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Playing back a video file – Epiphan VGA2USB Pro User Manual

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15. Recording videos

Recording videos for Windows 2000, XP, or Vista

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Epiphan Frame Grabber

5 Enter the file name, select the location for saving the video file,

and select Save.
As images are captured by the Frame Grabber they are

recorded to the video file. The Status bar shows the name and

location of the video file. The status bar also displays the

amount of time that the video has been recording and the

number of frames (or images) recorded.
When the size of the video file reaches the AVI file size limit,

(see

“AVI file size limit” on page 103

) the video capture

application does one of the following:
• stops recording.
• starts a new video file and continues recording.

(

“Configuring video file recording options” on page 102

describes how to specify the file name.)

• overwrites the original video file and continues recording.
You can pause recording by selecting Pause from the Capture

menu or

from the toolbar.

You can stop recording by selecting Stop Recording from the

Capture menu or

from the toolbar. When you stop

recording the Status bar shows the name and location of the

saved video file, the amount of time that the video file was

recording, and the number of frames (or images) recorded. For

example: Wrote c:\temp\example.avi (85 sec, 464 frames).

Playing back a video file

Depending on the video codec that you used, you should be able

to play back most recorded videos using Windows Media Player.

If you are playing back the video file on a computer other than the

video capture workstation, you may need to install a video codec

on that computer.
You cannot use the Epiphan video capture application to play

back video files.

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