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36 Using Your Gateway Solo™ 9100 Multimedia Notebook
Using the VidCap Demonstration Program
VidCap is a video capture utility program that lets you display and capture
video (single frame or video stream) from the Composite Video In port.
You cannot edit video using VidCap. You can purchase a video editing
package from a software retailer.
1. Connect the Video Out port of your external source, such as a video
camera, to the Composite Video In port on your notebook.
2. Connect the Audio Out port, if available, of your external source to the
Line In port on your notebook.
3. Press FN+F7 until TV IN appears in the VIDEOSRC window in the
upper left corner of your screen.
4. Click the Start button, then click Programs, Video Capture, and Microsoft
VidCap.
The program starts.
5. Play your external video source. Adjust the display if necessary.
6. Click Capture to view menu options:
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Single Frame captures one frame of video.
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Frames lets you manually click on specific video frames.
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Video automatically captures continuous video frames.
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Palette automatically captures the color palette from continuous and
single video frames.
7. To capture continuous frames, click Video. The Capture Video Sequence
dialog box opens.
8. When you’ve made all selections, click OK.
To use VidCap: