DRAGRI Lite Reference Manual

  1. Table of Contents
  2. Installing the Program
  3. Top menu
  4. Editing a Movie
  5. Designing a Page
  6. Album
  7. Appendix

Expiration date of the created content

If you are using trial license, DRAGRI Lite automatically set an expiration date. After the date, the content cannot be viewed.

After you register a regular license, you can update the date by re-editing the content.

The types of file

Video file
.avi Microsoft's AVI. Depending on the compression system (codec), it may be necessary to install an appropriate drive in the computer.
.mov Movie in Apple's Quick Time format. Quick Time must be installed on the computer.
.mpg .mpeg DRAGRI Lite is compatible with: MPEG-1, ES, SS

Image file
.jpg Internationally standardized format of an image file. This is lossy (irreversible) and image quality may be degraded if a high compression ratio is used for natural images, such as photos and videos.
.png A license-free image format, which can handle from 256 to the maximum number of colors. Since this is loss-less, no degradation in image quality occurs.

Compatible Capture Boards and Cameras whose Operation with DRAGRI Lite has been Confirmed

The following capture boards, which comply with Video for Windows interface, can be used:

- Logicool Qcam Pro3000 (USB camera)
- Canopus PowerCapturePro (PCI board)
- Canopus PowerCapturePCI (PCI board)
- I/O DATA GV-VCP/PCI (PCI board)
- IO DATA USB-CCD (CCD camera connected via USB)
- Hitachi Video I/O Card MSVCC02 (PC card)
- Canon PowerShop 30 (PC card with a CCD camera attached)
- Sony VAIO PCG-C1, PCG-C1R built-in camera
- Fujitsu FMV BIBLO attached camera
- Other boards and cards may be supported including Windows compatible USB cameras

Tips in Taking a Video

Take a video so that a high compression rate can be obtained.

Choose a simple background. (If the background is complicated, the video file becomes large.

Put your video camera on a tripod to keep it steady and avoid a moving background.

Turn the AGC (automatic gain control) or AE (automatic exposure) off in order to stabilize the luminance of the background for the duration of the video.

Take a video suitable for using DragMotion For a DragMotion movie, in which an object in the movie moves, avoid panning or zooming since these will distort the movement and make it more difficult to follow.

Directory management

DRAGRI-Lite generates files in the following directories: (C:\Program Files\DRAGRI-Lite is the installation directory)

C:\Program Files\DRAGRI-Lite\tmp\

Newly captured video clips (nv(Number).avi) and files for series of images (vn(Number).txt) are saved here. You can delete the video files after generating the Web page.

C:\Program Files\DRAGRI-Lite\pages\

Contents are stored here. The directory is specified by pressing [Config.] button.
Deleted contents are moved in the subdirectory 'trash'.

When the disk is full, please delete unnecessary files with the Explorer.

Publishing a file

If you wish to publish a DragMotion movie over the Internet or on an intranet, upload the folder created by DRAGRI as it is to the web server. You can view the movie by accessing it with a web browser. The default name of the html file is index.html but you can change the name.

Precautions when uploading a file

Be sure to note the following when you upload the DragMotion movie to the web server using an FTP client.

- Transfer all files in binary mode.

- Turned off the text/binary auto-detect function.

- In the case of using an FTP client for Macintosh, be sure to upload any file in the RAW mode. Don't use the Mac Binary mode.


Version

DRAGRI Lite v 1.0 [2002-07-23]
Copyright (C) 2002 NTT Advanced Technology Corp.
All rights reserved.
This software is based in part on the works of
the Independent JPEG Group, Info-ZIP,
and NTT Cyber Communications Labs.

DRAGRI Lite Manual
Copyright (C) 2002 NTT Advanced Technology Corporation.