Svideo3 User

Sorenson Video 3 ® Version 3.1—User Guide Enter your serial number (from the back of your CD case) in the space below. Serial Number:____________________________________ Copyright © 1997–2001, Sorenson Media, Inc. All rights reserved. One or more of the features described in this manual are claimed by one or more of the follow- ing US patents: US Patent Nos. 5,031,037; 5,124,791; 5,799,110; 5,844,612; 5,398,069 Information in this document is subject to change without notice. The software and hardware described in this document are furnished under a license agreement or nondisclosure agree- ment. The software may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of those agreements. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or any means electronic, mechanical, or other, including photocopying and recording for any purpose other than the purchaser’s personal use without the prior written permission of Sorenson Media. ® Sorenson Video is a Registered trademark of Sorenson Media, Inc. ™ The Sorenson Media logo is a trademark of Sorenson Media, Inc. ™ Cleaner 5 is a trademark of Terran Interactive, Inc. ™ QuickTime, QuickDraw 3D and MoviePlayer are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. ™ RealAudio and RealVideo are trademarks of RealNetworks Incorporated. ™ QualComm and PureVoice are trademarks of QualComm corporation. ® Apple, the Apple logo, Macintosh, and Power Macintosh are trademarks of Apple Com- puter, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Velocity Engine and Accelerated for G4 Velocity Engine graphic are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. ® Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries. ® Adobe, Photoshop, and Premier are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated ™ Cinepak is a trademark of Radius, Inc. ™ SSE is a trademark of Intel Corporation ™ MMX is a trademark of Intel Corporation If you have any comments or suggestions regarding this manual, please send them to: Sorenson Media, Inc. 4393 South Riverboat Road, Suite 300 Salt Lake City, UT 84123 www.sorenson.com Print date: 9/27/01 Contents Introduction and Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Sorenson Video Compression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Understanding compression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 How Sorenson Video works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Video compression guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 General considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Content considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Sorenson Video 3 Feature Reference . . . . . . . . . . 29 Standard features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Professional features . . . . . . .…