MEDIASTUDIO PRO USER GUIDE945. Select the method to use in capturing:• Select Device Control to automatically control the entire capturingprocess from Video Capture.• Click Batch to mark the clips you want to capture and specify a filename for each clip. Refer to the “Capturing video by batch” procedurefor details.• Select Auto or Auto with no time limit to capture a clip starting fromthe current frame.Note:When Auto with no time limit is selected, you have the option to selectSeamless Capture under Advanced tab, to help you save a video into anothervideo file once it reached a size of 4GB, since that is the maximum size under theFAT32 file system in your hard drive.6. Type a file name in the File entry box, or click Browse to find other filesor folders. You can also set the type of AVI you want to produce aftercapturing. Click Properties and select DV Type-1 or Type-2. Click OK.7. Click OK to start capturing. Press [ ESC ] to stop capturing anytime. VideoCapture should have automatic control (“device control”) of yourcamcorder and should play your tape. The output from the camcordershould be visible in the Preview window on your computer.Note:Sometimes, Video Capture can lose its connection with your camcorder if itis turned off or disconnected. When this happens, the IEEE-1394 Firewire(interface card) resets. You may have to close Video Capture and open it again tore-establish a connection.Seamless DV CaptureWhen using the DirectShow driver, the maximum file size is 4GB under theFAT 32 file system in your hard drive. Yet, you can go beyond this limitationwhen using Windows 2000, Windows NT and Windows XP with a NTFSformatted hard drive partition that allows a file size to exceed 4GB.Seamless capture gets around this 4GB file size limitation. Once a DV AVIfile reaches 4GB, the remaining video is automatically saved as an anotherfile. The capturing process remains uninterrupted no matter how long thevideo footage is.
