Triplett CobraCam USB III – PN: 8106 - Manual (Page 6)

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Saving Pictures: (PC Only)
After ViewPlayCap is running, take a ‘snapshot’ by pressing the Snapshot button on the
CobraCam USB 3. The snapshot will appear in a viewing window. It may appear in the
default photo editing application already installed on the computer. Additional button
presses will snap additional photos. Edit and Save the photos using standard procedures.
MAC Saving Pictures:
After “Photo Booth” is running, take a ‘snapshot’ by pressing the red /white camera icon
in the “Photo Booth” software. Pictures will be automatically be saved to “Photo Booth”,
but can be exported to other areas by left clicking and selecting “Export”. To view or play
the files, find them in the locations that they were saved to, then click on them to open.
“Preview” will be used for images and “Quick Time” will be used for Video.
Saving Video: (PC Only)
Start ViewPlayCap. Click the File tab, select Set Capture File and the Set Capture File win-
dow will open. Choose a location to save the video. Give a name to the file. Click Open.
The Set File Size window will open. Enter a maximum file size (Note: .avi files use about
10MB per second) Click OK. The window will close and the main ViewPlayCap window will
be displayed. Click on the Capture tab then select Start Capture. The Ready to Capture
window will open. To start recording video, click OK. The Ready to Capture window will
close, displaying the main ViewPlayCap window showing the video image that is being
recorded. The recording will stop when the file reaches the maximum size (or maximum
time). To stop recording video, click the Capture tab and select Stop Capture.
Note: Video files can be very large. To reduce the size of the file, capture it a low frame rates
and low resolution.
MAC Saving Video:
After “Photo Booth” is running, take a ‘video’ by pressing the red /white film icon on the
left in the “Photo Booth” software. The Icon should move to center, press again to start
recording. Videos will be automatically be saved to “Photo Booth”, but can be exported to
other areas by left clicking and selecting “Export”.
To view or play the files, find them in the locations that they were saved to, then click on
them to open. “Preview” will be used for images and “Quick Time” will be used for videos
Viewing Snapshots and Video:
ViewPlayCap does not contain viewers for the saved snapshots or
video. Windows contains various ‘viewers’ and ‘players’ for these files.
To view or play the files, find them in the locations that they were
saved to, then click on them to open them with a Windows viewer
or player. The snapshots can usually be viewed in Windows Explorer,
and the video can usually be viewed in Windows Media Player.
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