If you are recording a long movie and you don’t want to wait, you can use the Timer Recording option. This Timer Recording option will allow you set a timer which automatically stops recording when the timer expires.
Check “Timer Recording” box to enable the timer recording option.

You will see this Timer recording dialog box:
Click OK to close this dialog box and choose one of the two timer recording options. “Set by Start / Stop time” or “Set by Stop timer only”. If you have selected the first option “Set by Start / Stop time”, enter the time in minutes. You will also need to enter the stop time. If you want the recording to be begin at 2:30 and stop after 5 minutes of recording, enter 2:30 in Start time box and 2:35 in Stop time box. If you have selected “Set by Stop timer only”, you can enter the minutes you want to record for. Your system will also be turned off after recording if the “Shut down after recording” option is selected. Available timer values are between 1 (minute) and up to 240 (4 hours). Timer recording will be cancelled if you enter 0.
Once you have set the timer recording, click the Record button. After entering the file name, you will see a dialog box indicating the time you have left to start the recording.
