Telestream Flip Player 3.2, User Manual

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Page 3: ...16 Feature Comparison 16 System Requirements 18 Installing and Upgrading 19 Introduction 19 Installing Flip Player 19 Uninstalling Flip Player 21 Upgrading Flip Player 21 Purchase Online at the Telestream Store 21 Checking for Updates to Flip Player 21 Manually Entering a Serial Number 22 Deactivating a Serial Number 23 Activating a Serial Number 24 Basic Features 27 Introduction 27 Opening Media ...

Page 4: ... Full Screen Display 39 Highlighting the Flip Player Window 40 Screen Sizing 40 Aperture Control 40 Advanced Features 41 Introduction 41 Exporting Media 41 Exporting to Applications 42 Exporting to Devices 43 Exporting to a Format 43 Export Settings 45 Video Encoder Settings 46 Advanced Video Settings 48 Audio Encoder Settings 50 Advanced Audio Settings 51 Metadata Settings 52 Silverlight Settings...

Page 5: ...Contents 5 Flip Player User s Guide 102190 Reference 61 Supported Codecs Formats Protocols 61 Network Stream Protocols 64 ...

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Page 7: ...00 XP XP Professional Server 2003 Vista Media Player Media Encoder Net Internet Explorer SQL Server 2005 Express Edition and Windows Media Technologies are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Dolby and the double D symbol are registered trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer Redistr...

Page 8: ... 400E Greenwood Village Colorado 80111 U S A MPEGLA MPEG4 VISUAL THIS PRODUCT IS LICENSED UNDER THE MPEG 4 VISUAL PATENT PORTFOLIO LICENSE FOR THE PERSONAL AND NON COMMERCIAL USE OF A CONSUMER FOR i ENCODING VIDEO IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE MPEG 4 VISUAL STANDARD MPEG 4 VIDEO AND OR ii DECODING MPEG 4 VIDEO THAT WAS ENCODED BY A CONSUMER ENGAGED IN A PERSONAL AND NON COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY AND OR WAS OBT...

Page 9: ... in substantial conformance with specifications set forth in its product user s guide The Company does not warrant that the software will operate uninterrupted or error free will meet your requirements or that software errors will be corrected Warranty Remedies Your sole remedies under this limited warranty are as follows Hardware and Media The Company will either repair or replace at its option a...

Page 10: ...F MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE No oral or written information or advice given by the Company its distributors dealers or agents shall increase the scope of this Limited Warranty or create any new warranties Geographical Limitation of Warranty This limited warranty is valid only within the country in which the Product is purchased licensed Limitations on Remedies YOUR EXCLUSI...

Page 11: ...m Technical Support Web site www telestream net telestream support Support Email support telestream net Flip4Mac Technical Support Web site www telestream net telestream support flip4mac wmv support htm Telestream Inc Web site www telestream net Sales and Marketing Email info telestream net Telestream Inc 848 Gold Flat Road Nevada City CA USA 95959 International Distributor Support Web site www te...

Page 12: ...Preface Telestream Contact Information 12 Flip Player User s Guide 102190 ...

Page 13: ...nents for QuickTime Topics What s New Windows Media Components for QuickTime Feature Comparison System Requirements What s New Performance improvements when loading Windows Media files Aspera is the new e commerce provider for in app purchases Flip Player is a newly introduced multi format video player for playing editing and transcoding that replaces the WMV Player application Windows Media Compo...

Page 14: ...n purchase an upgrade to Flip4Mac by going to Preferences License clicking the lock icon at the bottom of the screen to unlock and then clicking the Purchase License button on the screen Alternately you may also upgrade in Flip4Mac see Manually Entering a Serial Number in the Flip4Mac User Guide Finally you can also purchase an upgrade online at the Telestream Store Licensing Levels Flip Player ha...

Page 15: ...red for performing these actions in Flip Player regardless of whether the source or output is Windows Media Scale Trim Crop Rotate Save As Revert Export to Final Cut Pro ProRes Export to iPhone Ringtone Slow Motion Playback JKL Controls Comma period frame stepping Studio Studio includes all Player Pro features plus it enables you to create Windows Media files by exporting video and audio from a Qu...

Page 16: ...sic and upgrades One pass standard definition encoding presets are provided on all license levels However Studio Pro HD also enables you to create custom two pass high definition presets PRO STUDIO STUDIO PRO HD Table 2 Flip Player Import and Export Features at each License Level License Features Restrictions Player Playback Video and audio watermarks on Windows Media file conversions to MOV files...

Page 17: ...is not supported VBR Studio Pro HD Playback Importing Exporting Creating Custom Presets Two Pass Encoding High Definition Exports WMV 9 Advanced WMA 9 Professional WMA 9 Lossless Up to 96 kHz audio Variable Bit Rate VBR encoding methods are available No restrictions Table 2 Flip Player Import and Export Features at each License Level License Features Restrictions Table 3 Flip Player Application Fe...

Page 18: ...n 10 7 Lion and later Player Pro Playback Editing Slow Motion Playback iPhone Ringtone Exports Final Cut Pro Exports Command Period Frame Stepping JKL keyboard controls are available Windows media exporting requires Flip4Mac Studio or Studio Pro HD Table 3 Flip Player Application Features at each License Level License Features Restrictions ...

Page 19: ... Entering a Serial Number Deactivating a Serial Number Activating a Serial Number Installing Flip Player To install Flip Player you must be logged on as a user with administrator rights and you must provide your administrator name and password during installation Quit all QuickTime applications Safari Firefox Google Chrome Flip Player QuickTime Player etc and follow these steps 1 Download the DMG ...

Page 20: ...lip4Mac double click Flip4Mac pkg icon and follow the steps to install both Flip4Mac and Flip Player software 6 Relaunch your Web browser and QuickTime applications If both Flip Player and Flip4Mac are installed there will be a Flip Player application and Flip4Mac folder in your Mac Applications folder otherwise only the Flip Player Click and drag icon Double click icon ...

Page 21: ...ading Flip Player Upgrading Flip Player unlocks certain features which enable you to import Windows Media files for editing and create Windows Media files for distribution You do not need to download a new version To enable these features visiting the Telestream Store to purchase and activate Flip Player Purchase Online at the Telestream Store If you installed Flip Player on a computer without Int...

Page 22: ...e Flip Player Manual activation is also used for activating a serial number in Flip Player on another Mac To enable the upgraded features when you purchase a serial number in this manner or if you are entering the same serial number in additional copies of Flip Player you must have access to the Internet and you must manually enter the serial number to activate the features you purchased Note If y...

Page 23: ...t for users with very old serial numbers Note If you experience problems activating contact Telestream Customer Support at desktopsupport telestream net or 877 681 2088 4 When the serial number is entered correctly the Activate button is enabled and you can click Activate The Telestream Store is contacted and activates the serial number for your computer Deactivating a Serial Number A Flip Player ...

Page 24: ...ick the lock icon and enter your administrator name and password and click OK to enable the buttons Click Deactivate Serial Number 3 When the dialog box displays click Deactivate to deactivate your serial number on your computer which must have Internet access This enables you to activate this same serial number on another computer Activating a Serial Number If you previously deactivated a serial ...

Page 25: ... your administrator name and password then click OK to enable the buttons Click Activate Serial Number 3 When the Serial Number window displays click Activate The Telestream Store is contacted and your serial number is activated on your computer Click lock icon Click Activate Serial Number Click License Click Activate ...

Page 26: ...Installing and Upgrading Activating a Serial Number 26 Flip Player User s Guide 102190 ...

Page 27: ...layer is automatically launched and plays that file To manually associate a Windows Media file with Flip Player hold down the control key and click the file icon in Finder or right click to display the shortcut menu then select Open With Flip Player Finder changes the file association and opens the file To permanently change the file association select a file in Finder right click and select Get I...

Page 28: ...the top of the window Opening a Movie Stream To open a movie stream in Flip Player select File Open Stream enter a valid URL for the movie source then click Open Opening Recent Media Files You can re open previously opened media files by selecting File Open Recent This displays your most recently accessed media files Every time a file is opened or saved it is entered into the list Note The number ...

Page 29: ...and Select All can be used when in Trim mode for basic video clip editing You can also cut copy and paste between multiple video clip files Crop Trim Rotate and Scale are editing functions to edit the movie clip itself these functions are described in the topics that follow Cropping the Movie Frame The crop tool enables you to use just a portion of the visible picture You might use this to make th...

Page 30: ...elected in the crop settings window above are manifested in the video screen shown below Each of the four settings represents one of the cropping edges Crop Offset Width is the amount of pixels that the selection is offset from the left side of the frame Crop Size Width is how wide the crop selection is in pixels Crop Offset Height is the amount of pixels that the selection is offset from the bott...

Page 31: ...all your cropping settings Once you are satisfied with the crop area selected click Apply to implement your settings Or you can click Cancel to discard your changes Once applied you can re enter the crop settings window and make cropping changes Clicking Revert undoes all edits and restores the video to its original size Revert cannot be undone Rotating the Video You can change the orientation of ...

Page 32: ...e changes Clicking Revert undoes all edits and restores the video to the way it exists in the file when it was first opened Revert cannot be undone Trimming the Video You can choose where a video clip begins and ends by setting trim points Select Edit Trim or press the command T keys to open the trim settings window The time format is days hours minutes seconds fractional seconds and scale d mm hh...

Page 33: ...n end time for the Out marker and click Go to set that marker You can also set in and out markers by sliding them in the edit bar below the video To select a portion of a movie move the In and Out selection markers or use the I and O keys on your keyboard The lighter colored area between the two markers indicates the selected portion To fine tune the selection select a marker and move it with the ...

Page 34: ... video to its original length Revert cannot be undone Scaling Picture Resolution You can scale the picture and optionally change the aspect ratio for different devices or applications Select Edit Scale or press the command G keys to display the scale settings window In this window you can set the video resolution by entering the pixel size for the video height and width You can also choose if the ...

Page 35: ...ng click Apply or press the Enter key to implement your settings Click Cancel to discard your changes Once applied you can re enter the scale settings window and make changes Clicking Revert undoes all edits and restores the video to its original size Revert cannot be undone Movie Playback and Editing Controls Flip Player provides a variety of Control menu options and a play bar to allow you to mo...

Page 36: ...etween play and pause modes Elapsed Time Displays time the video has been playing Scrubber Click and slide to change the location in the video you are viewing You can also click on any position in the scrubber to jump the play head to that location Progress Bar The progress bar indicates how much of the media has been downloaded Elapsed Time Displays time remaining for the video to play Volume Con...

Page 37: ...ideo Repeated clicks cause increased speeds 2x 4x etc of forward and reverse Speed Speed enables you to set the playback speed in increments of 1x 2x 4x 8x 16x 32x and 64x When playing the playhead displays the speed selected Slow Motion Enables you to playback video at one fourth of normal playback speed This feature is only available in the Pro or above version of Flip Player Slow motion also av...

Page 38: ...r Chapters Moves to the chapter selected in the chapter list Note The Chapter menu items Next Chapter Previous Chapter and Chapter are only enabled if the video has chapter markers embedded in it If no chapter markers are present the menu items are greyed out Chapter markers are sometimes embedded in longer movie clips to divide sections of the media topically or by edit points Loop Enables you to...

Page 39: ...ress the esc key or press the command F keys To adjust the picture to fit your screen move the pointer to any corner of the active picture area click to select the corner and then drag the corner to the needed size Note You must click on the corner of the viewing area of the screen not on the title bar or play bar to resize the movie player Note As long as Full Screen is selected you can make hidd...

Page 40: ...ses the display to expand to the limits of the display Aperture Control The Aperture setting enables you to control the dimensions of the video which may change the aspect ratio Flip Player provides five aperture settings Classic Content appears as it did in previous versions of QuickTime Clean The recommended setting for most video Crops the video to the area of frame free from digitization artif...

Page 41: ...ices Exporting to a Format Export Settings Video Encoder Settings Advanced Video Settings Audio Encoder Settings Advanced Audio Settings Metadata Settings Silverlight Settings Creating Custom Encoder Profiles Exporting Media A powerful feature of Flip Player Pro is the ability to re encode video and export a new movie clip for use by other applications and many popular devices iPhone iPod etc Whil...

Page 42: ... source format and which application you have selected To export a video to an application follow these steps 1 Load a media file into Flip Player 2 Select Export Application and select an application from the list Note Episode ScreenFlow Wirecast iPhoto and Mail are all H 264 format H 264 is a video format in which the audio format and container format varies iMovie is AIC format Final Cut Pro is...

Page 43: ...ice follow these steps 1 Load a media file into Flip Player 2 Select Export Device and select a device from the list iPhone iPad iPod etc Note iPhone iPad iPod Apple TV and Mac are all H 264 format iPhone Ringtone is AAC format H 264 is a video codec and AAC is an audio codec but they are not mutually exclusive Many of the devices export using both H 264 and AAC 3 Once you have made a selection Fl...

Page 44: ...xport Format Windows Media or press the command J keys 3 Select a preset from the list of presets then click the down arrow to edit view the preset s values Note You can create and edit these presets if you have the Studio Pro HD license Select preset Click to see preset s values ...

Page 45: ...ave Player You can export complete WMV files to MOV files or any other format but the file is watermarked You can also export MOV files to WMV files but the exports are limited to 30 seconds or half the source media duration and the files are not watermarked Player Pro You can export WMV files to MOV files You can export MOV files to WMV files but the exports are limited to 30 seconds or half the ...

Page 46: ...new custom interlaced or progressive encoder profile with custom set tings See Creating Custom Encoder Presets later in this manual for more informa tion You can also export WMV files to MOV files Video Encoder Settings The Video settings tab enables you to specify how the video track is encoded when exporting Note The video settings tab is disabled if your source media does not contain a video tr...

Page 47: ...ame or by dropping frames completely Quality The quality setting emphasizes which method the encoder should use For variable bit rate VBR set the desired quality to emphasize smoother or sharper output Smoother quality produces better motion but may reduce the quality of each frame Sharper quality produces better images During encoding the bit rate varies based on frame size rate and complexity In...

Page 48: ...onal settings are displayed Complexity This setting controls the effort used to identify areas of similarity in consecutive frames Live modes apply less effort and may sacrifice image quality for encoding speed Offline modes apply more effort and take more time but produce the best image quality Advanced settings Advanced settings ...

Page 49: ...available for WMV 9 Advanced Key frames Select the maximum interval allowed between successive key I frames Buffer Delay Select the duration of the delay buffer used for bit rate control Lon ger delays produce better overall quality at the expense of larger fluctuations in the bit rate B Frames The Windows Media video codec employs intra I predictive P and bidi rectional B coded frames Select the ...

Page 50: ... contain an audio track Method For constant bit rate CBR encoding you can select the audio format sample rate and number of channels and the desired bit rate The encoder con verts the track to that format and dynamically adjusts the quality to maintain the selected bit rate For variable bit rate VBR encoding you select the audio format and desired quality During encoding the bit rate will vary bas...

Page 51: ...ber of audio channels Frequency Select the sampling frequency Depth Select an audio sample bit depth from the radio buttons presented Advanced Click to display the Advanced panel to make special adjustments for encoding Advanced Audio Settings When you click Advanced additional settings are displayed Buffer Delay Specifies the duration of the delay buffer used for bit rate control Longer delays ca...

Page 52: ...information stored inside the exported file This information is stored in the Windows Media file and displayed by most Windows Media players Silverlight Settings When encoding media for use with Silverlight click the Silverlight settings tab Check Embed video in Silverlight package to embed video into Silverlight Select a Silverlight ...

Page 53: ...for the presentation in a new directory named with a date and time stamp Note If QuickTime prompts you to overwrite an existing file click No and change the filename Attempting to overwrite an existing file when exporting a Silverlight presentation will cause the export to fail at the end of the encoding process Creating Custom Encoder Profiles Flip Player Studio provides a number of preset audio ...

Page 54: ...ets menu then go to the bottom of the drop down list and select New Preset 2 When the dialog window displays enter a name for the new profile and click Done Your new custom profile displays at the top of the Presets list 3 Click the expand settings button to edit view individual video and audio encoder settings as described in the preceding sections Once edited click OK to save your changes to the...

Page 55: ...cut to Preferences Check Now Preferences Opens the Preferences window If the Preferences window is already open it becomes the active window Services Presents the Macintosh Services available Hide Flip Player Hides the Flip Player application window Hide Others Hides all application windows other than Flip Player Show All Shows all application windows Quit Flip Player Closes all files and exits If...

Page 56: ...ost Undo does not undo edit actions Redo Reverses your last undo action Flip Player offers an unlimited number of redo actions within computer memory limitations Redo information is stored on a per window basis Also if you close window then reopen it your redo information is lost Redo does not re do edit actions Cut Copies and removes the selected media and stores it on the clipboard allowing you ...

Page 57: ... set speeds of the selected media Note The unlicensed version of Flip Player allows you to pick 1x 2x 4x 8x 16x 32x and 64x playback speeds Player Pro users can use the JKL keyboard controls to achieve 1x 2x 3x 4x 5x 6x up to 64x speeds Slow Motion Places the currently playing media into slow motion mode Slow motion can also be started while paused Step Forward Moves selected media forward one fra...

Page 58: ... to twice its actual size Fit to Screen Changes the size of the selected media to the max size of the screen Aperture Enables you to specify how the outside edges of the video are cropped during playback Export Menu Application Exports selected media to other applications Wirecast iMovie etc Device Exports selected media to a device iPhone iPad PC etc Format Exports selected media into a format Wi...

Page 59: ... Flip4Mac User Guide Flip4Mac User Guide Opens the PDF version of the Flip4Mac User Guide Flip4Mac FAQ Opens the Flip4Mac FAQ Web page Flip4Mac Forum Opens the Telestream Flip4Mac Community Forum Web page Gather Support Information Gathers support information and enables you to save a file with this information to your Mac desktop A unique filename is generated Sending this file to Telestream enab...

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Page 61: ...al file formats can be processed in Flip Player and Flip4Mac Note Flip Player can play all codecs formats and protocols provided by QuickTime Windows Media Audio Voice Windows Media Video Screen and variants and Windows Media Video Image and variants formats are not yet supported in Flip4Mac or Flip Player Table 4 Supported Audio Codecs Audio Codec Play Import Export Windows Media Audio 9 Professi...

Page 62: ...ast Profile Windows VC1 Windows Media Video 9 Standard WMV3 Windows Media Video 8 WMV2 Windows Media Video 7 WMV1 ISO MPEG 4 V1 1 M4S2 ISO MPEG 4 V1 0 MP4S Microsoft MPEG 4 V3 MP43 Microsoft MPEG 4 V2 MP42 Microsoft Motion JPEG MJPG Table 6 Supported File Formats File Format Play Import Export Advanced Systems Format ASF Advanced Stream Redirector ASX ASX Support PDF Audio Video Interleaved AVI WM...

Page 63: ...0 3 and later ProRes 422 HQ AAC LC 128 Kbps 16 bit 44 1kHz Stereo QuickTime MOV iPhoto 9 2 1 and later H 264 AAC LC 128 Kbps 16 bit 44 1kHz Stereo QuickTime MOV iPhone Ringtone n a n a AAC LC 128 Kbps MP4 M4R Mail 5 2 and later H 264 AAC LC 128 Kbps 16 bit 44 1kHz Stereo QuickTime MOV Episode 6 2 2 and later AIC PCM QuickTime MOV ScreenFlow 3 0 3 and later H 264 GOP Size 6 AAC LC 128 Kbps 16 bit 4...

Page 64: ... s Guide 102190 Network Stream Protocols You can use MMS RTSP MMS HTTP HTTP with Flip Player and or Flip4Mac Table 8 Supported Stream Protocols Stream Type Name Protocols MMS Microsoft Media Server MMS HTTP RTSP and TCP HLS HTTP Live Streaming HTTP and TCP ...

Page 65: ...stom 53 Exporting Media 41 To a Format 43 To Applications 42 To Devices 43 Exporting Media 41 F Feature Comparison Table 16 Features Player 14 Player Pro 15 Studio 15 Studio Pro HD 16 File Menu 56 Flip4Mac Editions Studio Pro 16 H Help Menu 58 I Installation 19 ...

Page 66: ...Manually Entering 22 Settings Advanced Audio 51 Advanced Video 48 Audio Encoder 50 Export 45 Metadata 52 Silverlight 52 Video Encoder 46 Supported Codecs Formats Protocols 61 System Requirements 18 T Telestream contacting 11 International 11 Telestream contacting 11 Trademark notices 7 U Uninstalling 21 Updates Checking for 21 Upgrading 21 W Warranty and Disclaimers 9 Window Menu 58 ...