Playing Video Files From The Internet; Videocorder Application; Manual Recording - Archos PMA 400 User Manual

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Playing Video Files from the Internet

The number of encoding and compression schemes currently used to create video files is very
extensive and seems to change on a weekly basis. There are so many standards, formats, and
encryption methods that it is very possible that the video file you download from the Internet will
not play right away on your device. Due to certain "variations", even when video files are
formatted in "MPEG4" they may not play right away. The PMA400 series can play video files of
type MPEG4 Simple Profile which have an MP3, PCM (standard .wav) or IMA-ADPCM
(compressed .wav) audio sound track. It can play such video files at a maximum size of 720 by
576 pixels (25 frames/second). The PMA400 will not directly play files of type .mov, .mpg,
.mpeg. If you have video files of these other types that you would like to view on your PMA400,
they will have to be converted first. You will have to use the software found in the Archos folder
to re-encode them into the proper MPEG4 format with an MP3, PCM, or IMA-ADPCM sound
track. See the chapter Creating MPEG4 Video Files with your Computer for details.
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VideoCorder Application

This is the video recorder application. Connect your TV Cradle to your home
entertainment system as shown in the TV Cradle Manual. Once this is done,
you can use the VideoCorder application to make recordings like you do with a
video cassette recorder, either directly, for a fixed amount of time, or scheduled
for when you are away. When you click on this icon, you will go directly to the
pre-recording screen. From this screen you can instruct the PMA400 exactly
how and when you want your video recording to be made.

Manual Recording

If you click on the red Record button on the bottom right of the screen, your recording will start.
Click on the Stop button next to it when you want to stop your recording. You will find your
recorded video in the folder /Video/recordings.
Use the RIGHT and LEFT buttons to adjust the volume level input. You can also drag the control
on the left bottom of the screen. You can see the sound intensity on the VU meters in the center
bottom of the screen. On the top left of the screen, you will see the recording signal type NTSC
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