AVerMedia Technologies 1500 MCE - Manual (Page 34)

Chapter 7
DVR
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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.
Mute
Volume
Forward
Click to skip forward
in intervals
Backward
Click to move
backward in
intervals
Playback Seek
Drag the slider tab to
move to any part of
the recorded file
Record
Click to start
recording
Pause
Click to
temporarily
freeze the
playback
Stop
Click to stop
recording
or playback
Play
Click to
play back
Open File
Click to create
a playlist of
video files
to play back
Play Previous/
Next File
Click to go to
the previous/
next video file
in the playlist
Setup
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.)