ATI Technologies 137-40188-60 specifications Capturing Video and still images

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Capturing Video and still images

Full-motion video. The Digital VCR lets you capture a clip of full-motion video

plus audio from your video source and save it as an MPEG or AVI file on your computer’s hard disk. See Digital VCR on page 39 for details.

Still images. Capture full- color, 24-bit-per-pixel, still images from television, and MPEG clips (see Video CD on page 61), save them, and print them. The images are placed

in the Stills Gallery, which saves them as Windows-standard bitmaps (.bmp) or a wide variety of standard formats.

The Stills Gallery also supports most industry-standard graphics file formats, so you can insert the images into reports, presentations, letters, and other documents, to add impact to training applications and presentations. See Stills Gallery on page 55 for details.

Note

If the program is restricted by Parental Control, still capture is disabled (see Parental Control on page 33).

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Contents ATI Multimedia Center User’s Guide Disclaimer Table of Contents CD Audio Stills GalleryVideo CD File Player TV Out Multi-monitor support Teletext TroubleshootingSchedule Page Using Your ATI Multimedia Center Starting ATI Multimedia Center Using Your ATI Multimedia CenterStarting from LaunchPad To detach a panel Attaching and Detaching PanelsStarting from Windows taskbar To attach a panelOnline Help Using Your ATI Multimedia Center Video-In To start TVSetting up TV Initialization WizardSizing the TV display To resize the TV display using the mouseTo display preset sizes using the Ctrl key To display TV in full-screenSpecifies how closed-captioned text is displayed. You Enables the Secondary Audio ProgramTV Control menu About Displays the About dialog Exit Closes TVTV display settings To open the Display settingsTV video settings To open the Video settingsChannel Property Details TV Tuner settingsTo open the Tuner settings Channel NameSettings Global Mute Settings GlobalSAP Settings ChannelProgram Lockout Channel Specific Settings VideoColor Brightness Contrast Tint Broadcast Standard Closed CaptioningTo open the TV Stills Gallery settings TV Stills Gallery settingsTV Schedule settings To open the Schedule settingsTo open ATI TV Bar ATI TV BarATI TV Bar controls Channel Surfing To use Channel SurfingClosed Captioning Closed Caption settingsTo display closed-captioned text To set up closed captioning Click the Closed Caption tabHot Words To set up Hot Words TV Magazine To start TV MagazineFormat Overwrite files FileName File Remove AdvertisingTo hear the Secondary Audio Program Secondary Audio Program SAPZooming and panning To zoomVideo Desktop To restore your desktop pattern and TVTo unzoom Click Create New Program LockoutTo set program lockout To remove program lockoutParental Control To use Parental ControlCapturing Video and still images To capture still frames from Television TV-on-Demand To view time-shifted videoTo pause time-shifted video To return to live broadcastingTo play time-shifted video To change playback speed in time-shifted videoTo move within time-shifted video To export time-shifted videoSaving and compressing captured video Digital VCRTo start the Digital VCR Digital VCR settings To set up the Digital VCRPrompt Before To customize Mpeg recording settingsReal-time Mpeg encoding Recording Record forRecording Quality, click the Set Custom... button To access Mpeg propertiesAchieving the best results with Mpeg video capture To select I-frame-only Mpeg captureFormat Minimum Frame FramesOnly Mbps Required 160x120TV Listings To access TV Listings information from TVTo start TV Listings Registration Setting up TV ListingsTo download updated listings File menu, click Download Weekly FileGetting around RecordingViewing ViewsActors tab Filter optionsSelect the Use Station List checkbox to apply Searches Categories tabFavorite search Movies tab Schedules tab Searches tabSetting search parameters Sports tab Stations tabTitles tab Days and datesStills Gallery settings Stills GalleryTo set up the Stills Gallery Gallery tabTo start CD Audio CD AudioPoint at ATI Multimedia Center Click CD Audio Click the Setup button in the CD Audio control panel CD Audio settingsTo set up CD Audio Then click the CD Audio Settings tabCD Database To open the CD Audio CD DatabaseOnly perform remote queries when connected CD Audio Schedule settingsTo open the CD Audio Schedule settings DisableTo start Video CD Video CDPoint at ATI Multimedia Center Click Video CD Video CD Control menu To zoom in the zoomed area Capturing still frames from Video CDsTo capture still frames from Video CDs To unzoom or use predefined zoom levelsClick the Setup button in the Video CD control panel Video CD Display settingsTo open the Video CD Display settings Then click the Display tabTo open the Video CD Preferences settings Video CD Preferences settingsThen click the Preferences tab Video CD Stills Gallery settings To open the Video CD Stills Gallery settingsTo start DVD Point at ATI Multimedia CenterSizing the Video Display panel What can I play on my DVD drive?Full-screen controls Selecting audio streams Setting up sub-titlesPlaying DVD Video Disks To play DVD discsSearching DVD disks Using the menusSelecting viewing angle Parental Control DVD Control menu DVD display settings Preferred DVD Preferences settingsAlways power management always enabled LanguageDVD Closed Captioning DVD Video settingsTo open the DVD Video settings SaturationPlacement Closed DVD Schedule settingsTo open the DVD Schedule settings On MuteRegion Region codesRegion China To start File Player File PlayerPoint at ATI Multimedia Center Click File Player File Player Control menu Zooming and Panning LCD Display File Player Display settingsOptions Auto Hide Controls when in Full Screen TimeFile Player Schedule settings File Player Preferences settingsFile Player Stills Gallery settings To open the File Player Stills Gallery settingsSchedule Name Name of the event. Checked events are active Feature Schedule settingsTV Magazine, Video Capture, or Video CD TV Out To enable the television displayClick Displays Multi-monitor support TeletextAudio problems TroubleshootingAudio tab, check Show volume control on the Taskbar No sound from TV Can’t capture sound No sound on the videotape when outputting to a VCR Video problems Video is unstable or only black and whiteUsing Your ATI Multimedia Center Control menu ATI TV BarClosed-captioned text Control panelsHelp Using 7 Multi-monitor support Overview Parental ControlSecondary Audio Program Settings HotWordsTV Bar TV Channels Initialization Wizard TV display Tuner settingsSurfing TV ListingsWizard Video captureVideo CD Zoom and pan Zooming and panning