Do You MIRO?

Using the MIRO Video Card

VCR and TV Monitor

1. Turn on "power" for the video recorder and monitor.

2. On the tv monitor press "channel button" to select "channel 3." Note: on some tv monitors you might have a different start up channel.

3. Check that you are using "TV" on the TV, and the Video button VHS recorder.

4. Open panel door on right and press "TV/VCR." Blue will appear on the monitor screen. Insert half inch video tape and press play.

Macintosh Set Up - Extensions Manager

1. Go to apple iconin upper left corner of monitor-> select "Control Panels" -> Extensions Manager.

2. In the pull down menu next to "Selected Set:" drag your mouse to select "Miro."

3. RESTART the machine.

Control Strip

1. Open your control strip and click on the Miro button (to the right of the sound button)

2. Select either "Play Movies on Video," or "View Movies on Monitor." The first allows you to view your work on the VCR/TV monitor. The second of the two allows you to view your work on the computer monitor.

3. Select "NTSC Device Attached." NTSC: National Television System Committee, is the body responsible for the NTSC video signal standard in North America.

You must always set the correct output video standard, NTSC or PAL, when creating a movie with Premiere's "Make Movie" (command M) function as well as when outputting video to a TV or VCR. When you make a movie or create a preview, "View movies on monitor" must be selected. Otherwise your movie will contain gray images. Occasionally the switching from "View Movies on Monitor" to "Play Movies on Video" is not executed immediately. In this case, move the active video window to a position where it is not obscured by other windows.

Video Capture

If these don't show up, check if the files 'miroMOTION DC20', 'miroMOTION DC20 QT' and '~miroMOTION DC20 Init' exist in the folder 'Extensions' within your system folder.

If they are there correctly and Premiere still doesn't show the new options after restart, restart your computer again holding the 'Command-Option-P-R' keys simultaneously. CAUTION: This will reset the settings of some control panels.

1. Open Adobe Premiere Software. A "New Projects Presets" dialog box will appear.

2. Select the format size you want to create your video project in. Make sure it is one of the "miro DC20 NTSC" formats. The movie's size is limited to the amount of free memory available. Remember the larger the size, the more memory is being used.

3. Click "OK."

4. Cue up your video tape on the VCR unit. Give yourself at least 5 seconds of preroll.

5. Go to FILE-> Capture->Movie Capture.

6. Check your "Movie Capture Options," make necessary selections.

7. Roll tape and get ready to record!

8. Click the "RECORD BUTTON" to capture your video footage.

9. To STOP RECORDING, click on your mouse at anytime.

10. Your capture clip is now untitled. Save your file. Go to FILE-> Save As. Name your file. That's it! You are finished. If you do not like what you have captured, "trash it" and make another one.

FYI
If you've selected 'miro DC20' as video source and 'miro DC20 Rec' as compressor and there's still no image in the video window, make sure that:

- the video source is switched on
- the tape is playing
- it's not an empty tape
- the cable from the video source to the DC20 is connected correctly
- the correct input (Composite / S-Video) is selected
- the right standard (NTSC / PAL / SECAM) is selected
- the filter is set to VCR

Video Output

Downloading your videos to half inch.

1. Open your control strip and click on the Miro button. Select "Play Movies on Video." 2. Power up the color tv monitor, use the "TV/Video" button to select "TV."
3. Power up the VCR deck (put your tape in the deck). In the lower right hand corner you will find a "Line In" button. Press the button till you see "Line 1" on the color tv monitor.
4. Cue up video tape, press the "Record" button (just below "Line In" button). From Premiere you may play your movie directly (your movie clip window should appear gray with text: MIRO MOTION DC 20, Video Playback). OR you may play/view your video by "print to video -command m" (under File Menu->Export->print to video).

When you are ready to compress your movies in Premiere. Go to "Make" on the menu bar, then select "Movie..." (command K).

A "save dialog box" will appear. Name your movie file at this time.

Select "Output Options," and make the appropriate selections in the dialog box (see below). Click "OK."

As you return to the "save dialog box," select "compression." A "Compression Settings" window will appear. At this time, your compressor should be "Miro DC20 MJPGD" color. Set "quality" (slide bar) to your own preferences. "Motion" is to be set at 30 frames per second. Have the little box checked next to "limited data rate to 700 k/sec." Now click OK.

You have returned to the "save dialog box" for the last time. Before you click OK, make sure you named your file. Click OK.... the compression has begun. You will see a comment box regarding the estimated time to compress the movie. When it is finished, a movie clip window will appear. That's it, if you like your work then record to video tape.