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Xilisoft DVD CreatorUser Manual

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Table of Contents

1Xilisoft DVD Creator 6 Help ........................................................................................................................................................2Introduction to Xilisoft DVD Creator 6 .................................................................................................................................2Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................................5Getting Started .....................................................................................................................................................................................7Edit DVD Subtitle ................................................................................................................................................................................9Edit DVD Audio Track .......................................................................................................................................................................

11Clip Video Segment ........................................................................................................................................................................12Edit Video Effects ............................................................................................................................................................................13Tips ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................17Technical Support .............................................................................................................................................................................18Recommend Products ...................................................................................................................................................................

Xilisoft DVD Creator 6 Help

Introduction to Xilisoft DVD Creator 6

Introduction

Getting Started

Edit DVD Subtitle

Edit DVD Audio Track

Clip Video Segment

Edit Video Effects

Tips

Technical Support

Recommended Products


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Introduction

Xilisoft DVD Creator 6 provides the easiest and the fastest way

to convert popular video formats such as AVI, MPEG, DivX, DV,

VOB, and WMV to DVD movies to make them playable on

portable or home DVD players. Besides burning DVD movie

discs, you can also burn video files to DVD folders or ISO files.

This DVD creator allows you to create a stylish DVD menu with

customized background music/picture, menu topic, and opening

film. It also comes with a selection of powerful editing tools to

personalize your DVD movies such as video clipping & cropping;

adding & editing watermarks, video effects, audio tracks, and

subtitles.

Key Functions

Create DVDs from AVI, MPEG, WMV, DivX, XviD, MP4,

H.264/AVC files.

Burn video files to DVD folders and ISO files.

Key Features

Supports DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD+R DL,


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DVD-R DL, DVD-5, and DVD-9.

Choose a DVD menu template to make a DVD menu; add

background music/picture, menu title, and opening film to

edit it.

Set any video clip or static frame as the title miniature in

DVD menu.

Set an interval to add chapters automatically to each title.

Skip the menu to play the main movie directly.

Clip video segments and merge them into a new video.

Crop video frame size, adjust video effects, and add picture

or text watermarks.

Add multiple audio tracks and subtitle files to target DVD.

Adjust parameters such as video/audio quality, bit rate,

television standard, aspect ratio, resize mode, channel,

sample rate, etc.

Preview clips with the built-in resizable video player.

Select the desired post DVD burning action: shut down,

hibernate, standby, or quit.

Run the application in the background.

System Requirements

OS: Microsoft® Windows 7, Windows XP (SP2 or later),

Windows Vista

Processor: 1GHz Intel/AMD processor or above

RAM: 256MB RAM (512MB or above recommended)

Free Hard Disk: 80MB space for installation

Graphics Card: Super VGA (800×600) resolution, 16-bit

graphics card or higher

Others: Recordable DVD drive

For full information about Xilisoft DVD Creator 6, please visit:

http://www.xilisoft.com/dvd-creator.html

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Getting Started

Edit DVD Subtitle


Clip Video Segment

Edit Video Effects

Tips

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Getting Started

1. Add files

Click the Add Video File(s) button on the toolbar, select

one or more files in the Add Video File(s) dialog box that

appears, and then click Open to load the selected files into

the file list of the program.

Tip: You can choose File > Add Video File(s) or File >

Add Video Folder from the main menu to load video(s).

The application supports loading up to 99 videos.

2. Add subtitles and audio tracks

After loading a video file, its subtitle and audio track

information will be listed under the file node in the file list.

To add subtitles, click on the + sign (Add Subtitle...) on

the right of the subtitle item to load the required subtitle

file(s) from your computer. To edit the added subtitle file(s),

please refer to Edit DVD subtitle for more info.

To add audio tracks, click on the + sign (Add Audio

Track...) on the right of the audio track item to load the

required audio track(s) from your computer. To edit the

added audio track(s), please refer to Edit DVD audio for

more info.

3. Create a DVD menu

Click on the Templates button from the Menu panel in the

top right-hand window and choose a template from the list

to quickly create a simple DVD menu. To edit the DVD

menu, please refer to Edit DVD menu for more info.

4. Set output target

Click the Destination drop-down button from the main

window, and choose DVD disc, DVD folder, or ISO image file

from the drop-down list as the output target.

Tip: If you set the output target as DVD folder or ISO image

file, you can change the target path to save the output file.

5. Set DVD name


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Enter a name in the Volume Label field from the main

window to name the output DVD disc, DVD folder, or ISO

image file.

Tip: If you set the output target as DVD folder or ISO image

file, you can change the target path to save the output file.

6. Start burning

Choose the write speed and the number of copies required,

and then click Burn to start the burning process.

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Edit DVD Subtitle


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Edit Video Effects

Tips

Technical Support



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Edit DVD Subtitle

After adding a subtitle file, you can edit it to your liking.

1. Select a file from the file list, click the Subtitle button on

the toolbar to open the Edit Subtitle window.

Tips:

(1) You can also open the Edit Subtitle window by clicking

the Edit Subtitle button on the right of the selected subtitle

item in the file list.

(2) You can click on the + sign (Add Subtitle...) to load

subtitle file(s) from your computer in the Edit Subtitle

window. The loaded subtitle files will be displayed in the

subtitle list below the Add Subtitle... button.

(3) You can adjust the subtitle order with the up and down

arrow keys above the subtitle list. The first one in the list

will be set as default.

2. Choose the subtitle you want to edit from the subtitle list

and select the corresponding language for the subtitle from

the Subtitle Language drop-down list.

3. Click and drag the Vertical Position control slider to set

the vertical position of the selected subtitle. You can check

the changes in real-time using the player on the left. Use

this real-time preview function to get the best subtitle

vertical position.

Tip: You can also enter a value in the vertical position

textbox directly or adjust the vertical position value with the

up and down arrow keys.

4. Click on the T sign (Font Style…) to set the font style and

size in the font setting dialog box that opens.

5. If you notice a delay between the subtitle and the video,

click and drag the Subtitle Delay control slider to make the

subtitle match the video.

Tips:

(1) You can also enter a value in the subtitle delay textbox


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directly or adjust the Subtitle Delay time with the up and

down arrow keys.

(2) If the subtitle is ahead of the video, then adjust the

delay time forward; otherwise adjust the delay time

backward.

6. After the above operations, click Apply then OK to return

to the main window.

Tip: Click the Settings drop-down button, and choose

Restore Defaults, Save As Defaults or Restore Factory

Defaults as necessary. Select the Apply to All Items

option to apply the above settings to all videos.

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DVD audio track editing is supported.

1. Click Audio on the toolbar to open the Edit Audio Track

window, and then select the audio track you want to edit in

the audio track list.

Tips:

(1) You can also open the Edit Audio Track window by

clicking on the pencil icon (Edit AudioTrack) next to the

selected audio track item in the file list.

(2) You can click Add Audio Track to load the required

audio track from your computer in the Edit Audio Track

window. The loaded audio track will be displayed in the

audio track list below the Add Audio Track button.

(3) You can adjust the audio track order with the up and

down arrow keys above the audio track list. The first audio

track will be set as default.

2. Click and drag the Volume control slider to adjust the

volume of the selected audio track. You can check the

changes of volume level adjustment in real-time using the

player on the left. This real-time preview function will help

you get the volume level you require.

Tip: You can also enter a value in the volume textbox

directly or adjust the volume value with the up and down

arrow keys.

3. If you notice a delay between the audio track and the video,

click and drag the Audio Latency control slider to make

the audio track match the video.

Tips:

(1) You can also enter a value in the Audio Latency

textbox directly or adjust the delay value with the up and

down arrow keys.

(2) If the audio track is ahead of the video, adjust the delay

time forward; otherwise adjust the delay time backward.


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4. Click the Bit Rate drop-down button to select a bit rate.

5. Click the Channels drop-down button to choose the

channels you want.

6. After the above operations, click Apply then OK to return

to the main window.

Tip: Click Restore Defaults to restore the default settings.

Related Topics

Introduction

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Edit DVD Subtitle

Clip Video Segment

Edit Video Effects

Tips

Technical Support



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Clip Video Segment

This feature allows you to clip the segments you like from a

video.

1. Select a video file in the file list; click the Clip button on the

toolbar to open the Clip window.

2. Click Play to play the selected file.

3. Click Set Start Point and Set End Point to set the start

and the end point respectively for the video segment you

want to clip.

4. Click New Clip and repeat Step 3 to get a new segment.

Tip: You can drag the slider to adjust the positions of the

Start and End points.

5. Select a segment from the segment list and click Delete

Clip to delete it. To change the order of a segment in the

list, select the segment and click Move Up or Move Down.

6. After the above operations, click Apply and Close to return

to the main window. A new video with the applied changes

will be displayed in the file list replacing the original video.

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Getting Started

Edit DVD Subtitle


Edit Video Effects

Tips

Technical Support



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Edit Video Effects

Use these video effect editing tools to help you crop the video

frame size, edit video effects, and add watermarks.

Crop Video Size

Add Effect

Create Video Watermarks

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Getting Started

Edit DVD Subtitle


Clip Video Segment

Tips

Technical Support



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Tips

Create title miniatures for DVD menu

You can create a video/image miniature for each title in the DVD

menu.

Select the video you want to edit from the file list, click Menu

Clip on the toolbar to open the Menu Clip window.

1. To create a video miniature for a title in the DVD menu:

Select the Enable Video option, type the start and end

time in the Start Point and End Point textboxes

respectively or adjust the start/end time with the up/down

arrow keys to specify a segment as the video miniature.

You can preview the video miniature in the preview window

on the left by clicking on the Play clip button.

Tip: You can also get the required video segment as title

miniature by clicking the Set Start Point and Set End

Point buttons below the preview window

2. To create an image miniature for a title in the DVD menu:

Click the Enable Picture option and click the Browse...

button and load a picture from your computer in the dialog

box that opens.

Tips:

(1) The path is the snapshot folder by default.

(2) You can also preview the video with the built-in player on the

left and save a video frame at any time by clicking on the

camera icon (Snapshot), then choose the captured frame as

the title miniature.

After the above operations, click Apply then Close to return to

the main window.

Tip: Click Restore Defaults to restore the default settings.

Edit DVD menu

Use the DVD menu editing function to create your own DVD


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menu by adding background music/picture, menu topic, and

opening film.

1. Click the Edit button in the Menu panel on the top right

corner of the main window to open the Menu Edit window.

2. Double-click on one of the Title labels in the preview

window, and enter a text in the textbox. Click on the text

once to modify the font settings such as style, size, and

color. Repeat this process with other titles.

Check the Background Music box, click the Select

Background Music button on the right, and select an audio file

from your computer as the menu background music in the dialog

box that opens.

Check the Background Picture box, click the Select

Background Picture button, and select a picture file from your

computer as the menu background picture in the dialog box that

opens.

Check the Opening film box, click the Select Opening Film

button, and select a video clip from your computer as the DVD

opening film in the dialog box that opens.

Tip: Pick a template from the template list on the right to set

the desired menu template.

The Settings window

Click Tools > Settings... from the main window to open the

Settings window in which there are three tabs: General,

Output, and CPU.

General Settings

By clicking on the General tab in the Settings window, you can

set the temporary file folder, snapshot folder, and automatic

update options.

Temporary Files

Click Browse... on the right of the Location field and

choose a path for saving the temporary files in the dialog

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after Completion option, the temporary files will be

deleted after the DVD creation process is completed.

Snapshot

Click Browse... on the right of the Location field and

choose a path for saving the captured pictures. Click the

Default Format drop-down button, and choose the

required snapshot format from the list.

Update

This option is checked by default. From here you can specify

how often you want the application to check for updates;

click the drop-down button and set the interval as every

day, every week, or every month.

Output Settings

In the Settings window, click on the Output tab to set the

video and audio parameters of the output DVD.

In the Video Settings field, you can set the following

parameters:

Bit Rate: You can choose corresponding bit rate according

to different video quality, or customize video bit rate freely.

TV Standard: You can choose NTSC or PAL as the video

format of output DVD movie according to the region where

you are.

Video Aspect Ratio: You can select 16:9 or 4:3 as the

video aspect ratio of output DVD movie.

Resize Method: You can select Letterbox, Pan and Scan

or Full Screen as the zoom mode for the output DVD

movie.

Deinterlace: If you want to watch output DVD movie on

some modern LCD and plasma displays that currently do

not work in the interlaced mode, then set this option to Yes

to convert an interlaced video signal into a non-interlaced

video signal, otherwise set this option to No.

Auto Add Chapter: This option is checked by default, and

the default interval is 15 minutes. If you want to add

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to your own need, otherwise uncheck this option.

Skip Menu: This option is unchecked by default. If you

want to play the output DVD movie directly but not display

menu, then check this option.

In Audio Settings field, you can modify audio parameters

of the output DVD movie: bit rate and channels.

Tip: Click Restore Defaults button, to restore the default

settings.

CPU Settings

In the Settings window, click on the CPU tab to adjust the CPU

settings. From here, you can choose or customize the number of

CPU cores to be used for the burning process. The more cores

you use, the higher the burning speed will be.

After the above settings, click Apply then OK to return to the

main window.

Related Topics

Introduction

Getting Started

Edit DVD Subtitle


Clip Video Segment

Edit Video Effects

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Technical Support

Contact Us

If you need help at any time while using Xilisoft's products,

please contact our support team at [email protected]. Our

customer service staff will give you a response within one (1)

working day.


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Xilisoft AVI to DVD Converter

Xilisoft AVI to DVD Converter is a fast AVI to DVD burning

software tool which can help you convert formats such as AVI,

MPEG, DAT, M2V, VOB to DVDs to be played on your home DVD

players. You can also burn them to DVD folders or ISO files. It

supports DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-5, DVD-9,

and provides you with many DVD editing features such as

creating unique DVD menus, clipping video files, adjusting video

effects, adding subtitles and audio tracks to name a few.

For full information about Xilisoft AVI to DVD Converter, please

visit:

http://www.xilisoft.com/avi-to-dvd-converter.html

Xilisoft DivX to DVD Converter

Xilisoft DivX to DVD Converter is an expert DivX to DVD burner

to burn DivX/XviD files as DVD movie discs, DVD folders or ISO

files. This DivX to DVD converter allows you to firstly edit your

DivX/XviD movie files (such as creating DVD menus, clipping and

cropping videos, adjusting video effects, adding watermarks,

subtitles and audio tracks), then burn them onto a variety of

DVD discs including DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-5,

and DVD-9.

For full information about Xilisoft DivX to DVD Converter, please

visit:

http://www.xilisoft.com/divx-to-dvd-converter.html

Xilisoft Burn Pro

A professional data CD, DVD burner, and image file maker to


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help you backup your data. Xilisoft Burn Pro can burn and

backup multimedia, bootable, and ISO image files or any other

document files to data CD/DVD disc of various formats including

CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, and DVD+R

DL. You can also turn these files into ISO images as well as

backup data CD or unprotected DVD directly onto another disc.

Editing ISO image files and burning them to data CDs/DVDs can

also be accomplished in a breeze and this handy application can

erase rewritable discs with ease. With Xilisoft Burn Pro, never

again will you have to worry about the loss of important data.

For full information about Xilisoft Burn Pro, please visit:

http://www.xilisoft.com/burn-pro.html


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