ADS Technologies PTV-390 User Manual

Archive & Share Your Home Movies On CD

Instant Video PCI

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4. User’s Guide

SP1 only (minimum)

WMV or VCD Video on CD’s

Applications:

Applications:

transferred to portable devices or allow for lots of video to fit on a normal

video compression engines can be used to compress the video into the

Your Instant Video PCI includes the Ulead VideoStudio 8 video capture

Windows Media Video 9

®

and Divx

®

Video.

What is video compression?

When video is digitized the file size is very large. The video is more

video stream in a different way. Each video compression method has

the general goal of reducing the overall size of the finished video file

while retaining video quality but each video compression method may

formats for different purposes and applications.

What compression formats can I capture in with Instant

Video PCI?

very low bit rates while retaining very good video quality. This process is

very CPU intensive. Divx Video, for example, is a compression

technology that can reduce the file size of video more than 5 times

Video PCI is set at 2.4 GHz.

What can I do with these video compression formats?

is a format for digital music. DivX™ is the brand

is based on the

compression standard. This codec is so advanced that it can

video (the same format used for

or Pay-Per-

View) to ten percent of its original size.

• Divx video files can be copied to a CD-R disc and then be played

back in DivX Certified DVD players. You can generally get a 2 hour

movie on a single CD-R disc.

when a compatible software player has been installed.

Entertainment receiver. Capture video in the DivX video format and

then distribute the video over your wired or wireless Ethernet

network. The Media-Link Receiver decodes the video and displays

it on your Big Screen TV.

x 288 (PAL), commonly referred to as SIF resolution.

Applications:

viewing on the PC

Video CD (VCD)

VCD is probably the most common application for MPEG-1 video and

virtually everywhere except North America. VCD is the same video

that will play in VCD players. The advantage of VCD is that you can

• Create Video CD’s - they play back in most late model DVD players.

to MPEG-4. Windows Media video 9 can be captured in a variety of

With Instant Video PCI we have included two ways to create Windows

plug-in to capture video directly into a WMV 9 file.

capture WMV 9 files on your PC or broadcast video across your

home, office network or serve over the Internet.

Video CD Manual before using this product to help ensure you get

the most out of your Instant Video CD.

and a “Found New Hardware” wizard will appear

4) Follow the directions on-screen

will appear.

that appears. When the software installation is complete, click on “Exit”

A. Plug the PCI card directly into an open PCI port on your

computer’s motherboard.

B. Once plugged in, turn on your computer and a “Driver Setup

Wizard” will appear on your screen.

click on “Next”.

the “Hardware Installation” pop-up window will appear.

4) Your device, Instant Video PCI, is now installed, Click on

“Finish” when the installation is complete.

“ADS PTV-390 Capture Devices” and “ADS PTV-390 Crossbar ”.

window. Congratulations, you have installed the Instant Video PCI

This alert will appear 2 times during the installation process. Click on “Continue

Anyway” to proceed.

home movies.

VideoStudio follows a step-by-step paradigm so that editing tasks

their order, apply transitions, and add overlays, animated titles, voiceover

A movie production is in the form of a VideoStudio project  le (*.VSP), which

VideoStudio Editor

VideoStudio Editor

ADS PTV-390 Capture Device.

Contains menus that provide different set of commands.

Contains controls, buttons, and other information that you can use to customize the

settings of the selected clip. The contents of this panel change depending on the step you

are in.

4 Preview Window

Provides buttons for playback and for precision trimming of clips. In the

this also acts as the device control for the DV camcorder.

Stores and organizes all of your media clips.

Displays all the clips, titles, and effects included in your project.

VideoStudio simpli es the process of creating movies into seven simple

to switch between steps.

to your computer’s hard disk in the

tape can be captured as a single  le or automatically divided into multiple

 les. This step allows you to capture video and still images.

and the Timeline are the heart of VideoStudio. This is

where you arrange, edit, and trim your video clips. Video  lters can also

lets you add transitions between video clips in your

allows you to superimpose one clip over another to

from various presets in the Library.

Audio Step

lets

you select and record music  les from one or several CD-ROM drives

When your movie is complete, you can create a video  le for sharing on

the Web or output the movie on tape, DVD, or CD in the

These steps do not necessarily need to be followed in the order that they

You can change the video resolution and video bit rate settings

to adjust for quality and also the file size of your video capture

@ 300 MB/Hr.

500 kb/sec.

Property Settings…”

analog source with RCA cables then please select Video Composite

and if connected with S-Video then Video S-video.