User Guide

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Step Three: Create le name and select le location
Step Four: Choose video format
In this step you will select between MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video
compression formats. Select MPEG-2 if you wish to capture
video in the highest quality DVD format. Select MPEG-1 if you
want to capture video in the VCD format.
The Disk Space indicator shows the amount of disk space you
have available and an example of how much video you can
capture if you selected MPEG-2 at 3 Mb/sec.
For more information on these MPEG, click on “Learn more about
video formats”.
Ready
Now you are ready to start viewing and capturing video. You will need to
start your camcorder or VCR playing. Press Play on your video source
(VCR, DVD player, etc.).
Click Finish and the Wizard screen will disappear and you will see the
full Capture Wizard interface.
We will automatically select ‘My Documents\My Videos” as the
default location to store your video les. You can select a
different location if you desire.
Type in the le name for your video capture.
You have just completed the Wizard screens to ensure that you have connected your video cables, selected your
video format and now you are ready to capture video.
The Capture Wizard Interface
Preview and Record Video
1.) Be sure your video device is playing a video
2.) Click “Preview” and you will see video playing in the preview window. You will notice the status indicators
are Blue and are displaying “Preview”.
3.) Click the “Stop” ( ■ ) button or press the “esc” key on your keyboard to stop video preview.
4.) If you Click the Red “Record” ( ● ) button while previewing video, the video will stop momentarily, then
start again. When the video preview starts again, you are recording. You will notice the status indicators
have turned red and are displaying “Record”.
5.) To Stop recording, press the “Stop” ( ■ ) button or press the “esc” key on your keyboard.
6.) You will notice that the le name has been added to the playback list box.
Using Capture Wizard Video Capture/Playback tool for the rst time:
Menu Options
File Name
Auto-Naming/Unique Name
Playback List Box
Status Indicator
Application Links
Record/Play Controls