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.

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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 [email protected].

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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 el
ec t“r
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select “Quick Tim eA uthor
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nents” in t
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all
at
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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” .B e sure to sel
e ct“r
ecom m ende d instal
l” or
selec t“Quick Tim eA uthor
ing Com p
o
n e
n t
s” in t
h ec usto m i
n st
all
ati
o n. Kinoma Producer
4 does not require QuickTime Pro.

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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.
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Windows Installation

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Macintosh Installation

Run the installer application called “ Kinoma Producer I

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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.

- Select “Add o
r R em ove Programs.”
- Select Kinoma Producer from theli
st ofp rog
rams an d
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c
k“
Ch
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ng
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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.

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 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. In t
h e center of the screen isa n ar
e a w i
th th r
ee tabs
. The init
ia ltabis “
Fil
es”
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.

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 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
th an the “Play e
r 4 EX – N orma lQua li
ty” pr
eset.The encoded file combines either

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 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
th an the “N orm alQuality ” pr
e se
t.T he encoded fi
le com bines H .2 64 video and
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
th an the “N orm alQuality ” pr
e se
t.T he encoded fi
le com bines H .2 64 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 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.

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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
pa ram eters di
rectl
y .C l
ic k the“ A ud i
o & V ideo ”tab to display detailed encoding settings.
T he sett
in gs a
va i
lable i
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a log are exp lained i
n d etailinth esec ti
o n“Advanced
A u di
o & V ideoS ett
ing s” .

Selecting Files to Encode

In the center area of the main Kinoma Producer screen are three tabs. To select the files
to enco de,se lectthe “ Fil
es”tab.There are several ways to add files to this list:

- Cli
ck th e “Add Files… ” b utton to disp lay a fi
le se
l
e
ct
i
ondia
l o
g
and select one or
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 a
n
dc
l
ick t
he “Remove files”
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
n
th
e“ So urce Input File
Fo r
m ats”s e
cti
on.

For each file in the list, the display shows the file name, a thumbnail image from the file,
th
e file’
s d ura ti
o n,a nd th een coding sta
tus.

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

p
In the area below the encoding presets is a pop-u m enu labeled “Ex portloc ati
on”.U se
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.

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 - 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
pa t
h “/palm/programs/kinoma/” ; for the Sony PSP, files encoded with H.264
video a r
e s t
o r
ed at t
he p at
h “/V I
D EO / ”
and files encoded with MPEG-4 video are
stored at “/M P_R O O T/100 M N V 01/” .
- Other
Displays a dialog to select the directory to store encoded content.

Note: U ser
s ofS on y’sP lay
Stati
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abl
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heirPS
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usi
ng a USB ca bl
e .O n thePS PM e nu,se
lect“U S B C o nnecti
on”so thatw h en t
he
PSP is connected to the computer, the Memory Stick Duo will appear as a volume on
th
e co m put
er’s deskt op.Y oucan th en us
ethe “R em o va bl
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or
age” ou tput l
ocati
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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
“C on vert b
Files”u tton inthe b ottom r
igh tc ornerof t
h e ma i
n Kinoma Producer window.
W hen yo u click
the “C onvert Files,”bu tt
o n allthefil
e sadd ed to the Files list will be
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
“e lephants.mov ”,the n am e displ
a yed in K i
n om a Playeris “ele pha nt
s.
” In the example
b elow ,t
h e di
splay na m e i
s set t
o “Green el ep hants”in s
tead o f the de
fau l
t nam e.

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

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 automatically assigns a valid file name for files encoded for PSP, such as
M 4 V 00 0 45.M P4 .T he nam eyou ass
ig
n t
o th e file(sucha s“ Green ele
p ha n
t
s
”)
will still appear in the PSP movie menu. Files encoded with H.264 video, which
includ e s fi
lesen co ded usi
n gt
h e “N or
m al Q u al
ity” and“H ig hQ ualit
y” p re
s
et
s
,
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
“C onv ersio n comp l
ete ”.

To halt encoding of the current file, click “

C
an celC o
n
ve
r
si
o
n
”b
ut
t
o
n. To halt the
encodin g ofallfi
les, clickth e“ C an cel A ll
”
button.

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.

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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
“C usto m Preset”toindi
c at
e t
hat the preset has been modified.

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.

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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– .wmv and .wma
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 v ideo encod ing form atsi

n a dd iti
o
nt
o
a“
no
n
e”
op
t
i
on
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

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 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.

The “best” fr
a m era teo pti
o n cau ses Kinoma Producer to encode each frame in the
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
“Frames per second” pop-up menu.
- Bit rate
This option selects the target bit rate for the video portion of the encoded file. The
“Bit rate” option isa vailable for MPEG-4 and H.264 video encoding formats.
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 a ud ioencod ing form atsi

n a dd iti
o
nt
o
a“
no
n
e”
op
t
i
on
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.

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Within the audio format settings section there are a number of options to control audio
encoding.

- Audio channels
The “ Au di
o c
h anne l
s” p op-up menu controls whether the encoded audio stream
contains mono or stereo audio.
- Sample rate
T h e “Sam ple rat
e” po p-up menu controls the sample rate that the audio is encoded
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
Th e “Bitrate” pop-up menu selects the target bit rate of the audio in the encoded
file. Larger values provide increased quality at the expense of increased storage
requirements.
- Audio boost
The “ Au di
o boost” pop -up menu provides a way to increase the overall volume
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.

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eat
e a c ust
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the name of the preset.

Once a preset has been created, it may be used just like any of the built-in presets.

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P r
eset
s may be d elet
ed an d r
e nam ed.C li
c k t
h e“E dit P rese t
s… ”b ut
ton t
o disp l
a
yt
h
e
rename and delete and dialog. The dialog displays a list of all custom presets.

c
To delete a preset, selet i
t i
n the list and click t
h e “Del
ete” butto n. A co n firm atio n dialog
will be displayed before the preset is deleted. To rename a preset, select it in the list and
cli
c k t
h e “Re nam e” b u
t
to n.A dialog willb ed is
p l
a yedt
o e nt
e rthe new n am e for the
preset.

Advanced Layout Settings

The Layout tab lets you control size of the encoded video.

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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 v ide o’
s si
z eisad j
u ste
d by r em ov i
n g (or cr
o pp ing) the e dges t
o m ake its
quare. Fo r
all other sizes, t
he s
ou r
ce v i
deo ’
s s i
ze i
s ad justedb y sc a
lin git pro porti
o nallytofitwith i
n
the requested size.

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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 alled“prog ressi

v e dow nload” t
o play MPEG-4 and
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 m ay be “ str
eam e d” t
o the player.Ofc ours
e,t
hebig ger thef i
le size,the lon ge r
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:

Microsoft
’s D
i
rect
Show and A pple ’
s Quick Tim e.On M acinto s
h,K ino ma Producer 4
su
p p
o rt
s onl y
Apple
’sQ uickTim e (M i
croso ft
’s Dir
ec t
S ho w is notav ail
ab lefor
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

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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
m anufact
u re
r’
s web site. Some are available free of charge, while others may need to be
purchased.

In add i
tion,so me dig it
alm ed i
a f
ilesare “prot
e cted ”to l
im ith ow t
h eym a ybe used. O ne
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. Thes
e co mpression m et
h ods arek now n as“co de
cs”.File formats that
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 – Flash 5 is supported with QuickTime 7 installed. Only the
Flash animation is converted. Any audio or interactivity is ignored.
- FLC

Audio File Formats

- AIFF
- AU

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 - 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
in num bers.F or exam p l
e, “ m y p i
cture 001.j
pg ”, “m ypictur
e 002
.jpg”,“m y pict
ure
00 3.j
pg”. K i
n om a Pr od uce r w illautom ati
call
y detectt
h e s
eq ue
nce ofimag efil
es.

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.

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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
“
c
for playback on a Palm Tungsten T3 and puts the result into:
\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 d d “ o
-cnta inerw mv”to t
h eco mm a
n
d
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

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 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
than m ost PC ’s,it i
s re com m en ded th atPow er Pointpr esentati
o nsbecreated w i
t
h a
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. From the Fi
le m e nu select“S aveA s… ”
3. From the “S
a ve A s T ype” m enu s
e l
ec teither“JP EG File I
n t
e r
c hang eFo rm at”
or “P N G Po
rtab le N e two rkG raphi
c sFo rm at”.Se l
ect
ing JPE G w i
lltypica l
ly
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,
and c lick “S
a ve” .
5. P owe rP ointw il
l d isplay a dialogasking “ D oyou want to export every slide in
the pre senta
tion or o nly t
h ec urr
entslide? ” Sel
ect “Every Slide” .
6. After PowerPoint completes the export operation, the sequence of images is
ready to be encoded in Kinoma Producer following the instructions described
in “E nc odin
g aS e qu en ceo fIm ag
e F i
les.”

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. From the Filemen u select“Make Movie… ”
3. Enter a file name for the movie file and choose a location to save the
Quick T im e m ov
ie file.C l
ick“S a ve” to begi
n the e xporto pera t
ion .

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 Note: I
t isre co m m end edth a t
t
he
“
Us
ec
u
r
re
n
ts
e
tt
i
n
gs
”r
a
d
io
bu
t
t
on
be
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
in “Using K inom aPr oducer.
”

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
asked q uest
io ns pag edo esn ’tan sw er you r ques
tion s,you can 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 on-line at:

http://www.kinoma.com/forum

’
s
Customer support is available by sending a message to Kinomac
u
st
o
me
rs
u
pp
o
rt
f
r
om
the following web page:

http://www.kinoma.com/emailsupport.html

You may also send email directly to [email protected]. 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.

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