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Kinoma Player 4 EX Version 4.4 Copyright ©2002 – 2007 Kinoma, Inc. All rights reserved. Use of this software is governed by the End User License Agreement supplied together with this software. If you did not receive the End User License Agreement you may not use Kinoma Player 4 EX. The End User License Agreement may be downloaded from the Kinoma web site. http://www.kinoma.com Kinoma is a registered trademark of Kinoma, Inc. Sony, CLIÉ and Memory Stick are registered trademarks of Sony, Inc. HotSync and Palm OS are registered trademarks and the HotSync logo is a trademark of Palm, Inc. or its subsidiaries. Palm, LifeDrive, Treo, Tungsten and Zire are registered trademarks, of Palm, Inc. or its subsidiaries. Apple, iTunes and QuickTime are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Tapwave and Zodiac are trademarks of Tapwave, Inc. Adobe and Flash are registered trademarks of Adobe, Inc. Microsoft, Windows and Windows Media are registered trademarks of Microsoft Inc. This product is protected by certain intellectual property rights of Microsoft Corporation. Use or distribution of such technology outside of this product is prohibited without a license from Microsoft or an authorized Microsoft subsidiary. All other trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners. Page 1 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com Kinoma Player 4 EX includes MathLib for certain floating point math calculations. You may learn more about MathLib at http://www.radiks.net/~rhuebner/mathlib.html. MathLib is released under the LGPL: MathLib is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. MathLib is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Library General Public License for more details. LGPL license is available at http://www.radiks.net/~rhuebner/copying.txt or by sending email to support@kinoma.com. Page 2 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com Introduction Kinoma Player 4 EX is a high performance digital media player for handhelds and mobile phones running Palm OS 5. It supports playback of video, music, animation and photos using the advanced compression technologies including MPEG-4 and Windows Media video, AAC, MP3 and Windows Media audio and JPEG. Kinoma Player 4 EX makes it possible to play many popular digital media file formats on Palm Powered handhelds including MPEG-4, 3GPP, QuickTime, Flash Video, iTunes audio and JPEG images. Kinoma 4 EX supports many common streaming media protocols including RTSP, Windows Media, progressive download and live MP3 audio. Kinoma Player 4 EX takes advantage of many of the unique features offered by Palm Powered handheld and mobile phone manufacturers, including support for 5-way navigation, jog dial, keyboard, wide screens and virtual Graffiti areas. Devices Supported Kinoma Player 4 EX is designed to operate on all handhelds running any version of Palm OS 5. It has been successfully tested on handhelds manufactured by Palm, Sony, Tapwave and Garmin. Kinoma Player 4 EX includes several native PACE Native Objects (also called PNOs and ARMlets) to boost performance and maximize battery life. Kinoma Media Guide The Kinoma Media Guide is an index of free streaming media from around the internet. The Guide is filled with links to popular podcasts, radio stations, streaming video, photo slide shows, live webcams and much more. You access the Kinoma Media Guide from the bookmark list from an internet connected handheld running Kinoma Player 4 EX. Media included in the guide is selected to be compatible with Kinoma Player 4 EX. The Kinoma Media Guide eliminates the need to search for streaming media compatible with Page 3 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com your handheld by providing hundreds of compatible feeds, many updated daily. The Kinoma Media Guide is delivered to your handheld or phone live from the Kinoma web site and is updated regularly with new content. Note: The media listed in the Kinoma Media Guide is provided by web sites from around the internet. Kinoma strives to keep the Kinoma Media Guide up-to-date. However because Kinoma is not streaming the media content, Kinoma cannot guarantee that the media listed in the Kinoma Media Guide will always be available or be compatible with Kinoma Player 4 EX. Kinoma Player 4 EX automatically caches frequently visited Kinoma Media Guide content feed lists on your handheld to provide accelerated access to your favorite content. Some feeds disallow caching and so cannot be accelerated. If you know about some great internet media that should be part of the Kinoma Media Guide, we want to hear about it. Use the web page at http://go.kinoma.com/?guidesuggestion to tell us. Search Select Kinoma Media Guide categories provide a ‘Search’ item, for finding internet media. Search results are displayed in the media browser. When there are more search results than can be viewed on a single screen, a ‘More…’ item appears at the end of the list. Select ‘More…’ to retrieve the next set of search results. Content Compatibility Kinoma Player 4 EX supports a wide variety of audio and video compression technologies, digital media file formats and streaming media network protocols. The goal Page 4 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com of all the technology packed into Kinoma Player 4 EX is to let you effortlessly enjoy as much digital media as possible on your handheld. Your handheld device differs from a personal computer in many ways. Those differences impact the digital media you can play on your handheld. For example: A typical notebook computer has 5 to 10 times the computing power of a typical handheld, which means a handheld cannot achieve the same video frame rates or frame sizes as a computer. And a typical desktop computer has 10 to 20 times the computing power of a handheld. Computers are typically connected to broadband internet connections, which provide extremely high speed access to digital media content. The data networks available to cell phones typically deliver considerably lower data speeds. Even handhelds equipped with Wi-Fi cards cannot achieve the same network bandwidth as a computer attached to the same Wi-Fi network. Reading from a memory storage card on a handheld device typically takes more time than reading from a hard disk on a computer, meaning that a handheld device must work longer to read the digital media data from a memory card, which reduces playback performance. Computers typically have many times more memory available for storing program data and caching media data. - - - At this time, much of the digital media content available on the internet is optimized for playback on personal computers or dedicated portable media player devices with special accelerator hardware. This is particularly true for digital video. Kinoma Player 4 EX uses a variety of techniques to achieve the best possible results for each media item. However, it is not always possible to achieve the same result that you are accustomed to on a personal computer or a dedicated portable media player device. Kinoma Player 4 EX supports playback of content stored in several different file formats. The following table summarizes the digital media file formats supported by Kinoma Player 4 EX. Page 5 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com File format AAC audio 3GP Flash Video JPEG MPEG-4 MP3 QuickTime movie QuickTime VR panorama Windows Media File extensions .m4a, .m4b .3gp, .3g2 .flv .jpg .mp4 .mp3 .mov, .mqv .mov .asf, .wma, .wmv Compatibility notes M4A audio created with iTunes is supported. DRM protected content, e.g. .m4p files, is not supported. All features of MPEG-4 plus GSM AMR and CDMA QCELP audio supported on Treo phones. Text tracks not supported. H.263 video and MP3 audio are supported. Large progressive JPEG images may not display on devices with insufficient memory. YUV color space images only. MPEG-4 simple profile video, H.263 video and AAC low complexity audio. All features of MPEG-1, Layer 3 audio are supported. All features of MPEG-4 plus support for uncompressed audio and JPEG video. Single node cubic panoramas using JPEG compression. Windows Media Video 9, Windows Media Audio, MPEG4 video, MP3 audio and JPEG image compression are supported. Kinoma Player 4 EX contains extensive support for playing internet media streams. There are a several different network protocols for delivering digital media from the internet. The following table summarizes the network protocols supported by Kinoma Player 4 EX. Network protocol Hypertext transfer protocol Real time streaming protocol Multimedia streaming protocol URL prefix http:// rtsp:// mms:// Compatibility notes HTTP 1.0 and HTTP 1.1. RTSP 1.0. Windows Media mms URLs are issued as http requests to source media server. Kinoma Player 4 EX supports several playlist file formats. Playlists may be stored on a memory card or a web server. The following table summarizes the playlist file formats supported by Kinoma Player 4 EX: Page 6 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com File format MP3 playlist Playlist RSS Windows Media metafile Outline Processor Markup Language File extensions .m3u .pls .rss .asx Compatibility notes RSS version 2.0 supported, with limited support for Yahoo defined “media:” extensions. A limited set of tags is supported. .opml Kinoma Player 4 EX supports several metafile formats. In most cases, you do not need to be aware of these files: they are used by web servers to trigger playback of streaming media from a web browser. Kinoma Player 4 EX supports these files automatically, without any user interaction required. In many cases Kinoma Player 4 EX supports only a limited subset of the features of the metafile format, supporting enough to allow playback of the stream. The metafile formats supported by Kinoma Player 4 EX are .sdp, .qtl and .pvx. In some situations, .m3u, .pls and .asx playlist files are used as metafiles by web sites. Page 7 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com Content Synchronization Kinoma Player 4 EX uses a distributed media library to manage the display of digital media content in your handheld device and on memory cards. The media library stores information about each media file. The first time Kinoma Player 4 EX encounters a memory card or handheld device, all the digital media files are added to the media library. If you have many files on your handheld device or memory card, this initial scan may take some time. The media library is stored in the handheld device or memory card for fast access the next time you run Kinoma Player 4 EX. The media scanning process is called “automatic library synchronization.” Once the media library has been built, only modified or new files need to be synchronized, significantly improving application startup time. If you don’t change the media on your handheld device or memory card often, you can skip automatic library synchronization. From Preferences, select “Synchronize library manually”. When manual synchronization is enabled “Synchronize Media Library” appears in the Media menu. Selecting “Synchronize Media Library” from the Media menu re-synchronizes the handheld device and memory card with the media library, ensuring that the media browser display matches the stored media files. Page 8 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com Video Support Kinoma Player 4 EX takes advantage of extended screen space on most devices that feature widescreens with the ability to hide the Graffiti text input area. Kinoma Player 4 EX provides support for playback of hi-resolution content on handhelds with hi-resolution displays. External Storage Support Because digital media files can be quite large, Kinoma Player 4 EX supports the playback of digital media from external storage including Compact Flash, Memory Stick and SD & MMC Memory cards. On devices that have multiple external storage devices, Kinoma Player 4 EX displays the content found on all external storage devices. Details on using external storage are provided below. 5-Way Navigation Support Kinoma Player provides full support for the 5-way navigation control found on handhelds from Palm, Tapwave and others. This support enables single handed operation of Kinoma Player 4 EX. Details on using 5-way navigation are provided throughout this document. Jog Dial Support Kinoma Player 4 EX provides full support for the jog dial control and back button found on handhelds from Sony. This support enables single handed operation of Kinoma Player 4 EX. Details on using jog dial control are provided throughout this document. Page 9 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com Installing Kinoma Player 4 EX To install Kinoma Player 4 EX, run the Kinoma Installer on your handheld. The Kinoma Installer is a standard Palm application. If you are not familiar with how to install and run Palm applications on your handheld, detailed instructions are provided below. When you run the Kinoma Installer on your handheld, the installer copies Kinoma Player 4 EX onto your device. When the installation is complete, Kinoma Player 4 EX is launched. If the Kinoma Installer resides in internal device memory, it is automatically deleted. Activation Kinoma Player 4 EX must be activated for use on your handheld or phone. When you launch a copy of Kinoma Player 4 EX that is has not yet been activated, you are prompted to begin the activation process. If your device has an internet connection, you can activate Kinoma Player 4 EX automatically; otherwise, activation is a manual process that requires a web browser on a computer. Page 10 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com If your handheld device connects directly to the internet, select Connect. The activation process proceeds by connecting to the Kinoma web site. The following forms are displayed during a successful activation. If your handheld device does not have an internet connection, select Don’t Connect to activate Kinoma Player 4 EX manually. To complete manual activation process, use a web browser on a computer to visit http://kinoma.com/support. The device ID displayed on the Manual Activation form is required to complete activation when on the web site. Page 11 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com “Over the air” installation If you purchase Kinoma Player 4 EX using your handheld, for example from a Treo phone, the Kinoma Installer application is downloaded directly to your handheld at the end of the purchase process. When the download is complete, launch the Kinoma Installer. When installation is complete, the installer is deleted and Kinoma Player 4 EX is launched. Memory Card Installation from Windows and Macintosh If you use a memory card such as an SD Memory card or Memory Stick to transfer files to your handheld: 1. Copy the Kinoma Installer to the \palm\launcher\ directory on the memory card. The installer file should be named “KinomaInstaller.prc”. 2. Put the memory card into your handheld 3. Launch the Kinoma Installer 4. When installation is complete, Kinoma Player 4 EX is launched automatically. HotSync Installation from Windows If you use HotSync to transfer files to your handheld: 1. Launch the “Install Tool” or “palmOne Quick Install” program in the Palm Desktop or Sony Handheld folder in your Start Menu. 2. Click the “Add” button, select the Kinoma Installer. The file should be named “KinomaInstaller.prc”. Alternatively, you can drag the Kinoma Installer file directly into the list of files to install. 3. If you are using “Install Tool’, click the “Done” button; if you are using “palmOne Quick Install”, exit the application. 4. HotSync your handheld following the handheld’s manufacturer instructions. 5. Launch the Kinoma Installer. 6. When installation is complete, Kinoma Player 4 EX is launched automatically. HotSync Installation from Macintosh 1. Launch the “Palm Desktop” application. 2. Select “Install Handheld Files…” from the HotSync menu 3. Drag the Kinoma Installer application into the list of items to install (the Kinoma Installer is called “KinomaInstaller.prc”). Alternatively, click the “Add To List” button and select the Kinoma Installer application from the file selection dialog. 4. HotSync your handheld following the handheld’s manufacturer instructions. 5. Launch the Kinoma Installer. 6. When installation is complete, Kinoma Player 4 EX is launched automatically. Page 12 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com Switching Handhelds Kinoma Player 4 EX allows you to transfer your product activation to another compatible internet connected handheld. Please note that you may only switch your product activation between handhelds once every six months. To transfer your product activation to your new handheld, you must first install Kinoma Player 4 EX on the new handheld. The Kinoma Installer may be downloaded from the link provided in your purchase e-mail. Transfer the Kinoma Installer to your handheld and install Kinoma Player 4 EX using one of the methods described above. During activation, Kinoma Player 4 EX detects installation of your product purchase on another handheld. Tap the “Switch Handhelds” button to activate Kinoma Player 4 EX on your new handheld. Kinoma Player 4 EX on the other handheld will be deactivated. Uninstalling Kinoma Player 4 EX Uninstalling Kinoma Player 4 EX follows the same steps as uninstalling any other application on your handheld. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Tap the “home” icon on your handheld to return to the Application Launcher. Tap the “menu” icon to display the Application Launcher menus. Tap “Delete…” from the “App” menu. When the delete dialog appears, select “Kinoma”. Tap the “Delete…” button A confirmation dialog is displayed. Select “Yes” to delete Kinoma Player 4 EX. Note: When you delete Kinoma Player 4 EX, your bookmarks are not deleted. Bookmarks are stored in a separate file called “Kinoma Bookmarks”. Page 13 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com Installing Content Digital media content can be installed onto your handheld in several ways. You can use the standard palmOne “Quick Install” or HotSync “Install Tool” applications to install digital media onto your handheld. The procedure for installing content is the same as the procedure for installing applications, which is described in the previous section. You can copy content onto a memory card. Kinoma Player 4 EX scans all directories for encoded digital media content. If you are unsure where to store your digital media, Kinoma recommends storing media files in the “\palm\programs\kinoma\” directory. Kinoma Producer 4 lets you optimize your digital media for the best playback results on your particular handheld model. After it is encoded, Kinoma Producer 4 can automatically transfer the encoded media to your handheld via HotSync or by copying it to a memory card. Kinoma Producer 4 is available for computers running Windows and Mac OS X. On handhelds with an internet connection, you can access content directly from the internet using Kinoma Player 4 EX. - - - Page 14 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com Using Kinoma Player 4 EX Kinoma Player 4 EX has two main modes of operation: browsing to select a digital media document to play and viewing the selected digital media document. Browsing and selecting digital media When you launch Kinoma Player 4 EX it starts in browse mode. At the bottom of the screen is a tool bar you use to control the information displayed while browsing. In the middle of the tool bar are seven tabs to select the media type to display: video, audio, pictures, interactive, internet bookmarks, play lists and all media types. By default, all types of media are displayed as shown below: Keyboard Tip: Press the space bar to quickly switch among the seven media type icons used to select the type of media to display. The icon on the right edge of the tool bar toggles between a compact list view and a detailed list view. In the compact list view, one line is displayed for each document; in detailed list view, two lines are displayed for each document. Page 15 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com In detailed list view additional details are displayed for each item. The kind of additional information displayed depends on the media type of the item. On the left of the tool bar is a menu that controls the display of items in the list. Use the menu to change the sort order and the details displayed. The options presented vary based on the media type you are browsing. For example, when browsing audio you can choose to sort by artist or song title; when browsing pictures you can choose to display the image dimensions or the file size. 5-way tip: You can operate the browsing screen using the 5-way navigation control. Jog Dial tip: Use the jog dial to scroll through the list of available digital media documents. To play the selected item, press the jog dial button. To return to the launcher application, press the back button. In the far right column is the information icon. Select the icon to display additional details about the item such as the copyright notice, file size and duration. For most file types, you can rename and delete the item from the details form. The document icon looks like this: Page 16 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com Here is an example details screen: If the item is a file, you can change the name by entering the new name in the Name field at the top of the form and selecting OK. The name may be up to 31 characters in length. Some file formats, including MPEG-4, QuickTime, 3GPP and Windows Media, allow a title to be embedded in the file itself. The rename function in Kinoma Player 4 EX changes the file name, not the embedded title. Select the delete button to permanently remove the item from device memory or external storage. Playing media After choosing an item to play, the selected media item is displayed in the player screen. An example video playback screen is shown below. Page 17 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com The playback controls are displayed along the bottom of the screen. Details on using each control are provided below. Use the play button to start the media playing. While the media is playing, use the pause button to stop the media. Keyboard tip: Use the space bar to play and pause the media item. Jog Dial tip: Press the jog dial to play and pause the media item. Select the previous item and next item buttons to leave the current media item and move to the previous or next item. You can also use these buttons to fast forward and fast reverse through the current item by selecting and holding these buttons. Jog Dial tip: Use the jog dial to navigate movies. Press and turn the jog dial up to go to the previous media item. Press and turn the jog dial down to go to the next media item. Press the back button to return to the media browser. Select the back button to return to the previous media browsing list view. If Kinoma Player 4 EX was launched by a web browser as a helper application to stream media on a web page, the back button returns to the web browser. Keyboard tip: Use the back space button on the keyboard to go back to the media browsing list view. Page 18 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com Use the “+” button to zoom in and the “-” button to zoom out of videos, pictures and QuickTime VR panoramas. If part of the image is hidden off the edge of the screen, tap the image and drag to show the part of the image you want to see. When you have zoomed in or out as far as possible, the zoom in or zoom out button is disabled. For QuickTime VR panoramas, the zoom buttons provides smooth continuous zooming. Select the rotate button to turn the image 90 degrees clockwise. Select the full screen playback button to hide the playback controls while the media plays. When the button is pressed, the playback controls animate away. On devices with a Graffiti area and/or status bar that can be hidden, Kinoma Player 4 EX hides them for media items larger than the current display size. 5-way tip: In full screen mode, use the center button to play and pause, the left and right buttons to move to the previous and next media item and the up or down buttons to exit full screen mode. The time control indicates the current time of the media. Tap on the time slider to jump to a time within the media. The current time is displayed on the left and the time remaining is displayed on the right. Use the volume control to change the playback volume. Tap in the slider area to adjust the volume. If there is no audio in the current media item, the volume control is not displayed. Treo tip: On Treo phones, the volume buttons on the left side of the phone also adjust the volume. Use the playback mode controls to choose the sequence in which media items are played. Kinoma Player 4 EX has five playback modes: Play all in sequence, repeat all, repeat one, play one and shuffle all. Select the playback mode icon to toggle through the four playback modes. Page 19 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com Use the home button to return to the default view of QuickTime VR panoramas. The button is only displayed for panoramas. On some handhelds, the Graffiti input screen area at the bottom of the screen is “virtual.” That means that it is drawn using software rather than being physically printed on the device. Because it is drawn in software, the Graffiti input area can be hidden to provide more room to view your digital media. On these handhelds, use the button in the status bar to control the visibility of the Graffiti input area. Playing streaming media Kinoma Player 4 EX contains extensive support for playback of internet streaming media. For the most part, playing streaming media is just like playing an audio or video file from your local device. However, there are some differences primarily due to bandwidth limitations. If you are comfortable playing streaming media on a computer, playing streaming media with Kinoma Player 4 EX will be familiar. One of the best ways to get started with streaming media is to use the Kinoma Media Guide. The guide is available through a built-in bookmark in Kinoma Player 4 EX. Use the guide to explore streaming audio, video, podcasts, radio stations, and photo feeds for playback in Kinoma Player 4 EX. The following sections detail different aspects of streaming playback using Kinoma Player 4 EX. Streaming from a web browser A common way to play streaming media in Kinoma Player 4 EX is to select a link in the web browser on your handheld. Select the link and the web browser launches Kinoma Player 4 EX to begin streaming playback. Not all web browsers on Palm OS support launching external applications. The Palm Blazer browser version 4.5 on the Treo 680 and 700p smart phones fully support launching Kinoma Player 4 EX for streaming media playback. Streaming from a URL If you know the URL of the media you want to play, use the “Open URL…” menu item from the Media menu when you are on the Browse screen in Kinoma Player 4 EX. Open URL opens any supported media type, including audio, video images, podcasts and play lists. Page 20 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com The short-cuts bar along the top of the Open URL form helps you to enter the URL more quickly. The menu on the left edge of the form stores URLs you have entered recently. To create a new bookmark with the URL you have entered, select the Bookmark button. The “New Bookmark” form allows you to name the bookmark. You can also create a bookmark while viewing the any internet media item by selecting “Add Bookmark” from the player menu. Connecting and buffering When you open digital media stored on your device’s internal memory or on a memory card, playback begins immediately. For digital media streaming from the internet, Kinoma Player 4 EX must first connect to the web site and buffer a few seconds of data before playback can begin. While connecting and buffering, status information is displayed above the playback controls. Page 21 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com Live streams Some audio and video streams are broadcast live, for example a streaming radio station. Live streams have no duration, so it is not possible to move forward and backwards in time. For live streams, the time slider is replaced with a status message that shows how long you have been playing the stream. You can pause a live stream. When resuming from pause, playback continues at the current time rather than at the time the stream was paused. Some streams are not truly live, but the web site that is streaming the media is configured to make it appear live for some reason, for example to disallow skipping over portions of the stream. These pseudo-live streams are indistinguishable from true live streams in Kinoma Player 4 EX. Limited seeking When playing some streams, because of playback restrictions of the file format or the web site, it is not possible to seek to an arbitrary time within the stream. In these situations, Kinoma Player 4 EX grays out the portion of the time slider that cannot be reached by seeking. In the image below the end of the black area indicates the current time, the white area indicates the period of time that is available for playback, and the gray area indicates the time segment not yet available for playback. Page 22 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com As data arrives from the network, the amount of time available to playback increases, so the gray area shrinks while the white area grows. Warnings during playback Sometimes during playback of a stream, Kinoma Player 4 EX will detect a potential problem. For example, your current internet connection may not be fast enough to playback the selected stream, or your device’s CPU is not fast enough to play the video smoothly. Warning messages are displayed in the same area as the time slider. When a warning is active, Kinoma Player 4 EX makes a best-effort attempt to play the stream. The quality of the playback may be noticeably reduced in some way – the video may not be smooth or the stream may pause and re-buffer often. Progressive download and saving streams For some internet media, Kinoma Player 4 EX can use two different playback methods: streaming and progressive download. Streaming allows seeking through the file and requires no storage space on a memory card; by contrast, progressive download allows seeking only through the portion of the media that has been downloaded and requires space on a memory card to cache the downloaded portion of the media. By default, Kinoma Player 4 EX chooses streaming over progressive download when a choice is available. However, in some circumstances – for example if there is insufficient network bandwidth to stream smoothly or you want to save the stream for later playback – progressive download is a better choice. Use the Preferences form to override the default behavior to prefer progressive download over streaming. When a stream is being played using the progressive download method, Kinoma Player 4 EX displays a memory card icon on the top right corner of the screen, adjacent to the back button. If you select the memory card icon, a check mark is placed on the memory card indicating that you want to save the stream. If you try to exit playback of the stream before download is complete and the memory card icon is checked, a confirmation dialog is displayed. Page 23 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com While downloading, Kinoma Player 4 EX must write the incoming media data to internal memory or a memory card. Because writing the data takes additional time, in some cases the video frame rate will be reduced while the download is in progress. Once the download is complete, the video frame rate of the clip will generally improve. Note: The ability to save streams is provided to allow you to save content for playback on your device at a later time and to play clips requiring more bandwidth than your internet connection supports. Saved streams are for your personal use only and may not be shared or otherwise redistributed without permission of the copyright holder. If you have any questions about your rights to use any saved stream, please visit the web site of the content owner. Note: Some streams are designated as “no save” by the content owner. Kinoma Player 4 EX does its best to respect this designation. If you are a content owner and you believe Kinoma Player 4 EX is not properly enforcing your content rights, please contact Kinoma’s customer support. Streaming Preferences Select the “Streaming Preferences…” menu item to display the Streaming Preferences form. The “Register for streaming audio” checkbox lets you control whether Kinoma Player 4 EX is launched to play back streaming audio delivered from web browsers and other applications. When checked, Kinoma Player 4 EX registers with the Palm OS to receive Page 24 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com and play back audio streams and audio play lists. If the control is not checked, Kinoma Player 4 EX does not register for streaming audio playback. Select “Prefer download to streaming” to override the default preference for streaming playback. When “Prefer download to streaming” is selected, Kinoma Player 4 EX uses progressive download whenever possible. When using progressive download, make sure your device’s memory card has enough free space to store the content you are playing – typically 10 to 20 MB or you will not be able to play the content using progressive download. Note: Some web servers and media file formats support only one playback method – either progressive download or streaming. In these cases, the “Prefer download to streaming” setting is ignored. When using the progressive download playback method for internet media items, the “Download to” menu selects where the media data is stored. Select “internal storage” to force all downloads to be stored in device memory and “external storage” to force all downloads to be stored on a removable storage card. Some carrier networks block RTSP streaming using UDP. When Kinoma Player 4 EX detects this condition, an informative alert is displayed suggesting you switch to TCP. To receive RTSP using “TCP” press the “TCP” button. By default, Kinoma Player 4 EX is configured to receive RTSP using “UDP.” In rare cases, some carrier networks require RTSP to be received over a non-standard port. Use the “RTSP Port” buttons to select an alternate port. Player Menus Kinoma Player 4 EX has additional capabilities available through the application menu on the player screen. To access the menus, use the menu button on your handheld to display the Media menu. Page 25 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com Details The “Details” menu item displays additional information about the digital media document currently being displayed. This information may include the full name, duration, data size and copyright. You may also rename the media from the details form. Performance test The “Performance test” menu item allows you to determine the maximum frame rate that your handheld can play the current digital media document. Every frame of the entire clip is played from beginning to end as quickly as possible. This operation cannot be interrupted. When playback is complete, the total elapsed time, number of frames played and average frame rate of playback are displayed. Frame rates vary depending on whether playback is from internal memory or from a removable storage device. Playback from a removable storage device typically results in a lower rate because of the additional time required to read the media data from the removable storage. Note: Performance Test is not supported for all file formats and network protocols. Add Bookmark Use the Add Bookmark menu item to create a new bookmark for the current media item. The Add Bookmark menu item is only shown when playing media stored on the internet; it is not shown for media stored on your device. Delete The “Delete” menu item removes the currently displayed digital media document from your handheld. Before the document is deleted, a confirmation dialog is displayed. If the document is stored on external storage it is deleted from the external storage device. The delete operation cannot be undone, so use it with caution. General Preferences Select the “General Preferences…” menu item to display the Kinoma Player Preferences form. Page 26 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com The “Synchronize library” menu lets you specify whether the media library is automatically synchronized each time the application is launched or if the library should only be synchronized manually. For more details, see the “Content Synchronization” section. When “Resume playback” is checked, Kinoma Player 4 EX remembers where you stopped playing each video and audio clip. The next time you play the same clip, Kinoma Player 4 EX starts from the time you last stopped. Kinoma Player 4 EX remembers where you stopped playing for both for digital media on your device and media streams from the internet. This is convenient, for example, when listening to a long podcast. Some web sites do not support Resume; in that case, Kinoma Player 4 EX resumes playback from the beginning. If “Resume playback” is not checked, Kinoma Player 4 EX always begins playing from the start of the clip. The “Screen off” menu is a power saving feature available for the Tapwave Zodiac and certain Palm handheld models. When playing audio clips, the duration set here determines how long to wait before turning off the screen to save battery power. When viewing JPEG images, Kinoma Player 4 EX can optionally provide a slide show behavior when the play button is selected. Check the “Enable photo slideshow” button to enable slide show mode for images. Use the “Next photo after” menu to set the number of seconds each image is displayed in the slide show. The “Enable audio overdriving” check box lets you increases the range of the audio volume control so that you may increase the volume beyond 100%. Overdriving is useful on handhelds with small speakers. However, it may introduce distortion into some audio. If “Enable audio overdriving” is not checked, the range of the audio volume control is 0 to 100%; when checked, the range is 0 to 150%. Use the “Audio Channels” menu to select the audio channels to hear for digital media items with stereo audio. For the majority of media, the default of “Both” is appropriate. Page 27 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com Some media is provided in two languages – one in the left channel and the other in the right channel. In these cases, select “Left” or “Right” so only one language is heard. Kinoma Player 4 EX searches media files on your handheld device and memory card when you perform a Palm OS Find. Uncheck the “Search media in Palm OS Find” check box to remove Kinoma Player 4 EX from the applications used during Palm OS Find. Kinoma Player 4 EX automatically checks for product updates once a week on devices that can connect to the internet. Uncheck the “Automatically check for updates” check box to disable this feature. You can check for product updates at any time by selecting the “Check for Updates…” item from the browse form. About Kinoma Player This menu item displays a screen with information about Kinoma Player 4 EX including the software version number. Select the Owner… button to display your product registration information. Select the More... button for information about some licensed technology incorporated into Kinoma Player 4 EX. Updates to Kinoma Player 4 EX If your device is connected to the internet, you can check for free updates to Kinoma Player 4 EX using the “Check for Updates” menu item on the browse form. When you select “Check for Updates” Kinoma Player 4 EX connects to the Kinoma web. If an update is available, you can download and install it. Page 28 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com To ensure that you have the latest version of Kinoma Player 4 EX, Kinoma recommends that you check for updates once a month. If your device does not have an internet connection, you can check for updates to Kinoma Player 4 EX by visiting the Kinoma web site at http://www.kinoma.com. Product Support Support for Kinoma Player 4 EX is available to users who have purchased the software. A list of frequently asked questions together with their answers is available online at: http://www.kinoma.com/faq Please check this page first for the fastest answers to your questions. If the frequently asked questions page doesn’t answer your questions, check the Kinoma support forum to see if other Kinoma users may have already provided an answer to your question. The Kinoma support forum is available online at: http://www.kinoma.com/forum Customer support is available by sending a message to customer support from the following web page: http://www.kinoma.com/emailsupport.html Most support email questions are answered within 48 hours of being received. Email support is available at no charge for the first 90 days after purchasing Kinoma Player 4 EX. Page 29 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com
Kinoma Player 4 EX Version 4.4 Copyright ©2002 – 2007 Kinoma, Inc. All rights reserved. Use of this software is governed by the End User License Agreement supplied together with this software. If you did not receive the End User License Agreement you may not use Kinoma Player 4 EX. The End User License Agreement may be downloaded from the Kinoma web site. http://www.kinoma.com Kinoma is a registered trademark of Kinoma, Inc. Sony, CLIÉ and Memory Stick are registered trademarks of Sony, Inc. HotSync and Palm OS are registered trademarks and the HotSync logo is a trademark of Palm, Inc. or its subsidiaries. Palm, LifeDrive, Treo, Tungsten and Zire are registered trademarks, of Palm, Inc. or its subsidiaries. Apple, iTunes and QuickTime are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Tapwave and Zodiac are trademarks of Tapwave, Inc. Adobe and Flash are registered trademarks of Adobe, Inc. Microsoft, Windows and Windows Media are registered trademarks of Microsoft Inc. This product is protected by certain intellectual property rights of Microsoft Corporation. Use or distribution of such technology outside of this product is prohibited without a license from Microsoft or an authorized Microsoft subsidiary. All other trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners. Page 1 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com Kinoma Player 4 EX includes MathLib for certain floating point math calculations. You may learn more about MathLib at http://www.radiks.net/~rhuebner/mathlib.html. MathLib is released under the LGPL: MathLib is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. MathLib is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Library General Public License for more details. LGPL license is available at http://www.radiks.net/~rhuebner/copying.txt or by sending email to support@kinoma.com. Page 2 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com Introduction Kinoma Player 4 EX is a high performance digital media player for handhelds and mobile phones running Palm OS 5. It supports playback of video, music, animation and photos using the advanced compression technologies including MPEG-4 and Windows Media video, AAC, MP3 and Windows Media audio and JPEG. Kinoma Player 4 EX makes it possible to play many popular digital media file formats on Palm Powered handhelds including MPEG-4, 3GPP, QuickTime, Flash Video, iTunes audio and JPEG images. Kinoma 4 EX supports many common streaming media protocols including RTSP, Windows Media, progressive download and live MP3 audio. Kinoma Player 4 EX takes advantage of many of the unique features offered by Palm Powered handheld and mobile phone manufacturers, including support for 5-way navigation, jog dial, keyboard, wide screens and virtual Graffiti areas. Devices Supported Kinoma Player 4 EX is designed to operate on all handhelds running any version of Palm OS 5. It has been successfully tested on handhelds manufactured by Palm, Sony, Tapwave and Garmin. Kinoma Player 4 EX includes several native PACE Native Objects (also called PNOs and ARMlets) to boost performance and maximize battery life. Kinoma Media Guide The Kinoma Media Guide is an index of free streaming media from around the internet. The Guide is filled with links to popular podcasts, radio stations, streaming video, photo slide shows, live webcams and much more. You access the Kinoma Media Guide from the bookmark list from an internet connected handheld running Kinoma Player 4 EX. Media included in the guide is selected to be compatible with Kinoma Player 4 EX. The Kinoma Media Guide eliminates the need to search for streaming media compatible with Page 3 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com your handheld by providing hundreds of compatible feeds, many updated daily. The Kinoma Media Guide is delivered to your handheld or phone live from the Kinoma web site and is updated regularly with new content. Note: The media listed in the Kinoma Media Guide is provided by web sites from around the internet. Kinoma strives to keep the Kinoma Media Guide up-to-date. However because Kinoma is not streaming the media content, Kinoma cannot guarantee that the media listed in the Kinoma Media Guide will always be available or be compatible with Kinoma Player 4 EX. Kinoma Player 4 EX automatically caches frequently visited Kinoma Media Guide content feed lists on your handheld to provide accelerated access to your favorite content. Some feeds disallow caching and so cannot be accelerated. If you know about some great internet media that should be part of the Kinoma Media Guide, we want to hear about it. Use the web page at http://go.kinoma.com/?guidesuggestion to tell us. Search Select Kinoma Media Guide categories provide a ‘Search’ item, for finding internet media. Search results are displayed in the media browser. When there are more search results than can be viewed on a single screen, a ‘More…’ item appears at the end of the list. Select ‘More…’ to retrieve the next set of search results. Content Compatibility Kinoma Player 4 EX supports a wide variety of audio and video compression technologies, digital media file formats and streaming media network protocols. The goal Page 4 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com of all the technology packed into Kinoma Player 4 EX is to let you effortlessly enjoy as much digital media as possible on your handheld. Your handheld device differs from a personal computer in many ways. Those differences impact the digital media you can play on your handheld. For example: A typical notebook computer has 5 to 10 times the computing power of a typical handheld, which means a handheld cannot achieve the same video frame rates or frame sizes as a computer. And a typical desktop computer has 10 to 20 times the computing power of a handheld. Computers are typically connected to broadband internet connections, which provide extremely high speed access to digital media content. The data networks available to cell phones typically deliver considerably lower data speeds. Even handhelds equipped with Wi-Fi cards cannot achieve the same network bandwidth as a computer attached to the same Wi-Fi network. Reading from a memory storage card on a handheld device typically takes more time than reading from a hard disk on a computer, meaning that a handheld device must work longer to read the digital media data from a memory card, which reduces playback performance. Computers typically have many times more memory available for storing program data and caching media data. - - - At this time, much of the digital media content available on the internet is optimized for playback on personal computers or dedicated portable media player devices with special accelerator hardware. This is particularly true for digital video. Kinoma Player 4 EX uses a variety of techniques to achieve the best possible results for each media item. However, it is not always possible to achieve the same result that you are accustomed to on a personal computer or a dedicated portable media player device. Kinoma Player 4 EX supports playback of content stored in several different file formats. The following table summarizes the digital media file formats supported by Kinoma Player 4 EX. Page 5 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com File format AAC audio 3GP Flash Video JPEG MPEG-4 MP3 QuickTime movie QuickTime VR panorama Windows Media File extensions .m4a, .m4b .3gp, .3g2 .flv .jpg .mp4 .mp3 .mov, .mqv .mov .asf, .wma, .wmv Compatibility notes M4A audio created with iTunes is supported. DRM protected content, e.g. .m4p files, is not supported. All features of MPEG-4 plus GSM AMR and CDMA QCELP audio supported on Treo phones. Text tracks not supported. H.263 video and MP3 audio are supported. Large progressive JPEG images may not display on devices with insufficient memory. YUV color space images only. MPEG-4 simple profile video, H.263 video and AAC low complexity audio. All features of MPEG-1, Layer 3 audio are supported. All features of MPEG-4 plus support for uncompressed audio and JPEG video. Single node cubic panoramas using JPEG compression. Windows Media Video 9, Windows Media Audio, MPEG4 video, MP3 audio and JPEG image compression are supported. Kinoma Player 4 EX contains extensive support for playing internet media streams. There are a several different network protocols for delivering digital media from the internet. The following table summarizes the network protocols supported by Kinoma Player 4 EX. Network protocol Hypertext transfer protocol Real time streaming protocol Multimedia streaming protocol URL prefix http:// rtsp:// mms:// Compatibility notes HTTP 1.0 and HTTP 1.1. RTSP 1.0. Windows Media mms URLs are issued as http requests to source media server. Kinoma Player 4 EX supports several playlist file formats. Playlists may be stored on a memory card or a web server. The following table summarizes the playlist file formats supported by Kinoma Player 4 EX: Page 6 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com File format MP3 playlist Playlist RSS Windows Media metafile Outline Processor Markup Language File extensions .m3u .pls .rss .asx Compatibility notes RSS version 2.0 supported, with limited support for Yahoo defined “media:” extensions. A limited set of tags is supported. .opml Kinoma Player 4 EX supports several metafile formats. In most cases, you do not need to be aware of these files: they are used by web servers to trigger playback of streaming media from a web browser. Kinoma Player 4 EX supports these files automatically, without any user interaction required. In many cases Kinoma Player 4 EX supports only a limited subset of the features of the metafile format, supporting enough to allow playback of the stream. The metafile formats supported by Kinoma Player 4 EX are .sdp, .qtl and .pvx. In some situations, .m3u, .pls and .asx playlist files are used as metafiles by web sites. Page 7 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com Content Synchronization Kinoma Player 4 EX uses a distributed media library to manage the display of digital media content in your handheld device and on memory cards. The media library stores information about each media file. The first time Kinoma Player 4 EX encounters a memory card or handheld device, all the digital media files are added to the media library. If you have many files on your handheld device or memory card, this initial scan may take some time. The media library is stored in the handheld device or memory card for fast access the next time you run Kinoma Player 4 EX. The media scanning process is called “automatic library synchronization.” Once the media library has been built, only modified or new files need to be synchronized, significantly improving application startup time. If you don’t change the media on your handheld device or memory card often, you can skip automatic library synchronization. From Preferences, select “Synchronize library manually”. When manual synchronization is enabled “Synchronize Media Library” appears in the Media menu. Selecting “Synchronize Media Library” from the Media menu re-synchronizes the handheld device and memory card with the media library, ensuring that the media browser display matches the stored media files. Page 8 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com Video Support Kinoma Player 4 EX takes advantage of extended screen space on most devices that feature widescreens with the ability to hide the Graffiti text input area. Kinoma Player 4 EX provides support for playback of hi-resolution content on handhelds with hi-resolution displays. External Storage Support Because digital media files can be quite large, Kinoma Player 4 EX supports the playback of digital media from external storage including Compact Flash, Memory Stick and SD & MMC Memory cards. On devices that have multiple external storage devices, Kinoma Player 4 EX displays the content found on all external storage devices. Details on using external storage are provided below. 5-Way Navigation Support Kinoma Player provides full support for the 5-way navigation control found on handhelds from Palm, Tapwave and others. This support enables single handed operation of Kinoma Player 4 EX. Details on using 5-way navigation are provided throughout this document. Jog Dial Support Kinoma Player 4 EX provides full support for the jog dial control and back button found on handhelds from Sony. This support enables single handed operation of Kinoma Player 4 EX. Details on using jog dial control are provided throughout this document. Page 9 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com Installing Kinoma Player 4 EX To install Kinoma Player 4 EX, run the Kinoma Installer on your handheld. The Kinoma Installer is a standard Palm application. If you are not familiar with how to install and run Palm applications on your handheld, detailed instructions are provided below. When you run the Kinoma Installer on your handheld, the installer copies Kinoma Player 4 EX onto your device. When the installation is complete, Kinoma Player 4 EX is launched. If the Kinoma Installer resides in internal device memory, it is automatically deleted. Activation Kinoma Player 4 EX must be activated for use on your handheld or phone. When you launch a copy of Kinoma Player 4 EX that is has not yet been activated, you are prompted to begin the activation process. If your device has an internet connection, you can activate Kinoma Player 4 EX automatically; otherwise, activation is a manual process that requires a web browser on a computer. Page 10 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com If your handheld device connects directly to the internet, select Connect. The activation process proceeds by connecting to the Kinoma web site. The following forms are displayed during a successful activation. If your handheld device does not have an internet connection, select Don’t Connect to activate Kinoma Player 4 EX manually. To complete manual activation process, use a web browser on a computer to visit http://kinoma.com/support. The device ID displayed on the Manual Activation form is required to complete activation when on the web site. Page 11 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com “Over the air” installation If you purchase Kinoma Player 4 EX using your handheld, for example from a Treo phone, the Kinoma Installer application is downloaded directly to your handheld at the end of the purchase process. When the download is complete, launch the Kinoma Installer. When installation is complete, the installer is deleted and Kinoma Player 4 EX is launched. Memory Card Installation from Windows and Macintosh If you use a memory card such as an SD Memory card or Memory Stick to transfer files to your handheld: 1. Copy the Kinoma Installer to the \palm\launcher\ directory on the memory card. The installer file should be named “KinomaInstaller.prc”. 2. Put the memory card into your handheld 3. Launch the Kinoma Installer 4. When installation is complete, Kinoma Player 4 EX is launched automatically. HotSync Installation from Windows If you use HotSync to transfer files to your handheld: 1. Launch the “Install Tool” or “palmOne Quick Install” program in the Palm Desktop or Sony Handheld folder in your Start Menu. 2. Click the “Add” button, select the Kinoma Installer. The file should be named “KinomaInstaller.prc”. Alternatively, you can drag the Kinoma Installer file directly into the list of files to install. 3. If you are using “Install Tool’, click the “Done” button; if you are using “palmOne Quick Install”, exit the application. 4. HotSync your handheld following the handheld’s manufacturer instructions. 5. Launch the Kinoma Installer. 6. When installation is complete, Kinoma Player 4 EX is launched automatically. HotSync Installation from Macintosh 1. Launch the “Palm Desktop” application. 2. Select “Install Handheld Files…” from the HotSync menu 3. Drag the Kinoma Installer application into the list of items to install (the Kinoma Installer is called “KinomaInstaller.prc”). Alternatively, click the “Add To List” button and select the Kinoma Installer application from the file selection dialog. 4. HotSync your handheld following the handheld’s manufacturer instructions. 5. Launch the Kinoma Installer. 6. When installation is complete, Kinoma Player 4 EX is launched automatically. Page 12 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com Switching Handhelds Kinoma Player 4 EX allows you to transfer your product activation to another compatible internet connected handheld. Please note that you may only switch your product activation between handhelds once every six months. To transfer your product activation to your new handheld, you must first install Kinoma Player 4 EX on the new handheld. The Kinoma Installer may be downloaded from the link provided in your purchase e-mail. Transfer the Kinoma Installer to your handheld and install Kinoma Player 4 EX using one of the methods described above. During activation, Kinoma Player 4 EX detects installation of your product purchase on another handheld. Tap the “Switch Handhelds” button to activate Kinoma Player 4 EX on your new handheld. Kinoma Player 4 EX on the other handheld will be deactivated. Uninstalling Kinoma Player 4 EX Uninstalling Kinoma Player 4 EX follows the same steps as uninstalling any other application on your handheld. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Tap the “home” icon on your handheld to return to the Application Launcher. Tap the “menu” icon to display the Application Launcher menus. Tap “Delete…” from the “App” menu. When the delete dialog appears, select “Kinoma”. Tap the “Delete…” button A confirmation dialog is displayed. Select “Yes” to delete Kinoma Player 4 EX. Note: When you delete Kinoma Player 4 EX, your bookmarks are not deleted. Bookmarks are stored in a separate file called “Kinoma Bookmarks”. Page 13 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com Installing Content Digital media content can be installed onto your handheld in several ways. You can use the standard palmOne “Quick Install” or HotSync “Install Tool” applications to install digital media onto your handheld. The procedure for installing content is the same as the procedure for installing applications, which is described in the previous section. You can copy content onto a memory card. Kinoma Player 4 EX scans all directories for encoded digital media content. If you are unsure where to store your digital media, Kinoma recommends storing media files in the “\palm\programs\kinoma\” directory. Kinoma Producer 4 lets you optimize your digital media for the best playback results on your particular handheld model. After it is encoded, Kinoma Producer 4 can automatically transfer the encoded media to your handheld via HotSync or by copying it to a memory card. Kinoma Producer 4 is available for computers running Windows and Mac OS X. On handhelds with an internet connection, you can access content directly from the internet using Kinoma Player 4 EX. - - - Page 14 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com Using Kinoma Player 4 EX Kinoma Player 4 EX has two main modes of operation: browsing to select a digital media document to play and viewing the selected digital media document. Browsing and selecting digital media When you launch Kinoma Player 4 EX it starts in browse mode. At the bottom of the screen is a tool bar you use to control the information displayed while browsing. In the middle of the tool bar are seven tabs to select the media type to display: video, audio, pictures, interactive, internet bookmarks, play lists and all media types. By default, all types of media are displayed as shown below: Keyboard Tip: Press the space bar to quickly switch among the seven media type icons used to select the type of media to display. The icon on the right edge of the tool bar toggles between a compact list view and a detailed list view. In the compact list view, one line is displayed for each document; in detailed list view, two lines are displayed for each document. Page 15 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com In detailed list view additional details are displayed for each item. The kind of additional information displayed depends on the media type of the item. On the left of the tool bar is a menu that controls the display of items in the list. Use the menu to change the sort order and the details displayed. The options presented vary based on the media type you are browsing. For example, when browsing audio you can choose to sort by artist or song title; when browsing pictures you can choose to display the image dimensions or the file size. 5-way tip: You can operate the browsing screen using the 5-way navigation control. Jog Dial tip: Use the jog dial to scroll through the list of available digital media documents. To play the selected item, press the jog dial button. To return to the launcher application, press the back button. In the far right column is the information icon. Select the icon to display additional details about the item such as the copyright notice, file size and duration. For most file types, you can rename and delete the item from the details form. The document icon looks like this: Page 16 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com Here is an example details screen: If the item is a file, you can change the name by entering the new name in the Name field at the top of the form and selecting OK. The name may be up to 31 characters in length. Some file formats, including MPEG-4, QuickTime, 3GPP and Windows Media, allow a title to be embedded in the file itself. The rename function in Kinoma Player 4 EX changes the file name, not the embedded title. Select the delete button to permanently remove the item from device memory or external storage. Playing media After choosing an item to play, the selected media item is displayed in the player screen. An example video playback screen is shown below. Page 17 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com The playback controls are displayed along the bottom of the screen. Details on using each control are provided below. Use the play button to start the media playing. While the media is playing, use the pause button to stop the media. Keyboard tip: Use the space bar to play and pause the media item. Jog Dial tip: Press the jog dial to play and pause the media item. Select the previous item and next item buttons to leave the current media item and move to the previous or next item. You can also use these buttons to fast forward and fast reverse through the current item by selecting and holding these buttons. Jog Dial tip: Use the jog dial to navigate movies. Press and turn the jog dial up to go to the previous media item. Press and turn the jog dial down to go to the next media item. Press the back button to return to the media browser. Select the back button to return to the previous media browsing list view. If Kinoma Player 4 EX was launched by a web browser as a helper application to stream media on a web page, the back button returns to the web browser. Keyboard tip: Use the back space button on the keyboard to go back to the media browsing list view. Page 18 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com Use the “+” button to zoom in and the “-” button to zoom out of videos, pictures and QuickTime VR panoramas. If part of the image is hidden off the edge of the screen, tap the image and drag to show the part of the image you want to see. When you have zoomed in or out as far as possible, the zoom in or zoom out button is disabled. For QuickTime VR panoramas, the zoom buttons provides smooth continuous zooming. Select the rotate button to turn the image 90 degrees clockwise. Select the full screen playback button to hide the playback controls while the media plays. When the button is pressed, the playback controls animate away. On devices with a Graffiti area and/or status bar that can be hidden, Kinoma Player 4 EX hides them for media items larger than the current display size. 5-way tip: In full screen mode, use the center button to play and pause, the left and right buttons to move to the previous and next media item and the up or down buttons to exit full screen mode. The time control indicates the current time of the media. Tap on the time slider to jump to a time within the media. The current time is displayed on the left and the time remaining is displayed on the right. Use the volume control to change the playback volume. Tap in the slider area to adjust the volume. If there is no audio in the current media item, the volume control is not displayed. Treo tip: On Treo phones, the volume buttons on the left side of the phone also adjust the volume. Use the playback mode controls to choose the sequence in which media items are played. Kinoma Player 4 EX has five playback modes: Play all in sequence, repeat all, repeat one, play one and shuffle all. Select the playback mode icon to toggle through the four playback modes. Page 19 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com Use the home button to return to the default view of QuickTime VR panoramas. The button is only displayed for panoramas. On some handhelds, the Graffiti input screen area at the bottom of the screen is “virtual.” That means that it is drawn using software rather than being physically printed on the device. Because it is drawn in software, the Graffiti input area can be hidden to provide more room to view your digital media. On these handhelds, use the button in the status bar to control the visibility of the Graffiti input area. Playing streaming media Kinoma Player 4 EX contains extensive support for playback of internet streaming media. For the most part, playing streaming media is just like playing an audio or video file from your local device. However, there are some differences primarily due to bandwidth limitations. If you are comfortable playing streaming media on a computer, playing streaming media with Kinoma Player 4 EX will be familiar. One of the best ways to get started with streaming media is to use the Kinoma Media Guide. The guide is available through a built-in bookmark in Kinoma Player 4 EX. Use the guide to explore streaming audio, video, podcasts, radio stations, and photo feeds for playback in Kinoma Player 4 EX. The following sections detail different aspects of streaming playback using Kinoma Player 4 EX. Streaming from a web browser A common way to play streaming media in Kinoma Player 4 EX is to select a link in the web browser on your handheld. Select the link and the web browser launches Kinoma Player 4 EX to begin streaming playback. Not all web browsers on Palm OS support launching external applications. The Palm Blazer browser version 4.5 on the Treo 680 and 700p smart phones fully support launching Kinoma Player 4 EX for streaming media playback. Streaming from a URL If you know the URL of the media you want to play, use the “Open URL…” menu item from the Media menu when you are on the Browse screen in Kinoma Player 4 EX. Open URL opens any supported media type, including audio, video images, podcasts and play lists. Page 20 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com The short-cuts bar along the top of the Open URL form helps you to enter the URL more quickly. The menu on the left edge of the form stores URLs you have entered recently. To create a new bookmark with the URL you have entered, select the Bookmark button. The “New Bookmark” form allows you to name the bookmark. You can also create a bookmark while viewing the any internet media item by selecting “Add Bookmark” from the player menu. Connecting and buffering When you open digital media stored on your device’s internal memory or on a memory card, playback begins immediately. For digital media streaming from the internet, Kinoma Player 4 EX must first connect to the web site and buffer a few seconds of data before playback can begin. While connecting and buffering, status information is displayed above the playback controls. Page 21 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com Live streams Some audio and video streams are broadcast live, for example a streaming radio station. Live streams have no duration, so it is not possible to move forward and backwards in time. For live streams, the time slider is replaced with a status message that shows how long you have been playing the stream. You can pause a live stream. When resuming from pause, playback continues at the current time rather than at the time the stream was paused. Some streams are not truly live, but the web site that is streaming the media is configured to make it appear live for some reason, for example to disallow skipping over portions of the stream. These pseudo-live streams are indistinguishable from true live streams in Kinoma Player 4 EX. Limited seeking When playing some streams, because of playback restrictions of the file format or the web site, it is not possible to seek to an arbitrary time within the stream. In these situations, Kinoma Player 4 EX grays out the portion of the time slider that cannot be reached by seeking. In the image below the end of the black area indicates the current time, the white area indicates the period of time that is available for playback, and the gray area indicates the time segment not yet available for playback. Page 22 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com As data arrives from the network, the amount of time available to playback increases, so the gray area shrinks while the white area grows. Warnings during playback Sometimes during playback of a stream, Kinoma Player 4 EX will detect a potential problem. For example, your current internet connection may not be fast enough to playback the selected stream, or your device’s CPU is not fast enough to play the video smoothly. Warning messages are displayed in the same area as the time slider. When a warning is active, Kinoma Player 4 EX makes a best-effort attempt to play the stream. The quality of the playback may be noticeably reduced in some way – the video may not be smooth or the stream may pause and re-buffer often. Progressive download and saving streams For some internet media, Kinoma Player 4 EX can use two different playback methods: streaming and progressive download. Streaming allows seeking through the file and requires no storage space on a memory card; by contrast, progressive download allows seeking only through the portion of the media that has been downloaded and requires space on a memory card to cache the downloaded portion of the media. By default, Kinoma Player 4 EX chooses streaming over progressive download when a choice is available. However, in some circumstances – for example if there is insufficient network bandwidth to stream smoothly or you want to save the stream for later playback – progressive download is a better choice. Use the Preferences form to override the default behavior to prefer progressive download over streaming. When a stream is being played using the progressive download method, Kinoma Player 4 EX displays a memory card icon on the top right corner of the screen, adjacent to the back button. If you select the memory card icon, a check mark is placed on the memory card indicating that you want to save the stream. If you try to exit playback of the stream before download is complete and the memory card icon is checked, a confirmation dialog is displayed. Page 23 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com While downloading, Kinoma Player 4 EX must write the incoming media data to internal memory or a memory card. Because writing the data takes additional time, in some cases the video frame rate will be reduced while the download is in progress. Once the download is complete, the video frame rate of the clip will generally improve. Note: The ability to save streams is provided to allow you to save content for playback on your device at a later time and to play clips requiring more bandwidth than your internet connection supports. Saved streams are for your personal use only and may not be shared or otherwise redistributed without permission of the copyright holder. If you have any questions about your rights to use any saved stream, please visit the web site of the content owner. Note: Some streams are designated as “no save” by the content owner. Kinoma Player 4 EX does its best to respect this designation. If you are a content owner and you believe Kinoma Player 4 EX is not properly enforcing your content rights, please contact Kinoma’s customer support. Streaming Preferences Select the “Streaming Preferences…” menu item to display the Streaming Preferences form. The “Register for streaming audio” checkbox lets you control whether Kinoma Player 4 EX is launched to play back streaming audio delivered from web browsers and other applications. When checked, Kinoma Player 4 EX registers with the Palm OS to receive Page 24 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com and play back audio streams and audio play lists. If the control is not checked, Kinoma Player 4 EX does not register for streaming audio playback. Select “Prefer download to streaming” to override the default preference for streaming playback. When “Prefer download to streaming” is selected, Kinoma Player 4 EX uses progressive download whenever possible. When using progressive download, make sure your device’s memory card has enough free space to store the content you are playing – typically 10 to 20 MB or you will not be able to play the content using progressive download. Note: Some web servers and media file formats support only one playback method – either progressive download or streaming. In these cases, the “Prefer download to streaming” setting is ignored. When using the progressive download playback method for internet media items, the “Download to” menu selects where the media data is stored. Select “internal storage” to force all downloads to be stored in device memory and “external storage” to force all downloads to be stored on a removable storage card. Some carrier networks block RTSP streaming using UDP. When Kinoma Player 4 EX detects this condition, an informative alert is displayed suggesting you switch to TCP. To receive RTSP using “TCP” press the “TCP” button. By default, Kinoma Player 4 EX is configured to receive RTSP using “UDP.” In rare cases, some carrier networks require RTSP to be received over a non-standard port. Use the “RTSP Port” buttons to select an alternate port. Player Menus Kinoma Player 4 EX has additional capabilities available through the application menu on the player screen. To access the menus, use the menu button on your handheld to display the Media menu. Page 25 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com Details The “Details” menu item displays additional information about the digital media document currently being displayed. This information may include the full name, duration, data size and copyright. You may also rename the media from the details form. Performance test The “Performance test” menu item allows you to determine the maximum frame rate that your handheld can play the current digital media document. Every frame of the entire clip is played from beginning to end as quickly as possible. This operation cannot be interrupted. When playback is complete, the total elapsed time, number of frames played and average frame rate of playback are displayed. Frame rates vary depending on whether playback is from internal memory or from a removable storage device. Playback from a removable storage device typically results in a lower rate because of the additional time required to read the media data from the removable storage. Note: Performance Test is not supported for all file formats and network protocols. Add Bookmark Use the Add Bookmark menu item to create a new bookmark for the current media item. The Add Bookmark menu item is only shown when playing media stored on the internet; it is not shown for media stored on your device. Delete The “Delete” menu item removes the currently displayed digital media document from your handheld. Before the document is deleted, a confirmation dialog is displayed. If the document is stored on external storage it is deleted from the external storage device. The delete operation cannot be undone, so use it with caution. General Preferences Select the “General Preferences…” menu item to display the Kinoma Player Preferences form. Page 26 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com The “Synchronize library” menu lets you specify whether the media library is automatically synchronized each time the application is launched or if the library should only be synchronized manually. For more details, see the “Content Synchronization” section. When “Resume playback” is checked, Kinoma Player 4 EX remembers where you stopped playing each video and audio clip. The next time you play the same clip, Kinoma Player 4 EX starts from the time you last stopped. Kinoma Player 4 EX remembers where you stopped playing for both for digital media on your device and media streams from the internet. This is convenient, for example, when listening to a long podcast. Some web sites do not support Resume; in that case, Kinoma Player 4 EX resumes playback from the beginning. If “Resume playback” is not checked, Kinoma Player 4 EX always begins playing from the start of the clip. The “Screen off” menu is a power saving feature available for the Tapwave Zodiac and certain Palm handheld models. When playing audio clips, the duration set here determines how long to wait before turning off the screen to save battery power. When viewing JPEG images, Kinoma Player 4 EX can optionally provide a slide show behavior when the play button is selected. Check the “Enable photo slideshow” button to enable slide show mode for images. Use the “Next photo after” menu to set the number of seconds each image is displayed in the slide show. The “Enable audio overdriving” check box lets you increases the range of the audio volume control so that you may increase the volume beyond 100%. Overdriving is useful on handhelds with small speakers. However, it may introduce distortion into some audio. If “Enable audio overdriving” is not checked, the range of the audio volume control is 0 to 100%; when checked, the range is 0 to 150%. Use the “Audio Channels” menu to select the audio channels to hear for digital media items with stereo audio. For the majority of media, the default of “Both” is appropriate. Page 27 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com Some media is provided in two languages – one in the left channel and the other in the right channel. In these cases, select “Left” or “Right” so only one language is heard. Kinoma Player 4 EX searches media files on your handheld device and memory card when you perform a Palm OS Find. Uncheck the “Search media in Palm OS Find” check box to remove Kinoma Player 4 EX from the applications used during Palm OS Find. Kinoma Player 4 EX automatically checks for product updates once a week on devices that can connect to the internet. Uncheck the “Automatically check for updates” check box to disable this feature. You can check for product updates at any time by selecting the “Check for Updates…” item from the browse form. About Kinoma Player This menu item displays a screen with information about Kinoma Player 4 EX including the software version number. Select the Owner… button to display your product registration information. Select the More... button for information about some licensed technology incorporated into Kinoma Player 4 EX. Updates to Kinoma Player 4 EX If your device is connected to the internet, you can check for free updates to Kinoma Player 4 EX using the “Check for Updates” menu item on the browse form. When you select “Check for Updates” Kinoma Player 4 EX connects to the Kinoma web. If an update is available, you can download and install it. Page 28 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com To ensure that you have the latest version of Kinoma Player 4 EX, Kinoma recommends that you check for updates once a month. If your device does not have an internet connection, you can check for updates to Kinoma Player 4 EX by visiting the Kinoma web site at http://www.kinoma.com. Product Support Support for Kinoma Player 4 EX is available to users who have purchased the software. A list of frequently asked questions together with their answers is available online at: http://www.kinoma.com/faq Please check this page first for the fastest answers to your questions. If the frequently asked questions page doesn’t answer your questions, check the Kinoma support forum to see if other Kinoma users may have already provided an answer to your question. The Kinoma support forum is available online at: http://www.kinoma.com/forum Customer support is available by sending a message to customer support from the following web page: http://www.kinoma.com/emailsupport.html Most support email questions are answered within 48 hours of being received. Email support is available at no charge for the first 90 days after purchasing Kinoma Player 4 EX. Page 29 of 29 Kinoma Player 4 EX www.kinoma.com
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Kinoma Producer 4 Version 4.0 Copyright ©2002-2006 Kinoma, Inc. All rights reserved. Use of this software is governed by the End User License Agreement supplied together with this software. If you did not receive the End User License Agreement you may not use Kinoma Producer. The End User License Agreement may be downloaded from the Kinoma web site. http://www.kinoma.com Kinoma is a registered trademark of Kinoma, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, DirectShow, Windows Media, and PowerPoint are registered trademarks of Microsoft Inc. QuickTime, iPod, iTunes, Mac OS and Apple are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc. Sony, CLIÉ, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Duo, PSP, and PlayStation are registered trademarks of Sony, Inc. HotSync and Palm OS are registered trademarks, and the HotSync logo is a trademark of Palm Source, Inc. or its subsidiaries. Palm, Treo, Tungsten, and Zire are registered trademarks, of Palm Inc. or its subsidiaries. Tapwave and Zodiac are trademarks of Tapwave, Inc. All other trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners. Page 1 of 22 Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com Kinoma Producer 4 includes FAAC for AAC audio encoding. You may learn more about FAAC at www.audiocoding.com. FAAC is released under the LGPL: FAAC is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. FAAC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. LGPL license is available at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html or by sending email to support@kinoma.com. Page 2 of 22 Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com Introduction Kinoma Producer 4 is an easy to use tool for converting digital media files into formats suitable for play back on mobile devices. For users of Palm Powered handhelds, the encoded video files may be played back using Kinoma Player 4 EX. For the Apple iPod and Sony PlayStation Portable game consoles (PSP), the encoded video files may be played back using the built-in movie player software. Kinoma Producer can convert most common video, audio, still image, and animation file formats. System Requirements Kinoma Producer 4 is available for both Windows and Macintosh computers. Windows system requirements Windows XP, Windows 2000 or Windows 98 32 MB of memory 5 MB of free disk space Windows Media 9 or better Kinoma Producer 4 requires QuickTime 7.0.4 or better. QuickTime is preinstalled on many PCs. You can download QuickTime free of charge at http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download. Be sure to s“ m d l er e i” le nn o e c ds r c o et tm a l select “k Aro en u iaKinoma Producer QT unm n tsn t u m tg pt htsi i eo c i h Co ”e man i n ic s ot . l l o 4 does not require QuickTime Pro. Macintosh system requirements Mac OS X, Version 10.3.9 or better 64 MB of memory 5 MB of free disk space Kinoma Producer 4 requires QuickTime 7.0.4 or better. QuickTime is preinstalled on all Macintosh computers. To make sure you have the most up-to-date version, please visit http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download” us“ m d l . rer e i” Bele nn o e tc o ds r s ec ea o tm t l s“k Aro en u iaKinoma Producer eQT unm n tsn t l u m tg pt htsi e i eo cc t i h Co ”e man i n ic s ot . l l o 4 does not require QuickTime Pro. K au f ch us a h e p e i Pco i ina r i a rs n r r Mt av b” hn o t o o 4 as “ rnw m i i e m d r n s il y c s v h e o ei td best possible performance on Macintosh computers with either a Power PC or Intel processors. Installation After ensuring QuickTime is installed on your computer, run the Kinoma Producer installer application. Page 3 of 22 Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com Windows Installation R elpol u ieln d nn rc c “ Producer Se ot-screen t t pt l h a i a Kinoma s aa e l i ex l e te l o u ”o n p. w .F h instructions to install the application. Macintosh Installation Run the installer application called “ Producer Ie l e Kinoma nrl o s”o n t. w -screen aF t loh l instructions to install the application. Uninstalling Kinoma Producer To remove Kinoma Producer from your computer, follow the instructions below. Windows Uninstall Open the Control Panels window on your computer. S “o o os eAr v g. l d e Pm e dmr ” c t R er a Select Kinoma Producer fh og aih/ v r e fr n k ne ” o lp md “g o m i r s l a m. tto s a cCe e c R Macintosh Uninstall Locate the Kinoma Producer folder on your hard disk. Drag the folder to the trash icon on your desktop. Upgrading from a Trial Version Kinoma Producer 4 is available in a limited trial version. In the trial version, some features are limited or disabled. These restrictions are all removed in the full version of the product. You can purchase the full version of Kinoma Producer on-line at http://www.kinoma.com/purchase. The full version of Kinoma Producer removes all the restrictions of the trial version. Use of the Kinoma Producer for an unlimited period of time for encoding an unlimited number of clips No restrictions on the duration of clips encoded No limit on the number of clips that may be encoded using AAC audio Using Kinoma Producer When you launch the Kinoma Producer 4 application, it briefly displays a splash screen. If you have entered a Kinoma Producer 4 serial number, the user name and serial number will be displayed on the splash screen. Page 4 of 22 Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com Note: Serial numbers from previous versions of Kinoma Producer may not be used with Kinoma Producer 4. If you are using a trial version of Kinoma Producer, the number of days remaining in the trial is also displayed. The splash screen automatically closes after a few seconds, or you can click in the window to close it immediately. After the splash screen is closed, Kinoma Producer displays the main screen. This screen provides quick access to the features of Kinoma Producer, allowing you to specify the media files to encode, the encoding options, and output location. The Kinoma Producer screen is divided into four main areas: 1. At the top of the screen is an area to select an encoding preset and manage custom presets. 2. Ic os irte Tib i n e fc s eh t hi ie t tt eaa ta e l “” h eh en w r s it F e re n a ie .na l n r hb t ss a which allows you to select which files will be encoded. The center area has two other tabs for fine tuning the encoding process by modifying the audio and video encoding parameters and the video layout. 3. Below the tabs, is an area to specify where to store the encoded files. Page 5 of 22 Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com 4. At the bottom of the screen are buttons to start encoding, quit the application, check the application version, and to register or update the application. Each feature of the main Kinoma Producer screen is explained in detail in the following sections. Selecting Encoding Settings At the top of the main Kinoma Producer screen is an area used to configure the encoding settings. There are three pop-up menus used to select the media encoding preset. The left pop-up menu selects the preset category. Each Palm compatible manufacturer (e.g. Palm, Tapwave, Sony, etc.) Apple iPod Sony PlayStation Portable Generic, for compatibility with multiple Palm Powered handhelds Streaming, optimized for streaming to Palm Powered handhelds The center pop-up menu lists the device models for the selected manufacturer. Select the mobile device model that you are encoding content for. The right pop-up menu lists the available encoding presets for the selected device. The presets that are available vary depending on the capabilities of the device selected. The built-in presets are designed for optimal performance with each handheld device listed. For example, the Normal Quality AV preset is for the Palm Treo 700p is selected in the above image. The following list is a brief description of each of the built-in presets in Kinoma Producer for Palm Powered handhelds. Each preset encapsulates a wide variety of settings, including video compression, audio compression, file format, bit rate, image size, and frame rate. Because each device has unique performance characteristics, the presets are tuned to provide optimal results for the device selected. Player 4 EX: AV - Normal Quality This preset provides the best tradeoff between audio and video (AV) quality and file size. The encoded file combines either MPEG-4 video and AAC audio into an MP4 file. On Windows, this preset optionally can also encode Windows Media Audio and Video into a Windows Media WMV file. Player 4 EX: AV - High Quality This preset provides the best audio and video (AV) quality. File sizes are larger t ey – a lrThe encoded file combines either h “ r N lie a P 4 EX nl ta he oQys r u p. ma te ”t Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com - Page 6 of 22 - - MPEG-4 video and AAC audio into an MP4 file. On Windows, this preset can also encode Windows Media Audio and Video into a Windows Media WMV file. Player 4 EX: Music This preset is designed for music – no video is included in the output file. The encoded file uses either high quality AAC audio in an MP4 file. On Windows, this preset optionally can also encode Windows Media Audio in a WMA file. Player 4 EX: Speech This preset is designed for speech – no video is included in the output file. The output audio is highly compressed, which works well for speaking voices; for music, choose the Music preset. The encoded file uses either high quality AAC audio in an MP4 file. On Windows, this preset optionally can also encode Windows Media Audio in a WMA file. Kinoma Producer has two presets for encoding video for the Apple iPod. Each preset includes video and audio compression settings. Normal This preset provides the best tradeoff between audio and video (AV) quality and file size. The encoded file combines H.264 video and AAC audio into an MP4 file. High Quality This preset provides the best audio and video (AV) quality. File sizes are larger t e mu p. nd oe6e h “ a lrT c fms 4o a N lie hoi b .in n oQys ed e i 2d d tr a h t e ee cn ”t l H va AAC audio into an MP4 file. - Kinoma Producer has two presets for encoding video for the Sony PlayStation Portable. Each preset includes video and audio compression settings. Normal This preset provides the best tradeoff between audio and video (AV) quality and file size. The encoded file combines H.264 video and AAC audio into an MP4 file. MP4 files must be placed on a Memory Stick Duo for playback on the PSP. This preset uses approximately 80 KB for each second of normal quality video, allowing about 3 hours and 30 minutes of video to be stored on a 1 GB Memory Stick Duo. High Quality This preset provides the best audio and video (AV) quality. File sizes are larger t e mu p. nd oe6e h “ a lrT c fms 4o a N lie hoi b .in n oQys ed e i 2d d tr a h t e ee cn ”t l H va AAC audio into an MP4 file. MP4 files must be placed on a Memory Stick Duo for playback on the PSP. This preset uses approximately 200 KB for each second of video, allowing about 1 hour and 30 minutes of high quality video to be stored on a 1 GB Memory Stick Duo. - Note: Playback of H.264 video encoded by Kinoma Producer requires Sony PSP firmware version 2.80 or better. The firmware update from Sony is available as a free download at http://www.us.playstation.com/PSP/Support/SystemUpdate. Page 7 of 22 Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com If you create custom presets for the currently selected device, they are listed following its built-in encoding presets. While the built-in preset encoding parameters are appropriate for most content and situations, sometimes it is useful to be able to specify the audio and video encoding pe i. t u V”ol atr C h d itdy detailed encoding settings. r rc le i da i a s ti “o e t a m dy k A & o ee c l bs p T tabtarl i i eo hi a i d apd tt t e gi n i ea n l s “ s sa h l en di e Advanced e vl io xe e h i tl n e sg i a nc n A &et. u VS s d ie ” i dt o on i g Selecting Files to Encode In the center area of the main Kinoma Producer screen are three tabs. To select the files to le s There are several ways to add files to this list: o de “” eec F t n,t i b cst l . eh e a Ct Files… t dy sol select one or le i“ c Add k h ” ns fl d and b t lie i uo alc a t ia e n g o p et o i more files to encode Drag and drop files directly into the file list area Drag and drop files on the Kinoma Producer application icon To remove files from the list, select the files in the list ai “ files” n k Remove dt ch le c button. To select multiple files, hold down the control key when you click on Windows, or the shift key on Macintosh. Kinoma Producer supports a wide range of file formats for encoding into the Kinoma format. A complete list of the support file formats is provided i“ e File n S Input to hu er c Ft t o ”o rs. me ac si n For each file in the list, the display shows the file name, a thumbnail image from the file, t ’ tn ei t h s i d n gs e d n tc s f u ,ho t i r aed a la eo nu . All files in the list will be encoded using the same encoding settings. If you want to encode files with different settings, you will need to encode them in multiple batches. Selecting Output Location In the area below the encoding presets is a pop-une xl ne pul p c” mld oa. eb“rtU a Eti s e o o this pop-up menu to select where the encoded files should be placed. The follow options are available: Source folder Encoded files are placed in the same directory as their source file. HotSync Encoded files are placed in the install folder so that the next time you perform a HotSync operation they will be transferred to your Palm Powered handheld. Kinoma Producer displays a dialog window to allow you to specify which user to install the encoded content for. Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com Page 8 of 22 - - Removable storage Encoded files are placed directly on a removable storage device. This setting is useful for loading encoded content directly on to a Memory Stick, SD Memory card or Compact Flash device. Files encoded for Palm handhelds are stored in the p/palm/programs/kinoma/”the Sony PSP, files encoded with H.264 a t h “ ; for va rttI/ files encoded with MPEG-4 video are irehhD and de de “E e s ap/ O o t ta o V” stored at “ R / N/ / O 0 V. M O0 0 P TM 1 _1 ” Other Displays a dialog to select the directory to store encoded content. Note:s nlto cnt Stmr Uo y y na n e i tc t s SsS P l ccr o oe e oP a r a n eP ep r f’ t t ai b ot P h u o e h ua c O P e l S no the s U a n S n e Bnn h e i S l t P uc C c s wt n Be h M s“ ot o g be . ,t eU e” a n i th PSP is connected to the computer, the Memory Stick Duo will appear as a volume on tmr k o ts“ vsep an h pst u he R ao o l n e ud p ce te b r uo i c te . an h m la tc oe s Y n ue o t”u t ’o e g ti o Kinoma Producer to transfer encoded video directly to the Memory Stick Duo in your PSP. Note: Users of the Apple iPod must use iTunes to transfer encoded files to the iPod. Connect the iPod to the computer and launch iTunes. Once the iPod is displayed, drag and drop the encoded movie to your iPod. Users of older versions of iTunes must first drag and drop encoded files to the movies section in the library, and then drag the encoded file from the movies section to the iPod. Encoding Files After you have selected the files to encode, the encoding settings to use, and where to store the encoded files you are ready to start encoding. To start encoding, click the “ e b ib room C r un o i rf a o Files” ne m t re Kinoma Producer window. n v t t tt g n t i t ht h eh n o oc W yi “ e h u to Files,” n e a tFiles list will be e ch n n le v o k C r b a fdo c t u l id t tl l eh t te de o hs encoded. If you are encoding only one file, Kinoma Producer gives you an opportunity to specify the name of the clip to be displayed in the player. By default, the name displayed is the file name with any file extension removed. For example, if the source file name is “ a o ee an m y“ aIn the example e n v ndy K aee n l t ” aie i P ip . e s , m p iols h” p. t h mh sd n a l t l res b,i nio el ttfen et pa s“ e se tfa l e a et o dy s Green p ”aha m w s me hl t h i odt . an ns d eu e l Note: The Sony PlayStation Portable has strict rules regarding the names of video files encoded with MPEG-4 video. For these files, Kinoma Producer 4 Page 9 of 22 Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com automatically assigns a valid file name for files encoded for PSP, such as M 0 P eea tf c G e n 4 4 4 nys t (ae p ” V 5 . aoi h sse h) 0. T mu ne u “n a 0 Mh soi h rl t g l e es will still appear in the PSP movie menu. Files encoded with H.264 video, which incluic ut oQy “ Qys deo s e mu a i aps esd i “ a ln g lr s een N li d h ie fndg r a l h t Hu ” te ”t , have no naming restrictions. When encoding begins, you can monitor the encoding process in the Files tab. While each file is encoding, the progress bar in the file list for each item fills up. When the item has been encoded, the progress bar is removed and replaced with the message “ e ce C r ot o im ” no p. vn l s e To halt encoding of the current file, click “e vnt halt the Cl e” n a o iuTo n no t c r b. Cs o ei as ta l n gl ch n l c o i i “e button. o fl c Cl d l, e c ” n fl ek A If an error occurs while encoding a file, the reason for the failure is displayed with the item in the file list. Advanced Audio & Video Settings The Audio & Video tab allows you to inspect and modify the audio and video encoding settings. It provides complete control over all the encoding in the Kinoma Producer application. The Kinoma Producer window below is shown with the Audio & Video tab selected. Page 10 of 22 Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com The Advanced Settings window is divided into three different sections: video settings, audio settings, and preset management. At the top of the Kinoma Producer window are pop-up menus to select an encoding preset. The Audio & Video tab displays the details of the currently selected encoding preset. If you make any changes to the Audio & Video settings, the preset switches to “m C Preset”d t preset has been modified. u s t o tc a o a t the it ne ih The Brand and Model selected in the pop-up menus at the top of the screen determine which features will be available in the Audio & Video tab. For example, if the selected preset is for a device which only supports MPEG-4 video compression, then no other video compression options will be displayed in the Video Format pop-up. Therefore, when configuring the Audio & Video settings, first select the target device Brand and Model. Page 11 of 22 Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com Within the Audio & Video tab are settings for file format, video and audio. The audio and video settings available vary depending on the file format selected. Therefore, select the output file format before modifying the audio and video settings. Both the Video and Audio begin by presenting a pop-up menu to select the format of the encoded data. This format represents the algorithm that will be used to encode or compress the audio and video. Each encoding format is best suited to a particular device or type of content. Kinoma Producer displays a short description of each format after it is selected. Within the audio and video sub-sections are a number of different options which will be applied to the selected encoding format. Not all options are available for each encoding format. File Format Settings Kinoma Producer outputs both MPEG-4 files and Windows Media files. MPEG-4 – .mp4 MPEG-4 is a widely used, industry standard file format which provides excellent quality audio and video. MPEG-4 files require Kinoma Player 4 EX for playback on handhelds. This is the only video file format supported on the Apple iPod and Sony PlayStation Portable. Windows Media– and .wma .wmv The Windows Media file format was created by Microsoft. It provides excellent quality audio and video, and strong interoperability with Windows based PCs. Kinoma Player 4 EX supports playback of Windows Media files. - Note: Encoding to the Windows Media file format is only available on the Windows version of Kinoma Producer. Video Settings Kinoma Producer offers several veiriioo p in g aa n“” n d c ftd t n t eo o nt a ei od m n sd i no o o which will result in no video being included in the encoded file. MPEG-4 MPEG-4 video is an industry standard video compression format. It produces high quality images and small file sizes. MPEG-4 playback requires Kinoma Player 4 EX for playback on Palm Powered handhelds. Windows Media Video Windows Media Video is a high quality video compression format from Microsoft for use in Windows Media files. It usually provides higher quality results than MPEG-4 video. Windows Media Video playback requires Kinoma Player 4 EX for playback on Palm Powered handhelds H.264 H.264, also known as AVC, is the latest industry standard video file format. It - - Page 12 of 22 Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com provides high quality images in the smallest file size. Kinoma Producer supports H.264 video encoding for the Apple iPod and Sony PSP. Within the video format settings section there are a number of options for controlling how the video is encoded. Frame per second This option selects the number of frames per second of video in the encoded file. For Palm handhelds this should be set to a value of 8, 10, 12, or 15 which is the frame rate that most Palm handhelds can reliably play. However, at smaller frame sizes or on more recent devices frame rates as high as 30 are possible. For the Apple iPod and Sony PSP, frame rates of 24 and 30 are most common. Thsme ne et eo c Kinoma Producer to encode each frame in the “ fr t u b ra i s ea to s ” pa source movie, which exactly maintains the frame rate of the source file. This is useful for content with a variable frame rate or at a frame rate not listed in the “ per second” menu. Frames pop-up Bit rate This option selects the target bit rate for the video portion of the encoded file. The “ tt a for MPEG-4 and H.264 video encoding formats. Bei v i oi t ps r oa a n ilable ” Higher bit rates will provide better quality but larger file sizes. Also, not all Palm handhelds are capable of smooth video playback at higher bit rates. - Note: Optimally encoding video is a difficult task. To make it easier, Kinoma Producer includes presets for the Apple iPod, Sony PlayStation Portable and most Palm Powered handhelds. The device presets provide good quality, reliable results for most common situations, eliminating the need to modify the encoding settings. In some cases, you may achieve better results by manually adjusting the video encoding settings. Audio Settings Kinoma Producer offers several aeiriioo p un g aa n“” n dc ftd t n t io o nt a ei od m n sd i no o o which will result in no audio being included in the encoded file. AAC The AAC (Advanced Audio Compression) format provides the highest quality output and the smallest file sizes. AAC audio playback requires Kinoma Player 4 EX. Windows Media Audio Windows Media Audio is a high quality audio compression format from Microsoft for use in Windows Media files. It provides excellent audio quality and small file sizes. Windows Media Audio playback requires Kinoma Player 4 EX for playback on Palm Powered handhelds. - Page 13 of 22 Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com Within the audio format settings section there are a number of options to control audio encoding. Audio channels The “o n omenu controls whether the encoded audio stream A ce p uhl -up da” in p s contains mono or stereo audio. Sample rate T a r omenu controls the sample rate that the audio is encoded h ma p e pe -up “ l” Se p t at. Higher sample rates generally provide increased quality with better reproduction of high frequency sounds. However, higher sample rates also have greater storage requirements and require more processor power at playback time. Bit rate Tht p menu selects the target bit rate of the audio in the encoded er o “ tp Be -up i a ” file. Larger values provide increased quality at the expense of increased storage requirements. Audio boost The “o t-up menu provides a way to increase the overall volume Ab p uo o do p is ” level of the encoded audio. This can be useful because the built-in speaker on some handhelds is quite small. By increasing the audio level while encoding, it is possible to make the audio sound better during playback on these devices. However, boosting the audio level can also cause distortion of the audio so test carefully when using this setting. - - - Preset Management Kinoma Producer allows you to create your own encoding presets. These presets appear in the Settings menu for the Brand and Model that they target. Custom presets contain the settings from both the Audio & Video tab and the settings from the Layout tab. Tau p, ta P… t d a st ot s rch v r ” ni p t c a m e k S seb. lp o r c ele e e uAo e s e t sc “ A s eo t i t t a ae o gr the name of the preset. Once a preset has been created, it may be used just like any of the built-in presets. Page 14 of 22 Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com Ps bena Ctd s” ns h rme e rei “Psuol e add e d k Er b t a s ye an . h ie t dy e t l dm let t t i t t c e … o pe rename and delete and dialog. The dialog displays a list of all custom presets. To delete a preset, seleni ch l uAfi l c tt lee t cm d t h ai “ et o a i i e n k D ” n n ta t ld t eb. io o is c to rn g will be displayed before the preset is deleted. To rename a preset, select it in the list and ch n b. llie ne nf le a uAolsd t na r i “m t d w dy eh m t c R et i i p t re eh k e ” n a b l o tw o t o g ea e e preset. Advanced Layout Settings The Layout tab lets you control size of the encoded video. Page 15 of 22 Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com There are two settings which determine the size of the encoded video. The first setting is the Layout size which determines the size of the screen on the device. Some devices have only one screen size – typically 320 x 320. Some devices may have a widescreen and allow the user to show and hide the Graffiti input area. On these devices, there may be multiple screen sizes depending on the orientation of the device (landscape or portrait) and whether or not the Graffiti input area is visible. The encoded movie can never have dimensions larger than the selected layout size. The second setting is the Movie size, which determines the actual dimensions of the encoded movie. The pop-up menu provides a number of standard sizes which fit in the selected Layout size. If the aspect ratio of the source content does not match the aspect ratio selected, the source video will be adjusted to fit. For full screen sizes (320x320) the source vsi sy v rp h e as . i s aeri cn et eu o d i dd mg r g d mi r ez j b o( p tg kq F oe u en o ) s ’ st o ie o t e ar aes ovsi synri t i lr, ui s aes i oa fh l st r ezddc t r lii o i ec oej bl p tytn tz s d i u he h e ’ s t a oo o t i pn g lw the requested size. Page 16 of 22 Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com The movie size may be set to almost any dimension by directly manipulating the movie preview in the pane in the right side of the Layout tab. When you adjust the size in the preview pane, the actual size is displayed in the Movie size pop-up. Creating Streaming Movies Kinoma Player EX 4 supports the direct playback of MPEG-4 and Windows Media files from the Internet on handhelds with an active Internet connection (including 802.11, Bluetooth, and cell phone networks). In the Streaming category, Kinoma Producer provides a set of encoding presets designed for Internet delivery directly to Palm handhelds. These presets use relatively low frame rates, bit rates, and audio quality to minimize the size of the file to make delivery as fast as possible. Kinoma Player 4 EX uses a method c “ e doo MPEG-4 and a p s oa p l rs wd lay l oi n t e ge l dr v ” Windows Media files directly from the Internet. This technique ensures that users with high speed connections will receive the movie as quickly as possible while users with slower connections will receive the movie without any quality loss, although it will take longer to receive. Because Kinoma Player 4 EX supports progressive download, any MPEG-4 or Windows Media file mea tp. uhg f el a“ e t yf eb te t g ys dh ec ,ih s ee b e ”e ro t e i , n t r o lO re r l h r m a s g ei o z the file will take to transfer. Therefore, Kinoma recommends that you try to keep the file size to a minimum when creating content designed to be viewed directly from the Internet on a handheld. Putting your movies on the Internet is easy to do. No special web server is required, just an ordinary HTTP web server. Kinoma provides a technical note which explains how to host Kinoma compatible audio and video files on an HTTP web server so that they will stream with Kinoma Player 4 EX. You may download the technical note from the developer web page on the Kinoma web site. Supported Input File Formats Kinoma Producer 4 accepts a wide variety of file formats for encoding into formats suitable for handheld playback. On Windows, Kinoma Producer 4 supports both major digital media architectures: MsDSap QT O cho ifrodlu mni,m cte w A’c eMt i Producer 4 r sc np i . asn oi o ’t h ek si nK a o srylu m ifrona f u s A’c e r sc iab p o p QT cte woi o p n p i (MsDS s vl ol e k t sioi o ’t h ta r l e Macintosh). Both DirectShow and QuickTime have architectures that allow for extensions to be added. This extensibility allows users to install a wide range of third party software to enhance the digital media capabilities of their PC. For example, DivX Networks offers a DirectShow extension to play their proprietary digital media file format. When this Page 17 of 22 Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com extension is installed, Kinoma Producer 4 is able to use many DivX files as input files; if they are not installed, Kinoma Producer 4 cannot handle these types of files. Many extensions for DirectShow and QuickTime are available for download from the mar site. Some are available free of charge, while others may need to be a t web nu ur f’ cs e purchased. Ii oi el “c ott au n nt m i d spt l o y bd a n ea i ar di w me. d , d m fr t” i h ys e d s g a ee t he i o t li eo em e O common type of protection applied to digital media files is to disallow re-encoding into other formats. Digital media files which have this kind of protection may not be used as a source for encoding in Kinoma Producer 4. Video File Formats ASF AVI* DivX* DV MPEG-1 MPEG-2* MPEG-4 – requires QuickTime 7 or better to be installed QuickTime Windows Media Video Many digital media file formats can contain audio and video compressed in a variety of different ways. T ce md k ad F hos e aose ile formats that ems t rw“ s s p n oe n o . er ih o sn c ” c support more than one codec include ASF, AVI and QuickTime. While Kinoma Producer 4 supports most common codecs, you may encounter content encoded using an unsupported codec. In many cases, you may be able to download the required codec from a web site. * These file formats may require additional software download or purchase in order to be used with Kinoma Producer 4. If you have questions regarding supported file formats or codecs, please check with Kinoma support on the web at www.kinoma.com/support.html. Animation File Formats GIF Macromedia Flash – 5 is supported with QuickTime 7 installed. Only the Flash Flash animation is converted. Any audio or interactivity is ignored. FLC Audio File Formats AIFF AU Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com Page 18 of 22 - MP3 M4A WAV Windows Media Audio Sill Image File Formats BMP JPEG JPEG 2000 Photoshop PICT PNG Targa TIFF Encoding a Sequence of Image Files Kinoma Producer can be used to encode a sequence of image files into a single presentation. This capability can be used to convert a collection of photographs captured with a digital camera into a single Kinoma format encoded file. It can even be used to convert PowerPoint slide presentations into a portable format for playback using Kinoma Player. To convert a sequence of image files using Kinoma Producer, simply add the first file in the sequence to the list of files to be encoded in the main Kinoma Producer window. These image files can be in any still image format supported by Kinoma Producer as described in Input File Formats. The files must be named in a consistent manner, ending i b om“i0g y r.“i n e r p y r.“i0g y r n r e l p 0” p 0” p us xe c 1, c 2, c m. a, t j m t j m t F mu p e up e u e 0gnPclm le s cmf 0”or raayc e e ae 3.m dw tc ehuo gs .K au i t d t efe. ji o p e u i te n i i l oa t q l l When working with a sequence of images, Kinoma Producer assigns each image a duration of one second. Note: To encode a single image that is part of a numbered sequence, make a copy of the file in a different folder. This will prevent Kinoma Producer from detecting the image sequence. Note: All the images in the sequence should have the same aspect ratio. Kinoma Producer creates the encoded movie with the aspect ratio of the first image the sequence. All other images will be stretched to match the dimensions of the first image in the sequence, and therefore may appear distorted if they do not have the same the aspect ratio as the first image. Page 19 of 22 Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com Encoding from the Command Line On Windows XP (only), Kinoma Producer may be run from the command line. Command line encoding allows you to automate encoding with Kinoma Producer. To encode files from the command line, you must specify three items: the files to encode, the encoding preset to use, and the output location. Here is a typical command line: "kinoma producer" -device "Tungsten T3" –preset "Player 4 EX: AV – Music" -output "c:\temp" "c:\media\01 Day Tripper.wma" The preceding example encodes a Windows Media audio file into an MPEG-4 audio file for playback on a Palm Tungsten T3 and puts the result into “ c : \temp\01 Day Tripper.mp4” . The example assumes that you have changed the working directory to the Kinoma Producer directory. If you installed Kinoma Producer into the default location, you can use the following commands to set the working directory to the Kinoma Producer folder: cd /D "c:\program files\kinoma 4\kinoma producer" Alternatively, you can add the Kinoma Producer directory to the system search path environment variable in the System control panel under advanced settings. The values of the -device option must exactly match the contents of the Model pop-up menu in Kinoma Producer. The values of the -preset option must exactly match the contents of the Settings pop-up in Kinoma Producer. Custom presets may be used with the -preset option as well. The output directory specified with the -output option must already exist. The input file name is used for the output file Multiple input files may be specified. Many of the built-in presets in Kinoma Producer 4 support both MPEG-4 and Windows Media file output. By default, Kinoma Producer outputs MPEG-4 files. To output Windows Media files instead of MPEG-4 files, a oevh m d nr”e a d tw tc n “a m tmd -cn i oo line. Note: The -device option must be the first item following the command name or Kinoma Producer will launch as an interactive GUI application instead of running as a command line tool. Note: Kinoma Producer is a dual-use application in that it may be run as both a GUI application and as a command line tool. When running such dual-use applications from the command line, Windows has an unusual behavior. When Page 20 of 22 Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com Kinoma Producer is launched from the command line in immediate mode, the command line immediately returns while Kinoma Producer runs in parallel. When Kinoma Producer is run from a batch file, the batch file will wait for Kinoma Producer to finish running before continuing. Encoding PowerPoint slides Kinoma Producer can encoder PowerPoint slides in the Kinoma format for playback on Palm handhelds. Because Palm handhelds typically have significantly smaller screens t o ’ rm dPPp t ba i h ss e e t wis o cd a a t, c nh e t n s ew n Pi o da r ra e eh m C i m et o et r t t s o nen t i smaller slide size or larger font size to ensure readability on Palm handhelds. When working with standard size templates an 80 point font works well for titles together with a 48 point font for body text. To encode PowerPoint slides, the slides must first be exported from PowerPoint. After exporting the slides from PowerPoint, they can be encoded in Kinoma Producer. The steps for exporting slides from PowerPoint are different for Macintosh and Windows computers. Exporting PowerPoint Slides on Windows The following steps describe how to export PowerPoint slides on Windows. They are based on the Office XP version of Microsoft PowerPoint. 1. Open the presentation in PowerPoint 2. Fteu te ” r ems“ A o Fel a … m in cv h l eS s e 3. Fta T mse“ F tn r r e e y elt P i r e a o “ Ap n ceEl c F t m S s ”u trG I a o hv e eiJ e h m eh ng e ” o G a e Gir SiEl a r P lw rs a l Jwp “ o N rpF te P i c P r t a o . t G tl Nt b o h m eg e k c ”c n ll yy i result in smaller file sizes with marginally lower image quality than PNG. 4. Navigate to the directory to save the images in, assign a name of the images, aia nke d “” c S. lv c 5. PPws d a “o to export every slide in ooi l i s Du want wila a k o et i a g g y r l yl i nd p on t s o n ct?evl h e n l u s S “ S. e n oy rl eE i p t r t ri l e d ra o e ne c r e et i h ed ”t y” 6. After PowerPoint completes the export operation, the sequence of images is ready to be encoded in Kinoma Producer following the instructions described ic a e f e . n o Sn I F “d ecm i Ei qe al n g uo g s n e ” Exporting PowerPoint slides on Mac OS X The following steps describe how to export PowerPoint slides on Macintosh. They are based on the Office:mac 2001 version of Microsoft PowerPoint. 1. Open the presentation in PowerPoint. 2. Fteu t Movie… r ems“ o Fel m in c h l eMake e ” 3. Enter a file name for the movie file and choose a location to save the QT olc v btp e . u m v . “” g e oi i ei C S ti x p n c m fl a e e r a k i e i e n or ik e o h tt o Page 21 of 22 Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com Note: e e te ct g io Ic nh “ u s s o n t o da U re ” b b i m et s et r u e s m dt e ni a t r h rt d t n selected (this is the default). Note: It is recommended that no transitions are used in the PowerPoint presentation to be converted as they may greatly increase the size of the encoded file. 4. After PowerPoint completes the export operation, the QuickTime movie file is ready to be encoded in Kinoma Producer following the instructions described iinPc nn or r “ K au U i o. s m d” g e Product Support Support for Kinoma Producer is available to customers of who have purchased Kinoma Producer or received it as part of an OEM bundle. A list of frequently asked questions and their answers is available on-line at http://www.kinoma.com/faq Please check this page first for the fastest answers to your questions. If the frequently aqog s s oes can check the Kinoma support sunen w us you k es d tert e sp o ar qo dt a e n yun i ’ i , forum to see if other Kinoma users may have already provided an answer to your question. The Kinoma support forum is available on-line at: http://www.kinoma.com/forum Customer support is available by sending a message to Kinoma tsr ’o u f s mpr c epo u rom s t the following web page: http://www.kinoma.com/emailsupport.html You may also send email directly to support@kinoma.com. Please include your name and Kinoma Producer serial number with your question to verify that you are an owner of Kinoma Producer. Most support email questions are answered within 48 hours of being received. Email support is available for the first 90 days after purchasing Kinoma Producer. Note: We are unable to respond to support queries from customers using Kinoma Producer 4 trial. Page 22 of 22 Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com
Kinoma Producer 4 Version 4.0 Copyright ©2002-2006 Kinoma, Inc. All rights reserved. Use of this software is governed by the End User License Agreement supplied together with this software. If you did not receive the End User License Agreement you may not use Kinoma Producer. The End User License Agreement may be downloaded from the Kinoma web site. http://www.kinoma.com Kinoma is a registered trademark of Kinoma, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, DirectShow, Windows Media, and PowerPoint are registered trademarks of Microsoft Inc. QuickTime, iPod, iTunes, Mac OS and Apple are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc. Sony, CLIÉ, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Duo, PSP, and PlayStation are registered trademarks of Sony, Inc. HotSync and Palm OS are registered trademarks, and the HotSync logo is a trademark of Palm Source, Inc. or its subsidiaries. Palm, Treo, Tungsten, and Zire are registered trademarks, of Palm Inc. or its subsidiaries. Tapwave and Zodiac are trademarks of Tapwave, Inc. All other trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners. Page 1 of 22 Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com Kinoma Producer 4 includes FAAC for AAC audio encoding. You may learn more about FAAC at www.audiocoding.com. FAAC is released under the LGPL: FAAC is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. FAAC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. LGPL license is available at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html or by sending email to support@kinoma.com. Page 2 of 22 Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com Introduction Kinoma Producer 4 is an easy to use tool for converting digital media files into formats suitable for play back on mobile devices. For users of Palm Powered handhelds, the encoded video files may be played back using Kinoma Player 4 EX. For the Apple iPod and Sony PlayStation Portable game consoles (PSP), the encoded video files may be played back using the built-in movie player software. Kinoma Producer can convert most common video, audio, still image, and animation file formats. System Requirements Kinoma Producer 4 is available for both Windows and Macintosh computers. Windows system requirements Windows XP, Windows 2000 or Windows 98 32 MB of memory 5 MB of free disk space Windows Media 9 or better Kinoma Producer 4 requires QuickTime 7.0.4 or better. QuickTime is preinstalled on many PCs. You can download QuickTime free of charge at http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download. Be sure to s“ m d l er e i” le nn o e c ds r c o et tm a l select “k Aro en u iaKinoma Producer QT unm n tsn t u m tg pt htsi i eo c i h Co ”e man i n ic s ot . l l o 4 does not require QuickTime Pro. Macintosh system requirements Mac OS X, Version 10.3.9 or better 64 MB of memory 5 MB of free disk space Kinoma Producer 4 requires QuickTime 7.0.4 or better. QuickTime is preinstalled on all Macintosh computers. To make sure you have the most up-to-date version, please visit http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download” us“ m d l . rer e i” Bele nn o e tc o ds r s ec ea o tm t l s“k Aro en u iaKinoma Producer eQT unm n tsn t l u m tg pt htsi e i eo cc t i h Co ”e man i n ic s ot . l l o 4 does not require QuickTime Pro. K au f ch us a h e p e i Pco i ina r i a rs n r r Mt av b” hn o t o o 4 as “ rnw m i i e m d r n s il y c s v h e o ei td best possible performance on Macintosh computers with either a Power PC or Intel processors. Installation After ensuring QuickTime is installed on your computer, run the Kinoma Producer installer application. Page 3 of 22 Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com Windows Installation R elpol u ieln d nn rc c “ Producer Se ot-screen t t pt l h a i a Kinoma s aa e l i ex l e te l o u ”o n p. w .F h instructions to install the application. Macintosh Installation Run the installer application called “ Producer Ie l e Kinoma nrl o s”o n t. w -screen aF t loh l instructions to install the application. Uninstalling Kinoma Producer To remove Kinoma Producer from your computer, follow the instructions below. Windows Uninstall Open the Control Panels window on your computer. S “o o os eAr v g. l d e Pm e dmr ” c t R er a Select Kinoma Producer fh og aih/ v r e fr n k ne ” o lp md “g o m i r s l a m. tto s a cCe e c R Macintosh Uninstall Locate the Kinoma Producer folder on your hard disk. Drag the folder to the trash icon on your desktop. Upgrading from a Trial Version Kinoma Producer 4 is available in a limited trial version. In the trial version, some features are limited or disabled. These restrictions are all removed in the full version of the product. You can purchase the full version of Kinoma Producer on-line at http://www.kinoma.com/purchase. The full version of Kinoma Producer removes all the restrictions of the trial version. Use of the Kinoma Producer for an unlimited period of time for encoding an unlimited number of clips No restrictions on the duration of clips encoded No limit on the number of clips that may be encoded using AAC audio Using Kinoma Producer When you launch the Kinoma Producer 4 application, it briefly displays a splash screen. If you have entered a Kinoma Producer 4 serial number, the user name and serial number will be displayed on the splash screen. Page 4 of 22 Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com Note: Serial numbers from previous versions of Kinoma Producer may not be used with Kinoma Producer 4. If you are using a trial version of Kinoma Producer, the number of days remaining in the trial is also displayed. The splash screen automatically closes after a few seconds, or you can click in the window to close it immediately. After the splash screen is closed, Kinoma Producer displays the main screen. This screen provides quick access to the features of Kinoma Producer, allowing you to specify the media files to encode, the encoding options, and output location. The Kinoma Producer screen is divided into four main areas: 1. At the top of the screen is an area to select an encoding preset and manage custom presets. 2. Ic os irte Tib i n e fc s eh t hi ie t tt eaa ta e l “” h eh en w r s it F e re n a ie .na l n r hb t ss a which allows you to select which files will be encoded. The center area has two other tabs for fine tuning the encoding process by modifying the audio and video encoding parameters and the video layout. 3. Below the tabs, is an area to specify where to store the encoded files. Page 5 of 22 Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com 4. At the bottom of the screen are buttons to start encoding, quit the application, check the application version, and to register or update the application. Each feature of the main Kinoma Producer screen is explained in detail in the following sections. Selecting Encoding Settings At the top of the main Kinoma Producer screen is an area used to configure the encoding settings. There are three pop-up menus used to select the media encoding preset. The left pop-up menu selects the preset category. Each Palm compatible manufacturer (e.g. Palm, Tapwave, Sony, etc.) Apple iPod Sony PlayStation Portable Generic, for compatibility with multiple Palm Powered handhelds Streaming, optimized for streaming to Palm Powered handhelds The center pop-up menu lists the device models for the selected manufacturer. Select the mobile device model that you are encoding content for. The right pop-up menu lists the available encoding presets for the selected device. The presets that are available vary depending on the capabilities of the device selected. The built-in presets are designed for optimal performance with each handheld device listed. For example, the Normal Quality AV preset is for the Palm Treo 700p is selected in the above image. The following list is a brief description of each of the built-in presets in Kinoma Producer for Palm Powered handhelds. Each preset encapsulates a wide variety of settings, including video compression, audio compression, file format, bit rate, image size, and frame rate. Because each device has unique performance characteristics, the presets are tuned to provide optimal results for the device selected. Player 4 EX: AV - Normal Quality This preset provides the best tradeoff between audio and video (AV) quality and file size. The encoded file combines either MPEG-4 video and AAC audio into an MP4 file. On Windows, this preset optionally can also encode Windows Media Audio and Video into a Windows Media WMV file. Player 4 EX: AV - High Quality This preset provides the best audio and video (AV) quality. File sizes are larger t ey – a lrThe encoded file combines either h “ r N lie a P 4 EX nl ta he oQys r u p. ma te ”t Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com - Page 6 of 22 - - MPEG-4 video and AAC audio into an MP4 file. On Windows, this preset can also encode Windows Media Audio and Video into a Windows Media WMV file. Player 4 EX: Music This preset is designed for music – no video is included in the output file. The encoded file uses either high quality AAC audio in an MP4 file. On Windows, this preset optionally can also encode Windows Media Audio in a WMA file. Player 4 EX: Speech This preset is designed for speech – no video is included in the output file. The output audio is highly compressed, which works well for speaking voices; for music, choose the Music preset. The encoded file uses either high quality AAC audio in an MP4 file. On Windows, this preset optionally can also encode Windows Media Audio in a WMA file. Kinoma Producer has two presets for encoding video for the Apple iPod. Each preset includes video and audio compression settings. Normal This preset provides the best tradeoff between audio and video (AV) quality and file size. The encoded file combines H.264 video and AAC audio into an MP4 file. High Quality This preset provides the best audio and video (AV) quality. File sizes are larger t e mu p. nd oe6e h “ a lrT c fms 4o a N lie hoi b .in n oQys ed e i 2d d tr a h t e ee cn ”t l H va AAC audio into an MP4 file. - Kinoma Producer has two presets for encoding video for the Sony PlayStation Portable. Each preset includes video and audio compression settings. Normal This preset provides the best tradeoff between audio and video (AV) quality and file size. The encoded file combines H.264 video and AAC audio into an MP4 file. MP4 files must be placed on a Memory Stick Duo for playback on the PSP. This preset uses approximately 80 KB for each second of normal quality video, allowing about 3 hours and 30 minutes of video to be stored on a 1 GB Memory Stick Duo. High Quality This preset provides the best audio and video (AV) quality. File sizes are larger t e mu p. nd oe6e h “ a lrT c fms 4o a N lie hoi b .in n oQys ed e i 2d d tr a h t e ee cn ”t l H va AAC audio into an MP4 file. MP4 files must be placed on a Memory Stick Duo for playback on the PSP. This preset uses approximately 200 KB for each second of video, allowing about 1 hour and 30 minutes of high quality video to be stored on a 1 GB Memory Stick Duo. - Note: Playback of H.264 video encoded by Kinoma Producer requires Sony PSP firmware version 2.80 or better. The firmware update from Sony is available as a free download at http://www.us.playstation.com/PSP/Support/SystemUpdate. Page 7 of 22 Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com If you create custom presets for the currently selected device, they are listed following its built-in encoding presets. While the built-in preset encoding parameters are appropriate for most content and situations, sometimes it is useful to be able to specify the audio and video encoding pe i. t u V”ol atr C h d itdy detailed encoding settings. r rc le i da i a s ti “o e t a m dy k A & o ee c l bs p T tabtarl i i eo hi a i d apd tt t e gi n i ea n l s “ s sa h l en di e Advanced e vl io xe e h i tl n e sg i a nc n A &et. u VS s d ie ” i dt o on i g Selecting Files to Encode In the center area of the main Kinoma Producer screen are three tabs. To select the files to le s There are several ways to add files to this list: o de “” eec F t n,t i b cst l . eh e a Ct Files… t dy sol select one or le i“ c Add k h ” ns fl d and b t lie i uo alc a t ia e n g o p et o i more files to encode Drag and drop files directly into the file list area Drag and drop files on the Kinoma Producer application icon To remove files from the list, select the files in the list ai “ files” n k Remove dt ch le c button. To select multiple files, hold down the control key when you click on Windows, or the shift key on Macintosh. Kinoma Producer supports a wide range of file formats for encoding into the Kinoma format. A complete list of the support file formats is provided i“ e File n S Input to hu er c Ft t o ”o rs. me ac si n For each file in the list, the display shows the file name, a thumbnail image from the file, t ’ tn ei t h s i d n gs e d n tc s f u ,ho t i r aed a la eo nu . All files in the list will be encoded using the same encoding settings. If you want to encode files with different settings, you will need to encode them in multiple batches. Selecting Output Location In the area below the encoding presets is a pop-une xl ne pul p c” mld oa. eb“rtU a Eti s e o o this pop-up menu to select where the encoded files should be placed. The follow options are available: Source folder Encoded files are placed in the same directory as their source file. HotSync Encoded files are placed in the install folder so that the next time you perform a HotSync operation they will be transferred to your Palm Powered handheld. Kinoma Producer displays a dialog window to allow you to specify which user to install the encoded content for. Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com Page 8 of 22 - - Removable storage Encoded files are placed directly on a removable storage device. This setting is useful for loading encoded content directly on to a Memory Stick, SD Memory card or Compact Flash device. Files encoded for Palm handhelds are stored in the p/palm/programs/kinoma/”the Sony PSP, files encoded with H.264 a t h “ ; for va rttI/ files encoded with MPEG-4 video are irehhD and de de “E e s ap/ O o t ta o V” stored at “ R / N/ / O 0 V. M O0 0 P TM 1 _1 ” Other Displays a dialog to select the directory to store encoded content. Note:s nlto cnt Stmr Uo y y na n e i tc t s SsS P l ccr o oe e oP a r a n eP ep r f’ t t ai b ot P h u o e h ua c O P e l S no the s U a n S n e Bnn h e i S l t P uc C c s wt n Be h M s“ ot o g be . ,t eU e” a n i th PSP is connected to the computer, the Memory Stick Duo will appear as a volume on tmr k o ts“ vsep an h pst u he R ao o l n e ud p ce te b r uo i c te . an h m la tc oe s Y n ue o t”u t ’o e g ti o Kinoma Producer to transfer encoded video directly to the Memory Stick Duo in your PSP. Note: Users of the Apple iPod must use iTunes to transfer encoded files to the iPod. Connect the iPod to the computer and launch iTunes. Once the iPod is displayed, drag and drop the encoded movie to your iPod. Users of older versions of iTunes must first drag and drop encoded files to the movies section in the library, and then drag the encoded file from the movies section to the iPod. Encoding Files After you have selected the files to encode, the encoding settings to use, and where to store the encoded files you are ready to start encoding. To start encoding, click the “ e b ib room C r un o i rf a o Files” ne m t re Kinoma Producer window. n v t t tt g n t i t ht h eh n o oc W yi “ e h u to Files,” n e a tFiles list will be e ch n n le v o k C r b a fdo c t u l id t tl l eh t te de o hs encoded. If you are encoding only one file, Kinoma Producer gives you an opportunity to specify the name of the clip to be displayed in the player. By default, the name displayed is the file name with any file extension removed. For example, if the source file name is “ a o ee an m y“ aIn the example e n v ndy K aee n l t ” aie i P ip . e s , m p iols h” p. t h mh sd n a l t l res b,i nio el ttfen et pa s“ e se tfa l e a et o dy s Green p ”aha m w s me hl t h i odt . an ns d eu e l Note: The Sony PlayStation Portable has strict rules regarding the names of video files encoded with MPEG-4 video. For these files, Kinoma Producer 4 Page 9 of 22 Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com automatically assigns a valid file name for files encoded for PSP, such as M 0 P eea tf c G e n 4 4 4 nys t (ae p ” V 5 . aoi h sse h) 0. T mu ne u “n a 0 Mh soi h rl t g l e es will still appear in the PSP movie menu. Files encoded with H.264 video, which incluic ut oQy “ Qys deo s e mu a i aps esd i “ a ln g lr s een N li d h ie fndg r a l h t Hu ” te ”t , have no naming restrictions. When encoding begins, you can monitor the encoding process in the Files tab. While each file is encoding, the progress bar in the file list for each item fills up. When the item has been encoded, the progress bar is removed and replaced with the message “ e ce C r ot o im ” no p. vn l s e To halt encoding of the current file, click “e vnt halt the Cl e” n a o iuTo n no t c r b. Cs o ei as ta l n gl ch n l c o i i “e button. o fl c Cl d l, e c ” n fl ek A If an error occurs while encoding a file, the reason for the failure is displayed with the item in the file list. Advanced Audio & Video Settings The Audio & Video tab allows you to inspect and modify the audio and video encoding settings. It provides complete control over all the encoding in the Kinoma Producer application. The Kinoma Producer window below is shown with the Audio & Video tab selected. Page 10 of 22 Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com The Advanced Settings window is divided into three different sections: video settings, audio settings, and preset management. At the top of the Kinoma Producer window are pop-up menus to select an encoding preset. The Audio & Video tab displays the details of the currently selected encoding preset. If you make any changes to the Audio & Video settings, the preset switches to “m C Preset”d t preset has been modified. u s t o tc a o a t the it ne ih The Brand and Model selected in the pop-up menus at the top of the screen determine which features will be available in the Audio & Video tab. For example, if the selected preset is for a device which only supports MPEG-4 video compression, then no other video compression options will be displayed in the Video Format pop-up. Therefore, when configuring the Audio & Video settings, first select the target device Brand and Model. Page 11 of 22 Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com Within the Audio & Video tab are settings for file format, video and audio. The audio and video settings available vary depending on the file format selected. Therefore, select the output file format before modifying the audio and video settings. Both the Video and Audio begin by presenting a pop-up menu to select the format of the encoded data. This format represents the algorithm that will be used to encode or compress the audio and video. Each encoding format is best suited to a particular device or type of content. Kinoma Producer displays a short description of each format after it is selected. Within the audio and video sub-sections are a number of different options which will be applied to the selected encoding format. Not all options are available for each encoding format. File Format Settings Kinoma Producer outputs both MPEG-4 files and Windows Media files. MPEG-4 – .mp4 MPEG-4 is a widely used, industry standard file format which provides excellent quality audio and video. MPEG-4 files require Kinoma Player 4 EX for playback on handhelds. This is the only video file format supported on the Apple iPod and Sony PlayStation Portable. Windows Media– and .wma .wmv The Windows Media file format was created by Microsoft. It provides excellent quality audio and video, and strong interoperability with Windows based PCs. Kinoma Player 4 EX supports playback of Windows Media files. - Note: Encoding to the Windows Media file format is only available on the Windows version of Kinoma Producer. Video Settings Kinoma Producer offers several veiriioo p in g aa n“” n d c ftd t n t eo o nt a ei od m n sd i no o o which will result in no video being included in the encoded file. MPEG-4 MPEG-4 video is an industry standard video compression format. It produces high quality images and small file sizes. MPEG-4 playback requires Kinoma Player 4 EX for playback on Palm Powered handhelds. Windows Media Video Windows Media Video is a high quality video compression format from Microsoft for use in Windows Media files. It usually provides higher quality results than MPEG-4 video. Windows Media Video playback requires Kinoma Player 4 EX for playback on Palm Powered handhelds H.264 H.264, also known as AVC, is the latest industry standard video file format. It - - Page 12 of 22 Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com provides high quality images in the smallest file size. Kinoma Producer supports H.264 video encoding for the Apple iPod and Sony PSP. Within the video format settings section there are a number of options for controlling how the video is encoded. Frame per second This option selects the number of frames per second of video in the encoded file. For Palm handhelds this should be set to a value of 8, 10, 12, or 15 which is the frame rate that most Palm handhelds can reliably play. However, at smaller frame sizes or on more recent devices frame rates as high as 30 are possible. For the Apple iPod and Sony PSP, frame rates of 24 and 30 are most common. Thsme ne et eo c Kinoma Producer to encode each frame in the “ fr t u b ra i s ea to s ” pa source movie, which exactly maintains the frame rate of the source file. This is useful for content with a variable frame rate or at a frame rate not listed in the “ per second” menu. Frames pop-up Bit rate This option selects the target bit rate for the video portion of the encoded file. The “ tt a for MPEG-4 and H.264 video encoding formats. Bei v i oi t ps r oa a n ilable ” Higher bit rates will provide better quality but larger file sizes. Also, not all Palm handhelds are capable of smooth video playback at higher bit rates. - Note: Optimally encoding video is a difficult task. To make it easier, Kinoma Producer includes presets for the Apple iPod, Sony PlayStation Portable and most Palm Powered handhelds. The device presets provide good quality, reliable results for most common situations, eliminating the need to modify the encoding settings. In some cases, you may achieve better results by manually adjusting the video encoding settings. Audio Settings Kinoma Producer offers several aeiriioo p un g aa n“” n dc ftd t n t io o nt a ei od m n sd i no o o which will result in no audio being included in the encoded file. AAC The AAC (Advanced Audio Compression) format provides the highest quality output and the smallest file sizes. AAC audio playback requires Kinoma Player 4 EX. Windows Media Audio Windows Media Audio is a high quality audio compression format from Microsoft for use in Windows Media files. It provides excellent audio quality and small file sizes. Windows Media Audio playback requires Kinoma Player 4 EX for playback on Palm Powered handhelds. - Page 13 of 22 Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com Within the audio format settings section there are a number of options to control audio encoding. Audio channels The “o n omenu controls whether the encoded audio stream A ce p uhl -up da” in p s contains mono or stereo audio. Sample rate T a r omenu controls the sample rate that the audio is encoded h ma p e pe -up “ l” Se p t at. Higher sample rates generally provide increased quality with better reproduction of high frequency sounds. However, higher sample rates also have greater storage requirements and require more processor power at playback time. Bit rate Tht p menu selects the target bit rate of the audio in the encoded er o “ tp Be -up i a ” file. Larger values provide increased quality at the expense of increased storage requirements. Audio boost The “o t-up menu provides a way to increase the overall volume Ab p uo o do p is ” level of the encoded audio. This can be useful because the built-in speaker on some handhelds is quite small. By increasing the audio level while encoding, it is possible to make the audio sound better during playback on these devices. However, boosting the audio level can also cause distortion of the audio so test carefully when using this setting. - - - Preset Management Kinoma Producer allows you to create your own encoding presets. These presets appear in the Settings menu for the Brand and Model that they target. Custom presets contain the settings from both the Audio & Video tab and the settings from the Layout tab. Tau p, ta P… t d a st ot s rch v r ” ni p t c a m e k S seb. lp o r c ele e e uAo e s e t sc “ A s eo t i t t a ae o gr the name of the preset. Once a preset has been created, it may be used just like any of the built-in presets. Page 14 of 22 Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com Ps bena Ctd s” ns h rme e rei “Psuol e add e d k Er b t a s ye an . h ie t dy e t l dm let t t i t t c e … o pe rename and delete and dialog. The dialog displays a list of all custom presets. To delete a preset, seleni ch l uAfi l c tt lee t cm d t h ai “ et o a i i e n k D ” n n ta t ld t eb. io o is c to rn g will be displayed before the preset is deleted. To rename a preset, select it in the list and ch n b. llie ne nf le a uAolsd t na r i “m t d w dy eh m t c R et i i p t re eh k e ” n a b l o tw o t o g ea e e preset. Advanced Layout Settings The Layout tab lets you control size of the encoded video. Page 15 of 22 Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com There are two settings which determine the size of the encoded video. The first setting is the Layout size which determines the size of the screen on the device. Some devices have only one screen size – typically 320 x 320. Some devices may have a widescreen and allow the user to show and hide the Graffiti input area. On these devices, there may be multiple screen sizes depending on the orientation of the device (landscape or portrait) and whether or not the Graffiti input area is visible. The encoded movie can never have dimensions larger than the selected layout size. The second setting is the Movie size, which determines the actual dimensions of the encoded movie. The pop-up menu provides a number of standard sizes which fit in the selected Layout size. If the aspect ratio of the source content does not match the aspect ratio selected, the source video will be adjusted to fit. For full screen sizes (320x320) the source vsi sy v rp h e as . i s aeri cn et eu o d i dd mg r g d mi r ez j b o( p tg kq F oe u en o ) s ’ st o ie o t e ar aes ovsi synri t i lr, ui s aes i oa fh l st r ezddc t r lii o i ec oej bl p tytn tz s d i u he h e ’ s t a oo o t i pn g lw the requested size. Page 16 of 22 Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com The movie size may be set to almost any dimension by directly manipulating the movie preview in the pane in the right side of the Layout tab. When you adjust the size in the preview pane, the actual size is displayed in the Movie size pop-up. Creating Streaming Movies Kinoma Player EX 4 supports the direct playback of MPEG-4 and Windows Media files from the Internet on handhelds with an active Internet connection (including 802.11, Bluetooth, and cell phone networks). In the Streaming category, Kinoma Producer provides a set of encoding presets designed for Internet delivery directly to Palm handhelds. These presets use relatively low frame rates, bit rates, and audio quality to minimize the size of the file to make delivery as fast as possible. Kinoma Player 4 EX uses a method c “ e doo MPEG-4 and a p s oa p l rs wd lay l oi n t e ge l dr v ” Windows Media files directly from the Internet. This technique ensures that users with high speed connections will receive the movie as quickly as possible while users with slower connections will receive the movie without any quality loss, although it will take longer to receive. Because Kinoma Player 4 EX supports progressive download, any MPEG-4 or Windows Media file mea tp. uhg f el a“ e t yf eb te t g ys dh ec ,ih s ee b e ”e ro t e i , n t r o lO re r l h r m a s g ei o z the file will take to transfer. Therefore, Kinoma recommends that you try to keep the file size to a minimum when creating content designed to be viewed directly from the Internet on a handheld. Putting your movies on the Internet is easy to do. No special web server is required, just an ordinary HTTP web server. Kinoma provides a technical note which explains how to host Kinoma compatible audio and video files on an HTTP web server so that they will stream with Kinoma Player 4 EX. You may download the technical note from the developer web page on the Kinoma web site. Supported Input File Formats Kinoma Producer 4 accepts a wide variety of file formats for encoding into formats suitable for handheld playback. On Windows, Kinoma Producer 4 supports both major digital media architectures: MsDSap QT O cho ifrodlu mni,m cte w A’c eMt i Producer 4 r sc np i . asn oi o ’t h ek si nK a o srylu m ifrona f u s A’c e r sc iab p o p QT cte woi o p n p i (MsDS s vl ol e k t sioi o ’t h ta r l e Macintosh). Both DirectShow and QuickTime have architectures that allow for extensions to be added. This extensibility allows users to install a wide range of third party software to enhance the digital media capabilities of their PC. For example, DivX Networks offers a DirectShow extension to play their proprietary digital media file format. When this Page 17 of 22 Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com extension is installed, Kinoma Producer 4 is able to use many DivX files as input files; if they are not installed, Kinoma Producer 4 cannot handle these types of files. Many extensions for DirectShow and QuickTime are available for download from the mar site. Some are available free of charge, while others may need to be a t web nu ur f’ cs e purchased. Ii oi el “c ott au n nt m i d spt l o y bd a n ea i ar di w me. d , d m fr t” i h ys e d s g a ee t he i o t li eo em e O common type of protection applied to digital media files is to disallow re-encoding into other formats. Digital media files which have this kind of protection may not be used as a source for encoding in Kinoma Producer 4. Video File Formats ASF AVI* DivX* DV MPEG-1 MPEG-2* MPEG-4 – requires QuickTime 7 or better to be installed QuickTime Windows Media Video Many digital media file formats can contain audio and video compressed in a variety of different ways. T ce md k ad F hos e aose ile formats that ems t rw“ s s p n oe n o . er ih o sn c ” c support more than one codec include ASF, AVI and QuickTime. While Kinoma Producer 4 supports most common codecs, you may encounter content encoded using an unsupported codec. In many cases, you may be able to download the required codec from a web site. * These file formats may require additional software download or purchase in order to be used with Kinoma Producer 4. If you have questions regarding supported file formats or codecs, please check with Kinoma support on the web at www.kinoma.com/support.html. Animation File Formats GIF Macromedia Flash – 5 is supported with QuickTime 7 installed. Only the Flash Flash animation is converted. Any audio or interactivity is ignored. FLC Audio File Formats AIFF AU Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com Page 18 of 22 - MP3 M4A WAV Windows Media Audio Sill Image File Formats BMP JPEG JPEG 2000 Photoshop PICT PNG Targa TIFF Encoding a Sequence of Image Files Kinoma Producer can be used to encode a sequence of image files into a single presentation. This capability can be used to convert a collection of photographs captured with a digital camera into a single Kinoma format encoded file. It can even be used to convert PowerPoint slide presentations into a portable format for playback using Kinoma Player. To convert a sequence of image files using Kinoma Producer, simply add the first file in the sequence to the list of files to be encoded in the main Kinoma Producer window. These image files can be in any still image format supported by Kinoma Producer as described in Input File Formats. The files must be named in a consistent manner, ending i b om“i0g y r.“i n e r p y r.“i0g y r n r e l p 0” p 0” p us xe c 1, c 2, c m. a, t j m t j m t F mu p e up e u e 0gnPclm le s cmf 0”or raayc e e ae 3.m dw tc ehuo gs .K au i t d t efe. ji o p e u i te n i i l oa t q l l When working with a sequence of images, Kinoma Producer assigns each image a duration of one second. Note: To encode a single image that is part of a numbered sequence, make a copy of the file in a different folder. This will prevent Kinoma Producer from detecting the image sequence. Note: All the images in the sequence should have the same aspect ratio. Kinoma Producer creates the encoded movie with the aspect ratio of the first image the sequence. All other images will be stretched to match the dimensions of the first image in the sequence, and therefore may appear distorted if they do not have the same the aspect ratio as the first image. Page 19 of 22 Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com Encoding from the Command Line On Windows XP (only), Kinoma Producer may be run from the command line. Command line encoding allows you to automate encoding with Kinoma Producer. To encode files from the command line, you must specify three items: the files to encode, the encoding preset to use, and the output location. Here is a typical command line: "kinoma producer" -device "Tungsten T3" –preset "Player 4 EX: AV – Music" -output "c:\temp" "c:\media\01 Day Tripper.wma" The preceding example encodes a Windows Media audio file into an MPEG-4 audio file for playback on a Palm Tungsten T3 and puts the result into “ c : \temp\01 Day Tripper.mp4” . The example assumes that you have changed the working directory to the Kinoma Producer directory. If you installed Kinoma Producer into the default location, you can use the following commands to set the working directory to the Kinoma Producer folder: cd /D "c:\program files\kinoma 4\kinoma producer" Alternatively, you can add the Kinoma Producer directory to the system search path environment variable in the System control panel under advanced settings. The values of the -device option must exactly match the contents of the Model pop-up menu in Kinoma Producer. The values of the -preset option must exactly match the contents of the Settings pop-up in Kinoma Producer. Custom presets may be used with the -preset option as well. The output directory specified with the -output option must already exist. The input file name is used for the output file Multiple input files may be specified. Many of the built-in presets in Kinoma Producer 4 support both MPEG-4 and Windows Media file output. By default, Kinoma Producer outputs MPEG-4 files. To output Windows Media files instead of MPEG-4 files, a oevh m d nr”e a d tw tc n “a m tmd -cn i oo line. Note: The -device option must be the first item following the command name or Kinoma Producer will launch as an interactive GUI application instead of running as a command line tool. Note: Kinoma Producer is a dual-use application in that it may be run as both a GUI application and as a command line tool. When running such dual-use applications from the command line, Windows has an unusual behavior. When Page 20 of 22 Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com Kinoma Producer is launched from the command line in immediate mode, the command line immediately returns while Kinoma Producer runs in parallel. When Kinoma Producer is run from a batch file, the batch file will wait for Kinoma Producer to finish running before continuing. Encoding PowerPoint slides Kinoma Producer can encoder PowerPoint slides in the Kinoma format for playback on Palm handhelds. Because Palm handhelds typically have significantly smaller screens t o ’ rm dPPp t ba i h ss e e t wis o cd a a t, c nh e t n s ew n Pi o da r ra e eh m C i m et o et r t t s o nen t i smaller slide size or larger font size to ensure readability on Palm handhelds. When working with standard size templates an 80 point font works well for titles together with a 48 point font for body text. To encode PowerPoint slides, the slides must first be exported from PowerPoint. After exporting the slides from PowerPoint, they can be encoded in Kinoma Producer. The steps for exporting slides from PowerPoint are different for Macintosh and Windows computers. Exporting PowerPoint Slides on Windows The following steps describe how to export PowerPoint slides on Windows. They are based on the Office XP version of Microsoft PowerPoint. 1. Open the presentation in PowerPoint 2. Fteu te ” r ems“ A o Fel a … m in cv h l eS s e 3. Fta T mse“ F tn r r e e y elt P i r e a o “ Ap n ceEl c F t m S s ”u trG I a o hv e eiJ e h m eh ng e ” o G a e Gir SiEl a r P lw rs a l Jwp “ o N rpF te P i c P r t a o . t G tl Nt b o h m eg e k c ”c n ll yy i result in smaller file sizes with marginally lower image quality than PNG. 4. Navigate to the directory to save the images in, assign a name of the images, aia nke d “” c S. lv c 5. PPws d a “o to export every slide in ooi l i s Du want wila a k o et i a g g y r l yl i nd p on t s o n ct?evl h e n l u s S “ S. e n oy rl eE i p t r t ri l e d ra o e ne c r e et i h ed ”t y” 6. After PowerPoint completes the export operation, the sequence of images is ready to be encoded in Kinoma Producer following the instructions described ic a e f e . n o Sn I F “d ecm i Ei qe al n g uo g s n e ” Exporting PowerPoint slides on Mac OS X The following steps describe how to export PowerPoint slides on Macintosh. They are based on the Office:mac 2001 version of Microsoft PowerPoint. 1. Open the presentation in PowerPoint. 2. Fteu t Movie… r ems“ o Fel m in c h l eMake e ” 3. Enter a file name for the movie file and choose a location to save the QT olc v btp e . u m v . “” g e oi i ei C S ti x p n c m fl a e e r a k i e i e n or ik e o h tt o Page 21 of 22 Kinoma Producer 4 www.kinoma.com Note: e e te ct g io Ic nh “ u s s o n t o da U re ” b b i m et s et r u e s m dt e ni a t r h rt d t n selected (this is the default). Note: It is recommended that no transitions are used in the PowerPoint presentation to be converted as they may greatly increase the size of the encoded file. 4. After PowerPoint completes the export operation, the QuickTime movie file is ready to be encoded in Kinoma Producer following the instructions described iinPc nn or r “ K au U i o. s m d” g e Product Support Support for Kinoma Producer is available to customers of who have purchased Kinoma Producer or received it as part of an OEM bundle. A list of frequently asked questions and their answers is available on-line at http://www.kinoma.com/faq Please check this page first for the fastest answers to your questions. If the frequently aqog s s oes can check the Kinoma support sunen w us you k es d tert e sp o ar qo dt a e n yun i ’ i , forum to see if other Kinoma users may have already provided an answer to your question. The Kinoma support forum is available on-line at: http://www.kinoma.com/forum Customer support is available by sending a message to Kinoma tsr ’o u f s mpr c epo u rom s t the following web page: http://www.kinoma.com/emailsupport.html You may also send email directly to support@kinoma.com. Please include your name and Kinoma Producer serial number with your question to verify that you are an owner of Kinoma Producer. Most support email questions are answered within 48 hours of being received. Email support is available for the first 90 days after purchasing Kinoma Producer. 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