Operation Manual

50 Video recording
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ou must also have Microsoft's "DirectX8.a" (or
higher) installed. Now switch your camcorder to "video recorder" or
"playback" (according to your particular device) and open the DV
capturing dialog.
Capturing DV recorders or cameras
remain switched off. Y
To start recording, click the "Record" button under the source
monitor.
• Select "DV camera" from the recording dialog. Uncompressed DV
capture requires approx. 220 MB per minute of video. If you would
instead like to record using the more space-saving MPEG format,
then you should first activate the "Record DV as MPEG" option.
• This opens the actual recording dialog. Check to see if a DV camera
driver has been selected.
• Name your recording. It's worth choosing a logical name which wi
allow you to find it easily again on the hard drive.
• You can access the appro
ll
priate place on the camcorder tape by
using the remote control buttons: shuttle forwards, backwards, and
. To start recording, click on the "Record" button.
pace.
it the record dialog.
in the film-strip in the lower third of the
start/stop playback
Keep an eye on the remaining hard-drive s
• Cease capturing with the "Stop" button and ex
You can see the recording
screen.
Tip: In the DV recording dialog, you can set clips from the DV video
which will then be recorded one after the other (batch capturing).