| Now 
                          you've read all this, this is how to do it: 
                           
                            Download the Main Concept Demo Codec from: www.mainconcept.com. 
                            If you like their latest version after testing this, 
                            buy it.Create 
                            a Folder on your C drive named QCAP.Move 
                            the Qcap.dll from your System32 directory to the Qcap 
                            folder you just created, then back up qcap.dll to 
                            a floppy for safety.Now, 
                            do a search on your C drive for qcap.dll and make 
                            sure it ONLY comes up in the QCAP folder you just 
                            created. If it shows up anywhere else DELETE it. You 
                            can always move it back to the system 32 directory 
                            where it belongs if you decide you don't want this 
                            fix enabled.NOTE -- Win 2k users: Make sure you enabled the registry 
                            tweak or qcap.dll will keep getting copied back to 
                            your system32 directory automatically courtesy of 
                            SFC and Microsoft.
Install 
                            the Main Concept codec, you can test this with the 
                            Demo off their site.Copy 
                            the presets from the zip file below into your Premiere 
                            settings directory. We have supplied 4: NTSC/PAL Interlaced 
                            and NTSC/PAL Progressive. They start with DVMC------Start 
                            Premiere 6. Select one of the supplied presets.Go 
                            into settings. Make sure it says DV Playback.Go 
                            to video settings and there magically you will find 
                            all the codecs. The Main Concept codec should be selected. 
                            Although you can at this point select other codecs 
                            they will most likely NOT work with the Premiere DV 
                            module. All the other settings will match proper DV 
                            settings.Make 
                            sure you NEVER check always recompress.In 
                            the Video Settings hit the Configure tab for the MainConcept 
                            codec and make sure all the radio buttons are DE-SELECTED 
                            as selecting some of them have caused some output 
                            issues. Deselecting them all gives the highest quality 
                            compression anyway.Now 
                            you can go into the Premiere capture settings and 
                            set them up. Save the settings as you wish, preferably 
                            some other name so you will always have a master template.Note: If you try and adjust capture settings without 
                            qcap.dll in the system32 directory, you will get the 
                            cannot connect to Capture Device error message.
You're 
                            all done.  At 
                          this point you can capture with the MS codec as a wrapper. 
                          You have to have the qcap.dll file in the original location 
                          (Windows System folder) to be able to capture. Once 
                          done, remove the qcap.dll file from the System folder 
                          with Premiere 6 not running and restart Premiere 6 when 
                          you've done that. Now you can edit clips and apply filters/transitions, 
                          etc. when you reload your project with the Presets we 
                          supplied you with. Premiere will use the MainConcept 
                          codec to render previews with. You then set up your 
                          export settings to use it to export the same way as 
                          a Microsoft AVI using the MainConcept codec. Make sure 
                          your settings match the project settings EXACTLY and 
                          do not check 'always recompress'. To help you do all 
                          this switching, Ross (www.geocities.com/aussie01au/) 
                          did write two batch files to do all the switching and 
                          moving of files for you.
 This 
                          is how to use these batch files: they are designed to 
                          be used with a Windows 98 system, where the qcap.dll 
                          file is in the Windows\System folder. If it is in another 
                          folder (like on Windows 2000), you will have to modify 
                          these batch files. Since you can load them in Notepad 
                          to do that, it's really easy. There 
                          are two batch files: MS_DV and MC_DV. MS_DV does copy 
                          the qcap.dll file back to the Windows\System folder. 
                          You use this one, when Premiere 6 is not running, to 
                          be able to use the MS DV codec in Premiere 6 (to capture) 
                          and other software that needs this file in it's normal 
                          place. The MC_DV file does move the qcap.dll file from 
                          the Windows\System folder to the c:\qcap folder you 
                          have created manually, and starts Premiere 6 automatically. 
                          You can tweak the two files and especially the MS_DV 
                          file, by making copies of it and adding a line to start 
                          other software that needs to have the qcap.dll file 
                          in the System folder. Think about it: use these batch 
                          files to start your DV software instead of the normal 
                          shortcuts. They move the qcap.dll file to the right 
                          location (to or from the Ssystem folder) and start the 
                          software in the automatically. Open them in Notepad, 
                          study them a bit and try it. You'll see: all this switching 
                          becomes easier than I can explain it!  If 
                          you've followed these instructions precisely, all MainConcept 
                          codec rendered previews will play out Firewire as will 
                          all alt-scrub actions, trim mode actions, etc. In short, 
                          you have all the benefits of the Adobe generic plugin 
                          but with a professional grade codec. If you are testing 
                          with the MainConcept demo codec the way to know this 
                          is working is that you will see the MC demo watermark 
                          on all rendered footage.
 You 
                          can download the presets, batch files and the registry 
                          tweak for Windows 2000 here. 
                          The MainConcept codec can be downloaded here 
                          (make sure you get the latest codec!). Remember: they 
                          only work if you create the c:\qcap folder yourself 
                          and the qcap.dll file is in the Windows\System folder. 
                          If not, you have to edit these files in Notepad! This 
                          information is provided by Alan. He prefers to remain 
                          unknown. He cannot be contacted for support and additional 
                          info. But the trick works and works well. Just make 
                          sure you follow these instructions step by step and 
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