Operation Manual

24 Pinnacle Studio 9
you may choose to make your full-quality capture
in MPEG rather than DV format.
For an analog capture, keep in mind that the higher
the quality setting, the larger will be your captured
video file. See “Digital capture” (page 26) and
“Analog capture” (page 32) for further explanation
of these options.
4. Click the Start capture button on the Diskometer.
The Capture Video dialog box is displayed.
5. Type in a name for the video capture file you are
about to create, or accept the default name. You can
optionally also enter a limiting duration for the
capture.
If you are making multiple DV captures in preview
quality from the same tape, use the file naming
convention described on page 28. It will help
streamline the Make Movie process later on.
Note: Windows 98 and Millennium have file size
limitations. For FAT16 disks the limit is 2 GB. For
FAT32 disks the limit is 4GB. Studio estimates
how much video of the desired quality the largest
allowable file can accommodate, and displays this
as the maximum duration for the capture.
6. If you are capturing from an analog camcorder or
VCR, start playback now. This step is unnecessary
with a digital-source capture, as Studio will control
the playback equipment automatically when needed.
7. Click the Start capture button in the Capture Video
dialog box. The button caption changes to Stop
capture.
Capture begins. The Player displays the incoming
digitized video that is being saved to your hard