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Enjoy Home Videos on Your ViewSonic Network
Capture and Stream
Minimum Requirements - Hardware
Minimum Requirements - Software
Capturing and streaming video to your ViewSonic media network
- Ensure your computer system meets the minimum hardware and software requirements listed in Section B.
- Use of the following methods to transfer the video to your computer:
- Video Capture Software/MPEG2
This is the easiest way to capture video directly to your PC in MPEG2 format. Saving in this format allows you to edit the video once it is on your computer. You can set the bit rate to be constant or variable. The recommended average bit rate for MPEG2 is between 3Mbps to 5Mbps, but can go as high as 7Mbps. Higher bit rates offer greater picture clarity, but also use more space on your hard drive.
- Movie Maker
If you use Movie Maker to capture your video, you will need to use a video capture software (see list below) to convert your files from the file format they are saved in (WMV9 to MPEG2, AVI, etc.) to MPEG2.
- Capture via S-Video or Composite
In order to capture via S-video or Composite, your PC must have a video capture card. Download the files to your PC and then use the software included with the card to do any simple editing.
- Once the files are stored on your PC, transfer them to your ViewSonic gateway (WMG80 or WMG120) by dragging the files into your gateway "Video" folder.
Additional Details
- You can now enjoy streaming video throughout your network without turning your PC on.
Minimum Computer System Requirements
Hardware
- PC must have one of the following video capturing options:
- FireWire (Recommended)
- This port typically available from an add-on such as Creative Labs Sound Blaster card.
- This port may be included with some multimedia PCs such as Sony, Shuttle PCs, MSI, Media Center PCs and sometimes is integrated on the PC motherboard.
- Analog video such as Composite or S-Video
- This option is typically available from an add-on video capture card from AVerMedia, Hauppauge, Pinnacle and others.
- PC should have a Pentium 4 processor with at least 512MB of system memory and ample storage capacity.
- Microsoft® Windows® XP Operating System
Video Capture Software
Video capture software is offered by a variety of companies. We do not recommend any particular software. The list below is provided for your convenience and is not a complete list of companies providing this software.
- TMPGEnc 3.0 XPress (http://www.pegasys-inc.com/en/index.html)
- High quality encode
- Higher level users
- Bitrate setting flexibility
- Supports transferring files from WMV to MPEG2 format
- Blaze Media Pro (http://www.blazemp.com/)
- Simple user interface
- Average quality encoding
- Supports transferring files from WMV to MPEG2 format
- Pinnacle Studio (http://www.pinnaclesys.com/)
- Good for encoding home video from digital video cameras
- Supports DVD, SVCD, VCD authoring
- Supports transferring files from WMV to MPEG2 format
- Ulead VideoStudio (http://www.ulead.com/vs/runme.htm)
- Most common software bundled with capture cards
- Simple to use
- Average encode quality
- Supports transferring files from WMV to MPEG2 format
- Sonic or Roxio Products (www.sonic.com)
- Most common software bundled with capture cards
- Simple to use
- Average encode quality
- Supports transferring files from Media Center recorded TV files
- Sonic owns ArcSoft.
- ArcSoft Products (http://www.arcsoft.com/en/)
- Most common software bundled with capture cards
- Simple to use
- Average encode quality
- ArcSoft is a division of Sonic
Please Note: ViewSonic is not responsible for any incompatibility between software and hardware. These are only suggestions and not all are tested and verified. It is the user's responsibility to do additional research on the ease of use, compatibility, system requirements, magazine reviews and decide which software is best for their video capturing and home movie editing.
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