User`s guide

24 Using the ATI Multimedia Center
Compressing and saving captured video
The Digital VCR Custom Settings... page lets you compress
your captured video and save it in several industry-standard
formats (see Digital VCR Custom Settings on page 26). The
quality of the video that you capture depends on the following
conditions:
• speed of your system (CPU)
• amount of system memory (RAM)
• performance of your hard disk
• size of the video capture window
• Video codec (encoder-decoder) used
Editing captured video
You can use the ATI Video Editor to edit your captured video
(see Video Editor on page 28).
Digital VCR
The Digital VCR provides
simple controls and
powerful capture options.
You can capture a stream
of video and audio or a sequence of still frames. It saves
captured video and audio as standard.AVI files. The Schedule
feature lets you record TV programs on the dates and times you
specify (see Schedule on page 39).
For information about using the Stills Gallery controls, see the
online help and Tool Tips.
To start the Digital VCR
When you capture a stream of video (see To record a stream of
video and audio on page 23) or a sequence of still frames (see
To record a sequence of still frames (stop-motion) on page 23)
from TV, the Digital VCR opens automatically.