HP Pavilion a1300 Getting Started Guide - Page 90

Capturing video to a video project, Capture Video, Record Settings, Grab Frame, Start Capturing

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Capturing video to a video project You can capture live video or still images by connecting a Web camera or digital video camera to your PC's USB connector. The video capture is added to your video project and stored in a file on your hard disk drive. To add a video capture to a video project: 1 Click File, Open, and then select a video project that you created as described in "Creating a Video Project" on page 83. 2 Connect your digital camera to the USB port. 3 Click Capture Video to display the Capture screen. Sonic MyDVD displays the name of the capture device (your camera), the default Capture Type (audio and video), and the default Quality setting (DV format). 4 Click Record Settings to edit any of these default settings. 5 Optionally, set Capture Length, Chapter Points, or Scene Detection. Click the corresponding Help icon to display the online help for each of these features. 6 Click one of the following: • Grab Frame - The image currently displayed in the Capture window is stored as a picture file (.jpg, .bmp, .gif, .tif, or .png format). • Start Capturing - Starts a video capture (.mpeg format). • Stop Capturing - Manually stops the capture if you did not set a capture length (step 5). 7 In the Save As dialog box, name the captured file, and select the file format and the folder where you want to save it. Click Save. 8 Click OK to return to the project window. The file is stored on your hard disk drive and added to the current project. 84 Getting Started Guide

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Getting Started Guide
Capturing video to a video project
You can capture live video or still images by connecting a Web camera or digital
video camera to your PC’s USB connector. The video capture is added to your video
project and stored in a file on your hard disk drive.
To add a video capture to a video project:
1
Click
File
,
Open
, and then select a video project that you created as
described in “Creating a Video Project” on page 83.
2
Connect your digital camera to the USB port.
3
Click
Capture Video
to display the Capture screen.
Sonic MyDVD displays the name of the capture device (your camera), the
default Capture Type (audio and video), and the default Quality setting
(DV format).
4
Click
Record Settings
to edit any of these default settings.
5
Optionally, set Capture Length, Chapter Points, or Scene Detection. Click
the corresponding
Help
icon to display the online help for each of these
features.
6
Click one of the following:
•
Grab Frame
—
The image currently displayed in the Capture window is
stored as a picture file (.jpg, .bmp, .gif, .tif, or .png format).
•
Start Capturing —
Starts a video capture (.mpeg format).
•
Stop Capturing
—
Manually stops the capture if you did not set a
capture length (step 5).
7
In the Save As dialog box, name the captured file, and select the file format and
the folder where you want to save it. Click
Save
.
8
Click
OK
to return to the project window.
The file is stored on your hard disk drive and added to the current project.