Changing System Settings

Settings are configured automatically before recording. If you would like to alter them, there are three sections to choose from:

·         Basic

·         Advanced

·         CPU Setting

·         Overlay Setting

Basic

This is the default tab where you may set another video capture device, audio capture device and modify video formats, video sources, audio formats and audio selections.

Video Option

Under Video Option, there are different options and dialog boxes depending on your video capture device driver— Video for Windows or WDM (Windows Driver Model) as pictured below:

 

Video Format for Video for Windows

In the Video Format section under Capture Format, RGB is an additive color model (color system) consisting of the three primary colors red, green, and blue. YUV is a color encoding-scheme for natural pictures in which the luminance and chrominance are separate. The human eye is less sensitive to color variations than to intensity variations, so YUV allows the encoding of luminance (Y) information at full bandwidth and chrominance (UV) information at half bandwidth.

 

The YUV color model luminosity and color values are processed separately. The YUV values are calculated by addition or subtraction of specifically formed RGB values. RGB is the default setting with 16 bit (the higher the bit, the better the quality but with more memory consumed).

 

Field Order (interlaced) does not have to be altered and doesn't impact codecs. Choosing a larger image size will consume more CPU resources.

 

Video Capture Pin for WDM

Refer to the previous section in selecting Frame Rate, Color Space, and Output Size.

 

Video Source for Video for Windows

The Video Source regulates all the input and its attributes. For video input, select the appropriate input method. Press TV Setting if you have a TV Tuner card installed appropriately along with its corresponding driver.

 

To adjust the brightness, hue, color, and saturation, click on the slider and drag. For the video standards, refer to the above About Television Standards' section in selecting the appropriate option.

 

Video Crossbar for WDM

Like its counterpart, input selection is located here along with the output selection. Alter the method of input if it is S-Video or Composite.

 

Video Capture Filter (Video Decoder & Video Proc Amp) for WDM

For the capture filter, there are two tabs. Here, they allow you to choose the proper TV standard along with adjusting the image displayed on your screen.

 

TV Tuner for WDM

You may choose channels through here and adjust the input (this is only applicable if you have a TV Tuner card).

Frame Rate

Refer to the above section, Configuring Your Recording Profile for more information on setting this option.

Audio Capture Device

Essentially, the default should be automatically set as your sound card.

Audio Option

You may create your own format along with an attribute and save it. Otherwise, select the attribute. The higher the MHz, bits, and KB/s, the better the quality but at the expense of more memory consumption.

Audio Selection

This adjusts playback and recording (microphone) volumes. Be sure Select is checked when recording.

Timer

The Timer located at the bottom enables you to set the maximum recording time. Simply check Enable and use the arrows to select the time or directly key it in.

Advanced

The Recording Option lets you choose the type of content you would like to record (only audio or video) while the Working Directory let's you determine the folder you want to save it in.

Flip Video

This option is for certain video formats (such as YUY2) provided by some hardware capture devices which will might be displayed as upside-down during recording.

Deinterlace

Check here to use the deinterlacing mode for interlaced content from high resolution sources or input. This selection also is best for interlaced video content from TV, for it will help exorcise your "ghosts." Be sure to know if your capture card is high or low resolution. This will be set as default for MPEG-2 quality recording.

Video Smoothing

Check here if video content is too fine and on the grainy side.

Video Noise Removal

Checked as default, it is employed during video content with motion by removing video artifacts.

Enable FF/Rew/Seek during Time-shifting Playback

This will be set as default and enables users to fast forward and rewind while utilizing the time-shifting playback feature during recording. Be sure that your CPU can support this load.

CPU Settings

This will be automatically determined by PowerVCR II according to your CPU. The instruction sets depend on your microprocessor, either produced by Intel or Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and optimizes and regulates multimedia tasks and configuration. All possible selections should be checked.

Overlay Setting

Force No Overlay

This is the default setting and allows PowerVCR II, as opposed to your hardware, to regulate the overlay mode for your video content (refer to the Video Overlay Mode section for more details).

 

Depending on your VGA graphics card and capture card, you may not be able to override the hardware default setting for video overlay. When hardware regulates overlay, less CPU resources are consumed, possesses better video quality, but is less stable than software.

Force Playback Video Overlay

Choose this selection if you prefer to and generally play video content instead of recording. The video quality in playback mode will be better than during recording live video. If you commonly use time-shifting playback, this is the appropriate selection.

Force Live Video Overlay

Choose this selection if you generally record video content from your TV tuner card or capture card and would prefer the live content you are recording to be good quality.