Copyright: Copyright (c) Ulead Systems, Inc. February 2001


Welcome to Ulead® DVD MovieFactory 2.5

ReadMe

This ReadMe document provides basic information about the Ulead DVD MovieFactory. Please click links below to read more information about each topic before you start using Ulead DVD MovieFactory.

You can use the Browse buttons on the menu bar to go through the topics and the Contents button to go back to this main page again.

Topics:

Systems Requirements

Setting up DV Camcorder Support

Tips and Hints for DV

Installing Drivers and Applications

Troubleshooting


Setting Up DV Camcorder Support

1.	Make sure the DV IEEE-1394 interface card (DV Board) and its drivers are properly installed. (Please refer to your DV IEEE-1394 interface card manual for details on installation).

2.	Connect your DV camcorder to the DV Board using the IEEE-1394 cable provided along with your DV camcorder. Turn on the power of DV camcorder by switching to either VTR or Camera (depending on the camera model) mode before launching Ulead DVD MovieFactory.

3.	Verify if Ulead DVD MovieFactory has detected your DV hardware by clicking Capture Settings and checking if the name of the DV board driver is listed and selected in the Settings menu. If your DV board supports DV device control (which allows you to control your DV camcorder through Ulead DVD MovieFactory), you should also see a device driver listed under Select Device Control in the Settings menu.

4.	Capture videos in the Capture Video dialog box.


System Requirements

For DV (Digital Video) device control, an IEEE-1394 capture card and a DV camcorder.

For DV (Digital Video) device control: You need an IEEE-1394 (FireWire) interface card and a DV camcorder. Also, you need a hard drive with a sustained transfer rate of over 3.6 MB per second (SCSI and UltraDMA hard drives recommended).

For Video Capture: 700MHz Intel Celeron or AMD Athlon processor or better (1.7GHz recommended), and an analog capture card or OHCI-compliant IEEE-1394 interface card.

For Authoring: Processor 500MHz Intel Celeron, AMD Athlon, or better.

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000, and Windows XP.

Memory: 128 MB RAM (256 MB recommended).

Hard drive space: 1GB of available hard drive space for program installation (2 GB or above recommended).

CD or DVD Burner.

Monitor: Windows-compatible display with at least 1024 x 768 resolution (small font recommended).

Mouse: Windows-compatible mouse or pointing device.

Interface/capture card: Video for Windows, or DirectShow (WDM) compatible video capture card (recommended).

Sound card: Windows-compatible sound card.


Tips & Hints for DV

1.	If you find that many frames were dropped during DV capture, please check if system requirements are met. The hard drive may even need to be defragmented..

2.	Some DV boards do not support the PAL TV system. Please consult your DV board manual for more information.

3.	If you experience problems recording video back to the camcorder from your computer, please check if your computer (especially your hard drive) meets the necessary minimum requirements.

4.	Some DV camcorders have the power saving function that shuts down the power automatically when the camera is idle for a period of time. Please turn off this function when capturing from your DV camcorder to the computer.

5.	To transmit or record DV files back to DV camcorder, be sure to select the Type-1 format.

6.	If your system supports DMA transfer, enable it (for Windows 98 only). The procedure is as follows:

a.	Open the Control Panel.

b.	Double-click the System icon.

c.	Click the Device Manager Tab.

d.	From "Disk Drives", select "GENERIC IDE DISK TYPE46" then click Properties.

e.	Click Settings Tab, and then select the DMA control.

f.	Click OK.


Installing Drivers and Applications

1.	Microsoft DirectX - A driver from Microsoft that improves playback performance of video files. You should install this driver. It will be installed automatically when you are installing Ulead DVD MovieFactory. For more information, visit Microsoft's Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/directx.

2.	Apple QuickTime - This is a video format made by Apple for creating and playing back movie files such as MOV and QT file formats. You should install this driver.

3.	Microsoft Windows Media Player  - This is a player from Microsoft for playing a variety of formats such as AVI, MOV, MPEG, and WMV. It is recommended that you install this software. For more information, visit their Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/mediaplayer/download.

4.	Adobe Acrobat Reader - This is used for viewing the electronic manual. It is recommended that you install this software.


Troubleshooting

1.	If you experience difficulty getting started, refer to the online Help or the manual for information.

2.	In the Capture Video dialog box, if you cannot see your video in the preview window, click Capture Settings and adjust parameters to meet your capture device requirements.

3.	If you are still not getting a TV signal, click Capture Settings: Video capture property settings – Input source, make sure that the input value is correct for your system. Also check that the Tuning mode is set to TV.

4.	If your captured video is shaky or jittery on a quick moving object, try to change the field order in Advanced in Capture Settings.

5.	If the video you captured doesn’t have audio, check the set up of your recording input device. Go to Control Panel: Sounds and Multimedia - Sound and Multimedia Properties - Audio tab. In the Sound Recording section, click Volume. In the Recording Control dialog box, drag the volume slider of the appropriate device (usually Line-in) to increase the recording volume.

6.	For some TV tuner cards, if you encounter problems in the Preview window (especially for a DVD project), try to adjust the settings to the “Preview Mode” in Capture Options.

7.	It is recommended that you disable your screen saver when capturing video.

8.	Make sure your camcorder is not in power save mode and that you switch to “Video” mode before starting to capture. If the program does not detect your camcorder, check the connection again then go back to the previous step to let the program detect your device automatically.

9.	DVD+VR format used in Ulead DVD MovieFactory is the same as the DVD+RW Video recording format, which is an industry standard.

10.	When using DVD+VR as the recording format, there is a 30MB file size limitation for menus, background audio and project file combined. Reduce the file size of your audio (e.g. shorter length) if you plan to have a lot of menus.

11.	If the burned disc cannot be played in your standalone DVD player using DVD+VR, try to burn again using the DVD-Video format.

12.	If you use Direct to Disc task to burn and the disc has existing menus and personal folders, Ulead DVD MovieFactory will remove them when burning the video onto the disc.

13.	When importing DVD-VR files using Import DVD Video, importing image clip(s) from the play list is not available.

14.	If the program hangs after using Direct to Disc or when you burn a disc using other tasks, check if your burner is still available from Windows explorer. If not, try to close program, turn off the burner then open the program and turn on the burner again.

15.	If you encounter burn disc failure when using DVD-RW or DVD+RW, try to verify if those discs are still good in burning software, like Nero.

16.	It is better to remove other DVD authoring software and reinstall MovieFactory if you have problems in burning discs.

17.	If you are using previous versions of Ulead’s products like Ulead VideoStudio (version 5 or earlier), Ulead MediaStudio Pro (version 6.5 or earlier), Ulead PictureShow 1.0, Ulead MovieFactory1.0 or Ulead Workshop1.0, it is recommended that you reinstall or repair these programs if you uninstall DVD MovieFactory from your system.

18.	If you want to share and play your videos on other machines, make sure you use a common codec such as Cinepak, Indeo or MPEG. If you use a hardware codec such as MJPEG, you may not be able to view the videos unless the other machine has the same card installed.

19.	If you have problems running Ulead MovieFactory, check if your display adapter driver is up-to-date.