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VENICE Client Software User Guide

4.1 Configuring a Record

Before a record can be performed with the connected video channel of

the VENICE server you have to set up the record and the input related

settings (see also section “Configuring the Operation Mode” on

page 2-6). As a minimum you have to determine the location of the

record. This section describes the necessary settings that have to be

made before capturing with the VENICE server.

4.1.1 Configuring the Input Settings

To record video and audio with the VENICE server, you have to config-

ure the input format appropriately. By clicking on the triangle button to

the left of the item Input settings, the necessary settings can be ex-

panded (or collapsed):

Figure 4-2: The input format settings items

With the settings items of the Input settings configure the input video

format so that it matches the incoming video signal. You may also use

the AUTODETECT button to let the VENICE server detect the video for-

mat of the input signal automatically. Once set, the respective format

will be automatically applied to the appropriate input port(s) of the

VENICE server. Because, if not configured otherwise, the output format

is by default linked to the input format, it will be set to the same raster

and the video overlay of the VENICE client software will reflect this ac-

cordingly. Afterwards some of the file formats for a capturing may not

be available anymore due to the selected video raster or color space.

Via project files or presets the software can be preconfigured

for certain tasks. Then it may not be necessary to perform all

the configurations described below (see section “Preconfigur-

ing the VENICE Client Software” on page 2-13).

Between the operation modes of the VENICE server (see sec-

tion “Selecting the Operation Mode” on page 2-5) different

video format settings can be set. Further information about this

as well as about the relation of the input settings to the output

settings can be found in section “Configuring the Output Set-

tings” on page 3-7.