VideoVista Professional Help
Main Professional Edition features are:
VideoVista screenshot:
Window is split in three main parts:
Video Tab
File Information
Specify input and output video path that you want encode; you can fill video path using Browse buttons.
Input: video input folder (avi, mpeg o any other format that is supported by Windows 2000® or XP® )
Output: folder where will be generated VideoVista video (vvf); at the end, that folder will containt videovista.jar (the Applet player) and a HTML page, whether you have selected Generate HTML page option.
Nota: if aren't able to find your video through browse dialog box try using All video files (*) option
Video Information
It contains all main info regarding video that must be encoded. That info could be present albeit video cannot be encode; whether video cannot be encode an informative message it shows:
Video Source
This section permit you to preview video to be encoded; it could be useful to find exact start and end time if cut is needed.
If you have deselected menu Options->Video Source Preview, you cannot preview the video and, sometimes, you can get "undefined error" ; however you can encode it in the same way.
Available Streams
This section give you a chance to define how many and which streams you would like to insert in a single videovista video file (.vvf). There are five (5) predefined streams that are good for nowdays connection requests; eg. if you select three streams like: Modem, ADSL, MEGA, you are able to support in a better way, users that could have similar speed connection browsing your web site, without ask user what kind of connetion it has; despite the fact ADSL is growing so quiclky, a lot of user don't have it too.
However user can choose between streams available so, they can see video with different stream bitrate, just to have an idea of what it means or because network it's slow in that moment.
Available Streams Column:
Encode: select for encoding current row
Stream: stream name; you can change it; it's the content name visible when it plays
Width: stream width (16 pixels multiple); if you increase width quality descrease, unless you increase Video Bitrate or decrease FrameRate
Height: video height (16 pixels multiple ); normaly height is proportional to video width based on original video dimension. If you select Maintain Aspect Ratio height is calculated by the software.
Frame Rate: frame rate visible per second.
Video Bitrate: how many Kbits per seconds are delivered to the client; if client connection speed is not enough (due network slow or low bandwidth) video will pause and will receive data to fill its buffer. It express video quality bond to video dimension and video frame rate, as well.
However high value require high bandwidth connection.
Audio Bitrate: the same as Video Bitrate.
Note: 1) you can modify available rows or append a new one. 2) total stream bitrate is the sum of Videobitrate and Audiobitrate
Time Range
Start and end time (seconds) respect to original video; time range, if set, will produce a VideoVista video cut down of (n) seconds at the beginning (Start Time) and cut down of (n) seconds at the end (End Time).
Set: these buttons help you to set Start Time and End Time during video preview.
Zero (0) value in both field will encode all the original video.
Start Time: start time (seconds) compared with original one (0 = coincident with original start time)
End Time: end time (seconds) compared with original one (0 = coincident with original end time)
Crop
Pixels crop that you can do respect with original video; crop is useful to remove black or not good areas from the original video. You can check crop setting encoding, as test, ten seconds of video.
Top: remove top (pixels) area
Right: remove right (pixels) area
Left: remove left (pixels) area
Bottom: remove bottom (pixels) area
Audio gain
Reduce or increase audio encoding volume compared to audio source volume
Secure Options
This section it's about video protection. You can protect you video, but you must create a security file.
Secure this video: current video will be encrypted.
Enable video expire date: if you secure your video, you can set an expire date; reached that data the video will not more visible.
Other options
Maintain Aspect Ratio: video height will be compute based on video stream width and respect with original video dimension (round off 16 pixels step)
Maintain Source Dimension: keep original video dimension
Deinterlace: deinteralce original video; it creates a new row interpolate the original one
Genarate HTML page: create an HTML template page ready to use
Show video: view generated page in predefined browser
Graphic Toolbar: a graphic toolbar is generated
Manage IIS: create VideoVista files with jpg extension so it is possible to upload it on Microsoft® IIS6 e IIS7 web servers without the need to rename it manually or engage a mime type issue with your webmaster (find out more)
AudioVista
Encode AudioOnly: if file input is an Audio file, this option will be activated as default and enable encoding of files vvf with only audio; you can check AudioVista option if you want encode only audio from a video file.
Encoding info
Encoding time info. Encoding can be stopped at any time
Encode button: start encoding.
Batch Tab
You can encode more than one video using this feature; you can use Add Video e Remove Video buttons. Useful for nightime encoding when you have to encode many videos
Add Video: append new videos in the list
Remove Video: remove selected video/s from the list.
Select the row number if you want select a certain video row.
For each video available in the list you can change encoding parameters; you must select a video row and then select the Video Tab ; any change that you have made will be recorded and used for the encoding job.
You can quickly jump between the two Tab if you disable the preview option; preview option can be set in the menu setion Options->Disable Video Preview.
ToolBar
From left to right
Menu
Encode Batch
Encode batch is active when Batch Tab is active; all menu entries refer to XML files for batch encoding.
Encode
Encode is active when Video Tab is active; all menu entries refer to XML files for single encoding.
Security
Menu entry regarding Security options
Security Phrase: show security phrase dialog box
Security File Manager: show security dialog box manager
Options
Video source preview: Enable/Disable video preview when Video Tab is active
Select path for temporary files: option to select a temp dir where temporary encoding files can be written. if possible selects a folder on a disk different than the one selected for video output.
Help
OnLine Help: go to VideoVista support site.
Check for Updates: check if there are updates available for VideoVista Professional
Register VideoVista: VideoVista register dialog box; you can provide here name and key obtained from the shop.
Unlock VideoVista: dialog box where you can obtain code to send to VideoVista support team; as reply you will obtain unlock code for VideoVista.
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Updated: 01-04-2010