Advanced Capture Station Guide

Storage Locations

Capture software stores its files in the following locations:

• Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\[user]\Application Data\Capture.42F2D15DECD44E46C3E12A2A52EE52DDB2F876F9.1\Local Store
• Windows Vista/7: C:\Users\[user]\AppData\Roaming\Capture.42F2D15DECD44E46C3E12A2A52EE52DDB2F876F9.1\Local Store

Note: On Capture Station 300, [user] is "User".

Event data (for instance, video recordings, and slides) are located in the "data" subdirectory. Live event recordings can be found in the live-recordings subdirectory. Offline recordings are stored in the recordings subdirectory.

Video Recording File

WARNING: Before making any changes, make a backup of the recording file.

The video recording file in a file named "recording.f4v". This is a flash H.264 file. To process this file in 3rd party applications, it must first be "flattened". This can be done with Adobe's F4V Post Processor tool that can be downloaded here:  http://www.adobe.com/products/flashmediaserver/tool_downloads/. Note that Capture performs this flattening automatically when it publishes the event. If you need to use the video before it has been published, it needs to be flattened first.

Using the tool mentioned above, run this command:

• f4vpp.exe -i <source f4v path> -o <destination f4v path>

Since most applications can not open F4V files, you may need to convert the video into a common format before working with it. There are various applications that can do this. Some suggestions are listed below. Once you are done with the file, change its filename extension back to .f4v so that Capture can publish it.

Moyea Video Converter

This is a GUI application that can convert F4V files into a variety of formats. You can get this application  here. It costs $35, but a free trial is available.

ffmpeg

This is a free command-line application that can convert F4V files. You can get this  here. To convert the flattened F4V to MP4, run the following command:

• ffmpeg.exe -i recording.f4v -f mp4 -vcodec copy recording.mp4

Switching from Composite to S-Video

Open the Osprey Video Control Panel from Start Menu -> All Programs -> Osprey Multimedia Capture -> Video Control Panel and change the source from composite to s-video.

There is an encoder config file that needs to be updated at:

• C:\Program Files\Capture\bin\Capture\config\adobe\template.xml

In this file, find the XML tag crossbar_input under capture/video and change the value from 0 to 1.

Using Microsoft PowerPoint in Capture 6.1+

Capture 6.1 now includes to ability to integrate with Microsoft PowerPoint if it is installed on your capture system.

Supported Versions

Capture 6.1 supports the following versions of PowerPoint for converting presentations:

• Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 (.ppt only)
• Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 (.ppt and .pptx)
• Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 (.ppt and .pptx)

Installation Instructions

In most cases, installing Microsoft PowerPoint is sufficient, and no further steps are required. To verify that Capture is using the correct converter, click on the "About" menu option at the top right of the application. The converter is listed after the text "Converter:". If this reads "Java/Aspose?", then Capture will not use Office to convert the PowerPoint files. If this is the case, please download and install the Primary Interop Assemblies for your version of Office:

•  Office 2003 PIAs
•  Office 2007 PIAs
• Office 2010 should not require anything additional installed.

Restart Capture and verify that the Converter is now your version of Office.