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November 2007

ReelBean User Guide Page 1

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ReelBean Pro

ReelBean Pro is a full-featured movie viewer, editor and converter application for MacOS X. It requires Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or 10.5 (Leopard). ReelBean Pro allows youto play and convert video and audio files of many different formats and perform trackextraction and editing operations. By upgrading to ReelBean Pro you will be able toconvert videos to many different formats, including QuickTime, MPEG-4, H.264, AppleTV, iPod, iPhone, mobile phone (3G), AVI and many others. You can upgrade to Reel-Bean Pro by selecting the Buy RealBean Pro... option in the application menu, or byvisiting the product store site at http://www.js8media.com/store

ReelBean

The free version of ReelBean offers many video features only seen in pro versions ofsimilar applications. Many different formats of video and audio files can be played by

ReelBean, including the following:

3GPP MP3 (MPEG-1, Layer 3) TIFF

3GPP2 MPEG-4 Wave

AIFF M4A Windows Media (requires support-

ing components.)

AU M4V FLV & DivX (when free Perian

components are installed.)

AVI PDF

BMP PICT

DV PNG

FLC Quartz Compositions

JPEG QuickTime

MPEG-1 SMIL


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Key Feature Comparison

FEATURES REELBEAN REELBEAN PRO

Export videos NO YES

Display scene selection drawer NO YES

Export to iPod NO YES

Extract movie video/audio

tracks to new files

NO YES

Split Movie NO YES

Join Movie NO YES

Adjustable video transparencycontroller

YES YES

Record Audio NO YES

Play video and audio (see for-

mats listed on previous page.)

YES YES

Play DVDs YES YES

Play streaming video YES YES

Edit videos YES YES

Add audio tracks to videos YES YES

Playback speed controller YES YES

Display video information panel YES YES

Start MPEG, QuickTime, etc (i.e.

non-DVD) movies from last

point played when opening.

YES YES

Auto start movies on opening. YES YES

Display and add video annota-

tions (searchable with Spotlight)

YES YES


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System Requirements

Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger or 10.5 Leopard.

Installing

The ReelBean software is distributed as an Internet-enabled disk image. When down-

loaded, Safari will automatically mount the disk image displaying a folder with the follow-

ing files:

1. ReelBean application.

2. Release note text file.

3. User guide.

4. Data sheet.

Drag the ReelBean application icon to your hard drive. The normal place to store it is

the /Applications folder, but it is not required to to be installed there. Then double-click

the ReelBean application to start it up.


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Upgrading from ReelBean to ReelBean Pro

After installing ReelBean you will be able to perform all the operations listed in the fea-

ture comparison table on page 3 under the ReelBean column. Upgrading to ReelBean

Pro will allow you to perform additional activities such as converting files from one video

format to another, including converting files to the iPod format. To enable the additional

features you need to purchase a license code. There are two ways to do this:

1. Select the Buy ReelBean Now... item from the ReelBean menu in the application.

OR

2. Enter the following URL in your web browser: http://www.js8media.com/store/

When you click on the Buy Now button at the JS8 Media store page you will be taken to

the PayPal web site where you can choose to confirm your purchase option. If you do

so an email will be sent to you containing your ReelBean license code. Open Reel-

Beans registration panel by selecting the Registration... option from the ReelBean

menu. Copy and Paste the license code from the email into this panel and click on the

OK button. You should see a message indicating that ReelBean Pro is now activated.

The export features of ReelBean will now be accessible to you, and you will also see in

the About panel that you are running ReelBean Pro. Save a copy of your license code.


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Checking for Updates

You can manually check for an updated version of ReelBean by selecting the Check

For Updates option from the ReelBean menu. A panel will be displayed informing you

either that a new version has been found and can be downloaded by visiting the JS8

Media web site, or that you are already running the latest version of ReelBean.

If you would like ReelBean to automatically check for a new version each time you start

the application you can set the auto check for updates preference. No personal infor-

mation or data from your computer is sent when the software update check is made.


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Removing ReelBean

To remove the ReelBean software from your computer simply drag the ReelBean appli-

cation file to the trash folder. Note: this action will not remove any license code you may

have purchased.


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Playing Video with ReelBean

ReelBeans video playing controls allow easy opening, playing and navigation of videos.

In addition to the video controls the main window provides a transparency controller (the

T slider) which allows the transparency of the player window to be altered. Movies canalso be paused and restarted by clicking and double-clicking on the video content as it s

displayed.

The i button allows a panel to be displayed containing information about the playing

video.


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Converting Video with ReelBean

The red target button will open a drawer containing a list of the conversion formats

available. The export button at the bottom of the drawer will be enabled if you have

purchased a license code, as described on page 5. Simply select the required format

and click on the export button and the conversion will proceed, accompanied by a pro-

gress bar. The exported file will be placed on your desktop.


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Scene Selection with ReelBean

The small arrow button next to the time field allows another drawer to be open display-

ing a selection of scenes evenly-distributed from the length of the video. Double-

clicking on any of these will cause the player to jump to that scene in the video.


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Extracting Tracks with ReelBean

Videos normally consist of a number of tracks. Usually these include separate video

and audio tracks, and maybe others such as hint tracks (for streaming videos), text

tracks and others. ReelBean provides a panel which allows you to extract the full track

or any part of a track into a separate file, which will be placed on your desktop.


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Editing Movies with ReelBean

ReelBean provides an additional controller for editing movie content.

The Edit menu, as shown above, provides access to a number of editing features.

When the edit controller is displayed, sections of a movie can be selected by positioning

the edit controller playhead at the required start point and then shift-clicking and drag-

ging to highlight the selection section of the movie. The cut, copy, paste and delete

items then operate on the highlighted section. The end of a movie can be trimmed off

by setting the playhead position as required and then selecting the trim to selection op-

tion.

The two Add Audio ... items allow an audio track to be added to a movie. The extract

movie tracks panel could then be used to selected which audio tracks are enabled or

disabled.


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Appendix A: Internet Resources

JS8 Media web site: http://www.js8media.com

ReelBean web page: http://www.js8media.com/reelbean

ReelBean store web page: http://www.js8media.com/store

ReelBean support page: http://www.js8media.com/support


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Support.

To learn more about ReelBean and JS8 Media please visit:

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Copyright.

2007 JS8 Media Inc. All rights reserved. Information and features described in this

document are subject to change without notice and do not represent a commitment on

the part of JS8 Media Inc.

ReelBean is a trademark of JS8 Media Inc.

Limited Warranty and Disclaimers.

JS8 Media Inc warrants to you, as the original licensee only, that the software you li-

censed will perform as stated below:

The software will operate in substantial conformance with its specifications as set forth

in the applicable user guide. JS8 Media Inc does not warrant that operation of the soft-

ware will be uninterrupted or error-free, will meet your requirements, or that software

errors will be corrected. JS8 Medias sole liability in this Limited Warranty shall be touse reasonable efforts to bring the softwares performance into substantial conformance

with the specifications in the applicable user guide.

Limitations of Warranties: EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH ABOVE, NO OTHER

WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IS MADE WITH RESPECT TO THE SOFT-

WARE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MER-

CHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT

OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS AND THOSE ARISING FROM A COURSE OF DEALING

OR USAGE OF TRADE. NO WARRANTY IS MADE THAT USE OF THE SOFTWARE

WILL BE ERROR FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED, THAT ANY ERRORS OR DEFECTS

IN THE LICENSED MATERIALS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THE SOFT-

WARES FUNCTIONALITY WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS.


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