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V|deo Lncoder Documentat|on
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SysLem 8equlremenLs for vldeo Lncoder
lnsLalllng vldeo Lncoder
AcLlvaLlng vldeo Lncoder
CpLlons
Import|ng
lmporLlng vldeo llles
8ecordlng wlLh Webcam
Ld|t|ng
uslng Lhe 1oolbar
Worklng wlLh vldeos
ub||sh|ng
ubllsh Lo llash vldeo
ubllsh Success
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System kequ|rements for V|deo Lncoder
1o run Lhe vldeo Lncoder appllcaLlon Lo converL your movles Lo llash vldeo lLv you wlll need
Lhe followlng mlnlmum sysLem requlremenLs
Author|ng Content
nardware
Cu megaherLz MPz processor or hlgher or blL
Memory M8 mlnlmum
Avallable dlsk space M8 mlnlmum
ulsplay x screen resoluLlon x or hlgher recommended
Software
CperaLlng SysLem
MlcrosofL Wlndows S or laLer x S or laLer or vlsLa
or blL or Wlndows or blL
nL1 8unLlme nL1 or laLer geLs lnsLalled lf noL presenL
Adobe llash layer Adobe llash layer or laLer
V|ew|ng Content
llash layer or laLer llash layer or laLer recommended and one of Lhe followlng browsers
G Wlndows lnLerneL Lxplorer and laLer llrefox x and laLer Safarl and laLer Coogle Chrome
Cpera and laLer
G MaclnLosh llrefox x and laLer Safarl and laLer
G Llnux llrefox x and laLer
Not|ces
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Insta|||ng V|deo Lncoder
Peres howLo lnsLall vldeo Lncoder on your sysLem
uownload Lhe SLudlo lnsLaller
uoublecllck Stud|oexe Lo run Lhe lnsLallaLlon program
When Lhe lnsLaller compleLes doublecllck Lhe ArLlculaLe vldeo Lncoder lcon on your
deskLop
uurlng your day Lrlal or unLll youre ready Lo purchase Lhe sofLware cllck Act|vate Later
when prompLed Lo acLlvaLe Lhe sofLware
AfLer you have purchased Lhe sofLware acLlvaLe vldeo Lncoder
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Act|vat|ng V|deo Lncoder
AfLer youve lnsLalled vldeo Lncoder youll have days of Lrlal perlod afLer whlch you need Lo
acLlvaLe your sofLware uslng Lhe serlal number you recelved when you purchased lL
Peres howLo do lL
Automat|c Act|vat|on
Cllck Lhe buLLon Lo Act|vate Now
Copy and pasLe your serlal number lnLo Lhe fleld provlded
Cllck Lhe Act|vate buLLon Lo compleLe Lhe acLlvaLlon process
CpLlonally cllck keg|ster NowLo reglsLer your sofLware
?ou wlll noL be prompLed Lo acLlvaLe agaln
Note ?ou may need Lo conflgure your flrewall Lo allowV|deoLncoderexe Lo communlcaLe wlLh
Lhe ArLlculaLe acLlvaLlon servers
lf you have dlfflculLy acLlvaLlng uslng Lhe auLomaLlc meLhod refer Lo Lhe belowsecLlon for howLo
requesL an emallbased acLlvaLlon
Manua| Act|vat|on
Cllck Lhe buLLon Lo Act|vate Now
Copy and pasLe your serlal number lnLo Lhe fleld provlded
Cllck Lhe Act|vate buLLon Lo aLLempL auLomaLlc acLlvaLlon
AfLer you see LhaL Lhe auLomaLlc acLlvaLlon meLhod has falled you wlll see Lhls message
We are unable Lo conLacL our acLlvaLlon server lease Lry manual acLlvaLlon cllck Ck
Cn Lhe manual acLlvaLlon screen cllck Lhe llnk Lo Send an ema|| to Art|cu|ate Support to
get an act|vat|on code
Anewemall message should open ln your emall program lf one does noL emall Lhe followlng
deLalls Lo manualacLlvaLlonarLlculaLecom noLe LhaL lncludlng Lhe LexL Serlal number
and Machlne Code w|th the co|ons ls lmporLanL for Lhe requesL Lo work and LhaL you
musL subm|t on|y ser|a| numbermach|ne code per ema||
Serial Number: <copy and paste from the manual activation screen into email>
Machine Code: <copy and paste from the manual activation screen into email>
AfLer sendlng Lhe emall you should recelve an automated ema|| response wlLhln
mlnuLes of submlsslon lf you need addlLlonal help [usL reply Lo Lhls emall Lo open a supporL
case
G lf you do noL recelve Lhe response check your spam or [unk folder and ensure LhaL you
can recelve emalls from supporLarLlculaLecom
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G lf you sLlll do noL recelve a response afLer mlnuLes submlL your requesL wlLh serlal
number and machlne code deLalls Lo supporLarLlculaLecom
When you recelve Lhe Act|vat|on Code from ArLlculaLe SupporL pasLe lL lnLo Lhe manual
acLlvaLlon screen ln Lhe speclfled fleld
Cllck Act|vate Now Lo compleLe Lhe manual acLlvaLlon process
?ou wlll noL be prompLed Lo acLlvaLe agaln
lf you are sLlll havlng dlfflculLy acLlvaLlng afLer Lrylng boLh of Lhe above meLhods please conLacL
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Cpt|ons
1he vldeo Lncoder CpLlons dlalog allows you Lo speclfy program preferences
1o access the Cpt|ons d|a|og
Cllck Lhe Art|cu|ate Menu Cpt|ons
When Lhe Cpt|ons dlalog opens you wlll see Lhe followlng seLLlngs
G Lnab|e v|deo p|ayback uncheck Lhe box Lo dlsable vldeo playback ln vldeo Lncoder
lf you are experlenclng any crashlng lssues when openlng vldeos ?ou can sLlll edlL
your vldeo playback ls [usL dlsabled ln vldeo Lncoder
G C|ear recent|y used v|deo ress Lhls buLLon Lo clear Lhe llsL of recenLly opened
vldeos from Lhe sLarL page and from Lhe ArLlculaLe Menu
G C|ear saved v|deo sett|ngs ress Lhls buLLon Lo reseL your saved vldeo seLLlngs Lo
Lhe program defaulL seLLlngs
Cllck Ck Lo save your changes or Cance| Lo close Lhe dlalog wlLhouL savlng changes
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Import|ng
Import|ng V|deo I||es
vldeo Lncoder provldes Lhree meLhods for geLLlng sLarLed wlLh Lhe sofLware
G lmporLlng an exlsLlng vldeo flle
G 8ecordlng your webcam Lo creaLe a newvldeo flle
G Cpenlng a recenL vldeo
All meLhods are avallable vla Lhe welcome screen when you launch Lhe appllcaLlon
Import|ng a v|deo
1o begln worklng wlLh vldeo Lncoder choose one of Lhe followlng opLlons
G Import a v|deo f||e Cllck Lhls llnk from Lhe welcome screen Lo begln worklng wlLh an exlsLlng
vldeo flle lrom Lhe Cpen wlndow navlgaLe Lo and selecL an exlsLlng vldeo flle Lhen cllck Ck
Lo open lL ln vldeo Lncoder SupporLed flle Lypes lnclude Lhe followlng
G AVI I||es
G Avl
G W|ndows Med|a I||es
G WMv
G ASl
G u|ck1|me I||es
G MCv
G C1
G MLG I||es
G MC
G ML
G MC
G Mv
G Mv
G Mv
G M
G D|g|ta| V|deo I||es
G uv
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G G V|deo I||es
G C
G C
G kecord your webcam Cllck Lhls llnk Lo open Lhe kecord Webcam wlndowand begln
capLurlng llve vldeo from your webcam 1o learn more see 8ecordlng wlLh Webcam
Cpen|ng a recent v|deo
1o open an exlsLlng pro[ecL c||ck the name of one of your recenL pro[ecLs Lo open Lhe vldeo ln
vldeo Lncoder
Lxp|ore the fo||ow|ng he|p top|cs to |earn more
G Worklng wlLh vldeos
G 8ecordlng wlLh Webcam
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kecord|ng w|th Webcam
vldeo Lncoder allows you Lo capLure llve vldeo from your webcam Lo creaLe a vldeo LhaL you can
Lhen converL Lo llash vldeo lLv
1o record w|th webcam
lrom Lhe vldeo Lncoder welcome screen or from Lhe ArLlculaLe 8uLLon cllck kecord
Webcam
When Lhe kecord Webcam wlndowlaunches lL wlll aLLempL Lo locaLe your webcam lf lL
does noL you may see LexL LhaL says No S|gna| lf LhaLs Lhe case do Lhe followlng
Cllck More dev|ce sett|ngs Lo reveal Dev|ce Sett|ngs
Cllck Lhe vldeo uevlce dropdown menu Lo selecL your webcam from avallable devlces lf
more Lhan one ls llsLed Lry anoLher devlce
Cllck Lhe Advanced llnk Lo seL advanced devlce seLLlngs
under More dev|ce sett|ngs you can also speclfy Lhe followlng
G V|deo S|ze Choose from Lhe followlng dlmenslons for your webcam recordlng
G Aud|o Dev|ce use Lhe dropdown menu Lo choose Lhe audlo devlce youd llke Lo use
Lo record audlo ln con[uncLlon wlLh your webcam
ress Lhe kecord buLLon Lo lnlLlaLe recordlng ?ou wlll see a counLdown before
recordlng beglns 1he duraLlon of you recordlng wlll appear beneaLh Lhe prevlewwlndow
ress Lhe Stop buLLon Lo sLop recordlng 1he LoLal duraLlon of you recordlng wlll appear
beneaLh Lhe prevlewwlndow
ress Lhe |ay buLLon Lo playback your recorded vldeo
ress Lhe red k Lo deleLe your recorded vldeo and record anoLher ?ou wlll noL be prompLed
Lo conflrm Lhe deleLlon
Cllck Save Lo save your recorded vldeo as a source Wlndows Medla llle WMv
Speclfy Lhe locaLlon on your compuLer where youd llke Lo save Lhe flle and cllck Save Lo save
or Cance| Lo exlL wlLhouL savlng
1o ed|t your webcam v|deo
AfLer savlng your capLured webcam vldeo lL wlll auLomaLlcally open ln vldeo Lncoder where you
can work wlLh Lhe vldeo as you would wlLh any oLher lmporLed vldeo
1o learn more abouL Loolbar opLlons avallable for edlLlng your vldeo see uslng Lhe 1oolbar
1o pub||sh your webcam v|deo to I|ash ILV
1o learn more abouL publlshlng your webcam vldeo Lo llash vldeo see ubllshlng Lo llash vldeo
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Ld|t|ng
Us|ng the 1oo|bar
use Lhe Loolbar Lo edlL your vldeo and publlsh lL Lo llash vldeo lLv
1he fo||ow|ng opt|ons are ava||ab|e on the V|deo Lncoder too|bar
Ld|t
G 1r|m use Lhe Lrlm feaLure Lo ad[usL Lhe sLarL and end Llme of Lhe vldeo ln your publlshed
verslon 1o Lrlm your vldeo
Cllck Lhe 1r|m buLLon and youll see gray bars appear aL Lhe sLarL and end of your
vldeo
Cllck and drag Lhe red ||ne along Lhe Llmellne Lo Lhe polnL on Lhe Llmellne where you
wanL your publlshed vldeo Lo begln
Cllck and drag Lhe wh|te ||ne along Lhe Llmellne Lo Lhe polnL on Lhe Llmellne where you
wanL your publlshed vldeo Lo end
?our 1r|m Start 1r|m Lnd and 1r|m Durat|on values wlll be noLed ln Lhe lower
rlghLhand corner
When you publlsh Lo llash vldeo youll see your Lrlmmed vldeo reflecLed ln Lhe flnal
verslon
G Crop use Lhe crop feaLure Lo ad[usL Lhe helghL and wldLh of Lhe vldeo 1o crop your vldeo
Cllck Lhe Crop buLLon and youll see a crop selecLlon wlndowoverlayed your vldeo
Cllck and drag Lhe crop selecLlon wlndowLo speclfy Lhe deslred dlmenslons of your
cropped vldeo
Cllck and drag Lhe wlndowLo a deslred locaLlon wlLhln your vldeo lf you only wanL Lo
publlsh one area of your vldeo
?our Crop dlmenslon values wlll be noLed ln Lhe lower rlghLhand corner
When you publlsh Lo llash vldeo youll see your cropped vldeo reflecLed ln Lhe flnal
verslon
G Vo|ume use Lhe volume buLLon Lo lncrease or decrease Lhe volume of Lhe vldeo 1o change
Lhe volume of your vldeo
Cllck Lhe Vo|ume buLLon
ln Lhe Change Vo|ume dlalog use Lhe sllder Lo Increase or decrease vo|ume by
k 1he value range ls from Lo of source volume
Cllck Ck Lo save Lhe volume change or Cance| Lo exlL wlLhouL savlng
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G 8r|ghtness Speclfy a whole lnLeger value or use Lhe up and down arrows Lo ad[usL Lhe
brlghLness of your vldeo 1he value range ls from Lo
G Contrast Speclfy a whole lnLeger value or use Lhe up and down arrows Lo ad[usL Lhe
conLrasL of your vldeo 1he value range ls from Lo
Logo
G Insert Logo ?ou can add a logo or waLermark lmage Lo your vldeo 1o add a logo
Cllck Lhe Insert Logo buLLon
SelecL Lhe lmage flle you wanL Lo lnserL SupporLed flle Lypes lnclude Lhe followlng
G nC
G !LC
G !C
G Cll
G 8M
Cllck Cpen Lo lnserL Lhe logo or Cance| Lo exlL wlLhouL lnserLlng a logo noLe LhaL you
can only have one logo per vldeo
Speclfy Lhe slze and placemenL of your logo on Lop of your vldeo noLe LhaL lf you are
also cropplng your vldeo you should ensure LhaL your logo ls wlLhln Lhe speclfled crop
area or lL wlll noL appear ln Lhe publlshed ouLpuL
When you publlsh Lo llash vldeo youll see your logo reflecLed ln Lhe speclfled locaLlon
ln Lhe flnal verslon
G kemove Logo Cllck Lhe kemove Logo buLLon Lo remove your lnserLed logo
G 1ransparency Speclfy a whole lnLeger value or use Lhe up and down arrows Lo ad[usL Lhe
Lransparency of your logo 1he value range ls from Lo
V|deo
G Change V|deo Cllck Lhe Change V|deo buLLon Lo locaLe a newvldeo on your compuLer Lo
work wlLh ln vldeo Lncoder
G keset V|deo Cllck Lhe keset V|deo buLLon Lo reseL your vldeo Lo lLs source Cllcklng Lhls
opLlon wlll reseL all Lrlm crop brlghLness conLrasL and logo seLLlngs ?ou wlll noL be
prompLed Lo conflrm
ub||sh
1o learn more abouL publlshlng your vldeo Lo llash vldeo see ubllshlng Lo llash vldeo
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Work|ng w|th V|deos
AfLer openlng an exlsLlng vldeo wlLh vldeo Lncoder you can choose Lo edlL your vldeo or converL
lL Lo llash vldeo lLv
1he fo||ow|ng contro|s are ava||ab|e to |nteract w|th your v|deo
G |ay Cllck Lhe play buLLon Lo play your vldeo from Lhe vldeo or from Lhe currenL poslLlon ln
Lhe Llmellne cllck ln Lhe Llmellne Lhen play Lo begln playlng from LhaL locaLlon
G ause Cllck Lhe pause buLLon Lo pause playback of your vldeo
G Stop Cllck Lhe sLop buLLon Lo sLop playback of your vldeo Cllcklng sLop also reseLs Lhe
currenL locaLlon on Lhe Llmellne Lo Lhe beglnnlng of your vldeo
G 2oom S||der use Lhe zoom sllder Lo zoom ln or ouL on your Llmellne whlch allows you Lo
selecL a preclse locaLlon on your vldeo Llmellne
1he fo||ow|ng |nformat|on |s ava||ab|e about your v|deo
G os|t|on 1he currenL poslLlon on Lhe Llmellne ln mlnuLes lf appllcable and seconds
G 1ota| Durat|on 1he LoLal of your vldeo ln mlnuLes lf appllcable and seconds
G 1r|m Start 1he sLarLlng polnL on Lhe Llmellne for Lrlmmlng your vldeo ln mlnuLes lf
appllcable and seconds
G 1r|m Lnd 1he endlng polnL on Lhe Llmellne for Lrlmmlng your vldeo ln mlnuLes lf appllcable
and seconds
G 1r|m Durat|on 1he LoLal duraLlon of your Lrlm selecLlon ln mlnuLes lf appllcable and
seconds
G Source 1he dlmenslons ln plxels wldLh x helghL of your source vldeo lmporLed or recorded
vla webcam
G Crop 1he cropped dlmenslons ln plxels wldLh x helghL of your vldeo afLer cropplng lf
appllcable
1oo|bar opt|ons
1o learn more abouL Loolbar opLlons avallable for edlLlng your vldeo see uslng Lhe 1oolbar
ub||sh|ng
1o learn more abouL publlshlng your vldeo Lo llash vldeo see ubllshlng Lo llash vldeo
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ub||sh|ng
ub||sh to I|ash V|deo
AfLer you are saLlsfled wlLh your ouLpuL seLLlngs converL your vldeo Lo llash vldeo lLv wlLh your
speclfled seLLlngs
1o pub||sh to I|ash V|deo |n V|deo Lncoder
Cllck Lhe ub||sh buLLon on Lhe Loolbar or selecL ub||sh vla Lhe ArLlculaLe 8uLLon
ln Lhe ubllsh dlalog speclfy Lhe followlng opLlons
G ub||sh Locat|on 1ype a folder locaLlon or cllck Lhe elllpsls buLLon Lo locaLe a
folder on your compuLer where you would llke Lhe publlshed ouLpuL Lo be saved
G Name Speclfy a name for your publlshed ouLpuL
G Mov|e D|mens|ons
G use Lhe resets dropdown menu Lo choose from Lhe followlng opLlons
G Large llLs lnslde kb blL raLe mono audlo aL kbps
G Med|um llLs lnslde kb blL raLe mono audlo aL kbps
G Sma|| llLs lnslde kb blL raLe mono audlo aL kbps
G Cllck Lhe Custom|ze llnk Lo launch Lhe CusLom Lncodlng dlalog and speclfy Lhe
followlng seLLlngs vla Lhe dropdown menus
G V|deo
G Lncod|ng Method Choose from C88 v88 ass or v88
asses
G 8|trate Choose a value ranglng from kbps Lo kbps
G I|t |ns|de Speclfy dlmenslons ln plxels for your vldeo
G Advanced V|deo
G Mot|on Lst|mat|on Choose from CpLlmal or ueep
G De|nter|ace Choose from none Lven Cdd or AuLo
G No|se keduct|on Choose from none LlghL or Peavy
G keyframe er|od Speclfy a value or use Lhe up and down
arrows
G Deb|ock|ng Check Lhe box Lo enable deblocklng
G Smooth|ng Check Lhe box Lo enable smooLhlng
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G Aud|o
G 8|trate Choose a value ranglng from kbps Lo kbps
G Samp|e kate Choose a value ranglng from kbps Lo kbps
G Channe|s Choose from Mono or SLereo
G rof||e name Speclfy a name for your cusLom seLLlngs
G Cllck Save Lo save Lhls proflle or Cance| Lo exlL wlLhouL savlng
Cllck 8atch Lncod|ng lf you wlsh Lo encode more Lhan one movle uslng Lhe same
dlmenslons audlo and vldeo blLraLes crop volume brlghLness conLrasL and logo seLLlngs
Cllck Add I||es Lo selecL more Lhan one movle ?ou can Sh|ftC||ck or C1kLC||ck Lo selecL
more Lhan one movle from wlLhln Lhe same wlndow
Cllck ub||sh Lo converL your vldeo Lo llash vldeo lLv
lf youve prevlously publlshed Lhls vldeo or one of Lhe same LlLle Lo Lhe same locaLlon youll
be prompLed wheLher you wanL Lo overwrlLe Lhe exlsLlng vldeo or noL Cllck es Lo overwrlLe
lL or No Lo cancel publlshlng
When converslon Lo lLv ls compleLe youll see Lhe followlng opLlons ln Lhe ub||sh Success
wlndow
G V|ew I|ash V|deo Cllck Lhls buLLon Lo vlewyour publlshed vldeo ln Lhe sLandalone
Art|cu|ate ILV |ayer where youll see baslc playback conLrols such as |ay ause
a seekbar and a vo|ume contro|
G Cpen output fo|der Cllck Lhls llnk Lo open Lhe folder on your compuLer conLalnlng
Lhe publlshed lLv flle
Cllck C|ose when you are done or Lo exlL wlLhouL chooslng anoLher opLlon
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ub||sh Success
AfLer publlshlng your pro[ecL Lo llash vldeo you wlll see a ub||sh Successfu| dlalog ?ou wlll also
have Lhe cholce Lo Lake acLlon for example Lo vlewLhe llash vldeo
1he followlng opLlons are avallable ln Lhe ub||sh Successfu| wlndow
G V|ew I|ash V|deo Cllck Lhls buLLon Lo vlewyour publlshed vldeo ln Lhe sLandalone
Art|cu|ate ILV |ayer where youll see baslc playback conLrols such as |ay ause a
seekbar and a vo|ume contro|
G Cpen output fo|der Cllck Lhls llnk Lo open Lhe folder on your compuLer conLalnlng Lhe
publlshed lLv flle
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