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Editing and customizing a video profile
The Select Profile dialog box lists all the profiles available in your system. From
this dialog box, you can open the Manage Profiles dialog box to edit, create,
remove, and duplicate a profile.
To edit and customize a profile:
1. Select Setup: Video and Audio Capture Property Settings (or click
Properties in the Advanced tab of the Capture Video dialog box).
2. In the dialog box, click Select to open Select Profile.
3. Under Select Profile, click Customize to open the Manage Profiles dialog box.
4. Manage Profiles lists all the available profiles installed in your computer. The
profiles are categorized into two types: System defined profiles and Custom
profiles. Simply click Edit to modify attributes of a Custom profile.
• System-defined profiles cannot be edited directly. You must create a
copy before editing the corresponding attributes. To do this, select a
system defined profile and then click Copy. Select the created copy of the
profile and then click Edit to modify the attributes. Clicking Edit invokes
Edit Profile. It will guide you in specifying your preferred attributes.
• You can also create a new profile by clicking New. This will lauch a task
wizard that will guide you in creating your profile.
5. In the General tab, specify a reference Name and Description for the created
or edited profile.
6. Select the Media types supported by the profile. You can also click Add under
Target bit rates to add desired bit rates for the WMV file.
7. Choose the remaining options according to your preference, then click OK.
8. Click Close in the Manage Profiles dialog box.
9. Click OK in the Select Profile dialog box.
About dropped frames
If your PC and video capture board have difficulty supporting a specified frame
rate, a message box may appear after capturing detailing how many frames were
captured and, of those, how many were 'dropped' frames. (This message box will
be displayed when the Display message if frames are dropped option is
selected in the Advanced tab of the Capture Video dialog box).
Dropped frames are 'phantom' frames which are created to ensure that the frame
rate is maintained. Whenever Video Capture or some other device encounters a
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