ATI Technologies ATI Multimedia Center 8.1 specifications To set up the Personal Video Recorder

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To set up the Personal Video Recorder
	Click the Setup button in the TV control panel, then click
	the Personal Video Recorder tab.
Selection	Function
Recording	Check DVD, Good, Longer, Video CD, or Custom.
Preset	(The higher the quality, the less video you will be able to
These settings	store on a disk.)
	Note: The Video CD setting lets you create Video-CD-
are dependent
	compliant files that can be played on most consumer
upon your
	DVD players. To create a CD containing the Video CD
system
	files, you need a writable CD drive and accompanying CD
configuration.
	creation software.
Each can be
customized.	For extremely fine control, click the Map Preset button to
	open the Recording Presets, where you can create and
	modify preset recording formats.

Click the Create New... button to create a new recording preset. The Recording Wizard guides you through the process.

Click the Edit... button to create a modified copy of an existing recording preset, or to edit one of your own custom settings. The Recording Wizard will guide you through the process.

•Step 2 of the Recording Wizard provides a deinterlacing option. Select it to prevent horizontal streaks (“combing”) in captured video.

The following, advanced recording settings are available when you click the Map Preset button:

Time lapse recording

Record video-only, frame-by-frame and save it to an MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 file. You can also manually trigger recording from your keyboard, mouse, or other device. You can use this feature to create stop-motion video (for example, Claymation® -type video).

Click the Map Preset button, then click Time Lapse. To edit the preset, click the Edit button, and follow the on- screen steps.