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capturing. Please pay attention to the general advice for AVI videos (view page
337).
Tip: Use MPEG presets if you want to burn your recordings immediately after
recording, because thanks to the so-called "Smart Encoding" additional lengthy
encoding after recording won't be necessary.
Advanced...: Opens the video driver settings dialog.
Recording control: Here you will find the red record button and the stop button. Using
them, you can start and stop recording.
Timer recordings active/time limit: Specify the recording start time and length to
turn your PC into a fully functioning VCR.
Snapshot!: With Snapshot! you can create a still frame directly from the preview
monitor. The images are saved in the recordings folder as graphics files in the
resolution you have set.
Recording information: Here you will find statistics about recording time, available
disk space, recorded frames and "dropped frames". Dropped frames are frames that
have been left out because the computer is too slow for the selected image format
and recording quality and cannot accept all incoming frames.
Preview: With some graphics cards, system strain can be reduced by switching video
preview off. If you hear an "echo", deactivate the audio preview.
Advanced configurations in the video capturing dialog
Here you can adjust certain settings for the video recording driver.
These dialog boxes, so-called “property sheets,” come with the video card drivers.
These driver-specific performance properties may deviate depending on the cards.
We also have a very limited influence on the behavior of these drivers. If you
encounter any difficulties, please contact the video card manufacturer for the latest
driver updates.
Source: Sets the crossbar of the video card.
The crossbar determines which video and audio input signal will be recorded. The
crossbars are connected in series to the video recording chip itself. In the output field,
the video output (for the crossbars) is the input for the recording chip (video or audio
decoder-in) of the video card. In the “Input” field, select the signal source that will be
used by the video card to capture for this input. Many video cards have separate
crossbars for audio and video. If you have a problem, try out the different
configurations until the right sound matches the right image.