Concise User’s Guide
24 - PC Camera
English
PC Camera Audio Setup
If you wish to capture video &
audio
with your camera,
it is necessary to setup the audio recording options in
Windows
.
1.
Click
Start
, and click
Control Panel
(or point to
Settings
and click
Control Panel
).
2.
Click
Sound
(
Hardware and Sound
).
3.
Click
Recording
(tab).
4.
Right-click
Microphone
(Realtek High Definition Audio)
and make sure the item is not disabled.
5.
Double-click
Microphone
(or select
Properties
from the
right-click menu).
6.
Click
Levels
(tab), and adjust the
Microphone
and
Microphone Boost
sliders to the level required.
7.
Click
OK
and close the control panels.
8.
Run the
BisonCap/VideoView
program from the
Start
>
Programs/All Programs
>
BisonCam/USB2.0 PC
Camera
menu.
9.
Go to the
Devices
menu heading and select
Microphone
(
Realtek....
) (it should have a tick alongside it).
10. Go to the
Capture
menu heading and select
Capture
Audio
(it should have a tick alongside it).
BisonCap/VideoView
The
BisonCap
(for
1.3M
pixel camera) and
VideoView
(for
2.0M
pixel camera) applications are video viewers
useful for general purpose video viewing and testing, and
can capture video files to .avi format.
1.
Run the
BisonCap/VideoView
program from the
Start
>
Programs/All Programs
>
BisonCam/USB2.0 PC Cam-
era
menu (it is recommended that you
Set Capture File
before the capture process -
see “Set Capture File”
below
).
2.
Go to the
Capture
menu heading (if you wish to capture
audio check
“PC Camera Audio Setup”
)
and select
Start
Capture
.
3.
Click
OK
(the file location will be displayed in the pop-up
box) to start capturing the video, and press
Esc
to stop the
capture (you can view the file using the
Windows Media
Player
).
Set Capture File
Prior to capturing video files you may select the
Set Cap-
ture File...
option in the
File
menu, and set the file name
and location before capture (this will help avoid acciden-
tally overwriting files). Set the name and location then
click
Open
, then set the “Capture file size:” and click
OK
. You can then start the capture process as above.
