Amcap; Set Capture File - EUROCOM D470K PYTHON User Manual

Optional Modules
Pre-Allocating File
Space
You may pre-allocate
the file size for the cap-
ture file in the AMCAP
program. You
choose to ignore this
by clicking Cancel.
Pre-allocating
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on the hard disk can
improve the capture
quality (particularly of
large capture files), by
reducing the amount of
work the hard disk has
to do in finding space
for the video data as it
is being captured.
You may find it helpful
to defragment the HDD
before capture.
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AMCAP

AMCAP is a video viewer useful for general purpose video viewing and test-
ing, and can capture video files to .avi format.
To capture video:
1. Run the AMCAP program from the Start > Programs menu (it is recom-
mended that you set the capture file before the capture process - see Set
Capture File below).
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2. Go to the Capture menu heading (if you wish to capture audio make sure
that the Capture Audio option is ticked) and select Start Capture.
3. On the first run of the program (if you have not set the captured file) you will
be asked to choose a file name and size (see the sidebar - Pre-Allocating
space
File Space) for the captured file. Click Start Capture again.
4. Click OK to start capturing the video, and press Esc to stop the capture.
5. If you wish to, you may go to the File menu and select Save Captured
Video As..., choose a file name and location, then click Open (you can view
the file using the Windows Media Player).

Set Capture File

In the AMCAP program, you will only be asked to set the capture file name
on the first run of the program. When you run the program the next time the
file will automatically be overwritten with the newly captured file. To avoid
overwriting files you can go to the Set Capture File.. option in the File menu,
and set the file name and location before capture. Set the name and location,
then click Open (you can choose Cancel to ignore the file size if prompted).