User's Manual Part 2

Modules & Options

7 - 22 PC Camera Module

Video View (for 2.0M pixel camera module)

Video View is a video viewer useful for general purpose video viewing and testing,

and can capture video files to .avi format.

1. Run the Video View program from the Start > Programs/All Programs > USB2.0

PC Camera 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 check “PC Camera

Audio Setup (all camera modules)” on page 7 - 18) and select Start Capture.

3. Click OK (the file location will be displayed in the pop-up box) to start capturing the

video, and press Esc to stop the capture.

Set Capture File

Prior to capturing video files you may Set Capture File... To avoid overwriting 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).

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Pre-Allocating File

Space

You may pre-allocate the

file size for the capture file

in the

Video View

pro-

gram.

Pre-allocating space on

the hard disk can improve

the capture quality (par-

ticularly of 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.