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1. 4p Other devices BB PCI Device a Ports COM amp LET S88 Processors EEE i D Audio Codecs A Legacy Audio Drivers A Legacy Video Capture Devices A Media Control Devices h Multimedia Controller 5 3 To install the application software VoverlayHD exe click Next on the VoverlayHD Setup Wizard window which normally starts up automatically after inserting the set up CD or will appear after double clicking the Start bat software on the set up CD ie VoverlayHD Welcome to the VoverlayHD Setup Wizard Ee The installer will guide you through the steps required to install VoverlayHD on your computer WARNING This computer program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized duplication or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil or criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under the law 9 then follow the on screen instructions to install the application software Please note the Start bat batch file calls MS Windows command reg exe if reg exe usually under C Windows system32 1s missing Start bat will fail so make sure reg exe if executable from the Windows command path 5 3 To remove the installed application software run Uninstall VoverlayHD exe from the di Inventa Ji MPEGIO2 di VoverlayHD gE Uninstall VoverlayHD exe VoverlayHD APP User Manua2. X1 400 Y1 400 w 900 X2 1000 Y2 404 H 150 Rotate Angle 45 Card Operation Rotate Angle 7 Stop Select All Display Selected Items DeSelect All Save Item File Name C Woverlay oil on Hardware Ver 0x11 Firmware 0x101 Type 0x45 I SaveYuv Clear All Overlay Reset Card JV Save Image to File C VOverlayHD jpg Rotate Angle operation uses the X1 Y1 as the rotating area s upper left corner the W H as the rotating area s width and height in pixels and the rotation is at point X1 Y1 as origin rotation angle is specified as between 1 359 degrees values gt 359 will be modulus with 360 O degree does no rotation On finishing the rotation the X1 Y1 and W H values will be updated to the newly rotated area s bounding rectangle Any overlay pixels falling off the video frame s edges will be lost Input Socket SDI HDMI select either SDI or HDMI as current video input source Sync Mode Int SDI Ext select the clock mode Syne Mode Int is suitable for HDMI input Sync Mode SDI is suitable for SDI input Sync Mode Ext is when an external Y Luminance or CVBS video is connected to the REF IN BNC socket supplying clock signal to the card Internal Syne Mode Int sync is automatically used if no video signal is input Mixing Mode This controls output port SDI and HDMI content Video Bypass is video only Overlay with Black is overlay only Overlay with Video shows both input video and overlay
3. VB C source codes of fully functioning executables SDK amp Application run on Microsoft 32 bit 64 bit Windows XP Vista 7 8 Operating Systems 2 Package Contents VoverlayHD PCI Express Card 1XPClIe One Installation CD One User Manual One SDK Manual 3 Minimum System Requirement Hardware Intel AMD CPU based PC one empty 1 Lane or 4X 8X 16X Lane PCI Express slot Software Microsoft Windows XP Vista Windows 7 or Windows 8 32 Bit or 64 Bit DirectX 9 and above Please note although running the main VoverlayHD exe application does not require it running the CSharp exe or VoverlayHDVB exe application will need the Microsoft Net Framework 3 5 to be installed 4 Hardware Installation Un plug the PC s power cable open PC case locate an empty PCI Express slot plug in the VoverlayHD card and screw it firmly to the back panel VoverlayHD Application User Manual Page 2 Version 1 0 0 0 Plug in video cables between the external HD video input output devices and VoverlayHD according to the socket Input Output types illustrated here Input socket SDI or HDMI is in use by software selection to be either one at a time while Output SDI and HDMI ports always simultaneously output the same Video Overlay or Video only Overlay only depending on Card Operation Selection content There are also an optional SDI Output 2 Same Content as SDI Out on the back panel Socket JD10 and a Key Output Overlay Output Only Socket JD12 on
4. amp functions On board ICs instantly mix PC text graphics video with live input HD SD video and output to SDI HDMI ports Full 256 Level Alpha blending control on every pixel mixed with incoming video up to 1920X1080 Pixels Each pixel within video input frame up to 1920X1080 pixels can have different overlay colour amp transparency Full 24 bit overlay colour and 8 bit alpha ARGB assignable to and readable from every input video pixel HD SD I O for 720X480 576 1920X1080 Pixels 24 25 50 30 60 29 97 59 94 23 97Hz Interlaced amp Progressive Every output video frame can be grabbed and saved as graphics file and or raw YUV file Instant overlay add delete without visual delay on outputting video signal Un limited PC generated colour text graphics and video can be overlaid simultaneously on incoming video Use full Windows GDI GDI power to generate un limited vector amp bitmap graphics overlaid on input video Up to 16 Multiple cards can be run on the same PC controllable by the same software Full software control at software level on video Sync Mixing Resolution Progressive Interlace etc SDI amp HDMI video Input Output supported and software selectable 3G SDI HD SDI SD SDI HDMI Simultaneous SDI and HDMI video output ports outputting same content Output ports can be software configured to display video only video plus overlay overlay only Internal External and SDI Signal Sync Modes supported and software selectable Separate Referenc
5. for example to display an half transparent background exposing some of the video underneath The following are examples using the same graphics file with red text ABCD in front of a white background and Transparency Colour is white Alpha Start Alpha End are 128 1 Transparent amp Clear Old Overlay Value Ticked 2 Transparent Ticked Clear Old Overlay Value Cleared 4 Raster Operation This controls how the pixels of the graphics file will be combined with the overlay pixels already being displayed on the same position by previous Overlay operations if there is any SRCCOPY means the new pixels completely replace the original pixel SRCAND means the new pixels do logical AND with the original pixels the BLACKNESS means display black at the positions etc Alpha change X Y change duration etc parameters have the same meaning as in Text and Timer items Graphics File Item has no AlphaBk parameter since it has no background colour VoverlayHD Application User Manual Page 13 Version 1 0 0 0 Each time a non targa not tga graphics file 1s loaded its width and height are automatically loaded into the Location F i a20 1 300 width 381 yao vaf0 Height 366 Fite Name Mame EAL Width and Height fields i When displaying a graphics file item using these width and height or making these two fields all zeroes will put the graphics exactly as their original width and height in pixels ont
6. items already in the list box will be cleared respectively 7 4 Using Multiple VoverlayHD Cards To operate multiple 2 16 VoverlayHD cards on the same PC select each card s number from the Selected Card Combo box first card is number 0 then apply any operation on this card When using timer based overlay items such as Timer or moving text manual start of an item will automatically stop other timer based items previously defined even on another VoverlayHD card For example whenever a Timer Overlay Item is started on the currently selected card the previously applied Timer item on another VoverlayHD card will be automatically stopped To make multiple cards all displaying their own Timer Overlay Items simultaneously the Overlay Item List needs to be used define a Timer for each individual VoverlayHD card then click the Add button to add this Timer into the Overlay Item List when all timers for all cards are added to the Overlay Item List click the Select All button below the Overlay Item List ListBox then click Display Selected Items button next to it all VoverlayHD cards with Timer defined will start displaying overlaid timers simultaneously 8 Source Code The VoverlayHD exe software is supplied with full C source code together with the VoverlayHD card s SDK A sample VisualBasic application VoverlayHDVB exe and a sample C application CSharp exe are also supplied with full source codes all
7. the PCB that require additional cables to connect to them The Video Preview function of the VoverlayHD exe application can be used to view the incoming video mixed with overlaid text graphics on PC screen inside a floating resizable window while external HDMI SDI TV Bluray Recorders Video Capture Devices etc can be connected to the output SDI HDMI sockets of the VoverlayHD card to receive its live video output including overlaid text and graphics When PC power is lost the SDI Input signal will pass through to the SDI Output port via an internal relay The Ref In can be from a Y luminance or CVBS signal for external Sync Mode 5 Software Installation Software installation has two steps device driver software installation and application software installation 5 1 After hardware installation the MS Windows will inform that new hardware is found Found New Hardware Wizard Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard Windows will search for curent and updated software by This wizard helps you install software for looking on your computer on the hardware installation CD or on the Windows Update Web site with your permission Kultimecia Controller Can Windows connect to Windows Update to search for If your hardware came with an installation CD software 2 or floppy disk insert it now Yes this time only O Yes now and every time connect a device What do pou want the wizard to do No nat th
8. 0 0 I Overlay Item Fi Alpha Start 255 Alpha End 255 Alpha Rotate AlphaBk 176 Item Type Text 7 aime Step 0 Interwalms ji 0 Durationisec j o Font Name E Times New Roman Foreground Colour Background Colour BkGr Mode Opaque Font Point 30 Transparent As shown in the screenshot the Text Overlay Item has two time changing parameter sets 1 Alpha Start amp Alpha End Change Setting these parameters to different values and giving some values to the Alpha Step Interval parameters will cause the displayed text to have a changing visibility every Interval time in Step increment decrement such as gradually fading in or fading out The Alpha Rotate controls when the changing Alpha Start value reaches the Alpha End if it will gradually change back from the Alpha End back to Alpha Start in Step increment decrement or it will abruptly jump back to the original Alpha Start value The Alpha Duration below AlphaBk field controls how long this Alpha Start lt gt Alpha End visibility change will last a zero duration means the changes will last forever until being cancelled specifically 2 X Y Location Change Setting the X1 Y1 and X2 Y2 values different will cause the text to move horizontally or vertically in the increment of Move Step value every Interval time for Duration period zero Duration means moving f
9. Video Mode 720X480 160 Video Mode 1920X1080 P59 94 Setting various video I O mode must match the actual video signal at the video input port or distorted display will appear I or P means Interlaced or Progressive respectively Selecting these then clicking Display button will cause the card to reset itself SDI Out Enable Disable Enable or Disable video output at output ports VoverlayHD Application User Manual Page 15 Version 1 0 0 0 Some Card Operations such as selecting a new Video Mode 1920X1080I50 etc will involve resetting the card so if Video Preview window is on those card operations will automatically close it After selecting a card operation clicking the Display button will apply the selected operation to the card also the Test Input button will be automatically clicked to show the new input status Card configuration set by Card Operation will be remembered by the VoverlayHD card so when the software is re started even after power is lost or PC is restarted the previously selected configuration will be used 7 2 5 Window Overlay Item Overlay Item Alpha Start 255 Alpha End 255 Alpha Rotate Item Type Window Step 0 Intervalims j 0 Duration sec a TKErrorRange Transparency Colour fy Transparent o Location Duration sec 4 xio vafo Width 565 m a nzi 0 ya 0 Height 400 i Clear Old Overlay Value Raster Operation SRCCOPY Window Handle O212D2 Cl
10. VoverlayHD PCI Express Card to Realtime Overlay High Definition Text and Graphics on High Definition Video Input Application User Manual Version 1 0 0 0 Copyright 2014 Inventa Australia Pty Ltd HDMI Output Video Overlay HDMI Video Input m SDI Video Input 4 aa i _ SDI Output f f Video Overlay Reference Syne ff com Input Table of Contents 1 Main Features amp Functions 2 wenn nn nnnnnneeene 2 2 Package Contents 2 aeee 2 3 Minimum System Requirement wen nnn enna enna nnens 2 4 Hardware Installation gt eee e eee 2 5 Software Installation gt O eee 3 6 Starting the Software 2 eeaeee 6 7 Operate VoverlayHD Card gt O eeaeee 6 7 1 Generic Operations Video Preview Image Grab Reset etc 7 7 2 Overlay Items 2 eeaeee 9 7 2 1 Text Overlay Item wenn nnn nen nnn nnnene 9 7 2 2 Timer Overlay Item wenn nn nen nnn anne ne 11 7 2 3 Graphics File Overlay Item ween nnn nnnennnnne e 12 7 2 4 Card Operation Overlay Item 14 7 2 5 Window Overlay Item i wenn nnnnnnnnnnnene 16 7 3 Overlay Item List Combine multiple overlay operations _ 17 7 4 Using Multiple VoverlayHD Cards wwe n nnn nnnnnnennee 18 Source Code 92 eae eee 18 VoverlayHD Application User Manual Page 1 Version 1 0 0 0 1 Main Features amp Functions VoverlayHD is a Realtime High Definition Text amp Graphics on HD Video Overlay PCIe Card with many features
11. Y Crase on Cxit z Get A Windew Hardla i Hardware Ye Cx 11 Firmware 0x101 Type 0x45 I saveruv Clear Al Overlay Rese Card OK I Save Imags zo Fie WOvsrayvHD ioc 7 3 Overlay Item List The Overlay Item List is for holding multiple Overlay Items so that they can be displayed simultaneously on external HD Video device or they can be saved as files for later repeated use Pressing the Add or Delete button in the middle of the screen will add or delete the current item into or from the Overlay Item List box while with one item selected in the list box pressing MoveUp or MoveDown button will change the selected item s position in the list When some items have been selected in the Item List box pressing the Display Selected Items button will display these items contents on the video output ports and the live video preview window in the order of their positions in the list box VoverlayHD Application User Manual Page 17 Version 1 0 0 0 Overlay Item List Total Items 4 Text at 0 0 very First Line Dura 0 Alpha 255 Window at 0 0 Handle 133580 Class VideoRende Stop Select All Deselect an Pressing the Stop button will stop the displaying The Save and Open buttons are used to save all items inside the Item List Box to file and to load a file s contents back into the Item List Box when loading from an item list file
12. Yuv Clear All Overlay Reset Card OK Save Image to File C WOverlayHD jpg Graphics File Items allow graphics files to be displayed over incoming video or by themselves at the output video ports Supported graphics file types are BMP JPG GIF PNG TIF and TGA Apart from the file name selection this item has several new parameters 1 Transparency Colour When Transparent checkbox is ticked the overlay process will not display the pixels from the graphics file whose colour RGB values and the Transparency Colour value have minimum difference that 1s abs Rp Rt abs Gp Gt abs Bp Bt lt TKErrorRange where abs X is the absolute value of X Rp Gp Bp is the RGB value of the pixel on the graphics file Rt Gt Bt is the RGB value of the TransparencyKey Colour TKErrorRange is a value gt zero as supplied on the screen For example when Transparent checkbox is ticked and the Transparency Colour set to blue RGB 0 0 255 a graphics file with people in front of a blue background will be displayed only with the people over the incoming video the blue background becomes invisible thus exposing the video underneath achieving a blue screen effect 2 TKErrorRange This value makes pixels on the graphics file whose colour values and the Transparency Colour value have minimum difference as indicated above to be invisible exposing the underneath video conten
13. ass Mame VLC Direct video Title Rook Window Class Name wcWindowlassNR Title WLC media player i Client Area Only Pause Time ms g Window Content Static W E Exit E Get 4 Window Handle Window Overlay Item allows any window on the Windows desktop to be displayed at video output ports in front of the incoming video or by itself This is useful to create a Video in Video result on external HD TV or display live animation to external HD TV etc The window selection is through a window s handle or its class name title or its root window s class name and title Pressing the Get A Window Handle button _Get A Window Handle once then move the mouse cursor now changed to I Beam shape to any window and single click that window that clicked window s handle class name title and root window s class name title values will be copied into the corresponding fields Window Handle o209CC Class Name VideoRenderer Title ActiveMovie Window Root Window Class Name PlayWndASFMediaPla Title chicken wmv video on the Setup Overlay Window Clicking the Client Area Only checkbox means only displaying the selected window client area s contents Clicking the Erase on Exit checkbox means the window s display will be cleared when the display duration expires or the display is manually stopped The Pause Time means how long the executing thread will pause in between displaying consecuti
14. ate Display FN Add Location Duration sec X1 620 Y 1 120 w 0 999999 x2 300 y2 300 n 0 Erase Prev Timer Timer Interval ms 0 Delete MoveUp MoveDown soo _ _sdectal By Scene eset C scroll oil Opn Hardware Ver 0x11 Firmware 0x101 Type 0x45 SaveYUV Clear All Overlay Reset Card OK 7 Save Image to File C vOverlayHD jpg The Setup Window arranges its functions in several main areas on the top line is the Generic Operation area below it on the left is the Overlay Items area on the right is the Overlay Item List Box and in between the Item and Item List Box areas there are Operation Buttons that can be used for Overlay Items and Item List such as Display Current Item Add Item to Item List Save and Open Item List File etc VoverlayHD Application User Manual Page 6 Version 1 0 0 0 7 1 Generic Operations The upper part of the Setup Window lists several generic operations inc overlay card selection when multiple VoverlayHD cards are installed still image grabbing which will display the grabbed video and or overlay image in the application s main window and optionally save them into graphics Y UV files live video preview and Input Test operation Checking the Preview box will start a separate floating and resizable Video Preview Window for the current VoverlayHD card VoverlayHD Card 0 192041080P25 Maximize TopMost which also has a right mouse clicking pop
15. dware is installed and ready to use 9 1 54PM lower right corner of the screen Please note after re installing MS Windows on a PC with VoverlayHD card remaining seated in PCIe slot one Multimedia Controller PCI Device or similar line will appear in the Windows ControlPannel gt System gt Hardware gt DeviceManager window preceded by a yellow question mark or exclamation mark since Windows will not cannot install the device driver software This item will need update driver operation right mouse click then select Update driver to install the proper driver software from the driver folder on the Setup CD before the VoverlayHD card and application software can be used properly Alternatively you can delete this question mark exclamation mark preceded item right mouse click them then select Uninstall highlight the PC s name in the DeviceManager window then select Scan for Hardware Changes then follow the same steps as at the start of this section to install the device driver VoverlayHD Application User Manual Page 4 Version 1 0 0 0 2 Device Manager View Help e Scan for hardware changes Print i i a Display adapters 2A DVD CD ROM drives A Floppy disk controllers di Floppy disk drives i IDE ATAJATAPI controllers jg IEEE 1394 Bus host controllers se Keyboards Mice and other pointing devices a a Monitors E8 Network adapters
16. e Sync BNC Port available on card back panel Overlay Content can appear on output ports when no input signal is available SDI Video Input to Output Pass through on power loss PC reboot or powered off Input SDI or HDMI Audio is passed onto Output Ports Live Video Preview on PC Screen in resizable floating window always displaying the output video content Overlay Text String support different colour font name size background mode transparency amp Unicode Overlay Graphics Files support for BMP JPEG GIF PNG TIFF and Targa format Apply single or a range of Transparency Colours on Graphics amp Text for Blue Screen Chroma Key effect Overlay Timer support for time date mille second frame number Overlay Card Operation support for screen area clear alpha change amp content rotate I O select etc Overlay Windows support for constantly displaying any window s content to external HD Video Devices Constant Alpha Channel Value Change under software control for timing and increment Horizontal and Vertical Moving Text amp Graphics Overlay with software configurable steps and times Instant Overlay Display to external HD Video Devices from multiple overlay items constructed amp loaded Save and Open Overlay Item List Files for repeated use of complicated overlay schemes and patterns Save amp Read eeprom data for card software identification or other usage 48 bytes can be read and written Full SDK for Software Development inc full C
17. is time Install the software automatically Recommended Click Hest to continue Click Hest to continue VoverlayHD Application User Manual Page 3 Version 1 0 0 0 5 2 Put the VoverlayHD installation CD into PC s CD DVD drive click Next button let Windows search for device driver specifically from one of the sub folders winxp vista win7 use win7 sub folder for both Windows 7 and Windows 8 under driver 32bit or driver 64bit folder according to the PC s current Windows version and if Windows is 32 Bit or 64 Bit During the driver installation ignore those warnings claiming the device driver has not passed Windows Logo testing etc press Continue Anyway to keep going until the driver is installed then Reboot the PC then after rebooting check the Windows ControlPanel to make sure the System gt Hardware gt DeviceManager gt Sound video and game controllers category has a driver line VoverlayHD Board listed for each VoverlayHD card without question or exclamation mark a Sound video and game controllers aa amp AMD High Definition Audio Device til VoverlayHD Board oil Inventa MPEGIO2 SAA7134 wij Inventa MPEGIO2 SAAT134 nventa MPEGIO2 VW2010 oii Inventa MPEGIO2 VW2010 ii VIA High Definition Audio When device driver has been installed properly Windows will have a pop up message box at the i Found New Hardware Your new har
18. ized application software using the SDK Duration sec 1 The Timer Interval field can have values from Ims up Similar as the Display Date checkbox the Display MS controls if the Mille Second will be displayed while the Display FN controls if the incoming video s Frame Number will be displayed The Font and Alpha parameters have the same effects for the Timer Items as for the Text Item but the Timer Item will not move its X Y location as the Text Item VoverlayHD Application User Manual Page 11 Version 1 0 0 0 7 2 3 Graphics File Overlay Item Setup VOverlayHD SDK ver 1 0 0 0 xs Total Cards 1 Selected Card Card O HD Grab Image V Preview Interval 30 V FullFrame Test Input SDI In Has Signal IntSync Overlay Item PrintEr a 1920X 1080150 Video Overlay Alpha Start 255 Alpha End 255 Alpha Rotate Reset Out Delays Item Type Graphics Fie ist oh Step 0 Interval ms 0 Duration sec 0 a Total Items Display n fi Inventa High Definiti el TKErrorRange Transparency Colour Transparent 0 Location IV Static Display Duration sec ara Xi 0 Yx 400 w 1759 D Oneway Move Return Move 0 x2 1920 y2 600 H 105 File Name C harbourbridge jpg IV Clear Old Overlay Value Raster Operation SRCCOPY v o Sae Item File Name Open Hardware Ver 0x11 Firmware 0x101 Type 0x45 I Save
19. l 1 VoverlayHD SDK User Manual v1 VoverlayHD program group _ ia VoverlayHD exe VoverlayHD Application User Manual Page 5 Version 1 0 0 0 6 Starting the Software After a successful application software installation a VoverlayHD exe shortcut icon will appear on the Windows desktop Mouse double clicking this icon will start the software The software can also be started from Window s Start gt Program Files gt Inventa gt VoverlayHD group 7 Operate VoverlayHD Card Once started VoverlayHD exe will display its main window il Inventa High Definition Video Overlay Application Num of VOverlayHD Card Found 2 Inventa High Definition Video O Setup Card a Mouse clicking the Action menu will show its menu items Selecting the Setup Card Overlay item will start the Setup VOverlayHD window where all the major operations for VoverlayHD card can be accomplished Setup VOverlayHD SDK ver 1 0 0 0 Total Cards 4 eee Card O HD x Grab Image V Preview Interval 30 E Test Input SDI In Has Signal VideoSync Pri 1920X 1080150 Video Overlay a cs naa 255 AlphaEnd 255 Alpha Rotate AlphaBk 2147 Reset Out Delays Item Type Timer x Overlay Item List Total Items 3 Font Name Step fo Interval ms fo Duration sec k Times New Roman Foreground Colour Ba ckground Colour BkGr Mode Opa Font Point 129 Transparent Display MS Display D
20. ler value makes the preview smoother but consumes more CPU power VoverlayHD Application User Manual Page 7 Version 1 0 0 0 Please note when using multiple VoverlayHD cards on Windows XP only one card can have live video preview at any time trying to preview video while another VoverlayHD card is already previewing causes a DirectDraw error warning dialog advising to close the other card s preview first Clicking the 22 Image button will grab the current video frame into the application s main window Action Software em JOURNAL J rgen GFAeEln mg if the Save Image to File Save YUV box at the lower right part of the window is checked when Grab Image button is clicked a graphics file and or the grabbed YUV raw data file will be created wi W Deinterlace M Save Image to File OverlayHD jpg The graphics file will have one of the bmp jpg gif WinXP tif Non WinXP png file extensions as typed in the edit field plus a serial number appended before the character such as VOverlayHD0 jpg VOverlayHD1 bmp etc The graphics file s image is the current frame at the currently selected video input port SDI or HDMI with the same video resolution from 720X480 1920X1080 pixels without any scaling The grabbed YUV file is of packed UYVY 4 2 2 format useful for some YUV play analysis programs The Deinterlace check box only shows under Windows XP checking it will capture de in
21. m File Name C Woverlay oil Video Mode 1280x720 P50 Video Mode 1280 720 P50 Video Mode 1280X720 P29 97 Video Mode 1280x720 P59 94 Video Mode 1920 1080 P24 Video Mode 1920X1080 P25 Video Mode 1920 1080 P30 Video Mode 1920 1080 150 Video Mode 1920 1080 160 Video Mode 1920X 10800 P23 97 Video Mode 1920X1080 P29 97 Video Mode 1920 1080 159 94 Video Mode 1920 1080 P50 Video Mode 1920X1080 P60 Video Mode 1920 1080 P59 94 SDI Out Enable SDI Out Disable Key Out Signal Fill Op Video Mode 720X480 160 pen Hardware Ver 0x11 Firmware 0x101 Type 0x45 video Mode 720X576 150 Video Mode 1280X720 P25 z Clear All Overlay Reset Card video Mode 1280X720 P30 AYHD Jpg Card Operation Overlay Item operates the VoverlayHD card directly some explanations for these Set Colour Once this operation is selected the Set Colour Edit Box appears indicating the ARGB value in Hex used for setting colour and transparency and the X1 Y1 X2 Y2 values will be used as the video area to be painted with the ARGB overlay value e g VoverlayHD Application User Manual Page 14 Version 1 0 0 0 Be J xX Oe ie oe El Seah noes ete pa Saco esonera intErr 1920X1 Vi verlay Overlay Item z Alpha Start 255 Alpha End 255 Alpha Rotate Reset Out _Delays Item Type Overla Card erlay Item List tems 3 y Step 0 I
22. nterval ms 0 Duration sec 0 e em Display Timer at 620 120 Interval 0 Dura 899999 Alpha Text at 0 300 x scroll right 30 10 E a 2 a IF 80 Location Add Xi 200 1 300 w 0 X2 800 y2 700 H fo Delete Set Colour 88FFFFOO Card Operation Set Colour X MoveUp ARGB value Ox88FFFF00 painted MoveDown fi this half transparent peal yellow box at area Stop Select All Display Selected Items DeSelect All RAN DI LER BAKANI RUSYA DA TURKIYE AN RAGER 200 300 800 700 o sae Item File Name a C scroll oil Moskova aa temaslarda bulun Open Hardware Ver 0x11 Firmware 0x101 Type 0x45 SPOR LUK SETLER SONUNDA J OMACLUP ETT AR AVUSTRALYA A IK TENIS T BA q Clear All Overlay Reset Card OK 7 Save Image to File C vOverlayHD bmp Note Set Colour can be used to erase any area s overlay contents by setting the A Ipha value to 0x00 Rotate Angle Rotate an area s overlay pixels using an angle in degree unit between 1 359 e g Setup VOverlayHD SDK ver 1 0 0 0 Total Cards Selected Card Card 0 HD Grab Image V Preview Interval 60 Test Input SDI In Has Signal IntSync Overlay Item PrintErr 1920X 1080150 Video Overlay i Alpha Start 255 Alpha End 255 Alpha Rotate ResetOut Delays Item Type Overlay Card w ist d Step 0 Interval ms 0 Duration sec 0 Overlay Item List Location
23. o the external TV If supplying a width or height different from the graphics file s original width and height the displayed graphics will be shrunk or expanded accordingly Targa graphics files tga will not have their width and height automatically calculated and they can not be shrunk or expanded 7 2 4 Card Operation Overlay Item Setup VOverlayHD SDK ver 1 0 0 0 Total Cards i Selected Card Card OHO Grab Image W Preview Interval 59 M Full Fram Test Input SDI In Has Signal IntSync Overlay Item Prim e E sa ee wr 1920X 1080150 Video Overlay PAA _Alpha Start 255 Alpha End 255 Alpha Rotate ResetOut Delays Item Type Overlay Card Overlay Item List eee Ea Step 0 Interval ms 0 Duration sec 0 ina aE En Tiea i Text at 400 400 This is word Dura 0 Alpha 25 Card at 400 400 1000 404 Rotate Angle Dura Display Loacaton B add xi 400 y1 400 w 538 X2 1000 v2 404 H 122 PES Card Operation eile See Slee ee Clear All a al Movelp Input Socket SDI Input Socket HDMI Sync Mode Int Sync Mode Ext Sync Mode SDI Mixing Mode Video Bypass Mixing Mode Overlay with Video Mixing Mode Overlay with Black Key Out Normal Key Out Reversed MoveDown Stop Select All Display Selected Items DeSelect All Save __ Ite
24. orever until being manually stopped Location Static Displa R Move StepiFixeh Intervalims 1 Durationisec wi Yi width O Oneway Move jo Da W Return Move 4 200 30 yas 700 yoy O Height 0 Text String Horizontally Moving Text Location Static Displa Pe Move Step Pixel Interval ms Duration sec t vil 20 Yi E width o Oneway Move W Return Move 4 300 30 wor 20 ya 500 Height 0 Text String Vertically Moving Text The Oneway Move and Return Move check boxes control if the movement will repeat when reaching the X2 Y2 position As shown in the previous example the AlphaBk value controls the visibility of the text s surrounding sel Sag _ ii the ee 1s Opaque and the Transparent CheckBox is cleared The text Font Name Font Point Foreground Colour Background Colour Background Mode Transparency can all be changed by using the corresponding buttons Note to create those Transparent Background text as shown above the Background Colour must be set to Black RGB 0 0 0 the BkGr Mode must be Opaque and the Transparent checkbox must be cleared If the Background Colour is non black then the resulting text will have a background of Background Colour such as this Background Colour is green VoverlayHD Application User Manual Page 10 Version 1 0 0 0 The Width Adjust value indicates empty pixels extending beyond the right most area of the text s
25. source codes and their VisualStudio 2008 Pro project files are under the sre folder of the Setup CD note MS net framework 3 5 is needed to run the VB and C programs VoverlayHD Application User Manual Page 18 Version 1 0 0 0
26. t Setting this value to be larger than zero will be useful when the area to be made invisible contains non uniform colour e g a white background contains pixels with colours close to but not exactly the pure white as illustrated in the following example where the same overlay graphics file is applied on the same video but on the left VoverlayHD card with TKErrorRange 0 while on the right VoverlayHD card with TKErrorRange 220 VoverlayHD Application User Manual Page 12 Version 1 0 0 0 J babes Res n i A wese ae ith i Red on White rB ogg ety wy A pian LAINN o cette ries Te a 3 Clear Old Overlay Value This box is only meaningful when box Transparent is also ticked If Clear Old Overlay Value is ticked then those pixels in the graphics file whose colour values and the Transparency Colour have the minimum difference as described in the Transparency Colour above will become totally transparent 1 e the video underneath them will be exposed in Ap oa at AA If this box is cleared then those pixels in the graphics file whose colour values and the Transparency Colour have minimum difference as described in the Transparency Colour above will combine logical or their old alpha value with the new alpha value on screen so that if the resulting alpha is nonzero then some degree of overlay will appear on top of the video this is useful
27. terlaced image The Reset Out button disables then re enables the SDI and HDMI output ports The Delays button pops up a window allowing changes to the current card s line and frame delays Delays Horizontal Phase Delay 0 Vertical Phase Delay 2 Key Delay 0 Set Default A Reset Card button at the lower left corner of the Setup Window will close and restart the current VoverlayHD card this can be used to rectify any erroneous situation of a card VoverlayHD Application User Manual Page 8 Version 1 0 0 0 7 2 Overlay Items Below the Generic Operation area on the left is the Overlay Item Selection area Overlay Items have Item Types such as Text Timer Graphics File Card Operation and Window theses are used to differentiate functions and features each type of item operate Overlay Item Types are selected through Item Type Text File Graphics Graphics File Overlay Card the Item Type Combo box window Each time a different Item Type is selected specific buttons and combo box etc controls relevant i that Item Type will be displayed Pressing the Display button between the Overlay Item and Overlay Item List areas will display the currently selected Overlay Item content onto the video output ports and on screen video preview window immediately Pressing the Stop button e wi stop displaying the current item if it is dynamic one like timer or mo
28. tring useful at some high resolution such as 1920X 1080 video mode to compensate right most clipping The Unicode box allows input of multi byte characters Japanese Chinese Korean etc as overlay text 7 2 2 Timer Overlay Item Timer overlay item has similar parameters as Text overlay items except the displayed text is always the current time and date if Display Date checkbox is checked The setting in the screen shot below displays a one second interval timer at 20 0 position with transparent background Background Colour must be Black that will run forever until being stopped manually since Duration is zero Overlay Them Alpha Start 255 Alpha End 255 Alpha Rotate AlphaBk 1 Item Type Timer Step T Intervalirns 4 0 Duration sec fr Font Mame Times New Roman Foreground Colour Background Colour BEk r Mode Opaque Font Point 80 Transparent F Display MS Display Date j Display FN Location xi 20 vii 0 width 0 7 x21 20 12 3 Height 0 Erase Prev Timer Timer Interval ms 1000 WD 0542 The Erase Prev Timer checkbox controls if to clear the previously displayed timer Gif any when the current timer item is displayed Note when a new Timer is defined and the Display button is clicked any previously defined Timer will be automatically stopped since one VoverlayHD card can have one Timer at any time although this can be overcome by writing custom
29. up menu to operate Preview When mouse cursor is moving inside Video Preview Window without pressing any mouse button if Ctrl key is pressed then the approximate video frame position the current mouse cursor is pointing to will be automatically undated in the X1 Y1 edit fields of the Location group in the Setup dialog window Location x1 1861 Y1 912 l Inside the Video Preview Window double clicking left mouse button will toggle between the full screen and normal window mode While at the full screen mode pressing the space button also brings the window back to normal size When in the normal window mode pressing down the left mouse button then moving the mouse will move the window around The video displayed inside the preview window is always the same as the video output on the card s SDI and HDMI output ports The Full Frame check box is to select 1f the previewed video is getting full frame resolution of the actual video input frame or 4 of the actual video frame resolution Getting full frame resolution box checked will display higher quality preview video on PC screen in particular the added overlay contents but requires much more CPU power and the displayed video is less smooth than using 1 4 frame resolution Full Frame box cleared The Interval edit box appears only when Windows is not XP this is the time the application program pauses between displaying two consecutive video frames smal
30. ve frames of the selected window For a live video animation displaying window set this time to 40 80 mille seconds will give good smooth moving result on the output video ports VoverlayHD Application User Manual Page 16 Version 1 0 0 0 Click the Window Content Static if the content of the window is not changing constantly Click the Transparent check box and select a colour from the Transparency Colour button initiated colour dialog if you wish to make some portion of the window transparent invisible e g making the blue background to disappear on the live video Blue Screen effect Click the Clear Old Overlay Value to make the Transparency effect clean without shivering pixels flying around This box has the same significance as explained in the Graphics File Overlay Item section and it is only meaningful when the Transparent box is ticked Window item can overlay movie play back or dynamic Internet page windows on input video such as this VideoLan sales play back overlaid on live Simpson us Program ee TKCrrerRange Trarsparency Color Transparsrt fo Location xi exo vefs w fo 300 y2 300 H f0 Iw Cear Ole Overy vale Raster Operation SROCCeY wrdon ande N10AF Chass Noma 7 7 MSW vibu C345 pitie Rcot vindow Class Neme ud t Tite vw ws w ass Stp Diay Ssiccied Tiena Sescect an Clent Area Orly Pause Tmelms 0 7 vendow Content Stadz
31. ving text etc Previously displayed item s image normally remains on screen without being erased Clicking ae button erases all currently displayed overlays on preview window amp output ports 7 2 1 Text Overlay Item L ee L a a LIT YUe TE Overlay Item _ PrintErr Alpha Start 255 Alpha End o 7 Alpha Rotate AlphaBk 1 Item Type Text i Font Step 250 Interval ms 500 Duration sec w Times New Roman Foreground Colour Background Colour BkGr Mode Opaque Font Paint 30 Transparent ocat Static Di oe peur Move Step Pixel nterval ms Duration sec Emme m oe om y2 400 vajo H 124 Text String Bin Width Adjust Unicode Text Overlay Items allow static or moving text to be displayed over incoming video Many parameters inc alpha blending colour font transparency location duration etc can be selected and changed Appropriately combining these parameters text with numerous different effects can be output on external HD video devices overlaid on the incoming video or by themselves without incoming video For example the settings in the previous screenshot will create a blinking text Blink blinking every half a second while slowly moving across the top of the video screen The following settings note AlphaBk is set to 126 will create a word Blink with half transparent background colour VoverlayHD Application User Manual Page 9 Version 1 0
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