1 Welcome SuperEasy Video Converter 2 - SuperEasy - Software

1 Welcome 

Installation 

Handling 

Settings 

Miscellaneous 

Copyright 

1.1 System requirements 

© 2012 SuperEasy GmbH & Co. KG 

SuperEasy Video Converter 2 

Easy to use, perfect results! 

2011, SuperEasy GmbH & Co. KG, w w w .supereasy.net 

All rights reserved 

Welcome 

You need to have a running Windows operating system to install the program. The program is 

supported by Windows 2000, Windows XP (Home, Professional and Media Center Edition) Windows 

Vista and Windows 7 (32Bit and 64Bit). You are also recommended to install any updates that are 

currently available for your relevant operating system . 

CPU with at least 1Ghz 

at least 1GB RAM (2 GB recommended) 

around 55 MB of hard disk space for installing the program 

several gigabytes of free storage space for the converted videos 

CD/DVD-ROM-drive (optional) 

mouse or compatible input device 

.Net-Framework 3.5 

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1.2 Installation 

The procedure for installing SuperEasy Video Converter 2 on your system is as follows : 

1. Save your current data and shut down all open programs. 

2. Start the intallation by double-clicking the exe file you have downloaded . 

3. The Setup Wizard configures the application for you . 

The setup wizard will guide you through the nearly fully automated installation process. As general 

the following rules apply: 

- The button "Next" is used to proceed to the next installation step. 

- The button "Back" is used to return to the previous installation step. 

- The button "Cancel" is used to abort the installation. 

- As usual, the installation makes no changes to your system until you click on "Install". 

The setup wizard helps you by choosing the installation location with the buttons "Change" and 

"Disk Usage": 

- Use "Change" to open a folder browser were you can change the installation location for 

SuperEasy Video Converter 2. 

- Use "Disc Usage" to check if the hard drive you want to install SuperEasy Video Converter 2 on 

offers enough free space. 

Furthermore you can customize your installation with the following features: 

· Create desktop shortcut : Allows you to access the Start Center via a shortcut on your desktop 

· Create QuickLaunch shortcut : Allows you to access the Start Center via a shortcut in the 

quick start section of the taskbar . 

1.3 Programm start 

After you installed SuperEasy Video Converter 2 successfully, you can start it via ‚Start > All 

Programs > SuperEasy Software > Video Converter 2 > Video Converter 2’. 

1.4 Demo time 

You can use the full version of SuperEasy Video Converter 2 for one day as a unrestricted demo. 

You can test the software for additional 6 days after that by clicking on "Free Trial-Key". After this 

you need a valid license to use the program. It would give us great pleasure if our application could 

convince you during this period to become a new customer . 

© 2012 SuperEasy GmbH & Co. KG

1.5 Support 


Welcome 

If any unexpected problems crop up when you are using SuperEasy Video Converter 2, you can 

contact our support center with confidence: www.supereasy.net 

Important: To help us provide you with effective support, please have the following information to 

hand : 

• information about the program you bought: the program name, in this case SuperEasy Video 

Converter 2, and version number (which can be found under About (!) ) 

• the operating system that you are using 

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• a brief description of the problem and how often it occurs (occasionally or regularly). If you have a 

screenshot of the error message available, attach it to your query if you are sending it by mail. 

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1.6 Copyright 

The information contained in this document is subject to change at any time without prior notice and 

does not represent any commitment on the part of SuperEasy GmbH & Co. KG. The software 

featuring in this document is also governed by the relevant license agreement that is specified 

elsewhere. 

All rights are reserved, including the right to reproduce, transfer, distribute and translate this 

document. No part of this manual may be reproduced in any form whatsoever, including the use of 

photocopy, microfilm or data processing systems, without prior written permission. All rights of 

reproduction are also reserved. 

Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and any other programs featuring in the operating system 

are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation,USA. All other trademarks and 

descriptions explicitly or implicitly mentioned in this manual are the property of their respective 

owners. The information in this manual is made public without consideration of any patent protection 

and serves solely the purpose of knowledge transfer. 

The utmost care has been taken in collating the text and figures for this manual. Nevertheless, errors 

cannot be completely excluded. Neither the author nor SuperEasy GmbH & Co. KG assume 

therefore any warranty of any kind whatsoever, any legal responsibility or any liability for harm that 

arises in connection with the information described. Furthermore, neither the author nor SuperEasy 

GmbH & Co. KG may be held accountable for harm that can be attributed to software or hardware 

malfunctions or for infringements of patents or other third-party rights arising from this. 

2 Handling 

Here are all options to use our software: 

Selection of device type 

Select source 

Download 

Load file 

Open DVD 

The list view 

Media Player 

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2.1 Selection of device tpye 


Handling 

In the program window select the device for which you want to create a video. At present, SuperEasy 

Video Converter provides the following profiles: 

Portable Media Players: 

- Apple: iPhone, iPod, Touch und Nano 

- Archos: AV, DVR, GMini 

- Centrix: MVP-100/ 120 

- Commodore: PMC30 

- Cowon: A3, D2, Q5 

- Creative: ZEN Vision 

- GPX: GPX2 

- iAudio: X5 

- iRiver: H320/ H340, PMP 120/ 140 

- iubi: iubi Blue 

- LG: T80 

- Microsoft: ZUNE 

- mini Beamer 

- Mio: Mio DigiWalker C720 

- mpio: FY1000 

- Philips: SA 51xx, GoGear SA 52xx, SA 60xx 

- Sansa: Fuze 

- Sony: PSP, Walkman NW/ NWZ 

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Game Consoles: 

- Microsoft: xBox 360 

- Nintendo: Wii 

- Sony: PS3, PSP 

Mobile Phones: 

- Apple: iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 

- Blackberry: Storm/ Bold/ Curve/ Pearl 

- Google: Android G1 

- Others: Handys mit 3GP/ MP4 unterstützung 

Computer: 

- Apple: Mac, TV 

- Microsoft: Dreamscene 

- Others: DivX Home, XviD Home, Nero Digital 

Media Storages: 

- Cliod: CP/ MX/ PMP 

- Epson: P 2000/ 4000 

- Targa: H2010 

- TiVo 

DVD-Players: 

- DVD: NTSC/ PAL 

- SVCD: NTSC/ PAL 

- MPEG-2 

Internet Video Formats: 

- Flash Video 

- MP4 

High-Definition Formats: 

- AVI: Mpeg-4 

- MP4: Mpeg-4, H.264 

- Mpeg-2 

- WMV 

Pocket PC: 

- PALM: Tungsten, Treo 

- Microsoft: Windows Mobile 

Satellite Navigation: 

- TomTom: One, Go 


2.2 Select source 


Handling 

As source material you can use practically any available content: directly from the Internet, video 

files from hard disk or DVD-videos. 

2.3 Download 


Click on the Download button and select your clip from one of the supported video platforms. 

Copy the complete target address from the address line of the browser to the clipboard and add the 

URL in the downloader under Video-URL. 

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Click on OK. The download module checks the target and releases the name settings if the address 

is correct. Enter name and target directory and click on Save. The video clip is automatically loaded 

to the programming surface of the converter. If you like you can now download or insert another file. 


2.4 Load file 


Handling 

Click on the Load file button and search for a video file from hard disk or another medium. A click on 

"Open" will ad them to the program. 


Hint: It is possible to select more than just one file by holding down "Ctrl" while you select the files 

one by one or dragging a rectangle with the mouse while you hold down the left mouse button. 

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2.5 Open DVD 

In order to convert a DVD-video click on Open DVD and search the drive with the inserted disk. The 

directory structure is recognized automatically. 


In list view you enable the tracks you want to have converted (the track with the longest runtime is 

normally the main film and automatically marked). 




Handling 

You select the video language in the column of the same name. The same applies for the subtitles. 

Please note: You can only integrate one language- and one subtitle to the target video. Subtitles are 

‚burnt’ into the picture and cannot be faded out when viewing the movie. 

2.6 The list view 

In list view all conversion projects are listed in the order they were added. If it is a Video DVD, the 

list comprises all tracks and chapters of the disk; it is not possible to add additional disks later. The 

individual columns provide drop-down-lists for the selection of the desired language and subtitles. 

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In the case of individual video files and downloads you can add new files to the list step by step; 

while converting these are loaded one by one. Again you find columns for selecting the language, 

although this is rarely necessary for individual files. 


2.7 Media Player 



Handling 

The integrated media player is used for testing listed videos as well as for simple editing. Operating 

functions (from top to bottom and from left to right): 

Full screen: switches video playback to full screen mode. Return to window with a mouse click. 

Mute: enables and disables the loudspeaker. 

Stop: stops the playback. 

Rewind: jumps to the start of the video. 

Play: starts the playback. 

Forward: jumps to the end of the video. 

Marker 1: sets a start marker for editing. 

Marker 2: sets an end marker for editing. 

The marked section is cut. 

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3 Settings 

Here are all settings of our software. You can reach them by clicking on "Advanced settings" in the 

list view: 

Video settings 

Audio settings 

Extended settings 

3.1 Video settings 


You can alter the picture quality and/ or file size via the video settings: 

- Resolution: The higher the resolution the better the picture quality. - Well at least if the source 

video already has a high enough resolution. You will not get any better picture quality by scaling a 

320x240 video up to 1920x1080. Furthermore, not all resolutions are supported by all devices, 

therefor SuperEasy Video Converter 2 offers only the supported ones. 

- Bitrate: Again, the higher, the better. - And again, it will not work to use 5000kbps on a source 

video that only has e.g. 100kbps. Furthermore, using a higher bitrate results in a higher file size. 

- Framerate: This number describes how many pictures are shown per second. Knowing that the 

human eye/ brain needs 25 pictures a second to see a movie, you easily can save some MB by 

reducing the framerate, at least if the framerate of the source video is higher than 25fps. 


Settings 

Furthermore, this is, again, a value where not all are supported by all players. 

- Resize mode: A lot of devices, especially the mobile ones, have defined screen resolutions. As 

a result it can be that the resolution of the source video needs to be changed in order to be 

playable on the device. The following methods are available for resizing: 

3.2 Audio settings 


Stretch: Simply stretches the picture until it fits into the new resolution. Can result in 

distortion. 

Normal: The default method used by the program. Produces results which are good in most 

cases. 

Non-Linear: Serves for adjusting the videos to a changed target resolution by leaving the original 

aspect ratio unchanged and filling possible black border with picture material (depending on the 

original format). Aims at using the full screen of the display. 

Pan&Scan: Serves for adjusting a video to the target resolution by leaving the original aspect ratio 

unchanged but by enlarging the image so that it fills the target display completely. Edges may be 

cut (depending on the original format). 


You can use the audio settings to improve audio quality or reducing the file size: 

- Channels: You can change this option if you want to create mono files. Be aware that changing 

stereo sources to mono will result in a loss of quality. We recommend that you use the settings 

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of the source file. 

- Bitrate: The bit rate is a scale of how good the audio quality is - therefor using a higher bit rate 

will result in a higher audio quality but also in a higher file size and vice versa. Anyhow, using a 

much higher bit rate will not result in a much higher audio quality because, analogue to the video 

bit rate, the technique can't add audio information which is not available. We recommend that you 

use around 96 kbps to 128 kbps for speech and higher (up to 320 kbps) rates for soundtracks and 

music. 

- Samplerate: Using a lower samplerate will result in a loss of audio quality. We recommend to 

use the same rate as the source file does. 

3.3 Extended settings 


- Keep resolution: With this option enabled, VideoMizer will always use the resolution of the 

source file. Keep in mind that there are devices (especially mobile devices) which only accepting 

one resolution or need to rescale the video to fit the display resolution. In this cases it is possible 

that this devices will stutter, show only a part of the video or even reject playing it back. 

- Scaling: With each change of resolution (particularly in case of enlargement) image details get 

lost. To compensate this loss you can select from a number of filters that take care of these 

artefacts. 

• Linear: Fastest interpolation method, yet not the most thorough one. Details are smoothed. 

• Bicubic: One of the most common interpolation methods which keeps details and still works 

quickly. 


Settings 

• Nearest neighbour: One of the most effective scaling filters, often used for increased resolutions 

higher than 320 x 240. The filter works more accurately than the bicubic but also takes more time. 

• Spline 16: Step-by-step interpolation with an accuracy of up to 16 bit. 

• Spline 32: Step-by-step interpolation with an accuracy of up to 32 bit. 

• Lanczos 3: One of the most effective scaling filters, often used for increased resolutions above 320 

x 240. The filter works more accurately than the previously mentioned but also takes more time. 

• Lanczos 4: Like Lanczos 3, but even more accurate. 

• Gaussian: Another filter for interpolation of images, based on the Gauss-algorithm and suitable for 

both, scale up and -down. 

• ODU: The proprietary development Object Detection Upscaling allows enlargement with 

simultaneous quality enhancement and offers scaling, which so far was only possible with very 

expensive special hardware. ODU is by far the most effective of all used techniques, yet the most 

time-consuming.. 

- Keep framerate: VideoMizer will keep the frame rate of the source file if you enable this option. 

Again, keep in mind that there are devices which need a specific frame rate and may be reject 

playback of files with different frame rates. 

- Split-Size: You can select a size in MB if you want to limit the maximum file size of the output 

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4 Miscellaneous 

To start converting click on the Start button. To abort converting click on the cross on the top right. 

You then come back to device selection.

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