Pinnacle MovieBox USB Professional Quality Movie Making QUICK START GUIDE KURZANLEITUNG GUIDE DE DEMARRAGE RAPIDE KORTE HANDLEIDING GUIDA RAPIDA MANUAL BREVE DE INSTRUCCIONES GUIA DE INÍCIO RÁPIDO 41002286 © Pinnacle Systems 2003 All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transferred to other media without explicit written permission from Pinnacle Sysrems., Braunschweig, Germany. All brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. © Pinnacle Systems 2003 Alle Rechte vorbehalten. Kein Teil dieses Handbuchs darf ohne ausdrückliche schriftliche Genehmigung von Pinnacle Systems, Braunschweig, reproduziert oder anderweitig übertragen werden. Alle Marken- und Produktnamen sind Warenzeichen oder eingetragene Warenzeichen der jeweiligen Hersteller. © Pinnacle Systems GmbH 2003 Tous droits réservés. 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Pinnacle MovieBox USB Professional Quality Movie Making QUICK START GUIDE Contents English BEFORE YOU BEGIN SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS PACKAGE CONTENTS 1 1 2 INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 3 3 CONNECTING THE MOVIEBOX USB AND THE VIDEO DEVICES HOW TO CONNECT THE DEVICES 5 5 TECHNICAL SUPPORT TECHNICAL DATA KEY PARTS KEY FEATURES 7 9 9 9 TIPS & TRICKS HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS ENHANCED-IDE HARD DISKS HINTS FOR IMPROVING THE CAPTURE PERFORMANCE OF YOUR HARD DISK SETTINGS IN WINDOWS ME SETTINGS IN WINDOWS 2000 AND WINDOWS XP REDUCING NONCAPTURE-RELATED MACHINE ACTIVITY 10 10 10 11 12 13 14 WARRANTY I About this Quick Start Guide This Quick Start Guide explains how to install the Pinnacle hardware and software. Important text passages are marked with the "notepad" and this format. Numbers mark step by step instructions: 1. Start Windows. All keyboard commands appear in this font: Setup Menus, commands, options, or buttons which the user can select are written in italics. Before you begin This chapter tells you which computer system components are required for the operation of MovieBox USB and what is included in the MovieBox USB package contents. English SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Please make sure your system meets the following requirements before installing MovieBox USB: Computer Intel Pentium or AMD Athlon 500 MHz or higher (1 GHz recommended) USB 1.1 or USB 2.0 port (USB2.0 recommended) Windows 98SE, Windows Millennium, Windows 2000 or Windows XP (Windows XP recommended) DirectX 8 or higher compatible graphics card (ATI Radeon 9700 or Nvidia Geforce 3 or higher with at least 32 MB RAM recommended) DirectX 8 or higher compatible sound card 128 MB of RAM (256 MB recommended) CD-ROM drive (optional: CD or DVD burner required to create Video CD, S-Video CD or DVD) Speakers Mouse A microphone, if you want to record voice-overs 300 MB of free hard disk space to install software. 45 MB of disk space for every minute of video captured at DVD quality. Video equipment MovieBox USB can capture from and output video to: Any analog (8mm, Hi8, VHS, SVHS, VHS-C or SVHS-C) camcorder or VCR. Any DV, Digital8 or MicroMV camcorder with analog outputs (capture only) Quick Start Guide 1 PACKAGE CONTENTS Please make sure your MovieBox USB system is complete before you begin the installation. The system includes*: English MovieBox USB USB-cable Power supply with separate power cable (no illustration) Pinnacle Studio Manual This Quick Start Guide Pinnacle Studio "Programs" and "Content" CD-ROMs If any parts are missing, please contact your retailer. * Depending on the delivery scope, the actual package contents may be different from the package contents listed in the manual. Specifications are subject to change without notice or obligation. Pinnacle MovieBox USB 2 Installing the Software SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Please be sure to read the license agreement in the appendix of the Studio manual before opening the CD-ROM packaging and installing the software, as by opening the CD-ROM packaging you will be expressing your absolute agreement with the conditions contained in the said license agreement. If you do not agree, do not open the software package and return the complete package to the point of purchase. You have received 2 CD-ROMs, named "Programs" and "Content". The Programs-CD is containing all the necessary data to install the Studio software and tools. The Content-CD is containing the Motion Menus which are video standard dependent (PAL, NTSC) and 3rd Party software (Adobe Acrobat Reader and Real Player). To install the software, please proceed as follows: During installation you will be asked for your serial number . You will find this number on the Studio CD "Programs" or on the accompanying documentation. Please make a note of this number before putting the CD in your CD-ROM drive. SERIAL NUMBER: 1. Switch your computer on. Switch on your computer. Windows is started automatically. If your computer is configured in such a way, that Windows is not started automatically, start Windows now. Important for Windows 2000 and Windows XP: log in with administrator rights. 2. Insert the CD-ROM "Programs". Insert the CD-ROM "Programs" into the CD-ROM drive of your computer. Now, the setup program will start automatically or you start setup.exe or Welcome.exe from your CD-ROM. Quick Start Guide 3 English 3. Follow the instructions. Follow the instructions of the Pinnacle installation program. When the hardware installation program is started, please select "MovieBox USB" as your device. Then again follow the instructions. English After the Studio installation and the reboot of the system, the installation program normally asks for the "Content-CD" to be inserted. On some systems, this will not happen. In this case you should install the "Content-CD" before starting Studio. 4 Pinnacle MovieBox USB Connecting the MovieBox USB and the Video Devices English The following chapter tells you how to connect your video devices to the MovieBox USB. To do so you will need the appropriate cables. Important Be sure your PC, MovieBox USB and video equipment are all turned OFF before making any connections. HOW TO CONNECT THE DEVICES The following illustrations show how to connect MovieBox USB to your PC and video equipment. Power supply USB connector 1 2 34 8 5 7 6 Inputs Video IN Outputs Video OUT 1 Composite 2 S-Video Audio IN 5 Composite 6 S-Video Audio OUT 3 Left 4 Right 7 Right 8 Left Quick Start Guide 5 Audio Out Audio In English Composite or Analog S-Video Out Composite or S-Video In Audio Out Power Supply Composite or S-Video Out Video Source Audio In USB Composite or S-Video In VCR Audio Out Composite or S-Video Out PC Audio In Composite or S-Video In Video Monitor Now, have some fun... Now that you have installed the MovieBox USB, you can use it immediately. We strongly recommend you take this opportunity to experience Studio digital video editing. 6 Pinnacle MovieBox USB Technical Support Pinnacle Systems has FREE 24 x 7, self-service troubleshooting assistance. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, you have three ways to find answers to your questions. To access technical support got to http://www.pinnaclesys.com/support/studio8 From here you may choose the following support options: 1. FAQ's (Frequently Asked Questions). View 100's of technical questions and their solutions on a wide range of subjects. This is the best way to get your questions answered. Here you can easily find answers to the most common questions, as well as download the latest updates. They are sorted with the 20 most commonly read questions listed. It is also easy to sort the documents by problem category, by using the "Category" pull down menu. 2. Ask a Question, Find an Answer. Simply type in your question to see a list of the most likely solutions. Using this natural language search, you can type in your question or the symptom of your problem, such as "I am having problems outputting to tape" or "I get an error message when I try to capture". If you do not get relevant solutions, try rephrasing your question. For example, instead of entering "I get an error", try "I get an error that states that my data rate is below 4000 kbs when I capture". You can also select a Category from the pull down list to see questions/issues grouped together. For example, if you have a question about installing the hardware or software, choose the Category "Setup, Install and Configuration Issues" to see the top 10 installation questions. The categories follow the main features of Studio 8, Capture, Edit, Make and Output, along with some other general categories. 3. Discussion Forum. There are over 100,000 users that have registered to use this FREE service. Search Pinnacle Systems' online Discussion Forum to see if someone has already encountered your question. Post your question on the Discussion Forum and get help from Pinnacle Systems and other users. This forum is also searchable so you can--for example--type in "dropping frames and discussions with solutions on this topic will be displayed. English Quick Start Guide 7 Once you post to the Discussion Forum, you can get an email notification when someone has replied to your question. To get email notification, after you post your question, simply click on the Email button in the upper right hand corner of the Discussion Forum browser window, then click OK. 4. Email Support. If you are unable to find answers to your questions using our website, Pinnacle Systems also offers troubleshooting and technical support by email. Email is usually responded to within 48 hours (excluding weekends and holidays). Use the Ask a Question section of the support web site to submit an email. Before the email is submitted, 5 suggested solutions to your issue will be presented to you. Please review them. Over 70% of customer that begin to submit their question, find their answer in these suggested solutions. English 8 Pinnacle MovieBox USB Technical Data KEY PARTS Hardware External Video Capture and Output device HiSpeed USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 compatible) -Interface MPEG1/2 Video/Audio compression hardware Composite, S-Video Right and Left Audio Inputs and Outputs Power Supply USB Cable English Software Drivers for Windows XP, 2000, Me Installation program Studio Application KEY FEATURES Capture in MPEG2 ML@MP (4:2:0) program stream muxed with MPEG1 Layer II audio Capture in MPEG1 system stream muxed with MPEG1 Layer II audio Playback to PC Monitor and/or to tape Quick Start Guide 9 Tips & Tricks English This chapter gives you important hints as well as tips & tricks on the subject video capturing. HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS Hard disk speed If the hard disk works too slow, the PC cannot save the digitised images fast enough and the drop-out rate increases. The drop-out rate is the number of images which are not saved during capturing. This results in jerky playback. Your hard disk should offer a transfer rate of 5 MBytes/sec under Windows. To take advantage of the full transfer rate, the option "DMA" should be checked in the Device Manager for your hard disk (see "Settings in Windows Me" or "Settings in Windows 2000 and Windows XP"). Memory In general: The more memory available, the better. Video source requirements If you can choose between the Composite- and the S-Video input, for quality reasons prefer the S-Video input. ENHANCED-IDE HARD ...