the TMPGEnc KARMA.. Manual

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Requirements
Computer
Compatible IBM PC AT
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Operating system Windows Vista SP1, Windows XP SP2 (XP requires .NET ver1
Framework 3.0 SP1)
CPU
At least a Pentium4 2 GHz or AMD AthlonXP 2000
Memory
At least 512 MB
Hard disk drive
20 MB for the installation
Display
At least 1024x768
Other
DirectX 9 or newer version. DirectX 10 or newer recommended
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ATTENTION:
Please do not infrige any copyright.
Copyright Notice:
•Microsoft, Windows, DirectShow and DirectX are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation for the United States of America and other countries.
•Windows Media is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation for the United States of America and other countries.
• This software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group.
• All other marks, product names and company names are the property of their respective owners. No effort has been made in this document to include ™ or ® marks.
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Main window
Library registration
On launch, the application appears as shown below.
In order to view a video in TMPGEnc KARMA.. you have to register it in the
library first.
On the first launch, the application scans the content of the “My Document/
My Videos/” folder, creates a library file (a file containing the video files information) and then displays the library list.
You can change the scanned folders by using the Managed folder settings
option of the Library menu located in the upper-left corner of the main window.
You can also add a file to the library list simply by dragging and dropping its
icon in the list.
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Add a video to the library
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Click on the Library menu located in the upper-left corner of the main window, then choose the “Add to your library” item. The available sub-items are:
“Add a file”: Allows you to register one or more files.
“Add a folder”: Allows you to register the content of one folder.
In the “Viewable file” section of this document, you will find a list of the
You can drag’n
drop a file directly
in the library list
Managed folder settings
TMPGEnc KARMA.. also allows you to set folders in which its contents are
automatically scanned and added to the library.
“Add“ button: Adds a folder to the current managed folder list.
Library view
“Delete” button: Remove a selected folder from the managed folder list. The
folder itself is not deleted.
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“Enabled” checkbox: When checked, TMPGEnc KARMA.. automatically scans
the folder content.
“Search subfolder“ checkbox: When checked, TMPGEnc KARMA.. also scans
the content of the folders within the current folder.
Note: After adding a managed folder, your library will
not update automatically
until you either relaunch the
software or select “Update
your library” from the Library
menu.
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Main window controls
Color label
Display mode
Select one or more items
in the library list then
apply a color label by
clicking on these buttons.
Switches between the text list
view and thumbnail list view.
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Transparency
When enabled, you can set
the main window transparency level using this slider.
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Left button: Text view
Right button: Thumbnail view
Search field
You can search for a video file
by entering its name in this
field.
Sub-view
You can drag up to three
items from the library list
and play them independently from the background preview.
Background
preview
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Double-click on a library list
item (text or thumbnail) to
play the selected content in
the background.
Background
preview
controls
Full screen
Library view
Click on this button to toggle
the library item display on/off.
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Click on this button to
switch to the backgroud
preview full screen
display.
About the use of the term “video file” in this manual:
This software does not process the video files directly. When deleting a video file from the library list, you just
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remove a reference to this file and do not actually erase it.
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Display mode switch buttons
Background preview
These buttons allows you to switch from a text view of the library to a
thumbnail view.
By double-clicking, or selecting an item or a thumbnail in the library list then
pressing the “Enter” key, the selected video file playback starts in the backver1
ground preview area.
List view
1. Double-click on the video file item
Thumbnail view
or
Select the video file item then press the
“Enter” key.
2. The playback starts. Use the playback
controls to command the playback.
Small <----> Large
When in thumbnail view mode you can set the size of
the thumbnails by using the slider to the right of the
display mode buttons.
PLAYBACK
Transparency setting
By using the slider on the upper-right of the main window you can control
the transparency of the main window, allowing you to view the status of the
desktop even when TMPGEnc KARMA.. occupies most of it.
Use the Library view toggle button located on the lower-right
corner of the window to display
or hide the library list.
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Playback controls
Transparent <----> Opaque
Next clip
Stop
Play/Pause
Return/Previous clip
Mute
Playhead position
Volume
You can change the display size by
clicking on the Full screen/Window
display button located in the lowerright corner of the main window.
Toogle to full screen mode button
Toogle to window mode button
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Sub-preview
Sub-preview playback
TMPGEnc KARMA.. allows you to view one video, but can also display up to
three more videos in three sub-views.
Playback starts as soon as the video file is dragged into the sub-view. Playback controls are shown below.
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Opens the sub-view panel.
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You can pause/start the playback
by clicking in the subview.
Closes the sub-view panel.
You set-up a sub-view playback by dragging and dropping a library list item
into the sub-view panel.
Play/Pause
Playhead position
Mute
Sub-preview, thumbnail selection
The sub-preview can also be used to select the picture the library list displays as a thumbnail.
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1. Select the picture of the video you
wish to use as a library thumbnail then
right-click on the picture.
2. In the contextual menu, select the
“Set this image as a thumbnail” item.
The library thumbnail changes.
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Sub-preview, synchronized playback
Playback in a separate window
The sub-views allow you to playback different video files at the same time.
Using this option you can, for example, compare different encoding settings
or view the same scene recorded by several cameras.
You can view one of the background preview or sub-preview videos in a
separate window.
1. Register the video files in the different sub-preview areas (up to three).
First frame
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Play/Pause
2. Once registered, click the “First frame” button located below the sub-preview area. All the
sub-preview playheads return to the first frame
of the videos.
By clicking on the “Sync” button all the sub-preview videos start playback
at the same time. You can also click the “Sync” button again to pause the
playback of all sub-preview videos.
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Right-click on a video file or sub-preveiw then select the “Playback in another window” option.
Mouse shortcut playback (sub-preview only):
Click with the left button of the mouse in a sub-preview, then, while keeping
the left button pressed, click the right button.
The playback starts in a separate window.
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Playback controls are the same as the background preview.
Played video file title
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You can pause/start the
playback by clicking in the
window.
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Video file tagging
Video file color labelling
TMPGEnc KARMA.. gives you the option to place a tag on the video files for
verification or search purposes.
If you wish to simply categorize your video files, or mark them for later use,
the color labelling function is for you. With one click, you can apply a color
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label to any selected video file.
Right-click on a video file in the library then select “Set a new tag”.
1. Right-click on a video file in the library then select “Set a new tag”.
Selected status.
The “Tag setting” window appears; enter any tag you wish. You can enter
more than one tag by separating each tag with a comma ( , ).
2. Click the color you wish to use as a label in the Color label buttons located
in the upper-right part of the main window.
Color label buttons.
3. The color is added to the video file. (Yellow, selected)
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The entered tag information is added to the video file.
In list mode, the color labelling appears as below. (Yellow, selected)
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File search
TMPGEnc Series Launcher
TMPGEnc KARMA.. provides a tool to search the video files in the library according to the file name.
This option allows you to launch from TMPGEnc KARMA.. any “TMPGEnc”
software available on your machine.
Enter the search term(s) in the search field located in the upper-left part of
the main window. The video files responding to the search criteria are automatically listed in the library view.
Click the “TMPGEnc Series Launcher” menu located in the upper part of the
main window then select the TMPGEnc application you wish to launch. The
selected application launches.
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Tag search
You can also search video files according to their tag content.
Select a tag in the tag list located on the left of the main widow to display
only the video files having the selected tag.
Once launched, you can drag and drop a video file directly from the library
list to the TMPGEnc application.
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Color label search
Last, you can search video files according to their color label.
Select a color label in the color label list located on the left of the main
widow to display only the video files having the selected color label.
You can drag’n drop
a video file directly in
the application
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TMPGEnc TileShot CREATOR
The TMPGEnc TileShot CREATOR you can launch from the “Tool” menu of
TMPGEnc KARMA.. allows you to create a digital contact sheet from a selected video file for your archives, website etc. Using this tool you can create
an animated picture which is useful if you don’t know how to make it on your
own, or your server does not allow it. Of course, you can also use this tool to
extract only one picture of a video file.
In the library view, select the video file you wish to create a thumbnail from.
In the “Tool” menu, select the “TMPGEnc TileShot CREATOR” option. The
TMPGEnc TileShot CREATOR launches.
1. In the “Choose the source file” the path to the file previously selected
in the library should appear. If you launch the TMPGEnc TileShot CREATOR
independently, click the “Browse” button to select the file.
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4. In the “Specify the number of thumbnails per line” field you can set the
number of thumbnail pictures per line. The more you set, the smaller the
thumbnail picture becomes. Default value is 4.
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5. With the “Choose the output mode” pulldown menu you can set the output picture quality. The higher the quality, the more the time necessary to
complete the output.
6. Once the settings are done, click the “Start” button to create the
thumbnail(s). The result appears in the preview part of the main window.
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lect the file saving format of the picture in the preview. Default is “JPEG”.
2. In the “Specify the width of the outputted picture” field you can set in
pixels the width of the output. Default value is 640 pixels.
8. With the “Picture saving” you can choose how the generated thumbnails
are saved.
3. In the “Specify the number of thumbnails for output” field you can set the
number of thumbnail pictures. Default value is 24.
Tile: The thumbnails are saved in one picture.
Sequential output (tile size): Each thumbnail in the preview is saved
in a separate file.
Sequential output (original size): Each thumbnail in the preview is
saved in a separate file. Size is the same as the source.
Animation: This option is enabled when the output format is GIF.
The thumbnails are saved in one animated file.
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Library display settings
Preferences
This window lets you set the TMPGEnc KARMA.. general preferences.
In the “Options” menu of the main window, select the “Preferences” option.
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Display type: This allows you to choose the priority of the performance of
the library display. You can prioritize the speed of listing library items or the
reading of data. The details of each display type is shown upon selection.
Cache size: You can set the size of the cache to improve or limit performance. A large cache size will improve the display speed of your library
items, but will require more memory.
List display
Display alternated item backgrounds: When checked, library item rows
have an alternating background color to assist in the ease of reading.
Thumbnail display
Apply a mirror effect on thumbnail: When checked, a mirror effect appears below the video file thumbnail picture when in thumbnail view mode.
Display the thumbnail text information: When checked, the name of the
movie file associated with the thumbnail is displayed next to it.
Workload settings
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By unchecking these options you can reduce the processor workload and
improve the TMPGEnc KARMA.. speed.
Use transparent window: When checked, the main window transparency
setting becomes enabled.
Library update settings
Update the library at application launch: When checked, scans the content of all registered library folders at start-up and updates the library list if
new files are found.
Delete items without files when updating the library: When checked,
removes from the library list all references to video files that no longer exist
in the registered library folders.
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Other
Viewable files
TMPGEnc KARMA.. relies on the video codecs installed in your system to
playback the video files. Files that are not playable in Windows Media Player
cannot be viewed in TMPGEnc KARMA.. If necessary, install the proper
codecs.
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Some video files may not be viewable even with the proper codec installed
because of the file name extention. You will find below a list of the supported
file name extensions.
*.asf, *.avi, *.div, *.divx, *.dvr-ms, *.flv, *.m1v, *.m2t, *.m2ts, *.m2v, *.mod,
*.mp2, *.mp4, *.mpa, *.mpg, *.mts, *.rm, *.wmv
Audio file support
TMPGEnc KARMA.. does not support the registration or playback of audio
only files.
Shortcuts
Background preview playback play/pause
CTRL + P
Background preview playback stop
CTRL + S
Background preview return to first frame/previous video file
CTRL + B
Full screen / window mode display toggle
Alt + Enter
Full screen mode to window mode
Esc
Play the current video file selection
Enter
Remove the current video file selection from the library list
Delete
Library list show/hide toggle
Mouse center button / Alt + Backspace
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Support
TMPGEnc KARMA.. is provided without any support or guarantee of any kind.
Use of this software is at your sole risk.
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