| Enosoft Enhanced DV Decoder Help |
When the Enosoft Enhanced DV Decoder software has been installed, it is necessary to register the decoder with the operating system so that when an application asks the operating system for a DV decoder, it receives the correct one. To avoid complications that can prevent the standard registration process from working properly, the Configuration Utility performs the registration process everytime it is launched. The decoder is registered during the installation process. Once registered, it is not necessary to launch the Configuration Utility prior to using an application that will use the decoder.
Note The decoder can also be unregistered so that a different DV decoder can be used. This is useful during the trial period of the Enosoft Enhanced DV Decoder since, even if all the text overlay items are disabled, a spoiler logo is rendered on each decoded frame. If this is the case, you will need to repeat the above procedure in order to re-register the decoder. See Enabling and Disabling the Enosoft Enhanced DV Decoder for more detail.
Note The 'registration' described above has nothing to do with registering ownership of the decoder with Enosoft.
Note Make sure the decoder is registered with the operating system (See above).
1. Launch Microsoft Windows Media Player and open an .AVI file containing DV format video. Start playback of the video. You should see the video playing on the screen with various items of text overlayed on it. The following image shows a representative example.
IMPORTANT - Windows Media Player Versions 9, 10 and 11 do not play Type 1 DV AVI files. Only Type 2 DV AVI files behave correctly. This is an issue with Windows Media Player and not the Enosoft Enhanced DV Decoder. If you try to play a DV AVI file and it appears to 'hang' on the first frame, it is likely that you have a Type 1 file.
Most files that contain material captured directly from a DV device will result in all of the text items. Files created by a non-linear editor may not contain all the data that were in the original DV streams and so not all the overlay items may be visible.
Hint Set the video to repeat (CTRL-T in Windows Media Player). This will provide a continuous stream of decoded video frames. Otherwise, when the end of the video file is reached and playback stops, changes made to the text overlay configuration will not be visible (although the changes are stored and will be visible the next time playback starts).
2. Launch the Enosoft Enhanced DV Decoder Configuration Utility from the Start Menu. You should see the following appear:
Note The text in the drop-down list control may be different.
3. Left-click once on the 
button. It will change its appearance to 
and the time code will disappear from the decoded video, as shown below.
4. Left-click once on the
button. It will change its appearance to
and the time code will re-appear on the decoded video.
5. Right-click once on the
button to reveal a pop-up menu:
Choose the Background menu item and then select Opaque. The time code will now be displayed on a solid black background:
Repeat the procedure but select Transparent instead. The time code will now be displayed with a transparent background:
Repeat the procedure once more to restore the original, semi-transparent background.
Note The other text items can be independently configured in the same manner.
6. Left-click once on the 
button. The button will change appearance to 
and all of the text overlay items disappear:
7. Left-click once on the
button. The button will change appearance to
and all of the enabled text overlay items will re-appear.
8. Right-click once on the
button to activate the pop-up menu and choose Position... to
display the Position Control
Dialog Box. Make sure the Preview
Check Box is checked. Left-click on the small, rectangular region with a
yellow border (active
item) and, while keeping the mouse button down, drag the rectangular region.
The position of the time code display in the decoded video frame in Windows Media Player will move in response to the movement in the Position Control Dialog Box.
Press the OK button to make the changes permanent.
9. Close the Configuration Utility and Windows Media Player.
10. Open Windows Media Player again and play a DV .AVI file. The changes made to the position of the time code display previously are remembered.
Last Updated on Thursday, May 25, 2006.
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