Adding Files To A Video Project; Capturing Video To A Video Project - HP Pavilion Media Center m7300 - Desktop PC 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 PC.
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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 Project, and then select a
video project that you created as described in
"Creating a Video Project" on page 82.
2
Click Add Files.

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 Project, and then select a
video project that you created as described in
"Creating a Video Project" on page 82.
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 (DV format).
4
Click Record Settings to edit any of these
default settings.
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
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displayed in the Capture window is stored
as a picture file (.jpg, .bmp, .gif, .tif, or
.png format).
Start Capturing — Starts a video
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capture (.mpg format).
7
Click Stop Capturing to manually stop the
capture if you did not set a capture length
(step 5).
8
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.
9
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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