Capturing to Multiple Media Files
You can capture video and audio to multiple media files across multiple drives, with the following advantages:
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You can create longer clips whose media files would otherwise exceed
the file size limitation of 2 GB.
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You can group all drives with the multiple file options, enabling the
system to capture long clips continuously; for example, satellite feeds.
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The system makes more efficient use of drive space, particularly when
capturing long clips.
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To capture video or audio to multiple media files:
The Settings scroll list appears.
The Capture Settings dialog box opens.
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Click the Media Files tab.
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Select the option "Capture to multiple files."
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Accept the default or type a different time limit in the "Maximum
(default) capture time" text box.
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If you think that any of your captured clips might exceed 30áminutes,
make sure you enter a higher estimate in this text box; otherwise, the
system stops capturing at 30 minutes.
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Click OK to close the dialog box and apply the options.
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Select Tools > Capture.
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The Capture tool opens.
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To capture to multiple files across drives, click the Target Drive pop-up
menu in the Capture tool, and select Change Group.
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The Drive Group dialog box opens.
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Ctrl+click (Windows) or Shift+click (Macintosh) multiple drives to
include in the capturing session, or click the All button to select all
drives.
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If you click Clear, all selections are removed. You must select at least one
drive before you can click OK to exit the dialog box.
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Click OK to close the dialog box and apply the changes.
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Proceed with capturing.
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For media file management purposes, any clip whose media exceeds
the 2-GB limit has more than one media file associated with it.
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