Terratec Grabster AV 400
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1. Use the Video Color Manager to manually adjust brightness contrast hue saturation and sharpness Capture Properties Capture Properties Source Input Source Video Format DYD Sample Rate EEE TY System NTSC Audio Bitrate 256kbps Resolution 721x420 ze Bitrate Mode VER u Video Bitrate 5000 kbps Video Peak rate 7000 kbps Gana Here you can select composite video or S video as the connection for your analog video SOUFCE You can also configure all of the settings relevant to recording Here you can determine whether your captures will be in DVD S VCD format or in custom configured MPEG1 or MPEG2 files You can also specify your TV system PAL or NTSC and your preferred resolution and audio settings We recommend selecting the format and bit rate on a case by case basis as the video file sizes increase with the quality Grabster AV 400 English 11 Service at TerraTec Rien ne va plus Nothing s working can happen to the best systems If this happens to you the TerraTec team is happy to offer its service and support Hotline Internet Your first move should be to check our website http www terratec com for current answers to frequently asked questions and the latest drivers If these options do not provide the necessary help please contact our phone helpline or contact us online at http supporten terratec net In either case please have the2. 19 DIV LULU NL VD T1TT1T200143
3. Movie Creating Solution Manual English Version 29 10 04 CE Declaration We TerraTec Electronic GmbH Herrenpfad 38 D 41334 Nettetal Germany hereby declare that the product VideoSystem Grabster AV 400 to which this declaration refers is in compliance with the following standards or standardizing documents 1 EN 55022 Class B 2 EN 55024 The following are the stipulated operating and environmental conditions for said compliance residential business and commercial environments and small company environments This declaration is based on Test report s ofthe EMC testing laboratory K LEX The information in this document is subject to change without notice and shall not be deemed as a warranty by the seller No warranties express or implied are made with regard to the quality suitability or accuracy of this document The manufacturer reserves the right to change the contents of this document and or the associated products at any time without the provision of prior notice to specific persons or organizations The manufacturer shall not be held liable for damages of any kind arising from the use or the inability to use this product or its documentation even if the possibility of such damage is known The information in this document is subject to copyright All rights are reserved No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purpose without the express written permission of the copyrigh
4. This is known as enabling Enabling the DV camcorder is a precondition for sending video material back to the camcorder Enablers are available for almost all camcorders and can be purchased freely Fading Fades are soft transitions often involving special effects from one clip to the next Fields Rather than displaying 25 frames per second as per the PAL standard 50 fields are displayed per second to reduce TV display flicker These fields consist of either the odd numbered rows these are sent first or the even rows of the image being displayed FireWire Apple s name for gt IEEE 1394 Frame rate The number of frames within a given period of time The frame rate is frequently stated in frames per second FPS Hi8 Analog video recording system that separates color and brightness information thus offering quality better than that of VHS C for example Hosiden connector a small connector with four conductors used for gt S video signals IEEE 1394 This is a universal bus system originally developed by Apple for digital data communica tions The devices are connected by cables with a maximum length of 4 5 m The system supports transfer rates of up to 400 Mbps However a standard has not been established for video data due to the lack of specifications for the format of video data using this bus Sony got down to brass tacks and closed this gap by installing FireWire sockets in its digital camcorders and
5. We will only be covering the special features of the Grabster AV 400 at this point Go to the MovieFactory capture window If the Grabster AV 400 is not selected as the source please select the capture plug in manually Go to Settings amp Advanced Settings gt Change Capture Plug in and select Grabster AV 400 Capture Plug in Capture Yideo x Source Grabster AV 400 eis Capture mode Foed duration 0 00 00 00 Change Capture Plug in N i Current capture plug in 8 Format DYD High Quality v Capture folder _ExDovuments and Seting fw 4 VS Advanced Settings Description This plug in supports the capturing with Grabster AM 400 Capture Options Yideo Color Manager Capture Properties Change Capture Plug in Select Deyice Control Captured videos Playback available only in main window You can also select the capture format you prefer various DVD formats or S VCD in the settings of the Video Capture window These formats are sufficient for the vast majority of cases However should you ever need to customize your settings further no problem 10 Grabster AV 400 English Advanced Settings Video Color Manager Brighthess B pc O 0 Contrast C i 128 Hue H a o_o BE Saturation S pi 128 Sharpness P _ _ __ eazsi Esa
6. Electronic GmbH If the goods are covered by warranty TerraTec Elec tronic GmbH will pay the shipping costs for returning repaired goods COD shipments will not be accepted for organizational reasons Final regulation TerraTec Electronic GmbH reserves the right to change or supplement the general terms and conditions of service at any time Otherwise the General Terms and Conditions of Business of TerraTec Electronic GmbH are considered to be accepted 14 Grabster AV 400 English Glossary AVI A Windows video format Bit rate The bit rate indicates the volume of the data stream per second A higher bit rate results in higher quality A distinction is made between constant bit rates e g for gt VCD and variable bit rates e g for gt SVCD and gt DVD Unlike constant bit rates variable bit rates adjust the size of the data stream according to the video material Blue screen A variation of gt Chroma keying Capture Recording Chroma keying Chroma keying uses a surface with a single color in front of which an actor for example is filmed This color area is then made transparent during subsequent editing and can be replaced by a different background Chrominance Chrominance refers to the color signal in gt YUV which is comprised of two color components U the balance between red and cyan and V the balance between yellow and blue Clip A short piece of video material Composite video Compo
7. To achieve the natural display of colors on a computer each of these components must have at least 256 values This corresponds to exactly one byte for each color component A single complete video image would thus require 768 pixels x 576 pixels x 3 bytes 1 327 104 bytes This corresponds to around 1 2 MB per frame One second of video in the RGB color space would therefore require around 31 6 MB of storage space Using this process a 2 GB hard drive would have a video capacity of around one minute No current hard drive can deliver this volume of data in real time but a number of options are available to reduce the data volume of the video signal substantially through transformation to a different color space usually YUV and compression usually MJPEG S video Unlike gt Composite video chrominance and luminance are transmitted separately in S video resulting in higher quality Saturation Describes the ratio of color in the picture Storyboard Unlike the gt timeline the storyboard offers a thematic overview of your video project Individual scenes can be identified easily but it does not deliver a sense of the actual length of the project Grabster AV 400 English 17 SVCD Abbreviation for Super Video CD SVCDs are similar to gt VCDs but they have a great advantage in that their data is in MPEG 2 format with a gt variable bit rate In addition the resolution of 480 x 576 pixels is higher than that of the VCD An S
8. consortium of leading manufacturers and developers of video technology that determines new standards such as MPEG 1 or MPEG 2 Nonlinear editing Unlike gt linear editing individual clips can be edited without affecting subsequent clips For example with nonlinear editing you can shorten or remove a clip at the beginning of a video project without having to edit the following clips as a result NTSC NTSC is a video standard used in the USA and Japan NTSC has a higher frame rate than PAL 30 frames or 60 fields per second but a lower resolution 525 rows with 480 visible Color depiction in NTSC is realized in gt YIQ PAL This is the most common video standard in Europe PAL displays 25 frames or 50 gt fields per second and has a resolution of 625 rows of which 576 are visible Color depiction in PAL is realized in gt YUV Preview The preview offers you a quick overview of your work The final quality is normally considera bly higher than that ofthe preview RAM Random Access Memory is the main memory of your PC Since video editing with effects is very memory intensive the old rule applies you can never have enough RAM Rendering this refers to the processing of video or audio clips after an editing operation has been completed for example after the application of an effect or filter RGB color space In the RGB color space each visible pixel is made up of the three components R ed G reen and B lue
9. installation for this device ni Grabster A 400 A device driver is a software program that makes a hardware device work Windows needs driver files for your new device To locate driver files and complete the installation click Nest What do you want the wizard to do fe Search for a suitable driver for my device recommended eo _ e _ m amp Display a list of the known drivers for this device so that can choose a specific driver lt Back Cancel Let your system search for a suitable driver Confirm by clicking Next Found New Hardware Wizard Locate Driver Files Where do vou want Windows to search for driver files Search for driwer files for the following hardware device 7 Grabster 44 400 The wizard searches for suitable drivers in its driver database on your computer and in any of the following optional search locations that you specify To start the search click Nest If you are searching on a floppy disk or CD ROM drive inzert the floppy disk or CD before clicking Next Optional search locations Floppy disk drives Iv CD ROM dives ee n TT Specify a location TT Microsoft Windows Update Choose your CD ROM drive and confirm with Next 8 Grabster AV 4oo English Digital signature in Windows XP and 2000 Digital Signature Not Found E A x The Microsoft digital signature affirme that software has been tested with Windows and that the s
10. B DVD 5 to 17 GB DVD 18 and data rates between 600 and 1300 KByte s are currently specified In addition distinctions are made between a variety of formats such as DVD Video DVD Audio DVD ROM DVD R DVD RW and DVD RAM DV DV stands for Digital Video The DV standard uses a compression rate of 5 1 This corresponds to a data rate of 3 125 MB s which can be handled by virtually any modern hard drive The quality of the DV standard is very high it is therefore frequently used in professional productions A number of different cassette types exist in the DV sector which vary in size and maximum playing time but which are compatible with one another in terms of video data MiniDV is designed for the consumer sector and Grabster AV 400 English 15 supports playing times of up to one hour The DV format used in the professional sector supports playing times of up to three hours DV In Usually the DV jack of a camcorder can transport video data in both directions to and from the camcorder Many camcorders in Europe do not feature DV In however Also see gt Enabling Enabling Due to European import duties imported digital video recorders are more expensive than imported digital video playback devices For this reason manufacturers of camcorders have begun to modify their products for the European market and to disable the digital input gt DV In Needless to say clever developers found a way around this restriction very quickly
11. VCD generally can contain 45 50 minutes of video material The bit rate audio and video of an SVCD may not exceed 2 6 Mbps SVCDs can be viewed using many standalone DVD players Timeline The timeline is the time axis upon which you position and edit your video clips Transition see Fading Trimming This refers to adjusting the length of a video clip at the beginning and or end VCD Abbreviation for Video CD The Video CD has a PAL resolution of 352 X 288 pixels and stores audio and video data in MPEG 1 format VCDs use a constant bit rate of 1 15 Mbps for video and 224 kbps for audio data VCDs can be viewed in virtually any DVD player Video filter Video filters let you influence your video material in a wide range of ways For example you can manipulate the colors of your video film or use complex filters to degrade your new top quality film to look like an old silent movie Video for Windows This is an old but still commonly used video concept for Windows YIQ YIQ is a color space related to gt YUV It is also characterized by a brightness component gt luminance Y but also by different color components cyan orange balance and Q magenta green balance YIQ is used gt for NTSC for example YUV YUV is the designation for a color space characterized by a brightness component gt luminance Y and two color components gt chrominance U V 18 Grabster AV 400 English Grabster AV 400 English
12. cart composite S video audio cinch RCA adapter e Software CD e Hardware and software manual e Registration card with the serial number 4 Grabster AV 400 English Product description Product illustration S video input Stereo audio input Composite video input Grabster AV 400 English This input is used to connect analog video sources such as video recorders and satellite receivers We recommend using this input if your device features an S video output Audio is not transferred via this connection only video data If you are connecting analog video sources using the Composite or S video input terminal you also have to establish an audio connection Use this connector to do so This input is used to connect external devices like video recorders and satellite receivers We recom mend using this input if your device features an S video output Setting up your Grabster AV 400 The Grabster is extremely simple to install The installation can be completed without shutting down your computer Connect the USB cable to the Grabster AV 400 Insert the included installation CD into your CD drive Connect the Grabster AV 400 to a free USB port on your computer with the USB cable Your computer will recognize the new hardware and launch the installation wizard Grabster AV 400 English Installing the drivers Driver installation under Windows XP Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardwa
13. cover for the postage for the return to you Grabster AV 400 English 13 General terms and conditions of service 1 General By purchasing and receiving the goods you accept our general terms and conditions of service Proof of guarantee You will require a copy of the purchase receipt or delivery slip as proof of warranty If you do not supply proof of warranty we will charge for repairing the goods Description of problem Shipments that do not include a description of the fault or an insufficient description defective or for repair is insufficient will be returned for a processing fee because this makes repair more difficult and could have been avoided Invalid returns In the event of an unfounded complaint no fault could be detected probable operating error we will return the goods and a processing fee will be charged Packaging If possible please use the original packaging for return shipment Any warranty claim will be jeopardized by improper packaging The warranty will not apply to damage caused by improper packaging Foreign manufactured products Devices that are not manufactured or distributed by TerraTec Electronic GmbH will be returned and a processing fee will be charged Repairs liable to your expense Repairs out of the warranty period are liable to your expense Transportation costs The dispatcher pays all costs associated with shipping and insurance for the goods for repair to TerraTec
14. developing its own protocol Thanks to FireWire and the Sony protocol the dream of loss free video editing has finally come true iLink Sony s name for gt IEEE 1394 Interlacing see Fields Linear editing The origins of linear video editing date back to analog video The original video data is generally present in the same sequence as the edited video clips A simple form of linear video editing would be to copy material from an analog video camera to a VCR and discard a number of clips in the process However if you would like to insert a new clip in the middle it would be necessary to copy all of the following clips again Luma keying Unlike chroma keying the transparency of the video is determined on the basis of brightness in luma keying Luminance Luminance refers to brightness in gt YUV Y Main memory see RAM 16 Grabster AV 400 English MiniDVD This is a process in which gt DVD data including the DVD directory structure and navigation menu is burned onto a blank conventional CD Due to their lower capacity MiniDVDs can only store around 18 minutes of video data Unfortunately not many DVD players can play MiniDVDs making them mainly suitable for PC playback MiniDV The consumer version of the DV format Also see gt DV MJPEG Motion JPEG is a compression process in which every single frame in the video data stream is compressed individually MPEG The Motion Picture Experts Group is a
15. following information handy e your registration number e this documentation e the manual of your motherboard and e a screen shot of your BIOS configuration if possible In addition it would be helpful to our technicians if you are at your computer during the phone call so that you can carry out our tips and tricks directly Please do not forget to write down the name of the respective support technician if you contact our Support Team You will need this name if a defect is present and your card needs to be mailed to us 12 Grabster AV 400 English Broken Before you send your card back be sure to contact us Make a note of the name of your support contact and follow these simple instructions e Please fill out the service request form provided with your card clearly and completely The more clearly and detailed you describe the problem the faster we will be able to help Cards sent in without a description ofthe problem cannot be processed and will be re turned to you at your expense e Besure to include a copy of your purchase receipt not the original with the package If we do not receive a copy of a receipt we will assume that the warranty for the product has expired and will bill you for the repair e Please use a sufficiently strong and padded mailing package We recommend using the original package Remember that the card is a sensitive electronic component e Be sure to include enough postage we will
16. oftware has not been altered since it was tested The software you are about to install does not contain a Microsoft digital signature Therefore there is no guarantee that this software works corectly with windows Grabster Ay 400 IF you want to search for Microsoft digitally signed software visit the Windows Update Web site at http windowsupdate microsoft com to see if one is available Do you want to continue the installation Ho More Info Hardware Installation The software you are installing for this hardware Grabster Ay 400 has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows amp P Tell me why this testing is important Continuing your installation of this software may impair or destabilize the correct operation of your system either immediately or in the future Microsoft strongly recommends that you stop this installation now and contact the hardware vendor for software that has passed Windows Logo testing Continue Anyway E TOFI Continue the installation The driver can be installed despite the lack of signature The missing signature has no effect on the quality or functionality of the driver Grabster AV 400 English 9 Installing the Ulead video DVD authoring software Install VideoStudio and DVD MovieFactory from the installation CD Simply follow the instructions provided The software in detail A detailed software manual is included in the package
17. re Wizard This wizard helps you install software for Grabster Av 400 If your hardware came with an installation CD or floppy disk insert it now what do you want the wizard to do Install the software automatically Recommended Please choose Install from a list or specific location Advanced Click Next Found New Hardware Wizard Please choose your search and installation options Search for the best driver in these locations Use the check bores below to limit or expand the default search which includes local paths and removable media The best driver found will be installed Search removable media floppy CO ROM li Include this location in the search Don t search will choose the driver to install Choose this option to select the device driver from a list Windows does not guarantee that the driver you choose will be the best match for pour hardware Select the upper item and browse your installation CD Grabster AV 400 English Driver installation under Windows 2000 Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you install a device driver for a hardware device To continue click Next Cancel Found New Hardware Wizard Install Hardware Device Drivers A device driver is a software program that enables a hardware device to work with ey an operating system This wizard will complete the
18. site video is a transmission method common in the consumer sector that is generally realized using cinch connectors and which is frequently used for example on TVs In this process all signals chrominance and luminance share a single cable The quality of composite video is lower than that of gt S video in which chrominance and luminance are transferred separately CPU Central processing unit The part of your computer processor e g Pentium or Athlon that does the actual computing D8 Digital 8 is the successor to the Hi8 and VHS C camcorder formats Hi8 or D8 cassettes are still used but the video data is recorded digitally in DV format Data throughput see Data transfer rate Data transfer rate The data transfer rate describes the speed at which a hard drive can read or write data over a sustained period The data transfer rate is usually measured in seconds e g 7 MB s Device control In DV terms this refers to the ability to control your camcorder from your PC DirectDraw DirectDraw is a graphics standard initiated by Microsoft Its features include the capability to write graphics data directly to the memory of the graphics board for the fluid display of video material Dropped frames These are individual images missing from the video data stream usually due to a slow hard drive DVD abbreviation for Digital Versatile Disk The diameter of a DVD is the same as that of a CD ROM Storage capacities of 4 7 G
19. t holders Product and brand names contained in this document are used for identification purposes only All registered trademarks product designations or brand names used in this document are the registered property of their respective owners TerraTec Electronic GmbH 1994 2004 All rights reserved 29 10 04 2 Grabster AV 400 English Contents PielidlRl illa 4 SCODE Ordelles E T ROR 4 PIOUUCEGDESCIPLO Tse ENRE NA 5 Product ustati Oi osain E E E EA ET E A E Ei 5 Seting Up VOUT Grabster AV 200 nea E N E ei 6 Metalne tNeEdVE Ssa e a a E a 7 Digital signature in Windows XP and 2000 essesessossossossossossossessosessessossossossoseeseeseesessessess 9 Installing the Ulead video DVD authoring software eessceeenssseenssssnnnnssnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnnnnn 10 TInesoktware n dealer e 10 Advanced SeN sile 11 SENICA OTOC aar ET T A 12 Hotline n eineba ail 12 BOKEN nce 13 General Terms and CONCIFONS OF Sei E insel 14 GIS 15 Grabster AV 400 English Preface Thank you for choosing a TerraTec product Congratulations on your decision to buy this sophisticated piece of state of the art technology the Grabster AV 400 This is one of the most powerful products for video applications We are convinced that the Grabster AV 400 will be both very useful and a lot of fun for you for a longtime to come Scope of delivery e Grabster AV 400 e USB cable e Composite cable e Svideo cable e Stereo audio cinch cable e S
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