Release Notes DPS Spark and Spark Plus Spark Recorder Version 2.01 Release Date: December 9, 1998 Thank you for choosing and using DPS hardware and software. DPS is constantly working to make products that give the best performance for the money, and we are always open to suggestions to improve them. If you have comments or suggestions we'd be glad to hear them. Please email us at <suggestionbox@dps.com>. Thanks again. Contents 1. What's New in Version 2.01 2. System Requirements 3. Compatible Hardware 4. Important Information 5. Installation Tips 6. Installation - Windows 95/NT/98 7. Troubleshooting Guide 8. Error Messages 9. Known Limitations and Bugs 10. Third Party Information 1. WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 2.01 WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 2.0 - Machine control - makes it easy to shuttle tapes right from the Spark application. - Clip Logging - mark time-code and type descriptions of source footage. - Batch Capture - capture clips listed in the batch capture list. - Still Capture - quickly grab BMP video stills. - E/E - live preview direct from the DV source displayed on the Spark preview window. - Playlist playback - Append or Insert DV AVI clips (each no bigger than 2 GB / 9:30 minutes in size ) into the playlist and play out the list seamlessly to a DV VCR or CAMCORDER. The total length of all the clips in the playlist may exceed the 2 GB AVI limit, allowing you to shatter the 2GB / 9:30-minute barrier. WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 2.01, Beta 1 - Time lapse record - capture clips at defined time period - Print to tape - automatically put VTR on record mode before playback of clip(s) - Machine control - a DV Device record button has been added - Batch capture - pre-roll time is adjustable now - Batch capture - existing clip can be over-written according to your settings - Record/Capture - confirmation window can be disabled from settings now - Updated drivers and plugins - Improved stability - Bug fixes WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 2.01, Beta3 - The Spark\Setup program Installs a Firewire audio capture driver (Windows NT only), allowing you to use Sound Forge to capture DV Audio only from your DV camera. - The Spark\Setup program Installs a Firewire video capture driver (Windows NT only), allowing you to use a 3rd party video capture program. - The Win95 Spark driver is installed automatically (as part of the Spark\Setup program) - Improved batch capture preroll time - Bug fixes 2. DPS Spark SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS - Windows 95 (OSR 2 recommended) Windows NT 4.0 (Service Pack 3 recommended) - Pentium 133 or faster CPU - Available PCI Expansion Slot (Must Support Bus Mastering) - 32 MB RAM minimum (must be EDO RAM if using Pentium Pro or Pentium II processor) - 64 MB RAM minimum if you plan to use Inscriber CG - A/V Type SCSI Drive (dedicated for DV data) - DV Camcorder or DVCR with bi-directional IEEE-1394 Port - SVGA Accelerated Graphics Adapter - CD-ROM drive - For Spark: Fast / Wide, Ultra or Ultra/Wide SCSI host adapter (this is built in to the Spark Plus) 3. COMPATIBLE HARDWARE Spark Computer Platform Compatibility Chart Our Technology Partner, Adaptec, the manufacturer of the AHA-8940 and AHA 8945 FireWire host adapter that we use for the DPS Spark Direct DV editing system, has provided us with the latest compatibility list. It is available for viewing on our website at www.dps.com. (Over 90 platforms have been tested.) Compatible Hard Drives Spark requires A/V Type SCSI hard drives dedicated for the storage of DV data. As of this date the following drives and firmware have passed compatibility tests for use with Spark. Manufacturer Model-Number Capacity Firmware Fujitsu MAA3182 / MAA3182SP 18.2 GB 0106 Quantum Atlas III QM318200TD-LW 18.2 GB N1B0 Quantum Atlas III QM309100TD-LW 9.1 GB N1B0 Seagate Barracuda ST34371N 4.1 GB 0280 Seagate Barracuda ST19171W 9 GB 13 Seagate Barracuda ST34371W 4.1 GB 13 Seagate Cheetah 4LP /ST34501N 4.55 GB 13 Seagate Cheetah 4LP/ST34501W 4.55 GB 13 Seagate Cheetah 4LP/ST19101W 9.1 GB 0010 As of this date the following drives and firmware have failed compatibility tests for use with Spark Manufacturer Model-Number Capacity Firmware Micropolis Tomahawk 3391NS 9.1 GB 419 Micropolis Tomahawk 3391WAV 9.1 GB 419 Quantum Saturn VP32170 2 GB L912 Seagate Barracuda ST15150W 4 GB 23 Seagate Elite 23 3ST423451W 23 GB 0011 Western Digital WD Enterprise 4360 4.36 GB 1.61 NOTE: Hard drive manufactures are constantly updating their product lines so it is possible that some of these drives may no longer be in production. Drives are available from DPS dealers and from hard drive resellers. Ensure that your drive is A/V equipped. MB vs. RECORDING TIME (at the DV rate of 3.56 MB/s) DV AVI File Size: 1 GB Time (Approx.): 4 Min 45 Sec 4. IMPORTANT INFORMATION PCI Ethernet Card Conflicts Our testing has indicated that systems using PCI Ethernet cards generate a large number of interrupts and affect overall system performance when active. The conditions are more acute when the system includes a PCI Graphics, PCI SCSI, and PCI 1394 host adapters in addition to the PCI Ethernet card. Removing or disabling the Ethernet card may be required to obtain suitable Spark performance. 2 GB AVI File Limit Because of limitations in Microsoft's Video for Windows, AVI files can be no larger than 2GB in size. This applies to AVI files that are captured from your DV device, as well as AVI files that are made by Video Action or Premiere. A 2GB Spark AVI file is approximately 9.5 minutes in duration. Black Level Setup using DV Video and Other Video Sources The black level for DV video is always 0 IRE, while black level for NTSC video has a 7.5 IRE level (setup). The analog output of the DV equipment we've tested (such as the Sony VX-700/1000, PC-7 and DSR-30) does not have 7.5 IRE setup. Therefore, if you are recording the analog output onto another tape format, you may have to correct the black level with an external proc amp. Also, if you are using a DV VCR such as the Sony DSR-30, be aware that analog video captured from another source (using the video Line Input connector of the DV VCR) will probably have 7.5 IRE setup on its black level. This will become encoded into the FireWire DV signal, and be captured in the Spark AVI file. If you combine AVI clips that were captured in this manner with AVI clips directly from a DV camera, then the black level will fluctuate from clip to clip. Avoid Running Other Applications During Capture & Playback It is not recommended that computer activities other than the Spark application itself be used during the playback or capture of DV data as this can cause dropped video frames. This is particularly important if you are using Windows 95, since its multitasking capabilities are not as rugged as in Windows NT. Windows NT FAT vs NTFS We have found that disk drives with an NTFS partition are about 20% slower than the same drives using a FAT partition. We recommend that you use FAT partitions, but if your disk drive, SCSI adapter and host system are all fast enough to use your AV drive with NTFS, then there's no reason not to use it. 5. INSTALLATION TIPS IMPORTANT! - If you installed a previous version of the Spark drivers the first part of the Spark\Setup program will uninstall those drivers. This is necessary for a clean installation of the new drivers. However, if you installed v2.01 Beta 1 you will need to use the Uninstaller for v2.01 Beta 1 provided on the DPS web site (www.dps.com) before you run the Spark\Setup program. If you plan to use Video Action as your editing application, it is important that you install it on your computer after you have installed the Spark hardware and software. The Video Action installation program will detect your Spark and it will be optimized to work with your Spark hardware. If you plan to use Adobe Premiere as your editing application, it is important that you install it on your computer before installing the Spark software. The Spark installation program requires information about the Premiere program file location. Refer to the Installing the Adobe Premiere Program section in the Introduction of the Adobe Premiere User Guide to install Premiere. For further installation information please consult your Spark manual. If you install Spark after installing Premiere 5.0 then the installation program will ask you if you want to install Presets and Plug-ins for Premiere 5.0, and where you want them installed. This will copy the Presets from your DPS CD to the Adobe Premiere Presets directory, and the Plug-ins from your DPS CD to the Adobe Premiere Plug-ins directory. 6. DPS SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Windows 95/NT You may install the Spark software once you have installed the Spark hardware by running the Setup program in the folder Spark\Disk1. This will allow you to install both the Drivers and the Spark Recorder. Windows 98 Install the Spark software following the Windows 95/NT instructions up to the point where you have just rebooted the computer. Windows 98 will now notify you again that new hardware has been found, and a "building driver" message appears. Advance past the first screen that comes up by pressing Next, and then choose "Display a list of all the drivers" from the list of options provided. Choose the CD-ROM (which still has your Video Action 6.21 installation CD in it) and press OK. Choose the Adaptec AHA-8945 PCI to 1394 Host Controller from the list and press Next until the installation is complete. This installs both the drivers and the Spark Recorder. Video Action 6.21 and Inscriber CG This version of Video Action may be optimized to work with the DPS Spark video capture card. For the program to install with Spark optimization, you must install the Spark hardware first. The Video Action installation includes the Inscriber CG plug-in installation. For additional information about Video Action 6.21 please refer to the ReadMe-VA file. DPS Benchpress The DPS Benchpress program has been included with your Spark system to allow you to test the speed of your hard drive. NOTE: You should select "Spark" as your Preset setting in the drop down box in the upper right hand corner of the DPS Benchpress window. The DV video format requires a sustained data rate of 3.56 MB/s in order to play real time video and stereo audio. Most SCSI hard drives should be able to meet this criteria. If you are experiencing hard drive problems check the Spark Compatible Hard Drives list (earlier in this ReadMe) and make sure you are using a compatible hard drive. 7. TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE Most Common Problems Affecting DPS Spark Unsupported or Bad SCSI Hard Drive Please make sure that your drive is listed on the DPS Spark Approved Hard Drive List. Also be sure to check for proper termination and cabling. Finally, make sure that you are accessing the high performance drive that you earmarked for Spark DV Data drive and not the regular system drive. IRQ Conflicts Make sure the Spark is not on IRQ 9 and is not sharing an IRQ with another device in your system. Pentium Pro Compatibility Problems DPS does not recommend using Spark with a Pentum Pro with the 440FX chipset. However, if this is the only system you have available, please read on. Spark Version 2.01 provides compatibility with most Pentium Pro systems. However, our testing has shown that some systems with "Fast Page Mode" (FPM) system memory, are unable to sustain the required data rate for video playback, resulting in intermittent gray blocks in the picture and blank frames. On most such systems, using higher-performance "Extended Data Out" (EDO) memory corrected this problem. If you intend to use Spark with a Pentium Pro system, we strongly recommend that you verify your system has EDO memory. The memory type is usually displayed in the system BIOS setup screen, which you can activate by pressing the <Delete> key during boot-up (on most systems). Some Pentium Pro systems are not compatible with Spark, even when using EDO memory. This can be due to several causes. Some systems have limitations in their BIOS programs (very low level system software that is part of the motherboard), which do not take advantage of EDO memory's capabilities. Also, systems using the Intel "Orion" chipset (an early chipset used with Pentium Pro systems) do not provide the required PCI bus performance. The later "Natoma" chipset usually provides the required performance for use with Spark. To assist you in identifying the type of chipset and memory in your computer, we have provided a test utility on the DPS web site. It's in the Software Updates and Drivers section and it is called PProMem.exe. This program will tell you whether your system has an Intel Orion or Natoma chipset, and whether you have FPM or EDO memory. If your system has a chipset other than the Orion or Natoma, this program will not be able to identify it. To run this program, you must boot your computer into MS-DOS (not an MS-DOS command prompt or window from within Windows 95 or NT). You may have to make a DOS bootable floppy disk, and copy the PProMem.exe program onto it. After you have booted into MS-DOS, simply type "PPROMEM.EXE", and the program will run. It will display its results on your computer screen. Note: you do not need to have the Spark hardware or software installed in order to run this test. Spark Card Not Installed in PCI Bus Mastering Slot or in a Lower Priority PCI Slot than Graphics Card The Spark REQUIRES a bus mastering slot. If problems occur try moving Spark to a slot closer to the processor or away from the ISA slots. Refer to your motherboard operator's manual to determine which physical expansion slot is PCI Bus slot #1. If possible, put the Spark card in Slot #1 and move your graphics adapter to a lower numbered slot. Try the Spark & SCSI controller in either order in the top two PCI slots for best results. Graphics Adapter Using Too Much PCI Bus Bandwidth Try decreasing Color Depth on your Video Display Settings. By reducing your displayed color resolution from True Color (24 bit, 16 Million colors) to High Color (16 Bit, 65,000 colors), significant increases in Spark performance can often be gained. This reduction in displayed color depth does not affect the actual Digital Video data being recorded. In addition, make sure that "Show window contents while dragging" under Display Properties/Plus! is not selected. (Display Properties may be opened by right clicking on an empty area of your desktop and selecting Properties.) Otherwise, moving a window while the Spark is playing may cause the graphics card to use too much PCI bus bandwidth and break the DV link. Also under Control Panel/System icon/Performance try lowering your Video Acceleration for Foreground Applications. Matrox Millennium Graphics Card Configuration Problems DPS Spark performance can be significantly affected by configuration settings for this graphics card, especially when all of its special features are enabled. This may show up as gray blocks which occur when transmitting to camcorder or video which drops in and out when transmitting to camcorder. To prevent this: 1. Make sure you are using the latest Millennium drivers from the Matrox web site. (http://www.matrox.com) 2. Turn off PCI Retry. Matrox claims that this makes the card much more system friendly. 3. Add the following lines to your system.ini file: [mga.drv] PCIChipset=1 4. Disable the "Use PowerGDI acceleration" feature in the Advanced Matrox setup: Control Panel > Display Properties > MGA Settings > Advanced > Performance Computer's Internal Cache Not Enabled Some computer systems and mainboards (such as the Tyan S1682D) are factory configured with the CPU Internal Cache disabled. This may not be noticeable when running most software applications, but it can prevent Spark from transmitting DV files reliably. To check this, you must enter the BIOS setup program by pressing the Delete key while the computer is starting up (for most systems). Using DPS Spark with Professional DV Tape Decks (How to Enable Unlocked Audio Mode on Sony DSR-30) The Sony DSR-30 DVCAM DV VCR defaults to "locked audio recording only" mode. This is why you cannot normally connect a consumer DV camcorder, such as Sony PC-7, directly to the DSR-30 via the FireWire link. This is also why a DSR-30 will not accept DPS Spark files that have been edited in Adobe Premiere. There is a undocumented "Unlocked Audio" mode for the DSR-30 which you can enable to get around this limitation. Here is the procedure for disabling the "Locked Audio Only" record mode on the DSR-30. 1. Turn off power to the DSR-30. 2. Turn the DSR-30 back on while holding down the Record and Pause buttons. You should hear a sustained beep. Release buttons after beep stops. The DSR-30 will now accept unlocked DV audio sources, both from consumer DV camcorders and from edited DPS Spark footage. The DSR-30 will revert to "Locked Audio Only" mode the next time you power cycle the deck. Therefore, this procedure must be repeated each time you power up the deck if you want to record "Unlocked" Audio. Things to try if you are getting a "Lost Link with DV Device" message: 1. Turn the DV camcorder power off and then back on. 2. Check the Spark "Devices" window for the DV device. 3. Make sure that the DV cable is still connected securely to the Spark and to your DV device. 4. Stop and Restart the Wn1394 driver in the Windows NT "Control Panel > Devices" window. 5. Try decreasing Color Depth on your Video Display Settings. 6. Try lowering your Video Acceleration for Foreground Applications under Control Panel > System icon > Performance tab. My camera is not receiving DV Video. What's wrong? Make sure your camera is in VTR mode and not Camera mode. I'm dropping frames during capture. What's wrong? Some SCSI Adapters, like Adaptec's 2940UW, ship with Ultra SCSI Speed disabled. Ensure that your SCSI Adapter has ULTRA mode enabled. For example, if you have an Adaptec 2940UW follow these steps: 1. During boot up press Ctrl 'A' 2. Configure / View Host Adapter Settings 3. Additional Options/Advanced Configuration Options Support for Ultra SCSI Speed should be enabled. ---And/Or--- Some hard drive manufacturers, like Seagate, ship their drives with write cache disabled. Ensure that your Spark drive has both write cache and read cache enabled. If you have an Adaptec 2940UW follow these steps: 1. Launch SCSI Explorer (Found on the CD that shipped with your Adaptec 2940UW) 2. Click on 'Disk Cache' tab 3. Select Spark Drive 4. Click on the Write and Read Cache tabs 5. Make sure that they are both enabled. Windows 95 Problems - buzzing sound on playback There is a problem with Spark under Windows 95 when playing back DV AVI files with no associated audio that causes a dull clicking or buzzing sound. To work around this problem make sure that you have associated audio in DV AVI rendered clips. DV Video - Capturing Audio Clips Sampled at Different Frequencies using Adobe Premiere DV camcorders such as the Sony VX-700/1000 and PC-7 normally record audio at a digital sampling frequency of 32 kHz. However, if you make an AVI movie using Adobe Premiere 4.21, its audio sampling frequency will be 44 kHz. The DV camcorder can record this AVI movie using its IEEE-1394 (FireWire) input without difficulty. It is therefore possible for a DV tape to carry a mixture of clips with different audio sampling frequencies. Please note that when you are capturing DV video and audio into the Spark system, the audio sampling frequency must not change (during a capture session). For example, you may have a DV tape with a camera-captured clip, followed by a clip that was edited using Adobe Premiere 4.21 and recorded back to tape. If you wish to capture both of these clips into Spark, they should be captured separately, rather than as a single continuous capture. Otherwise, the audio in the second clip will be muted. Additional troubleshooting information is available on the DPS web site, www.dps.com. 8. ERROR MESSAGES A critical error is detected in device link. Please re-start the device or re-boot your system. The Spark Recorder has encountered an unrecoverable FireWire communications error. Close the Spark program and re-boot the computer. A default filename was not specified. Please specify a default filename. The File Name field in the Settings / Record dialog is blank. Error getting the number of host adapters. The Spark driver may not have started prior to launching the Spark Recorder. Close the Spark program and re-boot the computer. Failed to Open DV AVI file. The AVI file you are attempting to play to the DV device was not created with the DVSoft CODEC. Open the Tools / AVI Info Window to show the CODEC used to create the AVI file. The specified drive does not exist. Please choose another working directory. The drive letter listed in the Path field of the Settings / Record window is not a valid system drive. Change the path field to include a letter assigned to one of the DV drives connected to your system. The working directory does not exist. Would you like to create it? The directory listed in the Settings / Record / Path field does not exist. Click on the Yes button to create the directory or click on No to bypass the directory creation. This program only works on a licensed Adaptec AHA-8940. The Adaptec IEEE-1394 host adapter card installed in your computer was not purchased as a part of the DPS Spark DV editing system. Transmission is aborted because of bus reset. The Spark Recorder program has detected that a DV device was either connected or disconnected during video playback or pause. Transmission is aborted because of transmission timing. The host computer or DV disk drive used to store the video clip cannot maintain the data rate required for real time video playback. Enable the Hold Last Good Frame checkbox in the Settings / Playback dialog to reduce or eliminate this problem. 9. KNOWN LIMITATIONS AND BUGS "Available Recording Duration" Indicator Does not Update When Target Drive Changed In the Spark Player, the Settings > Record dialog displays the available recording time on the target disk (as long as the "Impose Record Frame Limit" checkbox is unchecked). If you change the target disk drive, the "available recording time" display does not immediately update. If you close the dialog and re-open it, the correct value is displayed. "Log In/Out dialog - Clip name field does not increment." Currently the Spark application does not auto increment the name of each clip, i.e. Clip_001, Clip_002 etc. "Clips are not reordered in reel and frame-count-order." Currently clips added to the Batch Record List are not reordered in reel and frame-count-order, to minimize tape transport time, regardless of the order in which the clips are selected. "No check is done to ensure there is sufficient space on the drives." Currently no check is done by Spark to ensure there is sufficient total space available on the drive for all clips, and large enough contiguous space for each clip, before recording begins. "Batch Capture does not request Reel." Currently when batch-capturing clips from two different source reels - Spark does not prompt the user to put in the other reel. Until this is fixed, batch record lists should only pertain to one reel. 10. THIRD PARTY INFORMATION SOUND FORGE XP 4.0 Sound Forge is a powerful audio recording and editing software package that has been included on a separate CD with this package. To install it open the CD in your Explorer and double click on the FXP4dX86.exe file. This will install Sound Forge for Windows 95 and Windows NT. The Sound Forge manual has been included on the Sound Forge CD as a pdf file. ADOBE ACROBAT READER 3.0 Acrobat Reader allows you to read the pdf files that have been included on your CD. To install it open the Acrobat folder and double click on the Setup.exe file. This will install Adobe Acrobat for Windows 95 and Windows NT. ADOBE PREMIERE AND DV AUDIO If you capture Spark AVI files from a DV camcorder such as the Sony VX-700/1000 or DCR-PC7, the audio sampling rate is 32 kHz. Adobe Premiere 4.21 can accept this 32 kHz audio, but when you make an AVI movie, Premiere converts it to 44KHz sampling. Unfortunately, the conversion algorithm is optimized for speed, not quality, and it can introduce a noticeable distortion when playing back such rendered AVI files. A future version of Premiere may correct this, but in the meantime, workarounds are: 1. Before using the captured AVI files in Premiere, convert their audio to 44KHz sampling. This requires a high-quality audio program that can handle AVI files (such as Sound Forge Version 4.0). 2. Use a video editing program which can make movies with 32KHz audio (such as Video Action). Note: Adobe Premiere 5.1 does support 32 kHz audio, but at this time Adaptec's plug-in does not recognize this. When you use 32 kHz audio you will see an error message, but if you ignore it the audio will be ok. Please check the DPS web site for updates on this problem. DV CAMERA: Canon XL1/Optura Put camcorder in pause mode prior to starting batch capture. The current version waits for the camcorder to enter pause mode prior to capturing. The XL1/Optura must be in play mode to accept a command to enter pause mode. Sony and other camcorders will enter pause mode directly. This bug will be fixed. DV CAMERA: JVC GR-DMV5U This camera will only begin recording to tape if data is being transmitted to the camera. If you are using this camera, insert a few seconds of black at the beginning of the program and make sure to press the camera record button only after 1394 transmission has started. DV CAMERA: JVC GR-DVM5 This camera must be mounted on to the AC power adapter unit in order to use the 1394 interface. Spark will fail to detect the camcorder if it is not AC powered. This is the way JVC designed the camera -- it is not a Spark bug. This camera will not go in to record mode unless it is receiving DV data via the 1394 interface. If record is pressed on the remote (or in the Spark application) when 1394 data is not being transmitted nothing will happen. It appears that the camera is ignoring the record command. To work around this problem insert a few seconds of black at the beginning of the program and press record on the remote once 1394 data transmission has begun. 11. Working with Adobe Premiere 5.1 The Spark/SparkPlus 2.0 manual's chapter 8 is about setting up your Spark card to work with Premiere 5.0. Premiere 5.1 is a free upgrade to 5.0 and has many fixes and improvements that will enhance your video editing work. In order to optimize the settings for your Spark or SparkPlus card working with Premiere 5.1, make these changes to your settings suggested in the Spark 2.0 manual. Please note, all these changes have been made to the PDF version of the manual on your CD. Page numbers and changes refer to the printed copy of your manual only. DirectShow Since Spark and SparkPlus do not support DirectShow playback, this must be disabled in the Prem50.ini file. To disable DirectShow: 1. In the Premiere folder on your hard drive, open the file Prem50.ini if it exists. If the file does not exist, open any text editing program, such as WordPad, and create a new empty text file named Prem50.ini. 2. Add the following text to the file. [override] NoDirectShow=1 3. Save the file into the Premiere application folder and restart Premiere. Video Settings Configure On p. 109 of the manual, the DVSoft Codec window has been changed: This screen is where you select your video output options. Under Display Type, choose No DirectDraw when working with Premiere and Spark. Video Settings On page 110 of the manual, the Frame rate should be set to to 29.97 for NTSC, not 30 frames per second as it currently states. Capture Settings On page 112 of the manual, the capture rate should be set to 29.97 for NTSC, not 30 frames per second as it currently states. Stop Motion: Manual Capture On page 120 of the manual, the frame rate should be set to 29.97 for NTSC, not 30 frames per second as it currently states. Stop Motion: Time Lapse On page 120 of the manual, the frame rate should be set to 29.97 for NTSC, not 30 frames per second as it currently states. Scrubbing On page 123 of the manual, step 1 should read Select Project > Settings > Video from the main menu. Exporting Video using DVPlay On page 125 of the manual, the steps should read: Select File > Preferences > Scratch Disks/Device Control. Set Device Control to None. Select Projects > Settings > Video : Configure. Set DVSoft to Output Video To Desktop Only. Assemble a movie of any length in Premiere's construction window. Limit the length of any one clip used in the movie to no more than 560 seconds (just under two gigabytes). For best results place clips only on track A. Should you want to use transitions and/or filters in your movie, first export a finished movie with all effects in it, and then output that clip to DV. Move the lavender bar (work Area Bar) at the top of the construction window to cover the length of the movie you want to export. Press the Enter key if you want to preview the movie. Click on a clip to highlight it, and then press File > Export > DVPlay Print to Video. You can add aditional audio clips in Track B. Gaps between video clips will export as black frames. Five seconds of black at the beginning of the movie will allow enough lead-time for the record device to begin recording without missing any frames. If you have questions, please contact DPS Technical Support. 4 of 111Download Driver Pack
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