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Getting Started Guide
Before You Begin Capturing Video
You can capture (copy) video files to your hard disk drive by using the Sonic
MyDVD program. Among the devices supported by Sonic MyDVD are analog video
devices, digital camcorders, and Web cameras. Use your composite or S-video
inputs (input connectors vary by model) to capture video from a VCR or an analog
video camera.
To capture video files, you need to:
1 Connect your video source device according to the device's instructions.
2 Turn your device on and set it to playback mode.
3 Make sure Sonic MyDVD can detect your digital or analog device.
4 If your PC has multiple video devices connected, they all appear on the Capture
screen. You must select the video source you would like to use.
NOTE: You may need to turn your digital video device off and on again for the
program to detect it.
Sonic MyDVD Video Projects
A Sonic MyDVD video project is a way to group, organize, store, play, and burn
related video and still digital files. For example, if you went on a family vacation,
you might have digital still and video images, and prints from a film camera. You
can transfer all these images onto your PC and organize them into a project. (A
scanner is required to transfer printed photos and is not included.)
Projects can remain on your PC for playback and as an archive, and they can be
burned to a DVD or video CD (VCD).
Sonic MyDVD enables you to create video projects using the following interfaces:
• Standard program interface (described beginning in "Creating a Video Project"
on page 75).
• Direct-to-Disc Wizards (described beginning in "Creating a Video Project with
the Direct-to-Disc Wizards" on page 80).
Note that the Direct-to-Disc Wizards do not include the editing features that are
available from the standard interface. You can edit a project created with a wizard
before burning it to a disc as described in:
• "Editing the style of a video project" on page 78.
• "Editing movie files" on page 78.
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