Ulead MEDIASTUDIO PRO 7.0 - HD PLUG-IN 2.0, HD Plug-in 2.0 User Manual

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Ulead® HD Plug-in 2.0

Ulead® HD Plug-in 2.0 is a plug-in for Ulead MediaStudio Pro 7
that allows you to capture, edit and output HDV or HD video.
Using Ulead MediaStudio Pro 7's advanced video editing tools,
you can natively edit high-definition 1080i and 720p as well as
other formats including MPEG-2. After editing the video, you
can save it as a video file or record it back to the HDV/HD
camcorder.

This plug-in currently supports the following Sony and JVC
high-definition camcorders and VTRs:

•Sony HVR-Z1

•Sony HDR-FX1

• Sony HVR-M10N

•JVC GR-HD1

• JVC JY-HD10U

•JVC GR-PD1

•JVC GR-PD1EK

System requirements

•Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2

•Intel

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Pentium® 4 3GHz (recommended) or higher with

Hyper Threading technology

• 1GB DDR RAM

• Firewire (IEEE-1394) controller for connection to the
HDV/HD camcorder

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Installing the plug-in

You need to have Ulead MediaStudio Pro 7 installed on your
computer before you can install the plug-in.

To install:

1. Insert the installation CD into your disc drive.

2. Use Windows Explorer to locate the setup.exe file. Double­click the file to install the plug-in.

If your plug-in is an ESD version (downloaded), use Windows
Explorer to locate the MSP7_HD2_E.exe then double-click it
to install the plug-in.

The workflow

The Ulead HD Plug-in converts the source video from your
HDV or HD camcorder into an MPEG-2 Program Stream (PS)
video file when capturing it into your computer. By converting
the video, it allows you to take advantage of MediaStudio Pro's
SmartRender technology. SmartRender is a technology that
permits "changes-only" rendering. This means that whenever

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you create a video file, be it a preview or the final sequence,
only the clips which have been altered will be rendered.

Before capturing

Before capturing your HDV or HD video into Video Capture,
make sure that your camcorder (or deck) is properly detected
by your computer. Also check the following:

On Sony HDV camcorder

If you have connected your Sony HDV camcorder before to
your computer, check the Device Manager to see if your
camcorder is detected as a DV device (left image below) or
AV/C tape device (right image below). If the camcorder is
detected as a DV device, you can capture DV footage using
MediaStudio Pro's Video Capture program. If the camcorder is
detected as an AV/C tape device, you can capture HDV
footage. (For details on how to capture video, see “Capturing

HDV/HD video using Video Capture” on page 6).

DV mode HDV mode

Note: The Sony HDV camcorder can be detected only under

Windows XP Service Pack 2.

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On JVC HD camcorder

If you have connected your JVC HD camcorder before to your
computer, check the Device Manager to see if your
camcorder is detected as a DV device (left image below) or
JVC tape device (right image below).

If the camera is detected as a DV device, follow the procedure
on the next page to switch it to MPEG-2 mode. If the
camcorder is detected as a JVC tape device, you don't have to
do the procedure on the next page. You can directly run Video
Capture and start capturing your video. (For details on how to
capture video, see “Capturing HDV/HD video using Video

Capture” on page 6).

If you have not connected your JVC HD camcorder before to
your computer, follow the procedure on the next page starting
from step 5.

DV mode MPEG-2 mode

Note: To switch the JVC HD camcorder to MPEG-2 mode, you

only have to do the procedure on the next page once.