Basically, choose the task you wish from the selection in the Nero Recode main window. This manual contains a chapter for each task that describes all of the steps required for its completion.
To complete the task, you simply navigate through the different steps (a new screen is displayed for each step). For each screen, the manual contains a chapter in which all areas are described in detail.
All the tasks that you can carry out with Nero Recode are basically divided into four steps:
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- Selecting the required task
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- Importing the files you want to recode
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- Setting the options for Nero Digital and for the burn process
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- Recoding and burning the disc
Use the Next and Back buttons to move back and forth through the three screens while performing a task. This means that you can also change settings that you have already made and undo actions.
You should know the following definitions in Nero Recode:
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Encoding
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Means the conversion of a video of any format into another format, e.g. MPEG-2 or Nero Digital (MPEG-4). A corresponding encoder is required for each target format.
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Transcoding
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Means the conversion of a video from one particular format into another, e.g. from Xvid to MPEG-2.
In this manual transcoding is used synonymously with encoding.
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Recoding
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Means the conversion of an existing video with certain properties (e.g. bit rate 2500 kbps) into the same format with different properties (e.g. bit rate 1990 kbps).
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Decoding
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Means opening or playing a video that has been encoded in a particular format.
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The best way to create a simple 1:1 copy of a DVD is by using Nero Express or Nero Burning ROM. There is no compression whatsoever in this case. The recordable disc used must have as much free disk space as is shown for the content of the original DVD.
You can find detailed instructions on how to work with the application in the separate Nero Express and Nero Burning ROM user manuals.
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The Moving Picture Experts Group defined this industry standard for video and audio codecs. There is little difference between MPEG-1 and MPEG-2: MPEG-2 is a broadcast standard and better for televisions that are interlaced. MPEG-2 is used as a video format for DVDs.
| 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.
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Bit rate refers to the amount of data (binary digits) that is transmitted within a time unit (generally 1 second), i.e. in bits/s. The higher the bit rate, the better the image quality.