BTV User Manual

Version 5.4.1 Written by Ben Bird User Manual www.bensoftware.com 1 Contents Introduction 3 Viewing video 4 Viewing.. modes .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 .. .. resolution Full screen .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 Viewing.. 16:9 .. ..widescreen .. .. .. ..video .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 Multiple.. monitor .. .. ..support .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6 .. screensavers Disabling .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6 QuickTime Movies 7 Capture format settings 8 Video format .. .. ..settings .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8 .. ..format Still image .. .. settings .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 16 Sound .. .. .. settings format .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 17 Settings.. for .. sending .. .. .. files .. ..over .. ..the.. Internet .. .. .. .. .. .. 22 Capturing movies and images 24 .. ..still.. images Capturing .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 24 .. ..QuickTime Capturing .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 25 .. .. .. ..movies .. .. ..performance Video capture .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..26 AppleScript 28 Channel changing with the ixTV card 33 Preferences 37 2 Introduction Welcome to BTV! BTV is an application for the Macintosh that allows you to easily view and capture video from any video input source. It works with any Macintosh compatible video input source such as video input cards, TV cards, built-in video, USB, DV, and FireWire video sources. 3 Viewing video Viewing modes Live video can be displayed either in a window that can be resized and dragged around the screen, or full screen on…