ADS Technologies USBAV-701 User Manual page 11

Clicking the Direct to Disc button launches the Direct to Disc (DTD) Wizard.
The DTD Wizard can be launched while CapWiz is idle (no video preview) or wheil video is being previewed. You
cannot start the DTD Wizard while you are recording to the hard drive or if you are playing back a previously re-
corded video file.
Splash Screen:
The splash screen introduces the user to the DTD capabilities. This splash screen can be disabled so it will not ap-
pear again. Click NEXT to Continue
DTD Wizard Step 1:
In Step one you select if you want to capture and burn or load a file to burn, select your drive and video format you
want to capture and burn and verify the drive capabilities and your optical media.
Capture and Burn or Load a file to burn.
The default setting is to capture and burn. If you want to burn a previously captured file, choose this setting and
browse for the file.
Video Compression Settings:
Select the video format (VCD, SVCD or DVD) and compression setting (Good, Better or Best for DVD or choose
Custom). You will be shown the amount of time availablefor recording on the disc based on the disc media and
quality setting.
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These settings over-ride any capture setting you have previously selected in CapWiz. However, If you choose "Cus-
tom" - the DTD Wizard will use the custom capture settings you have selected in CapWiz.
Select Disc Drive:
If you have more than one Optical drive you can select the drive you want to use for disc burning.
The DTD Wizard will examine the drive and show the type of media supported by the drive. This will show the capa-
bilities of your drive. Not all optical drives support burning to all media types.
You must have a blank CD or DVD disk in the disc drive before starting the DTD Wizard. When you select the drive
the DTD Wizard not only examines the capability of your drive, but also detect the type of media in the drive. The
Media Type will be displayed and the type of contents on the disc (if any) will also be displayed. You need to use a
Blank disc for recording, so be sure that the "Contents detected on the disc" message shows that the disc is Blank.
What can I burn to what?
Type of Drive Common Media Type
CD burners CD-R or CD-R/RW
DVD Burners CD-R, CD-R/RW
DVD-R, DVD-RW,
DVD+R, DVD+RW
Check the capabilities of your drive and the type of media you have before starting your video project.
Error Proof :if you select a drive with a CD-R inside the video format will automatically change to the best video
format for this media, which would be SVCD. You cannot capture DVD to a CD-R disc. You cannot capture VCD
to a DVD disc. These are formats that are incompatible with the media type and we don't want you to make a mis-
take.....so we will try our best to make you Error Proof.
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Video Format on Disc
VCD or SVCD
VCD or SVCD
DVD
DVD