Although there are different capture devices, supported by AVS Video Capture, the succession of actions necessary to capture video from them is always the same and is quite easy. Follow these guidelines to capture video from the capture device connected to your personal computer:

1. For an internal video device - turn off your personal computer and unplug it. Remove the case and insert your capture video device into a proper empty slot (usually it is a PCI slot, so you should see your capture device and computer motherboard manual for more instructions on how to install the capture device properly).
   
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   For an external video device - connect your device to your personal computer using an appropriate cable (usually a USB cable).

2. Turn on your capture device (if needed) and your personal computer.

3. After the operating system boots, install the device drivers from the disc supplied with the device or go to the device manufacturer web site and download and install the necessary drivers. After that you might need to restart your system.

4. Start AVS Video Capture. You will see the following window:

if you have several capture devices connected to your computer or the following one:

if you have only one capture device connected to your computer.

5. Select a video capture device (in case you have several) clicking it in the device list and set up its parameters.

6. Set the scheduler in case you plan to stop capturing automatically at a certain time or when the captured video file size exceeds some value.

7. Change the audio format and device settings using the provided options.

8. Start capturing.

You can additionally manage the video while capturing it using the buttons below the preview window:

The Preview button is used to switch the preview on and off. This might be useful if the computer configuration is not strong enough to capture video properly and the program keeps dropping frames, so turning the preview off might help increase the capture performance and stability a little.

The Mute button is used to switch the sound of the captured video on and off.

The Snapshot button is used to take snapshots from the video that is currently being captured. After you press this button the Save window will be opened and you will be able to save the current frame from the captured video into an image file in .bmp format.

The Full Screen button is used to switch the program into full screen mode. You can also double-click the preview window to go into full screen. Double-click again to return to window mode.

The Info button is used to show the About window. After you open this window you can register the program, read the license agreement and credits or open the Help file.

The Help button is used to quickly access AVS4YOU Programs Help file.

After you finish capturing the list of the captured video files will be displayed for you to watch them, edit, convert or upload to some mobile device. You can also go to the location of the file and watch the captured video using some software video player, for instance, AVS Media Player, or record the video onto a disc using, for instance, AVS Disc Creator, or edit your resulting video using AVS Video Editor.