Nero ShowTime 2 Quick Start Guide
QuickStart
Nero ShowTime 2
Nero AG
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Contents
1 General Information ..........................................................................5
2 Overview of Functions......................................................................8
3 The 'Preferences' menu ..................................................................13
1.1 About Nero ShowTime 2..................................................................5
1.2 Technical Data.................................................................................. 5
1.2.1 Supported Formats.............................................................................5
1.2.2 Video Features...................................................................................5
1.2.3 Audio Features...................................................................................6
1.2.4 Hardware Optimisation....................................................................... 6
1.2.5 Features.............................................................................................6
2.1 User Interface ...................................................................................8
3.1 Calling up the 'Preferences' menu................................................ 13
3.2 General Settings............................................................................. 14
3.2.1 OSD setting......................................................................................15
3.2.2 Keyboard and mouse settings.......................................................... 16
3.2.3 Capture to ........................................................................................17
3.2.4 Toolbar setting .................................................................................18
3.2.5 Tool tips setting................................................................................19
3.3 DVD general.................................................................................... 20
3.3.1 Bookmarks editor ............................................................................. 21
3.3.2 Parental Control ...............................................................................22
3.4 Video Settings ................................................................................23
3.4.1 Video mode......................................................................................25
3.4.2 Video quality.....................................................................................26
3.4.3 Nero Digital settings.........................................................................27
3.4.4 Image settings..................................................................................28
3.5 Audio...............................................................................................29
3.6 DNC ................................................................................................. 30
3.7 Skin browser................................................................................... 31
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4 Reproduce media ............................................................................32
4.1 Video ............................................................................................... 32
4.1.1 Video formats supported..................................................................32
4.1.2 Playing DVD-Videos......................................................................... 32
4.1.3 Playing VCD, SVCD and miniDVDs................................................. 33
4.1.4 Playing other video formats.............................................................. 33
4.2 Audio...............................................................................................34
4.2.1 Audio formats supported..................................................................34
4.2.2 Play audio tracks..............................................................................34
4.3 Playlists........................................................................................... 35
4.3.1 Creating and storing playlists...........................................................35
4.3.2 Loading the playlist...........................................................................36
4.3.3 Editing the playlist ............................................................................ 37
4.4 Control during playback................................................................ 38
4.4.1 Skin .................................................................................................. 38
4.4.2 Toolbar.............................................................................................38
4.4.3 Context menu................................................................................... 39
5 FAQ...................................................................................................
40
6 Contact.............................................................................................41
6.1 Contact Information.......................................................................41
7 Glossary...........................................................................................42
8 Index.................................................................................................45
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1 General Information
1.1 About Nero ShowTime 2
Nero ShowTime 2 provides you with a high-performance software DVD player
that takes you to a new dimension in DVD's. Its cinema-like sound and excellent
image quality for all digital pictures make an adventure of every film! What is
more, Nero ShowTime 2 supports all DVD-Video formats and can play them
from a disc and from the hard drive.
But Nero ShowTime 2 does much more! You can take snapshots while the film
is running, organize your video clip collection or protect your films with integrated
parental control. And these are only a few of the functions included in Nero
ShowTime 2.
1.2 Technical Data
1.2.1 Supported Formats
DVD-Video1
VCD 2.0/ SVCD with highlighted buttons
DVD+VR/-VR
miniDVD (DVD files on CD)
Nero Digital (incl. subtitles and 5.1 channel audio)
DVD-Video and (S)VCD playback from folder
MPEG-1/MPEG-2/MPEG-4 / AVI and ASF file playback
All country codes (5 changes allowed with non-regional disk drives)
1.2.2 Video Features
Full ISO-compliant MPEG decoding
NTSC and PAL support
Image adjustment (brightness, contrast, saturation, luma, chroma)
Interlaced and progressive sources
Different MPEG-4 post-processing levels for optimal visual quality (manual-
and autoadjustment)
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If you do not have a licence for MPEG-2, one may be purchased in the form of an DVD-Video plug-in, at
http://www.nero.com.
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Advanced adaptive deinterlacing for best possible picture quality from
interlaced DVDs (e.g. TV-show DVDs, home video DVDs) with fine tuning view
for perfect configuration
Full screen/scalable video window
16:9 wide screen support
Customizable on-screen display
Inverse Telecine support on NTSC DVD titles for more fluidity
Nero Digital support
Multi monitor support
1.2.3 Audio Features
Dolby Digital AC3
Dolby Digital / Dolby Surround
LPCM
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
S/PDIF Edition for digital sound
1.2.4 Hardware Optimisation
Dynamic noise control for CD/DVD drives during playback
Full DXVA support
Power management support (APM and ACPI)
Hardware IDCT support
Dual CPU support
Optimized for MMX, SSE, SSE-2 and AMD
1.2.5 Features
Changeable Skins
Parental control with password protection (8 levels)
Multiangle support (seamless/non-seamless)
Remember last position played (autoresume) for each disc
Bookmark management
Configurable snapshot during playback
Software eject
2
Digital zoom of selected area with pan option
Configurable toolbar
All player features available by right-hand mouse-click
2
This may not be included, depending on the version!
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Chapter jump slider
AB Repeat/AB bookmark repeat
Configurable OSD
Nero DVD Navigator
Hotkeys (keyboard shortcuts)
Autoplay on insert
Seamless integration into Nero SmartStart, the control centre for all Nero
applications
Mouse scroll settings
Double-click on display changes to full screen
Double-click on full screen changes to normal window
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2 Overview of Functions
2.1 User Interface
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Some of the functions listed below can also be controlled through the keyboard. If
t
this is possible, there are brackets behind the function that show the key / key
combination (such as 'Eject Disk' [J]).
Symbol Function
The Nero ShowTime 2 playback window
Symbol Function [Keyboard symbol / Shortcut]
Playback area
Starts playback [Enter]
Jumps to previous chapter [P]
Jumps to next chapter [N]
Interrupts film playback, then continues i
after another click [Space]
Stops playback [S]
Ejects disk [J]
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Symbol Function [Keyboard symbol / Shortcut]
Volume control area
Regulates the volume
/
Switch to mute / loud [Q]
Symbol Function
Chapter area
Makes it possible to jump directly between
chapters
Symbol Function [Keyboard symbol / Shortcut]
Status area
Minimizes Nero ShowTime 2 on the taskbar
Changes between full-screen and normal
view [Z]
Exits Nero ShowTime 2
Symbol Function [Keyboard symbol / Shortcut]
Toolbar
Opens subtitle selection [U]
Changes language [H]
Jumps one frame back
Jumps one frame forwards [T]
Jumps to the next bookmark [G]
Adds a bookmark [M]
Opens the 'Preferences' menu [CTRL+C]
Shows Help file [F1]
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Symbol Function
y
Information area
Shows information on the subtitle language,
disk drive, regional code, language, angle,
and audio settings
Provides current information on the function
(such as playing), title, chapter and run time
Symbol Function [Keyboard symbol / Shortcut]
Playback section
Makes it possible to move continuousl
through the film (without dividing chapters)
Plays the movie backwards [B]
Plays the movie forwards [F]
Symbol Function [Keyboard symbol / Shortcut]
Menu and selection area
Opens the selection of the available menus
[L]
Opens the selection of the playback source
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Symbol Function [Keyboard symbol / Shortcut]
Extended area
Expands the skin
Makes it possible to jump directly to chapters
Reduces the skin
Repeats a chapter or title [CTRL +R]
Repeats a selected part of the movie [R]
Changes the perspective [A]
Activates zoom tool [D]
Creates a snapshot [C]
(This function is only possible if hardware
acceleration has been deactivated.)
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3 The 'Preferences' menu
3.1 Calling up the 'Preferences' menu
In the Nero ShowTime 2 'Preferences' menu, you can configure the program the
way you would like. There are a number of ways of calling up the program:
1. By clicking on the
2. By pressing 'Ctrl' and 'C' at the same time.
3. By opening the pop-up menu with a right-hand mouse click – provided the
mouse cursor is over the Nero ShowTime 2 interface - and then selecting the
'Configuration' command.
button.
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3.2 General Settings
Always on top
If this option is enabled, Nero ShowTime 2 always stays in the foreground, even
if you start other programmes. It may, however, be minimized by clicking on the
button.
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