Quickstart Nero ShowTime Ahead Software AG
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Contents 1 2 General Information .......................................................................... 4 1.1 About Nero ShowTime ........................................................... 4 1.2 Technical Data ........................................................................ 4 1.2.1 1.2.2 1.2.3 1.2.4 1.2.5 Supported Formats............................................................................. 4 Video ..................................................................................
1 General Information 1.1 About Nero ShowTime Nero ShowTime provides you with a high-performance software DVD player that takes you to a new dimension in DVD’s. Its cinema-like sound and excellent image quality for all digital pictures make an adventure of every film! What is more, Nero ShowTime supports all DVD-Video formats and can play them from a disc and from the hard drive.
1.2.3 Audio Dolby Digital AC-3 LPCM MP3 mp3PRO Nero Digital S/PDIF Edition for digital sound 1.2.4 Hardware Optimisation Complete DXVA support Support for Power Management (APM & ACPI) Hardware IDCT support 1.2.
2 Overview of Functions 2.
Some of the functions listed below can also be controlled through the keyboard. If this is possible, there are brackets behind the function that show the key / key combination (such as ‘Eject Disk’ [J]).
(This function is only possible if hardware acceleration has been deactivated.
3 ‘Settings’ Dialogue Window 3.1 General Settings Play from Here you can set the default source from which Nero ShowTime plays the videos. You may select between the desired disk drive or a folder on the hard drive. Show tooltips If this option is enabled, the tooltips are visible in the programme. They are displayed if you move the mouse pointer over the individual buttons. Always on top If this option is enabled, Nero ShowTime always stays in the foreground, even if you start other programmes.
3.1.2 Keyboard and mouse settings Use Mouse wheel for This makes it possible to set the function the mouse wheel should assume upon playback. There are options for ‘Volume’, ‘Time seek’ and ‘Previous / Next Chapter’. Keyboard settings This makes it possible to jump ahead and back within the set time interval. If, as an example, it is set for 20 seconds, you can use the ‘Page up’ key to jump ahead in 20-second intervals, while the ‘Page down’ key is used to jump back. 3.1.
Default With this presetting the most common functions are shown on the toolbar. Show all This setting causes all functions on the toolbar to be shown. If you would like to call Nero ShowTime Skin during full-screen playback, simply click on the left mouse key. 3.2 Video Settings Hardware acceleration If the ‘Hardware Acceleration’ option is enabled, the DVD-Video image acceleration is taken over by your graphics card. This reduces the load on the main processor and may lead to improved video performance.
Two algorithms are available as de-interlacing options. If the ‘Weave’ algorithm is enabled, the de-interlacing procedure is processed using the computer’s performance, so that, depending on the processor, images may pile up. You can use step-by-step control and the ‘Fine-tuning’ option field to set the best image quality yourself. This method provides better image quality, but takes up a lot of processor performance. If you have deactivated the hardware acceleration, no ‘Weave’ de-interlacing is possible.
3.4 Parental Control With the parental control of Nero ShowTime you are able to prevent your children from being able to see films that are unsuitable for them.
3.5 Bookmarks Editor Bookmarks Editor In the Bookmark Editor you will find all bookmarks that you have set up to now. Each DVD may be selected individually, while the bookmark for the current DVD may be called by clicking on the ‘+’ symbol in front of the DVD title. To make a selection directly, select it with the mouse and click on the ‘Go to’ button. You can change each name manually. Use the mouse to select the name you wish to change and then click on the ‘Edit Name’ button.
4 Play Video 4.1 DVD-Video To play a DVD-Video, you need a DVD disk drive in your PC! Proceed as follows to play a DVD-Video: 1) Start Nero ShowTime via ‘Start’ Express 2’ ‘Nero ShowTime’. ‘Programs’ ‘Nero’ ‘Nero Vision 2) Insert the DVD-Video in your disk drive. 3) Click in your Nero ShowTime on skin!) . (The graphics depend on the active 4) Playback starts when the DVD is first inserted. If the DVD was already played, the ‘Automatic DVD Playback’ window appears.
4.2 Control during playback The following settings may be selected in full-screen or normal mode! The precise configuration depends on the information in the ‘Settings’ dialogue window (also see Chapter 3 ‘Settings’ Dialogue Window). 4.2.1 Skin The Nero ShowTime Skin is your main control room, where you will find all functions available during playback. The function for each individual button may be found in Chapter Fehler! Verweisquelle konnte nicht gefunden werden.. 4.2.
Change between full-screen and normal view [Z] Create a snapshot [C] (This function is only possible if the hardware acceleration is deactivated.) Slowly continue playback [T] Fast forward [F] Rewind [R] Makes it possible to move continuously through the film (without dividing chapters). Show playback time 4.2.3 Context menu The third option for controlling Nero ShowTime during playback is provided by the context menu. To call it up, click with the right mouse key on the screen.
5 FAQ I can’t find Nero ShowTime under ‘Start’ wrong? ‘Programs’ ‘Nero’. What’s Nero ShowTime is installed together with the NeroVision Express 2 installation packet. If you have only installed the Nero Burning ROM series, you can always install it later at any time. To do so, simply place the Nero 6 CD into your disk drive and install the NeroVision Express 2 packet.
If your questions and ‘techsupport@nero.com’.
6 Contact 6.1 Contact Information Nero 6 is a product from Ahead software. Ahead Software AG Im Stoeckmädle 18 76307 Karlsbad Germany Web: www.nero.com Help: http://englishsupport.nero.com Mail: techsupport@nero.com Fax: +49 7248 911 888 Copyright © 1995 -2003 Ahead Software. All rights reserved.
7 Index H Hardware Optimisation 5 I Information 14 A About Nero ShowTime 4 Audio data 5 K C P Contact 20 Control during playback Parental control 13 Programme features 5 Keyboard symbols 7 Context menu 17 Skin 16 Toolbar 16 S Skins 12 Supported formats 4 D DVD-Video 15 T Toolbar Editor 14 F FAQ 18 AVI doesn’t play 18 I can’t find Nero 18 U User Interface 6 I get a regional code 18 My picture jiggles 18 G General settings 9 Capture frame 10 Keyboard and mouse settings 10 OSD settings 9 Toolb
