Eurocom LV220 ViiVA - Manual (Page 109)

Modules
PC Camera Module 7 - 21
7
BisonCam
BisonCam is a video viewer useful for general purpose video viewing and testing,
and can capture video files to .avi format.
1. Run the BisonCam program from the Start > Programs/All Programs > Bison-
Cam menu (it is recommended that you set the capture file before the capture
process - see Set Capture File below).
2. Go to the Capture menu heading (if you wish to capture audio check “PC Camera
Audio Setup” on page 7 - 19 ) and select Start Capture.
3. On the first run of the program (if you have not set the captured file) you will be
asked to choose a file name and size (see the sidebar - Pre-Allocating File
Space) for the captured file.
4. Click OK to start capturing the video, and press Esc to stop the capture.
5. If you wish to, you may go to the File menu and select Save Captured Video
As..., choose a file name and location, then click Open (you can view the file using
the Windows Media Player).
Set Capture File
You will only be asked to set the capture file name on the first run of the BisonCam
program. When you run the program the next time the file will automatically be
overwritten with the newly captured file. To avoid overwriting files you can go to
the Set Capture File.. option in the File menu, and set the file name and location
before capture. Set the name and location then click Open
(you can choose Cancel
to ignore the file size if prompted).

Pre-Allocating File
Space
You may pre-allocate
the file size for the cap-
ture file in the Bison-
Cam program. You
can choose to ignore
this by clicking Cancel.
Pre-allocating space
on the hard disk can
improve the capture
quality (particularly of
large capture files), by
reducing the amount of
work the hard disk has
to do in finding space
for the video data as it
is being captured.
You may find it helpful
to defragment the HDD
before capture.