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<h1>
AMCap</h1>
<p>
Version 9.21 (August 2012)<br />
© 2004-2012, Noël DANJOU<br />
All rights reserved.</p>
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<b>Table of Contents</b>
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<a href="#Welcome">Welcome</a>
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<a href="#Syntax">Command-line Parameters</a>
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<a href="#Issues">Known Issues and limitations</a>
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<a href="#History">History</a>
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<a href="#Download">Latest Version</a>
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<a href="#Registration">Registration</a>
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<a href="#Redistribution">Redistribution</a>
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<a href="#Contact">Contact Details</a>
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Welcome</h2>
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<b>AMCap</b> is a small yet fully functional video capture application. It is a
program much like Microsoft VidCap but which adds support for DirectShow (formerly
ActiveMovie, hence the name.) It is based on the sample AMCap source code from the
Microsoft DirectX 9 SDK. This custom version adds many new features including:</p>
<ul>
<li>DV camcorder playback and recording.</li>
<li>improved MPEG-2 playback and recording.</li>
<li>improved analog TV tuner support.</li>
<li>still capture in BMP, JPEG and PNG formats with optional caption, timestamp and
overlay (with or without transparency and alpha-blending).</li>
<li>optional real-time compression (Windows Media or any installed CODECs).</li>
<li>remember video input, standard, size and many other options from previous session.</li>
<li>full screen mode.</li>
<li>support for multi-monitor and deinterlacing (using Video Mixing Renders 7 and 9).</li>
<li>caption bar and menu on/off.</li>
<li>always on top feature.</li>
</ul>
<p>
The registered version includes stillcap.exe, a console application that allows
you to easily make still captures from a script, an application, a command prompt,
the task scheduler, etc.</p>
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Command-line Parameters</h2>
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Parameter
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Description
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/capture
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Automatically starts video capture as soon as AMCap starts (requires preconfiguration).
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/close
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Closes the application when the still capture is done or once the time-limit of
the video capture is reached.
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/debug
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Registers the graph with the Running Object Table so that GraphEdit can connect
to it.
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/snap[:<delay>]
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Makes a still capture as soon as AMCap starts or after the optional delay in milliseconds
(requires preconfiguration).
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/vdevice:<device>
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