Operation Manual

Chapter 4: Windows Media Options and Settings
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Description
Figure 19. Windows Media Input Sources
Live Encoding
1. Click the Live radio button.
2. Click the video capture device in the Video field.
3. Click the audio device in the Audio field for live encoding.
The system lists all known video and audio devices in the drop-down
menus.
File Encoding
1. Click the File Conversion/File Transcode radio button to encode a
previously recorded file (such as .avi or .wav files) into streaming
format.
2. Choose from the Input File dropdown menu for a file name to insert.
Remember the file name applies to the encoder system and not the system
currently running SCX Explorer.
IMPORTANT! When Niagara SCX and SCX Explorer reside on different computers, always
start your browse for files at My Network Places. Then work down or enter the entire
file pathname beginning with the system name (such as \\fileserver\c\videos).
If you simply enter a file name, you may inadvertently browse your local computer
when the media file resides on the remote computer.
Video Settings
Control the capture properties for the selected video device. (Figure 20):
 The Input field lists all input connectors available for the capture
device.
 The Signal field lists the various video standards the capture device
supports.
 You can adjust capture properties such as proportion, video size, and
width/height using the provided fields.
 Adjust additional capture properties of brightness, contrast, saturation,
and hue individually for each input source using the sliding bars.
 When making such adjustments, verify your adjustments apply to the
selected input. Otherwise, your adjustments apply to all the input
sources listed.
 The capture properties remain available regardless of whether the
encoder starts or remains idle.