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Video display appears  | The CPU in your  | ✔ Change to a lower frame rate  | |
to be dropping frames  | computer is not powerful  | (High sharpness) on the “Video  | |
  | enough for the selected  | ||
  | Settings” window.  | ||
  | camera mode  | ||
  | ✔ On the PictureWorks Live  | ||
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  | “Camera” menu, change the  | |
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  | window size to Small.  | |
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  | ✔ Close some software  | |
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  | applications to free up memory  | |
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  | and/or CPU power.  | |
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Captured videos appear  | ✔ The CPU in your  | ✔ Change to a lower frame rate  | |
slower than expected or  | computer is not  | (High sharpness) on the “Video  | |
are dropping frames  | |||
powerful enough for  | Settings” window.  | ||
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  | the selected camera  | ✔ On the PictureWorks Live  | |
  | mode  | “Camera” menu, change the  | |
  | ✔ The camera is set to  | ||
  | window size to Small.  | ||
  | a low frame rate  | ✔ On the “Camera Setup”  | |
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  | window, set the Finished Size  | |
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  | for videos to 160 x 120.  | |
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  | ✔ Exit PictureWorks Live so that  | |
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  | you are not trying to play back  | |
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  | a video while previewing live  | |
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  | video from your camera. When  | |
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  | you play back the recorded  | |
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  | video without the camera  | |
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  | running, the video should play  | |
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  | back smoother.  | |
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When switching  | When using  | Manually change the quality  | |
between Video and Still  | PictureWorks Live, the  | setting on the “Camera Setup”  | |
mode in PictureWorks  | camera will always  | window.  | |
Live, the display image  | change to High Quality  | 
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looks different  | mode when switched  | 
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  | from Video to Still mode  | 
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