Overview

OVERVIEW

The PixeDV for Mac application allows you to do the following:

• Capture Real-Time from any video source into an MPEG1 or MPEG2 Movie

• Output MPEG1 or MPEG2 Video les to a VCR or TV

• Import other media(QuickTime, DV, Etc) into the PixeDV Album

• Manage and organize your media in the PixeDV Album

• Easily remove unwanted scenes from your captured MPEG movies.

quality in relation to le sizes.

PixeDV Capture Settings

LAUNCHING PIXEDV

If you plan to capture video, make sure the USB Instant DVD , your video sources and your Macintosh

are all connected properly. Please refer to the HARDWARE INSTALLATION section of this manual

if you need help.

Open the USB Instant DVD folder that you may have copied to your desktop or inside your

Macintosh Hard Drive.

You will see the following icons:

USB Instant DVD for MAC

screen that can take you to all the various functions of the PixeDV for MAC application as shown below:

For best performance, since you will be dealing with large les when capturing video, turn off the screen

saver and power saving on your Mac. It would also be best that you have no other programs running

when capturing video.

CAPTURING VIDEO

Clicking on the CAPTY button will take you to this window:

The rst step is to check your capture settings. Click on the tab that says capture. This will take you to

this window:

From this window you can select:

Video Input

Select MPEG1 if you plan to create a VCD Movie.

Select your quality level. For a more detailed explanation about Quality Levels, check the Capture Settings

table in the USING PixeDV for MAC Overview section of the MANUAL.

MPEG2

Select MPEG2 if you plan to create a DVD Movie.

Select your quality level. For a more detailed explanation about Quality Levels, check the Capture Settings

table in the USING PixeDV for MAC Overview section of the MANUAL.

Customize

Customize your capture settings. You can select your bit rate, capture image size and change the capture

settings from CBR to VBR. This means:

will be allocated more space to capture more detail.

Start capturing:

Once you have selected all your settings, you can now click on the Start Capture button to start

the capture process.

Video should start previewing on the blue area of the interface about 1 second after you click Start Capture.

This one second delay should be accounted for when you start capturing video.

With the capture process started, you will notice the status screen will start giving you specications on the le

you are capturing, how large it is and how much hard drive space you have left.

To stop the capture process, click on the STOP Capture Button. A thumbnail of the le you just captured

will appear, on the right. In the illustration shown above, 3 thumbnails are shown. This is for illustration

make sure that you select S-Video if you have an S-Video source or Composite if you have a composite

source plugged into the USB Instant DVD.

Global Preference

The Global Preference button that appears on the

upper right side of the capture screen manages:

1 – Import File Locations: Point to the correct directory

on your Mac for importing les

2 – Points to the directory where you want to create

PLAY LIST Files. In the ALBUM section of this

manual you can create play list’s for playing several

To export video back to a VCR , CAMCORDER or for preview on a TV MONITOR, click on the OUTPUT

Button on the main CAPTY interface. Clicking on OUTPUT will take you to this screen.

Drag thumbnails into the output box. You can drag as many les that you want in whatever order and

play them back.

Click on the START Button to start the export process. Click on the STOP Button to stop.

Once the export process is started, you will see this activity at the bottom left of the screen:

IMPORTANT: If for some reason you don’t see video out to your TV or video is not recording on your VCR,

check your cable connections. Please consult the HARDWARE INSTALLATION GUIDE section of this manual

for more instructions.