- From the Language pull-down list to select the language to use
The language options are Numeric, English, Chinese, Default, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish. The Default option would use the current language setting of your computer.
- Use the Time Adjustment section to adjust the time stamp of the AVCHD file
This is useful if you traveled to a different time zone and took the video, but you forgot to adjust the clock of the camcorder. This option allows you to add/subtract years/months/days/hours/minutes/seconds to the time code on the file.
The adjustment ranges are: Years: [-50, 50], Months: [-11, 11], Days: [-16, 16], Hours: [-23, 23], Minutes: [-59, 59], Seconds: [-59, 59].
- Use the Output Video Format section to select the output video format
When "Windows Media (wmv) is selected, the output video is in Windows Media format, output files have .wmv extension.
When "AVCHD Compatible (mts) is selected, the output video is in AVCHD Compatible format, output files have .mts extension.
- Use the Video Output Size section to select the output video size
The size options are 480x270, 640x360, 800x450, 960x540, 1280x720, 1600x900, 1920x1080. The Default option is 960x540.
Note: When the selected Output Video Format is "AVCHD Compatible", the Output Size selection is disabled. "AVCHD Compatible" supports only native video size. i.e., the output video size is the same as the original input video size.
- Use the Video Bitrate (Mbps) section to select the output video quality
The valid selection range is from 0.5 Mbps (mega bits per second) to 30 Mbps. Higher bit rate usually leads to better video quality. On the other hand, higher bitrate leads to larger output file size.
Note: When you select a Output Size, vATS changes the default setting of the Bitrate that is appropriate for the output video size. This selection typically gives adequate video quality.
- Use the Audio section to select how audio is transcoded in the output
Check the box to NOT transcode the audio when generating the stamped output file. vATS will simply copy the audio from the original AVCHD file to the output file. By default, vATS transcodes the audio when generating the output file.
Note: Some video editing softwares do not like the transcoded audio in the stamped file. If this is the case with the software you are using, then try to NOT transcode the audio.
Note: When the selected Output Video Format is "AVCHD Compatible", the Audio selection is disabled. "AVCHD Compatible" always copies the audio from the original AVCHD file to the output file (i.e. audio is NOT transcoded).
- Use the NVIDIA GPU Acceleration section to select whether or not to use NVIDIA GPU for decoding/encoding.
If the computer has a NVIDIA graphics card (GPU) that is capable of accelerating video decoding/encoding, the stamping could
be accelerated using NVIDIA GPU.
Note: Go to NVIDIA.com to check if your NVIDIA GPU supports CUDA. As a rule of thumb, if the NVIDIA graphics card is manufactured after 2007, it is likely capable of accelerating video decoding/encoding. You will need to install latest driver to take advantage of this feature. Any driver newer than version 275.33 (5/25/2011) should work. Download the latest driver at here.
vATS tries to detect if your graphics card is made by NVIDIA, and if it is capable of accelerating video decode/encode. This section will be disabled if no such graphics card is detected, or if the driver version is too old.
- Use the Output File Attributes section to set the time attributes of the stamped AVCHD file
Check the first box to make the stamped file's creation time attribute as the first valid timecode of the file
Check the second box to make the stamped file's modification time attribute as the last valid timecode of the file
Check the third box to rename the stamped file to a new name and then specify the format of the new name.Format codes for file name:
@N Original file name without .avi extension (e.g. testFile for original file name testFile.avi). @F Date of the first frame of the file in the form of YYMMDD. @f Time of the first frame of the file in the form of hhmmss. @L Date of the last frame of the file in the form of YYMMDD. @l Time of the last frame of the file in the form of hhmmss.
Examples:
format original filename new filename newFile-20@F-@f-@l oldfile.avi newFile-20041103-110812-152241.avi @N-@F@f oldfile.avi oldfile-041103110812.avi
- Click OK button to save the changes and exit the dialog.
- Click Cancel button to discard the changes and exit the dialog.
- Click Help button to bring up this Help page.