System Settings, Storage, Backup, Video/Audio

Storage

This section allows you to choose the location where Totem will save files.

 

Backup

Backup allows you to select a location for backup copies of files and to choose whether backups should be done automatically.

 

Video/Audio

The right tab, “Video/Audio” will take you to a screen with a pull-down menu for selecting the quality of video and audio clips.  In order to record video clips that are compressed to take up a minimum amount of space Totem’s default setting is Low.   You can change the settings to medium, or high if you want to record video files that are larger in size and of better quality but beware of recording files that are too large to distribute easily.  The bottom of this screen has buttons for “Advanced Audio Settings” and “Advanced Video Settings.”  

 

Choosing advanced settings give you complete control over the audio and video compression schemes used when making audio and video recordings.  The available schemes depend upon the version of Quicktime installed on your computer, Totem requires Quicktime 6.0 or greater.  Totem’s default (Low) setting uses a medium MPEG-4 compression at 10 FPS with a data rate limited to 75 Kbp/s.  The audio is compressed using IMA 4:1 sampled at a 44.1 Khz ,16 bits, mono.  These settings are optimum for recording small clips at a decent quality with the goal of fitting ~ 1 hour of video (along with the Totem Media Player) onto a 700MB CD.  Customize the settings to meet your particular needs. Google “compression codec” to learn more.