Copyright: ATI Video CD Help ©1999 ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Citation: ATI Video CD Help ©1999 ATI TECHNOLOGIES INC.


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This is a new Help file for Video CD (MPEG Player) component of the ATI MULTIMEDIA CENTER 6.2.0

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WELCOME to ATI Video CD Help

WELCOME to Video CD Help

Video CD is a full-featured player for MPEG-1 and AVI files.  You can watch videos and MPEG movies (including interactive MPEG Video-CD 2.0) on your computer.  Capture video from AVI files, and capture video and still images from MPEG clips and AVI files.

HOW TO …

Play video files

Set up your Video CD

Use closed captioning

Play MPEG movies

Capture still images from MPEG movies

Schedule events


Note to translators:  These yellow boxes are for the help developer's use.  No need to translate.


Video CD

Each control panel button displays its function and any keyboard shortcuts when you point at it with your mouse.  The upper window displays the playing track.

You can use Video CD to play Video CD 1.0 CDs, MPEG-1 files, Video CD 2.0 Interactive CDs, Karaoke CDs, and AVI files.  The files play in the Display panel.

When you play a Video CD, this small control panel opens to provide navigation.  Use the numeric keys to enter values directly.  The upper window displays your entries.

When you click the logo in the upper left corner of the display panel, the “About …” notice appears.  If you have more than one feature installed [image] TV, Video Editing, CD Audio, or DVD [image] a TaskList menu displays available and active features.

When you play full-screen, the following controls appear at the bottom of your screen:

When you right-click the Video CD control panel or the display panel, a menu appears, where you can set the display size and audio channels, show position as time or frames, show/hide the controls, control navigation, and set MPEG closed-captioning options.


Display Settings

Preferences

Closed captioning

Stills Gallery

Schedule

Resource conflict


Play, Pause, and Stop

Change tracks

Capture still images

Loop play

Zoom and unzoom

Select audio tracks on dual-mode MPEG CDs

Control and mute audio volume

Navigate in files

Open files

Set up Video CD

Seek to start/end and skip 10 seconds forward/back

Use the LaunchPad to start Multimedia Center features


Playing, pausing, and stopping Video CD

From left to right, the controls are Stop, Play, and Pause.


Changing tracks

To go to the previous track, click the leftmost button.  To go to the next track, click the rightmost button.


Playing looped video

Click the Loop button to play a file continuously.


Selecting audio tracks on dual-mode MPEG CDs

Click this button to select audio tracks for dual-mode MPEG CDs (Karaoke).

When you right-click this button an audio menu opens, where you can select Stereo, Both Channels, Left Channel, or Right Channel.


Navigating

Use the bottom slider to navigate in video.  When you play videos, the slider indicates your position in the video.  The numeric display indicates position in frames or time; you can select frames or time in the Preferences page.

When you right-click this button a menu opens, where you can select Time or Frames display.


Opening files

Click the Open File button to open video files.


Seeking to start/end and skipping forward/back

From left to right, the buttons are Skip to first frame, Skip back ten seconds, Skip ahead ten seconds, Skip to last frame.

Note

With MPEG files and some video drivers, skipping ahead/back ten seconds is an approximate value.


Display panel

Your media play in the Display panel.  It's a familiar, TV-style display that you can resize and place on top of other windows.  The controls in the upper left are minimize, maximize, and exit.

When you click the logo in the upper left corner of the display panel, the “About …” notice appears.  If you have more than one feature installed [image] TV, Video Editing, CD Audio, or DVD [image] a TaskList menu displays available and active features.


Display settings


Size the Display panel

Zoom and Unzoom

Capture still frames


Sizing the Display panel

You can resize the Display panel using the mouse, the maximize button, the CTRL key, or by right-clicking the display panel.

Play full-screen	CTRL + F
You can also use the CTRL key to display these preset sizes:

50%	CTRL + 1
75%	CTRL + 2
100%	CTRL + 3
200%	CTRL + 4
Right-clicking on the display opens a menu.  Point at Display Size [image], then click the size you want.


Zooming and Unzooming

When you play MPEG clips, you can zoom in on the Display panel to enlarge a selected portion of the screen, and return your display to normal.  You can continue to zoom in on the enlarged image as many times as you wish.

To Zoom in

Use the mouse to click and drag a rectangle on the Display panel.  The portion of the screen you selected is enlarged.

To Zoom out

Click the Unzoom button in the Video CD control panel.

Notes

For MPEG files, Zoom/Unzoom is only available with ATI VIDEO XPRESSION, 3D RAGE, 3D RAGE PRO and later boards; it is not available on older, GX-based and CT-based mach64  boards.

Zoom/Unzoom is not available when you play AVI clips in Video CD.


Controlling and muting the audio volume

Video CD control panel has a volume control slider and a mute button.

To control the audio volume, use the mouse to move the volume control slider.

To mute the audio, click the Mute button.


Capturing still frames

To capture still frames from MPEG clips, click the camera button in the Video CD control panel to capture the current frame.

The frame is captured to the Stills Gallery.

From left to to right, the capture window controls are Save image, Remove image, Show or hide image, Save as wallpaper, Print image, and Setup.

Double-click the capture window to resize it to the actual size of the captured image.

If you attempt to close Video CD while there is an unsaved still frame, a warning dialog prompts you to save the frame or press Delete.  If there are multiple unsaved frames, the Delete All button deletes them without displaying dialogs.


Stills Gallery


Stills Gallery

The Stills Gallery lets you save captured still images in various ways.  For help on Stills Gallery, click here [image].


START DIALOGS


Setting up Video CD

The Video CD default settings should work well for most uses.  You can also use the Settings pages to fine-tune the settings for your particular purposes.

When you click the Setup button in the Video CD control panel, you can choose a dialog to set up the following:

Display

Preferences

Stills Gallery

Closed Captioning

Schedule


Display settings

Use the Display Settings page to set up your display's general appearance and behaviour.

Video Size	Indicates the sizes available for the current panel.   50%, 75%, 100%, 200%, Fullscreen. If the current panel does not support resizing, the values are greyed-out.
Tool Tips	Show Tool Tips. Show Shortcut..
Keep Aspect Ratio	Click to preserve the aspect ratio when you resize or zoom the display.
Always On Top	Always displays Video CD on top of other windows.
Auto Hide Controls in Full screen	Automatically hide Video CD controls when playing in full-screen.


Preferences

Use the Preferences settings to display frames or time, update the position slider while playing, automatically play loaded CDs, and set up the driver.

Movie Scale	Show Frames Displays scale in frames. Show Time Displays scale in time. Show Total Time Displays the total time of the current CD or file Show Time Remaining Displays the remaining time in the current CD or file.
Update Slider Position	Updates the position slider while a file is playing.  (May slow down playback - turn this off for faster response.)
Automatically play CD if present	Automatically plays a loaded CD.


START TROUBLESHOOTING


No audio

Ensure that another Windows audio program is not muting the sound.


END TROUBLESHOOTING


Schedule

Use the Schedule page to schedule events at times you specify.  The Schedule Wizard leads you through selecting an event, when it will occur, and how it will occur.  For Help on Schedule, click here [image].


Transcribing closed-captioned text


Closed captioning

Video CD supports the standard Closed Captioning for MPEG CC, CCW, and full Closed Caption for Education (CCFE) Specification.  You can display MPEG closed-captioned text in three ways:

Over video in the display panel

In the Closed Caption window

Over video and in the Closed Caption window simultaneously

The Closed Caption window contains a vertical scroll bar for navigating the closed-captioned text, and buttons for using the CCFE functions.

The bottom of the window displays the current scene.

The light blue square is a bookmark.  Click it to bookmark the page; click it again to remove it.

Right-clicking a word in the Closed Caption window launches the Dictionary program (if it has been selected) to define the word.

Right-clicking the Closed Caption window border opens a menu where you can specify display size, audio channels, movie scale, and show/hide controls (right-clicking the Video CD display opens the same menu).

Right-clicking the blue (idiom) words opens the Idiom window (only in CCFE).

To go to a particular location in the MPEG file, double-click a specific section of text.

To set up a loop in the closed-captioned text:

•	Click any part of the text to place the beginning mark.

•	Shift-click another part of the text to place the end mark.

To play the loop

Click the Loop Selected Range button.

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Closed Caption settings


Closed caption settings

Video CD supports the standard Closed Captioning for MPEG Video-CD 2.0 and full Closed Caption for Education (CCFE) Specification.  Use this dialog to set up:

Text color and font, current phrase color (in the second window), idiom color, and importance marker

Background color

English/Hangul text display

You can save and print closed-captioned text.

Video Window	Off Do not display closed-captioned text. English Display English text. Hangul Display Hangul text. Font Select the font for the video window and the background style (solid or semi-transparent).
Second Window	Off Do not open the second window. Single Language English Only Display English text. Hangul Only Display Hangul text. Both Languages Horizontally Display English and Hangul side-by-side, divided by the slider. Vertically Display "layered" view: English, Hangul, English ... Font Select the font for the second window and the foreground and background color scheme.


MPEG closed captioning


TV Out

TV Out lets you display your PC output on a television.

To enable TV out

•	Right-click on your desktop.

•	Click Properties, then click the Settings tab.

•	Click the Advanced… button, then click Displays.

•	Check the Television checkbox.

•	Click OK.

To cancel TV Out, click the Television checkbox to clear it.

Note

You must attach a TV before enabling TV Out.


LaunchPad

The LaunchPad provides a convenient way to start all your Multimedia Center applications [image] just click the feature you want.  For Help on LaunchPad, click here [image].


Resource conflict

TV, Video Editor, DVD, and Video CD use some of the same resources.  If you try to start one of these features while another is running, a message appears informing you of resource conflict.  You have four choices:

Run both features with reduced performance.

Suspend the first feature while the other feature is active.

Close the first feature.

Press Cancel to continue without starting the second feature.


START GLOSSARY DEFINITIONS


AMC
ATI Multimedia Channel.  The AMC is a 40-pin connector, located on the graphics board and AMC peripheral devices, which provides for multimedia expansion and VESA feature connector (VFC) backwards compatibility for the graphics board.  AMC connects ATI-TV to the graphics board via the AMC ribbon cable.


Aspect ratio
Relationship of width (x-axis) to height (y-axis).


.AVI
Audio-Video Interleaved.  Microsoft's specification for the integration of digital motion video under Windows.


Bitmap
Representation of characters or graphics by individual pixels arranged in row and column order.


Composite video
Video signal format that includes the complete visual waveform, including chromatic (color) and luminance (brightness) picture information, as well as control signals.


Compression
The process of reducing the size of data files to decrease storage and computer processing requirements.


Frame
A single, complete picture in television and video.


Frame rate
Number of video frames displayed per second.


Hangul
A shortened dialect of Korean, present on version 2.0 Video CDs.


INI files
Initialization files that provide Windows with information about your system configuration.


Interlaced video
Interlaced displays paint the screen in two passes - first, the odd-numbered screen lines then the even-numbered screen lines.


MPEG
Moving Pictures Expert Group.  Group under ISO auspices that defines standards for compression/decompression of digital video and audio.


NTSC
National Television Systems Committee.  North American and Japanese television technical standards organization.  Frame rate is 30 per second.


Overscan
The area between the displayed image and the edge of the display screen.  Normally, this area is black.


PAL
Phase Alternate Line.  European (excluding France) television standard.


Pixel
Picture element.  The smallest addressable area of the computer screen.


SECAM
Sequential Couleur A Memoire.  French color TV system (also adopted in Russia).


S-Video
Type of video signal used in Hi8 and S-VHS videotape formats.  It transmits luminance (brightness) and chrominance (color) portions separately, using multiple wires, avoiding the NTSC encoding process and the resultant loss of picture quality.  Also known as Y-C video.


Shortcut key
A key or combination of keys that provides one-stroke access directly to a command or dialog box.  Also called “Accelerator key” or “hot key”.


StartUp file
A Windows StartUp file contains applications that start whenever you start Windows.  See Windows online help for more information.


Tool Tips
Helpful aids for using programs that appear when you point at a control with your mouse.


END GLOSSARY DEFINITIONS