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12. Windows video capture application

Starting the video capture application

User Guide

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As the application starts the following messages may appear on

the video capture application window:
Detecting Video Mode as the video capture application starts

up and attempts to connect with the Frame Grabber.

Tuning Capture Parameters if the video capture application

finds the Frame Grabber and begins synchronizing and tuning

capture settings and image adjustments (see

“Configuring

image adjustments” on page 136

for more information).

No Signal Detected if the video capture application cannot

connect with the Frame Grabber or if the Frame Grabber is not

connected to an active video source.

If the video capture application successfully connects to and

synchronizes with the Frame Grabber, the video capture

application window begins displaying captured images.

Figure 13

shows the parts of the video capture application

window.
Note: You use command line options to control some settings

when the video capture application starts. For example, you can

start the video capture application without any window borders

and so that it always appear on top of all application windows.

See

“Windows command line options” on page 149

.

Title Bar

Displays the product name and serial number of the

Frame Grabber that the video capture application is

receiving captured images from. The title bar also
displays the screen resolution and refresh rate of the

video source. (The serial number is used for Web

Broadcasting, see

Chapter 16. “Web Broadcasting”

on page 121

.)

Menu

Select commands from video capture application

menus. See

“Menus” on page 61

.

Toolbar

Save, print, and copy a snapshot of the current

captured image. Start, stop, pause and resume

recording images. Start and stop a web

broadcasting session. See

“Toolbar” on page 67

.

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