User Guide

Defining Your Video Settings

The Video Panel program allows you to define the video source’s capture and

display settings. For more information about your video options, please refer to

the user’s manuals that came with video capture board and the capture device.

Below is the Video Panel GUI displaying the basic video settings you can define.

1 Show/Hide Video Options panel - Toggles between displaying the

commonly used commands for capturing and this Video Options panel for

defining the video source’s capture and display settings.

2 Video quality - Adjusts the level of compression to apply. Setting a high

value high does produce better output display but in effect creates larger file

sizes as you increase it.

3 Frame rate - Specifies how many frames to record per second when

capturing. The black square indicates the current frame rate.

4 Video source - Opens the Video Source dialog box for adjusting the colors

of your capture device, zoom level, and other settings to improve capture

and device display capabilities. This dialog box varies depending on the

type of video capture driver and device you have installed in your system.

5 Video format - Opens the Video Format dialog box for specifying video

compression, frame size, color channels, and other settings. This dialog

box varies depending on the type of capture driver and device you have

installed in your system. (Note: Video Panel can only display four video

frame sizes; 160x120, 176x144(QCIF), 320x240, and 352x288(CIF).