PYRO Digital Video Users Guide

A letter from the President of ADS . . . . . . . . . 5
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Package Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
What you ned to install PYRO . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
PYRO 1394
Installation Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Note to beginning Videographers . . . . . . . .10
Hardware Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
PYRO 1394 PCI card Hardware install . . . 11
PYRO 1394 PCI card Software install . . . 15
Camcorder Driver Installation . . . . . . . . . .16
Connecting the Digital Video Camcorder . . 17
Camcorder Driver information . . . . . . . . . 18
Install Video Studio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Running Video Studio for the first time . . .19
Installation Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Using Ulead VideoStudio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Your First Movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Using VideoStudio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Starting a new project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Capturing Motion Video . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Still Image Capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
File Size Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Saving Your Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Saving Your Movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Sending Your Movie
Back to Your Camcorder . . . . . . . . . . . 25
DV SmartPlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
It’s a Wrap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Tips for Smooth Video Capture . . . . . . . . . . 27
Audio Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
PAL DV Camera Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Help Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Service and Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
FCC Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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