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MYDVD 3.5 USER GUIDE
MyDVD: Get Started
CD-R/RW Discs
VCD on CD: 60-70 minutes of MPEG-1 video
DVD on CD* - 30-40 minutes of MPEG-2
(DVD) video on CD.
DVD-R/RW or DVD+R/RW Discs
DVD - Up to 2 hours of DVD audio and
video on a 4.7 GB DVD disk. Select from
Good, Better or Best Quality video setting.
The higher the quality, the smaller amount of
video will fit on a disc.
*When DVD on CD is selected, a DVD software player is auto-
matically burned on the CD so you can distribute to any Windows
user and they can playback the disk. No need for a DVD-ROM
drive.
This application allows you to capture, author & publish MPEG-1 (VCD) & MPEG-2
(DVD) video to CD or DVD disc.
Quick Capturing Video with MyDVD
9. Press Play on your camcorder or VCR and
you should see video in the preview Window.
10. Click the RED record button to begin
recording. Click this button again to stop
recording.
11. Click DONE when you are finished capturing
video.
Note: The video source (RCA or S-VHS) will match
your last selection in CapWiz. Example: If you last
used S-VHS as your video input source in CapWiz,
this is the connection that MyDVD will attempt to use
for video capture.
To use RCA video input as your source in MyDVD,
Start CapWiz, change your video input to RCA.
Preview video to confirm then close CapWiz and begin
capture in MyDVD.
1. Start MyDVD and select Create DVD or
Create VCD
2. The Welcome screen will appear, Click New
MyDVD Project.
3. Select the Background style for your project
and Click Finish.
4. Click the Capture icon and the Capture to disk
screen will appear.
5. Click the CHANGE button to select Line-In for
the audio source.
6. Video Device will be displayed as: “Stream
Machine USB Video”
7. For DVD – select video quality – Good, Better
or Best.
8. To automatically set chapter points – Click
Create Chapter points, set to create chapters in
specified minutes or seconds.
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