Visual Hub Users Guide

VisualHub Users Guide by Tyler Loch Fearless Leader, Techspansion LLC Release 1.33a, 05/14/08 This page unintentionally left blank. Whoops. Table of Contents Chapter 1: Crash Course 4 Chapter 2: iTunes 6 Chapter 3: PSP 9 Chapter 4: DV 12 Chapter 5: DVD 15 Chapter 6: AVI 18 Chapter 7: MP4 20 Chapter 8: WMV 22 Chapter 9: MPEG 24 Chapter 10: Flash 27 Chapter 11: Advanced 29 Chapter 12: Xgrid 31 Chapter 13: Tidbits 34 Chapter 14: Troubleshooting 36 Chapter 15: Appendix 38 Appendix A: Cheat Codes 40 Appendix B: Supported Codecs/Formats 42 Appendix C: Credits and Other Info 44 3 Chapter 1: Crash Course "This readout tells you where you're going, this one tells you where you are, this one tells you where you were." - Dr. Emmett L. Brown 4 Introduction VisualHub was created to allow people to convert video to many popular formats with ease. Most people will figure it out right away with no help. If you’re someone who scoffs at the notion that an “easy to use” program needs a 45 page Users Guide, then don’t read past this page. You won’t need to learn any more than this page teaches you. Some people will need a crash course (this section) to get jump-started. Some people would like more in-depth information on a specific format...or on every aspect of the program. ...and a few people will just curl up in a ball and rock back and forth, wishing someone else would do it all for them. You could start a successful business catering tech support to these people since they always seem to have a lot of extra money lying around. Workflow The normal workflow of VisualHub works as follows: 1: Choose the format you want to convert to. 2: Drag the files you want to convert into VisualHub. 3: Click Start. Easy Settings Each format has some Easy Settings, such as quality, TV format, etc. In many cases, the default settings will do what you want and don't need to be changed. There is a chapter on each video format that explains every setting in detail. VisualHub is as easy or complex as you want it to be. You want more control? Start changing those settings. Want total control? Click on the "Advanced" button to tweak every aspect of your video conversion process. Adding Files, Saved File Location There are many ways to tell VisualHub what videos you want converted. The most popular is drag and drop. You can drop files either into the File List in the main VisualHub window, or on top of the VisualHub icon in Finder or t…