Getting Started Guide

88 Getting Started Guide
• make muvee: Opens the Make muvee window for you to set the duration
of your movie and automatically create the movie.
• save muvee: Opens the Save muvee window for you to save the finished
movie to one of several formats.
Capturing video from a DV camcorder
You can capture (copy) digital video files to your hard disk drive by using
muvee autoProducer with a compatible DV camcorder connected to a FireWire
(IEEE 1394) port on your PC. You can capture video either live (known as camera
mode) or recorded (known as VCR mode).
Captured video files are automatically added to your movie project. To remove the
file from your movie project, select the video file in the list of captured DV videos,
and click Delete.
When capturing video, it is important to be aware of the amount of free space
available on your PC hard disk drive. Capturing video can use a large amount of
disk space. The amount of free disk space displays on the Capture video window in
muvee autoProducer while you are capturing video.
Capturing live video from a DV camcorder
Capturing live video in camera mode allows you to create a video file without even
having a tape in the camcorder.
To capture live video to your hard disk drive:
1 If your project is already open, click the capture DV button, and skip to
step 4.
2 Click Start, choose All Programs, muvee autoProducer, and then click
muvee autoProducer again.
3 Open a project by selecting from the File menu either New Project or Open
Project.
4 Connect your DV camcorder to the FireWire (IEEE 1394) port on your PC, and
turn on the camcorder.
5 Set the camcorder to camera mode using the instructions in the manufacturer’s
documentation.
6 Click the Start Capture button to begin capturing the live footage directly to
your PC hard disk drive.
7 Click the Stop Capture button to stop capturing.
8 Click the Browse button to be able to specify a file name and folder for the
captured video file.