Capturing Video To A Video Project; Adding Slideshows To A Video Project - HP Media Center m7200 - Desktop PC Software Manual

Capturing video to a video project

You can capture live video or still images by
connecting a Web camera or digital video camera
to your PC's front-panel USB connector (select
models only). 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 82.
2
Connect your digital 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.

Adding slideshows to a video project

You can create a slideshow (a series of still images
displayed automatically) by adding existing still
photos to your project or by capturing them with a
connected digital video source.
To add a slideshow 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 82.
2
Do one or more of the following:
Add existing picture files as described in
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"Adding files to a video project" on
page 82.
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
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displayed in the Capture window is stored
as a picture file (JPG, BMP, GIF, TIF, or
PNG format).
Start Capture — Starts a video capture
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(.mpg 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.
Capture still images as described in
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"Capturing video to a video project" on
page 83.
3
Click New Slideshow to Add a Slideshow
to the Video Project.
4
Click Options to set the slide
duration, or to add a background
audio track. Online help is available
for these features by clicking the help icon.
5
Click OK.
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