If you haven't installed the application you will be asked to choose your operating system, Windows or Mac and download the client. Selecting Add New, then Kaltura Personal Capture will ALWAYS take you to a page to download the client. You only need to download and install it once, but you will see this window each time. We recommend that you access the tool in this way, as opposed to using a desktop shortcut to the application.

The application will automatically open, presenting you recording options.

You can mute any of the sources by clicking on the icon. The icon will turn gray and have a slash through it when it is muted.

To choose from multiple source options, select the chevron/carrot/arrow to the right of the icon. When it is pointed UP, you will be able to select from multiple cameras and monitors. If you select a camera in the first/left window, the icon will change to a camera. You can record multiple cameras or screens. If you select a source in source 1, it will not be an option in source 2. You must also select an audio source, particularly if you have multiple microphone devices. Highlight the source you want to use.

At this time there is no local playback option, but it is coming soon. You will need to upload media to Kaltura in order to preview it. PLEASE do a test recording first to make sure the audio and video sources are correct. 

A local copy is saved by default, and you can go to that folder to test the sources as well. You can find this folder in the Manage link, then select the Logs directory. At the same level as the Logs is a folder called Recordings, the source files reside there (provided you have not set the application to delete them).

If you are using screen recording, and open a PowerPoint presentation, Personal Capture will capture thumbnail images and add them as time based markers to your presentation. It will also parse the slide show for keywords and make them searchable.

If a PowerPoint file is used with screen recording, you will see 3 horizontal white lines in the upper left corner of the player once it is uploaded.

Selecting it will display a search box and thumbnails. The search box will display text taken from PowerPoint slides. The images and any search results will create links to a time point in the recording. To incorporate PowerPoint slides into your video, simply display a slideshow on a screen you capture, we recommend the using the first/left screen. PowerPoint slides in window two may not be utilize thumbnails or text search. 

Notes on Devices

• It is possible to use a USB document camera such as the IPEVO Ziggi HD Plus. You must select it as a camera source and we recommend setting the camera to 720p.  Example of a USB document camera used with Personal Capture.
• We have received reports of some desktops not being recognized by Personal Capture. We believe it is some combination of VGA display and/or PCI video card. We are working with the vendor on this.
• Personal Capture is only available for Windows and Mac full operating systems. This application will not work in iOS.
• iOS 11 has a new screen recording feature, but it cannot be used at the same time as screen mirroring (either through the internal tool or a lightning to HDMI adapter), so it will not work in a classroom or presentation. But you can record and upload to Kaltura. Details on iOS screen recording.  

Accessing recordings

Once you select Stop on a recording, you are presented with a window to preview the recording and add meta data. If you Save the recording, it saves locally. If you Save & Upload, it will upload to Kaltura and appear in your MyMedia list. We recommend Save & Upload to Kaltura, but you can save it for later upload.

Unless you set the application to delete after uploading to Kaltura, your recordings are saved locally and can be viewed or reused from the local folder. This is useful when someone wants to edit their recordings for use later. Currently only one source can be downloaded from Kaltura online, so local access is used when the second (or both) video files are needed. 

Directions to access your recordings locally are found at: https://knowledge.kaltura.com/kaltura-personal-capture-folder-directory

The files will be in the Recordings folder within personal capture

• Windows:  C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Kaltura\Capture
• Mac:  /Users/username/Library/Preferences/Kaltura/Capture

If you edit recordings from Personal Capture using Adobe Premiere Pro, please be aware that some users receive the error "Error Message The importer reported a generic error.”  This is a known issue with Adobe.