In addition to the basic settings that are always displayed on the screen for importing files, you can configure certain other options with the Recode DVDs and Videos to Nero Digital task.
The following buttons are available:
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Delete
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Deletes imported video titles from your compilation.
This button is only enabled if at least one DVD video title has been imported into the content area and selected there.
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Lock Ratio
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Locks the automatic change of recoding quality for a DVD-Video title. It is still possible to make manual changes to the quality settings by moving the slider.
It could be a good idea to lock individual video titles if you want to improve the quality of other content (and therefore, the quality of the remaining content is lowered proportionately). A locked title is protected from the proportional adjustment in this case.
This button is only enabled if at least one DVD has been imported into the content area and selected there.
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Unlock Ratio
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Unlocks automatic recoding quality changes for a video title.
This button is only enabled if at least one DVD video title has been locked in the content area and selected there.
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Trim Movie
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Opens the Trim Movie window, where the selected video title can be trimmed.
This button is only enabled if at least one DVD video title has been imported into the content area and selected there.
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Chapters
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Opens the window Chapters where chapter markers can be set.
This button is only enabled if at least one DVD video title has been imported into the content area and selected there.
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The following drop-down menus are available:
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Profile Category
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Changes the Nero Digital category. This setting refers to the respective target media for which encoding takes place. The result has different sizes depending on the selection; the entries in the Profile drop-down menu are adjusted accordingly.
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Profile
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Changes the Nero Digital profile. The setting relates to the target medium for which encoding is being carried out.
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Encoding Method
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Selects the method to be used to encode the MPEG-4 file.
If you select Fast (1-pass), the movie only undergoes one conversion pass. This method requires less time but has lower quality than encoding in two steps. The movie is analyzed and converted with the available bit rate simultaneously.
If you select High quality (2-pass), the movie undergoes several conversion passes. The quality is better, but the process takes longer. The first pass analyzes the movie and creates a temporary file (*log). The second pass converts the file. During this process, the bit rate data that was stored in the temporary files is used.
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The Video tab shows the video title’s properties. The following information is available:
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Properties
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Shows the video properties stored on the DVD, e.g. resolution, frame rate, pixel format, video structure, and duration.
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Source
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Shows the original size.
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Target
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Shows the target sizes depending on the selected Nero Digital profile.
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Settings
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Opens the Nero Digital Video Settings window, where you can define how the video should be processed.
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Encoder
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Opens the Nero Digital Video Properties window. You can configure the settings for the AVC encoding of your data here.
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The Audio tab displays the properties of an audio track. If there are two audio tracks available for the target video, an additional tab is displayed accordingly. The following setting options are available:
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Drop-down menu
Source
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Used to choose the audio track desired for the video file.
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Drop-down menu
Codec
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Used to choose the desired audio codec.
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Display
Format
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Shows the target data of the audio track, depending on the selected codec.
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Settings
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Opens the Nero Digital Audio Properties window. You can define the settings for the audio encoder here.
Only available if you have selected the Nero Digital audio codec (AAC).
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The Subtitle tab displays the available subtitle tracks. The following selection menus are available:
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Main subtitle track:
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Used to select a desired subtitle track for the video file. You can also choose not to use subtitles (None) or to create or import your own subtitle track.
If you select the Create new subtitle entry, the Nero Digital Subtitle Settings window is opened.
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Secondary subtitle track:
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Chooses a secondary subtitle track in addition to the main one. You can choose not to select a secondary subtitle track (None) or to create or import your own subtitle track.
If you select the Create new subtitle entry, the Nero Digital Subtitle Settings window is opened.
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| AVC |
Advanced Video Coding is a video compression standard. AVC was developed for maximum encoding efficiency and makes it possible to produce good quality video compression at low bit rates. It is one of the mandatory video compression methods for high-definition television transmissions and for mobile devices (e.g. cell phones, PDA’s).
See also
| MPEG-4 |
The Moving Picture Experts Group defined this industry standard for video and audio codecs. MPEG-4 is the latest MPEG standard for video and audio. MPEG-4 combines several functions from MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and other standards. Nero Digital™ Video and Nero Digital™ Audio are based on this standard.
| AVC |
Advanced Video Coding is a video compression standard. AVC was developed for maximum encoding efficiency and makes it possible to produce good quality video compression at low bit rates. It is one of the mandatory video compression methods for high-definition television transmissions and for mobile devices (e.g. cell phones, PDA’s).
| AAC |
Advance Audio Coding is an audio compression method defined under the MPEG-4 standard. AAC has a higher compression ratio than other comparable formats (e.g. MP3) and achieves high audio quality starting at 64 kbit/s already. This encoding format is used, e.g. in online music stores and online radios.
| AVC |
Advanced Video Coding is a video compression standard. AVC was developed for maximum encoding efficiency and makes it possible to produce good quality video compression at low bit rates. It is one of the mandatory video compression methods for high-definition television transmissions and for mobile devices (e.g. cell phones, PDA’s).