As one of the three core modules of XmediaStorm, the video manager takes care of video capturing, playing back, broadcasting and video management. In order to capture video, it requires a video capture device like capture card, TV tuner card or a IEEE1394 (firewire port). If you don't have any capturing device installed, then you can only use it as a video player to playback the existing video files or a web streaming server to broadcast existing video on the hard disk.
Features:
| · | Support most video capture cards, TV tuner card, DV Camera, webcam and VCR. Support IEEE1394 (iLink, Firewire) connection.
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| · | Support most video formats like uncompressed AVI, WM9, MPEG4, ASF, WMV etc...
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| · | Able to Record and encode directly to WM9 or MPEG4 format (need WM9 runtime and MPEG4 codec).
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| · | Play back the video file while recording is still in progress (when record to WM9 format only).
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| · | Scheduled recording of video and TV programs.
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| · | Superimpose text and timestamp to video on the fly. Flexible text style.
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| · | Record video on motion detect. user selectable motion detect sensitivity.
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| · | Built-in channel manager for TV tuner cards. Auto tune and select channels using built-in TV control panel.
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| · | Control DV cameras to play, pause, record, fast forward, rewind, step forward and time code searching from the software's built-in DV control panel.
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| · | Import and index existing video files from local or network drives into video library.
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| · | Capture still frames from video to clip board or to own video library.
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| · | Powerful video player with full screen playback. Play back full screen video on second monitor if dual monitor card is installed.
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| · | Play back only the 'favorite' part of video without tampering the whole footage.
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| · | Launch your favorite third party video editor from XmediaStorm to edit selected video.
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| · | Convert video files to different formats.
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| · | Store meta data (ie, story written for the video) together with video.
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The video control panel consists of three sub-panels: Video recorder panel, video player panel and TV control panel. The TV control panel is hidden behind video player and can be called out by clicking button 'TV'. Below are screenshots of panels and description for each button function.
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DESCRIPTION
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Record start date and time
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Current time code (if connected to a VCR)
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Recorded video length
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Current video size and last captured screen preview (recorder)
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Highlight to indicate 'Schedule' is active
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Highlight to indicate motion detected
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Highlight to indicate "Webcast" is in progress
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Connect/Disconnect from video source
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Start recording
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Pause recording
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Change recording settings
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Show/Hide TV control panel
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Capture a video frame and save to the inbox of picture library
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Capture a video frame to clipboard. You can paste the captured frame to other applications.
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DVC control panel. It will be enabled only if you have a DVC/VCR connected.
 Play the video tape  Record (on tape)
 Step back by one frame  Record single frame
 Step forward by one frame  Pause record
 Stop  Mark in current tape time code
 Rewind  Mark out current tape time code
 Fast Forward  Add marked section to video library
 Capture marked section to hard disk and add into video library
 Find and roll tape to specified position (Time code). The time code format is HH:MM:SS:FF, where HH is the hour, MM is the minute, SS is the second and FF is the frame number.
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Start/Stop broadcasting (web streaming). By default, the program will broadcast to port 7070. You can always change it in system preference pages. To watch your video from another computer, simply open Windows Media 9 or newer and choose "Open URL" and then enter "http://ComputerName:port"
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The length of the media loaded in player
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Current position of the media being played
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'Mark in' preview
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'Mark Out' preview
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Last captured frame preview (Player. No picture available)
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Highlight to indicate dual monitor mode
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Highlight to indicate repeat current video forever
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Highlight to indicate 'Scheduler' is active
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Play selected video. If the otem is a VCR tape, it will automatically find the marked in position and stop playing at marked position.item
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Stop current video playback
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Pause current video
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Repeat playing current video clip
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Mute audio
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Zoom in video
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Zoom out video
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Zoom to window width
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Restore original video size
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Play current video in full screen mode
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Step back by one frame
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Step forward by one frame
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Mark in current position
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Mark out current position
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Add marked section to favorite list. When double click to play the favorite item, it will start playing from marked in position and stop at mark out position.
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Update library item's preview picture with current video frame
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Set current channel to the number specified
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Search backward / forward for next available TV channel
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Save current channel to the list
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Automatically search for available channels
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Setup TV tuner card
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Choose the country you are in. System will choose a TV format automatically according to country.
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Choose TV signal format (automatically selected according to country)
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Choose a TV input source
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Edit channel name here
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Channel item. Click to set channel.
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ITEM
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DESCRIPTION
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Show/Hide category window
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Show/Hide search window
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Show/Don't show content of all sub-categories.
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Select all items under current category
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Unselect all items under current category
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List view. Show item thumbnail only
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Detail view. Show item thumbnail together with other information
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Import existing video files to library
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Export video from library
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Delete selected items
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Send/Share selected items through FTP or email.
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