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Capture TV footage directly into your computer

Capturing footage straight onto a DVD

Keep in mind that capturing TV footage takes up a large portion of hard disk space. To preserve room in your hard disk, you can capture using the Direct to Disc feature to create a DVD, VCD, SVCD, or DVD-VR formatted movie. With Straight to Disc, captured footage is transferred directly onto a CD or DVD.


To capture footage directly onto a disc:

  1. Hook up the broadcast feed from a roof-top antenna or CATV cable onto the TV input jack of your computer. See Step 1 on the first procedure.

  2. Insert a disc into your burner.

  3. Open Ulead DVD MovieFactory.

  4. Specify an Output disc format by clicking the CD or DVD icon on the upperleft part of the Launcher and then click Straight to Disc. You can create a DVD, VCD, SVCD, or DVD-VR formatted movie.

  5. Select your TV tuner card/capture device from Source.

  6. Enter the TV channel you want to capture. Click Show/Hide Options Panel to view other capturing options.

  7. Click Burner Settings to enter the disc volume name and select the disc burner to use.

  8. Click Create Menu to open the Create Menu dialog box. Use the design options in the Create Menu dialog box to customize your movie project.
    1. Select Menu template to select a menu template category then double-click the design thumbnail you want to use.
    2. To change title headings, double-click the text on the template then replace it with your own.
    3. To change the background, click Background Image and locate the JPEG or BMP file.
    4. To add background music, click Background Music and locate the WMA, WAV, or MP3 file.
  1. Select the capture format from Format.

  2. Click Start capture to start capturing. To pause, click Pause capture.

  3. Click Stop capture or press [Esc] to stop capturing.

Use the DVD-VR format if you want to create movie projects that are readily available and editable on-disc. Of course, you can add text, titles, background audio, and use DVD menu templates in this format just as you can in a typical DVD movie project. If you want to add and capture the succeeding footage, you just have to insert the same disc, click Edit CD or Edit DVD on the Launcher and then add new footage.
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