Recording videos directly to your computer by using PCCam
Besides taking videos with your digital camera, you can record videos directly to
your computer with the PCCam program.
1.
Connect your camera to computer with a USB cable
2. Search
through
Start>Programs (“All Programs” for Windows XP)>My
DSC
and click
PCCam
icon
3. Select
Devices > My DSC
from the pull-down menu. You should see a
live picture on screen. If you cannot see a live picture, click
Options >
Preview
from the menu.
4. Click
File > Set Capture File
from the pull-down menu
5.
Enter the filename for the video to be captured and click
Open
button.
Make sure to enter avi as the file extension
6.
Keep the default value of 1 MBytes in the
Capture file size
field and click
OK
button.
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