User manual ATI ATI-TV WONDER VE

[. . . ] ATI-TVTM Wonder VE Getting Started and User's Guide The PCI-based TV Tuner and Video Capture Card Disclaimer The manufacturer (MFR) reserves the right to make changes to this document and the products which it describes without notice. The MFR shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions made herein; nor for incidental or consequential damages resulting from the furnishing, performance, or use of this material. The MFR makes no representation that the interconnection of products in the manner described herein will not infringe on existing or future patent rights, nor do the descriptions contained herein imply the granting of license to make, use or sell equipment constructed in accordance with this description. The PCI accelerators have been designed to support the PCI local bus standards. [. . . ] Color Setting Click Warm or Cool Video Capture Click Interlaced, Both Fields, or One Field. Channel Specific Settings Broadcast Standard Choose the broadcast standard for this channel. Video Properties Adjust the color, brightness, contrast, and tint for this channel. Set program lockout for this channel (see Program Lockout on page 21 for details). Channel in Favorite List 20 Using the ATI Multimedia Center TV Player Schedule settings You can schedule the TV Player to play on the dates and times you specify. You can also schedule events for the Audio CD Player, Video-CD Player, and Video Capture. To open the TV Player Schedule settings page Click the Setup button in the TV Player control panel, then click the Schedule tab. See Schedule on page 39 for details. Zooming and unzooming To select and enlarge a portion of the display 1 2 Click within the display panel. Hold down the mouse button and draw a rectangle around the area you want to zoom. To return your display to normal, click the Unzoom button in the control panel. Video Desktop To replace your desktop pattern with live TV display when you minimize the TV Player Click the Setup button in the TV Player control panel, click the Display tab, then check Video Desktop. When you minimize the TV Player, live TV display replaces your desktop. A TV icon appears in the "tray" on the right side of the Windows® taskbar. Click the icon to display a small control Using the ATI Multimedia Center panel that you can use to change channels and control the volume. If you do not have a TV tuner, this control panel containing volume and mute controls is available. To restore your desktop pattern and the TV Player Click the TV button in the Windows® taskbar. 21 Program Lockout NOTE If you forget your password, you must uninstall and reinstall your TV Player software to view passwordprotected programs. Program Lockout lets you block particular programs at specific times, and set a password to unlock them. To lock out a program 1 2 3 4 5 Click the Setup button in the TV Player control panel, then click the Tuner tab. In the channel list, locked-out channels have a padlock to the right of the channel name. 22 Using the ATI Multimedia Center To remove program lock 1 2 3 4 5 6 Click the Setup button in the TV Player control panel, then click the Tuner tab. Capture a stream of full-motion video plus audio from your video source and save it as an . AVI file on your computer's hard disk. Capture fullcolor, 24-bit-per-pixel, still images from television, and MPEG clips (see Video-CD Player on page 32) save them, and print them. The images are placed in the Stills Gallery, which saves them as Windowsstandard bitmaps (. bmp). The Stills Gallery also supports most industry-standard graphics file formats, so you can insert the images into reports, presentations, letters, and other documents, to add impact to training applications and presentations. See Stills Gallery on page 26 for details. Using the ATI Multimedia Center Recording a stream of video and audio or stop-motion video from TV To record a stream of video and audio 23 Right-click the Record button in the TV Player control panel, then click Stream Capture in the menu. The Digital VCR starts recording video and audio to an. AVI file on your computer's hard disk. To record a sequence of still frames (stop-motion) Right-click the Record button, in the TV Player control panel, then click Sequence Capture in the menu. [. . . ] The Schedule Wizard will guide you through creating new scheduled events. Step 4 of the Wizard asks if you want to set up feature-specific settings (for example, if you are recording video, you can specify quality and duration for particular events). When you click the Finish button, your event is added to the scheduled event list; checked items are active. 40 Using the ATI Multimedia Center 41 CHAPTER 3 Troubleshooting The Readme file found on the ATI installation CD ROM, will contain last minute information not provided in the User's Guide. Because a typical computer system consists of many different parts, difficulties may arise from a combination of items. [. . . ]