5.1.1.0Capture Setting

Capture Setting

Click on the first tab to open the TV Capture Setting dialog box as shown in the figure below. Click one of the links or a setting item in the figure below to find out how to set up for capturing video.

[Capture Format Profile]
[Direct Burn Function]

[Capture Profile Setting] button

[Audio Recording Line]

[Master Stream]

[Split File]

[Use Frame Rate]

[Record Volume]

Recording Limits

[Media WorkArea Folder]

[Capture Format Profile]

Move the mouse arrow to this area to view the detailed information on the profile of the format you currently use in a balloon as shown in the figure below. See the description of the Capture Profile Setting button in this dialog box for how to determine the profile.

[Direct Burn Function]

Rather than recording on the hard drive first and then burn it, Direct Burn Function allows you to record directly to VCD/DVD in real time. Select "Direct Burn VCD", "Direct Burn SVCD", or "Direct Burn DVD" from the drop-down list in the Capture Format Profile to use this function.

Note: "Direct Burn Function" requires corresponding CD or DVD burners:

Direct Burn VCD: Requires CD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, or DVD-R/RW.

Direct Burn DVD: Requires DVD+R/RW or DVD-R/RW.

[Capture Profile Setting] button

Click this button to open a dialog box as shown in the figure below.

[Capture Format Profile] Click on the arrow to select a profile from the drop-down list. There are 11 profiles built in the program which cannot be changed. If you wish to use a different set of format, click the Add button to save the set of settings to the profile list.
[Add]:	Click to save a set of settings and add it as a profile to the Capture Format Profile list in the drop down menu.
[Modify]:	Click this button to change the set of settings of the selected profile. Note that the 11 built-in profiles are not available for modification.
[Delete]:	Click this button to delete the selected profile from the drop down menu. Note that the 11 built-in profiles are not available for deletion.
[Video Quality] Pull the knob to adjust the video quality. Note that better quality takes up more hard drive space.
[Video and Audio Codec] All available formats are listed. We suggest that you use a compressed format for recording.
[Audio Recording Line] When recording a TV broadcast, you can choose to record audio from other sources to dub the original TV audio. Click on the arrow to select an audio recording line as desired.

[Master Stream]

Select an option from the drop-down list to prioritize a type of output data transmission during heavy traffic.

[Split File]

Check this box if you want to save a recording in several files. This function is used when the video is very long.

[Use Frame Rate]

Frame rate is adjustable from 1 to 30. The normal rate is 30.

[Record Volume]

Slide the knob to turn up/down the volume. What is set here will affect the playback volume.

To prevent noise during the playback, turn down the volume while recording to avoid your sound card to over amplify.

Recording Limits

Set either Time Limit or Size Limit for recording. If you tick both, the recording will stop when one of the limits is reached.

Note: If either is set, a recording will continue until the entire hard drive is full. Yet hard drive segments determine how big each media file would be. When a segment is full, the data recorded in the segment will be saved as a file and the recording carries on and is saved in the next segment as another file without stopping. A hard drive segment of FAT 16 is 2 GB; of FAT32, 4 GB. An NTFS hard drive is not divided into segments. Continuous recording on an NTFS hard drive will be saved as one big file.

[Media WorkArea Folder]

Type in or browse for the directory for saving the recorded media files. All recorded media files will be saved in the directory.