Eurocom D900K F-Bomb - Manual (Page 119)

Modules
PC Camera 7 - 19
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EMAMCAP
The EMAMCAP video viewer can capture video files to .avi format, and is
useful for basic general purpose video viewing and testing (a number of com-
mercially available programs support advanced video capture features).
1. Run the EMAMCAP program from the Start > Programs/All Programs >
USB2.0 1.3 PC Cam 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 and select Start Capture.
3. On the first run of the program (if you have not set the captured file) you will
be asked to choose a file name, size (see the sidebar - Pre-Allocating File
Space) and location for the captured file.
4. Click OK to start capturing the video, and press Esc to stop the capture.
5. If you wish to, you may go to the File menu and select Save Captured
Video..., choose a file name and location, then click Open (you can view the
file using the Windows Media Player).
Set Capture File
In the EMAMCAP program you will only be asked to set the capture file
name on the first run of the program. When you run the program the next time
the file will automatically be overwritten with the newly captured 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 lo-
cation then click Open
(you can choose Cancel to ignore the file size if
prompted).
Pre-Allocating File
Space
You may pre-allocate
the file size for the cap-
ture file in the EMAM-
CAP program. You can
choose to ignore this
by clicking Cancel.
Pre-allocating space
on the hard disk can
improve the capture
quality (particularly 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.
You may find it helpful
to defragment the HDD
before capture.