There are two ways of recording movies with the Connectivity software:
To start a the movie recording process, simply start the "Continuous View mode" and press the "Start Movie Recording" button on the tool bar or select the "Start Movie Recording" menu item from the "File" menu.
The application will now start to add every captured picture to a temporary movie file until you stop the movie recording or your hard disk gets full.
To stop the recording, just press the "Stop Movie Recording" button on the tool bar or select the "Stop Movie Recording" menu item from the "File" menu.
A "Save Movie" dialog box will now ask you for the file name and the location to store the recorded movie. All movies will be stored as AVI files.
To pause a movie recording, simply press the "Pause Movie Recording" button on the tool bar or select the "Pause Movie Recording" menu item from the "File" menu.
To resume a paused movie recording, simply press the "Resume Movie Recording" button on the tool bar or select the "Resume Movie Recording" menu item from the "File" menu.
It is also possible to add only selected pictures captured from the Visualizer to the movie. This is called "Frame By Frame" recording and can be used to create animated video clips. After you've captured the picture you want to add to your movie with the "Still Image" function of the application, simply press the "Start Movie Recording" button on the tool bar or select the "Start Movie Recording" menu item from the "File" menu.
The currently displayed picture will be added to the movie and the recording process will start to wait for the next picture (frame) to be added. Additional pictures can now be captured by using the "Still Image" function and added to the movie by pressing the "Resume Movie Recording" button on the tool bar or select the "Resume Movie Recording" menu item from the "File" menu.
To stop the movie recording process press the "Stop Movie Recording" button on the tool bar or select the "Stop Movie Recording" menu item from the "File" menu.
After stopping the movie recording a dialog box will be displayed which asks you for the frame rate value. This value can be entered in two different ways:
Frame rate in frames/second
Frame rate in display duration for a single frame
Which way the application will use can be specified at the Video tab on the "Preferences" dialog box.
A "Save Movie" dialog box will now ask you for the file name and the location to store the recorded movie. All movies will be stored as AVI files.
The Connectivity software can use nearly all codecs (video compressors) installed on your computer. For example a standard Windows XP installation comes with about 10 different codecs for the Windows Media Player (WMF, MPEG etc.). Most additional codecs added by other windows applications (for example video editing software / hardware) can be used as well. The video resolution and detailed settings of the used codecs can be adjusted in the "Preferences" window. The codec can be selected on the Video tab in the "Preferences" dialog box. note
Among the standard Windows XP codecs WolfVision recommends the "Indeo Video 5.10" codec to achieve best results regarding quality and performance. In the "Properties" of the codec, the option "Quick Compress" is also recommended.
The WolfVision Connectivity software provides a standard Windows "Video Capture Driver" which can be activated on the General tab in the "Preferences" dialog box. This driver is like a "TWAIN driver for video". You can view, edit and save live pictures from the Visualizer on your computer in almost every modern video editing software (e.g. Windows Movie Maker, Adobe Premiere etc.) or you can use the live video stream in a video conferencing software like Netmeeting. The Video Capture Driver is supported under Windows 2000, XP, XP64, Vista and Vista64.