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Popcorn® 3

Getting Started Guide

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Disclaimer

THIS PRODUCT DOES NOT BYPASS OR CIRCUMVENT COPY PROTECTION. THIS
PRODUCT DOES NOT ENABLE YOU TO COPY DVDS CONTAINING CSS-ENCRYPTION
OR OTHER COPY-PROTECTED CONTENT. IF THIS PRODUCT ALLOWS YOU TO COPY
ANY CONTENT, YOU MAY DO SO ONLY IF YOU OWN THE COPYRIGHT, YOU HAVE
OBTAINED PERMISSION TO COPY FROM THE COPYRIGHT OWNER, OR YOU HAVE
THE LEGAL RIGHT TO MAKE SUCH A COPY. IF YOU ARE NOT THE COPYRIGHT
OWNER OR YOU HAVE NOT OBTAI NED PER MISSIO N TO COPY FROM THE COPYRI GHT
OWNER, YOU MAY BE VIOLATING COPYRIGHT AND OTHER LAWS LAW AND YOU MAY
BE SUBJECT TO CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES AND/OR CRIMINAL PENALTIES. ANY ILLEGAL
USE OF THIS PRODUCT IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. IF YOU ARE UNCERTAIN ABOUT
YOUR RIGHTS, YOU SHOULD CONTACT YOUR LEGAL ADVISOR. YOU ASSUME FULL
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE LEGAL AND RESPONSIBLE USE OF THIS PRODUCT.

Contents

What is Popcorn? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Installing Popcorn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Getting to know the Popcorn window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

What types of video can Popcorn use? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Popcorn Extras. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Using the Media Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Copying to a DVD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Creating a disc image file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Changing copy options for a DVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

DVD-Video Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Changing recording settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Sharing recorders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Converting video for a portable player. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Transferring video to other portable players . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Changing copy options for a portable player . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Troubleshooting tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Support options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

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What is Popcorn?

Popcorn® lets you enjoy your video anywhere you want, on the playback
device of your choice, and easily make high quality copies of your DVDs
and movies. Now your video will go everywhere that you do.

Popcorn includes powerful Fit-to-DVD™ compression technology that lets
you fit an entire 9 GB DVD-Video onto a 4.7 GB recordable DVD. Popcorn
also features award-winning Toast® burning technology, for fast and
reliable copies to all major DVD formats.

System requirements

Popcorn 3 requires the following:

■ Macintosh computer with PowerPC G4, G5, or Intel® processor

■ Mac OS X v10.4.10 or higher

■ 300 MB of free disk space to install

■ Up to 15 GB of temporary free disk space

■ QuickTime 7.1.6

Optional:

■ DVD burner and recordable media

■ Apple TV™, Video iPod®, or iPhone™

■ BlackBerry® device with MPEG-4 video support

■ Palm® Treo™ 680, 700p, or 755p with MPEG-4 video support

■ EyeTV video recorder or Turbo.264 video encoder hardware

■ Xbox 360®, PlayStation®, or PSP™

■ Other portable DivX, MPEG-4, or H.264 compliant video player

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Installing Popcorn

To install Popcorn:

1 If you purchased a boxed version of Popcorn, insert the installation

CD into your drive. Or, if you purchased a downloadable version of
Popcorn, double-click the .dmg file.

The Popcorn 3 window appears on your Desktop.

2 Drag the Popcorn 3 folder to the Applications folder shown in the

window.

3 Locate the Popcorn 3 folder in your Applications folder and open it.

Double-click the Popcorn icon to launch the software.

4 Follow the instructions to set up Popcorn the first time.

5 You will be asked to accept the license agreement and enter a CD key.

You can find the CD key in one of the following locations:

■ If you purchased a boxed version of Popcorn, your CD key is

printed on the back of the CD sleeve.

■ If you purchased a downloadable version of Popcorn, your CD

key is included with your purchase confirmation e-mail.

If you purchased an upgrade version of Popcorn, you may also be
asked to enter your CD key from a prior version of Toast or Popcorn.

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Getting to know the Popcorn window

The Popcorn main window contains the following components:

Video source

selection area

Selected

video

source

Content

area

Show or hide

media browser

Recorder or player

settings button

■ Video source selection area: Choose a video source to select the

Copy

button

type of project you wish to create:

Sources for DVD Project

■ DVD Disc: Create a video file from a DVD that you can play on

your Mac or portable device.

■ Image File: Create a DVD-Video disc from a DVD-Video image

file.

■ VIDEO_TS Folder: Create a DVD-Video disc or DVD image files

from one or more VIDEO_TS folders. If multiple VIDEO_TS
folders are used as the source, DVD image files will always be
created.

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■ Video Files: Create a DVD-Video disc from individual video

files.

Sources for Player Project

■ DVD Disc: Convert a DVD to a video file for use on your Mac or

with a portable device.

■ Image File: Convert a DVD-Video image file to a video file.

■ VIDEO_TS Folder: Convert one or more VIDEO_TS folders to

video files.

■ Video File: Convert video files to another format.

■ Content area: This is where the discs or video files you are copying or

converting appear.

■ Copy button: Click this red button to begin burning or converting.

■ Recorder or Player Settings button: Select recorder or player

settings.

What types of video can Popcorn use?

Popcorn can copy DVD-Video to a blank recordable DVD, including:

■ DVD-Video discs created with Toast®, iDVD®, or DVD Studio Pro®

■ Commercial DVD-Video discs that are not copy-protected or

encrypted

■ DVD-Video image files or VIDEO_TS folders from your hard disk

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Popcorn can convert DVD-Video and other video files for use on portable
players, including:

■ DVD-Video discs created with Toast®, iDVD®, or DVD Studio Pro®

■ Commercial DVD-Video discs that are not copy-protected or

encrypted

■ DVD-Video image files or VIDEO_TS folders from your hard disk

■ Native QuickTime file formats, such as DV, AVI, MOV, and MPEG-4

■ Other non-QuickTime file formats, such as MPEG-2 and DivX