assuming a maximum motion of 10 pixels per frame in horizontal direction and 5 pixels per frame in the vertical direction and M 3 I B1 B2 P Table 1 Search Width and Height values
68. ortant ones in this pane The drop down menus enable you to specify the adequate compression type and encoder for capturing video footage The capture module allows you to capture in MPEG from every appropriate device which is connected to your computer e g TV Tuner and Graphic adapters with video in MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Appendix page 41 In drop down menu Video you specify the compression type i e whether you want to use a particular video encoder or the native compression of the connected device If you choose an encoder or a codec e g the MainConcept MPEG Encoder or the Motion JPEG Codec the Config button will be enabled Clicking this button leads you to the settings of the selected option Here you can adjust even more parameters When you want to capture in DV or MPEG no separate audio codec is available because the audio is already included in the selected video codec However you can also choose other video and audio codecs but they are not guaranteed to work properly always The checkbox Enable buffering DV or MPEG devices only is important when you cap ture from DV to MPEG or MPEG to DV During capturing frames can get dropped by the capture device because of low processor or hard disk speed Ticking the checkbox will result in buffering which prevents frame losses The remaining data in the buffer will be encoded after stopping the capture process This procedure is called post
69. packet per pack Mux Rate kbps The Mux Rate is the total bitrate i e video bitrate plus audio bitrate plus muxing over head bitrate This option specifies the bitrate of the multiplexed program stream Startup delays ms The Pack value specifies the starting timecode of the muxed stream this can be different than the starting timecode of the video stream It is the starting SCR System Clock Reference in ms of the program stream The Video and Audio delays are respective to the Pack delay For example if you set the Pack delay to 500 ms and the Video as well as the Audio delays to 300 ms the first SCR of the stream would be 500 ms and the first video and audio PTS Presentation Timestamps would be 800 ms If you make the Pack delay five seconds 5000 ms and the Audio Video delays 400 ms the first SCR would be 5000 ms and the first audio video PTS would be 5400 ms The Video Audio1 and Audio2 delays actually specify the starting time of the respective stream relative to the pack delay If these settings do not match the streams will start at different times Normally they are the same but say you have a video stream and an audio stream where you know the audio actually starts 500 ms after the video you would set the video delay to some value and set the Audio1 delay to Video delay 500 this would then synchronize the two streams when played For example if you specify the Pack delay as 0 ms the normal case th
70. parameters for professional users If you click on an option details are listed under the box NOTE We highly recommend that these changes are only performed by professional users We will explain the Advanced Video Settings in detail now Profile ID You have five different options here High Profile Main Profile standard setting Sim ple Profile 4 2 2 Profile and Multiview Profile MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Appendix page 52 Level ID You can choose between High Level High 1440 Level Main Level standard setting and Low Level The MPEG 2 spec specification allows for a large number of variations in the settings e g the frame resolution can theoretically be as large as 214 x 214 The Profiles and Le vels just set limits on what the values of some of the other settings can be so if a speci fication like the DVD spec says only Main Profile Main or Low Level is allowed the decoders can safely assume what the bounds of some settings are going to be A DVD player does not have to account for the resolution being 214 x 214 because the DVD spec only allows a maximum of Main Profile Main Level which only enables for a maximum frame resolution of 720x576 Noise Sensitivity and Noise Reduction You switch between the two options by clicking the NR button Use the controls to define the desired value Noise Sensitivity specifies how sensitive the video encoder is to noise in the source
71. pe I B and P See ISO IEC 13818 2 section 6 3 10 for more information This option is only valid for MPEG 2 MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Appendix page 58 Use Alternate Scanning Pattern Specify one of two entropy scanning patterns which define the order in which quantized DCT coefficients are run length coded Set to 1 for the alternate scanning pattern or 0 for the zig zag scanning pattern The alternate scanning pattern is considered to be better suited for interlaced video where sophisticated forward quantization is not enabled This setting can be specified independently for each frame type Il B and P See ISO IEC 13818 2 section 6 3 10 for more information This option is only valid for MPEG 2 The General option offers two more parameters you can change Sequence End Code If set to 1 a sequence end code is written at the end of the video stream it terminates the stream Normally this is set to 1 set to O if you intend to concatenate video streams together after encoding See ISO IEC 13818 2 section 6 3 2 or ISO IEC 11172 2 section 2 4 3 1 for more information Embed SVCD User Blocks If set to 1 user data blocks are placed in the bitstream to reserve space for the SVCD scan information data The multiplexer then fills in the correct values when the video stream is muxed Should only be enabled for SVCD video but disabled for non standard SVCD video Under Rate Control you find the following opti
72. processing In the drop down menu Audio you specify the compression type i e whether you want to use a particular audio encoder or no compression at all If you choose an encoder or a codec the Config button will be enabled Clicking this button leads you to the settings of the selected option Here you can adjust even more parameters When you want to capture in DV or MPEG no separate audio codec is available because the audio is already included in the selected video codec However you can also choose other video and audio codecs but they are not guaranteed to work properly always The Master Stream option offers three parameters None Video and Audio The method specifies a stream that will be used to synchronize the other streams in an AVI file If you are capturing audio and video from two different sources use this method to synchronize the streams Streams coming from separate capture sources may be cap tured at slightly different rates It is recommended to set audio as master stream in most cases If you specify a master stream the AV Mux adjusts the playback rates for the other streams to compensate for any drift that might occur The Master Stream option is dis abled when you are capturing in MPEG DV Type 1 or DV RAW We recommend to use the audio stream as the master stream because minor modifications to the video play back rate are less noticeable than adjustments to the audio playback rate Moreover when there are chan
73. ps you define a fixed average bitrate for the encoding pro cess The Main profile offers a higher quality here It is only available for Variable Bitrate The Maximum Bitrate kbps input prompt is only available in VBR mode Here you specify the maximum bitrate for the H 264 Encoder it should not exceed The drop down menu Quantization is only available when selecting Constant Quantiza tion under Bitrate Mode It offers several quality grades MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Appendix page 62 In the black field of the dialog the H 264 Encoder shows possible errors which might be caused by wrong settings because some parameters are not allowed in a specific com bination The Advanced Video Settings Pane The Advanced Video Settings pane offers settings for adjusting the Profile and Level Moreover you find several options for the Stream Structure and Motion Search Predic tion here E MainConcept H 264 AVC Encoder Settings CMAIN H 264 Encoder Loc aac Advanced Video Codec www mainconcept com setings Advanced Video Settings Miscellaneous 4 Profile ESTIS Level 4 1 idation Check parameters have bee Steam Structure Use B Pictures use B Slices as Reference v Multiple Slices Motion Search Prediction Reference Frames Search Mode Subpixel Mode Rate Distortion Optimization Fast Intra Decisions Fast Inter Decisions The drop
74. rectly Video Capture Device Capture Preview DV Quality Alternative Capture Preview May fix capture problems with drivers of of some analog devices MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Appendix page 44 The MPEG and H 264 Encoder Settings Using MPEG Pro HD you can capture and work directly in MPEG and H 264 as well as export your projects in the same format in Premiere Pro too To optimize your MPEG H 264 streams the plug in contains the advanced settings of the MainConcept MPEG Encoder and H 264 Encoder The advanced interface offers many settings which are predominantly for professional users The different panes enable you fine tune your clips by changing a lot of audio and video parameters You open the advanced settings by clicking the Edit button behind the Video Audio and Multiplex drop down menus in the Custom Profiles pane Now you are able to opti mize your MPEG and H 264 video and audio streams However some options are only available when certain parameters are in effect The default settings in the main window generally offer the correct set tings for high quality results We recommend that you only change the advanced settings if you are familiar with them and have a specific need to do so Incorrect adjustments of these parameters can result in non compliant MPEG or H 264 files Before we explain the most important advanced settings in detail here some genera
75. rt to the popular JVC JY HD10U high definition camcorder The current version even supports the Sony HDR FX1 the Sony HDR HC1 and the JVC GY HD100 camcorder i e you can capture import edit video footage in 1080i and 720p and even play it back to the camera again MPEG Pro is easy to use because most of its functions happen behind the scenes If you know Premiere you already know almost all you need to use the plug in This User s Guide is designed to get you up and running quickly MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Introduction page 5 However we want to wish you a lot of fun with our latest product If you have any sugges tions on how to improve MPEG Pro please send us your feedback to the following e mail address suggestions mainconcept com Throughout the MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug in for Adobe Premiere Pro manual you will be guided by a popular character It signals you when you have to pay attention or gives you some advice when we think that it is necessary But it also introduces the little tutorials in this manual Here are the different characters and their functions When you see the little fellow with the megaphone you have to pay attention He gives advice as well as some clever tips and tricks for working with MPEG Pro But sometimes he signals also a warning for the user that some settings should only be changed by professionals This is the teacher in our MPEG Pro user s manual The fello
76. s a recommended gain value to be applied to all audio samples by the player where Gain 24 082 6 0206 X 0 2007 Y Mode lets you choose between Stereo or Mono in PCM conversion mode The Sampling rate option enables you to specify the desired frequency for the output file The drop down menu Type enables you to specify the PCM type PCM is the normal PCM format AES 3 SMPTE 302M is also a PCM format that is used for transport streams only The number in brackets defines the SMPTE spec AES is the abbreviation for Audio Engineering Society MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Appendix page 71 The AAC Audio Settings This dialog offers professional adjustments for AAC audio export Using the Header function you can specify the AAC Audio Settings mue TU ET header type you want to use for encoding The A Consent v s v available options are none or ADTS Audio Data S ADTS Bitrate kbps Mode E Transport Stream 160 v Stereo High Frequency Cutoff Mie The High frequency cut off checkboxes and Defaut input prompt define the cut off frequency value in eee He Hertz The Default option specifies the default value for given sampling frequency When you choose Not used the cut off frequency is not used and all frequencies are kept The Custom option enables you to remove all frequencies above the specified frequency Under Bitrate mode you specify whether the H 264 Encoder should u
77. s you find two options The Keyframe Interval option specifies the lengths of a GOP Group Of Pictures Key frame is used here as a synonym for IDR which is the abbreviation for Instantaneous Decoder Refresh The IDR Frame is always the first picture in an encoded video sequence It is used as reference frame It is the first frame without quality loss because it contains the maximum information such as the l frame in MPEG The available param eters are always a multiple of the Reordering Delay see H 264 Advanced Video Set tings for details Ticking the checkbox Set Keyframe at scene change sets a keyframe when there is a change of scene The Quality area offers the following options The drop down menu Bitrate Mode offers three options Constant Bitrate offers a fixed bitrate the relevant input prompt will be enabled if selected Choosing Variable Bitrate option defines the maximum value of the bitrate range the encoder should stay within while encoding The average value is the desired average bitrate of the video stream The relevant input prompts will be enabled if selected Constant Quantization is the last option It offers quantization parameters for the different slice types I P and B Using this function the bitrate can vary without any limitation in contrast to VBR and CBR mode A lower value for any slice quantization parameter will result in better quality The value range is between 1 and 52 Under Average Bitrate kb
78. se constant or vari able bitrate mode Moreover you can define the target quality level for the variable bitrate mode by selecting the adequate parameter The drop down Bitrate enables you to set the appropriate constant audio bitrate The default value is 160000 The Sampling Rate option enables you to specify the desired frequency for the output file Mode lets you choose between Stereo or Mono in AAC mode MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Appendix page 72 The Advanced Multiplexer Settings You reach the advanced multiplexer settings by choosing MPEG or MP4 under Multiplex in the Custom Profiles pane and then clicking the Edit button In these dialog you can control whether your exported files will be multiplexed also referred to as muxed Mul tiplexed output means that the video and audio are exported in a single file The MPEG Multiplexer Settings The MPEG Mulitplexer Settings pane also offers some more professional settings for muxing Advanced MPEG Settings nen Multiplexer Settings Multiplexing type Slaa v v Variable bitrate Pack options Startup delays ms Video options Split file options Size bytes Pack Buffer size kB Max file size MB 2048 0 Packets pack Video Timestamps 1 All frames v Mug rate kbps Audio Pulldown 0 0 E Extra packets s Write program end code Align sequence headers OK Cancel Help
79. t input prompts will be enabled if selected Rate Control Mode Mode 1 Standard mode recommended Mode 128 Experimental will probably cause problems it should only be used for testing MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Appendix page 50 Variable Bitrate The Constant quantization affects the macroblock quantization value sort of the com pression of the macroblocks Lower numbers yield better quality and larger files larger bitrate results in less compression The range is 1 31 1 is probably excessive in that the quality does not improve much but the file size increases quite a bit A range is prob ably 3 15 for constant quantization operation In normal VBR CBR modes the encoder changes the macroblock quantization value to adjust the bitrate in constant quality mode it does not You have to set the average and the minimum bitrate to zero in order to make the Constant quantization option active The checkbox 2 pass enables the 2 pass encoding option During the first pass the encoder analyzes the video and uses this information to optimize the second pass MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Appendix page 51 The Advanced Video Settings Pane This pane offers professional settings which should not be changed if you are creating MPEG streams for VCD SVCD or DVD These adjustments are designed for specific highly technical environments Advanced MPEG Settings
80. table for encoding most material with little or no noticeable quality loss But a higher setting can improve the quality of some challenging material Or you might just want to set the control higher to feel confident that you are achieving optimal quality MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Using MPEG Pro HD page 14 Importing Files When using MPEG Pro you can import files as you always have in Premiere Pro In addi tion to MPEG material you can import virtually any format supported by Premiere The plug in is specially optimized to handle DV material as easily and efficiently as it handles MPEG 1 and MPEG 2 or HD Using MPEG Pro HD you also have the opportunity now to import H 264 files and AAC audio media As mentioned previously other formats may have different results but you can use the Force rendering option to convert them to the project s format Capturing MPEG Pro HD adds many new capturing capabilities to Premiere Pro It enables you to capture directly to MPEG in real time on a moderately fast PC from a wide variety of devices including DV camcorders Sony MICROMV camcorders video capture cards external capture devices and many more You can even capture video footage from the high definition camcorders Sony HDR FX1 JVC JY HD10U and JVC GY HD100 in 720p and 1080i with Premiere Pro 2 0 MPEG Pro HD can even capture from almost every device directly to the H 264 format The plug in can capture from
81. tape device Export to a file then to an MPEG tape device Export an existing file to an MPEG tape device MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Using MPEG Pro HD page 23 To export the Timeline using one of these options make sure the Timeline window is active and choose File Export MainConcept MPEG Pro To export a single clip select the clip in the Project bin or the Monitor window s Source view then choose File Export MainConcept MPEG Pro amp Adobe Premiere Pro C Documents and Settings Entwicklung My Document faim Edit Project Clip Sequence Marker Title Window Help New Open Project Ctrl o Open Recent Project Browse Ctri Alt 0 Close Ctrl Ww Save Ctrl 5 Save As Ctrl Shift S Save a Copy Ctrl Alt 5 Revert Capture Adobe Dynamic Link Import Ctrl I Import Recent File Export Ctrl Shift M Get Properties for Ctrl Alt Shift M File Info for Interpret Footage Timecode ewire Adobe Media Encoder normandie 00 00 00 09 09 BITES MPEG Pro normandie7 00 00 00 00 00 C The MPEG Pro Export Settings dialog box will appear which offers two tabs Default Profiles and Custom Profiles MainConcept MPEG Pro Export Settings CMAIN The Codec People CONCEPT Default Profiles Custom Profiles l Settings Summary Preset HDTV 1080i 25 30 Type Video Settings MPEG ae video stream type ATSC frame size 1
82. the following options MPEG MP4 and None no multiplexing Clicking the Edit button opens the advanced multiplexer settings windows They will be described in more detail in the Appendix of this manual The checkbox 2 pass encoding enables you to choose whether you want to use 1 pass or 2 pass encoding for exporting your projects When using 2 pass the encoder analyzes the project during the first pass and uses these information to optimize the video during the second encoding pass This will improve the quality but will also take about the dou ble of time Under Video Standard you define whether the project will be exported in PAL or NTSC One setting that might need to be changed is Fields which sets the correct field order This setting should match the field order of the source video DV is generally bottom field first but other types of video may be different Sometimes the picture is jittering when you watch the movie on a TV screen later on because the field order is mixed up Changing the Fields setting solves the problem It might be necessary to check your capture device s documentation to find out what setting is appropriate Otherwise you might need to experiment with different options MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Using MPEG Pro HD page 29 Moreover there are three buttons which perform the following functions Load enables you to open up one of the predefined or a user defined preset f
83. tings Advanced Video Settings Frame rate Bitrate type 29 97 fps NTSC drop frame rate Variable bitrate Aspect ratio 15 3 Display Constant bitrate Bitrate kbps Rate control mode Frame size Pulldown mm Mode 1 1920 h 1080 v GOP structure distance between frame types Variable bitrate frames Auto GOP Closed GOP interval Maximum kbps Constant guality 15 v None v 1 Average kbps P frames Example 3 Oy BBIBBPBBPBBPBBP non cs 12 Paes Cancel Help Under Frame rate you specify the number of frames per second Under Aspect ratio you have different options Square Pels Square resolution used for PC monitors 4 3 Standard format TV 16 9 Widescreen format 16 9 TV cinema 2 21 1 Aspect ratio Frame Size Under Frame Size you specify the desired resolution of the output file Please keep in mind that a wrong resolution might lead to non compliant MPEG files Pulldown The parameters under Pulldown convert 23 976 fps frames per second to 29 97 fps or 24 fps to 30 fps and it is supposed to be done only on progressive frame video like film The movie studios slow their films from 24 fps to 23 987 and then encode using pulldown to display at 29 97 fps The video encoder manipulates the Top Field First tff and Repeat First Field rff flags to convert 4 frames 8 fields to 5 frames 10 fields like this MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Prem
84. u want Pre miere to import all clips now otherwise the user has to import them manually later on Batch Capture Tip What might be useful for capturing is to try a mixture of Premiere Pro s batch capturing and MPEG Pro s scene detection Using batch capturing you roughly specify the part on the tape you want to use and with the scene detection option you cut it in smaller clips With this method you can avoid complicated trimming of segments in the Timeline When batch capture is combined with scene detection please uncheck the Import all checkbox when asked after the capture process has been stopped Premiere does not understand why it receives multiple files here and will delete all previously captured videos You have to import the files manually and ignore the batch capture protocol saying that no data has been captured MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Appendix page 43 The Preview pane Under DV Quality you specify the preview qual ity during the capture process A high quality set ting will need more CPU power which might cause dropped frames during capturing on low power systems in very few cases It is recom mended to use a high quality setting for full screen preview only The Hide Cursor checkbox allows you to show or hide the cursor during preview The Alternative Capture Preview option acti vates an additional capture preview for analog devices if the normal one does not work cor
85. vers among the Audio Video Game Controller category to find it Then you can use the Sony camera with Windows XP and Service Pack 1 MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Introduction page 7 Installation From time to time MainConcept will release new versions of MPEG Pro HD containing tweaks and new features Before you install the plug in we highly recommend checking the MainConcept website to see if a newer version is available for downloading MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Installation page 8 To install MPEG Pro HD run the installer program that you downloaded or received on CD then follow the prompts InstallShield Wizard InstallShield Wizard t License Agreement Please read the following license agreement carefully Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for MainConcept MPEG Pro for Adobe Premiere Pro Press the PAGE DOWN key to see the rest of the agreement The InstallShield Wizard will install MainConcept MPEG Pro for Adobe Premiere Pro 1 0 on your computer To MainConcept AG SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT continue click Next BEFORE INSTALLING THIS PACKAGE CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS WHICH INCLUDE THE SOFTWARE LICENSE AND LIMITED WARRANTY collectively called the Agreement INSTALLING THIS PACKAGE INDICATES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE AGREEMENT IF YOU DO NOT ACCEPT OR AGREE WITH THESE iv Do you accept all the t
86. video it does not reduce the noise in the source video at all It sets a motion search threshold at which point the encoder will stop the search for matching blocks of pixels from one frame to another Higher values mean low sensitivity faster search times less quality while lower values mean higher sensitivity longer search times better quality Typically this option is set in the 1 14 range as follows 1 5 Computer animation VCD from DV Source after a line filter or noise reducing fil ter virtually no noise in the source video 3 7 Digital video DV quality Hi8 quality etc 5 14 Analog captured video Video 8 Hi8 broadcast TV The setting is strictly based on the state of the source video it has nothing to do with the type of output DVD SVCD or VCD If you are only concerned with quality at the expense of speed you should set the value to 1 all the time as this would yield the best results but for noisy video it would slow the encoder quite a bit without any quality benefit Basically what the setting does is set a level in the encoder at which point the encoder will give up trying to match a pixel between two frames If the source video is noisy and the setting is set to a low value the encoder will spend more time trying to match pixels from frame to frame and in the case of noise it may not find a match at all so excessive time is spent trying to find a match when there is none MainConcept
87. w with his little pointer introduces the tutorials in a documentation Simply repeat the steps described in the examples and try for yourself what interest ing things you can learn here Unfortunately the teacher doesn t appear in the MPEG Pro manual yet But his time will come for sure Unfortunately the guy with the question mark appears only once Well let s say it is a good thing that he only appears once and we hope that you will never need him He gives you some information on how to reach the MainConcept support team And now we wish you a lot of fun with this manual and of course have a good time while editing your videos with Adobe Premiere Pro and MainConcept MPEG Pro HD MainConcept MPEG Pro HD Plug In for Adobe Premiere Pro Introduction page 6 oystem Requirements MPEG Pro HD is designed to work on any PC which meets Premiere Pro s minimum sys tem requirements Microsoft Windows XP required MPEG Pro HD requires Adobe Premiere Pro 1 5 or 2 0 not included We recommend that Premiere 1 5 users should update to version 1 5 1 For HD editing the recommended minimum requirements are an Intel Pentium 4 pro cessor 3 06 GHz or faster with Hyper Threading Technology and 1 GB of RAM You can use the Sony HDR FX1 under Windows XP with Service Pack 1 too Unfortunately it won t be recognized automatically such as under XP with Service Pack 2 However you have to search for the appropriate Sony DVHS device dri

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