VIDEO CAPTURIX USER MANUAL
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1. a http 7192 168 1 103 1504 This feature ables user to share the live video over the web 1 Select the listen port of the built in webserver 2 Adjust the image compression of the transmission 3 After the server is ready to broadcast AVI Builder If you want to create a Video Clip with a group of images Bitmaps use AVI Builder Just press ADD and select the files that you want to add to the list then order the files and press Build AVI AGT Buihber Create a AVI File rom a group of singh images m B amp B 8 amp S xX Exit Frame Haba when pared 11 FFS ae Adds a BMP File to the list Delete Delete selected File from the list Up Changes the position of the file in the list UP Down Changes the position of the file in the list Down Clear Clear All Build AVI Build the AVI using all files from the list Exit Leaves AVI Builder Don t forget to choose the frame rate this is very important when you are playing the file The files must have the same resolution Movie Viewer window With Video Capturix you can play and recompress AVI files you can even extract single images to JPG or BMP Format To do this operation just click on button and you will get this toolbar FA FriendsForEver ayi This window opens AVI movie files You can select view mode between Time or Frames this will display current position and durati2. sets the number of frames captured per second Decreasing the frame rate reduces the processing time NEW If you want to adjust frame rate to 29 97 fps some NTSC formats double click on FPS display 6 Adjust duration of your movie if you want to stop manually capture operation press No Limit FILEN ashi 7 Choose compression method press dash See Video Compression 8 To begin capture you have three possibilities AutoStart Record and Motion Autostart Used to capture after a preset time See AutoStart Window Recording Start capture immediately Motion Used to start capturing when video image changes See Motion Detector 9 If Attach other information to AVI file option is activated See Other information Capturing a single image If you want to capture a single image from any video source first remember that image resolution will be the same of video screen resolution To increase resolution change Video Format Video Capturix ables you to capture a still frame just clicking one key if you press F11 you will capture a frame from the actual video source To capture a single image use a medium resolution like 384x288 or more because after you can re scale in a image editor To change Video Format press famat 1 Select Capture Image press al _ You will see another toolbar Insert Data K 2 If you want to insert data on image just press Insert Da
3. video image changes There are two problems that may occur in full black images like no signal probably capturix will detect movement every time because this is a motion detector You can ajust the sensibility of motion detector 1 named it tolerance because this controls the trigger with this method Motion Detector Tolerance When a image is displayed this image takes a value of 100 then trigger is activated when image changes x The minimum is 1 will start capture when image changes 1 and maximum is 15 will start capture when image changes 15 The default value is 8 then you may adjust tolerance if you want more or less sensibility Atention If you increase tolerance you will decrease sensibility Hardware Information amp Advanced Settings This is a information window about your computer priem nt eon De Et Vow Ton tie uj 2 2 1 mel Opmar Specter riori J Fistral wire vere a0 Gorter DLL s Arc Pentun Far Taia gee ee ares 5 Areia pheocal nares SEB F Proolng USEA miie sv ne ma A raph F Bear DIH mary svete Test Corrente Sevag la tii E FE Display Cow iess Auria Sap ie ra Dunare A Videa Frat ipoe on dea C THJEB ED OM Sreadahie mera on dress i AIFS KE A Winika ey CTH Des Apphcabora Auning re jap Jario CAIN aT P ULE Fepasa fupherg Mpg See Heros in Help Indes Gald a cadegep in depla tha acinadac ters i Hardware Advanced Settings Capture Operation Exclusive Background Ta
4. Compression is used to reduce the size of the file on disk Compression can be lossless or logey in which some data is SUPETMAC Linepak discarded on the assumption that the Intel Indeo Video 3 1 codec loss val not be noticeable when the Intel Indeo Video 3 2 codec data is decompressed Microsoft Video 1 CODEC Compressor D ecompressor Microsoft Aun Length Encoding compresses and decompresses image WDOnet VDO Wave 3 0 Video Codec Bale SOLID IEs ON DOOR Ge esti e WOOnet Corp VDOWave 3 0 Video Codec oN aaa aca al This window shows all installed codecs in your system E mit If you want to know which CODEC compress a specific file go to Video Settings and select What CODEC just point to the file and Capturix will show CODEC Audio Settings If you want to capture audio you have to press capture audio is selected you will see S A E FameRate A notme D E Audia Channels Steren Audio Bits 6 bit Audio Sample Aate fas 00 Hz 1 Choose how many channel s your sound source will be recorded If your sound source is mono choose mono it will save many disk space Choose Stereo only if you want a great sound quality and ajust audio settings when 2 Adjust sample rate This describes how many times per second to take a snapshot of the audio The human ear can perceive sounds up to about 17 000 cycles per second or 17 Khz So to reproduce frequencies up to 10Khz you must choose a sampl
5. I Builder Lets you create a Video Clip AVI from multiple image files BMP lin Web Share Ables you to share a live image on the Internet Movie Viewer Lets you open a AVI file and see a movie file ti About Video Capturix Here you can see author information Video Capturix Video Device Toolbar S E k T p Device SOUrCE Dismay Format Fullscreen Snapshot Overlay Preview Advanced Mepa Video Display The options available in this window will be determined by your specific capture card usually allow users to adjust the appearance of video on screen FS source Video Source This option will allow users to adjust color functions such as contrast and brightness And here you can select what video source you want to work with Famat Video Format This option allow users to adjust image size and quality See on your hardware documentation This option allow users to see video signal in all screen area with this option you can transform you monitor into a TV set CTRL F fa Instant Snapshot Snapshot Ables you to take a instant snapshot with one simple button click Ovela View mode Overlay Overlay is the most efficient way to display video because it does not use CPU resources However not all capture devices support overlay refer to the documentation for your capture device to find out whether or not it supports overlay CTRL O Preview View mode Preview You preview movie
6. VIDEO CAPTURIX USER MANUAL About Video Capturix In December of 1997 I bought a Video Capture Card ZOLTRIX FACE TO FACE I had try to find a good software to do some experiences with this hardware I download many applications and didn t find any that I like So in March 1998 I decide to create a good video capture utility and I start to program Video Capturix I finish this program in June after I decide to post it on the newsgroups and I include capture wizard In 24 st July 1 decide to create a site to host this program Few days after this site are on line 1 started to receive many congratulations e mails some of then funny asking to send the source code For this new version everything was changed new graphical interface and new functionality I can t believe that 1 made this version in 50 days In December 1998 1 re program all 2 2 version to increase speed and functionality to this application now Video Capturix 99 can do more things and 1 think that is more simple to use But in the beginning of 1999 i have many suggestions from the users and 1 decide to continue this project When i start Video Capturix 2000 development 1 change everything to increase functionality Now in 2004 there will be a new version with more features to offer and compatibility with almost all video capture devices Well this was the Video Capturix story Thanks to all of you Alexandre Sim es Video Capturix Author Capt
7. called capturing the analog video and audio signals To record video you need a video source such as a video tape camcorder and a video capture board For recording sound you need an sound board such as Creative Labs Sound Blaster To capture video using Video Capturix the capture board must be compatible with Video for Windows Your system must have the appropriate Video for Windows drivers installed on it You need to connect the your video source to your video capture board See in your hardware manual for the hardware setup and configuration To record digital video you need a fast computer and lots of disk storage space The video resolution the number of colors and the frame rate all affect the file size of the motion video lf you want to capture a motion video using the best resolution and quality you will need lots of disk storage space 1 Select a Movie Capture This option will activate movie capture tool bar ay Duration a 7 3 a A is 2 oim Ml Gl E Audia Channels Stereo Audio Bits 8 bit Audio Sample Aate fasi 00 Hz 2 You have to set filename and destination press a i uj 3 If you want to capture video with audio press again CTRL A the default position is on to turn off press See Audio settings 4 If you want to insert other information in your AVI must be on if you press i edit copyright information you will 5 Adjust frame rate This option
8. e rate of at least 20Khz Increasing sample rate you are increasing sound quality 44 100 Hz is used by CD AUDIO 3 Sound quality To select the audio digitizing quality 16 bit s or 8 bit s 16 bit s is used by CD AUDIO If your movie do not have sound select no audio this will save many file size Other Information Video Capturix allow user to attach information about the captured video sequence like Copyright information Artist Source Subject Comments and more To see this information the user see File Properties gt gt Details of the file To attach this information is very simple press after capture you have to edit this data press and this window will appear i Other Information Comments After you edit this information you may close this window Remember Video Capturix only write this information if you have pressed Autostart window If you need a couple of seconds to get ready the videotape or camcorder before capturing video You should use Autostart with this option you can set the needed time and Video Capturix start after this time Or just set a date and time to begin capturing Minutes Second i S 0 Autostart by countdown you can set a time to wait before capturing Set date amp time Ea eee Ee M Minutes Autostart by date amp time allow user to set a date and time to start capture Motion detection Motion detector ables you to start capture when
9. on To view in Fullscreen Mode press ALT ENTER Special Features Recompressing is saving the same AVI file using another CODEC just press Recompression Button then choose the new filename and CODEC and wait a while video capturix compress this file dash Recompress This can take a while depends from the filesize You can extract a single frame from any AVI file then A Extract Image you can print add effects or just save in BMP or JPEG format You can extract each frame from any AVI file to A Extract All multiple BMP or JPEG format Video Compression Compression is the process to decrease the size of a file Motion video files are very large requiring high data transfer rates for capture and playback CODEC S are compression decompression algorithms available for compressing Video for Windows and QuickTime movies CODEC S can be software based or hardware based The codec you choose will affect the visual quality of the movie and the capture speed You can compress your motion video using any of the software codecs that come with Video for Windows With Video Capturix you can list all CODEC s installed on your system and search for a codec that compress a AVI file CODEC Setup This option allow user to know how many CODEC are installed on computer You must go to Video Settings and Video CODEC Installed Video Compressors AGB odee MPEG codec Intel Indeo Wideo Interactive codec
10. on the same file updating this file continuous 3 Set filename and destination press Z 4 If you select Movie file AVI choose compression method see Video Compression 5 Internet Broadcast If you want to upload each image to a FTP Server just click in must set all Internet Settings a Internet Settings Internet Settings Oe x Directory must be the entire path Leave blank if you want to save in root If you leave unpressed you will disable FTP operation 6 Select Manual Shoot if you want to control each frame capture L Timed Shoot if you want to capture with time interval Trigged Motion if you want to capture each frame when image have motion 7 If you don t want to use Manual Shoot adjust Time between frames 8 Press Record Autostart or Motion Video Capturix 2005 Version 9 70 Unregistered V fx Enter the offset on image counter Example OOU0010 to define number of zeros Cancel 00000 Counter Counter This feature ables use to costumize the counter of the multiple frames Example if you enter Filename capturix jpg 000156 the counting will be capturix000156 jpg capturix000157 jpg 0000000000 the counting will be captur1x0000000000 jpg capturix0000000001 jpg 1 the counting will be capturix jpg capturix2 jpg Webshare Streaming Fort an Compression Stand by
11. s before you capture them You can specify the frame rates for previews that you play either before or during capture Decreasing the frame rate reduces the processing time increasing the frame rate gives a more accurate preview CTRL P Preview frame rate Preview frame rate affect the way the preview is processed this option sets the number of frames captured per second Decreasing the frame rate reduces the processing time increasing the frame rate gives a more accurate preview Advanced Settings dvanced This window allow user to adjust some internal settings of the active video capture driver View menu Overlay Ctri 0 Preview Chrl P FullScreen Ctrl F Overlay Overlay is the most efficient way to display video because it does not use CPU resources However not all capture devices support overlay refer to the documentation for your capture device to find out whether or not it supports overlay CTRL O Preview You preview movies before you capture them You can specify the frame rates for previews that you play either before or during capture Decreasing the frame rate reduces the processing time increasing the frame rate gives a more accurate preview CTRL P Full Screen This option allow users to see video signal in all screen area with this option you can transform you monitor into a TV set CTRL F Capturing a Movie with Video Capturix Recording video images and sound directly to your computer is
12. sk Exclusive means that every other tasks will be disable 4 as even real time counter Background ras cant task is normally the best solution A mm a E AAAA O vanbi O hoide i P Ua Di baaa I Dabin taia Cache Memory amp Disk mC ill Fs Wie dee E Cant tre i i E Seed tremer me Video Buffer Default is 0 to autocalc igs ee aoe m Audio Buffer Default is 0 to autocalc Use DOS Buffer This option is now obsolete but this will reserve DOS buffers to use during capture operation Max Index Size This option sets maximum number of frames in a AVI file default value is 324000 30 fps 3600 sec 3 hour 3 hours at 30 fps Demonstration version limitations Video Capturix Demonstration have some limitations Copyright information in all output images and files Avi capture limited to 30 seconds Time between frames 1 minute Video Capturix Information on AVI Comments Video Capturix copyright on Full screen mode
13. ta 1f not just leave it unpressed 3 If you want to use Autostart option or Motion press Autostart or Motion G To capture a image from video source press toolbar and you will see this window and this K Untitled Flip Horizontal Flip Vertical Greyscale Negative mage Soften Sharpen Diffuse Emboss Lighting Effect Solarize Open a image file BMP JPG Save image to image file format BMP JPG Image Effects Button Put image on clipboard for other application use Send image directly to printer Multiple frame capture This capture type allow user to set a time between each image or just capture frame per frame using manual shoot button Brings you many possibilities to your video capture card for example make animations or capture clouds movement It gives you three diferent save type Avi file Multiple BMP files or Refresh same file To capture a multiple frame sequence 1 Select Multiple frame capture press ms You will get this toolbar 8 E 6 Gp GB Multiple Bitmap tile BMP Frame Rate H Insert Data r Counter oe C 4 2 Choose save type Movie file AVI All frames will be saved on a movie file AVI Viewer Frame Rate set this option to select movie viewer frame rate Multiple file BMP or JPG Each frame will be saved on a different file eg PICO1 BMP PICO2 BMP PICO3 BMP Refresh same file All frames will be saved
14. ure Device selection If you have more than one capture device you can now select witch device you want to use at any time H E Device SOUrCE Format Fullscreen Snapshot Wer Preview y Preview N 25 FPS Advanced Just click on desired device and Video Capturix will turn on the Video Capture Device wey n ke Ea Device Source Display Format Video Blaster WebCam Go VFM Creative Video Blaster WebCam USE Video Device Information Disconnect diver to unplug external device Video Device Information Will display video capture device information Disconnect driver to unplug external device You can use this option if you want to unplug any USB device without leave Video Capturix Map of Video Capturix r janno ne y Fp Flmame Video Reschoio Filesize Video Capturix Toolbars Video Capturix Main Toolbar ta OPEN This button allow user to open any compatible file BMP JPEG AVI VCP You can open Images Movie File and Video Capture Parameters Video Capturix File Edit View wid Fr Device Sol esi SAVE This button allows user to save Video Capture Parameters amp Rec Stop MOVIE Lets you capture a video sequence a IMAGE CAPTURE Lets you capture a single image from any video source lasi Multiple Capture Lets you capture a multiple frames and adjust time between each frame or just capture manually W AV
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