2.) Connected Instant DVD to the Power Supply and USB Port on your PC. 3.) Installed USB drivers and verified the device is properly installed 4.) Installed all necessary software applications required for proper operation. 5.) Now you are ready to Start Making DVD Movies. 8. Start Making DVD Movies Now you are ready to start capturing video. We have created the Capture Wizard application to allow you to quickly capture and export video on your PC without learning how to edit video or author a DVD. Use the Capture Wizard application to test video capture and playback of video before moving on to Video Studio 7 or DVD Movie Factory. We have created a simple getting started Wizard that allows you to verify your connections and make the proper setup choices before capturing video. USB Instant DVD Capture Wizard Step One: Open Cap Wiz. Click the Cap Wiz icon on your Desktop Or Click “Start” -> “Programs” -> “ADS Tech Instant DVD” and click on “Capwiz” Choose worldwide video standard based on country – For Users in North America, you will select NTSC. For Users in Europe and many other countries you will select PAL. For more information on these standards, click on “Learn more about worldwide video standards” Step Two: Select Video Inputs &Outputs Choose RCA or S-Video based on your video source INSTANT DVD 2.0 Page 16 Step Three: Create file name and select file location We will automatically select ‘My Documents\My Videos” as the location to store your video files. You can select a different location if you desire. Step Four: Choose video format In this step you will select between MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video compression formats. Select MPEG-2 if you wish to capture video in the highest quality DVD format. Select MPEG-1 if you want to capture video in the VCD format. The Disk Space indicator shows the amount of disk space you have available and an example of how much video you can capture if you selected MPEG-2 at 3 Mb/sec. For more information on these MPEG, click on “Learn more about video formats” Ready Now you are ready to start viewing and capturing video. You will need to start your camcorder or VCR playing. Press Play on your video source (VCR, DVD player, etc.). Click Finish and the Wizard screen will disappear and you will see the full Capture Wizard interface. INSTANT DVD 2.0 Page 17 Using Capture Wizard Video Capture/Playback tool for the first time: You have just completed the Wizard screens to ensure that you have connected your video cables, selected your video format and now you are ready to capture video. The Capture Wizard Interface Menu Options File Name Auto-Naming/Unique Name Playback List Box Application Links Record/Play Controls Preview and Record Video 1.) Be sure your video device is playing a video 2.) Click “Preview” and you will see video playing in the preview window. You will notice the status indicators are Blue and are displaying “Preview”. 3.) Click the “Stop” ( ¦ ) button or press the “esc” key on your keyboard to stop video preview. 4.) If you Click the Red “Record” ( . ) button while previewing video, the video will stop momentarily, then start again. When the video preview starts again, you are recording. You will notice the status indicators have turned red and are displaying “Record”. 5.) To Stop recording, press the “Stop” ( ¦ ) button or press the “esc” key on your keyboard. 6.) You will notice that the file name has been added to the playback list box. Status Indicator INSTANT DVD 2.0 Page 18 Ways to begin Recording 1. You can start recording from the Stop or idle status in CapWiz or while you are previewing video. 2. Click the red record( . ) button to begin recording at any time. 3. To Stop recording, Click the “Stop” ( ¦ ) button or the “esc” key on your keyboard. 4. The video will be displayed in the resolution you selected for the video capture: a. VCD 352 x 240 NTSC / 352 x 288 PAL b. SVCD 480 x 480 NTSC / 480 x 576 PAL c. DVD 720 x 480 NTSC /720 x 576 PAL Playback Captured Video Captured video files can be displayed on your computer monitor or be decoded through Instant DVD for display on a TV or recorded to video tape. Use the “Playback On” selection to determine where video will be displayed. Playback on the computer screen: This is the default setting. Video will be played back at the resolution it was captured in. 1.) Click on the file name in the Playback List Box, then click on the “Play” (>) button. You may also double click on the file name for Instant Playback. You will notice that the status indicator turns Green and the display changes to Play. 2.) To Stop Playback, Click the Stop ( ¦ ) button or press the “esc” key on your keyboard. INSTANT DVD 2.0 Page 19 Seek through the video If you have recorded a long video, you may want to jump ahead to a specific point in the video file and continue play back from that point. 1.) Click the “Pause” (П) button. 2.) Use your mouse to drag the playback position slider to the point you desire. 3.) Click the “Play” (>) ...