Epiphan VGA2USB Pro - Manual (Page 109)

15. Recording videos Using a DirectShow application to record video files
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2 Go to http://www.virtualdub.org/ and follow the
instructions to download and install VirtualDub.
3 Optionally download and install a video codec such as the free
ffvfw codec pack. You can download and install this codec
pack from
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/ffvfw.htm . Step 3 in
the following procedure describes how to configure
VirtualDub to use this video codec when recording captured
images as a video file.
4 Connect your Epiphan Frame Grabber as described in the
install chapters of this guide.
For example, if you have a VGA2USB Pro Frame Grabber, see
Chapter 5. “Connecting a VGA2USB Device” on page 16 .
To record captured images as video files using VirtualDub
Now that you have downloaded and installed all the required
software, the video source is producing images, and the Epiphan
Frame Grabber is connected to the video source and the video
capture workstation, you can use the following steps to record
captured images as video files with VirtualDub.
1 Start the VirtualDub application.
2 From the File menu select Capture AVI.
VirtualDub changes to Capture mode.
3 From the VirtualDub Video menu select Compression.
4 Select the video codec to use for recording captured images.
For example, if you have installed the ffvfw codec pack you
can select ffvfw MPEG-4 Codec. You can also configure the
video codec from this dialog.
5 From the VirtualDub Device menu select your Frame Grabber.
For example, to record images from a VGA2USB Frame
Grabber, select VGA2USB by Epiphan Systems Inc.
(DirectShow).
After a short pause, the images being captured by the Frame
Grabber appear in the VirtualDub window.