Chapter 7

DVR

Chapter 7

DVR

You can use your computer as a digital video recorder, and record your favorite TV programs or capture video from an external source into your hard drive. Record programs or video in high-quality AVI, MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 file format. You can also save the recordings in VCD, SVCD or DVD format for burning on discs.

When playing back a recorded file, you can view it individually or simultaneously play the recording while watching live TV in a picture-in-picture window.

DVR Controls

Use the following button controls for recording and video playback.

Forward

Click to skip forward in intervals

 

Playback Seek

Backward

Drag the slider tab to

move to any part of

Click to move

the recorded file

backward in

 

 

intervals

 

 

 

 

 

Play Previous/ Next File

Click to go to the previous/ next video file in the playlist

Open File

Click to create a playlist of video files

to play back

Setup

Mute

 

 

Record

 

 

Pause

 

 

 

Volume

Play

Stop

 

Click to start

 

Click to

 

 

Click to

recording

Click to stop

 

 

temporarily

 

 

play back

 

recording

 

 

freeze the

 

 

or playback

 

 

playback

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recording Programs or Video

Select a TV channel that is showing the TV program that you want to record. Whereas

to record video, click to switch to the Composite or S-Video source. Then follow the procedure below to record.

1.First, determine the length of recording you want and the destination folder

where to save the recording. Click the Setup button and click the

Record Storage tab. Then specify a Duration or choose the Unlimited

recording option. Click to choose a destination folder. (Refer to the section titled Setup for more details.)

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