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Creating MPEG movies
1. Click the Make Movie button.
2. Select MPEG Files (*.mpg).
3. Click the Options button.
4. Select the type of MPEG file you want to create.
5. Click OK.
6. Enter a File name for your MPEG movie and click OK.
MPEG-2 on a PC
The most exciting recent development is MPEG-2, which is used on DVDs
and digital satellite television. MPEG-2 yields highly compressed files of
extremely high quality. There are a couple things you should consider about
this format.
First of all, MPEG-2 files can only be played back on your PC and only with the proper
software player. In the future, it may be possible to create DVDs at home using this format,
but that is not currently feasible. Secondly, because MPEG-2 is so powerful, it requires a fast
CPU (or a dedicated MPEG-2 video card) not only to create the video files, but also to view
them (a 450MHz CPU is a recommended minimum).
With that in mind, MPEG-2 is an excellent choice for any type of movie. Ulead VideoStudio
lets you capture directly from your camcorder to the MPEG-2 format, perform frame-
accurate editing, and then create a final movie in the same format. MPEG-2’s highly com-
pressed nature means that you can fit about 16-20 minutes of video onto a CD-ROM. This is
plenty of space for most home movies.
The following is a general procedure for creating any type of MPEG movie.
When you set up the MPEG options in step 4, click the Help button for information about the
specific parameters. In the simplest scenario, you should select either MPEG-1 or MPEG-2.