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Popcorn4_GettingStartedGuide.book Page 5 Wednesday, September 2, 2009 9:37 AM 5 Contents What is Popcorn? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 System Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Installing Popcorn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Getting to know the Popcorn window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 What types of video can Popcorn use? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Popcorn Extras. . . . . . . . .
Popcorn4_GettingStartedGuide.book Page 6 Wednesday, September 2, 2009 9:37 AM 6 Roxio Popcorn Getting Started Guide www.roxio.com What is Popcorn? Popcorn® provides Mac users with the best method yet to copy DVDs and convert videos. Using Fit-to-DVD™ compression technology, you can now burn an entire 9 GB DVD-Video onto a 4.7 GB recordable DVD. Popcorn also helps you extract video clips and music from DVDs, convert AVCHD and MKV video, publish video directly to YouTube and more.
Popcorn4_GettingStartedGuide.book Page 7 Wednesday, September 2, 2009 9:37 AM Roxio Popcorn Getting Started Guide www.roxio.com Installing Popcorn To install Popcorn: 1 Insert the installation disc into your drive. Or, if you purchased a downloadable version of Popcorn, double-click the .dmg file. The Popcorn window appears on your Desktop. 2 Drag the Popcorn 4 folder to the Applications folder on your hard disk.
Popcorn4_GettingStartedGuide.book Page 8 Wednesday, September 2, 2009 9:37 AM 8 Roxio Popcorn Getting Started Guide www.roxio.com Getting to know the Popcorn window The Popcorn main window contains the following components: Formats and Settings Area The Formats and Settings area, located on the left side of the window, displays your available project types and the options for those projects.
Popcorn4_GettingStartedGuide.book Page 9 Wednesday, September 2, 2009 9:37 AM Roxio Popcorn Getting Started Guide www.roxio.com Convert Projects This category includes projects for converting DVD-Video sources and video files to DVD. You can also convert video and audio files to other formats, and choose to convert your project for playback on Mac or portable devices. Video Source Description DVD Disc Convert an unprotected DVD to a video file for playback on your Mac or a portable device.
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Popcorn4_GettingStartedGuide.book Page 11 Wednesday, September 2, 2009 9:37 AM Roxio Popcorn Getting Started Guide www.roxio.com TiVoToGo for Mac Transfer recorded television shows to your Mac from a TiVo® Series2™, Series3™, TiVo HD DVR or other TiVoToGo-compatible DVR connected to your home network. Watch recordings on your Mac, cut and trim them to remove unwanted segments, burn them to a DVD, or convert them for viewing on a portable device.
Popcorn4_GettingStartedGuide.book Page 12 Wednesday, September 2, 2009 9:37 AM 12 Roxio Popcorn Getting Started Guide www.roxio.com Using the Media Browser The Media Browser provides quick access to video stored on your computer. You can easily drag and drop content from the Media Browser into the Content Area. Media type pop-up Preview button Add button Filter or search box To use the Media Browser: 1 Open the Media Browser window by choosing Window > Show Media Browser, or press Ctrl+S.
Popcorn4_GettingStartedGuide.book Page 13 Wednesday, September 2, 2009 9:37 AM Roxio Popcorn Getting Started Guide www.roxio.com ■ DVD: Browse unprotected DVD-Video discs, mounted disc images, DVD-Video (VIDEO_TS)folders, or select and mount DVD-Video images. Tip: When adding these sources to a Popcorn project, you will be able to browse entire discs, titles and chapters in order to select and extract clips and/or music from unprotected DVDs.
Popcorn4_GettingStartedGuide.book Page 14 Wednesday, September 2, 2009 9:37 AM 14 Roxio Popcorn Getting Started Guide www.roxio.com You can select groups of items by clicking on the first item in the group and then holding down the Shift key while clicking on the last item in the group, and then drag the entire selection to the Content Area. You can preview most media files by double-clicking them in the file list or by clicking the Preview button at the bottom of the Media Browser.
Popcorn4_GettingStartedGuide.book Page 15 Wednesday, September 2, 2009 9:37 AM Roxio Popcorn Getting Started Guide www.roxio.com Copying to a DVD This section explains how to copy a DVD-Video disc, disc image file, DVDVideo (or VIDEO_TS) folders, or video files to a blank recordable DVD disc for playback in a DVD player. Popcorn can copy non-encrypted DVDVideo content. To learn more about DVD-Video, refer to: http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html.
Popcorn4_GettingStartedGuide.book Page 16 Wednesday, September 2, 2009 9:37 AM 16 Roxio Popcorn Getting Started Guide www.roxio.com using single-layer or dual-layer media. If you are using a 4.7 GB singlelayer disc, Popcorn will compress your video to fit onto the disc. If you are using an 8.3 GB dual-layer media, no compression will occur. To copy the entire DVD-Video source, including all menus, video and audio, proceed to Step 3.
Popcorn4_GettingStartedGuide.book Page 17 Wednesday, September 2, 2009 9:37 AM Roxio Popcorn Getting Started Guide www.roxio.com 3 Enter a name in the Save As field and browse to the location on your hard disk where you want the disc image file to be saved. 4 Click Save to continue. 5 A dialog box may appear asking whether you want to create singlelayer or double-layer discs from the image file.
Popcorn4_GettingStartedGuide.book Page 18 Wednesday, September 2, 2009 9:37 AM 18 Roxio Popcorn Getting Started Guide www.roxio.com and languages. Excluding unnecessary content reduces the amount of compression required and maximizes quality and available disc space. To change copy options: 1 After launching Popcorn and selecting a DVD project, click Use Fitto-DVD video compression and add your source to the Content Area. 2 Click Options.
Popcorn4_GettingStartedGuide.book Page 19 Wednesday, September 2, 2009 9:37 AM Roxio Popcorn Getting Started Guide www.roxio.com Note If you have set the Video option to Custom, the Audio pop-up does not appear. Instead, you will be able to select Audio and Language options for each video. Note When you remove audio or languages, the audio setup menu and secondary audio on the copied disc may not behave as expected. The main video and audio should continue to operate as expected.
Popcorn4_GettingStartedGuide.book Page 20 Wednesday, September 2, 2009 9:37 AM 20 Roxio Popcorn Getting Started Guide www.roxio.com content on the disc. Variable bit rate encoding is used for video, Dolby Digital 192 Kbps is used for audio, and aspect ratio is determined automatically from the source videos. ■ Custom Encoding: Choose this option to manually set video and audio encoding options. Click on the current settings to modify them.
Popcorn4_GettingStartedGuide.book Page 21 Wednesday, September 2, 2009 9:37 AM Roxio Popcorn Getting Started Guide www.roxio.com Changing recording settings You can view or change your recording settings, such as which recorder to use, number of copies to record, or what Popcorn does after recording is complete. To change recording settings: 1 Click the Recording Settings button, and select Recorder Settings from the menu that appears. 2 Click the Basic tab.
Popcorn4_GettingStartedGuide.book Page 22 Wednesday, September 2, 2009 9:37 AM 22 Roxio Popcorn Getting Started Guide www.roxio.com unusable. This option is available only if your recorder supports buffer underrun prevention, and should be used for best results. ■ 4 Display Recorder Settings Before Writing: Select this check box if you want to display the Recorder Settings dialog each time you click the red Copy button. Click OK when you are finished.
Popcorn4_GettingStartedGuide.book Page 23 Wednesday, September 2, 2009 9:37 AM Roxio Popcorn Getting Started Guide www.roxio.com Converting video This section explains how to convert DVD-Video and other video files into other formats for playback on your Mac or portable devices (i.e. iPods, iPhones, etc...). Once Popcorn has converted video to the selected format, such as MPEG-4, H.264, you can then transfer it to your portable device.
Popcorn4_GettingStartedGuide.book Page 24 Wednesday, September 2, 2009 9:37 AM 24 Roxio Popcorn Getting Started Guide www.roxio.com If you are converting a DVD-Video source, you can choose which audio and video to include. By default, the main video and audio are included. To learn more, see Changing copy options for a portable player on page 29. 2 Click the large red Copy button and choose your player settings.
Popcorn4_GettingStartedGuide.book Page 25 Wednesday, September 2, 2009 9:37 AM Roxio Popcorn Getting Started Guide www.roxio.com remains open. If you close the Popcorn application, even when video encoding is paused, you must restart the process from the beginning. Tip: Schedule video conversions to run at a later time through the Player Setup window. Once you’ve selected the device, video quality, and Save To destination, click the Schedule button. Note Popcorn supports Elgato Turbo.264 and Turbo.
Popcorn4_GettingStartedGuide.book Page 26 Wednesday, September 2, 2009 9:37 AM 26 Roxio Popcorn Getting Started Guide www.roxio.com Device Option Description Video iPod This selection should be used when exporting video for playback on an early generation iPod, an iPod Classic or iPod Nano. Select iTunes as your destination to have your video added directly to your iTunes library. PlayStation 3 This selection should be used when exporting video for playback on a PlayStation 3.
Popcorn4_GettingStartedGuide.book Page 27 Wednesday, September 2, 2009 9:37 AM Roxio Popcorn Getting Started Guide www.roxio.com Device Option Description BlackBerry This selection should be used when exporting video for playback on a BlackBerry device. From the Quality selection, you'll need to select the screen resolution of the BlackBerry device to ensure that the video is formatted correctly for your model of device.
Popcorn4_GettingStartedGuide.book Page 28 Wednesday, September 2, 2009 9:37 AM 28 Roxio Popcorn Getting Started Guide www.roxio.com Device Option Description YouTube Selecting this option will convert and upload video in your project to YouTube for sharing online. When using this option you will be required to provide your YouTube account information, along with video category, description, and tags.
Popcorn4_GettingStartedGuide.book Page 29 Wednesday, September 2, 2009 9:37 AM Roxio Popcorn Getting Started Guide www.roxio.com Changing copy options for a portable player If you are converting a DVD-Video source for a portable player, you can choose which audio and video to include. Although some video on a DVDVideo may contain multiple audio tracks and languages, when converting this video for a portable player, only one audio track can be selected. By default, the main video and audio are included.
Popcorn4_GettingStartedGuide.book Page 30 Wednesday, September 2, 2009 9:37 AM 30 Roxio Popcorn Getting Started Guide www.roxio.com Converting Audio The Audio Files project will allow you to convert one or more audio files into another format. 1 To convert audio, launch Popcorn and select the Audio Files project Convert project category. 2 Add audio files to the project by dragging and dropping them into the Content Area from a Finder window or the Media Browser. 3 Click the red Record button.
Popcorn4_GettingStartedGuide.book Page 31 Wednesday, September 2, 2009 9:37 AM Roxio Popcorn Getting Started Guide www.roxio.com Troubleshooting tips If you receive errors while recording using Popcorn, try any of the following tips to resolve the problem: ■ Save your project as a disc image file on your hard disk. After you create the image file, you can copy it to a disc. For more information, see Creating a disc image file on page 16.
Popcorn4_GettingStartedGuide.book Page 32 Wednesday, September 2, 2009 9:37 AM 32 Roxio Popcorn Getting Started Guide www.roxio.com Support options Unlimited self-help options Roxio provides a variety of self-help tools, including our virtual agent, a searchable knowledge base of support articles with troubleshooting tips, and discussion forums with other users that can help you get the most out of your Roxio products. You'll find answers to most of your questions at http://support.roxio.