Triplett CobraCam USB III – PN: 8106 User Manual

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Saving Pictures: (PC Only)

After ViewPlayCap is running, take a ‘snapshot’ by pressing the Snapshot button on the

CobraCam USB 3. The snapshot will appear in a viewing window. It may appear in the

default photo editing application already installed on the computer. Additional button

presses will snap additional photos. Edit and Save the photos using standard procedures.

MAC Saving Pictures:

After “Photo Booth” is running, take a ‘snapshot’ by pressing the red /white camera icon

in the “Photo Booth” software. Pictures will be automatically be saved to “Photo Booth”,

but can be exported to other areas by left clicking and selecting “Export”. To view or play

the files, find them in the locations that they were saved to, then click on them to open.

“Preview” will be used for images and “Quick Time” will be used for Video.

Saving Video: (PC Only)

Start ViewPlayCap. Click the File tab, select Set Capture File and the Set Capture File win-

dow will open. Choose a location to save the video. Give a name to the file. Click Open.

The Set File Size window will open. Enter a maximum file size (Note: .avi files use about

10MB per second) Click OK. The window will close and the main ViewPlayCap window will

be displayed. Click on the Capture tab then select Start Capture. The Ready to Capture

window will open. To start recording video, click OK. The Ready to Capture window will

close, displaying the main ViewPlayCap window showing the video image that is being

recorded. The recording will stop when the file reaches the maximum size (or maximum

time). To stop recording video, click the Capture tab and select Stop Capture.

Note: Video files can be very large. To reduce the size of the file, capture it a low frame rates

and low resolution.

MAC Saving Video:

After “Photo Booth” is running, take a ‘video’ by pressing the red /white film icon on the

left in the “Photo Booth” software. The Icon should move to center, press again to start

recording. Videos will be automatically be saved to “Photo Booth”, but can be exported to

other areas by left clicking and selecting “Export”.

To view or play the files, find them in the locations that they were saved to, then click on

them to open. “Preview” will be used for images and “Quick Time” will be used for videos

Viewing Snapshots and Video:

ViewPlayCap does not contain viewers for the saved snapshots or

video. Windows contains various ‘viewers’ and ‘players’ for these files.

To view or play the files, find them in the locations that they were

saved to, then click on them to open them with a Windows viewer

or player. The snapshots can usually be viewed in Windows Explorer,

and the video can usually be viewed in Windows Media Player.