Welcome to Ulead BD DiscRecorder

READ ME

January 2006

This Read Me document provides basic information about Ulead BD DiscRecorder. Please read this file before you start using Ulead BD DiscRecorder.

1. Setting up DV/HDV Camcorder Support
2. Tips and Hints for DV/HDV
3. Installing Drivers and Applications
4. System Requirements
5. Troubleshooting
6. Burning Discs

1. Setting up DV/HDV Camcorder Support

Make sure the IEEE-1394 (or named FireWire card) interface card is properly installed. (Please refer to your IEEE-1394 interface card manual for details on installation).
Connect your DV/HDV camcorder to the FireWire card using the IEEE-1394 cable provided along with your DV/HDV camcorder. Turn on the power of DV/HDV camcorder by switching to either VTR or Camera (depending on the camera model) mode before launching Ulead BD DiscRecorder.
Verify if Ulead BD DiscRecorder has detected your DV/HDV hardware by clicking Capture Settings and checking if the name of the DV/HDV camcorder is listed and selected in the Settings menu.
Capture videos in the Capture Video dialog box.

2. Tips and Hints for DV/HDV

If you find that many frames were dropped during DV capture, please check if system requirements are met. The hard drive may need to be defragmented as well.
Some DV/HDV camcorders have the power saving function that shuts down the power automatically when the camera is idle for a period of time. Please turn off this function when capturing from your DV/HDV camcorder to the computer.
BD DiscRecorder does not delete captured video files automatically when you close the application. You are advised to clean up your working folder regularly. Remember: Do not delete video files used in your projects or they will fail to load the next time you open your project files.

3. Installing Drivers and Applications

Microsoft DirectX - A driver from Microsoft that improves playback performance of video files. You should install this driver. It will be installed automatically when you are installing Ulead BD DiscRecorder. For more information, visit Microsoft's Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/directx.
Microsoft Windows Media Formats - Drivers from Microsoft that allow you to create WMV streaming video files. They will be installed automatically when you are installing Ulead BD DiscRecorder. For more information, visit Microsoft's Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia.
Adobe Acrobat Reader - This is used for viewing the electronic manual. It is recommended that you install this software.

4. System requirements

Operating Systems: Microsoft® Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or Media Center Edition
Processor: Intel® Pentium 4 2.8GHz or higher for real-time capture from DV or Disc-Direct
Memory: 512MB RAM (1GB or above is recommended.)
For Video Capture: DV/HDV Camcorder video capture: OHCI-compliant IEEE-1394 interface card (FireWire) I/O device
200MB hard disk space for program installation
20GB hard disk space for video capturing and conversion
DirectX® 9.0 driver or above
Sound card: Sound Blaster-compatible sound card
TV tuner card (no hardware MPEG encoding)
Power BD drive (supporting recordable or re-writable Blu-ray discs)
Monitor: 800x600 display at 16-bit color (small font recommended). Recommended 1024x768 and color quality of millions.
Windows-compatible pointing device

5. Troubleshooting

If you experience difficulty getting started, refer to the online help or the manual for instructions.
If Straight to Disc mode fails to format a Blu-ray disc recorded by another application, please try to format it in Project Mode.
Most HDV camcorders support DV or HDV mode such as the Sony HDR-HC1. If the capture stops, it is probably due to the tape having videos in both the HDV and DV formats. When this happens, turn off then turn on the camcorder. Windows will recognize the camcorder in the proper mode. Once Windows recognizes the camcorder, Ulead BD DiscRecorder will also recognize the new mode correctly.
Dolby Digital 5.1-channel audio encoder only works with a 4-channel audio track in Ulead BD DiscRecorder. If your camcorder only supports 2-channel audio tracks, select the same channels when the audio codec you selected is Dolby Digital in the Capture Settings.
You can view the video while capturing on the Preview Window. The video and audio playback on the Preview Window may appear/sound choppy. This does not affect the video quality of the captured video.
The file system used by the BDAV format is UDF 2.5 or UDF 2.6. If you want to view the burned BDAV folder structure from Windows Explorer, you need to install the UDF system driver that supports the UDF 2.5 and UDF 2.6 file system such as Ulead's Data-Add 2.6. Currently, Microsoft Windows XP or Media Center Edition only supports UDF 2.0.
Some file systems may not be able to read the recently recorded contents of your Blu-ray disc in Windows Explorer. Manually eject the disc after burning.
If you want to share and play your videos in the BDAV format on other computers, make sure the software player supports playing back of BDAV discs. One such player is InterVideo's WinDVD 7 or above with BD and HD DVD support.
In the Capture Video dialog box, if you cannot see your video in the Preview Window, click Capture Settings and adjust the settings to meet your capture device's requirements.
To update the information for your Operating System, it is recommended to refresh the disc by clicking Show Disc Details after burning, erasing, or formatting the disc.
If you have problems running Ulead BD DiscRecorder, check if your display adapter driver is up-to-date.
If you use Cable Select for your disc burner, enable the DMA settings.
If your computer is running on a slow processor, you may experience a lot of dropped frames when capturing video. The captured video will not play smoothly.

Note: In case BD DiscRecorder crashes when you close it, the disc you created prior to closing the application will not be affected and will work perfectly.

6. Burning Discs

BD-R discs can be appended if your burner supports Pseudo OverWrite technology. If supported, the UDF 2.6 file system automatically formats your BD-R disc.
If burner does not support Pseudo OverWrite technology, make sure that your hard drive has enough free space of twice the estimated project size when burning to a BD-R disc.

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