As the source quality of the "Nature.dvp" is not optimal, the quality of the output is also not optimal.

Step 1:

First open the Nature project within MediaStudio Pro (MSPro).

Step 2:

Select File->Create->Video File

Step 3:

This will bring up the Create Video File Movie window. Click on the "Save as type" droplist and select Ulead Video Server.

Step 4:

Because WM 8 can not read compressed audio from an AVI file, we need to set the audio of the video server into RAW mode. This can be done by clicking on the Options button and set the audio to RAW mode. If you are not sure you are using the right settings you can compare your current settings with these settings.

Step 5:

Now, all the settings are correct and you need to fill in a name into the "File name" box and press save. When you click on the save button, the plugin starts and creates the IPCserver.AVI. Please note that the filename that you enter in the File name box is not the file that is written to disc.

In this example we use the name:"justaname". The name is only important if you are running 2 servers at the same time. If you are using 2 servers, the names may not be identical.

Step 6:

If the plugin in not registered, first a window is shown to motivate registration. If O.K. is pressed, a server window will appear.

DO NOT CLOSE THIS WINDOW

Step 7:

Now encode the IPCserver.AVI with the Window Media Encoder v8. Please note that this is a command line encoder. To make it easy for you, I created a batch file that can be copied in the ROOT of c:. Open a Command prompt (MS-DOS prompt in W98). (So open a Command prompt without closing the server window and MSPro) and execute the encodewm8.bat file from c:\. The batch file is created in such a way that the encoder does a dual pass encoding at 1Mbit/s. Depending on the desired quality you chose a desired resolution and bitrate for the encoding process.