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10.1
Installing the PC Software
If your video file is not an MPEG4 Simple Profile .avi file of the proper size,
you will need to re-encode it using the following utilities. For the Gmini
400, you will need to create an AVI file that is MPEG4 Simple Profile with a
maximum resolution of 640 x 400 and a sound track that is stereo MP3 or
WAV. Run the program SETUP.EXE (the Archos Installation Utility) found
on the Gmini 400 hard drive in /Data/PC Installation. Please install the
programs in the following order.
DivX™ Codec
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
the Gmini 400 knows how to play. You can find this codec software, as
well as an application that allows you to play DivX™ videos on your PC, at
the website www.divx.com. The standard version is the one best suited
for your Gmini 400. If you do not use the standard version, uncheck the
bidirectional encoding in your DivX codec property page.
Virtual Dub™
A utility for transcoding one video file into another. This is a general
purpose transfer and cleanup utility which has many options allowing for
even the most difficult video translations. When you install it with the
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 MPG4 translator
program where to find it.
MPG4 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
Dub how to process the video file. It sets all the parameters for Virtual
Dub specifically to create a video file in the right size and format to be
read by the Gmini 400. When you run it for the first time, the MPG4
Translator will need to locate the Virtual Dub program. If you did not
install Virtual Dub in the default location, you will have to show the
program where Virtual Dub is.