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Windows XP Information
E - 50 PC Camera Module
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BisonCap (1.3M Cam)/VideoView (2.0 Cam)
BisonCap and VideoView are video viewers for general purpose video viewing and
testing, and capturing video files to .avi format.
1. Run the BisonCap/VideoView application from the Start > Programs/All Pro-
grams > BisonCam/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
) 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 (you can view the file using the Windows
Media Player).
Set Capture File
Prior to capturing video files you may select the Set Capture File... option in the File
menu, and set the file name and location before capture (this will help avoid acciden-
tally overwriting files). Set the name and location then click Open, then set the
"Capture file size:"
and click OK. You can then start the capture process as above.
Note the important information in
“Reducing Video File Size” on page E - 51
order to save file space, and help prevent system problems.
PC Camera Hot Key Buttons
You can use the PC Camera hot key buttons
to run the camera programs and
take still pictures etc. (see
“PC Camera Hot Key Buttons” on page 1 - 14
Pre-Allocating File
Space
You may pre-allocate
the file size (File > Allo-
cate File Space) for the
capture file in the
BisonCap/VideoView
program.
Pre-allocating space on
the hard disk can im-
prove the capture quali-
ty (particularly of large
capture files), by reduc-
ing the amount of work
the hard disk has to do
in finding space for the
video data as it is being
captured.
See also