ADS Technologies ELT-201 User Manual
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8. Installation Summary
By now you should have completed the following:
1.) Made all of the Audio and Video connections between Instant DVD and your Audio/Video equipment.
2.) Connected Instant DVD to the Power Supply and USB Port on your PC.
3.) Installed USB drivers and veried the device is properly installed
4.) Installed all necessary software applications required for proper operation.
5.) Now you are ready to Start Making DVD Movies.
8. Start Making DVD Movies
Now you are ready to start capturing video. We have created the Capture Wizard application to allow you to quickly
capture and export video on your PC without learning how to edit video or author a DVD. Use the Capture Wizard
application to test video capture and playback of video before moving on to Video Studio 7 or DVD Movie Factory.
We have created a simple getting started Wizard that allows you to verify your connections and make the proper
setup choices before capturing video.
USB Instant DVD Capture Wizard
Step One: Open Cap Wiz.
Click the Cap Wiz icon on your Desktop
Or Click “Start” -> “Programs” -> “ADS Tech Instant DVD” and click on
“Capwiz”
Choose worldwide video standard based on country – For Users in North
America, you will select NTSC. For Users in Europe and many other countries you will select PAL.
For more information on these standards, click on “Learn more about worldwide video standards”
Step Two: Select Video Inputs &Outputs
Choose RCA or S-Video based on your video source
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Step Three: Create le name and select le location
We will automatically select ‘My Documents\My Videos” as the
location to store your video les. You can select a different
location if you desire.
Step Four: Choose video format
In this step you will select between MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video
compression formats. Select MPEG-2 if you wish to capture
video in the highest quality DVD format. Select MPEG-1 if you
want to capture video in the VCD format.
The Disk Space indicator shows the amount of disk space you
have available and an example of how much video you can capture if you selected MPEG-2 at 3 Mb/sec.
For more information on these MPEG, click on “Learn more about
video formats”
Ready
Now you are ready to start viewing and capturing video. You will need to
start your camcorder or VCR playing. Press Play on your video source
(VCR, DVD player, etc.).
Click Finish and the Wizard screen will disappear and you will see the
full Capture Wizard interface.
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Using Capture Wizard Video Capture/Playback tool for the rst time:
You have just completed the Wizard screens to ensure that you have connected your video cables, selected your
video format and now you are ready to capture video.
The Capture Wizard Interface
Menu Options
File Name
Auto-Naming/Unique Name
Playback List Box
Application Links
Record/Play Controls
Status Indicator
Preview and Record Video
1.) Be sure your video device is playing a video
2.) Click “Preview” and you will see video playing in the preview window. You will notice the status indicators
are Blue and are displaying “Preview”.
3.) Click the “Stop” ( ■ ) button or press the “esc” key on your keyboard to stop video preview.
4.) If you Click the Red “Record” ( ● ) button while previewing video, the video will stop momentarily, then
start again. When the video preview starts again, you are recording. You will notice the status indicators
have turned red and are displaying “Record”.
5.) To Stop recording, press the “Stop” ( ■ ) button or press the “esc” key on your keyboard.
6.) You will notice that the le name has been added to the playback list box.
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Ways to begin Recording
1. You can start recording from the Stop or idle status in CapWiz or while you are previewing video.
2. Click the red record( ● ) button to begin recording at any time.
3. To Stop recording, Click the “Stop” ( ■ ) button or the “esc” key on your keyboard.
4. The video will be displayed in the resolution you selected for the video capture:
a. VCD 352 x 240 NTSC / 352 x 288 PAL
b. SVCD 480 x 480 NTSC / 480 x 576 PAL
c. DVD 720 x 480 NTSC /720 x 576 PAL
Playback Captured Video
Captured video les can be displayed on your computer monitor or be decoded through Instant DVD for display on a
TV or recorded to video tape. Use the “Playback On” selection to determine where video will be displayed.
Playback on the computer screen:
This is the default setting. Video will be played back at the resolution it was captured in.
1.) Click on the le name in the Playback List Box, then click on the “Play” (►) button. You may also double click on
the le name for Instant Playback. You will notice that the status indicator turns Green and the display changes to
Play.
2.) To Stop Playback, Click the Stop ( ■ ) button or press the “esc” key on your keyboard.
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