Capturing Analog Home Video

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The TV tuner card of your PC allows you to play television programs in Media Center. The TV tuner card also allows you to connect a VCR, a camcorder, or another analog video device to the PC, and then capture your home video as a file.

You cannot play a television program and capture analog video at the same time.

To connect the analog home video source and record

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You can select the Help menu and then click Help in the InterVideo WinDVD Creator program for more information about capturing and recording analog video files.

1 Open Media Center. Click Start, and then click Media Center.

2 To cancel any TV programs recording or scheduled for recording during this capture procedure:

aClick My TV, Recorded TV, and then click Scheduled.

bSelect any program scheduled for the same time as you are capturing your video, and then click Don’t Record.

3 Close Media Center. You can now safely use the analog capture feature in WinDVD Creator. Turn off the PC before connecting your video device to the front of the PC.

4 Click Start, click Turn Off Computer, and then click Turn Off.

5 Use a composite video cable or an S-video cable to connect your analog home video source (VCR or camcorder) to the S-video Input_2 or the composite Input_2 connector on the front of the PC.

6 Connect the left and right audio signals from your video device to the front panel left and right audio input_2 connectors.

7 Press the On button on the front of the chassis to turn on the PC.

8 Turn on your analog home video source device.

9 Click Start, choose All Programs, Video, InterVideo WinDVD Creator, and then click InterVideo WinDVD Creator again.

10 Select the capture option in the WinDVD Creator window. Follow the instructions in “Capturing Video with a Capture Card” on page 140.

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