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Capture video to hard drive


In this tutorial you can follow the step by step procedure for recording recorded material from a DV video camera to the hard drive in Nero Vision.

To set up a capture device for digital and analog video, a recording card that meets the requirements of the manufacturer must be installed or must be already integrated in the PC at the factory.

 

You need a lot of free space on your hard drive to capture a video. Make sure that there is enough space available to capture the entire video. Capturing video from a capture card requires about 3-30MB of hard disk space per second depending on the resolution and the data format of your video. A DV capture via a FireWire® card (IEEE 1394) uses up to 3.6 MB of hard drive space per second.

 

The following requirements have to be fulfilled:

  • No applications are running that place a high demand on the processor
  • There are no applications running in full-screen mode
  • The workstation is not blocked during the entire capture process
  • There is sufficient space on your hard drive
  • You have started Nero Vision

To capture a video on the hard drive, proceed as follows:
  1. Connect the digital capture device to the PC using the corresponding cables and switch it on.
  2. Select the Capture Video to Hard Drive option from the Start screen.

    3. The Video Capture screen and a window is displayed. The window recommends the Native Capturing choice.

  3. Select the capture device in the Capture Device drop-down menu.


    4. The capture device may be in Camera mode or in VCR mode.

     

    Native Capturing transfers the video without losing information during conversion in the format specified by the capture device.

     

  4. If you would like to save the video file to a folder other than My Documents/NeroVision/CapturedVideo:
    1. Click the More button.
      2. The extended area opens.
    2. Enter the path and the file name in the Capture to File input field.
  5. Click the button.

    6. The playback of the video is started.

  6. Click the or button.

    7. The video will be forwarded or rewound.

  7. Click the button when you have arrived at the spot from which you want to record.

    8. The playback of the video is stopped.

  8. Click the button.

    9. Capturing starts and the picture that was recently captured appears.

  9. When recording is to stop, click the button.

    10. A selection list is displayed. It contains captured files that have not yet been assigned to a project.

  10. If you want to capture other videos from the same source, repeat the previous two steps.
  11. If you want to view the captured video:
    1. Select the required video in the selection list.
    2. Click the button.
      3. The captured video appears in the preview area.
  12. Click the Next button.

    13. The screen with the menu What would you like to do next? appears.


You have captured a video on the hard drive and can now edit it.



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