User Guide Ulead Systems, Inc.

May 2003

English edition for Ulead DVD Player version 1.0, May 2003. 1992-2003 Ulead Systems, Inc.
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Table of Contents
Welcome to Ulead DVD Player .............................................. 4 Introduction to the workspace ............................................. 4
Control Panel ............................................................................... 5

Preferences ........................................................................... 9
Skin ............................................................................................ 9 Video ........................................................................................ 10 Audio ........................................................................................ 10 Capture ..................................................................................... 11 Playlist ...................................................................................... 12 Information ............................................................................... 12

Playing a disc ...................................................................... 13

Shuttle search ........................................................................... 13 Viewing by bookmarks ............................................................... 14

Playing media files .............................................................. 15 Playing from the playlist ..................................................... 15 Playing from a capture device ............................................ 16 Capturing images ................................................................ 17 Command descriptions and shortcut keys .......................... 18 Index .................................................................................. 21

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Welcome to Ulead DVD Player

Experience advanced DVD technology on your PC through Ulead DVD Player! Ulead DVD Player is the all-in-one player which supports a wide range of disc formats: from DVD (including DVD-R/ RW, DVD+R/RW and DVD-RAM), VCD, SVCD, mini DVD to audio CD, as well as various video, image, and audio file types (MPEG-2, JPEG, MOV, etc.) with minimum PC hardware requirements. Ulead DVD Player can further improve video playback performance, as long as your system supports Microsoft DirectX VA (video acceleration) and Pentium 3 SSE/Pentium 4 SSE2 optimization. Ulead DVD Player also offers superb AC-3 sound. Plus, with analog video capture card or IEEE-1394 card, your computer instantly becomes a television set or even a DV camcorder monitor! Whats more, Ulead DVD Player provides real-time screen capture to let you easily reserve any precious moments. Both subtitles and CC (Closed Caption) capabilities are available in Ulead DVD Player too.

Introduction to the workspace

Ulead DVD Player provides an easy-to-use design of all controls. Simply use the mouse or the keyboard to manipulate each control just like you would do with a home set-top DVD player. Each control also comes with a ToolTip or a shortcut key for your convenience.

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Control Panel

1. Status display 3. Menu controls

2. Playback controls and options

Note: Available controls and their positions may vary depending on the Control Panel skin or the media type you choose.

1. Video Window (Displays the 2. A message indicating the command you current playback content.) just selected. It will automatically disappear in a few seconds.

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1. Previous 3. Capture image 5. Exit 7. Select audio language 9. Bookmarked point 11. Volume status 13. Online Help 15. Change screen size 17. Shuttle search controls 19. Next 21. Step 23. Pause 25. Stop 27. Mute 29. Volume down

2. Subtitle 4. Media source 6. All menus 8. Playback progress bar 10. Status display 12. Volume up 14. Minimize Control Panel 16. Expand/Shrink skin 18. About 20. Step backward 22. A/B repeat 24. Play 26. Repeat 28. Preferences 30. Open/Close

1. 3. 5. 7.

Current media type Volume on/off status Playback mode Current chapter

2. 4. 6. 8.

Repeat mode Playback speed Current title Current playback timecode

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VCD and SVCD

DVD

1. Numeric keys used to select a chapter. Click Enter to confirm selection. 3. Left 5. Right 7. Go to bookmark 9. Title menu 11. Enter

2. Enter

4. Up 6. Add bookmark 8. Menu 10. Down

The screen capture above shows the available menus after clicking All Menus.

If the disc is a DVD using the VR recording format, the menus will change to program sets and playlists.

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Right-click menu: Command and Shortcut key

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Preferences
Before playing back media, please setup appropriate settings first. To do so, select Preferences in the right-click menu or press [E] and check out the settings under different category. It is recommended to enable the DMA mode of your CD/DVD-ROM to ensure maximum performance.

Skin
Here you can select your favorite skin for the Control Panel.

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Video
Please select Hardware Video Acceleration to maximize program performance. You can also customize the video appearance here.

Audio
It is recommended that you select DirectSound and Surround. DirectSound provides virtual 3D sound. It also reduces CPU loading and causes no delay between the time when Ulead DVD Player plays the sound and the time your ears hear it. Surround provides a two channel AC-3 decoder that downmixes 5.1 channel surround sound. Of course, you can still choose Stereo if you prefer this traditional sound effect.

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Capture
Here you can decide where to save captured image files.

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Playlist
Here you can set the playback time of an image file.

Information
Here you can find the technical information about the current disc.

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Playing a disc
To play a disc, just insert the disc. Ulead DVD Player will then automatically open and start playback. (The related file formats must be associated with Ulead DVD Player in advance.) If you played a DVD using Ulead DVD Player before, a dialog box will appear and provide two playback options to play the DVD: either from the last stop point, or from the beginning.

Shuttle search
During DVD playback, you can right-click the Play or the Title Menu button to quickly move to any title or chapter. To fast forward or rewind, select Search: Forward Scan [F] or Search: Backward Scan [B] in the right-click menu. As you press the same shortcut key again and again, the playback speed changes in a loop from 2X, 4X, 8X, 32X and back to normal. For quick search, you can directly click any area within the Shuttle search controls or drag the Playback progress bar.

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Viewing by bookmarks
Another way to play a DVD is to view it by the bookmarks you add.

Example of a bookmark menu when right-clicking the Go to Bookmark button

To create and use bookmarks:

1 As the DVD plays, press [F5] (or select Bookmark: Add Bookmark in the right-click menu) whenever you see a scene to which you want to add a bookmark. You can add as many bookmarks as you like. 2 Press [F6] (or select Bookmark: Go to Bookmark in the rightclick menu) to jump to a bookmarked scene.

Note: From the bookmark submenu, use Bookmark Preview to manage all bookmarks.

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Playing media files

You can play video, audio, or image file located in the hard drive or other storage device. Just right-click the Control Panel or the Video Window and select Media Source: File. Next, select a file and click Open.

Note: You can also select more than one media file in Windows Explorer, and then directly drag them to the DVD Player Video Window to start playback.

Playing from the playlist

You can create your own playlist to play various video, audio, and image files in one sequence.

To create a playlist:
1 Right-click the Control Panel or the Video Window and select Media Source: Playlist. 2 Use the left pane to locate the folder(s) containing the file(s) you want to play. 3 Select the file(s) from the upper pane and click Add or Add All to insert selected files to the playlist.

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4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 as needed. You can also click Save to save the playlist for later use. 5 Click OK to start playback. (Click Open to select an existing playlist, and then click OK to start playback.)

Note: During playback, you can right-click the Play button and quickly select any file on the playlist to play.

Playing from a capture device

Ulead DVD Player provides a playback feature via a capture device such as IEEE-1394 card, USB board, analog capture card, and TV tuner card. So, you can watch videos from a number of devices like DV camcorder, PC camera, TV, VCR and so on. The following procedure shows you how to watch the DV video from within the Ulead DVD Player. For other devices, the procedure is similar.

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To play from a DV camcorder through an IEEE-1394 card:

1 Connect your DV camcorder to the IEEE-1394 card. 2 Turn on the DV camcorder and switch to the shooting video mode or VCR/VTR mode. 3 Right-click the Control Panel or the Video Window and select Media Source: Capture Device. The video will start playing in the Video Window instantly.

Capturing images
In Ulead DVD Player whenever you see a scene you want to capture, just press [G] or select Capture: Capture Image in the right-click menu to take a snapshot. Each image is captured in its original size. Depending on your settings in the Preferences dialog box, captured images are either stored in the clipboard or saved as *.bmp files. When choosing to save images as *.bmp files, you can repeat this process to uninterruptedly capture as many images as you like. All captured images are saved in the folder you assign.

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Command descriptions and shortcut keys

About [Ctrl + A] Displays copyright information and version number. Displays online Help. Starts or resumes playback. Plays at low speed. Stops playback temporarily. Stops playback. Plays on a frame-byframe basis. Plays backward on a frame-by-frame basis. Captures the current scene as a still image. Goes to the main menu of a disc. Toggles between the chapter menu and the last stop point of a chapter. Goes to the next chapter or track. Goes to the previous chapter or track. Fast forward during playback. Fast rewind during playback. Opens the Playlist dialog box.

Help Play Slow Motion Pause Stop Step Step Backward Capture Image Title Menu Chapter Menu

[H] [Enter] [Ctrl + L] [Space] [S] [.] [/] [G] [T] [M]

Next Previous Forward Scan Backward Scan Playlist

[N] [P] [F] [B] [Ctrl + P]

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File Disc Capture Device Open/Close Preferences Add Bookmark

[O] [C] [D] [Ctrl + E] [E] [F5]

Opens to the Open File dialog box. Switches to the disc playback mode. Switches to the capture device playback mode. Ejects/Inserts a disc from/into the disc tray. Opens the Preferences dialog box. Marks a particular scene so you can directly go back to watch it later. Goes to the bookmark you assigned. Switches from repeated chapter playback, repeated title playback to turning the repeat function off. A unique playback mode starting from Point A to Point B. Select once to set Point A. Select again to set Point B. Playback from A to B will automatically begin. To turn off A/B repeat, click the button Switches between screens of different sizes. Switches between the normal video window and the built-in video window. Switches between different camera shooting angles.

Go to Bookmark Repeat

[F6] [R]

A/B Repeat

[F4]

Window

[W]

Video on Control Panel

[Ctrl+V]

Camera Angle

[A]

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Audio Language

[L]

Switches between different audio languages. Switches between different language subtitles. Opens the Subtitle Options dialog box. Moves up the subtitle position. Moves down the subtitle position. Opens the Parental Control Options dialog box. Increases the volume level. Decreases the volume level. Mutes the audio track. Press it again or the volume controls to resume audio. Minimizes the Control Panel to a taskbar button. To restore it, click the taskbar button. Closes Ulead DVD Player.

Subtitle

[U]

Subtitle Position Options Subtitle Position - Up

[F8] [F9]

Subtitle Position - Down [F10] Parental Control [No shortcut]

Volume Up Volume Down Mute

[+] [-] [No shortcut]

Minimize

[Ctrl+N]

Exit

[Ctrl+X]

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Index
Numerics 5.1 channel 10 A AC-3 4 B Bookmark 6, 14 C Capture 16, 17 Capture device 16 Closed Caption 4 Control Panel 4 D DirectSound 10 DirectX VA 4 Disc format 4 DV 4, 16 DVD 9 F File 15 M MPEG 4 P Playback 4 Preferences 9

R Right-click 9, 13 S Search 13 Skin 5 Subtitle 4 Surround 10 SVCD 4 V VCD 4 VR recording format 7