Operation Manual

Capturing Content

6 To seek to the proper time, drag and release the Shuttle icon. Located to

its immediate left is the timecode area for the DV tape.

Note: If the DV tape’s timecode is incorrect, then click Seek Tape to verify the timecode.

 You may also navigate with the Play, Next and Previous Frame, Start, End,

Pause, and Stop buttons. Refer to #2 in "Previewing your Library Files" on page

29 for more information on the aforementioned commands.

Caution: If have selected the DV AVI profile, you will be unable to capture in non real-time.

 Click the Time Limit box to set it and then input the maximum recording time in

minutes and seconds.

 Click the Size Limit box to set it and then input the maximum recording size in

MB.

7 To begin real-time capture, click Play on your camcorder and

then click PowerDirector’s Record button when you’re

ready. The total recording time will be displayed above the

DV tape’s timecode area.

Note: When capturing in non real-time, if your HDD is almost out of space (if less than 150

MB of free space, all capturing will be disabled), a warning message will appear in the

Preview Window notifying that a portion of the transcoding process will be paused and

resume later only after all the content in the buffer has been encoded by your HDD.

8 Click Stop after finishing your capture. The captured file may appear

directly in your Library or Storyboard depending on preferences. Go to

"Capture Preferences" on page 41 for more information.

Note: If you have chosen to capture in non real-time, after you have clicked Stop, a message

will be displayed in the Preview Window notifying you that the encoding of the content in

the buffer is still ongoing and that it will be completed shortly in the time remaining.