Video Preview
Previewing video in AMCap is the easiest way for you to try your webcam or any video capture source (a TV tuner, a video capture card or device, a DV camcorder, etc.) If you only have one webcam as a video capture source, you should actually have nothing to configure but the video preview size.
1. Select the video source and set video parameters
- select the video capture source (e.g. your webcam) from which you want to capture video in the Devices menu. This is not needed if you only have one source.
- in the case of an analog video capture source, adjust the video standard from the Options > Video Capture Filter... menu.
- if your video capture source provides hardware compression, you may tick the Options > MPEG2 menu for better preview and capture performances. (MPEG2 is usually only supported by some tuner and video capture cards.)
- if the video capture source has multiple inputs, select the right input from the Options > Crossbar Video Input menu.
2. Select the audio source (optional)
If you want to listen to audio as well:
- select the audio capture source in the Devices menu.
- select the right audio input in the Options > Audio Input menu.
- if an Options > Crossbar Audio Input menu is available, make sure the right audio input is selected.
or
- tick the Capture audio from video source option in the Devices menu if the video capture source also provides audio (e.g. a TV tuner or a DV camcorder.) In this case, the possibly selected audio source is ignored.
3. Enable the preview and change the preview size
- tick the Options > Preview menu if it is not already ticked.
- click the Options > Video Preview Pin... menu to change the preview size. If this menu is not available, click the Options > Video Capture Pin... menu instead.
If your video capture source is an analog TV tuner, please check Watching TV for more details and to learn how to configure the TV programs.