User manual SERATO VIDEO-SL V1.0

[. . . ] Enter the serial number found inside the VIDEO-SL box or sent to you via our online cHEck FOR UPDATES We are constantly releasing updates to our software. Before you continue please check www. serato. com/updates for the latest version of VIDEO-SL. VIDEO-SL will now be available from the main screen of Scratch LIVE. InSTALLInGfoRWIndoWS Insert the Software Installation CD-ROM. If Setup doesn't start automatically, browse to the CD drive and run "setup. exe. " Follow the on-screen instructions. [. . . ] This loads the audio portion to ScratchLIVe and the video portion to VIDEO-SL. LoAdAVIdeoonToAPLAyInGTRACK To load a video to VIdeo-SL while playing an audiotrackinScratchLIVe VIDEO PLAyBAck There are different ways you may want to use video files in your Scratch LIVE performance. you can either load a video file and its sound track to both Scratch LIVE and VIDEO-SL at the same time or you can load separate video and audio files to VIDEO-SL and ScratchLIVE and play them in sync. Scratch LIVE also allows you to `associate' audio and video tracks so that in future when you load the audio track into Scratch LIVE the `associated' video file is automatically loaded into VIDEO-SL. ·Haveatrackloadedtothevirtualdeckin Scratch LIVE. Thiswillloadthevideofilewithoutreplacing theaudiotrackinScratchLIVe. 10 VIDEO-SL - OPERATOR'S MANUAL 1. 0 ASSoCIATInGAudIoAndVIdeo Linksavideocliptoaseperateaudiotrack. If both fader and cue are selected you can cross-fade video with both the main crossfader and the cue fader at the same time, this is great for performing quick video cross-fades on the cue fader without affecting your audio output. ·HaveaTrackloadedtoavirtualdeckin Scratch LIVE. This will load the video file to VIDEO-SL and associate it with the current playing track in Scratch LIVE. next time you load the track into Scratch LIVe the associated video file will automaticallybeloadedtoVIdeo-SL. MIXInG By default the TTM 57SL cross-fader and channel faders are linked to the appropriate faders in VIDEO-SL. unLInKInGuPfAdeRS By selecting unlink, the VIDEO-SL up faders are disconnected from the TTM 57SL upfader controls. This means you can perform audio mixing with the TTM 57SL without affecting your video output levels. CRoSS-fAdeRLInKInG By deselecting fader you can unlink the VIDEO-SL and TTM 57SL cross-faders, this allows you to perform audio cross-fades without affecting your video output. Selecting cue links the VIDEO-SL crossfader to the cue fader on the TTM 57SL. VIDEO-SL - OPERATOR'S MANUAL 1. 0 11 EFFEcTS AND TRANSITIONS LEFT DECk uSInGfAdeRTRAnSITIonS OVERVIEw Each VIDEO-SL deck has two effects slots in series, and one fader transition effect between the two decks. (!)unloadtheeffectfromaslotbyclicking MAIN MIX theunloadeffectbuttoninVIdeo-SL. 12 VIDEO-SL - OPERATOR'S MANUAL 1. 0 AVAILABLE EFFEcTS VIDEO-SL assesses your graphics hardware and scales the available effects and transitions to your machine's capabilities. This means that on different machines, you may see a different list of available effects. Users with no graphics processing hardware on their system will not be able to use any effects, and transitions will be limited to a basic fade. SATuRATIon** Increases the colour levels proportional to the levels in the image. 4:3 There are three VIDEO-SL setup panels; Media, Performance, and Info. To access the VIDEO-SL setup options click on the Video button in Scratch LIVE, then click setup inside VIDEO-SL. Output is constrained to 4:3 (Standard TV). 16:9 Output is constrained to 16:9 (Widescreen). ANAMORPHIc MEDIA SETUP 16:9 content is `squeezed' into a 4:3 aspect ratio. MEDIA SETUP These options allow you to choose how VIDEO-SL behaves when your video file is a different aspect ratio to the display you are outputting to. PRESERVE The original aspect ratio of your video is maintained and is never cropped. VIDEO-SL MEDIA SETUP OPTIONS will create a letterbox (black lines at the top and bottom of the screen) or a pillar box (black lines at the sides) to fill any remaining space on the output display. VIDEO-SL - OPERATOR'S MANUAL 1. 0 15 zOOM The aspect ratio of your file is maintained and it is zoomed to always fill the output display. Cropping can occur if the resulting output is bigger than your display. LeTTeRboX The aspect ratio of your file is preserved and it will always fit the width of the display. 16x9 video on a 4x3 display) it will either be cropped, or have a letterbox inserted. [. . . ] ADDITIONAL VIDEO-SL will attempt to play any additional codecs which QuickTime has components installed for, such as DivX. However results may vary and these are not offically supported by Serato. VIDEO-SL - OPERATOR'S MANUAL 1. 0 19 If you're output is looking stretched in the TROUBLE SHooTInG horizontalaxisonyourprojector your projector may be 4:3 aspect ratio resolution, stretched into a 16:9 shaped image. Double clicking it will return it to window mode, drag it to your secondary display and then return it to fullscreen mode. If you're experiencing low framerates or MyVideofileswon'tloadintothelibrary 1. Defragment your hard disk Also Scratch LIVE will only allow you to add files to the library that contain supported audio codecs. [. . . ]