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13.1 Installing the PC Software
you will need to re-encode it using the following utilities. For the AV400,
resolution up to 720 x 576 (depending on frame rate) and a sound track
that is stereo MP3 or WAV. In actuality, in all cases, a resolution beyond
640x480 does not add any advantage.
Run the program SETUP.EXE (the Archos Installation Utility) found on the
AV400 hard drive in /Data/PC Installation. Please install the programs
in the following order.
This software will install the DivX™ Compression/Decompression onto
your PC. You should shut off any anti-virus programs when installing this
or other codec software. This is not a program that is run by itself. Rather,
it installs background software which allows your computer to do high
quality video compression. This is the MPEG4 compressed video type that
as an application that allows you to play DivX™ videos on your PC, at the
website www.divx.com. The standard version is one best suited for your
AV400.
purpose transfer and cleanup utility which has many options allowing for
Archos Installation Utility, it will automatically unzip. It will prompt you
to save it to C:\Program Files\VirtualDub. You should use this default
directory location. Otherwise you will have to instruct the Mpeg4 translator
This program, developed by Archos, is a “Front-end” for the Virtual Dub
program. It has a simple interface which you use and it then tells Virtual
need to locate the Virtual Dub program. If you did not install Virtual Dub
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in the default location, you will have to show the program where Virtual
Dub is.
If MP4SP detects a suitable MP3 codec on your PC, it will use it, and your
ADPCM codec. There are MP3 encoders (usually packaged together as
an encoder and decoder) available on the Web for you to download. If
you choose to use the LAME codec, make sure that you have a version
by using the search terms ACM, MP3 and CODEC in your favorite web
search engine. Once this MP3 codec is installed into your system, Mpeg4
If you are unsure what codecs (audio and/or video) have been installed
on your computer, you can see the list by going to the following location.
For Windows XP, click on Start > Settings > Control Panel > Sounds
and Audio Devices Properties >
Hardware > choose Audio Codecs, then
click on Properties
of all the audio codecs that are installed
on your computer. Decoding of MPEG 2
MPG4 Translator. These are usually .mpg
Internet (FlaskMPEG, Rippack, etc.) that
may be downloaded in order to help you
is the website www.digital-digest.com.
13.2 Using MPEG4 Translator