nanoDVR - Info and Installation Instructions (c) 2000 nanocosmos informationstechnologien gmbh http://www.nanocosmos.de - nanodvr@nanocosmos.de What is it? nanoDVR is a video recording software which runs in combination with any windows capture device, e.g. cameras and TV tuner cards. You can record a video movie in MPEG formats, including VideoCD. In combination with a CD-recorder you can burn your movies to CD and play them back with a VCD player (many DVD players also support this). For further info about MPEG encoding, VCD and DVD see our web pages. Installation: nanoDVR comes in one installation package. The only options for the nanoDVR package is the choice of the installation directory. After successful installation, your nanoDVR software is available via the Windows Start Menu. Registration / Demo / Commercial Version nanoDVR features free MPEG-1 encoding for Hauppauge WinTV users. If you bought nanoDVR, you got a serial number to unlock the demo. Choose Help/Register and type in the registration code. After installation, nanoDVR runs in demo mode. A small logo of nanocosmos is blended into the recorded video image. Requirements: You need a capture device like Hauppauge WinTV to use nanoDVR. The device should support overlay mode for good results. Recommended system is at least a 350 MHz CPU with MMX support and 64 MB RAM. You need 660 MB free hard disk space to record 1.5 hours of video (VCD-format). Recommended minimum hardware is a P-II 400 with 128 MBytes RAM. Video Formats: Input: Please choose a YUV based video format as possible. Best results will be with "YUY2". Output: nanoDVR supports all kinds of MPEG and VCD formats. If you want to record VCD streams, choose the appropriate video format in the options: 352x240, 30 Hz for NTSC (USA) 352x288, 25 Hz for PAL (Europe) Updates look at http://www.nanocosmos.de/ for special upgrades to the nanoDVR-II MPEG-2 version and further encoding products! DeInstallation nanoDVR may be deinstalled by the standard control panel process (Control Panel / Software). See http://www.nanocosmos.de/ for software updates and further information. Please report any bugs to info@nanocosmos.de About nanocosmos informationstechnologien gmbh nanocosmos, developer of award-winning multimedia solutions, is a leading provider of OEM technology and applications for digital media recording and playback. nanocosmos is dedicated to delivering the highest-quality MPEG software solutions for the digital video market. Headquartered in Berlin, Germany, nanocosmos is in close contact with Heinrich-Hertz-Institute Berlin (HHI) and 2SK Media Technologies in areas of research and development. nanocosmos offers MPEG encoding solutions from customer level MPEG-1 up to HDTV highest quality MPEG-2 encodings. This software is protected by International Copyright laws. Unauthorized copying and distribution of any version is strictly prohibited. ©2000 nanocosmos informationstechnologien gmbh. All rights reserved. All other trademarks are those of their respective companies. For further information and bug reports contact