HP Media Center 2005, Software Manual

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Importing, Editing, and Burning Videos
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Identifying Requirements for Capturing Video
with WinDVD Creator
You can copy (capture) video files to your hard disk
drive by using the WinDVD Creator program.
To capture digital video, connect your digital video
(DV) camera to the FireWire
® (IEEE 1394) port on
the front panel of the PC. To capture analog video,
connect your VCR or analog video camera to the
Composite Video 2 or S-Video 2 connectors on the
front panel of the PC.
To capture video files, you need to:
1
Connect your video source device properly.
2
Turn your device on and set it to
playback mode.
3
Make sure WinDVD Creator can detect your
digital or analog device.
4
If your PC has multiple video devices
connected, they all appear on the Capture
screen. You must select the video source you
would like to use.
a
In the WinDVD Creator Capture screen,
click your input source.
b
Click the Wrench icon.
c
Select Device Control tab, and then
select your video source from the Video
Source drop-down menu.
Capturing Digital Camcorder Video
with WinDVD Creator
1
Click Start , choose All Programs ,
InterVideo WinDVD , InterVideo
WinDVD Creator , and then click
InterVideo WinDVD Creator again.
2
Click the Capture video into hard disk
button.
3
Connect your digital camcorder to your PC.
4
Make sure the output from your digital
camcorder appears in the Preview window. If
it does not, double-check your connections and
make sure your camera is in playback mode.
5
Click the Play button to preview your video
file before you record it.
6
Find your starting point in the video, and click
the
Pause button.
7
Click the Record button.
8
Enter a file name, click Save , and recording
begins.
9
Click the Stop button to stop capturing your
video file. Your video file is processed and
automatically saved to the My Videos folder
on your hard disk drive. The video clip
appears in the Media Library portion of the
screen.
10
To play back your captured video, click the
file in the Media Library, and click the
Play
button in the Preview window.
n
You may need to turn
your digital video
device off and on
again for the
program to detect it.