Table of Contents
Introduction
Installation
Activation
Setting Preferences
Burning a High Definition DVD
Creating a Camera Archive
Introduction
Welcome to the RevolverHD User Guide. This should tell you everything you need to know about how best to use RevolverHD.
Installation
You install RevolverHD by dragging it from the disk image to either your Applications folder or your desktop. We recommend placing RevolverHD in your Applications folder, then keeping it in your Dock.
Activation
You activate RevolverHD by purchasing an Activation Key. Once you have completed payment via PayPal, the Activation Key is emailed to your supplied email address immediately. Your key is also displayed on the screen when you click on the 'Return to Systemic' link displayed on the PayPal confirmation screen.
If you do not receive your key within 5 minutes, it is probably in your SPAM folder.
Once you receive your Activation Key, open RevolverHD and go to the RevolverHD->Activate menu option. Enter your key into the text field and click 'Activate'. RevolverHD then communicates with the ShedWorx activation server to activate itself.
Setting Preferences
RevolverHD allows you to set a number of preferences. You should set up your preferences before using RevolverHD for the first time.
Preferences can be reviewed at any time by using the menu options or Apple,
Scratch file location
This allows you to specify where the temporary files are placed during each conversion. If you are converting large files from an external storage location, and want to preserve disk space on the machine running the conversions, you should set this location to be on the external storage device.
Export Location
This allows you to specify where the converted files are placed when doing an Export.
This area is also used to set up the disk image when burning a disk. It needs to have about 3x the project size available before burning.
This location is also where any Disk Images will be saved.
Disk type
This allows you to create a simple Data DVD, which will only play on a Mac or PlayStation3, or a Blu-ray (AVCHD) DVD, which will play on Blu-ray players. Note that iMovie exports are not fully supported on Blu-ray DVDs at the moment.
Burning a High Definition DVD
RevolverHD supports the burning of both AVCHD and AVCREC high definition DVDs. AVCHD DVDs will play on most Blu-ray players (including the Playstation3). AVCREC DVDs are only supported on newer Blu-ray players coming out of Japan. The main use of AVCREC DVDs is on newer high definition hard disk recorders that are Blu-ray compliant.
If you have some AVCHD clips straight from your camera that you want to watch on a high definition TV, here's what you do.
- Open RevolverHD and add the required MTS or m2ts files
- Set your Preference to Blu-ray DVDs (AVCHD)
- Burn
This will give you a DVD that will play on most Blu-ray players (we haven't found a player that doesn't work yet).
Creating a Camera Archive
If you would like to take a group of AVCHD video files and store them for later use with iMovie or Final Cut, you can create a camera archive. This archive can then be easily imported into iMovie or Final Cut (using Log and Transfer) at a later date.
To create a camera archive, simply add the required AVCHD video files to RevolverHD and click on "Camera Archive". RevolverHD then creates a camera archive in the Output Location, as specified in Preferences.
To load the archive into iMovie go to the File menu ->Import->Camera Archive... and select the Camera Archive folder that you require.
To load the archive into Final Cut Express or Pro, open Log and Transfer, click on the Add Volume button on the top left and select the Camera Archive folder that was created using RevolverHD. This will load all the AVCHD movies into the preview list and you can continue as per normal for a transfer session.
If you want to save the archive to DVD for backup and storage, just use the File Utility to burn a DVD using the archive folder.
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