Read this first Read this first otice This product cotais software owed by Soy ad licesed by third parties. Use of such software is subject to the terms ad coditios of licece agreemets eclosed with this product. Software specificatios are subject to chage without otice ad may ot ecessarily be idetical to curret retail versios. Updates ad additios to software may require a additioal charge. Subscriptios to olie service providers may require a fee ad credit card iformatio. Fiacial services may require prior arragemets with participatig fiacial istitutios. 1 2003 Soy Corporatio. All rights reserved. Reproductio i whole or i part without permissio is prohibited.
Read this first Ed user software licece agreemet This Ed User Software Licece Agreemet (the EULA) is a legal agreemet betwee you ad Soy Corporatio (hereiafter referred to as Soy), a corporatio orgaised uder Japaese Law, the maufacturer of your Soy computer system (the SOY HARDWARE). Please read this EULA carefully before istallig or usig the software distributed together with this EULA (the SOY SOFTWARE). By istallig or usig the SOY SOFTWARE, you agree to be boud by the terms of this EULA. You may use the SOY SOFTWARE oly i coectio with the use of the SOY HARDWARE. SOY SOFTWARE is licesed; ot sold. otwithstadig the foregoig, software distributed together with separate Ed User Software Licece Agreemet (the Third Party EULA), icludig but ot limited to Widows operatig system provided by Microsoft Corporatio, shall be covered by the Third Party EULA. If you do ot agree to the terms of this EULA, please retur the SOY SOFTWARE together with the SOY HARDWARE to the place where you obtaied it. 1. Licece. This SOY SOFTWARE ad the related documetatio are licesed to you by Soy. This EULA allows you to use the SOY SOFTWARE for your persoal use for a sigle SOY HARDWARE outside a etwork ad oly to make oe copy of the SOY SOFTWARE i machie-readable form for back-up purposes oly. 2. Restrictios. The SOY SOFTWARE cotais copyrighted material ad other proprietary material. I order to protect them, ad except as permitted by applicable law, you may ot decompile, reverse egieer or disassemble the SOY SOFTWARE i whole or i part. Except for the trasfer of the SOY SOFTWARE together with the SOY HARDWARE ad prior agreemet of the recipiet to be boud by the terms ad coditios of this EULA, you may ot sell or ret the SOY SOFTWARE ad its copy to ay third party. 3. Limited Warraty. Soy warrats the media o which the SOY SOFTWARE is recorded to be free from physical defects for a period of iety (90) days from the date of purchase as evideced by a copy of the receipt. Durig the applicable warraty period, Soy will replace free of charge such media proved to be defective, provided they are retured properly packaged to the place where you obtaied it, together with your ame, address, ad proof of date of purchase. Soy will have o resposibility to replace media damaged by accidet, abuse, or misapplicatio. The above limited warraty replaces all other represetatios, coditios ad warraties, whether express or implied, by statute or otherwise ad Soy expressly disclaims all other warraties ad all coditios icludig, but ot limited to, the implied warraties ad/or coditios of satisfactory quality ad fitess for a particular purpose. The terms of this limited warraty do ot affect or prejudice your statutory rights as a ultimate cosumer, either do they limit or exclude ay liability for death or persoal ijury caused by the egligece of Soy. 4. Termiatio. This EULA is effective util termiated. You may termiate this EULA at ay time by destroyig the SOY SOFTWARE, related documetatio, ad all copies thereof. This EULA will termiate immediately without otice from Soy, if you fail to comply with ay provisio of this EULA. Upo termiatio you must destroy the SOY SOFTWARE, related documetatio, ad all copies thereof. 5. Goverig Law. This EULA shall be govered by ad costrued i accordace with the laws of Japa. Should you have ay questios cocerig this EULA or this limited warraty, please refer to the Customer Service Guide o how to cotact VAIO-Lik. 2
Read this first EERGY STAR As a EERGY STAR Parter, Soy has determied that this product meets the EERGY STAR guidelies for eergy efficiecy. The Iteratioal EERGY STAR Office Equipmet Program is a iteratioal program that promotes eergy savig through the use of computers ad their office equipmet. The program backs the developmet ad dissemiatio of products with fuctios that effectively reduce eergy cosumptio. It is a ope system i which busiess proprietors ca participate volutarily. The targeted products are office equipmet such as computers, displays, priters, facsimiles ad copiers. Their stadards ad logos are uiform amog participatig atios. 3 EERGY STAR is a U.S. registered mark.
Read this first Trademarks Soy, BlueSpace E, DVgate, Giga Pocket, HotKey Utility, Memory Stick Formatter, PicoPlayer, PictureGear Studio, etwork Smart Capture, SoicStage, Soy otebook Setup, Soy Style Imagig, UI Desig Selector, VAIO Actio Setup, VAIO Edit Compoets, VAIO Media, VAIO System Iformatio, VAIO Web Phoe, Memory Stick, the Memory Stick logo, VAIO ad the VAIO logo are trademarks of Soy Corporatio. 4 Microsoft, Iteret Explorer, Widows Movie Maker, Widows Media Player, Widows XP Professioal, Widows Home Editio ad the Widows logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporatio i the U.S. ad other coutries. i.lik is a trademark of Soy used oly to desigate that a product cotais a IEEE1394 coectio. Adobe, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Adobe Premiere LE ad Adobe Photoshop Elemets are trademarks of Adobe Systems Icorporated. QuickTime ad the QuickTime logo are trademarks used uder licece. QuickTime is registered i the U.S. ad other coutries. RealOe Player is a trademark or registered trademark of Realetworks, Ic. i the U.S. ad other coutries. PowerPael is a trademark of Phoeix Techologies Ltd. Symatec orto Ativirus is a trademark of Symatec Corporatio. EverQuest is a registered trademark of Soy Computer Etertaimet America Ic. Click to DVD is a trademark of Soy Electroics. Drag Drop CD+DVD is a registered trademark of Easy Systems Japa Ltd. WiDVD for VAIO is a trademark of IterVideo, Ic. Recordow is a trademark or registered trademark of VERITAS. PowerDVD for VAIO is a trademark or registered trademark of CyberLik Corporatio. All other ames of systems, products ad services are trademarks of their respective owers. I the maual, the or marks are ot specified. Specificatios are subject to chage without otice. All other trademarks are trademarks of their respective owers. Please see the prited Specificatios sheet to see what software is available for your model.
Registerig your VAIO Registerig your VAIO It oly takes a few momets to register your Soy VAIO computer. By registerig your computer, you ca take advatage of Soy s commitmet to quality customer support ad receive the followig beefits: Club VAIO Olie support, tutorials, tips ad tricks, ews, ews forums, competitios, free dowloads ad software updates. VAIO-Lik If you are experiecig ay problems with your computer, you ca check the VAIO-Lik website for a possible solutio: http://www.vaio-lik.com. Guaratee Protect your ivestmet. See the Guaratee sheet for the terms ad coditios ad refer to your Troubleshootig Guide for more iformatio. To register your Soy VAIO computer, proceed as follows: 1 Set up a Iteret coectio (see also Cofigurig your modem (page 127)). 2 Double-click the VAIO Olie Registratio ico o the desktop. You ca also fid the lik o the Start meu. 3 Chage your laguage if ecessary ad click ext. 4 Click Register ow ad the click ext. This brigs you to the website https://registratio.soystyle-europe.com/vaio/registratio.asp. 5 Fill i your first ad last ame. The serial umber of your computer is etered automatically. 6 Click Submit. 7 Eter your details as required ad click Submit. Your VAIO is registered ad a thak you scree appears. If you etered a email address, you will receive a cofirmatio email from Club VAIO. Oce you have registered, you ca access VAIO Olie Registratio at ay time to update your details without fillig i the survey. 5
About the software delivered with your computer About the software delivered with your computer This sectio gives you a overview of what you ca do with the software delivered with your computer. The software package icludes preistalled software as well as applicatios which you ca istall from the supplied VAIO Recovery ad Documetatio Disc.! If you recover your system, some of the applicatios will ot be preistalled aymore. Please read the Guide to Troubleshootig / Usig VAIO Recovery Documetatio Disc for more iformatio. 6 ot all the applicatios listed below are delivered with your model. Please see the prited Specificatios sheet to see what software is available for your model, ad the the Guide to Troubleshootig / Usig the VAIO Recovery ad Documetatio Disc booklet for istallatio details. Your preistalled software ca mostly be foud uder Start/All Programs. Soy software (page 7) Operatig system ad other software (page 15)
About the software delivered with your computer Soy software BlueSpace E Soy Electroics BlueSpace E is a software applicatio that allows you to coect to other Bluetooth devices. By usig Device Discovery, your Bluetooth computer will idetify all other remote devices equipped with Bluetooth withi the rage offered by these devices (this rage depeds o the "class" of the device). Service Discovery will the show the available services for the Bluetooth device you wat to coect to. Oce a appropriate service is selected, the settigs are completed ad you are ready to commuicate at distace with the other Bluetooth device. If applicable for your model: For more iformatio o BlueSpace E, refer to the Hardware Guide. Click to DVD Soy Electroics With Click to DVD you are oly a sigle mouse click away from creatig a Hollywood-style DVD masterpiece. By simply coectig a Soy Digital Hadycam to this Soy computer via a i.lik cable, you ca tur your family memories ito a DVD for all to share. Click to DVD will eve guide you through a simple 4-step procedure so you ca create DVD meus packed with actively movig chapter icos. If applicable for your model: See Usig Click to DVD (page 82). 7
About the software delivered with your computer DVgate Soy Electroics DVgate is a kit of 3 complemetary applicatios: DVgate Motio, DVgate Still, ad DVgate Assemble. This collectio makes it easy to select ad edit digital video clips, the brig them together ito a professioallookig home video. Use i.lik to coect your digital video camera, ad the computer operates as a editig desk that ca capture, preview, cut ad assemble your selectio ad save the sequeces i AVI or MPEG 1 & 2 formats. DVgate Still displays digital video images set from a digital videocassette recorder or a digital video camera recorder (oly possible if you have DV I/Out o your camera or at least a DV Out for DV Gate Still), ad saves them as graphic files o your hard drive. See Usig DVgate (page 24). 8 EverQuest Soy Computer Etertaimet America Ic. EverQuest is a popular software game that ca be played simultaeously by multiple people o the Iteret. The lik placed o your Widows desktop brigs you to the EverQuest website where you ca fid out more. http://everquest.statio.soy.com Giga Pocket Soy Electroics Giga Pocket* allows you to watch TV ad record your favourite programs o your desktop. Lauch the Giga Pocket Demo from the shortcut o your desktop to lear more. If applicable for your model: Please see the separate olie Giga Pocket Guide for details o the software, ad the Hardware Guide for details o usig the supplied remote cotrol. * Oly available o desktop models.
About the software delivered with your computer HotKey Utility HotKey Utility* gives you quick access to various fuctios usig the F key, eg. icreasig the volume. Please refer to the Combiatios ad fuctios with the <F> key chapter i the Hardware Guide for more iformatio. 9 * This fuctio is oly available o otebook models. ISP Selector Soy Electroics With the ISP Selector* you ca easily istall the Iteret Service Provider you wat to use. Just choose your coutry ad your laguage i the drop-dow lists ad the available providers appear. Click the Istall butto ext to the ISP ad the istallatio begis. Oce you have selected your coutry, you ca oly set up ISPs for that coutry. * Depedig o your model. Memory Stick Formatter Soy Electroics Memory Stick Formatter* is a special applicatio for formattig Memory Sticks. Use this software wheever you reformat Memory Sticks. Moreover, you may be able to reformat Memory Sticks that ca ot be idetified by Widows by usig this software. Whe you format Memory Sticks with this software, all data o the Memory Stick will be lost. If ecessary, take a backup of your data before formattig. * Oly available o otebooks ad desktops with a Memory Stick slot.
About the software delivered with your computer etwork Smart Capture Soy Electroics etwork Smart Capture is a applicatio for capturig still ad movig pictures usig either a digital camera or a USB webcam coected to your computer, or the Motio Eye camera* built ito VAIO computers. This software allows you to view the photos you capture ad sed them to various destiatios. It icludes a web camera feature which you ca set up to capture images at timed itervals, without you beig i the room! See Usig etwork Smart Capture (page 41). 10 * Depedig o your model. PicoPlayer Soy Electroics PicoPlayer* allows you to use Giga Pocket fuctios such as TV viewig, Video Capsule playback, ad record programmig whe you coect to the Giga Pocket Server of your computer. Usig PicoPlayer, you ca watch TV eve if your computer is ot equipped with a TV receptio fuctio. To use these fuctios, you will eed to coect to Giga Pocket Server through a etwork, but PicoPlayer also comes with fuctios that do ot require a etwork coectio. If applicable for your model: Please see the separate olie Giga Pocket Guide for details. * Oly available o desktop models. PictureGear Studio Soy Electroics PictureGear Studio is easy-to-use software that is desiged to help you get the most ejoymet out of your photographs take with a digital camera. With the PictureGear Studio software, you ca easily load photos ito your computer, create photo albums ad make prits. See Usig PictureGear Studio (page 66).
About the software delivered with your computer PowerPael Phoeix Techologies The PowerPael* utility cotrols the power maagemet of your computer ad provides key iformatio about system activity ad battery life. Automatic power maagemet selects the most appropriate profile, depedig o the applicatio you are workig with ad the coditios of use. If applicable for your model: See Maagig power with PowerPael i the Hardware Guide. 11 * Oly available o some otebook models. SoicStage Soy Electroics SoicStage is a software applicatio that uses OpeMG techology, a copyright protectio techology developed by Soy Corporatio ad desiged to allow recordig ad playback of digital music data o a persoal computer. Oce the data is ecrypted ad recorded oto the hard disk, OpeMG techology allows it to be played back o the PC but prevets uauthorised distributio. The purpose of OpeMG techology is to create a eviromet i which larger quatities of high-quality music ca be distributed without subsequet uauthorised distributio of the music files. The SoicStage software ecrypts ad maages music files either dowloaded to a persoal computer by usig the EMD services or adopted (or created) from your ow CD or the Iteret. See Maagig audio files with SoicStage (page 56).
About the software delivered with your computer Soy otebook Setup Soy Electroics Use Soy otebook Setup* to cosult system iformatio, specify prefereces for system behaviour, ad set up a power-o password for your Soy computer. If applicable for your model: See Settig up your otebook with Soy otebook Setup i the Hardware Guide. 12 * Oly available o some otebook models. Soy Style Imagig (shortcut o the desktop) Soy Electroics Soy Style Imagig is a easy way to share your digital pictures ad videos with family ad frieds. Use Soy Style Imagig with etwork Smart Capture to make the most of your images ad movies. Whe you sig up as a Soy Style Imagig member, you ca store your pictures ad eve order prits. Go to the followig website to joi for FREE: http://www.soystyle-imagig.com UI Desig Selector Soy Electroics You ca chage the widow desig of the Soy software compatible with UI Desig Selector. See Chagig your widows desig with the UI Desig Selector program (page 130).
About the software delivered with your computer VAIO Actio Setup Soy Electroics VAIO Actio Setup* helps you maage applicatio settigs that cotrol hardware evets o your computer. For istace, this software eables you to start your favourite software with the shortcut keys (S Keys). It maages the settigs for the Shortcut keys ad more. For more iformatio, refer to the Hardware Guide. 13 * Oly available o some desktop models. VAIO Edit Compoets Soy Electroics Ic. Desiged as a plug-i for Adobe Premiere, VAIO Edit Compoets icludes special features to support your i.lik -DV devices, so you ca produce superior quality home movies eve after editig. ow you ca cotrol the DV device from your computer, import ad edit the movie, ad the export it back to the DV device. VAIO Media Soy Electroics Ic. VAIO Media software brigs multimedia to your etwork, eablig you to share music, video, ad still image files betwee your VAIO computers. You ca set up oe or more computers as "media servers," which store your multimedia files ad make them available to the other VAIO computers o your wired or wireless etwork. VAIO Media cosists of: VAIO Media Music Server, VAIO Media Photo Server, VAIO Media Platform ad VAIO Media Redistributio. See Usig VAIO Media (page 103).
About the software delivered with your computer VAIO System Iformatio Soy Electroics Thaks to VAIO System Iformatio*, you ca check the product iformatio (model ame, serial umber, BIOS versio, OS versio ad OS serial umber) ad the system iformatio (CPU, clock frequecy, system memory ad cache memory) of your computer at all times. 14 * ot available o all models. VAIO Recovery ad Documetatio Disc Soy Corporatio The VAIO Recovery ad Documetatio Disc allows you to reistall the system ad the software shipped with your computer. Whe the budled device drivers are corrupted or accidetally erased, you ca fid them o your hard disk drive (C:\Drivers). Reistallig a idividual device driver may correct a problem you are experiecig with your computer, without you havig to recover the etire system. Moreover, o this disc you fid all the mauals you eed. For more iformatio o how to use the VAIO Recovery ad Documetatio Disc please read the prited Guide to Troubleshootig / Usig the VAIO Recovery ad Documetatio Disc.! You ca oly use the VAIO Recovery ad Documetatio Disc o the Soy computer you purchased, ad ot o ay other Soy PC or other maufacturer's PC.
About the software delivered with your computer Operatig system ad other software Widows XP Professioal with Service Pack 1 Microsoft Corporatio Built o the prove Widows 2000 operatig system, Widows XP Professioal delivers a reliable foudatio you ca cout o to keep your computer up ad ruig whe you eed it most. ot oly is the operatig system more reliable, it also offers features that make it much faster ad easier to recover from system problems. From its fresh, ew look to its more ituitive, task-based desig, Widows XP Professioal will make your computig experiece easier tha it has ever bee. With support for the latest security stadards ad ehaced Firewall protectio, Widows XP Professioal also keeps your data secure ad maitais your privacy. If applicable for your model: For questios ad techical assistace, go olie to: http://support.microsoft.com/directory 15 Widows XP Home Editio with Service Pack 1 Microsoft Corporatio Microsoft Widows XP Home Editio allows you to ejoy a ew level of reliability that helps your computer stay up ad ruig. If aythig does go wrog, you ca quickly roll back to the state your system was i whe all was well. The ew, simpler visual desig lets you use your computer the way you wat. If you share a computer with other users, you ca each ejoy your ow persoal prefereces because this Widows operatig system eables your computer to hadle multiple activities at the same time. Widows XP Home Editio automatically shields your computer from uauthorised access whe you are o the Iteret. If applicable for your model: For questios ad techical assistace, go olie to: http://support.microsoft.com/directory
About the software delivered with your computer Iteret Explorer 6.0 Microsoft Corporatio Iteret Explorer is the Microsoft Iteret browser allowig you to surf the World Wide Web. The Setup Wizard cofigures your computer to coect automatically to your service provider. A full e-mail package eables you to sed ad receive mail - icludig attached files - across the Iteret. etmeetig, Outlook Express ad Microsoft Chat are just some of the compoets budled with Iteret Explorer 6.0. Iteret Explorer 6.0 also icludes 128-bit ecryptio, the highest possible level of protectio for all your Iteret commuicatios, icludig credit card use ad fiacial trasactios. A complete olie tutorial helps ew users become comfortable usig the Iteret. For questios ad techical assistace, go olie to: http://support.microsoft.com/directory 16 Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.1 Adobe Systems Icorporated Acrobat Reader software allows you to view, avigate, ad prit electroic documets i Adobe Portable Documet Format (PDF), a ope file format that is iteded to preserve the coformity of documets created o all major computer platforms. With Acrobat Reader, you ca ope ad view PDF files from withi your Web browser by clickig a PDF file embedded i a HTML file. You quickly see the first page while the rest of the documet is beig dowloaded. For questios ad techical assistace, go olie to: http://www.adobe.com
About the software delivered with your computer Adobe Photoshop Elemets 2.0 Adobe Systems Icorporated Adobe Photoshop Elemets itroduces the ext geeratio of image editig with powerful ew features that offer somethig for every user. Deliverig the broadest ad most productive toolset available, Photoshop Elemets helps you explore your creativity, work at peak efficiecy, ad achieve the highest quality results across all image media. For questios ad techical assistace, go olie to: http://www.adobe.com 17 Adobe Premiere 6.0 LE Adobe Systems Icorporated Complemetary with DVgate Motio, Adobe Premiere lets you capture, record, create ad edit movies with video, soud, aimatios, photographs, drawigs, text ad other material. This stuigly simple ad powerful professioal video-editig tool comfortably closes the DV to Web gap. Differet tools, icludig various effects ad trasitios, help you to prepare your images for editig o tape or CD-ROM. Adobe Premiere combies professioal video editig capabilities ad high quality output i a product that is easy to use ad versatile. For questios ad techical assistace, go olie to: http://www.adobe.com
About the software delivered with your computer Drag' Drop CD+DVD DigiO / Easy Systems Japa Drag' Drop CD+DVD* is desiged to be the most simple software to make your ow DVDs or CDs. Users ca create their ow audio CDs or DVDs that ca be read i most PCs. You ca also bur your ow CDs with it. The operatio is simple: select the files that you wat to write, ad drag ad drop them ito a appropriate box that correspods to the CD or DVD format. After droppig them, simply press the DVD Create butto. For questios ad techical assistace, go olie to: http://www.ddcd.jp/dd3e/soy/cd/ 18 * Oly available o some otebook models. PowerDVD for VAIO CyberLik Corporatio Create, defie ad save DVD video profiles of your ow with this CyberLik software desiged for the VAIO. Based o PowerDVD XP Stadard, PowerDVD XP for VAIO* helps you customise how your DVDs are played. Ejoy a rage of iteractive avigatio ad toolbar settigs as well as video/audio cotrols that ca deliver the highest quality viewig ad listeig experiece. For more iformatio ad support, go to the website: http://www.gocyberlik.com * Oly available o desktop models.
About the software delivered with your computer QuickTime 5.0 Apple QuickTime is the Apple techology that makes video, soud, music, 3D ad virtual reality come alive for your Iteret browser ad Widows. For further iformatio, see the website at: http://www.apple.com/quicktime 19 RealOe Player Realetworks RealOe Player is the Realetworks video ad audio player which lets you maage all major types of media i oe. Its may features allow you to access over 3000 radio statios with music, ews ad sports; play ad save audio files ad create your ow audio CDs; ad orgaise your audio ad video clips locally before trasferrig them to portable storage devices. For further iformatio, see the website at: http://www.real.com Recordow VERITAS Recordow* provides high performace CD or DVD recordig for ethusiasts ad professioals watig cotrol i their CD or DVD writig experiece. Whether you're a first time user or a expert o recordig, Recordow gives you the audio, CD, DVD, video, ad MP3 recordig tools you eed. Recordow* provides predictable results creatig reliable music ad data CD or DVD. For further iformatio, see the website at: http://support.veritas.com * Oly available o some desktop models. It is oly possible to copy DVD media from DVD-R to DVD-R, DVD+R to DVD+R, DVD-RW to DVD-RW, DVD+RW to DVD+RW.
About the software delivered with your computer Symatec orto AtiVirus (as setup o the hard drive) Symatec This software package icludes a 90-day free subscriptio to virus defiitio updates. With orto AtiVirus, you ca sca files, folders, or etire drives for viruses, ad quaratie ifected files for submissio to the Symatec AtiVirus Research Cetre (SARC). Files submitted to SARC are aalysed ad the results are reported automatically withi seve days. Whe you cofigure orto AtiVirus adequately, your computer is safe. orto AtiVirus ca automatically check boot records for viruses at system startup, check programs for viruses at the time you use them, sca all local hard drives for viruses oce per week, ad moitor your computer for ay activity that might idicate the work of a virus i actio. It ca also sca files you dowload from the Iteret ad check floppy disks for boot viruses whe you use them. You must lauch the orto AtiVirus istallatio, ad you will the be prompted to update the virus defiitios. This is ormal as ew viruses will have come out sice your VAIO left the factory. For more iformatio, see the olie help files ad the website at: http://www.symatec.com/techsupp 20 VAIO Web Phoe CallServe Commuicatios Ltd. Oce you have purchased the USB telephoe, this Iteret Telephoe eables you to make telephoe calls from your PC via the Iteret to ay other phoe. You ca make iteratioal calls at sigificatly lower prices ad make phoe calls ad surf the web at the same time - o just oe phoe lie. For more iformatio, see the olie help files ad the website at: http://www.callserve.com/e/help/idex.asp
About the software delivered with your computer Widows Media Player 9 Microsoft Corporatio Widows Media Player 9 dramatically improves the playback experiece, deliverig istat-o / always-o streamig, automatically optimised for your eeds. It provides a wealth of features ad is faster ad easier to use tha ever before, puttig you i cotrol of your media. For more iformatio, see the website at: http://support.microsoft.com/directory 21 Widows Movie Maker 2 Microsoft Corporatio Widows Movie Maker 2 makes home movies amazigly fu. With Movie Maker 2, you ca create, edit, ad share your home movies right o your computer. Build your movie with a few simple drag-ad-drops. Delete bad shots ad iclude oly the best scees. The share your movie via the Web, e-mail, or CD. Usig Drag Drop CD+DVD / WiDVD for VAIO* software you ca eve take movies you've made ad tur them ito DVDs. You ca also save your movie back to the video tape i your camera to play back o a TV or o the camera itself. For further iformatio, see the website at: http://support.microsoft.com/directory * Depedig o your model.
About the software delivered with your computer WiDVD for VAIO IterVideo, Ic. IterVideo Ic.'s WiDVD for VAIO* is a simple-to-use DVD player. WiDVD for VAIO combies all the features you would expect to fid o a stadard cosumer DVD player, i additio to some very advaced fuctioalities, full precisio video decodig, a choice of user iterfaces ad video display optios. You ca play DVD movies, iteractive DVD titles, MPEG video cotet, video ad audio CDs. WiDVD for VAIO automatically determies the type of disc i the DVD drive ad uses the correct playback method. For questios ad techical assistace, go olie to: http://www.itervideo.com 22 * Oly available o otebook models.
Usig Video software Usig Video software The followig video software applicatios are delivered with your VAIO. Check the prited Specificatios sheet to see whether they are preistalled. The read the prited Guide to Troubleshootig / Usig the VAIO Recovery ad Documetatio Disc for istallatio details, if applicable. 23 Usig DVgate (page 24) Usig etwork Smart Capture (page 41)
Usig Video software Usig DVgate DVgate is a software applicatio that eables you to capture ad the edit images take with digital video devices (DV devices), such as digital video camera recorders, o your persoal computer. It also gives you the ability to output the edited material for recordig o a DV device. With DVgate, you ca easily perform image editig with your computer ad a DV device. DVgate cosists of 3 applicatios: DVgate Motio; DVgate Still; DVgate Assemble. Depedig o the computer settigs, frames may be lost durig video capture ad frame duplicatio whe recordig edited videos. Please make sure you cofigure your computer accordig to the recommeded settigs to prevet this from happeig. To cofigure your computer to use DVgate, refer to the Olie help of DVgate. 24
Usig Video software Usig DVgate Motio With DVgate Motio you ca capture video ad record edited videos o a DV device. Capturig videos: You ca automatically or maually capture ay scee or portio of the images recorded o a DV device, such as a digital video camera recorder. What is more, you ca specify the exact scees that you wat to capture while watchig the tape playback o the moitor. You ca the choose to save the selected scees as separate files or as oe file. Recordig edited video o a DV device You ca record the edited video o tape usig a DV device, such as a digital video camera recorder*, coected to the computer. With DVgate, you are ot limited to recordig sigle clips, but you ca record a series of clips o the DV device at oe time. To lauch DVgate Motio, proceed as follows: 1 Coect the camera to the computer with the i.lik cable ad tur o the camera. 2 Click Start, All Programs, DVgate, DVgate Motio. DVgate Motio ad the Moitor widows appear. 25 * The digital video camera recorder must have a DV-I coector.
Usig Video software Capturig videos You ca automatically or maually import videos oto your computer. To automatically import videos oto your computer, proceed as follows: 1 Make sure you have istalled DVgate from the VAIO Recovery ad Documetatio Disc, if applicable (see the prited Specificatios sheet ad the Troubleshootig Guide / Usig the VAIO Recovery ad Documetatio Disc). 2 Lauch DVgate Motio. 3 Click the dow arrow ad select Import-Auto from the Mode drop-dow list. Use the DVgate camera cotrols buttos to play, rewid or fast forward the tape to the selected time code to begi capturig. 26 4 Press Play to start the video. The video begis to play i the Moitor widow.
Usig Video software 5 Click Mark to mark the begiig of the first segmet. The first frame of the segmet to be captured is displayed i the I/Out list widow. Click Mark agai to mark the ed of the segmet to be captured. The last frame of the segmet to be captured is displayed i the I/Out list widow. Cotiue to mark as may segmets as you wat. 6 Click Capture to import the selected video segmet or click Capture All to import them all at oce. The Save as a file widow appears. 7 Select the locatio to save the file. 8 Click the Save butto. DVgate captures the segmets. The Capturig complete message appears. 9 Click OK i the DVgate Motio widow to fiish. Iformatio about the capturig process is displayed i the Report widow. 10 Click OK. 11 Exit DVgate Motio. The Dvmotio2 widow appears o the scree. You ca the save the I/Out list, which allows you to capture the same video sequeces later o, or chage the I/Out settigs. Make sure that the camera is i Video Tape Recorder mode (VTR) whe capturig or playig back video from or to a tape. If you wat to maually import video oto your computer, refer to the DVgate olie help file. 27
Usig Video software Recordig edited videos o a DV device To record edited videos o a DV device, proceed as follows: 1 Adjust the recordig correctio values. 2 Add files to the Record List. 3 Record remotely or maually the video o the DV device. 28 Adjustig the recordig correctio values To esure accuracy i the recordig, you ca specify recordig correctio values. Adjustmet of the recordig correctio values is especially importat whe performig splice recordig. You ca choose to specify the values yourself or to have them automatically adjusted by usig the automatic calibratio feature. The values geerated by the automatic calibratio feature are usually correct. To automatically adjust the recordig correctio values, proceed as follows: 1 Lauch DVgate Motio. 2 Click the dow arrow ad select Export - Auto from the Mode drop-dow list. 3 Select Adjust o Recordig from the Settigs meu. The Adjust o Recordig dialog box appears. 4 Click the AutoAdjust butto. DVgate Motio activates the coected DV device ad automatically fids the adjustmet values. 5 Click OK. To maually adjust the recordig correctio values, refer to the DVgate olie help file.
Usig Video software Addig files to the Record List To add files to the Record List, proceed as follows: 1 Lauch DVgate Motio. 2 Click Add i the DVgate Motio AVI file list. The Add dialog box appears. 3 Select a file ad click Ope. The specified file is added ad the serial umber, first ad last images, time code, file legth ad file ame are displayed. DVgate Motio adds all serial umbered files with the same ame if you select Add all divided files saved with the same ame. Serial umbered files are created whe you specify to save files as multiple files i DVgate Motio ad DVgate Assemble. All ewly added files are appeded to the ed of the list. You ca drag multiple files at oe time; however, the order i which they are added is upredictable. You ca record AVI files with differet soud modes o a DV device, but about oe secod of o soud (depedig o the DV device) may occur at the poit where the soud modes chage. You ca oly add AVI files usig DV Codec as video compressio; MPEG files are ot supported. Whe recordig a video sequece, make sure that all images are saved i the same mode. Recordig i differet modes might cause soud or image distortios durig playback. 29 After addig the files to the Record List, you ca still chage the order of the files, add or delete files. To chage the order of the files i the Record List, proceed as follows: 1 Click the file you wat to move while holdig dow the mouse butto. 2 Drag the file to the appropriate positio ad the release the mouse butto. To remove a file from the Record List, proceed as follows: 1 Click the file you wat to remove.
Usig Video software 2 Click Delete. The removed file is filled by the subsequet file ad the files are reumbered. Click Delete All to remove all files. You ca select multiple AVI or still picture files from the Record List by clickig them while holdig dow the <Shift> or <Ctrl> key. Whe you move multiple files, they are all moved together. You ca udo chages by choosig Udo from the Edit meu immediately after isertig, movig or deletig (a) file(s). You ca save a Record List for future use. Record List files ca oly be used i DVgate Motio. To preview a clip, proceed as follows: 1 Select the file you wat to preview i the DVgate Motio AVI file list widow. 2 Click Preview. The Moitor widow ad the Preview widow appear. The Moitor widow shows the first frame of the file. Click the Previous File butto or o the ext File butto to select the file you wat to preview. Click Preview All to preview all the files show i the list. Previous File ad ext File are buttos for movig the preview from oe selected file to aother. They are ot desiged for avigatio purposes withi the list. Cosequetly, you caot click them whe oly oe file is selected. Whe you select oly oe file, Previous File ad ext File do ot fuctio. 30 Recordig o the DV device You ca automatically or maually export videos from your computer to a DV device. To automatically export videos from your computer to a DV device, proceed as follows: 1 Coect the camera to the computer with the i.lik cable ad tur o the camera. 2 Lauch DVgate Motio. 3 Click the dow arrow ad select Export-Auto from the Mode drop-dow list. 4 Click the Add butto i the DVgate Motio - AVI file list widow ad select the video file you wat to export.
Usig Video software 5 Click Record or Record All. The Output dialog box appears. 6 Select the Add blak image optio butto. You ca add blak frame(s) durig recordig if you select the Apped optio butto i the Output dialog box. Blak frame(s) ca be placed i the followig locatios: Head: A blak image is placed before the start of the video sequece durig recordig. Tail: A blak image is placed after the ed of the video sequece durig recordig. Both: Blak images are placed before the start ad after the ed of the video sequece durig recordig. You ca specify the legth of a blak image by eterig the umber of frames i the Legth box i the Output dialog box. 7 Click OK. The Output dialog box closes ad recordig starts. Video sequeces are recorded o the DV device i the order i which they are arraged i the Record List. Clickig Record All will sed all the video files show i the Record List to the coected device. Clickig Record will sed oly the video files selected from the Record List to the coected device. Eve if you specify ot to add blak frames, several blak frames are always placed at the ed of the recorded segmet regardless of the settigs. This is to prevet image oise from beig recorded whe recordig stops. Do ot quit or log off from Widows while recordig. Otherwise, recordig will fail. Disable the scree saver i Widows. Do ot start other applicatios or move ay active widow while recordig. Recordig from the very begiig of the tape may ot be successful if you record by cotrollig the video device through DVgate Motio. Do ot tur the power switch o the digital video camera recorder to Camera or tur it off while DVgate Motio is recordig. ever switch the iput sources whe recordig o a digital videocassette recorder as this might prevet recordig. If you wat to export maually videos from your computer to a DV device, refer to the DVgate olie help file. 31
Usig Video software Usig DVgate Still DVgate Still is a applicatio that displays digital video images set from DV devices such as a digital videocassette recorder or a digital video camera recorder ad that captures them as still pictures. The followig fuctios are featured: Cotrol the coected DV device ad display a video image o the scree of your VAIO. Capture 30 frames of still pictures i total with respectively 15 frames i the forward ad backward directios. Capture oly oe frame of a still picture. Save a captured still picture i BMP, JPEG, GIF or DVF format. The soud recorded with the image, is ot played. 32 Capturig pictures There are two capture modes i DVgate Still: the Cotiuous Capture mode ad the Sigle Frame Capture mode. Cotiuous Capture mode: If you capture pictures durig Play mode, you ca capture 30 frames of still pictures i total with respectively 15 frames i the forward ad backward directios. All still pictures already captured, are lost. If you capture durig Pause mode, you ca capture oly oe frame of a still picture. Immediately after you capture durig Play mode i Cotiuous Capture mode, the DV device pauses. This is ormal. Sigle Frame Capture mode: You ca capture oe frame of a still picture. The captured result is the same eve if you capture durig Play or Pause mode. Capturig 30 frames i Cotiuous Capture mode replaces all 30 frames. Capturig oly oe frame overwrites the first frame of the still picture, capturig the ext frame overwrites the secod frame, ad so o.
Usig Video software To toggle betwee Cotiuous Capture mode ad Sigle Frame Capture mode, proceed as follows: 1 Click Settigs i the DVgate Still widow. 2 Choose Capture The Capture Settigs widow appears. 3 Select the Capture frames cotiuously optio butto to capture i Cotiuous Capture mode. Clear the Capture frames cotiuously optio butto to capture i Sigle Frame Capture mode. To capture pictures, proceed as follows: 1 Make sure you have istalled DVgate from the VAIO Recovery ad Documetatio Disc, if applicable (see the prited Specificatios sheet ad the Troubleshootig Guide / Usig the VAIO Recovery ad Documetatio Disc). 2 Coect the DV device to your computer. 3 Lauch DVgate Still (Start/All Programs/DVgate/DVgate Still). The DVgate Still widow appears. 4 Set the DV device to the Play or Pause mode. The video image appears i the Moitor widow. 5 Click the Capture butto. The video image i the Moitor widow is beig captured. Draggig the slider i the Capture widow to the left or right lets you display the still picture before or after the curret oe.! If you exit DVgate Still without savig the captured still picture, it is cleared.! Eve if you attempt to capture cotiuous pictures, you may ot be able to capture some frames. I this case, exit all applicatios other tha DVgate Still ad the retry to capture them. 33
Usig Video software Savig the captured pictures You ca save the still pictures displayed i the DVgate Still - Still widow i either oe of the followig formats: BMP, JPG, GIF or DVF. To save the captured pictures, proceed as follows: 1 Lauch DVgate Still ad capture images. 2 I the DVgate Still - Still widow, select a still picture you wat to save. 34 3 Click the Save butto. The Save As dialog box appears. Use the Locatio to Save drop-dow list to select a folder. Select a file format from the File Format drop-dow list. 4 Click Save. The captured picture is saved.
Usig Video software Usig DVgate Assemble DVgate Assemble eables you to edit video files ad still image files captured with DVgate Motio ad DVgate Still. Afterwards you ca splice them together to form oe sigle file. You ca save the resultig spliced video sequeces as AVI, MPEG1, or MPEG2* format files. To lauch DVgate Assemble, proceed as follows: 1 Click Start. 2 Poit to All Programs, DVgate ad the to DVgate Assemble. The DVgate Assemble mai widow appears. 35 * Depedig o your model.
Usig Video software Creatig a Assemble List You ca create a Assemble List with files you wat to splice together. Afterwards you ca always edit the Assemble List by chagig the order of the files ad addig or deletig files. To add files to a Assemble List, proceed as follows: 1 Make sure you have istalled DVgate from the VAIO Recovery ad Documetatio Disc, if applicable (see the prited Specificatios sheet ad the Troubleshootig Guide / Usig the VAIO Recovery ad Documetatio Disc). 2 Lauch DVgate Assemble. 3 Click the Add butto. The Add dialog box appears. 4 Choose AVI file i the Files of type drop-dow box. If you select Add all divided files saved with the same ame, DVgate Assemble will add all serial umbered files with the same ame to the list. Serial umbered files are files that are created whe DVgate Motio saves files that are split ad applies cosecutive umbers to them. The umbers of the split files have 4 digits ad icrease oe uit at a time startig with 0001. 5 Select a file ad click Ope. The AVI file is added to the list. Imported files are added at the ed of the Assemble List. You ca oly add video files i AVI (DV CODEC) format, ad still image files i BMP, JPEG, ad GIF formats. Please see the help files for iformatio o covertig o-compatible AVI files. Whe you add a still image file (BMP, JPEG, or GIF), the umber of frames, coverted size, ad size coversio mode are show. You ca save a Assemble List for future use. Assemble List files ca oly be used i DVgate Assemble. 36
Usig Video software Editig AVI files You ca edit the AVI files i the Assemble List for the exact scees you wat to use. For example, there is o eed to recapture files eve if you oly wat to use oe particular scee from a loger video sequece origially captured with DVgate Motio. ote that the process of removig the exact scee is oly eabled whe oe AVI file is selected from the Assemble List. However, this commad is disabled whe more tha oe file are selected. To edit the AVI files i the Assemble List for the exact scees you wat to use, proceed as follows: 1 Lauch DVgate Assemble. 2 Select the AVI file you wat to edit from the Assemble List. 3 Choose Edit a clip... from the Edit meu. The DVgate Assemble - Clip dialog box appears. 4 Click the Preview butto. The video sequece of the selected file is played back. You ca move the playback positio to the Begi poit or the Ed poit by clickig the Begi or Ed poit of the image. Click the Begi butto whe you see the scee to be used as the Begi poit. The Begi poit image ad the time code appear i the lower part of the dialog box. Click the Ed butto whe you see the scee to be used as the Ed poit. The Ed poit image ad the time code appear i the lower part of the dialog box. 5 Click OK. The AVI file is edited. 37
Usig Video software Combiig still images with video images To combie still images with video images, proceed as follows: 1 Lauch DVgate Assemble. 2 Click the Add butto. The Add dialog box appears. 3 Select the image file type from the Files of type drop-dow list. 4 Select your image file ad click Ope. The image is added to the Assemble List. 5 Choose Edit a clip... from the Edit meu i the mai widow. The DVgate Assemble - Clip dialog box appears. 6 Eter the isertio time i secods or frames. 7 Tur the Wide TV mode o or off. 8 Select the scree size. 9 Adjust the height ad width of still images whe they are output: Full size: Elarges the scree size to the full moitor size. The aspect ratio may chage with this selectio. Origial Size: Retais the origial size of the image, without reductio or elargemet. Full size usig aspect ratio as saved: Elarges the scree size to the maximum without chagig the aspect ratio. 10 Click the Settigs butto. The Settigs widow appears. 11 Select the fial format of the combied file, choosig from AVI, MPEG1 or MPEG2 (if available)*. 38
Usig Video software 12 Click OK. The Assemble List appears. 13 Click OK. The still ad video images are combied. * Choosig MPEG1 as the format will reduce the size of the file cosiderably. 39
Usig Video software Savig the edited video To save a edited video sequece, proceed as follows: 1 Click the Output or the Output All butto. The Save As dialog box appears. Iformatio o the output file ad the amout of free disk space is show i the lower part of the Save As dialog box. 2 Select the locatio where you wat to save the file ad type the ame of the file i the File ame text box. 3 Click Save. 4 The Outputtig as a AVI file dialog box appears ad splicig begis. 5 The DVassemble widow appears ad displays the Exportig/Save to a AVI file complete message. The set time ad the size that the file is split ito are displayed whe outputtig a AVI file. 6 Click OK. The edited video is saved. Whe you click the Output butto, oly the files o the Assemble List that have bee selected, are coected ad output as a file. Clickig Output All meas that all the files o the Assemble List are coected ad output. The file ame is the ame that was etered i the Save As dialog box. A 4-digit serial umber is attached to the file ame, e.g., test001-0001.avi, the test001-0002.avi, test001-0003.avi. 40
Usig Video software Usig etwork Smart Capture etwork Smart Capture allows you to maage photos ad movies take with a i.lik -compatible digital camera or USB Web camera. You ca capture ad ehace video or still images to share with your family ad frieds over the Iteret or via e-mail. Refer to the documetatio that came with your compatible i.lik device for iformatio o operatig coditios ad proper coectio. Before coectig i.lik -compatible peripherals to your computer, such as a optical drive or hard disk drive, make sure they are compatible with your computer s Microsoft Widows operatig system ad check the required operatig coditios of the devices. 41
Usig Video software Lauchig etwork Smart Capture To lauch etwork Smart Capture, proceed as follows: 1 Make sure you have istalled the software from the VAIO Recovery ad Documetatio Disc, if ecessary. 2 Coect your i.lik -compatible digital camera or USB Web camera to your computer ad tur it o. 3 I the Start meu, select All Programs, etwork Smart Capture, ad the etwork Smart Capture. The etwork Smart Capture mai widow appears. If a blue scree appears i the Fider widow, there is o data iput from a digital camera or camcorder. 42
Usig Video software Ico Descriptio/Fuctio 1 Fider widow Displays images i real-time 2 Help Displays the olie Help documetatio 3 Data list Displays thumbails of captured images 43 4 Display Image Opes captured images i the Fider Widow 5 Task bar See Maagig your images ad movies (page 54) for details 6 Select Capture Meu Eables you to customise a image ad add effects 7 Chage Settig Eables you to set prefereces 8 Capture butto Records the image i the Fider widow. This butto chages to Record i Movie mode ad Start i Web camera mode 9 Web Camera Captures still images accordig to specified settigs 10 Movie Mode Captures movig images 11 Still Mode Captures still images Some cameras ad camcorders eed to have recordig media iserted before a image ca be displayed i the Fider widow. Read the maual supplied with your digital camera or camcorder for more iformatio.
Usig Video software Usig Still mode To take still pictures with the etwork Smart Capture software, proceed as follows: 1 Coect your i.lik -compatible digital camera or USB Web camera to your computer ad tur it o. The viewfider image appears i the mai widow. 2 Lauch etwork Smart Capture. 3 Click Still ear the top left-had corer of the scree. 44 Makig settigs for Still mode Before you capture a still image, you ca set your ow prefereces. To make your settigs for Still mode, proceed as follows: 1 Click the Select Capture Meu ico ear the bottom of the scree to view capture optios for your still image capture: For more o the Effect optio, see Applyig effects to your images ad movies (page 53).
Usig Video software 2 Click the Chage Settig ico ear the bottom of the scree. : The Still Image Settig widow appears, cotaiig four tabs: 45 Basic Select a folder destiatio for your images. Capturig Format Select the image size i pixels ad adjust the image quality. Commo Eable or disable the soud ad aimatio effects. Cam/Mic Selectio Allows to select the camera to be used for etwork Smart Capture. 3 Click each tab to view the optios ad set prefereces. 4 Click OK whe you have fiished. If usig a web cam, a further tab allowig Camera Adjustmet is available.
Usig Video software Capturig a image i Still mode To capture a image i Still mode, proceed as follows: 1 Use your digital camera or camcorder to locate the image you wat to capture. 2 Whe you see the image you wat i the Fider widow, click Capture. You ca capture a sigle image or several images at oce. 3 Your captured images are stored as thumbail images i the Display List to the right of the Fider widow. 4 Click the thumbail images or arrows to the right of the Fider widow to view your captured images. As each image is captured, it appears i the Fider widow. 46
Usig Video software Usig Movie mode To capture a home movie, proceed as follows: 1 Coect your i.lik -compatible digital camera or USB Web camera to your computer ad tur it o. The viewfider image appears i the mai widow. 2 Lauch etwork Smart Capture. 3 Click Movie to activate Movie mode. 47 Makig settigs for Movie mode Before you capture a movig image, you ca set your ow prefereces. To make your settigs for Movie mode, proceed as follows: 1 Click the Select Capture Meu ico ear the bottom of the scree to view settig optios for your movig image capture. For more o the Effect optio, see Applyig effects to your images ad movies (page 53).
Usig Video software 2 Click the Chage Settig ico to view the available optios for your movie capture. The Movie Clip Settig widow appears, cotaiig four tabs: 48 Basic Select a folder destiatio for your movies whe recordig video clips. Capturig Format Adjust the image quality, reduce oise, ad set the maximum recordig time for your movie capture. Commo Eable or disable the soud ad aimatio effects. Cam/Mic Selectio Allows to select the camera to be used for etwork Smart Capture. 3 Click each tab to view the optios ad set prefereces ad click OK whe you have fiished. If usig a web cam, a further tab allowig Camera Adjustmet is available.
Usig Video software Capturig a image i Movie mode To capture a image i Movie mode, proceed as follows: 1 Use your digital camera or camcorder to locate the movig image you wat to capture. 2 Whe you see the image you wat i the Fider widow or i the camcorder s viewfider, click Record to begi recordig your movie. 49 The Movie Player ico appears. Click Stop whe you have fiished recordig your movie. The first frame of your movie appears i the data list to the right of the Fider widow. etwork Smart Capture automatically stops recordig accordig to the recordig time you set i the Movie Clip Settig widow. 3 You ca preview your movie i the Fider widow by double-clickig the movie thumbail i the data list.
Usig Video software Usig Web camera mode With the Web camera fuctio, you ca set up the camera ad software to take still images automatically, without you beig there, accordig to coditios you specify. The fuctio allows you to set a time iterval for regularly capturig images, ad a time period durig which images are automatically captured. To set the camera up as a Web camera, proceed as follows: 1 Coect your i.lik -compatible digital camera or USB Web camera to your computer ad tur it o. The viewfider image appears i the mai widow. 2 Lauch etwork Smart Capture. 3 Click Web camera to activate Web camera mode. 50 Makig settigs for Web camera mode Before you capture a Web camera image, you ca set your ow prefereces. To make your settigs for Web camera mode, proceed as follows: 1 Click the Select Capture Meu ico ear the bottom of the scree to view settig optios for your image capture. For more o the Effect optio, see Applyig effects to your images ad movies (page 53).
Usig Video software 2 Click the Chage Settig ico to view the available optios for your image capture. The Web Camera Settig widow appears, cotaiig six tabs: 51 Basic Select a folder destiatio to store your images, ad choose your dial-up settig. Capturig Iterval Set your Web camera to capture images at itervals or wheever there is movemet. Sed Set your upload optios. You ca make FTP ad Web page settigs here too. Capturig Format Select the image size i pixels ad adjust the image quality. Commo Eable or disable the soud ad aimatio effects. Cam/Mic Selectio Allows to select the camera to be used for etwork Smart Capture. 3 Click each tab to view optios ad set prefereces ad click OK whe you have fiished. If usig a web cam, a further tab allowig Camera Adjustmet is available.
Usig Video software Capturig a image i Web camera mode To capture a image i Web camera mode, proceed as follows: 1 Use your digital camera or camcorder to locate the movig image you wat to capture. 2 Whe you see the image you wat i the Fider widow or i the camcorder s viewfider, click Start to begi. The Web Camera Reservatio Wizard appears, guidig you through the iitial settigs. 3 Click Fiish i the fial scree. The automatic fuctio is set up ad the pictures are take accordig to your settigs. 52
Usig Video software Applyig effects to your images ad movies You ca add effects to real-time images or movies displayed i the Fider widow. You ca use a differet effect for each picture. To add effects, proceed as follows: 1 Click the Select Capture Meu ico at the bottom of the scree. 2 Select the Effect optio from the list. The Effect Selectio widow appears. 53 3 Choose from the rage of effects ad aimatios. 4 Click Properties to select the level of each effect. To remove a effect, select Cacel Effect from the Select Capture Meu list or o Effect from the Effect Selectio widow.
Usig Video software Maagig your images ad movies The task buttos to the right of the etwork Smart Capture widow eable you to perform various fuctios with your images or movies. 54 Save As Sed attached Image by E-mail Delete Saves still images i JPEG format ad movie images i MPEG format to your required locatio. Lauches your e-mail program with a ew message widow cotaiig the still image or movie as a attachmet. Discards ay or all of your images ad videos. You must be coected to the Iteret before attemptig to e-mail your still images or videos.
Usig Video software Viewig the olie Help For more iformatio about etwork Smart Capture, see the applicatio s olie Help files. To view the olie help, proceed as follows: From the Start meu, click All Programs, etwork Smart Capture, ad click Help from the submeu. Alteratively: Click the Help ico i etwork Smart Capture s mai widow. 55
Maagig audio files with SoicStage Maagig audio files with SoicStage SoicStage lets you play ad record audio CDs ad import digital audio files while maitaiig the copyright iformatio of the cotets. Whe you record a audio CD with SoicStage oto your computer s hard disk drive, the default format is ATRAC3. Other possible formats are: WAV, WMA, ATRAC3Plus. The imported data ca be played o your computer or trasferred to exteral devices or media. SoicStage coverts your existig MP3, WMA ad WAV format audio files ito the default ATRAC3 format. To ope SoicStage, proceed as follows: 1 Click the Start butto o the Widows taskbar. 2 Poit to All Programs, SoicStage ad the click SoicStage. 3 The Please cofirm setup dialog box appears. You ca set SoicStage as the default applicatio for playig audio CDs by selectig the appropriate check box. 4 Click Yes. The Welcome to SoicStage widow appears if you ope SoicStage. 5 Close the widow. The SoicStage mai widow appears. 56
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Maagig audio files with SoicStage 1 Recordig butto Displays the Recordig Assistat widow. Select a source ico ad a target ico. 2 Source icos As a source you ca use: - the Music drive: files from the music database Music Drive maaged by SoicStage, or the audio files registered to a playlist o the Music Drive. - a CD: files from a audio-cd, CD-R ad CD-RW. - a MD: files from a MiiDisc iserted ito a et MD* slot. - a MS: files from a MagicGate Memory Stick iserted ito a Memory Stick * slot. - Devices/Media: files from a etwork Walkma or a exteral etmd device. 58 3 Import butto Displays the Import widow. You ca use this widow to import audio files stored o the computer ito the Music Drive ad register them to a Playlist. 4 Simple Mode butto Switches the Mai widow to Simple Mode. You ca also switch to Simple Mode by clickig the shortcut key <F11>. 5 Close butto Closes SoicStage. 6 Help butto Displays the help file. 7 Operatio area The Playback area, Cotet area or Edit area are displayed i this area. 8 Meu butto Displays the mai meu of SoicStage. 9 Volume cotrol buttos Here you ca: - tur the soud off or o; - tur the volume dow; - tur the volume up. 10 Equalizer butto I the Equalizer meu: - you ca select a preset equalizer settig: flat, rock, pop, jazz or classical; - put the equalizer off; - chage the equalizer settigs.
Maagig audio files with SoicStage 11 Soud Effect butto You have the choice betwee: - Vocal Caceller: the Vocal Caceller caot be applied to sogs o a MiiDisc. - Souds Effects Off. 12 Visualizer butto The Visualizer widow shows various visual effects while playig a audio file. 59 13 Iteret butto Opes or closes the Iteret Pael. It allows you to dowload or stream audio files via EMD services. The CDDB2 (Compact Disc Database) Music Recogitio Service registratio wizard eables you to register with CDDB. You eed Iteret access o your computer to register ad use this service. For more iformatio regardig CDDB2 registratio, click the Help butto. * Oly possible whe you have this slot built-i o your machie.
Maagig audio files with SoicStage Recordig from a CD You ca, for example, record sogs from audio CDs ad import them to playlists i SoicStage. To record a CD, proceed as follows: 1 Isert a audio CD ito your system s optical disc drive. 2 Click the Recordig butto (1). 3 Click the CD ico as your source (2). 4 Click the Music Drive ico as your target (3). 60
Maagig audio files with SoicStage 5 Click the Jump to Record Widow butto (4). The RecordPael widow appears. 6 If you oly wat to record a few sogs, click the Show List butto. The list of tracks o your audio CD appears. 7 If ecessary select the format ad bit rate for recordig by clickig the Chage CD Recordig Format butto. 8 You ca select specific tracks o your CD by deselectig the check boxes from the tracks you do ot wat to record. You ca clear all selected tracks by selectig the empty Select All check box, ad the selectig the tracks you wat to record. For each sog you ca determie the sog title, the artist ad the gere. 9 Click the Rec Selectio butto to begi recordig. Whe you wat to record all the sogs of the audio CD to the playlist, you click the Record All butto. 10 Whe the recordig is fiished, the ew playlist appears i the file tree view i the right pae. 61
Maagig audio files with SoicStage 62 Whe you record from a audio CD o your optical disc drive for the first time, the CD Drive Optimizatio dialog box appears. Click Start to verify your optical disc drive. Oce the verificatio is performed, recordig begis. You ca display the ame of the CD ad its sogs by clickig the CD Ifo butto ad after registerig with CDDB.
Maagig audio files with SoicStage Trasferrig sogs (check i/out) You ca trasfer sogs betwee the playlists o your SoicStage software ad exteral devices or media (for example, Memory Stick Walkma, etwork Walkma, CD-RW). For more iformatio o usig your exteral devices or media, see the documetatio that came with the product. Checkig out sogs 63 Checkig out sogs meas trasferrig audio files from a computer to a exteral device (for example, a portable player). To check out sogs, proceed as follows: 1 Coect the exteral device or isert the media (for example, a MagicGate Memory Stick ) ito your computer. Your computer automatically recogises the coected exteral device or media ad the Check-I/Out widow appears. 2 Click the Show List butto to see which sogs you have i the Music Drive. 3 I the Tree view o the left, select the playlist cotaiig the sog(s) to check out. 4 I the List view o the left, select the track to check out. To check out more tha oe sog at a time, hold dow the <Ctrl> key ad select additioal sogs. 5 If ecessary, select the trasfer mode for checkig out. 6 Click the Check Out butto or drag the sog to the appropriate positio i the sog list of the exteral device or media. The checkig out begis. SoicStage does ot work with the blue Memory Sticks. For more iformatio, read the OpeMG maual. To cacel Check Out, click Stop, or click Cacel i the processig dialog box that is displayed durig the Check Out process.
Maagig audio files with SoicStage Checkig i sogs After checkig out audio files, you ca trasfer those files back to the hard drive. This is what we call checkig i. The sogs that you trasfer like this ca oly be checked i to the hard drive of the same computer from which the sogs were checked out. To check i sogs, proceed as follows: 1 Coect the exteral device or isert the MagicGate Memory Stick ito your computer. Your computer automatically recogises the coected exteral device or media ad the Check-I/Out widow appears. 2 Click the Show List butto to see which sogs you have o your Memory Stick. 3 Select o the right-had side the track to check i. To check i more tha oe sog at a time, hold dow the <Ctrl> key ad select additioal sogs. 4 If ecessary, select the trasfer mode for checkig i. 5 Click the Check-I butto. The checkig out begis. To cacel Check I, click Stop, or click Cacel i the Processig dialog box that is displayed durig the Check I process. 64
Maagig audio files with SoicStage Additioal features SoicStage Backup Tool You ca back up ad restore all the music, graphics ad iformatio data maaged by SoicStage. You must be coected to the Iteret to use the SoicStage Backup Tool. Import audio files i various formats You ca import audio files with various formats, such as MP3, WAV ad WMT stadards. You ca also import audio files that comply with the Microsoft Widows Media Techologies (WMT) stadard, idetified by ASF or WMA extesios. Maage your audio files through the Playlist feature of SoicStage. Maage imported sogs o the Playlist Additioal features are available whe you register your imported sogs through the Playlist feature of SoicStage. You ca maage your music by creatig your ow list of sogs categorised by gere or artist, displayig your sog list i the Playlist feature, ad arragig your sogs i a customised order usig the Playlist folders. Edit your music by combiig multiples sogs ito a sigle oe, or divide oe sog ito two, by usig the Combie ad Divide features. Simple mode The mai SoicStage widow i Simple mode is a smaller, compact versio of the Full mode view. This ca be useful whe you wat to liste to sogs with SoicStage while usig other software, or wheever you feel that Full mode view is itrusive. The desig of the mai SoicStage widow i simple mode ca be chaged by selectig a ew ski, which ehaces the appearace of the widow. The Simple mode feature eables you to perform playback operatios oly. 65
Usig PictureGear Studio Usig PictureGear Studio The PictureGear Studio software is desiged to creatively maage your digital pictures. With its easy-to-use features, you ca quickly load images from your digital camera or camcorder, prit high-quality photos, create custom labels, ad desig persoalised photo albums or biders to share with frieds ad family. To share a PictureGear Studio creatio over the Iteret or by usig aother computer, use the Export feature. See Usig the Export feature (page 77). 66 Lauchig PictureGear Studio To lauch PictureGear Studio, proceed as follows: 1 Make sure you have istalled the software from the VAIO Recovery ad Documetatio Disc-ROM, if ecessary (see the Specificatios sheet ad the Troubleshootig Guide / Usig the VAIO Recovery ad Documetatio Disc). 2 I the Start meu, select All Programs, PictureGear Studio, ad the PictureGear Studio. The PictureGear Studio mai widow appears.
Usig PictureGear Studio 3 Move the mouse cursor over each feature to see a descriptio of it o the right-had side. Usig the Import feature With the Import feature, you ca capture ad import pictures from your USB digital camera / camcorder or TWAI-supportig scaer to your computer. Oce you have imported the pictures, you ca select your favourite pictures ad save them i hady folders for future use. Coect your digital camera or camcorder to your computer, or isert your Memory Stick ito the appropriate slot, before attemptig to import pictures. Whe you iitially coect your digital camera or camcorder, or isert a Memory Stick, Widows XP may attempt to recogise the device or media. I this case, a idetificatio widow appears i which you have to select the device. 67 Usig the Import feature with a USB device To use the Import feature with a USB device, proceed as follows: 1 Coect your digital camera / camcorder to your computer or isert the Memory Stick you are usig. 2 I the PictureGear Studio mai widow, click Import Photo. The PhotoCollectio Import widow appears. 3 Click Import Photo. Your coected device is displayed i the Select Device widow. 4 Click List to view all the pictures located o the device or media. 5 Make your selectios ad click Import Selected Photos. The Specify Folder widow appears. 6 Select a folder optio. 7 If you are importig to a ew folder, type i the folder ame. 8 Click Start Importig. The Adjust widow appears.
Usig PictureGear Studio 9 Click to make ay adjustmets you wat to make to the pictures. The Adjust widow displays a elarged versio of the picture o the right ad thumbail versios o the left. Click Save to relocate the idividual picture to a ew folder. Click Delete to remove the picture from the photo collectio. Click Rotate to chage the picture s positio. Click Trim to crop the picture or capture a specific area. 10 Click Fiish Importig to save the imported pictures i a photo collectio (see Usig the PhotoCollectio feature (page 70)). 68 Usig the Import feature with a TWAI device To use the Import feature with TWAI-supportig devices (a scaer, for example), proceed as follows: 1 Make sure the photo capture software delivered with the device is istalled o your computer, ad coect your scaer or other TWAI device to your computer. 2 I the PictureGear Studio mai widow, click Import Photo. The PhotoCollectio Import widow appears ad your coected device is displayed i the Select widow. 3 Click the Camera ico ad select a folder optio. 4 If you are importig to a ew folder, type i the folder ame. 5 Click Start Importig. The photo capture applicatio that was provided with the device lauches automatically. 6 Use the photo capture applicatio to import the photos. Whe import is complete, the Adjust widow appears, displayig a elarged versio of the picture o the right ad thumbail versios o the left. Click Save to move the idividual picture to a ew folder.
Usig PictureGear Studio Click Delete to remove the picture from the photo collectio. Click Rotate to chage the picture's positio. Click Trim to crop the picture or capture a specific area. 7 Click Fiish Importig to save the imported pictures i a photo collectio (see Usig the PhotoCollectio feature (page 70)). 69
Usig PictureGear Studio Usig the PhotoCollectio feature You ca orgaise ad maage your imported pictures o your computer s hard drive. To use the PhotoCollectio feature, proceed as follows: 1 I the PictureGear Studio mai widow, click PhotoCollectio. Alteratively, go to Start, All Programs, PictureGear Studio, Tool ad the click PhotoCollectio. The PhotoCollectio widow appears, with a list of available photo sources displayed o the left, ad the selected source s cotets displayed as thumbail pictures o the right. 70
Usig PictureGear Studio 2 From the thumbail view, click to select pictures. Hold dow the <Ctrl> key while clickig to select several pictures. Use <Ctrl>+<A> to select all the photos i a folder. 3 Maage your pictures with these additioal tools ad features: 4 Click Rotate to chage the picture s positio. Click View to elarge a thumbail view. Click Slideshow to place the selected pictures ito a orgaised slideshow. Click Prit to set up your photos ad select paper to make prits. Click Create to create a album, bider, postcard or label, for example. Click Export to sed your collectio by e-mail or to covert the size ad format of the selected pictures. You ca also use the Export butto, to sed your collectio to a VAIO Media Photo Server. To do so, proceed as follows: Select the collectio you wat to sed. 1 Click the Export butto. 2 Select Copy to Photo Server from the drop-dow meu. 3 Select the folder i which you wat to copy your collectio. 4 Click OK. The selected photos are trasferred to the VAIO Media Photo Server. For more iformatio o the VAIO Media Photo server, see VAIO Media Photo Server (page 109). 71
Usig PictureGear Studio Usig the Bider feature You ca add commets to your favourite photos, add custom backgrouds, clip art, ad stamps, or showcase your ow drawig talet. Add, remove, or chage your desigs to create your ow uique photo art. To use the Bider feature, proceed as follows: 1 I the PictureGear Studio mai widow, click Bider. Alteratively, go to Start, All Programs, PictureGear Studio, Tool ad the click Bider. The Bider widow appears. A list of bider styles is displayed o the left. Whe you add your pictures to a bider, they are displayed as thumbails o the right. 72
Usig PictureGear Studio 2 Select a bider style, ad the click ew Page. Available photo sources are displayed as thumbails. 3 Click a photo to select it. A iformatio form appears. 4 Fill i your iformatio ad click OK. A art palette widow appears. 73 5 To create a origial page with art or stamps, use the decoratio features o the right by clickig o the required feature ad applyig it to your photo. 6 Click Save to add the ew page to your bider. 7 You ca create your ow custom bider styles by clickig Create Title.
Usig PictureGear Studio Usig the PhotoAlbum feature You ca orgaise your memorable photos i a electroic photo album to share with frieds ad family. To use the PhotoAlbum feature, proceed as follows: 1 I the PictureGear Studio mai widow, click PhotoAlbum. Alteratively, go to Start, All Programs, PictureGear Studio, Tool ad the click PhotoAlbum. The PhotoAlbum widow appears. 2 Click ew Album. The Select Photo area appears. 74
Usig PictureGear Studio 3 Click List to select the photos you wat to iclude i your album from available folders. The Photo List widow appears. 4 Click Create the Album with the selected photo(s) after selectig your photos. The Select Desig widow appears. 5 Click to select a desig layout for your album. Use the scroll bar to view all available album desigs. The Select Layout widow appears. 6 Click to select a page layout for your album. Use the scroll bar to view all available layout desigs. A preview of your selected desig ad page layout is displayed. 75
Usig PictureGear Studio 7 Scroll through your album usig the book icos at the bottom of the widow. 8 Click Edit Album to make chages to your album. 9 Customise your album by addig more pictures, pages, decoratios, or commets, or by deletig pages. 10 Click Edit Page to customise a page i your album. You ca customise with your ow drawigs, stamps or other decoratios. 11 Click Save. The Save Album dialog box appears. 12 Eter a ame for your album ad click OK. If you wat to work o a previously created album, do ot click Create ew Album. Istead, select the required album from the AlbumCollectio view o the right-had side of the widow. Photo albums ca oly be viewed or edited usig the PictureGear Studio software. To share a PictureGear Studio creatio over the Iteret or by usig aother computer, use the Export feature (see Usig the Export feature (page 77)). 76
Usig PictureGear Studio Usig the Export feature You ca export your completed photo album to eable viewig over the Iteret, with aother computer, or savig to a recordable media. There are three export formats available: Export as a Flash File to create a small file that ca be viewed usig Microsoft Iteret Explorer. Export as a Light Package to create a compressed file that ca be viewed o a computer. Export as a Full Package to create a ucompressed file to be saved to recordable media, such as a CD-R/CD-RW or a Memory Stick. Oly Albums exported as Flash Files ca be viewed o aother computer o which PictureGear Studio is ot istalled. To export a photo album, proceed as follows: 1 Create a photo album as described i Usig the PhotoAlbum feature (page 74). 2 I the PhotoAlbum mai widow, click Export. The Select Format widow appears. 77
Usig PictureGear Studio 3 Click a export format to select it. The Select Folder widow appears. 4 Click Browse ad avigate to the destiatio folder. 5 Eter a file ame, if ecessary. 6 Click Export. A progress widow appears briefly. A export completio message widow appears, displayig the file ame ad file size. 7 Click OK. 8 Click Retur to Edit Album Page. 78
Usig PictureGear Studio Usig the PritStudio feature Use PritStudio to desig ad prit origial postcards, caledars, art, ad labels usig your favourite pictures. To use PritStudio, proceed as follows: 1 I the PictureGear Studio mai widow, click PritStudio. Alteratively, go to Start, All Programs, PictureGear Studio, Tool ad the click PritStudio. The PritStudio widow appears. 79
Usig PictureGear Studio 2 Select the item you wat to create ad click Start Creatig. The iitial creatio widow appears, which varies depedig o the item you are creatig. 80 3 Make selectios for the picture(s), desig layout, ad custom decoratio for the item you wat to create. 4 Set the umber of copies to be prited ad select a coected priter. 5 Click Prit. 6 Make sure you use the appropriate paper whe creatig items, such as postcards, labels or busiess cards.
Usig PictureGear Studio Viewig the olie Help For more iformatio about PictureGear Studio, see the applicatio s olie Help files. To view the olie help, proceed as follows: Click Help i PictureGear Studio s mai widow or i each PictureGear Studio elemet. 81
Usig Click to DVD Usig Click to DVD With this software applicatio, you ca easily capture video images from a digital exteral device (camera, VCR, etc.) ad write them to a DVD. You ca also tur your digital or scaed pictures ito a photo album or a slideshow ad write them to a DVD. If Click to DVD is ot already istalled o your computer, please istall it from the separate Click to DVD disc before you cotiue. The followig file formats are supported for importig edited videos: Videos: MPEG1 or (but ot at the same time as) MPEG2 ad DV-AVI. Photos: JPEG, BMP, TIFF. 82 Recommeded settigs To use Click to DVD ad Click to DVD automatic mode, you should defie some settigs o your computer. To do so, you must log o to your computer as a user with Admiistrator rights. Here are some recommeded settigs to prevet frame dropout occurrig. Please see the olie Help files for more details. Discoect USB peripheral devices. Some USB peripheral devices (ad their drivers) make great demads o your computer's processor. If you experiece frame dropout ad you are usig USB peripheral devices, discoect those devices from your computer or disable them. Exit other programs. Exit all programs other tha Click to DVD or Click to DVD Automatic Mode. Also exit ay programs or widows that periodically update the scree display (E.g., scree savers, virus checkers, ad some priter utilities).
Usig Click to DVD Defragmet your hard disk drive. Optimise (defragmet) the hard disk o which you store the workig files for Click to DVD ad Click to DVD Automatic Mode. For details o how to optimise (defragmet) your hard disk, refer to the relevat sectio i your Widows olie help. Disable your computer's etwork adapter. If your computer is coected to a etwork, discoect it by upluggig the etwork cable from the etwork adapter or by disablig the etwork adapter. Stop scheduled tasks. Stop ay scheduled tasks that might ru while you are usig Click to DVD ad Click to DVD Automatic Mode. Stop automatic updates. Stop ay automatic updates that might occur while you are usig Click to DVD ad Click to DVD Automatic Mode. Virtual memory settigs. Optimise the system's performace settigs. Power supply ad processor performace settigs. Keep your otebook plugged ito a AC outlet while usig Click to DVD. Also, set the processor to operate at its maximum clock speed. 83
Usig Click to DVD Restrictios ad cautios The followig sectio gives you a overview of some restrictios ad cautios. For a complete overview of the restrictios ad cautios, read the Restrictios ad Cautios chapter i the Click to DVD Help. Use the Click to DVD Project Admiistratio Tool to help you maage your files (see Maagig project files with Click to DVD Project Admiistratio Tool (page 100)). To trasfer a specific video segmet or to edit your video, use the full Click to DVD software, rather tha the Click to DVD Automatic Mode software. Use a i.lik cable (ot supplied) to coect DV devices to the computer. Click to DVD ad Click to DVD Automatic Mode will ot work if you use a USB cable to make this coectio. Whe loadig images from a device, do ot tur off or uplug the device, ad do ot operate ay of its cotrols. The video ad audio compressio method used by Click to DVD varies accordig to recordig time. Whe recordig time exceeds the DVD capacity, audio is first compressed to AC-3 format. If the recordig still exceeds DVD capacity, the video bit rate is reduced. Whe the Click to DVD Automatic Mode applicatio is closed, ay video that was loaded from a device oto the computer s hard disk is deleted. You eed at least 24 GB of free space to create a 60 mi DVD (High Quality) usig the Click to DVD software. A miimum of 10 GB is required whe usig the Click to DVD Automatic mode software to create a DVD of the same legth. The amout of time eeded to create a DVD depeds o a variety of factors, icludig: legth of the video that you are recordig; processig speed of your computer; DVD-writig speed of your DVD±RW drive; umber of chapter thumbails that must be created for the DVD meu; type of media used. 84
Usig Click to DVD Whe loadig images from a device, loadig is automatically cacelled uder the followig coditios. whe a blak segmet of tape of 10 secods or loger is reached. whe the timestamp iformatio recorded o the tape for a particular segmet precedes the timestamp iformatio for a video segmet trasferred from a earlier part of the tape, idicatig that video segmets were recorded out of order. whe the device from which video is beig loaded udergoes a chage i status. whe the coectio is broke betwee the computer ad the device from which video is beig loaded Video cotet with a 4:3 aspect ratio ad video cotet with a 16:9 aspect ratio caot be writte to the DVD. If the aspect ratio of the video that is recorded o the tape chages, trasfer of the video stops at that poit, ad creatio of the DVD begis. You caot trasfer video segmets that are less tha oe secod log. Depedig o your computer's settigs, frame drop-out may occur whe usig Click to DVD to load video from DV devices. If this occurs, read Recommeded settigs (page 82) ad adjust settigs as appropriate. The origial photography date is beig carried over from video tapes that are recorded usig DVgate Motio. Loadig by Click to DVD ad Click to DVD Automatic is automatically cacelled if the photography date o the tape chages from a later date to a earlier date. 85
Usig Click to DVD Devices that support Click to DVD ad Click to DVD Automatic: This software ca oly cotrol cosumer DV ad MICROMV devices maufactured by Soy. This software caot be used with a DCR-VX1000 or DCR-VX700. Click to DVD Automatic Mode caot be used with a Soy Media Coverter. Click to DVD Automatic Mode caot be used with a Digital8 Camcorder if the tape i the camcorder was recorded i aalogue mode. Please use Click to DVD istead. For detailed iformatio, refer to the olie help. 86
Usig Click to DVD Creatig DVDs There are two user modes withi Click to DVD: Click to DVD Automatic Mode allows you to hadle the process with oe or just a few mouse-clicks. Click to DVD also allows you to chage differet settigs, have more cotrol over the process ad perform raw editig of the video. I this mode, you ca also create photo albums ad slideshows. Click to DVD ad Click to DVD Automatic Mode caot be ope at the same time. 87 Click to DVD Automatic Mode Click to DVD Automatic Mode is the less advaced ad quickest mode. It eables you to create DVDs with meus of videos recorded oto digital videotape. By clickig a few buttos, the software automatically trasfers the video to your computer ad creates the DVD. Your digital video camera recorder must have a DV-OUT coector to use this mode. To lauch Click to DVD Automatic Mode, proceed as follows: 1 Make sure Click to DVD has bee istalled from the separate Click to DVD disc, if ecessary, before you cotiue. 2 Coect your digital video camera to your computer with the i.lik cable (ot supplied), tur the device o ad set it to a mode that allows playback. 3 Place a DVD writable disc ito the computer s DVD±RW drive. 4 Click Start, All Programs, Click to DVD, Click to DVD Automatic Mode. Alteratively, double-click the shortcut o your computer s desktop. The mai widow appears.
Usig Click to DVD Creatig a DVD automatically To create a DVD automatically, proceed as follows: 1 Type a title for the DVD. You ca choose ay title you like ad type it i the DVD Title text box. The title appears o the meu scree of the DVD that you are creatig. 2 Select a theme for the DVD s meu backgroud. You ca choose ay available predesiged theme by clickig the Select a theme butto. 3 If you do ot wat to hear ay backgroud music, select the Mutig check box. If you do ot check the Mutig check box, you will hear a musical theme matchig the image of the DVD s meu backgroud. Please ote that this is to mute the music while preparig the project, music will be played o the DVD ayway. 4 Cofirm by clickig OK. 5 If you wat the software to rewid the tape i your camera recorder ad start capturig from the begiig of the tape, check the Capture from start of tape check box. Otherwise, the software will start capturig the tape at its preset positio. 6 Click the Settigs ico to defie how may chapters ad thumbail images you wat i the DVD meu. 7 I Settigs you ca also choose the locatio where the captured video will be stored. The default folder is D:\Click to DVD. 8 Cofirm by clickig OK. 9 Click Create DVD! Click to DVD Automatic Mode begis trasferrig the video cotet from the DV device to the computer. After the video is trasferred, the data is coverted to a DVD format. Whe the coversio is complete, the data is automatically saved oto the disc. The progress of these steps is displayed i the dialog box ad ca take some time. Whe the DVD is complete, a message dialog box appears. 88
Usig Click to DVD 10 To write additioal DVDs with the same cotet, click Yes; to ed the sessio, click o. The DVD±RW drive tray opes. 11 Remove the DVD from the tray. Make all chages to the settigs before startig to load the video. 89 Click to DVD stadard mode Click to DVD s stadard mode is a more advaced optio. It allows you to capture video cotet from a digital video (DV) device to create your ow DVDs, complete with chapter meus ad backgrouds. You ca also create DVDs from video files stored o your computer ad collect scaed pictures or pictures from a digital still camera ito a DVD photo album or slide show. You ca edit videos, as well as create a meu scree. You ca save your DVD projects ad edit them later. To lauch Click to DVD, proceed as follows: 1 Make sure Click to DVD has bee istalled from the separate Click to DVD disc, if ecessary, before you cotiue. 2 Coect your digital video camera to your computer with the i.lik cable (ot supplied), tur the device o ad set the device to playback mode. If you wat to work with video files that are already stored o your computer s hard disk, you ca skip this step. 3 Place a writable disc ito the computer s DVD±RW drive. 4 Click Start, All Programs, Click to DVD, ad the Click to DVD. Alteratively, double-click the shortcut o your computer s desktop. The mai widow appears.
Usig Click to DVD Makig settigs To make settigs before you start creatig DVD, proceed as follows: 1 Click M (for Meu) ad click Settigs The Settigs widow appears. 2 Select your prefereces for Video ad Image files folder, Aspect Ratio, Video Format ad Step Guide Aimatio. 3 Cofirm by clickig OK. 4 Type a title for the DVD. You ca choose ay title you like ad eter it i the DVD Title text box. The title appears o the meu scree of the DVD you are creatig. 5 Select a theme for the DVD s meu backgroud. You ca choose ay available predesiged theme i the Select a theme meu. 6 If you do ot wat to hear ay backgroud music, select the Mutig check box. If you do ot select the Mutig check box, you will hear a musical theme to match the DVD s meu backgroud. 7 Select the type of cotet (video, pictures or both) you wat to record o the DVD i the Select Type area of the Start widow: Select the Video check box to record video cotet oto a DVD ad select a video quality settig. Selectig the video quality also determies the legth of the video you ca record to the DVD. Select the Pictures check box to create a DVD of pictures, ad the select the picture playback method. Select the Create Album optio to advace maually durig DVD playback without backgroud music. 90
Usig Click to DVD Select the Create Slide Show optio to have your pictures advace automatically durig DVD playback. You ca select backgroud music for slide shows. 8 If you wat to save your project to cotiue workig o it later o, you ca do so by clickig M (Meu) ad the clickig Save Project or Save Project as... Alteratively, if you wat to ope a saved project to cotiue workig, click M (Meu), click Ope Project ad select the saved project. Oce a video has bee captured, you caot chage the video quality settigs.! To use this feature your system must meet the followig requiremets: - Click to DVD Automatic Mode: Itel Petium 4, 2.4 GHz. - Click to DVD: Itel Petium 4, 3.0 GHz. 91 Recordig videos Whe capturig video from a digital video device, you ca either: or Automatically capture all the video o the tape from the begiig of the tape (automatic capture), Select ad dowload a portio of the video (maual cotrol). Recordig videos automatically (automatic capture) To record videos automatically, proceed as follows: 1 Coect a i.lik cable (ot supplied) betwee the digital video device ad the computer, ad the set the device to VCR/VTR mode. 2 Click Capture Video i the step guide. The Capture Video scree appears. 3 Select Automatic Capture i the Capture Selectio box. If the Rewid Tape check box is selected, the tape is rewoud to the begiig before capturig begis.
Usig Click to DVD 4 Click Capture. Click to DVD begis capturig the video ad displays the first image i each clip i the clip tray. Each clip becomes a idividual chapter o the DVD. Capturig eds whe a blak segmet of tape (that is, a segmet of tape o which othig is recorded) is reached. Ay uwated clips ca be deleted before the DVD is created. For details o how to coect the device to the computer, refer to the user mauals that were provided with the device ad to your computer s Hardware Guide. 92 Recordig videos maually (maual cotrol) To record videos with maual cotrol, proceed as follows: 1 Coect a i.lik cable (ot supplied) betwee the digital video device ad the computer, ad the set the device to VCR/VTR or CAMERA mode. 2 Click Capture Video i the step guide. The Capture Video scree appears. 3 Select Maual Cotrol i the Capture Selectio box. Use the o-scree digital video device cotrol butto to fast forward or rewid the tape to the segmet of video you wat to capture. Make sure that a image from the start of the segmet appears i the preview moitor. 4 Click Capture. Click to DVD begis capturig the video ad displays the first image i each clip i the clip tray. Each clip becomes a idividual chapter o the DVD. 5 Whe the video reaches the ed of the segmet you wat to capture, click Stop. The video capturig stops. Clickig Stop does ot stop tape playback o the digital video device. 6 Repeat the capture procedure for all the video segmets for your DVD. For details o how to coect the device to the computer, refer to the user mauals that were provided with the device ad to your computer s Hardware Guide.
Usig Click to DVD Importig video files O your DVDs you ca iclude video files stored o your computer's hard disk drive. You ca also load MPEG files ad DV-AVI files that were created by Giga Pocket or DVgate (depedig o the software budled with your computer). To import stored video files, proceed as follows: 1 Click Capture Video i the step guide. The Capture Video widow appears. 2 Click Import. The Ope dialog box appears. 3 Select the video file to be added. The selected video file is imported, ad the imported file clip appears i the clip tray. Ay uwated clips ca be deleted before the DVD is created. For desktop models with Giga Pocket: You ca drag ad drop video capsules created by Giga Pocket ito the clip tray of your DVD project. To do this, drag the video capsules from the Giga Pocket Explorer widow, makig sure you close the Giga Pocket mai widow before lauchig Click to DVD. You caot write both MPEG1 files ad other file formats to the same DVD. Whe loadig MPEG files, select either MPEG1 files or files i a format other tha MPEG1. 93 Editig videos The Clip Editig scree eables you to edit videos. You ca divide videos ito clips, delete uecessary scees, ad chage the order i which clips are played. To edit your video before creatig the DVD, proceed as follows: 1 Click Edit Video o the step guide. The Edit Video widow appears.
Usig Click to DVD 2 Select your optios as follows: To divide a clip ito two separate clips: Move the slider that appears beeath the moitor to display the poit i the clip where you wat to divide the clip. Click Divide. The clip is divided ito two clips. To delete a uwated portio of the clip, divide the clip, ad the move the uwated clip to the recycle bi. To combie two adjacet clips ito oe: Select the left clip of the pair to be combied, ad the click Combie selected clip with ext clip task. Alteratively, click the Combie butto betwee the clips to be combied. The combied clips become a idividual chapter o the DVD. To rearrage the order that clips appear i o the DVD: Select the clips to be moved, ad the click where you wat the clips to appear. Alteratively, drag the clips to be moved to the positio where you wat the clips to appear. To delete clips from your DVD project: Select the clip to be deleted, ad the click the Sed this clip to the Recycle Bi task. Alteratively, drag the clip to be deleted to the Recycle Bi. To restore a clip, click the Recover clips from Recycle Bi task, ad the select the clip to be restored to the clip tray i the dialog box that appears. 94 Previewig videos You ca play back a clip by usig the Clip Playback Cotrol buttos. The video clip that is curretly beig played appears i the moitor. To play all clips i order, click Play All.
Usig Click to DVD You ca also play oly selected clips by selectig them before clickig Play All. Although a black scree appears betwee successive clips whe multiple clips are played, this black scree is ot icluded whe you write the clips to DVD. Importig still images 95 Whe creatig a photo album or slide show DVD, you ca import pictures from your computer's hard disk drive or from a exteral device, such as a digital still camera or a Memory Stick. You ca import pictures saved i Bitmap, JPEG, or TIFF format. Importig pictures stored o the computer's hard disk To import pictures stored o the hard disk, proceed as follows: 1 Click Import Pictures i the step guide. The Import Pictures widow appears, ad the pictures i the curretly selected folder, as well as the pictures i all subfolders, are displayed as thumbails i the display area. 2 To import a photo from a differet folder: Click Browse for Folder. The Ope Folder dialog box appears. Select a folder. The pictures saved i the selected folder, as well as pictures saved i all subfolders, are displayed as thumbails. Up to four thumbails ca be displayed at oce. To display all of the pictures i a folder, click the Ope Folder butto. 3 Click Import. All of the pictures i the selected folder are imported ad displayed i the clip tray.
Usig Click to DVD Importig pictures from a exteral device To import pictures from a exteral device, proceed as follows: 1 Coect the device (digital still camera or Memory Stick ) to your computer. For details o how to coect the device to your computer, refer to the user mauals provided with the device ad computer. 2 Click the Import Pictures butto i the step guide. The Import Pictures widow appears, ad the pictures i the curretly selected folder, as well as the pictures i all subfolders, are displayed i the display area. 3 Click Exteral Device. The Ope File dialog box appears. 4 Select the folder for the coected device. Thumbails of the pictures i the selected folder are displayed. Up to four thumbails ca be displayed at oce. 5 If you do ot wat to import all the images i the folder, select the check boxes for the pictures that you wat to import. 6 Click the Ope Folder butto. 7 Click Import. The images are imported ad displayed i the clip tray. 96 Creatig a album You ca create a photo album from your imported picture files before puttig them oto DVD. You ca chage the sequece i which pictures are displayed durig playback, rotate the images, chage your cotet setup, or make slide show settigs. To create a album, proceed as follows: 1 Clickig the Create Album butto i the step guide. The Create Album widow appears.
Usig Click to DVD 2 Choose your album settigs as follows: Chage the order i which pictures are displayed whe the DVD is played by draggig pictures to the appropriate positio. Alteratively, click the Arrage butto. The Arrage Pictures dialog box appears where you ca order the images by date or file ame. Rotate a picture by selectig the picture, ad the clickig either Rotate Couter clockwise or Rotate Clockwise. Whe the cofirmatio dialog box appears, click OK. Elarge a picture by selectig the picture, ad clickig View. The Sigle Photo Display dialog box appears, ad a elarged view of the selected picture is displayed. Delete a picture from the project by selectig the picture, ad clickig Delete. Whe the cofirmatio dialog box appears, click OK. If you a made a slide-show, you ca set the display time for each picture ad the backgroud music played durig the slideshow. Click the Slide Show Settigs butto to make these settigs. Specify the display time for each picture i a slide show with the Display Time optio. The time specified icludes the time it takes to trasitio from oe photo to the ext. If Match slide show legth with the legth of the Backgroud Music is selected, the playback time is set automatically so that the display of all pictures eds whe the backgroud music eds. Add music to your photo album by selectig the Attach Backgroud Music check box. Click Browse ad the select the file to be used as the backgroud music. You ca use WAV ad MP3 format audio files. If the backgroud music does ot allow the Match slide show legth with the legth of the Backgroud Music settig to display the pictures for more tha 3 secods, the backgroud music is automatically repeated to allow a display time loger tha 3 secods per picture. 97
Usig Click to DVD Creatig meu screes Before writig to the DVD, you ca create or edit the DVD s Meu scree. You ca choose a theme ad backgroud music, chage the text o meu screes, ad more. To chage these settigs, click Create Meu i the step guide to ope the Meu scree. Some settigs apply to all meus o all meu screes i a DVD project, while other settigs ca be set differetly for each meu scree. Click Meu Scree Select o the left side of the scree to chage the meu scree that you are cofigurig. The umber of chapters that ca be displayed i a sigle Photo Meu is aroud 90. If ot all chapters fit i a sigle Photo Meu, Photo Meu 2 ad Photo Meu 3 are automatically created. You ca display a maximum of aroud 270 chapters. 98 Previewig DVDs Before actually writig your project to the DVD, you ca see a preview of the cotets. To preview the DVD, proceed as follows: 1 Click Preview o the DVD writig scree or Meu scree. The Preview scree appears. 2 Use the remote cotrol buttos displayed ext to the preview scree to check the cotet that is to be writte to the DVD. 3 To ed the preview; click the Ed butto or the widow s Close butto. Creatig DVDs Oce you have completed the desig of your DVD project, you ca ow write the project to a DVD disc. You ca write your project to a blak DVD+/-R or DVD+/-RW disc. The time required to create a DVD differs depedig o the type of computer you are usig ad the amout of data icluded i your project, but it usually takes about three hours to create a oe-hour-log DVD.
Usig Click to DVD To create a DVD, proceed as follows: 1 Click Write DVD i the step guide. The DVD writig widow appears. 2 Place a blak disc i your computer's DVD±RW drive. 3 Click Write. Your DVD is beig created, ad the progress is displayed o the scree. Whe writig is complete, a message widow appears. 4 To write additioal discs, click Yes; to stop, click o. The DVD is ow fiished ad the DVD±RW drive tray opes. 5 If you thik you may wat to use this project later, save your project file. You caot use a DVD+/-R disc o which data has already bee writte. The amout of time eeded to create a DVD depeds o the legth of the video that you are recordig ad o the processig speed of your computer. 99 Savig project files All the iformatio about your DVD project, icludig the file ames of your video or pictures, the locatio where those files are stored, the theme, ad the meus, ca be saved i a file called project file. You ca also save your project iformatio while your work is i progress. If you exit Click to DVD before completig all the ecessary work for a project, the project file is used to resume work later from where you left off. To save the project file, click M (meu butto) ad select either Save Project As or Save Project. I the future, you ca ope this project file to create copies of your DVD or to use as a basis for other DVD projects.
Usig Click to DVD Maagig project files with Click to DVD Project Admiistratio Tool The Click to DVD Project Admiistratio Tool has the followig fuctios to help you maage your temporary files: Searches for video files that are ot used by ay existig Click to DVD projects ad asks for your cofirmatio to delete them. Searches for video files that are still used by existig Click to DVD projects, ad asks you to cofirm if you wat to delete the project file (*.ctd) ad the associated video files. This will allow you to free hard disk space occupied by temporary files of a project you already fialised or that you o loger wat to keep. The Click to DVD Project Admiistratio Tool relies o the settigs specified by the optios, Save captured video file i: ad Save temp file i: whe you save the project. If ay of the files are moved to other folders after savig the project, this tool may ot fid all uused files or the files associated with the project you wish to delete. 100 Re-editig project files You ca retur to a saved project file to add material or chage your meu desig. This is called "re-editig" a project. To re-edit a project, proceed as follows: 1 Click M (meu butto), ad the select Ope Project from the meu that appears. Alteratively, O the start scree, click the Ope Project task. The Ope File dialog box appears. 2 Select the project file to be used. You ca resume work from the poit where you left off the last time you saved the project file.
Usig Click to DVD Playig back DVDs created with Click to DVD You ca play DVDs that you have created with Click to DVD o most home DVD players or o computers that have a DVD drive ad DVD playig software. For more details o how to play DVDs, refer to the operatio maual or Help Fuctio for your DVD player or DVD playig software. 101 Troubleshootig I caot trasfer video clips from a exteral device Use a i.lik cable (ot supplied) to coect the DV device to the computer ad make sure the device is coected to the computer properly. You caot trasfer video cotet if there is ot eough free space available o the hard disk drive of your computer. Either chage the locatio of the temporary files to a folder o a drive with eough free space available, or delete uecessary files from the curret destiatio to create eough free space. Use the Project Admiistratio Tool to help you delete the uused temporary files. I caot write to DVD Videos caot be writte to a DVD±R disc if data was already writte to that disc. Use either a blak DVD±R disc or else use a DVD±RW disc. The "Hardware Overlay Error" message appears If aother applicatio is usig the hardware overlay, this meas it is temporarily overridig your desktop settigs ad prevetig Click to DVD from lauchig. Close the relevat applicatio ad relauch Click to DVD. This does ot apply to Click to DVD Automatic mode.
Usig Click to DVD For desktop models with Giga Pocket: If you are usig to use Click to DVD through Giga Pocket Explorer, before clickig Make DVD or Sed to > Click to DVD, close the mai Giga Pocket widow. You ca the proceed as ormal. Click to DVD will ot erase the cotets of my DVD±RW media To be able to reuse your DVD±RW media, please erase the DVD±RW data usig Recordow. 102 I caot tur the computer off or use a power savig mode while Click to DVD is ope Please close Click to DVD before turig off the computer or usig power savig modes. Whe I coect a aalogue device to the Video-I port, I caot capture video cotet usig Click to DVD as described i the help file For desktop models with Giga Pocket: The versio of Giga Pocket that is budled does ot allow direct capture from aalogue devices with Click to DVD. Please capture the aalogue cotet first usig Giga Pocket, the export the created capsule to Click to DVD. See the separate olie Giga Pocket Guide for details.
Usig VAIO Media Usig VAIO Media What is VAIO Media? VAIO Media is a gateway, which allows you to ejoy music, video, ad photos through a home etworkig eviromet. You ca access etertaimet data from your VAIO computer to cotets such as TV programs, music files, or photo images, all of which are stored o ay VAIO computer you desigate as the server, either by cable or wireless LA coectio. It allows you to: Liste to sogs registered i SoicStage 1.5 playlists, View photos i a shared folder, Watch video capsules recorded with Giga Pocket 5.0. VAIO Media cosists of: VAIO Media Platform (page 104), VAIO Media Redistributio (page 108), VAIO Media Photo Server (page 109), VAIO Media Music Server (page 113), VAIO Media Video Server (page 117). System requiremets: Widows XP Home Editio or Widows XP Professioal. VAIO Media supports the followig etwork iterfaces: - Etheret (100 BASE-TX/10 BASE-T), - Wireless LA iterfaces (IEEE 802.11b) that are built ito VAIO computers, - Soy Wireless LA iterface card (IEEE 802.11b or IEEE802.11a). 103
Usig VAIO Media VAIO Media Platform VAIO Media Platform is a software module that provides the idividual server software programs with certai basic fuctios. VAIO Media Platform is required for the use of the server software programs. VAIO Media Platform also icludes VAIO Media Cosole, the cetral cotrol software that eables you to start ad stop the idividual server software programs ad to register ad delete devices that are permitted to access the server. VAIO Media Cosole is a software tool that eables you to start ad stop the idividual server software programs ad to register ad delete devices that are permitted to access the server. Before attemptig to access server programs from VAIO Media, start the idividual server programs by usig VAIO Media Cosole o the server computer. To start VAIO Media Cosole, proceed as follows: 1 Click Start ad select All Programs. 2 Select VAIO Media ad the Server Admiistratio. 3 Click Cosole. The VAIO Media Cosole widow appears. 104
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Usig VAIO Media 4 Select the Access this computer from other devices coected to the etwork check box. 5 Select the Register the devices accessig this computer (recommeded) check box, if you are ot sure that the etwork is safe. Ope ow the VAIO Media Registratio scree (Start - All Programs - VAIO Media - Register to VAIO Servers). Click the Registered Devices butto i the VAIO Media Cosole widow. The List of Registered Devices widow appears. Here you ca register or delete the cliet computers accessig the server computer. 6 Select the o device registratio eeded i a secure etwork eviromet checkbox, if you are sure that the etwork is safe. It is strogly recommeded that you use server software oly whe the server computer is ot coected to the Iteret or is coected to the Iteret through a router. Whe coectig to the Iteret through a router, cofigure the router to prevet uauthorized accesses from outside your local etwork. For more iformatio about cofigurig your router, refer to the maual that came with the router. If you coect to the Iteret through some router cofiguratios, some software programs that require global IP addresses may ot work properly. Istallig routers may ot be permitted by some of the Iteret service providers. For more iformatio, cosult your provider. By default, the server software programs do ot permit access from other devices o your etwork. To access the server from other devices o your etwork, tur o access for those devices, ad, if ecessary, register the devices. If the Iteret Coectio Firewall (ICF) feature of Widows XP is eabled or if you are usig other software that has persoal firewall fuctios, the server software programs may ot work properly. Disable firewall fuctios for etwork coectios that are ot directly coectig to the Iteret. To eable or disable ICF, proceed as follows: 1. Click Start ad select Cotrol Pael. 2. Double-click the etwork Coectios ico. 3. Select the Dial-up, LA or High-Speed Iteret coectio that you wat to protect, ad the, uder etwork Tasks, click Chage settigs of this coectio. 106
Usig VAIO Media 4. O the Advaced tab, uder Iteret Coectio Firewall, select oe of the followig:- To eable Iteret Coectio Firewall select the Protect my computer ad etwork by limitig or prevetig access to this computer from the Iteret. - To disable Iteret Coectio Firewall, clear the checkbox. If the server computer eters Stadby or Hiberatio mode, other devices o your etwork will ot be able to fid the server software programs or will fail to play or view music, photo or video cotets. Adjust the Power Optios i the Cotrol Pael so that the server computer does ot eter Stadby or Hiberatio mode. I some situatios, the server may ot be foud by VAIO Media or other devices o your etwork, eve if the idividual server software programs are workig properly. If this occurs, stop the server software by usig the VAIO Media Cosole, ad the restart the server computer. If the problem persists, restart the cliet computer. I compliace with the terms ad coditios of the Ed-User Licese Agreemet for Widows XP, you may permit a maximum of five (5) computer (for Widows XP Home Editio) or te (10) computers (for Widows XP Professioal) or other electroic devices to coect to the computer to utilize the services of the product exclusively for file ad prit services, Iteret Iformatio Services, ad remote access (icludig coectio sharig ad telephoy services). 107
Usig VAIO Media VAIO Media Redistributio You ca watch the photos ad video or liste to the music istalled o the server computer. To be able to do this, you eed to istall the VAIO Media Istaller o the cliet computer. To istall the VAIO Media Istaller, proceed as follows: 1 Close all ruig applicatios. 2 Click Start ad select VAIO Media. 3 Click Istall VAIO Media to other VAIO PCs. 4 Click the Get Istaller butto i the middle of the page. A dialogue box appears. 5 Click the Save butto. The Save As scree appears. 6 Specify where you wat to save the istaller. 7 Click the Save butto. The istaller is saved i the specified locatio. 8 Copy the saved istaller to a CD-R, Memory Stick or aother media. 9 Istall the saved istaller o the cliet computer by double-clickig the VM20Ist.exe. 10 Before ruig VAIO Media ad accessig music, photos ad video recordigs from other computers, you must first register those computers o the computer where VAIO Media is istalled.! Log o as a user with admiistrator privileges.! If you attempt to ru the Istaller while logged o to a restricted accout, you will get a error message ad the istallatio will ot complete. I that case, first log off, ad the log o agai as a user with admiistrator privileges ad repeat the istallatio.! Do ot ru the Istaller over a etwork. 108
Usig VAIO Media VAIO Media Photo Server With a cliet VAIO computer such as a otebook, you ca ejoy viewig photos* registered i your Photo Server. To register your photos, please refer to the VAIO Media Help file. You ca also ejoy a photo slideshow by yourself or with your family ad frieds with just oe click. 109 * Compatible formats: JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, PG. To watch photos through the VAIO Media Photo Server, proceed as follows: 1 Click Start, select All Programs. 2 Select VAIO Media ad the VAIO Media agai. The VAIO Media mai meu appears. 3 Click the Photo butto. Your machie is lookig for a server. If the previously used server is foud, it will automatically be selected.
Usig VAIO Media If multiple servers are foud, the search result appears i the Please select a server scree. To display the folder, click the server where the photo you wat to view is saved. If o server is foud, the message Caot fid ay server is displayed. 4 Click the folder you wat to view. The thumbails of the photos are displayed. 110 5 Click a thumbail to see a elargemet of the photo. Click Previous / ext to scroll through the list of thumbails, scree by scree. Click Slide Show to display all the photos i the folder as a slideshow, oe at the time, i full scree view. By clickig aywhere o the scree, or aligig the poiter with the bottom edge of the scree, you ca switch to the sigle photo display scree.
Usig VAIO Media You ca view photos usig the followig buttos: 111 Stops display of photos ad returs display to the thumbail scree. Whe a slide show is stopped, click to play. Durig a slide show, click to pause. Whe a slide show is paused, click to resume. Displays the previous photo. Displays the ext photo.
Usig VAIO Media Toggle the repeat mode o ad off. Displays the photo i the full scree view. To display the stadard size, click the mouse or move the mouse cursor to the bottom of the scree. 112 Returs to the thumbail display scree. or By movig the mouse cursor to the far left side of the scree, you ca switch to the meu for the followig items: - Mai Meu: returs to the VAIO Media top scree. - Recet Music: displays the playlist that was played last. - Recet photo: displays the folder that was displayed last. - Recet video: displays the video that was played last. To serve photo files with VAIO Media Photo Server, store the photo files i the folder i: C:\Documets ad Settigs\All users\photo Server\VAIO Media or, use the uploadig feature of PictureGear Studio software. ote that if you store too may photo files i oe folder, VAIO Media Photo Server may ot be able to serve photo files to cliets. It is recommeded that you reduce the amout of pictures i each folder ad create more folders i VAIO Media Photo Server. This helps the program access your pictures more quickly.
Usig VAIO Media VAIO Media Music Server Ejoy music, aywhere i your home! You ca ejoy listeig to music files maaged by SoicStage* that are stored o ay VAIO computer you desigate as the server. Use your cliet VAIO computer such as a otebook ad play your favourite sogs! You ca also skip, rewid, fast-forward, repeat play, ad shuffle play your music, just like you would with a stadard audio system. 113 * VAIO Media Music Server supports ATRAC3, ATRAC3Plus,WAVE ad MP3 formats. Before you ca use the VAIO Media Music Server, you eed to: Have SoicStage 1.5 istalled o the server computer. Read the chapter Maagig audio files with SoicStage (page 56). Create a playlist with SoicStage: record sogs from a existig audio CD (see Recordig from a CD (page 60)) or trasfer sogs from a exteral device, such as a Memory Stick Walkma (see Trasferrig sogs (check i/out) (page 63)). To liste to music through the VAIO Media Music Server, proceed as follows: 1 Click Start, select All Programs. 2 Select VAIO Media ad the VAIO Media agai. The VAIO Media mai meu appears.
Usig VAIO Media 114 3 Click the Music butto. Your machie is lookig for a server. If the previously used server is foud, it will automatically be selected. If multiple servers are foud, the search result appears i the Please select a server scree. To display the playlist, click the server where the sog you wat to liste to is saved. If o server is foud, the message Caot fid ay server is displayed. 4 Select the playlist you wat to liste to. The sogs of the playlist appear.
Usig VAIO Media Whe the VAIO Media Music server is available o multiple servers, you ca select a differet server by clickig Select a Server. By movig the mouse cursor to the far left side of the scree, you ca switch to the meu for the followig items: - Mai Meu: returs to the VAIO Media top scree. - Recet Music: displays the playlist that was played last. - Recet photo: displays the folder that was displayed last. - Recet video: displays the video that was played last. To play back a sog, proceed as follows: Select the sog you wat to liste to. Durig playback, you ca cotrol playback usig the followig buttos: 115 The followig butto: Meas: Stops playback Whe playback is stopped, click to play. Durig playback, click to pause. Whe playback is paused, click to resume. Goes to the begiig of the sog. Double-click to go to the previous sog. Goes to the ext sog. The sog umber ad playback time are displayed. Drag the slider to chage the playback positio.
Usig VAIO Media Toggle the soud o ad off. Drag the slider to adjust the volume. Click or + to adjust the volume i steps. 116 Selects playback modes amog repeat all, repeat oe, shuffle, shuffle all ad off.
Usig VAIO Media VAIO Media Video Server VAIO Media allows you to watch the TV programs that you have recorded o ay VAIO computer you desigate as the server with a built-i Giga Pocket Persoal Video Recorder*. By selectig the VIDEO commad with a cliet VAIO computer such as a otebook, VAIO Media will show a list of recorded files that is stored o the server. With oe click you will be able to watch what you wat, from aywhere i your home. 117 * Available o some VAIO computer models, ot o otebooks. I order to play MPEG2 video usig VAIO Media, it is required to have MPEG2 decoder software pre-istalled o your VAIO computer. To watch video through VAIO Media Server, proceed as follows: 1 Create video capsules with Giga Pocket (see Recordig TV programmes ad video sources o page 13 i the Giga Pocket Guide). 2 Click Start, select All Programs. 3 Select VAIO Media ad the VAIO Media agai. The VAIO Media mai meu appears.
Usig VAIO Media 4 Click the Video butto. Your machie is lookig for a server. If the previously used server is foud, it will automatically be selected. If multiple servers are foud, the search result appears i the Please select a server scree. To display the video cabiet, click the server where the video capsule you wat to view to is saved. If o server is foud, the message Caot fid ay server is displayed. 5 Click the video cabiet to view the video capsules. Click Previous/ext to display the previous or ext page. By clickig Sort ad selectig a sort method i the submeu that appears, you ca chage the order i which video capsules are listed. Playback of the video capsule starts whe you click that video capsule. 118
Usig VAIO Media You ca playback video capsules, usig the followig buttos: 119 Stops video capsule playback, ad returs the display to the previous scree (video capsule list). Whe playback is stopped, click to play. Durig playback, click to pause. Whe playback is paused, click to resume. Rewids the video for a few secods.