Ulead DVD Player User Manual

DVD Player

User Guide
Ulead Systems, Inc.
May 2004

English edition for Ulead DVD Player version 1.5, May 2004.

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Table of Contents

Welcome to Ulead DVD Player .............................................. 4

The User Interface ................................................................ 4

Control Panel ............................................................................... 4

Preferences ........................................................................... 9

Skin .......................................................................................... 10

Video ........................................................................................ 10

Audio ........................................................................................ 11

Capture ..................................................................................... 12

Playlist ...................................................................................... 13

Information ............................................................................... 13

Playing a disc ...................................................................... 14

Shuttle search ........................................................................... 14

Viewing by bookmarks ............................................................... 15

Playing media files .............................................................. 16

The playlist ......................................................................... 16

Viewing from a video source .............................................. 17

Capturing images ................................................................ 18

Command descriptions and shortcut keys .......................... 19

Index .................................................................................. 22

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Welcome to Ulead DVD Player

Ulead® DVD Player is a powerful, yet intuitive to use DVD software
player designed for creative video enthusiasts. It supports a wide
range of disc formats from DVD (including DVD-VR), VCD, SVCD,
miniDVD to Audio CD, and various video, image, audio, and media
file formats (MPEG-2, JPEG, Dolby Digital, MOV, etc.).

More features in DVD Player include the ability to capture still
images from videos, personalize the look and feel of the player with
various skin designs, and create playlists.

The User Interface

Ulead DVD Player provides you with various controls to play back
your media files.

Control Panel

1 Status display 2 Playback controls and options
3 Menu controls

Note: Available controls and their positions may vary depending on the

Control Panel skin or the media type you choose.

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1Video Window Displays the

media file to be played back.

2 Action message Indicates the command

you have just selected. It will disappear
after a few seconds.

1 Previous 2 Subtitle
3 Capture image 4 Media source
5 Exit 6 All menus
7 Select audio language 8 Playback progress bar
9 Bookmarked point 10 Status display
11 Volume status 12 Volume up
13 Online Help 14 Minimize Control Panel
15 Change screen size 16 Expand/Shrink skin

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17 Shuttle search controls 18 About
19 Next 20 Step backward
21 Step 22 A/B repeat
23 Pause 24 Play
25 Stop 26 Repeat
27 Mute 28 Preferences
29 Volume down 30 Open/Close

1 Current media type 2 Repeat mode
3 Volume on/off status 4 Playback speed
5 Playback mode 6 Current title
7 Current chapter 8 Current playback timecode

VCD and SVCD DVD

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1 Numeric keys used to select a

chapter. Click Enter to confirm
selection.

2 Enter

3 Left 4 Up
5 Right 6 Add bookmark
7 Go to bookmark 8 Menu
9 Title menu 10 Down
11 Enter

Available options after clicking All
Menus.

Available options after clicking All
Menus when the DVD is using the VR

recording format.

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Right-click menu

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Preferences

Customize the capture and playback settings and appearance of the
Ulead DVD Player. To customize, select Preferences in the right­click menu.

Note: It is recommended to select Enable the DMA mode of your CD/
DVD-ROM drive to ensure maximum performance.

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Skin

Select the skin for the Control Panel.

Video

Please select Hardware Video Acceleration to maximize program
performance. You can also customize the video appearance here.

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Audio

Audio options available here depend on the hardware installed on
your computer and the disc type. DirectSound provides virtual 3D
sound while Surround provides a two channel Dolby Digital
decoder that downmixes 5.1 channel surround sound. When using a
karaoke disc, you can select either the left or right channel to
playback voice or background music only. The S/PDIF Output
provides a digital interface to maintain audio quality when
transferring audio signals.

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Capture

Here you can decide where to save captured image files.

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Playlist

Here you can set the display duration of an image file.

Information

Here you can view video and audio information of the current disc.

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Playing a disc

To play a disc, insert the disc into your disc drive. Ulead DVD Player
will automatically play back the disc. The related file formats must
first be associated with Ulead DVD Player.

If you have previously viewed a DVD in Ulead DVD Player, the
player will be able to resume playing from the point where you
stopped the playback.

Shuttle search

During DVD playback, you can right-click the Play or the Title
Menu button to jump to another title or chapter. To fast forward or
rewind, select Search: Forward Scan [F] or Search: Backward
Scan [B] in the right-click menu. Pressing the shortcut key

repeatedly will loop the playback speed from 2X, 4X, 8X, 32X and
then back to normal. To quickly go through your media file, click a
point around the dial or drag the Playback progress bar.

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Viewing by bookmarks

Bookmarks are specific points in your video that you mark so
viewers can quickly go to those points in the video.

To create and use bookmarks:

1. While the DVD is playing, press [F5] (or select Bookmark: Add
Bookmark in the right-click menu) when you see a scene you

want to add as a bookmark. You can add as many bookmarks as
you want.

2. Press [F6] (or select Bookmark: Go to Bookmark in the right-
click menu) to jump to a bookmarked scene.

Example of a bookmark list

Note: In the bookmark list, select Bookmark Preview to manage all

bookmarks.

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Playing media files

You can play video, audio, or image files located in the hard drive or
other storage device. To play, right-click the Control Panel or the
Video Window and select Media Source: File. Select a file and

click Open.

The playlist

A Playlist is a series of media files that are played in sequence.

To create a playlist:

1. Right-click the Control Panel or the Video Window and select
Media Source: Playlist.

2. Use the left pane to locate the folder(s) containing the file(s) you
want to add to the playlist.

3. Select the file(s) from the upper pane and click Add or Add All
to add them to the playlist.

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 to add more files. Click Save to save the
playlist.

Tip: You can select multiple media files in Windows Explorer, and then
drag them to the DVD Player Video Window to play back.

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5. Click OK to start playback. (Click Open to select an existing

playlist, and then click OK to start playback.)

Viewing from a video source

Ulead DVD Player allows you to view video from various video
devices such as DV camcorders, Web cameras, TVs, VCRs and
more.

Note: During playback, right-click the Play button to quickly select a file
in the playlist to play.

Note: A capture device such as an IEEE-1394 card is needed to connect
your video source to your computer.

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To view video from a DV camcorder:

1. Connect your DV camcorder to the IEEE-1394 card.

2. Turn on the DV camcorder and set it to Camera or Play mode.

3. Right-click the Control Panel or the Video Window and select
Media Source: Capture Device. The video will be displayed in
the Video Window.

Capturing images

Ulead DVD Player allows you to capture still images from videos. To
capture, select Capture: Capture Image [G] in the right-click
menu.

In the Preferences dialog box - Capture tab, you can choose to
either capture images to the clipboard or save the images in your
hard drive. Images are saved in the BMP file format.

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Command descriptions and shortcut keys

Command Shortcuts Description

About [Ctrl + A] Displays copyright

information and version
number.

Help [H] Opens the Help.

Play [Enter] Starts or resumes

playback.

Slow Motion [Ctrl + L] Plays at a slower speed.

Pause [Space] Stops playback

temporarily.

Stop [S] Stops playback.

Step [.] Goes to the next frame.

Step Backward [/] Goes to the previous

frame.

Capture Image [G] Captures the current

frame as a still image.

Title Menu [T] Goes to the main menu.

Chapter Menu [M] Toggles between the

chapter menu and the
last stop point of a
chapter.

Next [N] Goes to the next

chapter or track.

Previous [P] Goes to the previous

chapter or track.

Forward Scan [F] Goes forward through

the video.

Backward Scan [B] Goes back through the

video.

Playlist [Ctrl + P] Opens the Playlist dialog

box.

File [O] Opens to the Open File

dialog box.

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Disc [C] Switches to the disc

playback mode.

Capture Device [D] Switches to the capture

device playback mode.

Open/Close [Ctrl + E] Opens/Closes the disc

drive tray.

Preferences [E] Opens the Preferences

dialog box.

Add Bookmark [F5] Marks a particular scene

as a bookmark.

Go to Bookmark [F6] Goes through the

bookmarks in your
video.

Repeat [R] Switches between

repeated chapter
playback or repeated
title playback and
disabling the repeat
function.

A/B Repeat [F4] Loops a segment (point

A to point B) of your
video that you marked.
Point A is the beginning
of the segment while
point B is the end of the
segment. To disable A/B
Repeat, click the button.

Window [W] Switches the Video

Window between
different screen sizes.

Video on Control Panel [Ctrl+V] Switches between the

floating video window
and the docked video
window.

Camera Angle [A] Switches between

different camera
shooting angles.

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Audio Language [L] Switches between

different audio
languages.

Subtitle [U] Switches between

different subititle
languages.

Subtitle Position ­Options

[F8] Opens the Subtitle

Options dialog box.

Subtitle Position - Up [F9] Moves up the subtitle

position.

Subtitle Position - Down [F10] Moves down the subtitle

position.

Parental Control [No shortcut] Opens the Parental

Control Options dialog
box.

Volume Up [+] Increases the volume

level.

Volume Down [-] Decreases the volume

level.

Mute [No shortcut] Mutes the audio track.

Click it again or the
volume controls to
restore audio.

Minimize [Ctrl+N] Minimizes the Control

Panel to the Taskbar.

Exit [Ctrl+X] Closes Ulead DVD

Player.

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Index

Numerics

5.1 channel 11

B

Bookmark 5, 15

C

Capture 18
Control Panel 4

D

DirectSound 11
Dolby Digital 4
DV 17
DVD 9

F

File 16

M

miniDVD 4
MPEG-2 4

P

Preferences 9

R

Right-click 9, 14

S

Search 14

Skin 4
Surround 11
SVCD 4

V

VCD 4
VR recording format 7