ADS Technologies PYRO Digital Video None User Manual

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26Tips for Smooth Video CaptureIf your system is not optimized, the result may be dropped video frames.Video with dropped frames will look jittery and will have audio dropouts.To ensure that you capture the highest quality video you may want to fol-low these steps:1. Run Disk Defragmenter. Creating, modifying and deleting files causesfragmentation of your hard drive. When files are fragmented, it takeslonger to read or write files. You should defragment your hard diskevery two weeks to maintain an optimal disk.A. Close all applicationsB. Click StartC. Click ProgramD. Click AccessoriesE. Click System toolsF. Click Disk DefragmenterG. Select the drive you would like to defragment.Depending upon the size and speed of your hard drive, this processcould take up to an hour or more.2. Don’t run other applications while you are capturing video to your harddisk. You may want to close some of those little applications hiding inyour system tray.3. Change your “Typical Role” settings from desktop computer toNetwork Server.This will increase the size of the file and directory cache. This results inincreased speed when accessing the hard disk.A. Right click on “My Computer”B. Click PropertiesC. Click PerformanceD. Click File SystemE. Click arrow next to “Typical Role of this machine” and select“Network Server”