Adding Files To A Video Project; Capturing Video To A Video Project - HP z558 Software Manual

Adding files to a video project

You can add files to your DVD or VCD video project from:
An existing DVD or VCD.
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Video files already stored on your HP Digital
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Entertainment Center.
Video capture from a digital video camera (as
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described in the next section).
To add files from a DVD, VCD, or from your hard disk
drive:
1
Click File, Open, and then select a video project
that you created as described in "Creating a video
project" on page 104.

Capturing video to a video project

You can capture live video or still images by connecting a
Web camera or digital video camera to the USB
connector on the HP Digital Entertainment Center. The
video capture is added to your video project and stored
in a file on your hard disk drive.
To add a video capture to a video project:
1
Click File, Open, and then select a video project
that you created as described in "Creating a video
project" on page 104.
2
Connect your digital video camera to the USB port.
3
Click Capture Video to display the Capture
screen.
Sonic MyDVD displays the name of the capture
device (your camera), the default capture type
(audio and video), and the default quality setting
(High Quality).
4
Click Record Settings to edit any of these default
settings.
2
Click Add Files.
3
Navigate to the folder that contains the video files
you want to add or to the media drive that contains
the DVD or VCD.
4
Select the files you want to add, and then click
Open. The files are added to the current project and
displayed in the project window.
5
Optionally, set a capture length, chapter
points, or scene detection. Click the
corresponding Help icon to display the
online Help for each of these features.
6
Click one of the following:
Grab Frame — The image currently displayed
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in the Capture window is stored as a picture file
(.jpg, .bmp, .gif, .tif, or .png format).
Start Capture — Starts a video capture (.mpg
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format). Click Stop Capture to manually stop
the capture if you did not set a capture length
(step 5).
7
In the Save As dialog box, name the captured file
and select the file format and the folder where you
want to save it. Click Save.
8
Click OK to return to the project window.
The file is stored on your hard disk drive and added
to the current project.
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