Capturing and uploading video content into FORscene

If you have DV content on a tape or if you want to capture directly from a digital video camera, use this section. To upload video files you already have on your computer, see the File upload section.

1. Plug in your capture device (video camera or tape machine) and login to your FORscene account
2. The main window will open up as below. (If it does not look like this, check you have the latest version.)
3. Select the Video Capture tab.

4. Capture Device - if your device (video camera or tape machine) is plugged in correctly its name will appear here.
5. If it says None Found make sure your Firewire / IEEE1394 cable is connected between the PC and the device, and make sure it is switched on.
6. To upload a video into your FORscene account
• select a capture device
• enter a video name
• press Start Capture.
7. Press Stop Capture to terminate the capture.
8. Video Name - the name that you type here will appear as the video's name in your FORscene account.
9. Capture Duration
• You can choose the duration of the clip you wish to capture.
• If the box remains unchecked, capturing will continue until you click Stop Capture.
10. Use your device controls to cue your tape to the start point of video you wish to capture.
    • The signal from the tape machine appears in the preview pane on the right of the main window.
    • The video will not be captured until you select Start Capture.
11. Start Capture - this starts the capture and upload into FORscene.
• The content being captured is shown in the preview pane.
• The progress bars indicate what stage you are at.
• Start Capture toggles to Stop Capture when you press it.
12. Stop Capture - this terminates the capture.
• Capture will stop automatically if you specified a capture duration.
• Upload will continue until it has finished.
• Do not exit FORscene Load Pro until the upload is complete.


Notes:

• Capture Progress
• the top figure to the right of the progress bar gives the current time code of the tape.
• The lower figure is the number of frames that have been captured.
• Upload Progress
• the top figure to the right of the progress bar gives the amount of data already uploaded to your FORscene account.
• The lower figure is the total amount of data to be uploaded.
• The capturing will stop when either the Capture Duration has been reached, or Stop Capture is selected.
• FORupload Pro captures in real time but the upload speed is dependent on your Internet connection speed. A standard ADSL broadband connection has 256Kbps upload speed - videos might take 8 times real time to upload.
• The video will appear in your FORscene account as it uploads, so you can start editing before it has finished uploading.
13. When the upload has finished, a window will pop up as below. Click OK.