Vivid Clip Converter
v1.0
Vivid Clip
Converter is used to playback and export .vvd video clips captured with a Sony CLIE NR70V using Vivid.
Requirements
VCC
requires a PC running Windows with QuickTime Player installed.
QuickTime
Player is free software. It is recommended that the latest version, Quicktime
6, is installed on your PC. It is available for download from http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/
Installation
Install the
“Vivid Clip Converter.exe” file somewhere on your hard drive and you are good
to go.
Import
From the
file menu choose “Import”.
Either copy
the .vvd video clips from Memory Stick on to your hard drive or select a video
clip directly from the /VIVID folder on Memory Stick.
When a .vvd
video clip is selected click on the “Open” button to start import and loading
of the video clip for playback and export.
Play
When a
video clip has been imported a new window will be opened in which the video
clip will be played in.
There are
buttons at the bottom of the window which are used to control the playback.
A Play /
Pause button, Forward and Backward buttons and a progress bar which all works
in a similar way as the ones in Vivid.
The movie
window can be resized by dragging the bottom right corner of the window,
allowing for the movie to be played back in larger or smaller sizes.
Export
Video
clips can be exported to many different standard video formats such as AVI, MPEG4, QuickTime movie
etcetera.
Choose
“Export” from the file menu to export a video clip.
Choose
the export settings and then hit the “Save” button to start the export.
Export settings
- FPS
This
setting changes the number of frames per second the exported movie will have.
Make
sure that this value is the same as for the video clip that you are exporting.
The
FPS of a video clip that has been imported to VCC is
shown in the title of the movie window.
- Key frame rate
This
setting lets you change how often a “key frame” should be inserted in the
compression of the exported movie.
E.g.
a key frame every 10 frames results in higher quality but larger file size than
a key frame every 30 frames.
- Quality
This
lets you change the overall quality of the compression of the exported movie.
Higher
quality means larger file size and lower quality means lower file size.
- Limit data
rate
This
setting is yet another way to change the file size and the quality of the
compression.
This
is useful if the video clip is intended to be downloaded and played back in
real time from a network/connection with a certain bandwidth constraint. Choose
the data rate to a value lower than the bandwidth constraint of that particular
network/connection.
- Internet
streaming
Check
the box labelled “Prepare for Internet Streaming” to allow starting playback of
the exported video clip before the entire clip has been downloaded from e.g. a
website.
There
are a number of possible export formats and compression codecs
available to choose from.
If
you are not sure which to choose, choose “Default settings” or try “Movie to QuickTime
movie” with “Sorenson Video 3” as compression method. This setting has a compression
method which gives high quality video and small file sizes.
Support
Contact
support@clievideo.com
if you have comments, suggestions or questions about Vivid Clip Converter.