source directory

Select drive and directory with source clips. It may be a USB card-reader (but, in this case, you should attach it before starting MP4Cam2AVI).

source files

Set source clip(s) extension

file list mode

MP4Cam2AVI has two modes for input file selectioin - file list mode and limeline mode.

In file list mode, you should select source files directly in the file list using Shift, Ctrl and left mouse click. If nothing is selected, all files will be processed (also, you can use 'select all' button) You can change file order with 'set prefix:' button. File name is changed like '01_VCLP1209.MP4', where '01' is the prefix value and 'VCLP1209.MP4' is the original file name. To remove prefix from file name, set prefix value to '' (empty string). The better way to join files in custom order is to use timeline mode. 'avi 4cc...' button allows you to change 4cc (FoouCC) in selected avi files, available only with [source files]='*.AVI'

timeline mode

In timeline mode, you can drag-and-drop clips to the simple timeline (timeline appears, when the 'timeline mode' tab is active).

- To add clips to the end of timeline. just drag them to the empty space at the end of timeline, or use '>>' button
- To add clips somewhere between existing clips on timeline, drop them on the clip they should be inserted before.
- To remove clips from timeline, drag them back to the file list or use '<<' button.
- Also, you can add/remove clips by checking/unchecking file names in the file list (space button).

To save timeline, click 'save' button, by default it will be saved to 'TimeLine.asx' file in the same directory. You can also add files from different directories. ASX is Windows Movie Player playlist format, so you can alsp watch it as a playlist in WMP.

internal preview

conversion log

progress bars

action

Select what you want to do:

a) Many -> Many AVI (just convert files, each source clip to separate avi)
b) Many -> One AVI (convert and join all source clips to one avi)

video format

Only available in Expert mode

By default, video is not recompressed (Source video), this is much faster and causes no video quality loss.

If you want to recompress video to XviD MPEG-4 ASP, select one of the 'XviD MPEG-4' options. If source video is MPEG-4, you shold check 'enable MPEG-4 recompression' in advanced settings to perform operation. If you are familiar to XviD settings, you can select 'XviD MPEG-4 ASP (user-configurable)' and configure codec n advanced options.

Video recompression is supported only for MJPEG and MPEG-4 ASP source video.

audio format

Set target file audio format:

'Source audio' - audio is not recompressed, but be careful with AAC input sound - target avi files may not be compatible with hardware DVD-MPEG4 players and video editing software. This option won't work with Sony M1/M2 and some other cameras, use it for preview only.

To edit avi files with avi editing apps, use PCM audio option. This will increase target avi file size, but it's safer for correct audio/video sync.

For playback on PC or DVD-MPEG4 players use MP3, High quality is recommended.

use advanced options

Check this option to configure advanced settings (additional video and audio processing options). When unchecked, advanced options will be ignored.

advanced options

Only availabe in Expert mode

Push this button to configure advanced options.

Some options may be greyed, it depends on other settings.

AUDIO OPTIONS:

Not available when 'Source audio' option selected

mono output - dowmix channels (usefil for Olympus C770 with stereo audio track, wich is actually mono due to mono internal mic)

resample to 24000 Hz - resample source audio using spline interpolation algorithm. If source sample rate is 48000 Hz, use it to smaller file size, with minimal loss of quality. If source sample rate is about 8000 Hz and you use to prevent audio quality loss (lame mp3 codec works better with higher sample rates).

lowpass filter - use it to cut off some high frequencies, when sound is too 'hard' (useful for Sanyo Xacti cameras). The lower is the CutOff is frequency, the softer sound will you get. The power parameter defines CutOff efficiency. But, with high values you can get 'ringing' sound, so use power from 2 to 4.

audio volume adjust, % - set value greater that 100 if source sound is too quiet, but be careful, you can get audio volume 'overload'.

audio track delay, ms - use in to shift audio track forward (positive values) or backward (negative values) in milliseconds. Useful for cameras with audio lag, like Minolta A200.

XviD ENCODING OPTIONS:

XviD Encoder options are available only with video format 'XviD MPEG-4 User conigurable'.

With other 'XviD MPEG-4 *' options, they are filled with predefined values and greyed out.

enable MPEG-4 recompression - check it if you want to recompress MPEG-4 video (you should know what you are doing - it causes video quality loss and it's much slower)

TARGET AVI FILE OPTIONS:

crop video frames when audio stream ends - when checked, MP4Cam2AVI will crop video frames 'not covered' by the audio track (for example, in Sanyo Xacti C1 clips audio track is ~50ms shorter, so 1-2 frames will be cropped at the end of each clip). When unchecked, MP4Cam2AVI will insert 'silence' at the end of each clip, so video and audio durations will be equal.

audio preload value sets how audio and video data is written to target avi file (usially, audio is coming a little earlier, so player can cache it up). If you have problems playing target avi on your DVD-MPEG4 player, try to increase this parameter (default value is 500).

target file

Set target file (for 'Many -> One AVI' Move) or target directory (for 'Many -> Many AVI' mode)

avi size limit

Maximum target avi size (for 'Many -> One' mode only). AVI file can't be larger than 2Gb (this is format limitation), but, some DVD-MPEG4 players don't understand avi files larger than 1Gb, so it's safer to use 1Gb avi size limit.

When this limit exceeds, MP4Cam2AVI creates next volume automatically (i.e. OutFileName.01.avi, OutFileName.02.avi etc.)

align to clip start

When checked, program will try to create next volume on new clip start, so, input clips won't be divided between volumes. When unchecked, program will start next volume on the nearest keyframe.

thread priority

Set it to 'Lower' or below to perform conversion in background (while working with some other app).

Prompt to overwrite

Show confirmation dialog when target file already exists.