Creating And Playing Video Files - Smart Technologies SMART BOARD User Manual

Tip
To convert either AVI file
format to WMV format
for streaming, download
a conversion application
from Microsoft at www.
microsoft.com/windows/
windowsmedia/wm7/
encoder.asp.
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3 To change sound and video quality:
In the Recording Quality tab, press the down arrow beside Sound Quality and select
the one you want. You'll need to find a balance between sound quality and the
limitations of your computer system. Although higher sound quality produces better
audio playback, it also results in larger files and puts more demand on your computer
system.
Use the default Automatic Selection (Recommended) setting for Video Quality
before you try other choices. When this setting is selected, the program automatically
evaluates your system limitations and selects the best capture rate for your computer
system.
4 To change video format:
Press the Video Format tab and then select a video format:
•
Use the Microsoft Video (*.avi) format to create a file that can be viewed with any
version of Windows Media Player. This format uses 256 colors.
•
Use the SMART Recorder Video (*.avi) format to create a more compressed file
that can be viewed with Windows Media Player only if SMART Board Software is
also installed on the computer. This format uses 16 million colors. Because it has
more colors, this format produces videos that look better when played back than
those produced by the Microsoft Video format.
5 To change target file paths:
Press the Target Files tab.
To change the file path under which videos will be saved, press the Browse button
next to the Default Save Directory and select the directory and file folder you want.
We recommend that you use a local hard drive because network drives are slower and
may hurt performance.
To change the file path under which temporary video processing files will be stored,
press the Browse button next to the Temporary Files Directory and select the
directory and folder you want. We recommend that you store temporary files in the
same drive as the saved video files because this dramatically reduces the amount of
time needed to save a recording.
To change free disk-space warnings, type file size limits in the text boxes provided for
the warnings that appear at the beginning of a new session and during the recording.
You can also de-select the Warn me if free disk space is below check box if you do
not want to receive low disk-space warnings at the beginning of recording sessions.
NOTE: If you change your mind and want to return to the system default settings, press
the Restore Defaults button.
6 Press OK.

Creating and Playing Video Files

To improve the quality of your videos, follow these tips while recording:
1 Use your SMART Board to be interactive. Electronic ink shows up very well in the
screen videos produced by SMART Recorder and it gives people something to watch.
Write often on the SMART Board to keep the attention of your audience.
2 Repeat questions from the floor. Just because you heard a question doesn't mean the
microphone was close enough to clearly record what was said.
3 Don't use animations. Animations and other special effects dramatically increase file
size.
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