Adaptec 1980200 User Guide - Page 41

Need Help Burning Your Video? s If there are large gaps in your analog video tape of about 5 minutes, MyDVD stops capturing. To continue, forward to a new clip and start capturing. Gaps in video footage are often caused by stops, pauses, static, or unrecorded space in the original recording. They can also be caused by old, damaged, or deteriorated video tapes. s Set your computer monitor's screen resolution to 1024 x 768 or higher for optimum viewing. s If you are playing your video and it is not appearing on the MyDVD Main project window, make sure MyDVD is capturing from the correct device. To check your device, go to the Capture Window (as shown in Step 3 of Capture Your Video) and under Record Settings, click Change. Make sure Adaptec USB Capture Device is selected. s To avoid choppy video in a captured file, especially a long video clip, users should disable any background programs such as virus software or any CPU-loaded software. Need Help Burning Your Video? s In rare instances, while burning your video to DVD, an error message may appear, such as bit rate too high. If this happens, double-click the thumbnail in MyDVD's Main project window. Select the End Frame on the Trimming window and remove about 5 to 10 seconds of video from the end. Close the Trimming window, save the project and try again. If the message persists, open the Trimming window again and check the video for static. If the static exists on the video, trim back to a point on the video where static does not exist. 33