Nero Vision 5 Instruction Manual
Nero Vision Manual
Nero AG
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Contents
Contents
1 Start Successfully! 6
1.1 About Nero Vision 6
1.2 Working with Nero Vision 6
1.3 About the manual 9
2 Launching the program 10
3 User interface 11
3.1 Main window 11
3.2 Extended area 12
3.2.1 Buttons 13
3.2.2 Check boxes 13
3.2.3 Combo Boxes 14
4 Creating a disc project 15
4.1 Contents screen 15
4.2 Creating a disc project 17
5 Capturing videos from video cameras and other external capture devices 19
5.1 Capturing 19
5.2 DV/HDV cameras, digital and analog videos 19
5.3 Video Capture screen 19
5.3.1 Video Device Properties 21
5.3.2 Audio Device Properties Window 22
5.4 Setting a TV card 22
5.5 Capturing video on the hard drive 25
5.6 Capturing to disc directly 27
5.7 Import from the Web 28
6 Video editing 30
6.1 Movie screen 30
6.2 Make Movie 32
6.2.1 Creating storage groups 33
6.2.2 Inserting transitions 34
6.2.3 Adding an effect 35
6.2.4 Adding a text effect 36
6.2.5 Inserting an audio file 37
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6.2.6 Cutting video titles 38
6.3 Create Chapters screen 39
6.4 Creating chapters manually 41
6.5 Creating chapters automatically 41
6.6 Editing chapters 42
6.7 Export Video screen 43
6.8 Export video to file 45
6.9 Export video to camera 46
6.10 Export video and send as e-mail attachment 47
6.11 Export audio to file 48
6.12 Export to Internet 48
7 Slide show 50
7.1 Slide Show screen 50
7.2 Creating a slide show 52
7.2.1 Slide Show: Inserting transitions 54
7.2.2 Slide Show: Editing images 54
7.2.3 Slide Show: Fitting the display duration 56
8 Menu 58
8.1 Levels 58
8.2 Editing the menu screen 58
8.2.1 Templates tab 60
8.2.2 Customize tab 60
8.2.3 Select Start Position window 67
8.2.4 Edit Background Audio window 68
8.2.5 Select Poster Frame window 69
8.2.6 Shadow Settings window 69
8.2.7 Transition window 70
8.2.8 Save Template As window 70
8.3 Create Menu 70
9 Preview 73
9.1 Preview screen 73
9.2 Showing a preview 74
10 Burning a disc 75
10.1 Burn Options screen 75
10.2 Burning a disc 77
10.3 Burning an image file 78
10.4 Writing hard drive folders 79
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11 Disc Tools 81
11.1 Erasing a rewritable disc 81
11.2 Displaying disc info 81
11.3 Finalizing a disc 82
12 Project management 83
12.1 Saving a project 83
12.2 Opening a project 83
12.3 Opening a disc image 83
12.4 Creating covers and labels 84
13 Configuration 85
13.1 Opening a configuration 85
13.2 Application Settings window 85
13.2.1 General tab 85
13.2.2 Folders tab 86
13.2.3 Messages tab 86
14 Video options 88
14.1 Displaying video options 88
14.2 (Default) Video Options window 88
14.2.1 General tab 88
14.2.2 <Disc Format> tab 89
14.3 Nero Digital™ Encoder Configuration 90
15 Technical information 92
15.1 System requirements 92
15.2 Disc formats supported 92
15.2.1 Overview of compatibility between disc formats and discs 93
15.2.2 Overview of compatibility between DVD discs and editable disc formats 94
15.3 Key combinations 94
16 Versions of Nero Vision 95
17 Glossary 96
18 Index 103
19 Contact Information 105
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1 Start Successfully!
1.1 About Nero Vision
Nero Vision is software with an extremely friendly user interface for capturing, editing and
burning movies and slide shows. Nero Vision can be used to play your videos from DV video
cameras or other external video devices on your PC and to burn them as DVD video, DVDVR/-VFR (video mode)/+VR, Video CD (VCD), Super Video CD (SVCD), miniDVD, HDBURN, AVCHD or BD-AV or to save them to a hard drive folder. With the numerous features
that this powerful multimedia software offers, you have a variety of options for creating and
archiving discs of your most cherished memories. Even users new to the world of video find
it easy to use Nero Vision. Nero Vision can be used to quickly and easily shorten and add
effects to your videos, to create chapters using automatic scene recognition and to manually
label chapters, to create your own menus with animated buttons from pre-defined menu
templates, to add your own background images and text, to use the preview screen with the
handy virtual remote control for viewing your project and much more!
With your DV video camera, a FireWire® card and the appropriate software, you can import
your own videos. If you have a DirectShow®-compatible video capture card, Nero Vision can
be used to capture your videos from the video capture card directly. If you do not have the
required video hardware, you can edit video files from your PC or downloaded from the
Internet.
1.2 Working with Nero Vision
Basically, the user interface consists of the selection of a task from the Start screen.You
then complete the task by navigating through the different steps, with a separate window
being displayed for each individual step.
A project consists essentially of four steps:
1. Picking a task.
Select what you would like to do by moving the cursor over the menu item. As you move
your cursor over an item, an explanatory text will pop up next to it.
Fig. 1: Start screen
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This manual contains a chapter for each task that describes all of the steps required for its
completion.
You should know the following definitions in Nero Vision:
2. Completing a task.
Depending on the task, you will have to go through various steps until you reach the end.
Each individual step consists of a new screen. To help you know where you are and what
you need to do, each screen comes with a name and a brief description.
Each screen contains tool tips, detailed information and explanations for the buttons, icons
and menus. Hold your cursor for a few seconds over an item to learn more about it.
Term Meaning
Refers to an individual video file that is saved on the hard drive, e.g.
Video
your vacation video. It does not matter whether you created or imported
the video yourself.
Refers to a video file that you open and edit in Nero Vision. Edition a
Video title
video can include, for example, creating transitions, cutting scenes or
creating a sound track.
Refers to a section of a video title, whose start is defined by a chapter
label. Each video title consists of at least one chapter. The more labels
Chapter
a video title contains, the more chapters it has.
The advantage that chapters have is being able to jump to individual
chapters within a video directly without having to fast forward or
reverse.
Refers to a finished compilation from one or more video titles that are
Movie
usually edited. An example of a movie is montage of videos from your
last vacation.
Refers to the process from opening the video to exporting the final
Project
movie. A project can be saved in a project file with all changes made
and re-opened at a later time. The project file has the extension *.nvc
(Nero Vision Compilation).
Refers to a data medium to which information is saved. CD-R, DVD-R,
and DVD+R are examples of write-once discs that are written to by a
Disc
burner and read by a player. Discs of the same type with different
storage capacities are available, e.g. for DVD-R with 4.38 GB or as
DVD-R DL (Dual Layer, with two data layers) with 7.95 GB.
Refers to the form in which the data is organized on a disc. For
example, the disc format DVD-VR is only supported by and can only be
Disc format
used with DVD-RW and DVD-RAM discs. Conversely, Video CD (VCD),
Super Video CD (SVCD), miniDVD and HD-BURN can be burned to
CD-R and CD-RW disc formats. What technical options such as subtitle
or multiple sound tracks are available depends on the disc format.
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For each screen, the manual contains a chapter in which all areas are described in detail.
Fig. 2: Contents screen
To go to the next or previous screen, click the Next or Back button in the navigation bar.
Both
Undo and Redo buttons are available on screens in which you can execute
different actions. These buttons allow you to quickly undo or redo the action last performed.
In this way, you can try out a number of functions in Nero Vision risk free without having to
discard the entire project if you do not like the change.
3. Burning.
Burning marks the end of a project. For this you should define the burning parameters and
click the Burn button. Depending on the type of project you are working on and the burner
connected to the system, a number of different entries are available for selection.
Fig. 3: Burn Options screen
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4. Following the burning process.
Once you have finished burning you can decide what you would like to do next: launch Nero
ShowTime and view your project or create covers and labels for the disc using Nero
CoverDesigner. Of course, you can also save the project or start a new one.
1.3 About the manual
This manual is intended for all users who wish to learn how to use Nero Vision. It is processbased and explains how to reach a particular objective on a step-by-basis.
To make the best use of this manual, please note the following conventions:
Symbol Meaning
1. Start …
Æ
Î
OK
Chapters
[…] Indicates keyboard shortcuts for entering commands.
Indicates warnings or instructions that have to be followed
strictly.
Indicates additional information or advice.
A number at the beginning of a line indicates a request for
action. Carry out these actions in the order specified.
Indicates an intermediate result.
Indicates a result.
Indicates text passages or buttons that appear in the program
interface of Nero Vision. They are shown in bold face.
Indicates references to other chapters. They are executed as
links and are shown in red and underlined.
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Launching the program
2 Launching the program
To launch Nero Vision via Nero StartSmart, proceed as follows:
1. Click the Nero StartSmart icon.
Æ The Nero StartSmart window opens.
2. Click the button.
Æ The list of Nero applications appears.
3. Select Nero Vision in the Applications selection list.
Æ The Nero Vision window opens.
Î You have launched Nero Vision via Nero StartSmart.
Fig. 4: Nero StartSmart
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User interface
3 User interface
3.1 Main window
The user interface for Nero Vision consists of a main window and an expandable area. After
selecting a task in the Start screen, complete the task by navigating through the various
steps with a new screen displayed for each.
The Start screen always displays only those entries that are technically possible for the
drives installed on the computer and devices connected to the computer.
If you have installed a DVD-RW/+RW burner and insert a DVD-RW or DVD+RW disc, you
can use Nero Vision to create editable DVD disc formats: DVD-VR, DVD-VFR (video
mode) and DVD+VR.
In comparison to DVD-Video, the advantage of these disc formats is that the content can
be changed later on. This means that you can edit the films, insert new passages, delete
scenes that you do not want to see, or overwrite the disc.
The DVD-VFR (video mode) and DVD+VR disc formats are compatible with DVD-Video
and can be played on nearly any commercial DVD player.
Although the DVD-VR disc format, which is available for DVD-RW and DVD-RAM discs,
can only be played on appropriate VR-compatible burners. It has the advantage that it is
specially designed for direct recording on disc.
You can find an overview of which disc format is supported by which disc under
formats supported
The following buttons are available in the main window:
More
Export
Save
.
Disc
Help for Nero Vision: opens online help.
Enter new serial number: allows you to enter a new serial number.
The Welcome to Nero window opens.
Nero Vision on the Web: opens the Nero Vision Web page.
Tips: opens the Tips window. You can configure Nero Vision in
such a way that useful tips are displayed when you open each
screen.
Key Definitions: displays assigned key combinations and their
functions. The Key Definitions window opens.
Info: displays the version and registration data. The About Nero
Vision window opens.
Displays the extended area (see
Extended area).
Exports the movie or video sound track to a file or camera.
The Export Movie screen appears. In this screen, you can
configure the export settings and then export the project (see
Video screen
).
Export
Only available if you have added at least one video to a project.
Saves the project with all changes made. The Save As dialog
appears.
The project is saved to an administration file with the extension .nvc
(NeroVision Compilation). This function is useful for times when you
are not able to finish your project and would like to continue at a
later time (see
Saving a project).
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User interface
Go Back
Next
Burn
Exit
This undoes the last action.
With Nero Vision you can undo many actions so that you can restore
the desired condition even after having made a large number of
changes.
Restores the last action that you have undone.
With Nero Vision you can restore many actions that have been
undone so that you can restore the desired condition even after
having made a large number of changes.
Returns to the previous screen.
If necessary, you will be prompted to save the project, as the
changes you have made will otherwise be lost.
Displays the next screen.
Starts the burn process.
The button is only displayed in the Burn screen.
Exits Nero Vison.
Only available in the Start screen.
3.2 Extended area
The user interface for Nero Vision consists of a main window and an expandable area. After
selecting a task in the Start screen, complete the task by navigating through the various
steps with a new screen displayed for each.
Clicking on the More button displays an extended area.
The extended area is closed again in normal mode when you switch to the next screen. In
so-called 'sticky mode', the extended area will be displayed until it is closed once more by
clicking on the More button again.
The
the mode.
The user interface for Nero Vision displays the pop-up menus required at the time
depending on the screen you are in. This makes the interface easy to use.
icon in the extended area displays the current mode. Clicking on the icon changes
The extended area is in the normal mode.
The extended area is in the sticky mode.
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User interface
3.2.1 Buttons
The following buttons are available in the extended area:
Configure
Default Video Options
Erase Disc
Disc Info
Finalize Disc
Make covers und labels
Opens the configuration of Nero Vision (see
Configuration).
Edits the default options when creating a video. The
Default Video Options window appears (see
options
).
Video
As long as you have not selected any kind of disc, the
video options for all the supported formats will be
shown. After you have selected a disc format, only the
General tab and the tab for the current disc format are
displayed.
The Nero Digital™ Encoder Configuration window
appears for Nero Digital™ format.
Erases rewritable discs. The Erase Rewritable Disk
window opens (see
Erasing a rewritable disc).
Before a disc can be erased, the burner must contain a
rewritable disc. The erase method can be set.
Shows information about the inserted disc such as
type of disc, available storage capacity, number of
sessions and tracks. The Disc Info window appears
Displaying disc info).
(see
Insert the disc that you want to know more about and
select the drive where it is located.
Finalizes the DVD-VR, DVD-VFR (video mode) or
DVD+VR disc (see
Finalizing a disc). The Finalize
Disc window appears.
Starts Nero CoverDesigner (see
).
labels
Creating covers and
Nero CoverDesigner is an application in the Nero 8
program suite and is automatically installed when Nero
8 is being installed. Nero CoverDesigner allows you to
create and print labels and booklets for burned DVDs
and CDs.
Please see the separate Nero CoverDesigner user
manual for full instructions on how to make
professional looking covers and labels.
3.2.2 Check boxes
The following check boxes are available in the extended area:
Never use black thumbnails
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Black thumbnails are not used in menus. Instead, the
first non-black thumbnail is found and displayed.
This function can slow down the application.
Only available in the Contents screen.
User interface
Create chapters
automatically
Link timeline
elements
Use time-code based
chapter detection for DV
files
Enable capture device audio
playback
Detect scenes while
capturing (DV)
Display Microsoft(R) 'Video
for Windows'(R) devices
Fit slide show duration to
audio duration
Creates chapters automatically that can be selected
individually later when playing the movie.
Only available in the Contents screen.
Connects the elements in the Timeline tab to one
another as with a magnet. Consequently, text, audio,
and effects begin at the same time.
Only available in the Movie screen.
This automatically identifies individual scenes in DV
(Digital Video) files using the time stamp and
incorporates them.
Enables playback on the capture device.
This setting does not affect playback of captured video
files.
Only available in the Video Capture screen.
Automatically searches for scene changes when
capturing from a DV capture device.
Only available in the Video Capture screen.
®
Displays Microsoft
Video for Windows® devices in the
list of capture devices.
Only available in the Video Capture screen.
The duration of the slide show is adapted to the length
of the background music. The check box is only
available if the slide show has been given background
music.
Only available in the Slide Show screen.
3.2.3 Combo Boxes
The following options are available in the Adding effects to timeline combo box (only
available in the Movie screen):
In the Capture to File combo box (only available in the Video Capture screen), you can
select the storage location for the imported video.
Move next
objects
Fit to available
space
When inserting an effect, moves the next effect to the
back.
When inserting a new effect, adjusts the effect so that
it only takes up the available space up to the beginning
of the next effect.
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4 Creating a disc project
4.1 Contents screen
In the Contents screen, you can create a project to your requirements and arrange titles of a
compilation. The screen is divided into the Contents area, in which added titls are listed, and
the What do you want to do? selection area.
Fig. 5: Contents screen
The following options are available in the What do you want to do? selection list:
Captures a video.
Capture Video
Add Video Files
Make Movie
Make Slide Show
Import Disc
Import AVCHD from Hard
Drive
Edit Movie
Create Chapters
Import from the Web
The Video Capture screen appears (see
screen
Addes video files to the project. The Open window
appears.
Creates a movie. The Movie screen appears (see
screen
Creates a slide show. The Slide Show screen appears
(see
Imports elements from an existing disc.
Imports videos that are saved in an AVCHD project (on
DVD, storage card or hard drive).
Edits a selected video title. The Movie screen appears
(see
Creates chapters in the selected video title. The Create
Chapters screen appears (see
Imports files from Internet communities and adds them to
the project as new titles (see
).
).
Slide Show screen).
Video editing).
Create Chapters screen).
Import from the Web).
Video Capture
Movie
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Each video title is shown in the Contents area with a thumbnail and information on the file
name, length of the video and number of chapters.
Depending on the disc type, a different number of titles can be created for a slide show. No
titles are created in DVD-VR projects.
Chapters cannot be created in slide shows.
The following buttons are available:
You can change the disc type next to the capacity bar of the Overall Memory Used in the
lower area. The display of available space is adjusted accordingly. The total available space
depends on which project you are editing.
VCD/SVCD – up to 98 titles
DVD-Video/MiniDVD, HD-Burn, DVD-VFR – up to 99 titles
DVD-VR – up to 64 titles
Editable Blu-ray™ disc (BD-AV) – up to 200 titles
Moves selected media titles up.
Moves selected media titles down.
Deletes selected media titles.
Combines several video titles to form a single title.
Changes the name of the selected medial title. The Rename Title window
appears.
If the disc you are using is not a DVD with 4.38 GB storage capacity, but a DVD-1 or DVD-9
(with 7.95 GB capacity), select the disc type from the combo box in the bottom right-hand
section of the screen.
If the disc you are using is a CD, select from the menu whether the CD has a capacity of 74
or 80 minutes.
If you have added a slide show to your project, the Add combo box appears under the
Contents area. The following options are available:
Nothing
Original pictures
HTML browser gallery
PC slide show
Only saves the pictures in the slide show.
Saves the pictures in the original format as well.
Original pictures are saved on the disc in the ORIGPICS
folder.
Additionally creates a HTML version of the slide show on
the disc; this can be displayed on any PC using a browser.
You can display the HTML browser gallery by opening the
INDEX.HTM file on the disc.
Additionally creates an executable file on the disc; this can
be opened on any Windows PC.
The executable file for the PC slide show is called
slideshw.exe.
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4.2 Creating a disc project
To create a disc project, proceed as follows:
1. In the Start screen, select the Create DVD or Create CD selection entry and the required
disc type (Video-CD / Super Video CD / miniDVD / HD-BURN / DVD-Video / AVCHD).
If your burner supports an editable disc format, the Editable DVD format is also displayed
under the Make DVD option.
If a Blu-ray burner is connected to your PC, the Editable Blu-ray™ Disc option is also
displayed.
If an HD-DVD burner is connected to your PC, the Make HD-DVD > HD-DVD Video option
is also displayed.
To make a disc in HD-DVD-Video format, you need the Blu-ray / HD-DVD-Video plug-in,
which is not included in the full version of Nero Vision. You can obtain it at
There may be differences when editing titles and movies due to the differences in the DVDVR, DVD-VFR (video mode) and DVD+VR specifications. However, the process is
essentially identical to the process described in this chapter.
Æ The Contents screen appears.
www.nero.com.
2. To capture a video for your project:
1. Select the Capture Video option.
Æ The Capture Video window opens.
2. Repeat the steps under
Capturing video on the hard drive.
3. If you have already captured a video or want to add a video saved on the hard drive:
1. Select the Add Video Files option.
Æ The Open window appears.
2. Select the required files and click the Open button.
Æ The required files are added to the project.
4. If you want to add videos that are stored on a disc:
1. Insert the disc in a drive.
2. Select the Import Disc option.
3. If more than one drive has been installed, select the drive in which the disc is inserted
from the combo box.
Æ The Import Title from Disc window appears.
4. Select the required videos and click the OK button.
Æ The video files are added.
5. If you want to import files from an Internet community:
1. Select the Import from the Web option.
Æ The Import from the Web window appears.
2. Selec the desired file (see
3. Click the Download button.
Æ The imported media file is added to the contets area.
Import from the Web).
6. If you want to make a movie or slide show:
1. Click the Make Movie or Make Slide Show button.
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Æ The Movie or Slide Show screen appears.
2. Make your movie or slide show (see
3. If you are satisfied with your compilation, click the Next button.
Æ The media title is added to the Contents area.
7. If you want to change the selected disc type, select the desired disc type from the combo
box in the bottom right-hand section of the screen.
Æ The capacity bar at the lower edge of the screen, which displays the space available, is
automatically adjusted.
8. If you have already added several titles to your project and want to move a media title, select
Creating a slide show).
the media title and click the
or button.
Æ The media title is moved to the required position.
9. If you want to rename a media title:
1. Select the title and click the
Æ The Rename Title window appears.
2. Enter the new title in the input field and click the OK button
Æ The media title is renamed.
button.
10. If you want to remove a media title from the project, select the media title and click the
button.
Æ The media title is removed from the project.
11. If you want to combine several video titles to form a single title, proceed as follows:
1. Highlight the video titles.
2. Click the
Æ A window opens.
3. Click the Yes button.
Æ The selected video titles are combined to form a single new title.
button.
12. If you want to edit a media title:
1. Highlight the title.
2. Select Edit Movie or Edit Slide Show option.
Æ The Movie or Slide Show screen appears.
3. Edit your movie or slide show (see
4. If you are satisfied with your compilation, click the Next button.
Æ The media title is updated.
Creating a slide show).
Î You have created a disc project and can now create a menu for your project.
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Capturing videos from video cameras and other external capture devices
5 Capturing videos from video cameras and other external
capture devices
5.1 Capturing
Capturing is a way of taking the video from a DV video camera or another video capture
device connected to the video capture card and placing it on your PC. The capture device is
the device that transmits the video signals to be captured, e.g. a DV video camera, video
capture card or TV card.
You will find a list of supported devices on our web page under:
http://www.nero.com/link.php?topic_id=117&language=eng&gen_id=8
If you want to transfer the video from an external capture device to your PC to use it in a
project at a later time, proceed as described under
If you want to create a disc and also capture a video for this special project, you should
select the relevant option Make DVD (or VCD, SVCD, miniDVD, HD-BURN) from the Start
screen and then select the option Capture Video from the Content screen. That way, you
can capture the video and work on your project simultaneously.
Capturing video on the hard drive.
5.2 DV/HDV cameras, digital and analog videos
There are three types of capture device: digital, analog and DV-/HDV cameras. All three
have different hardware requirements.
DV/HDV cameras: In the case of a DV or HDV camera, the video signal is sent to the PC
in digital format. All you need to transfer video to your PC is a connecting cable and a
corresponding socket on your PC.
Analog Video: Video signals from an analog source need to be converted to a digital
format for your PC to be able to work with them. Examples of analog capture devices
include VHS video recorders, TV, VHS-C, 8 mm, and Hi-8 video cameras. Unlike DV
capture devices where the device itself delivers digital video signals to your PC, you need
to have a video capture card installed in the PC in the case of analog video signals. The
analog signals are converted into digital signals by the video capture card.
Digital Video (ATSC, DVB-T/S/C): Video signals from digital capture devices are sent to
the PC in digital format and exist in MPEG-2 format after transfer. TV cards are typical
examples of digital devices. In order to transfer digital video, a corresponding device must
be connected to your PC.
5.3 Video Capture screen
All connected devices are displayed in the Capture Device combo box of the Video
Capture screen.
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Capturing videos from video cameras and other external capture devices
Fig. 6: Video Capture screen
The following radio buttons are available:
Optimizes all parameters based on the selected capture device
and captures the video in the format specified by the capture
Native Capturing
device.
The Native Capturing radio button is selected in the default
settings. We recommend using Native Capturing.
Custom Capturing
Adjusts the detail settings of the parameters. You can select the
required target format.
For detail settings and capture procedure, the screen is divided into two areas, the preview
area on the left and the information area that shows the most important settings of the target
file.
Clicking on the Configure button opens the window for adjusting the detail settings of the
video options.
Clicking on the
button opens the Video Device Properties window. Clicking on the
button opens the Audio Device Properties window. You can change the detail settings in
both windows, if the connected capture device offers configuration options.
The following buttons are available in the preview area:
Starts playback.
Stops playback.
Starts capture.
Rewinds the video.
Fast forwards the video.
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Switches to full-screen mode. You can return to window mode by
pressing the Esc key.
Sets the capture timer which allows you to define the start time,
end time, and capture time for capturing a video.
5.3.1 Video Device Properties
Switches to the next channel.
Switches to the previous channel.
Displays the played position in the format
hours:minutes:seconds:hundredths of a second. Jumps to a
specific position by clicking on the
(next) and (back) buttons.
Fig. 7: Video Device Properties window
The following tabs are available in the Video Devices Properties window:
Sets the frame rate, color compression process and output
format to correspond to the way the video is to be burned onto
Format
the disc.
In the case of analog capture devices, clicking on the
Configure button starts the device test. You can select the
video source here (video, composite or S-video)
General
Sets values such as brightness, sharpness or contrast using
the sliders.
All available channels of the selected device are displayed.
You can select the required channel for your recording here.
Clicking on the Manage TV Channel Groups button displays
the last screen of the TV wizard again, and you can edit, add
Channels
or remove groups and assigned channels. The TV wizard
screen displays the available channels and groups of all
installed capture devices.
If you click the Channel Setting button, you can once again
configure a TV card on a step-by-step basis using the TV
wizard (see
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5.3.2 Audio Device Properties Window
The following areas are available in the Audio Device Properties window.
Device Settings
Audio Input
Defines the required audio source.
Defines the required audio inputs (e.g. CD player, line,
microphone).
Click the
icon to display the available options:
5.4 Setting a TV card
If you have connected a TV card to your PC and call the Video Capture screen for the first
time, all connected devices are displayed in the Capture Device combo box.
To set up a capture device for digital or analog video, a recording card that meets the
requirements of the manufacturer must be installed or must be already integrated in the PC
on the factory side.
Nero Vision provides simultaneous support for a number of TV cards, TV cards with dual
tuner, and/or hybrid tuner cards.
A list of supported TV cards is available on our website at
http://www.nero.com/link.php?topic_id=115&language=eng&gen_id=8
The following requirement has to be fulfilled:
A TV card is connected to your PC and switched on.
To configure a TV card using the TV wizard, proceed as follows:
1. Select the Capture Video to Hard Drive option from the Start screen.
Æ The Video Capture screen appears.
2. If you have several devices connected to your PC, select the required device in the Capture
Device combo box.
3. Click the button.
Æ The Video Device Properties window opens.
4. Click the Channels tab.
5. Click the Channel Setting button.
Æ The first screen of the TV wizard, Analog TV Channel Search, appears. This wizard
prompts you to make all the necessary entries step by step.
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Fig. 8: TV wizard – Analog TV Channel Search
6. Select your country in the Select country drop-down field.
When configuring DVB-S TV cards, you must select the satellite instead of the country in
the Select your satellite configuration field.
When configuring DVB-C TV cards, you must select the appropriate frequency range
instead of the country.
7. Choose between Antenna and Cable as the signal source in the Select source type drop-
down field.
The Select source type drop-down field is not available when configuring digita l TV cards
(DVB-T, DVB-S, DVB-C).
8. Click the Start Search button to start the search.
Æ The search starts.
You are kept informed about the search progress and the number of chann els found in
the Search Status area.
9. Click the Next button.
Æ The second screen of the TV wizard, TV Channel Edit, appears. You can order, rename
or remove the channels as required.
10. Click the Up and/or Down buttons.
Æ The order of the available channels is changed.
11. Highlight the channels you do not want and click the Remove button.
Æ The channels are deleted.
12. If you want to coordinate the channels of a number of TV cards with each other:
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Nero Vision regards TV channels with the same name – so-called "physical" cha nnels – on
different tuner cards as the same "logical" channel. This means that a logical channel can
contain one or more physical channels.
The channels are automatically coordinated with each other during the channel search.
Only the logical channels will be displayed in Nero Vision following configuration in the TV
wizard.
1. Highligh a required channel and click the Rename button.
Æ The Rename Channel window opens.
2. Enter the name you want on the Rename Channel text field and click the OK button.
Æ The channel is renamed.
13. Click the Next button.
Æ The third screen of the TV wizard, Manage TV Channel Groups, appears. You can sort
the channels in existing topic groups or in groups according to your requirements.
Fig. 9: TV wizard – Manage TV Channel Groups
14. Click the Add button on the TV Channel Groups tab.
Æ The Add Group window appears.
15. Enter the required name of the group in the Add Group text field and click the OK button.
Æ The group is created.
16. Click the TV Channels in Groups tab.
17. Select the group you want to edit in the Modify groups drop-down menu.
18. Highlight the channels you want to assign to this group in the Available Channels area and
click the >> button.
Æ The highlighted channels are shown in the Modify groups/Name area.
19. Click the Up and/or Down buttons.
Æ The order of the channels within the group is adjusted.
20. Click the Click the Finish button.
Æ The TV wizard is closed and the Video Capture screen appears.
Î You have configured the TV card.
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5.5 Capturing video on the hard drive
The following requirements have to be fulfilled:
No applications are running that place a high demand on the processor.
There are no applications running in full-screen mode.
The workstation is not blocked during the entire capture process.
There is sufficient space on your hard drive.
To capture a video on the hard drive, proceed as follows:
1. Connect the digital or analog capture device to the PC using the corresponding cables and
switch it on.
To set up a capture device for digital or analog video, a recording card that meets the
requirements of the manufacturer must be installed or must be already integrated in the PC
on the factory side.
2. Select the Capture Video to Hard Drive option from the Start screen.
Æ The Video Capture screen and a window are displayed.
The window recommends the Native Capturing choice.
3. Select the capture device in the Capture Device combo box.
The capture device may be in camera mode or in VCR mode.
In camera mode, the video signals are continuously transferred from the capture device to
the PC, and you can view the current video signal in the preview area. In the case of a DV
video camera, everything in the picture area frame of the video camera appears in the
preview area.
A TV card is always in camera mode as there is a constant video signal coming in and
there is no way of pausing, rewinding/fast forwarding or restarting the video signal.
In VCR mode, the video already exists on tape (or another medium). To capture this video
you need to insert the tape into your video device and play it back. You can also
rewind/fast forward through the whole tape to play back specific scenes.
Digital video cameras can be set to either "camera" mode or "VCR" mode. Please check
the manufacturer's instructions on how to do this.
Analog video cameras are automatically in VCR mode.
Depending on whether the capture device is in "camera" or "VCR" mode, some buttons are
not available.
4. Choose between the Native Capturing and Custom Capturing radio buttons in the upper
right of the window.
Native Capturing transfers the video without lossy conversion in the format specified by
the capture device.
The Native Capturing radio button is selected in the default settings. Capturing with
Native Capturing is recommended.
5. If the Custom Capturing radio button is selected:
1. Select the required format in the combo box (see
Æ The Profile combo box appears in the Details area.
Video Capture screen).
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2. Select the required profile (see Video Capture screen).
Æ The output file settings are displayed in the Details area under Output File.
3. If you want to adjust the detail settings, click the Configure button.
Æ A window appears (see (Default) Video Options window).
4. Make the required detail settings and click the OK button (see
Æ The output file settings are adjusted.
6. If you use an analog capture device, start the playback on the capture device.
If you use a digital capture device and it is in VCR mode, use the buttons to control the tape.
Æ You will see the current scene in the preview area.
7. Check playback from the capture device in the preview area.
8. If you want to change the video settings:
Video options).
1. Click the
Æ The Video Device Properties window appears (see Video Device Properties).
button.
If a digital capture device was selected in the Capture Device selection list, only the
Channels tab is available in the Video Devices Properties window.
2. Make the required settings and click the button.
Æ The video settings are adjusted.
9. If you want to select an external audio source for capture:
1. Click the
Æ The Audio Device Properties window appears (see Audio Device Properties
Window
2. Make the required settings and click the
Æ The audio settings are adjusted.
button.
).
button.
10. If you want to save the video file to a folder other than My Documents/NeroVision/-
CapturedVideo:
1. Click the More button.
Æ The extended area opens.
2. Enter the path and the file name in the Capture to File input field.
Capturing video requires a lot of drive space. Please make sure that you have enough
drive space to capture all your video. Capturing video from a capture card requires about 330 MB of hard drive space per second depending on the resolution and the data format of
your video. A DV capture via a FireWire
®
card (IEEE 1394) uses up to 3.6 MB of hard drive
space per second.
11. Click the button.
Æ Capturing starts and the picture currently captured in Nero Vision appears.
12. Click the button to stop capturing.
Æ A selection list appears, which contains captured files that have not yet been assigned to
a project.
13. If you want to capture other videos from the same source, repeat the previous two steps.
14. If you want to view the captured video:
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1. Select the required video in the selection list.
2. Click the
Æ The captured video appears in the preview area.
button.
15. Click the Next button.
Æ The screen with the menu What would you like to do next? appears.
Î You have captured a video on the hard drive and can now e dit it.
5.6 Capturing to disc directly
If you have installed a DVD-RW/+RW burner and insert a DVD-RW or DVD+RW disc, you
can use Nero Vision to create editable DVD disc formats: DVD-VR, DVD-VFR (video
mode) and DVD+VR.
In comparison to DVD-Video, the advantage of these disc formats is that the content can
be changed later on. This means that you can edit the movies, insert new passages, delete
scenes that you no longer want or overwrite the disc.
The DVD-VFR (video mode) and DVD+VR disc formats are compatible with DVD-Video
and can be played on nearly any commercial DVD player.
Although the DVD-VR disc format, which is available for DVD-RW and DVD-RAM discs,
can only be played on appropriate VR-compatible burners. It has the advantage that it is
specially designed for direct recording on disc.
You can find an overview of which disc format is supported by which disc under
formats supported
.
Disc
In Nero Vision Essentials SE, you cannot capture video directly to Blu-ray Disc or DVD-VR.
If you create an editable DVD by means of a capture device, you can transfer the required
data (e.g. camera recordings) directly to disc, i.e. without buffering.
The following requirements have to be fulfilled:
A capture device for digital or analog video is installed and connected to the PC.
No applications are running that place a high demand on the processor.
There are no applications running in full-screen mode.
The workstation is not blocked during the entire capture process.
To create an editable DVD directly via a capture device, proceed as follows:
1. Insert a rewritable disc in the DVD burner.
2. Turn the capture device on and launch Nero Vision (see Launchin g the program).
To install a capture device for digital or analog video, a recording card that meets the
requirements of the manufacturer must be installed or must be already integrated in the PC
on the factory side.
3. Select the Capture to Disk Directly option in the Start screen.
If more than one burner is installed on your PC, select the burner in the combo box, in which
you have inserted the rewritable disc.
Æ The Video Capture screen appears.
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If you have not captured your TV card yet, repeat the steps under
4. Proceed as described under Capturing video on the hard drive.
Î You have created an editable DVD directly via a capture device.
5.7 Import from the Web
You can download a video or image file from the Internet or Internet communities and add it
to your project as a title or as a component in the timeline (content area of your compilation).
You can import files in all capture formats supported by Nero Vision. Only one file can be
downloaded at a time.
The following requirement has to be fulfilled:
The Contents screen appears.
To download a file from the Internet, proceed as follows:
1. Click the Import from the Internet button in the Contents window.
When starting the import function, Nero checks whether new configuration files are
available. A window informs you if there are any recommended or required updates.
Æ The Import from the Web window appears.
Internet communities that are available to downloading media files are listed in the
combo box at the top left.
Setting a TV card.
2. Select the desired community.
Æ A window for entering your user data appears.
3. If you have a user account for the selected community, enter your Username and Password
in the text boxes and click the OK button.
Check the Save account information box to save your access data for later visits.
Æ The navigation tree of the community appears on the left side of the window. You have
the option of accessing the freely-accessible folders of the community and your own
videos.
4. If you do not have a user account for the selected community, click the Cancel button.
Æ The navigation tree of the community appears on the left side of the window. You have
the option of accessing the freely-accessible folders of the community.
5. Look for and highlight the required media file on the right side of the window.
You can enter a search word in the text box at the top right of the window and click the
Search button to look through the community for keywords. Any files found are listed in the
area below.
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If a selected file type does not fit the current project, e.g. you try to import a video into a
slide show, a window appears with the appropriate message.
6. Click the Download button.
Æ The import is started, the file is downloaded in its original format and saved to your hard
drive. Progress while importing appears in a separate window.
Nero Vision lists the file as a new title in the project.
If you have imported the file into one of the Movie or Slide Show compilation screens,
Nero Vision lists the file in the media areaes.
Î You have imported a file from the Internet and can now work it into our project.
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6 Video editing
6.1 Movie screen
You cannot edit videos or make your own movies in Nero Vision Essentials SE.
In the Movie screen, you can compile media files into a movie, cut videos that you have
added and/or work with effects and transitions according to your requirement s. You can add
video and image files, as well as background music to your movie.
Fig. 10: Movie screen
In the upper right area in the media area, you can search on your computer for the required
media files and import files to then add them to the compilation. In addition, all transitions, as
well as video and text effects are listed in groups.
The following tabs are available in the media area:
Displays the media files.
Displays video effects.
Displays text effects.
Displays transitions.
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