How to record video files with a webcam and Windows Movie Maker

First step: Make sure the camera is connected and adjust the distance between the camera and the microphone and the object being photographed. Due to the camera conditions, should be controlled within 3 meters.

Step two: Open "start" → "Program" → "Windows Movie Maker", pop-up "Windows Movie Maker" main interface. On the left "movie task" bar, click "⒈ video capture" → "capture from video device", eject the Video Capture Wizard panel, select your camera in the Available Devices field, select Mic in the "Audio input source" field (depending on your microphone's actual situation, and verify that the mic is not in the mute state), and drag " Enter the level slider to adjust the microphone volume. Click "Next", enter the filename, click "Browse" to select the file save path, click "Next" to enter the "Video Settings" panel. Select the default "Best play on My Computer".

Step three: Click "Next" and go to the "Capture video" panel, adjust the location of the camera through the preview window, check "Create clips after completing the wizard" and "Mute speaker" (reduce background noise), and if you want the software to stop shooting automatically after a certain period of time, check the "Capture time limit" setting one time. Then click on the "Start Capture" button and start recording the video. Click "End Capture" to finish recording, and finally click "Finish" button to complete the video. (This is where you can find the recorded file by the file save path.) However, for better results, we can do the following simple editing operations. )

Fourth step: The video file will be automatically imported into the software main interface. Click "edit" → "Select All", drag and drop the file into the "timeline" column below, and the file becomes the video block displayed in the time bar. Programs provide a wealth of transition effects, if not familiar with these operations, you can use the preset effect scheme. Click the first video block, hold down the SHIFT key, click the last video block, and select all the video blocks. Then click "Tools" → "auto Movie", you will see a total of five preset transitions, choose the first. Click "Enter the title of the movie" in "Other options" and enter the text you want to display in the title. Click "Select audio or Background music", click "Browse" to find the music file you want as background music, then in the "Audio level" bar, drag the slider to set the volume size of the background music, as close to the left side of the "audio in the video" end, to avoid the background volume too big cover the human voice. Finally click "Finish, edit movie," a video file with background music and a simple transition effect is complete.

Step Fifth: Click "file" → "save Movie", provide a variety of save options including e-mail, click "My Computer" → Enter the movie name and save the path, click "Next" to select the file quality. If you want to carve a CD or publish it on a network, click "Show more Options" → Click "Other Settings", select one of the compression schemes listed, the larger the file effect the better, the smaller the file is conducive to network transmission, according to the "Set details" and "Video file size" Display information to determine the program can be. Finally click "Next" and the edited video is saved to the computer.