User Guide

If the digitizer supports it, take the largest picture possible.
If this parameter is not specified, the current frame size is used.
Most digitizers ignore this parameter.
duration duration
e.g. start recording duration 20
Specifies the length of time to record a movie in seconds.
If this parameter is not specified, the movie will be recorded until stopped.
Examples:
Open the application /Applications/AppleScript/Script Editor.
Example 1:
Type in the following and click Run:
tell application "VideoGlide Capture"
take snapshot window "device name" as ((path to desktop as string) & "picture1")
start recording as file "40GB:movie1.mov" duration 20
end tell
VideoGlide Capture will launch, a snapshot will be acquired, and "picture1" will be saved to the desktop.
VideoGlide Capture will then record 20 seconds of video to the file movie1.mov on the hard disk named "40GB".
Example 2:
Type in the following and click Run:
tell application "VideoGlide Capture"
open window "USB Video Class Video"
take snapshot as ((path to desktop as string) & "picture1")
end tell
VideoGlide Capture will launch, and the built-in iSight camera preview window, if available, will be opened.
A snapshot named "picture1" will be saved to the desktop.
Using VideoGlide Exporter
Warning -do not attempt to replace an existing movie when exporting. A bug in QuickTime will prevent this from working, even though the export runs to completion.
Exporting Movies
The files captured by VideoGlide Capture are saved in QuickTime files using the format specified in the Video Settings compression panel. Occasionally it may be desirable or necessary
to alter the format of a movie. This could be for space reasons, e.g. H.264 uses less hard drive space than YUV422, or for deployment reasons, e.g. you would like to scale a movie down to 320
x 240 and optimize it for web-playback.
To export your VideoGlide movie, open it in the application VideoGlide Exporter. The current movie format and frame size will be noted underneath the movie. Select "Export..." from the
File menu. Choose a location for the exported movie and select "Movie to QuickTime Movie" from the Export pop-up menu. Click the "Options" button. In the Video section click the "Settings"
button. Select a compressor to use from the "Compressor" menu. All the compressors in this list are supported by recent versions of QuickTime. However, the best choices are going to be "Photo
- JPEG", "H.264" or "MPEG-4 Video". These produce very high-quality, very small files. The various JPEG formats will provide some of the greatest compatibility overall.
As you can see there are many other settings available when exporting your movie, however the compressor choice is the most important. Once the compressor has been selected, click
OK, and then click the "Save" button. When the movie has finished exporting, it will be opened.
If you have QuickTime Pro, it is possible to export movies using QuickTime Player and the technique described above. BTV Pro and some other applications also allow movies to be
exported without the need for QuickTime Pro.
Exporting Movies to iTunes / iPods / iPhones
VideoGlide Exporter can be used to export any movie to the iTunes / iPod / iPhone format.
If you have not done so already, install QuickTime 7.0.3 or higher.
Open the movie to be exported in VideoGlide Exporter. Select "Export..." from the File menu. Choose a location for the exported movie and select "Movie to iPod", "Movie to iPhone", or
"Movie to iPhone (Cellular)" from the Export pop-up menu. Click the "Save" button. To add the new movie to iTunes, drag it to an iTunes playlist. To add the new movie to an iPod or iPhone,
synchronize your iPod or iPhone with iTunes.
Importing Movies into iMovie
Using QuickTime movies in recent versions of iMovie is very easy. Open an iMovie project and drop the movie into the project window. It will be converted to the required iMovie format and
made available in your clips tray.
Older versions of iMovie do not support standard QuickTime file formats. In order to import QuickTime movies (not just those created using the VideoGlide software), it is necessary to use
VideoGlide Exporter to export the movie as a "DV Stream" -the same format produced by FireWire cameras.
Open the movie to be exported in VideoGlide Exporter. Select "Export..." from the File menu. Choose a location for the exported movie and select "Movie to DV Stream" from the Export
pop-up menu. Click the "Save" button. The movie will be expanded to full screen and can be imported using "Import File..." in iMovie's File menu. However, it is much quicker to drop the exported
movie into an iMovie project Media folder.
If you have QuickTime Pro, it is possible to export movies as DV Streams using QuickTime Player and the technique described above. BTV Pro and some other applications also allow
movies to be exported as DV Streams without the need for QuickTime Pro.
Correcting The Width To Height Or "Aspect Ratio" Of Movies
VideoGlide Exporter will check the width to height ratio, also known as the "aspect ratio", of the source movie. If the movie is not in the correct 4 to 3 proportion, you will be given an
opportunity to correct the problem. You can correct the problem temporarily, i.e. only while VideoGlide Exporter remains open, or permanently by checking "Save Changes", i.e. the original movie
on the disk will be updated. Note that this only changes the movie scaling. It does not reduce the amount or nature of the data in the movie.
To correct large numbers of movies, drag and drop all of them at the same time on to the VideoGlide Exporter icon. You will only be asked once what to do.
Only movies at one of the following sizes will be corrected: