SuperEasy Video Converter 2 Easy to use, perfect results!

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1 Welcome 1 1 Welcome Easy to use, perfect results! Installation Handling Settings Miscellaneous Copyright 2011, SuperEasy GmbH & Co. KG, w w w.supereasy.net All rights reserved 1.1 System requirements You need to have a running Windows operating system to install the program. The program is supported by Windows 2000, Windows XP (Home, Professional and Media Center Edition) Windows Vista and Windows 7 (32Bit and 64Bit). You are also recommended to install any updates that are currently available for your relevant operating system. CPU with at least 1Ghz at least 1GB RAM (2 GB recommended) around 55 MB of hard disk space for installing the program several gigabytes of free storage space for the converted videos CD/DVD-ROM-drive (optional) mouse or compatible input device.net-framework 3.5

2 2 1.2 Installation The procedure for installing on your system is as follows : 1. Save your current data and shut down all open programs. 2. Start the intallation by double-clicking the exe file you have downloaded. 3. The Setup Wizard configures the application for you. The setup wizard will guide you through the nearly fully automated installation process. As general the following rules apply: - The button "Next" is used to proceed to the next installation step. The button "Back" is used to return to the previous installation step. The button "Cancel" is used to abort the installation. As usual, the installation makes no changes to your system until you click on "Install". The setup wizard helps you by choosing the installation location with the buttons "Change" and "Disk Usage": - Use "Change" to open a folder browser were you can change the installation location for. - Use "Disc Usage" to check if the hard drive you want to install on offers enough free space. Furthermore you can customize your installation with the following features: Create desktop shortcut : Allows you to access the Start Center via a shortcut on your desktop Create QuickLaunch shortcut : Allows you to access the Start Center via a shortcut in the quick start section of the taskbar. 1.3 Programm start After you installed successfully, you can start it via Start > All Programs > SuperEasy Software > Video Converter 2 > Video Converter Demo time You can use the full version of for one day as a unrestricted demo. You can test the software for additional 6 days after that by clicking on "Free Trial-Key". After this you need a valid license to use the program. It would give us great pleasure if our application could convince you during this period to become a new customer.

3 Welcome Support If any unexpected problems crop up when you are using, you can contact our support center with confidence: Important: To help us provide you with effective support, please have the following information to hand : information about the program you bought: the program name, in this case SuperEasy Video Converter 2, and version number (which can be found under About (!) ) the operating system that you are using a brief description of the problem and how often it occurs (occasionally or regularly). If you have a screenshot of the error message available, attach it to your query if you are sending it by mail.

4 4 1.6 Copyright The information contained in this document is subject to change at any time without prior notice and does not represent any commitment on the part of SuperEasy GmbH & Co. KG. The software featuring in this document is also governed by the relevant license agreement that is specified elsewhere. All rights are reserved, including the right to reproduce, transfer, distribute and translate this document. No part of this manual may be reproduced in any form whatsoever, including the use of photocopy, microfilm or data processing systems, without prior written permission. All rights of reproduction are also reserved. Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and any other programs featuring in the operating system are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation,USA. All other trademarks and descriptions explicitly or implicitly mentioned in this manual are the property of their respective owners. The information in this manual is made public without consideration of any patent protection and serves solely the purpose of knowledge transfer. The utmost care has been taken in collating the text and figures for this manual. Nevertheless, errors cannot be completely excluded. Neither the author nor SuperEasy GmbH & Co. KG assume therefore any warranty of any kind whatsoever, any legal responsibility or any liability for harm that arises in connection with the information described. Furthermore, neither the author nor SuperEasy GmbH & Co. KG may be held accountable for harm that can be attributed to software or hardware malfunctions or for infringements of patents or other third-party rights arising from this SuperEasy GmbH & Co. KG, All rights reserved 2 Handling Here are all options to use our software: Selection of device type Select source Download Load file Open DVD The list view Media Player

5 Handling Selection of device tpye In the program window select the device for which you want to create a video. At present, SuperEasy Video Converter provides the following profiles: Click to enlarge/shrink. Portable Media Players: - Apple: iphone, ipod, Touch und Nano Archos: AV, DVR, GMini Centrix: MVP-100/ 120 Commodore: PMC30 Cowon: A3, D2, Q5 Creative: ZEN Vision GPX: GPX2 iaudio: X5 iriver: H320/ H340, PMP 120/ 140 iubi: iubi Blue LG: T80 Microsoft: ZUNE mini Beamer Mio: Mio DigiWalker C720 mpio: FY1000 Philips: SA 51xx, GoGear SA 52xx, SA 60xx Sansa: Fuze Sony: PSP, Walkman NW/ NWZ

6 6 Game Consoles: - Microsoft: xbox Nintendo: Wii - Sony: PS3, PSP Mobile Phones: - Apple: iphone, iphone 3G, iphone 3GS, iphone 4 Blackberry: Storm/ Bold/ Curve/ Pearl Google: Android G1 Others: Handys mit 3GP/ MP4 unterstützung Computer: - Apple: Mac, TV - Microsoft: Dreamscene - Others: DivX Home, XviD Home, Nero Digital Media Storages: - Cliod: CP/ MX/ PMP Epson: P 2000/ 4000 Targa: H2010 TiVo DVD-Players: - DVD: NTSC/ PAL - SVCD: NTSC/ PAL - MPEG-2 Internet Video Formats: - Flash Video - MP4 High-Definition Formats: - AVI: Mpeg-4 MP4: Mpeg-4, H.264 Mpeg-2 WMV Pocket PC: - PALM: Tungsten, Treo - Microsoft: Windows Mobile Satellite Navigation: - TomTom: One, Go

7 Handling Select source As source material you can use practically any available content: directly from the Internet, video files from hard disk or DVD-videos. 2.3 Download Click on the Download button and select your clip from one of the supported video platforms. Copy the complete target address from the address line of the browser to the clipboard and add the URL in the downloader under Video-URL.

8 8 Click on OK. The download module checks the target and releases the name settings if the address is correct. Enter name and target directory and click on Save. The video clip is automatically loaded to the programming surface of the converter. If you like you can now download or insert another file.

9 Handling Load file Click on the Load file button and search for a video file from hard disk or another medium. A click on "Open" will ad them to the program. Hint: It is possible to select more than just one file by holding down "Ctrl" while you select the files one by one or dragging a rectangle with the mouse while you hold down the left mouse button.

10 Open DVD In order to convert a DVD-video click on Open DVD and search the drive with the inserted disk. The directory structure is recognized automatically. In list view you enable the tracks you want to have converted (the track with the longest runtime is normally the main film and automatically marked).

11 Handling 11 You select the video language in the column of the same name. The same applies for the subtitles. Please note: You can only integrate one language- and one subtitle to the target video. Subtitles are burnt into the picture and cannot be faded out when viewing the movie. 2.6 The list view In list view all conversion projects are listed in the order they were added. If it is a Video DVD, the list comprises all tracks and chapters of the disk; it is not possible to add additional disks later. The individual columns provide drop-down-lists for the selection of the desired language and subtitles.

12 12 In the case of individual video files and downloads you can add new files to the list step by step; while converting these are loaded one by one. Again you find columns for selecting the language, although this is rarely necessary for individual files.

13 Handling Media Player The integrated media player is used for testing listed videos as well as for simple editing. Operating functions (from top to bottom and from left to right): Full screen: switches video playback to full screen mode. Return to window with a mouse click. Mute: enables and disables the loudspeaker. Stop: stops the playback. Rewind: jumps to the start of the video. Play: starts the playback. Forward: jumps to the end of the video. Marker 1: sets a start marker for editing. Marker 2: sets an end marker for editing. The marked section is cut.

14 14 3 Settings Here are all settings of our software. You can reach them by clicking on "Advanced settings" in the list view: Video settings Audio settings Extended settings 3.1 Video settings You can alter the picture quality and/ or file size via the video settings: - Resolution: The higher the resolution the better the picture quality. - Well at least if the source video already has a high enough resolution. You will not get any better picture quality by scaling a 320x240 video up to 1920x1080. Furthermore, not all resolutions are supported by all devices, therefor offers only the supported ones. - Bitrate: Again, the higher, the better. - And again, it will not work to use 5000kbps on a source video that only has e.g. 100kbps. Furthermore, using a higher bitrate results in a higher file size. - Framerate: This number describes how many pictures are shown per second. Knowing that the human eye/ brain needs 25 pictures a second to see a movie, you easily can save some MB by reducing the framerate, at least if the framerate of the source video is higher than 25fps.

15 Settings 15 Furthermore, this is, again, a value where not all are supported by all players. - Resize mode: A lot of devices, especially the mobile ones, have defined screen resolutions. As a result it can be that the resolution of the source video needs to be changed in order to be playable on the device. The following methods are available for resizing: Stretch: Simply stretches the picture until it fits into the new resolution. Can result in distortion. Normal: The default method used by the program. Produces results which are good in most cases. Non-Linear: Serves for adjusting the videos to a changed target resolution by leaving the original aspect ratio unchanged and filling possible black border with picture material (depending on the original format). Aims at using the full screen of the display. Pan&Scan: Serves for adjusting a video to the target resolution by leaving the original aspect ratio unchanged but by enlarging the image so that it fills the target display completely. Edges may be cut (depending on the original format). 3.2 Audio settings You can use the audio settings to improve audio quality or reducing the file size: - Channels: You can change this option if you want to create mono files. Be aware that changing stereo sources to mono will result in a loss of quality. We recommend that you use the settings

16 16 of the source file. - Bitrate: The bit rate is a scale of how good the audio quality is - therefor using a higher bit rate will result in a higher audio quality but also in a higher file size and vice versa. Anyhow, using a much higher bit rate will not result in a much higher audio quality because, analogue to the video bit rate, the technique can't add audio information which is not available. We recommend that you use around 96 kbps to 128 kbps for speech and higher (up to 320 kbps) rates for soundtracks and music. - Samplerate: Using a lower samplerate will result in a loss of audio quality. We recommend to use the same rate as the source file does. 3.3 Extended settings - Keep resolution: With this option enabled, VideoMizer will always use the resolution of the source file. Keep in mind that there are devices (especially mobile devices) which only accepting one resolution or need to rescale the video to fit the display resolution. In this cases it is possible that this devices will stutter, show only a part of the video or even reject playing it back. - Scaling: With each change of resolution (particularly in case of enlargement) image details get lost. To compensate this loss you can select from a number of filters that take care of these artefacts. Linear: Fastest interpolation method, yet not the most thorough one. Details are smoothed. Bicubic: One of the most common interpolation methods which keeps details and still works quickly.

17 Settings 17 Nearest neighbour: One of the most effective scaling filters, often used for increased resolutions higher than 320 x 240. The filter works more accurately than the bicubic but also takes more time. Spline 16: Step-by-step interpolation with an accuracy of up to 16 bit. Spline 32: Step-by-step interpolation with an accuracy of up to 32 bit. Lanczos 3: One of the most effective scaling filters, often used for increased resolutions above 320 x 240. The filter works more accurately than the previously mentioned but also takes more time. Lanczos 4: Like Lanczos 3, but even more accurate. Gaussian: Another filter for interpolation of images, based on the Gauss-algorithm and suitable for both, scale up and -down. ODU: The proprietary development Object Detection Upscaling allows enlargement with simultaneous quality enhancement and offers scaling, which so far was only possible with very expensive special hardware. ODU is by far the most effective of all used techniques, yet the most time-consuming.. - Keep framerate: VideoMizer will keep the frame rate of the source file if you enable this option. Again, keep in mind that there are devices which need a specific frame rate and may be reject playback of files with different frame rates. - Split-Size: You can select a size in MB if you want to limit the maximum file size of the output files here.

18 18 4 Miscellaneous To start converting click on the Start button. To abort converting click on the cross on the top right. You then come back to device selection.