User Guide

Chapter 2: Capturing Video 29
To capture video:
1. Verify that your equipment is properly connected.
For a DV or MicroMV capture, your camcorder or
VCR must be connected to your PC’s 1394 port.
For an analogue capture, connect the source video
to your hardware’s Composite or S-Video input.
Connect your source audio to the audio input of
your capture device, if it has one; otherwise,
connect the audio to the audio input of your PC
sound board.
2. Click the Capture button at the top of the screen if
you are not already in Capture mode. The Capture
mode interface is displayed (see Chapter 1: The
Studio Interface).
3. Click the desired capture setting on the Diskometer.
If you need to make detailed adjustments, click the
Diskometer’s Settings button, which opens the
Capture format options panel (see Appendix A:
Setup Options).
For a DV capture, keep in mind that full-quality
capture uses much more disk space than does
preview quality. If you are planning to output your
finished movie to disc (VCD, S-VCD or DVD),
you may choose to make your full-quality capture
in MPEG rather than DV format. (See “DV
Capture” on page 32 for further explanation of
these options.)
For an analogue capture, keep in mind that the
higher the quality setting, the larger will be your
captured video file.
4. Click the Start Capture button on the Diskometer.
The Capture Video dialog box is displayed.