Plug the walkman's AC Power adapter (labelled AC-V35) into
a power outlet. Attach the other side to the back of the video walkman:
take the cover off the flat rectangle, turn the rectangle so that the pins
on the back of the walkman line up with the silver squares on the
rectangle, and slide the rectangle left until it clicks in. When
you’re done capturing video you'll need to re-cover these silver
squares; if they touch metal other than the pins they will short the unit
out.
There are two RCA plugs on the right side of the video
walkman, labelled "audio" and "video". Get a connector that has two
color-coded RCA jacks on both ends. Matching colors, plug one jack
into the video plug on the walkman, and the same colored jack at the other
end into the plug labelled "video input" at the back of Kenji. Plug
the other jack into the audio plug on the walkman, and the other side into
the audio upload plug at the back of Kenji.
Turn Kenji on. Switch the AC adaptor to "DC out".
Open the video walkman and press Power. You’re set.
Open Adobe Premiere by double clicking on its shortcut icon.
Click "cancel" when the "new project presets" menu comes up. You're not
doing a compilation of movie clips here, but simply capturing single frames.
Click on the "DC20 Control" button at the bottom of the screen
to open the “MiroVideo DC20 Control” icon. When the dialog box comes
up, make sure the “print to video” square does not have an x in it.
Press "okay" to close the box.
Under the "file" menu, go down to "capture", and across to
"movie capture." A big blank "record" window comes up.
Under "movie capture options" choose "recording options."
In the resulting window, have the program record at 30 frames
per second and report dropped frames (put a check in this box).
Click the "video format" button, and make sure you have the
following settings: full resolution, both fields, 4:3 aspect ratio,
MJPG, and make sure the data rate is not too high.
In the compression box, make sure “no recompression”
is selected.
Now go back to "movie capture options" and choose "video
source." Make sure you've chosen: Composite, NTSC, VHS VCR.
Under "movie capture", choose a preview rate of 30 frames
per second.
Finally, under "movie capture", "save settings" into
your own user folder, so that you can reload them without having to go
through this set-up procedure again.
Press "record" on the record window. Premiere may take
one second or so to start recording, the first time. Press "play"
on the video walkman. Click Kenji's mouse when you’ve captured
the section you need, and press "stop" on the video walkman. Pay
attention to the bottom of the "record" window. If any frames were
dropped, rewind the video and repeat this step.
Now use the "play", "rewind", and "frame forward" commands
on the lower left side of the "record" window to navigate through the clip
and find the frame(s) you want to keep. Each time you find a frame
you’re interested in saving, press "mark" on the lower right side of the
record box to mark the frame. Navigate among your marked frames with
the "go to" box.
Go to the frame you want to save. Under "file", find
"export" and go over to "frame as bitmap"
Save the frame in your User folder with the extension .bmp.
Don't save your video clip; remember that lab rules prohibit
storage of more than a meg on Kenji.
