Creative Zen Vision
The Creative Zen Vision device supports different video formats which you can select before you start
your video capture. The supported video formats are: MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and DivX (MPEG-4). Follow
the instructions below to capture the video format that you would like to use in your device.
1 Click on the Audio / Video Format button.
2 Click Custom Settings... button.
3 Select your Country in Regional Settings.
4 Select MPEG-1, MPEG-2 or DivX (MPEG-4) under Video Encoding Format.
5 Set the Audio Encoding Format to MPEG-1 Layer-2.
6 Compression Tuning (select one of the options below):
Option
Video Resolution
1
640 x 480 (MPEG-2)
2
480 x 480 (MPEG-2)
3
352 x 288 (MPEG-1)
4
640 x 480 (MPEG-4)
5
352 x 240 (MPEG-4)
7 Click Ok, then click the option for Use Custom Format then click OK.
8 On CapWiz GUI, click the Preview button to see the video. The video will be displayed in the
resolution format that was chosen.
9 Set your video source to the beginning frame you want to capture
10 When ready, press "PLAY" on your video source and press "RECORD" button on the CapWiz GUI to
start capturing.
11 Note the name of the video file being captured for transfer to your player.
12 When you finish capturing the video, you can plug in (use the USB cable provided with your Creative
Zen Vision) your Creative Zen Vision, you will be prompted to select an application to open, select
the option: "Synchronize media files to this device using Windows Media Player", then press OK.
13 Move the captured file to Sync List panel and press the Start Sync button to send the file to
your device.
Note: 2 hours of captured video (MPEG-4) will require approximately 700 MB of hard drive
space. Make sure you have enough space in your Portable Media Player device before you
start transferring the video file.
Audio Frequency
44.1 KHz (MPEG-1 L2)
48.0 KHz (MPEG-1 L2)
44.1 KHz (MPEG-1 L2)
44.1 KHz (MPEG-1 L2)
48.0 KHz (MPEG-1 L2)
48.0 KHz (MPEG-1 L2)
Video Quality
Audio Bit Rates
Pretty Good
224 KB/s
Good
Very Good
Best
Pretty Good
224 KB/s
Good
Very Good
Best
Pretty Good
224 KB/s
Pretty Good
224 KB/s
Good
Pretty Good
224 KB/s
Good
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