Livecam - EUROCOM D900T PHANTOM User Manual

Modules
Pre-Allocating File
Space
You may pre-allocate
the file size for the cap-
ture file in the Live-
Cam program.
can choose to ignore
this by clicking Cancel.
Pre-allocating
on the hard disk can
improve the capture
quality (particularly of
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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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LiveCam

LiveCam is a video viewer useful for general purpose video viewing and test-
ing, and can capture video files to .avi format.
1. Run the LiveCam program from the Start > Programs/All Programs >
Bs350u2 menu (it is recommended that you set the capture file before the
capture process - see Set Capture File below).
2. Go to the Capture menu heading (if you wish to capture audio make sure
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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
File Space) for the captured file. Click Start Capture again.
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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 LiveCam 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 over-
writing 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).