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3. Basic Usage

As a Web Camera

Be sure that your camera is connected to 
your computer and operating properly.
1.

Start PC-CAM Center by pressing the 
Snapshot button on the camera.

2.

In the PC-CAM Center window, click 
the 

Live Video

 button. The current 

camera view is displayed in the 

Viewing

 

window.

3.

In the 

Video size

 box, select a suitable 

resolution.

4.

In the 

Save video

 

in

 box, select the 

destination album for your video. 

5.

To start recording a video, click the 

Capture video

 button. The button 

starts blinking to indicate that recording 
is now in progress.

6.

To stop the recording, click the button 
again. The button stops blinking. By 
default, the video is saved automatically 
and added to the destination album. 

To preview a Video

1.

Click the 

Save automatically

 check 

box to clear it, if you want to preview 
each video before deciding whether to 
save it to the destination album.  

2.

Click the 

Capture video

 button to 

start recording.  

3.

After you stop recording, click the 

Play

 

button on the bottom-left corner of the 

Live Video

 window to preview the 

video. 

4.

If you wish to store it in the destination 
album, click the 

Save

 button after 

previewing the video. 

At the time of this product's release, Microsoft 
strongly encouraged companies to submit their 
hardware solutions for certification. If a hardware 
device driver is not submitted, or does not qualify, for 
Microsoft certification, a warning message similar to 
the one shown here, appears. You may see the 
message when installing this driver. If you do, you may 
choose to click the 

Continue Anyway

 button. 

Creative has tested this driver on Windows XP, and 
it does not impair or destablize your computer.

For Windows

®

 XP

®

 

users

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