| 1 | <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
|
|---|
| 2 | <!DOCTYPE topic PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Topic//EN" "topic.dtd">
|
|---|
| 3 | <topic xml:lang="en-us" id="settings-capture">
|
|---|
| 4 | <title>Recording Tab</title>
|
|---|
| 5 |
|
|---|
| 6 | <body>
|
|---|
| 7 | <p>On the <b outputclass="bold">Recording</b> tab you can enable video and audio recording for a virtual machine and change related settings. Note that these features can be enabled and disabled while a VM is running. Settings apply to all selected screens.</p>
|
|---|
| 8 | <ul>
|
|---|
| 9 | <li>
|
|---|
| 10 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Enable Recording:</b> Select
|
|---|
| 11 | this check box and select a <b outputclass="bold">Recording
|
|---|
| 12 | Mode</b> option.
|
|---|
| 13 | </p>
|
|---|
| 14 | </li>
|
|---|
| 15 | <li>
|
|---|
| 16 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Recording Mode:</b> You can
|
|---|
| 17 | choose to record video, audio, or both video and audio.
|
|---|
| 18 | </p>
|
|---|
| 19 | <p>Some settings on the <b outputclass="bold">Recording</b> tab may be grayed out, depending on the <b
|
|---|
| 20 | outputclass="bold">Recording Mode</b> setting. </p>
|
|---|
| 21 | </li>
|
|---|
| 22 | <li>
|
|---|
| 23 | <p><b outputclass="bold">File Path:</b> The file where
|
|---|
| 24 | the recording is saved.
|
|---|
| 25 | </p>
|
|---|
| 26 | </li>
|
|---|
| 27 | <li>
|
|---|
| 28 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Frame Size:</b> The video
|
|---|
| 29 | resolution of the recorded video, in pixels. The drop-down
|
|---|
| 30 | list enables you to select from common frame sizes.
|
|---|
| 31 | </p>
|
|---|
| 32 | </li>
|
|---|
| 33 | <li>
|
|---|
| 34 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Frame Rate:</b> Use the slider
|
|---|
| 35 | to set the maximum number of video frames per second (FPS)
|
|---|
| 36 | to record. Frames that have a higher frequency are skipped.
|
|---|
| 37 | Increasing this value reduces the number of skipped frames
|
|---|
| 38 | and increases the file size.
|
|---|
| 39 | </p>
|
|---|
| 40 | </li>
|
|---|
| 41 | <li>
|
|---|
| 42 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Video Quality:</b> Use the slider to set the bit rate of the video
|
|---|
| 43 | in kilobits per second. Increasing this value improves the appearance of the video at the
|
|---|
| 44 | cost of an increased file size. </p>
|
|---|
| 45 | </li>
|
|---|
| 46 | <li>
|
|---|
| 47 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Audio Quality:</b> Use the
|
|---|
| 48 | slider to set the quality of the audio recording. Increasing
|
|---|
| 49 | this value improves the audio quality at the cost of an
|
|---|
| 50 | increased file size.
|
|---|
| 51 | </p>
|
|---|
| 52 | </li>
|
|---|
| 53 | <li>
|
|---|
| 54 | <p><b outputclass="bold">Screens:</b> For a multiple
|
|---|
| 55 | monitor display, you can select which screens to record
|
|---|
| 56 | video from.
|
|---|
| 57 | </p>
|
|---|
| 58 | </li>
|
|---|
| 59 | </ul>
|
|---|
| 60 | <p>As you adjust the video and audio recording settings, the approximate output file size for a five minute video is
|
|---|
| 61 | shown. </p>
|
|---|
| 62 | </body>
|
|---|
| 63 |
|
|---|
| 64 | </topic>
|
|---|
