Philips CRD01, User Manual

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CREATING AND USING MPEG2 MOVIES AS INPUTS
As explained previously: your screen is HD Ready, which means that it is capable of showing both Standard
Definition (SD) and High Definition (HD) 720p video content. One of the most commonly used formats is
supported: MPEG2. Many digital photo cameras can make movies, but not all of them make MPEG2 movies.
The same is applicable for Digital Video cameras. You will find that common formats are AVI, MOV, MPEG and
several others. There are several commercially available movie editing programs that can convert one format
into another. Philips cannot advise what programs you should use because that depends on your requirements
and your budget for such a program. There are many options so finding the one that suits your needs
shouldn’t be difficult.
SD movies can look great on your monitor (make note that DVD is SD!) but you will get the best possible
results if you can create 720p HD content. Older cameras mostly support SD resolutions and newer HD 720p
and even HD1080i/p. The latter format is not supported by EA. Be aware that not all cameras produce wide
screen 16:9 movies so if you have a 4:3 SD MPEG2 movie, black bars will appear to the left and right (just like
on your television).
OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
This product contains open source software. For the list and details of open source software, please refer to
the OSS directory in the CDROM provided.