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Capturing DV recorders or cameras
To start recording, click the "Record" button below the source
monitor.
• Select "DV camera" from the recording dialog. Uncompressed DV capture
requires approx. 220 MB per minute of video. If you would instead like to record
using the more space-saving MPEG format, then you should first activate the
"Record DV as MPEG" option.
• This opens the actual recording dialog. Check to see if a DV camera driver has
been selected.
• Name your recording. It's worth choosing a logical name which will allow you to
find it easily again on the hard drive.
• You can access the appropriate place on the camcorder tape by using the remote
control buttons: shuttle forwards, backwards, and start/stop playback. To start
recording, click on the "Record" button. Keep an eye on the remaining hard drive
space.
• Cease capturing with the "Stop" button and exit the record dialog. You can see
the recording in the film-strip in the lower third of the screen.
Tip: In the DV recording dialog, you can set clips from the DV video which then will
be recorded one after the other (batch capturing). Read more on this in the chapter
"Batch processing" (view page 75).