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USBOSDM2 Application Software User Manual

1. C Program Files Inventa USBOSDM2 Install USBOSDM2 for yourself or for anyone who uses this computer Just me i USBOSDM2 Installation Complete USBOSDM2 has been sucessfully installed Click Close to exit USBOSDM2 Setup Filters Registration Completed Press OK bo Finish Close Note the end of installation is the Filters Registration Completed window click the OK button on this window will finish the application software installation and put the Sei icon on the Windows desktop Mouse double clicking this icon will launch USBOSDM2 application software it can also be launched or un installed from Windows Start gt All Programs gt Inventa gt USBOSDM2 menu USBOSDM2 Ver 1 0 3 Page 4 Application Software User Manual 6 Device Architecture USBOSDM2 contains several major hardware software processing units as illustrated below Text amp MPEG Video Audio Channel Graphics 1 Live Preview Compression Input Arrangement O p on PC Screen Recording verlay x amp Streaming OSD Device MR Device USBOSDM2 Device Architecture As seen in the picture USBOSDM2 can be viewed as consisting of an OSD device and an M2B device input signals are first mixed geographically arranged and text graphics overlaid by the OSD device then MPEG compressed recorded streamed and live previewed on PC by the M2B MPEG2 Box device This two device principle has been used throu
2. E Window Common Position 4 Channels Split with each channel occupies 1 4 of the video frame E Window Cropping For PAL Left 15 Top 10 Width 720 Height 576 For NTSC Left 15 Top 12 Width 720 Height 480 Disable Video In No Input Source Chanl Inputl Chan2 Inpu2 Chan3 Input3 Chan4 Input4 Channel Boundary None Encoding Video Standard NTSC or PAL User Selectable on Program Startup Auto Rectify Height Yes Mirror No On Top Yes USBOSDM2 Ver 1 0 3 Page 30 Application Software User Manual Audio Input Channel Parameters Channel Source Line in Mute No Left Gain 70dB Right Gain 70dB Overlay Item Parameters Font Arial Regular 18 Point Yellow Start X Y 0 0 Use Downloaded Font No Download Item on Start No Foreground Colour Yellow Background Mode Transparent Alpha None Blink None Disable Overlay No Timer Format Time Only Recording File Parameters Recording Path Same as USBOSDM2 exe file s path Recording File Naming Method Prompt Before Recording User pre named Text Recording File Name Field MPEGRecord Split Recording File at File Size 0 No splitting Split Recording File at Record Time 0 No splitting Split File No Reset 0 No Reset Recording Timer 0 No Timer MPEG Encoding Parameters Encoding Video Standard User Selectable on Program Startup MPEG Encoding Output Type DVD Stream MPEG Encoding Video Output Resolution 720X576 Pixel PAL 720X480 Pixel NTSC MPEG Encoding Vi
3. used TV OUT 1 will connect to the SVideo s Y signal pin so will output black amp white signal E TV2 on YX If TV OUT 2 connects to the Y signal pin of the OSD device s S Video output when SVideo Link is used Default is TV OUT 2 connects to OSD device s Composite output E Confirm on Exit If to display a confirmation dialog before exiting the USBOSDM2 program E Rec Timer Expire Exit Program Exit USBOSDM2 software when recording ends because timer expires if any device is still recording or any dialog is still open the exit will not happen Rec Timer Expire Shutdown PC Shutdown PC when recording ends because recording timer expires if any device is still recording or any dialog is still open the shutdown will not happen M2B Setup Same as the Encoding Properties button on the Record Setup Window Reset M2B Device Hardware reset the M2B device this will take some time to finish Reset OSD Device Hardware reset the OSD device can correct errors like no video display etc OSD Init Vals Load an ini file to OSD device such as OSDValsPAL ini OSDValsNTSC in1 Show Rec Status Display on screen recording status when MPEG file recording is in progress Status Transparent The recording status is in transparent exposing background video mode Rec Status Font Define recording status text font adjust this to make status line fully visible Status Bk Colour Change recording status background colour if it s not in t
4. 320Kbps 384Kbps Device Dimension Top Width 138mm Bottom Width 168mm Depth 120mm Height 40mm USBOSDM2 Ver 1 0 3 Page 33 Application Software User Manual
5. Device 6 Device 7 Device Ticking Box Has Immediate Effect 12 Streaming Video a Setup Streaming USBOSDM122 can act as a Streaming Server sending out MPEG video over IP network in UDP format The Streaming Video Window can be brought up either from Drop down Menu gt Stream Setup or from Control Window gt Setup gt Stream Setup Sieaming Video Local IP os 168 1 104 Stream All Stop Al Streaming Target IP Port No Device 1 l z De UE A s000 Multicast Stream DEVa i27 0 0 1 5000 Multicast Stream To uniquely identify a receiving party for video streaming an IP Address and a Port Number need to be supplied USBOSDM2 can stream out MPEG video in either Multicast or Uni cast UDP mode Multicast streaming allows multiple receiving parties to receive the same MPEG video simultaneously while Uni cast allows only one receiving party at a time To stream in Multicast mode a Multicast address usually in the range of 224 0 0 0 239 255 255 255 must be entered in the IP Address field under the Streaming Target IP title and the Multicast box must be ticked The default mode is Uni cast streaming USBOSDM2 Ver 1 0 3 Page 27 Application Software User Manual b Start and Stop Streaming In the Streaming Video Window ticking or clearing the Stream check box will start or stop streaming on one USBOSDM2 device clicking the Stream All or Stop All button will start or stop streaming on all
6. File Overlay Timer Format Select to display Time Only Date Time or Counter for Timer Overlay Item Text The text content for Text Overlay Item File Load a file for Text File or Graphics File Overlay large graphics can be time consuming Alpha The visibility of the current overlay item lower alpha value means less visible Note each USBOSDM22 device can only have one Alpha value at a time if one Overlay Item defines a new Alpha value either 0 25 0 5 or 0 75 then all overlay items having Alpha values defined USBOSDM2 Ver 1 0 3 Page 20 Application Software User Manual previously will be using the same Alpha value overlay items having None as their Alpha values will not be affected E Blink Blinking time interval of the current overlay item Note each USBOSDM2 device can only have one Blink time interval at a time if one Overlay Item defines a new Blink time either 0 25 0 5 1 or 2 seconds then all overlay items having Blink defined previously will be using the same Blink time overlay items having None as their Blink values will not be affected E Start X Start Y For most Overlay Item Types these indicate the Upper left corner of the current overlay item on Video Frame If the current Overlay Item Type is Shape with Regular Shape Arc inc Full Circle this X Y will indicate the centre point dot of the Are on the Video Frame If the current Overlay Item Type is Shape with Regular Shape Arrow this X Y wil
7. USBMPEG2 Box DVICO s FusionMPEG2 etc should not be used simultaneously with USBOSDM2 on the same PC Note 3 Click All Programs gt Inventa gt USBOSDM2 gt Install Drivers can also install re install drivers E Application Software Installation Once the Setup CD is inserted into PC s CD drive the Setup Wizard window will appear Pe USBOSDM Welcome to the USBOSDM2 Setup Wizard The installer will guide you through the steps required to install USBOSDM2 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 If this window does not appear double clicking the Start exe file on the CD can bring up this window From this window proceed to install USBOSDM2 s application software this can be done either before or after the device driver has been installed as described in the previous section Fe UsSuOSN Fe USBOSDMZ Select Installation Folder Z Confirm Installation The installer will install USBOSDM2 to the following folder The installer is ready to install USBOSDM2 on your computer To install in this folder click Next To install to a different folder enter it below or click Browse Click Next to start the installation Folder
8. and png format Live recording status can be displayed inside video frame with user definable colour and font Colour Bar generation to test video output capability Can record stream MPEG Video with Text Graphics Overlay when no input signal is available Optional Comprehensive Software Development Kit SDK for writing customized application software USBOSDM2 Ver 1 0 3 Page 2 Application Software User Manual 2 Package Contents USBOSDM2 comes with the device box application software USB and video audio cables 3 Minimum System Requirement Hardware Intel Pentium4 AMD Athlon PC with 2 USB2 sockets 512MB RAM 128MB Video card Software MS Windows Vista or XP SP2 DirectX9 with DirectDraw Hardware Acceleration enabled Operating Environment Temperature Below 30 C 4 Hardware Installation Plug the two USB cables into the PC s USB sockets note sockets from separate USB Hubs are NOT recommended because they usually cannot support enough power to run USBOSDM2 properly Connect any video audio device s video audio output sockets to the input sockets on USBOSDM2 Optionally VCR or TV can be connected to the TV OUT 1 or TV OUT 2 sockets PEN Sen Front Sockets O e nx e ei 4 1 eee ee d d i vd K in i i he ot VE a d Note 1 All USBOSDM2 devices must be connected and device driver installed before the application software can start USBOSDM2 device cannot be added or removed when t
9. are defined Download Download the current font to OSD device big font can take long time to download Delete Delete the current downloaded font List Font List all fonts already downloaded onto the RAM of OSD device Clear Screen Erase all overlay contents from the video frame without deleting the overlay items After a Clear Screen operation any existing overlay item can be re displayed by clicking the Redraw or the Redraw All button Test Colours List all colours of the current Palette Colour Lookup Table used Add Item Create a new Overlay Item Modify Item Modify the current overlay item using the various new option values on the screen Delete Item Delete the current overlay item Delete All Delete all overlay items Redraw All Redraw all existing overlay items Redraw Redraw current overlay item using its existing option values ignore on screen options Erase Erase the current overlay item from video frame but will not delete it it can still Redraw FrGr Colour Set Foreground pixels Colour for Text Timer Box Rectangle Overlay Items BkGr Colour Set Background Colour for Text Timer Graphics File Overlay If Transprent is used for Bkgr Mode pixels on overlay item with this colour will become transparent video behind these pixels become visible similar as the Blue Screen effect in video editing process Bkgr Mode Set Background Mode Transparent Opaque for Text Timer Graphics
10. downloaded to USBOSDM2 device at that time downloaded means first downloading all characters bitmaps of the current font onto USBOSDM2 device then using each character s downloaded bitmap to paint the text overlay onto the video frame without downloading the characters bitmaps again The main advantage of using downloaded font is to display the text overlay quickly although the one time downloading of the entire font s bitmaps will usually take much longer time Downloaded font also cannot have Opaque background mode nor the Alpha Blinking options see below Note each time the OSD device is hardware reset or the USBOSDM2 program is re started all downloaded fonts will need to be re downloaded USBOSDM22 allows four 720X576 Pixel memory pages to hold all downloaded fonts clicking the List Font button will show currently downloaded font bitmaps e g 3 fonts are listed like this USBOSDM2 Ver 1 0 3 Page 12 Application Software User Manual Each downloaded font has bitmap images for characters with ASCII values 0x20 Ox7F printable characters therefore only these characters can be used with downloadable fonts The text colour can also be selected from the Foreground Colour window by clicking the FrGr Colour button this allows much more possible colour selections than the Color combo selection inside the Font selection window however if a colour selected in the Foreground Colour window is not among the lim
11. Drop down Menu gt Capture Image selection can also be used 14 Other Drop down Menu Selections E Show Rec Status Enable recording status display inside each USBOSDM2 device s video frame within the Video Window E Maximize Device Video This only appears when multiple USBOSDM2 devices are present selecting this item will display the number device s video in full screen same as double clicking number device s video area inside the Video Window with Ctrl key pressed E Maximize Display the Video Window as Full Screen same as left mouse double clicking in the Video Window without holding down Ctrl key To restore back to normal window mode left mouse double click again or press Space Bar USBOSDM2 Ver 1 0 3 Page 28 Application Software User Manual E Minimize Change the program windows into an icon on Window s Task Bar ZS To restore back to normal window mode left mouse click the icon on the Task Bar E Select Overlay to Move This selection only appears when overlay items have been created for one USBOSDM2 device and the Disable Overlay box was not ticked on the Overlay Setup Window details are in the Move Overlay Item on Video Frame sub section under the Overlay Setup Window section E Start Stop Count Ctrl C Start Stop Counter Timer if it is defined E Mute Speakers Mute PC speakers fora USBOSDM2 device will not affect audio in recording E Exit Program Quit USBOSDM2 appli
12. Height values Remove a Dot delete a selected Dot in the list box then re draw the lines if there were lines Remove Lines remove lines between dots if there are lines OK exit this Window creating a new Shape overlay or modifying redrawing an existing one Cancel abandon the new Shape overlay if it was being created If the Shape Overlay Window was opened when user clicked the Modify Item button on the Overlay Setup Window then this button will keep the modified redrawn Shape and exit the Shape Overlay Window Note apart from dot location pixel width height and Regular Shape Type Shape Overlay only has Foreground Colour option Other options such as alpha blink etc are not used for Shape Overlay j Move Overlay Item on Video Frame Once an Overlay Item is created and displayed on Video Frame it can be moved along horizontal and vertical directions quickly without modifying other parameters Clicking the two Se es Shark Sr 265 Yi 347 Scroll Bars above the Start X Start Y Edit Box 265 will move the current Overlay Item one pixel per click along X or Y direction A more convenient movement is through using the Select Overlay to Move menu item in the Drop down Menu Select Overlay bo Move 1 Counter Timer ak 293 13 Stark Counter Ctrl C wi Texk at 137 9 Counter Mute Speakers Cancel Move Overlay Selection USBOSDM2 Ver 1 0 3 Page 19 Application Software User Manual This menu item sele
13. Note Window Position cannot be changed when Video Window is in Full Screen Mode E Common Positions Select from some commonly used video window sizes and positions common Position Note 1 For Window Cropping PAL and NTSC have different default values For PAL Left 15 Top 10 Width 720 Height 576 720 576 are the max pixels For NTSC Left 15 Top 12 Width 720 Height 480 720 480 are the max pixels Note 2 The default 4 Channels Common Position uses different values for PAL and NTSC For PAL Channel 1 Left 0 Top 0 Width 360 Height 288 Channel 2 Left 360 Top 0 Width 360 Height 288 Channel 3 Left 0 Top 288 Width 360 Height 288 Channel 4 Left 360 Top 288 Width 360 Height 288 For NTSC Channel 1 Left 0 Top 0 Width 360 Height 240 Channel 2 Left 360 Top 0 Width 360 Height 240 Channel 3 Left 0 Top 240 Width 360 Height 240 Channel 4 Left 360 Top 240 Width 360 Height 240 USBOSDM2 Ver 1 0 3 Page 8 Application Software User Manual Note 3 Selecting any common position will reset the M2B device and redraw video frame Note 4 Common Position cannot be selected when Video Window is in Full Screen Mode Mirror Sey E Mirror Flip this channel s video content horizontally and or vertically Chan Boundary 0012 E Chan Boundary Draw boundary around this channel s video window edges E Brightness Contrast Hue Saturation Sharpness The value ranges of these features are different
14. Start Stop Streaming Video I Image Setup K Mute PC Speakers L Split File for Record M Maximize N Minimize O Overlay Setup P Pause Recording R Record Setup S Stream Setup T Stop Record W Show Recording Status X Exit Program Z Maximize Device Video USBOSDM2 Ver 1 0 3 Page 32 Application Software User Manual 19 Technical Discussions 1 Some PCs Screen Saver or Power Down Screen Settings could cause stopping on live video preview and record if this happens just disable Windows Screen Saver Power Down Settings 2 On Windows 7 and Windows Vista avoid pressing Ctrl Alt Del key combination since this will stop video preview and record Press Ctrl Shift Esc key combination instead to start TaskManager 3 Windows MediaPlayer could fail to play some MPEGI video files to replace it use free video players such as VideoLan http www videolan org or MediaPlayer Classic http mpc hc sourceforge net etc 4 Windows default MPEG Audio Decoder as part of quartz dll can often fail to properly decode MPEG I files audio resulting in Windows MediaPlayer giving corrupted sound on playing MPEGI1 files this can be fixed by making MediaPlayer to use a different MPEG Audio Codec Filter such as the free MAD Filter ax http sourceforge net projects maddxshow for Windows XP and Vista or the Microsoft MPEG 1 DD Audio Decoder Filter msmpeg2adec dll for Windows Vista 7 etc after regist
15. USBOSDM2 USB Powered MPEG2 Encoder with Picture in Picture A Text Graphics Overlay Application Software User Manual Version 1 0 3 Copyright 2010 Inventa Australia Pty Ltd 0 00 oaoa ae 0000 666 Kass mc A Video IN 1 Main Features amp Functions EEN 2 2 Package Contents En 3 3 Minimum System Requirement 2 SEN 3 4 Hardware Installation En 3 5 Software Installation En 3 Device Driver Software Installation _ _ s 3 Application Software Installation _ __ 4 6 Device Architecture En 5 7 User Interface En 5 8 Channel Setup wane nnn n nanan nnnnnnnnnnnnnennneeeeeeeeeee 7 Video Channel Setup EEN 7 Audio Channel Setup EEN 10 9 Overlay Setup wnt nn nnn nnn n nnn n nnn n nnn nneeee ee eeeeeee 11 Overlay Item Type and Colour 11 Text Overlay EE 12 Text File Overlay gt EE 13 Auto Scroll Text or Text File Overlay 14 Timer Overlay EE 14 Rectangle Overlay EE 15 Box Overlay EE 15 Graphics File Overlay EE 15 Shape Overlay EE 15 Move Overlay Item on Video Frame 19 Overlay Item Options EE 20 Overlay Items Overlap Priority 21 10 Device Setup een n nnn n nnn nnnnnnnnnnn
16. available USBOSDM2 devices Alternatively one device streaming can start or stop by selecting the Drop down Menu gt Streaming Video or Drop down Menu gt Stop Streaming Video Note video streaming operation is independent of video recording process MPEG playback devices or software such as Inventa s MPEGIO card or the excellent freeware VideoLan etc can be used to receive USBOSDM2 streamed video in real time over IP network 13 Grab Still Image Still image grabbing creates graphics file from the current video frame The Capture Still Image setup window can be brought up from either Drop down Menu gt Image Setup or from Control Window gt Setup gt Image Setup Total Devices 2 Current Device gt 126 Dew Signal FAL Capture All Devices C Program Files InventallsbosDM 2 Imagecapture Last Captured C Program Files Invental USbOSDM2 Image Captured bmp Cancel In this window Name File defines folder and file names for the still image Reset Serial set up a new number to be the next serial number appended to the newly created still image file s name Image Type Slee O Graphics File type is defined by the Image Type combo box If multiple USBOSDM2 devices are present and Capture All Devices box is ticked clicking the Capture button will simultaneously capture still images on all devices otherwise one single image will be captured for the current device To capture still image on one device
17. avoid using too many USBOSDM2 devices simultaneously if your PC s CPU usage reaches 100 16 Command Line Parameters At start up USBOSDM2 application software accepts some command line parameters so that it can enter certain operation mode once started Command line parameters are supplied in the form of USBOSDM2 Ver 1 0 3 Page 29 Application Software User Manual Cmd devNum Value Where Cmd is a single letter case sensitive command this field must always be supplied devNum is the numerical device number 0 for first device this field must always be supplied Value is the value needed for Cmd this is an optional field depending on Cmd s content Currently supported Command line parameters are r devNum start recording on device devNum Ss devNum start streaming on device devNum f devNum filename use filename as recording file name for device devNum note if filename contains spaces the entire string must be double quoted p devNum pathname use pathname as recording path name for device devNum note if pathname contains spaces the entire string must be double quoted t devNum timer Val use timerVal as recording timer in Minutes for device devNum d start the program without reading the USBOSDM2 1n1 file 1 e use default values for all parameters see next section about default parameter values u start the program in Full Screen mode m start the program in minimized mode k sta
18. aw All Arrow Is Triangle Arrow Length Arrow Angle Shaft Length distance from the Arrow s pointed end to the end of the shaft Shaft Angle angle of the shaft line 0 is east same as angles defined in Arc overlay Arrow Length distance from the Arrow s pointed end to the end of each arrow line Arrow Length must be lt half of the Shaft Length Arrow Angle angle between the shaft line and each of the arrow lines from 1 to 89 Arrow Is Triangle ticking this will draw a line between the ends of the two arrow lines E Rectangle When two dots are added Rectangle can be selected from the Regular Shape combo box in this case the two dots will serve as the two diagonal points of the rectangle USBOSDM2 Ver 1 0 3 Page 18 Application Software User Manual Shape Overlay i a a ehh O Add Dot d vr Dot For Archarrow 2 For Line or Rectangle more For Polygons Dot 3 60 Dok 225 171 Add a Dot Draw Lines Regular Shape Rectangle s Draw Polygon Redraw All Remove Lines Kei OD OD Gel Oh cu Li cc i CT Cancel The function buttons on the Shape Overlay Window Add a Dot adding a dot to the Shape overlay using X Y values defined in their Edit Boxes Draw Lines draw lines between adjacent dots Draw Polygon same as Draw Lines but also draw a line between the 1 and last dots Redraw All redraw the current Shape using possible new Width and
19. between video source Input1 Input4 and video source Input5 note the U Saturation V Saturation mean U V component saturation in a YUV colour space and this is only applicable to Inputl Input4 video sources Input5 video source only has Saturation E Signal Standard Signal Field Rate When a video channel has incoming signal these are automatically detected and set When a channel has no signal the Signal Field Rate will indicate No Signal 11 Common Features E Encoding Video Standard This field decides the video display amp MPEG encoding video signal standard Changing this value will cause a reset on the M2B device and a redraw on the video frame On USBOSDM12 exe program s startup this field will use the USBOSDM12 ini file s saved value when last time the program exit if USBOSDM2 ini does not exist or is not being used e g holding Ctrl key at program start up or command line parameter d is used see USBOSDM2 Ver 1 0 3 Page 9 Application Software User Manual details in the Command Line Parameters Section this field will use the signal standard of the first channel having signal if no channel has signal a dialog will appear asking user to select a value for this field Note this field s value can be different from input channels signal standard Auto Rectify Height When this is ticked default and some channels signal is switching between PAL and NTSC the software will try automatic adjustment o
20. cation software 15 Use Multiple Devices When multiple 2 8 USBOSDM2 devices are connected to one PC their video frames will all be displayed inside the same Video Window all devices video frames are horizontally arranged from left to right with equal width When one device s video frame area is right mouse single clicked the Drop down Menu will reflect that device s current status if it is recording if recording is paused etc When operations such as Start Recording Capture Image etc are selected from the Drop down Menu only that device will start the selected operation Start Recording on Device 2 Capture Still Image on Device USBOSDM2 Control Window OSD Device 2 Has No Download Overlay Item on Start up To start pause resume stop recording or streaming simultaneously on more than one devices use the menu items under the Record Stream Menu on the Control Window With multiple devices connected double clicking left mouse for Full Screen will have two results if the Ctrl Key is pressed when double clicking one device s video frame area inside the Video Window this USBOSDM2 device s video frame will occupy the entire PC screen if the Ctrl Key is NOT pressed when double clicking anywhere inside the Video Window the PC screen will be filled with Video Window s content all devices video frames with equal width from left to right Please Note multiple USBOSDM2 devices can consume PC s CPU usage quickly
21. ction only appears when overlay items have been created fora USBOSDM2 device and the Disable Overlay box was not ticked on the Overlay Setup Window Selecting any one Overlay Item only displayed Overlay Items are enabled to be selectable then clicking Left Mouse Button while holding the Shift key will move the selected Overlay Item to the mouse pointed location on the Video Frame Note this movement is a simple copying of the rectangular area on the Video Frame where the selected Overlay Item situates so if in the rectangular area there are other Overlay Items overlapping with the selected Overlay Item the overlapped pixels will also be copied to the new location Also note any Overlay Item cannot be moved beyond the Video Frame s edges on each USBOSDM22 device k Overlay Item Options E Current Item Number of the current overlay item whose options are displayed on screen Changing this will change other option values accordingly to reflect newly selected overlay item E Overlay Type Select a type here before creating new overlay item When Current Item value changes this field reflects the current item s overlay type Disable Overlay Disable Enable all overlay items on video frame Use Downloaded Font The current overlay item s text will use downloaded font Download Item on Start Overlay items with this box ticked will be automatically re drawn when USBOSDM2 program is started this will take long time if too many items
22. deo Bit Rate 8 00 Mbps MPEG Encoding Bit rate Mode Constant Bit Rate CBR MPEG Encoding GOP Structure N 15 M 3 MPEG Encoding Audio Bit Rate 224 Kbps MPEG Encoding Audio Sampling Rate 48KHz MPEG Encoding Audio Output Mode Stereo WWW WW Bea Video Streaming Parameters E Streaming Target IP Address 127 0 0 1 E Port Number 5000 E Multicast Streaming No Image Grabbing Parameters E Name File ImageCapture bmp in the same folder as USBOSDM2 exe E Serial 1 E Image Type Bitmap bmp Generic Parameters PC Speakers Muted No PC Speakers Volume Maximum Show Rec Status Yes Status Transparent Yes Status Start Line 0 Zoom Video Disabled Confirm on Exit Yes USBOSDM2 Ver 1 0 3 Page 31 Application Software User Manual Rec Timer Expire Exit Program No Rec Timer Expire Shutdown PC No Colour at No Channel Area 0 Gray DirectX Settings Sample Format InterleavedEven 1st Deinterlace Mode Mode 1 Colour Bar Off SVideo Link Off TV2 on YX Off 18 Menu Hotkeys For System Menu M Maximize N Minimize X Exit Program A About Dialog For Setup Menu D Device Setup C Channel Setup I Image Setup O Overlay Setup R Record Setup S Stream Setup X Exit Program For Record Stream Menu P Pause Record R Start Stop Record U Setup Record For Drop down Menu A Capture Still Image C Channel Setup Ctrl C Start Stop Counter Timer D Device Setup E Start Resume Recording Video G
23. e 0 is east left to right 90 is north lower to upper 180 is west right to left 270 is south upper to lower Angles gt 360 are modulus to 360 e g 400 is treated as 40 Angle2 the ending angle of the arc degree is defined the same way as Anglel A Circle is formed when Angle2 Angle Modular 360 0 Draw Radius ticking this box will draw lines between the centre point and the two points on the arc where the Radius indicates the Anglel and Angle2 Draw Centre Pt ticking this box will draw the centre point dot e g defining an Arc centred at 64 80 with Angle1 30 Angle2 150 Radius 70 Pixel USBOSDM2 Ver 1 0 3 Shape Overlay le len Gab GH Add Dot w 1 Dot For Circle 2 For Line or te Rectangle more For Polygons Dot 64 80 Draw Lines Regular Shape DC Radius r Redraw Al Angle 30 Anglez 150 Draw Radius F Draw Centre PE i Cancel my Page 17 Application Software User Manual Arrow One dot can also define the end point of an Arrow which can be selected from the combo box below the text Regular Shape An Arrow also needs to define other parameters Arrow Angle Arrow Length Shaft Length shaft Angle Shape Overlay Add Dot d vr Dot For DrCl rou 2 For Line or Rectangle more for Polygons Dot 139 22 Shaft Length Add a Dot Shaft Angle Regular Shape Draw Polygon Redr
24. e the text to Stop Counter Erase on Stop If this is cleared default the counter s last value will remain visible when the counter stops as a result of counting to the Stop value or user manually clicking the Stop Counter button Ticking this will make the last counted value to disappear when counter stops E H M S Display If selected counter display will use Hour Mm Sec format default is no If this is selected Step will always be multiple of 5 so that counter changes at 1 sec interval For example on clicking the Start Counter button a counter timer with the displayed options in the previous screen shot will start counting down from 70 second displayed as 00 01 10 decreasing value 1 every second until the counter reaches 1 second displayed as 00 00 01 which will remain on video frame This counter s entire counting process will last 69 seconds When Counter Timer Overlay Item is defined for a USBOSDM22 device its Drop down Menu will have an item Start Counter Ctrl C selecting this item or pressing Ctrl C keys will start the counter and change the menu item text into Stop Counter Ctrl C selecting the menu item or pressing Ctrl C again will stop the counting Timer overlay is a typical example of using Downloaded Font text overlay each time a new Timer overlay is created all 12 possible characters bitmaps are first downloaded onto USBOSDM2 Ver 1 0 3 Page 14 A
25. ectable from 4 Stereo Line in and 2 Stereo Mic input sockets Perfect Audio Video Synchronization is always maintained in the recorded and streamed MPEG video Record video as MPEG files files can be manually split or automatically split at fixed time or length Record using timer or calendar scheduler with daily or weekly repeat options Real time stream video over IP network multi cast or uni cast independent of file recording status Real time flip mirror any input video horizontally or vertically Real time enlarge input video at any point inside video frame 2 times zoom in PAL and NTSC encoding at 720X576 720X480 480X576 480X480 352X288 352X240 Pixels DVD SVCD VCD MPEG2 MPEGI encoding format fully user selectable Multiple USBOSDM2 devices up to 8 can run simultaneously on one PC under the same software OSD text timer graphics rectangle box and geometric shapes with different colour alpha and blink OSD text timer can use any PC font in any size typeface style colour in transparent or opaque mode Each input video channel can have boundary on or off Each input video channel has colour brightness contrast hue saturation and sharpness control Each input audio channel has hardware gain control and left right mute Recording file name can have user defined fields inc recording quality date time serial number etc Still images can be grabbed in bmp jpg gif tiff
26. efault timer value means no timer record can only be stopped by user manually or when disk is full WR Scheduler Starts Recording Scheduler window to schedule recordings in future time Recording scheduler Current Device Current Date 26710 2009 Scheduled Recording List Recording Start Date and Time Year MonthiDay Hour Min Duration Repeat FileWamePretix 20090129 06 30 For OOOH 30M repeat Daily END GA News Sydney 2009 10 29 20 00 for 001H 00M repeat Once FNPS8PM News Sydney October 7009 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri eo 29 30 1 E 6 7 G 9g LKE 15 616 ZU 21 d 23 zz 28 ER 30 3 4 5 Start Hour mp Min 30 in o Min 3 Duration Hour Repeat once Daily Weekly File Mame Prefix 64M_News Sydney Use GMT in File Name Date Time No Date in File Name Mo Time in FileName Start Hour is in 0 24 hour format e g 7 30PM is expressed as Hour 19 Min 30 Repeat indicates how a scheduled recording will repeat once only or daily or weekly USBOSDM2 Ver 1 0 3 Page 23 Application Software User Manual File Name Prefix FNP is used as the first part of the scheduled recording file name the scheduled recording file name is usually formed as FNPDateTime mpg where FNP must not contain space character and is maximum 20 bytes Note scheduled recording file names will not follow the methods described in the Name Recording File section below Use GMT in File Name Date Time if ticked the date time is accordi
27. eparate between two fields When recording starts duplicated file name will be silently overwritten without warning Note recorded file names will always be appended with mpg as file name extension E Split Recording File During MPEG file recording current file can be closed and new file can be started Automatic file splitting method can be pre defined here Split at File Size will split a new MPEG file when current recording file size reaches a certain MBytes while Split at Record Time will split a new MPEG file when current recording file reaches a certain minutes The split file name is formed by appending an 8 digit serial number starting from 00000001 to the initial recording file name each time a new file is split this 8 digit serial number will increase by 1 If Split File No Reset is set USBOSDM2 Ver 1 0 3 Page 24 Application Software User Manual to non zero this 8 digit serial number will reset to 1 when reaching this non zero number For example using the following Split Recording File settings Split Recording File Split at File Size of MBytes Split at Record Time Min Split File No Reset 10 it MPEG files recorded can have these names repeatedly with each file sized at approx MBytes MPEGRecord1_20091026_151904_Video8000Kbps mpg MPEGRecord1_20091026_151904_Video8000Kbps_O0000001 mpg MPEGRecord1_20091026_151904_Video8000Kbps_O0000002 mpg MPEGRecord1_20091026_151904_Video8000Kbps_00000010 m
28. ering these filters using regsvr32 exe set their Merit value using free tools such as RadLight Filter Manager or GSpot etc higher than the Merit value 0x03680001 of the default MPEG Audio Decoder then reboot Windows 5 To use third party DirectShow enabled software such as VideoLan http ww videolan org etc to access the uncompressed analogue video on PC click the Disable M2B Device button on the Device Setup Window to disable the DirectShow graph built by USBOSDM22 application software Note in this application software only one M2B device can be disabled at a time USBOSDM2 SDK will be needed to disable multiple M2B devices and use DirectShow filters details can be found at the Using DirectShow Filters with the SDK section of the USBOSDM2 SDK User Manual 20 USBOSDM2 Hardware Specification Host Interface 2 X USB2 0 Type B Sockets Power Supply through USB Cables Video Input 5 X Composite RCA 1 X SVideo 4 Pin Mini DIN Audio Input 4 X Line in 3 5mm Stereo Mini Socket 2 X Microphone 3 5mm Stereo Mini Jack a Video Encoding Frame Rates 25 fps 29 95 fps Video Encoding Bit Rates 1 00 Mbps 25 00 Mbps Video Encoding Resolution in Pixels PAL 352X288 480X576 720X576 NTSC 352X240 480X480 720X480 Video Inverse telecine 3 2 pulldown Video Encoding Aspect Ratio 4 3 Audio Encoding Format MPEG1 Layer 2 Audio Sampling Rates 32KHz 44 1KHz 48Khz Audio Encoding Bit Rates 192Kbps 224Kbps 256Kbps
29. f video channels height according to standard PAL and NTSC values as described previously under Window Cropping Window Position and Common Positions sections if this automatic adjustment still cannot fix some erroneous video display then try clicking the Window Position s Apply button E PAL and NTSC TV Signal Standard Normally using same PAL or NTSC signal for all input video channels is recommended However USBOSDM2 can accept mixed PAL and NTSC signals among its input channels in this case manually adjusting some channels window cropping amp position will usually be needed to guarantee all channels are displayed properly When input signal changed between PAL and NTSC make sure each channel s Window Cropping and Position are set to PAL or NTSC required values as described previously E M2B Setup This is the same as the Encoding Properties button on the Record Setup Window see the Record Setup section later in this manual for details b Audio Channel Setup Each USBOSDM2 device has 4 simultaneously available stereo audio input channels Ge each channel contains left and right sub channels audio signals coming from these channels are mixed and digitized into one digital stereo audio stream by the OSD device Audio Channel 1 and 2 can select signal source from either their corresponding stereo Line in sockets or stereo Microphone sockets while Audio Channel 3 and 4 can only receive signal from their c
30. ghout the USBOSDM2 Application Software programming and therefore will be followed similarly in this software user manual Note on the device s back panel the bottom USB socket is for the OSD device the top USB socket is for the M2B device 7 User Interface On start up USBOSDM2 software presents a Video Window and a Control Window on PC screen USBOSDM2 Control Window inished Downloading 5 Overlay Items on OSD Device 1 Right mouse single clicking inside the Video Window will also display a Drop down Menu USBOSDM2 Ver 1 0 3 Page 5 Application Software User Manual Start Recording op Device 2 Capture Still Image on Device 2 Streaming video on Device 3 Maximize Device 2 Video Show Her Status Maximize Minimize Select Overlay to Move Start Counter Crit Mute Speakers Device Setup Channel Setup Image Setup Overlay Setup Record Setup Stream Setup Exit Program About a Control Window The Control Window allows menu items to be selected from top level main menu System Setup or Record Stream Setup De Setup Record Strean Fie iin Device Setup B Record Stream Maximize ChannelSetup eo Image Setu Minimize gg eg l Setup Record Start Record Stream Exit Program Record Setup Stream Setup Fausel Resume Record 3 it also displays operation feedback status at the area below the menu bar Left mouse clicking the title area of the Control Window then dragging it will move the Control Window a
31. hannel 2 overlap the overlapped area will show channel Is video if both channels have On Top ticked or not ticked in the same way However if channel 1 has On Top not ticked while channel 2 has On Top ticked then the overlapped area will show channel 2 s video E Window Cropping How many pixels from left or top of the original raw video frame will be chopped off and how many pixels in width and height a video frame will have When USBOSDMZ hardware digitizes incoming analogue video it generates an original raw video frame larger than PAL or NTSC video frame s standard 720X576 or 720X480 pixel size Window Cropping defines the left top width and height positioning of a standard PAL NTSC video frame fetched out of the original raw video frame Note for PAL incoming signal it s highly recommended to select 720X576 as its width and height for NTSC incoming signal select 720X480 as its width and height otherwise erroneous display effect could appear E Window Position The upper left position and width height of a channel s video window inside the entire video frame width and height should not exceed a video frame s 720X576 PAL or 720X480 NTSC maximum width and height Click the Apply button to make these changes effective this will also reset the M2B device and cause the video frame content to be re drawn therefore clicking this button can also be used to rectify some erroneous video display problems
32. he software is running Note 2 Do not plug cables to both the rightmost S Video amp CVBS sockets use one at a time only 5 Software Installation Installation includes Device Driver software and Application software the optional SDK software installation is described separately in its own manual either one can be installed first E Device Driver Software Installation Once the USBOSDM2 device is connected to a PC the Windows will inform new device is found and ask for the location of device driver software indicate to Windows the device driver software is located either at the installed application software folder usually C Program Files Inventa USBOSDM2 or on the Setup CD ignore Windows warning messages claiming the driver was not passed Windows Logo testing etc proceed to install the device driver until two device drivers Inventa MPEG 2 Box and Inventa USBOSD appear under the ControlPanel gt System gt Hardware gt DeviceManager gt Sound video and game controllers category without question mark and exclamation mark Sig Sound video and game controllers E Audio Codecs Inventa MPEG 2 Box S Inventa USBOSD Note 1 For multiple USBOSDM2 devices each device will have a pair of Inventa MPEG 2 Box and Inventa USBOSD drivers listed USBOSDM2 Ver 1 0 3 Page 3 Application Software User Manual Note 2 USB devices with the same hardware IDs as USBOSDM2 e g Inventa s
33. ice 3 Cancel Similarly as starting record manually stopping record can also be initiated either from USBOSDM2 s Drop down Menu gt Stop Recording which always stops recording on one USBOSDM2 device or from Control Window gt Record Stream gt Stop Record Stream which allows stopping recording on multiple devices if they are present Stop Recording and Streaming Stop Record on C Device 1 C Device 2 vIC Device 4 Device 5 Device 6 Device Device 6 Stop Stream on Device 1 Device 2 evice 3 Device 4 Device 5 Device 6 Device 7 Device 6 D Cancel When Timer has non zero value recording will stop automatically when timer expires During video recording process select Drop down Menu gt Pause Recording will temporarily pause writing data to the recording file without closing the file USBOSDM2 Ver 1 0 3 Page 26 Application Software User Manual Pause Recording on Device 1 Split Recording File on Device 1 Stop Recording op Device 1 Capture Image on Device 1 Streaming video on Device 1 Show Her Status Maximize Minimize Mute Speakers Device Setup Channel Setup Image Setup Overlay Setup Record Setup Stream Setup Exit Program Paused recording can be resumed by selecting Drop down Menu gt Resume Recording Pause Resume can also start from the Control Window gt Record Stream gt Pause Record window Pause Resume Recording Pause Recording v Device 1 _ Device 2 Device 3 Device 4 Device 5
34. indow then click the Add Item button to display the Shape Overlay Window Shape Overlay zl 300 am ON Add Dot 1 Dot for Circle 2 For Line or Reckangle more For Polygons Add A Dot Draw Lines Regular Shape Draw Polygon Redraw All Remove Lines k Initially at least one dot need to be defined and added to form a Shape The actual Type of Shape depends on the number of dots how the lines are drawn and the Regular Shape type selected E Discreet Dots This is the default once dots are added into the left side list box they are drawn but not linked USBOSDM2 Ver 1 0 3 Page 16 Application Software User Manual E Lines When more than one dots are defined and Draw Lines button clicked straight lines are drawn between adjacent dots e g a 4 Dot Lines may look like this E Polygons When more than two dots are defined and Draw Polygon button clicked straight lines are drawn between adjacent dots and a final line is drawn between the first and last dots thus forming a closed polygon e g a 4 Dot Polygon may look like this E Arc One dot can be defined as the centre point of an Are which can be selected from the combo box below the text Regular Shape An Arc also needs to define other parameters Radius the distance in pixels from the centre point to any point on the arc Anglel the starting angle of the arc All angles are defined counter clockwis
35. int the areas inside this OSD Device s video frame that are not occupied by any video channel default is grey colour USBOSDM2 Ver 1 0 3 Page 21 Application Software User Manual E Encoding Video Standard Set video display amp MPEG encoding signal standard details are described in the Video Channel Setup Common Features Section under the same title E Disable M2B Device Disable the M2B device resulting in a freeze of OSD Device s video content this will take some time to finish and will revert to No when leaving this device s setup E Disable OSD Video Out Stop video signal leaving the OSD device resulting in total black out of this OSD Device s video content E Disable OSD Video In Stop video signal input to OSD device at all of the four video channels zoom video Ei Disabled E Zoom Video Nbrectonony When enabled left mouse clicking inside this OSD Device s video frame while holding down the Ctrl key will enlarge Zoom the video content by 2 times from the clicked pixel along the vertical Y and or the horizontal X direction To cancel the Zoomed mode left mouse click anywhere in this OSD Device s video frame without holding down the Ctrl key Zoom Video will not work when Video Window is in full screen mode Colour Bar Display Colour Bar as this OSD Device s video content in front of any input signal E SVideo Link Using SVideo or Composite Link between OSD and M2B devices If SVideo is
36. ited number of possible colours inside the Font window s Color combo box the Font window will always display black colour The Text overlay has a Background Mode BkGr Mode option this can be either Transparent default or Opaque If Transparent is selected the spaces in between a character s strokes will expose the background video content If Opaque is selected these spaces will be filled with the Background Colour BkGr Colour as seen here The Alpha option allows less than fully visible text to be painted on video frame smaller alpha value means less visibility default 1s no alpha full visibility Blink The Blink option enables the text to blink at certain frequency default is no blinking Note text using Downloaded font cannot have Opaque background nor Alpha or Blinking option c Text File Overlay Text File Overlay is the same as Text Overlay except that Downloaded Font must be used and characters displayed are from a user selected ASCII text file with Carriage Return Line Feed terminating each line Using the selected Downloaded Font if a line s text image has horizontal length or vertical height beyond the video frame edges that will be treated as an error and that text line will not be displayed Also if no Downloaded Font is selected error will appear USBOSDM2 Ver 1 0 3 Page 13 Application Software User Manual d Auto Scroll Text or Text File Overlay When Downloaded Font is available Text o
37. l indicate the arrow pointed dot location on the Video Frame E W H The Width and Height of the Rectangle or Box Overlay Item resolution is 2 pixels E Boundary Enable boundary for Box Overlay Item E Box Colour Select pre defined colour as the filling colour for Box Overlay Item l Overlay Items Overlap Priority When two or more Overlay Items contents are overlapped on video frame the more recently drawn items are always on top of the previously drawn items contents with the exception of the Box Overlay which is always on top of the non Box overlay items content 10 Device Setup The Device Setup window controls functions affecting the entire USBOSDM2 device s operation This window can be brought up either from the Control Window s Setup gt Device Setup menu item or from the Drop down Menu gt Device Setup USBOSDM Device Setup Total Device 2 Curr Dey e MZB Setup OSD Init vals Show Rec Status i v Status Transparent Colour at Wo Channel 4rea Reset MZB Dew Reset OSD Dey Rec Status Font Disable M26 Device Colour Bar Confirm on Exit Disable 5D Video Out S ideo Link Rec Timer Expire Exit Program Status Bk Colour Disable O5D video In t 2 on Ys Ctri Hi _ Rec Timer Expire Shutdown PC status Start Line 0 Zoom Video Disabled Ke Direct Settings Reset M25 to Take Effect Sample Format InterleavedEyeni st we E Colour at No Channel Area Select the colour used to pa
38. nd the Video Window together around PC screen The entire program can be ended by selecting System gt Exit Program menu item The Control Window cannot be resized but will become hidden on the Windows Taskbar together with the Video Window when System gt Minimize menu item is selected b Video Window The Video Window is always located above the Control Window it can be resized by left mouse clicking its edges then dragging Left mouse double clicking inside Video Window will make it to enter Full Screen mode video content will occupy the entire desktop area in front of all other windows double clicking again or pressing the Space Bar will revert back to normal window mode Left mouse single clicking inside Video Window then dragging it will move the Video Window and Control Window together around the desktop area When multiple USBOSDM2 devices are connected all devices video contents will be displayed side by side within the Video Window from left to right each with equal width The Video Window can also show USDOSBM22 device s recording status when recording 1s started USBOSDM2 Ver 1 0 3 Page 6 Application Software User Manual c Drop down Menu Drop down Menu appears when Right Mouse Button is singled clicked inside the Video Window Apart from displaying various menu items for selection the Drop down Menu also reflects one USBOSDM2 device s status if recording is on paused or off streaming is on or off rec
39. ng to Greenwich Mean Time or UTC Coordinated Universal Time otherwise default local time is used No Date in File Name if ticked scheduled recording file name is formed as FNPTime mpg No Time in File Name if ticked scheduled recording file name is formed as FNPDate mpg The Add Modify Delete buttons are to add modify and delete scheduled recording Schedule a recording prior to current time will have no effect E Name Recording File This decides how non scheduled recording will form file names Prompt Before Recording Each time before recording starts a dialog will appear asking for file name Prompt After Recording Each time when recording stops a dialog will appear asking for file name Pre name as Text Creating recording file name using File Name Fields as defined in the Recording File Name Fields Window after clicking the Setup File Name Fields button Available Fields Double click or Hilite Click Add Button Selected Fields User Pre Wamed Text User Pre Named Text Auto Serial Number Sg inte eg Recording Start Date Recording Start Date EE Recording Start Time Recording Stark Time l R wideo Encoding Type PC Name Video Frame Size User Mame Video Bitrate Video Frame Size Video Bitrate Video TY Format Field Separator Video CBR Underst Device Number User Pre Mamed Text MFEGRecordi or Each Field in file name can be used at most once Field Separator is used to s
40. nnnnnnnnneeneenee 21 11 Recording Video eaten nnn n enn n nee nenene 22 Setup Recording EEN 22 Start Pause Stop Recording EEN 26 12 Streaming Video wenn nnn nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnenneee 27 Setup Streaming EEN 27 Start and Stop Streaming EEN 28 13 Grab Still Image EE 28 14 Other Drop down Menu Selections EEN 28 15 Use Multiple Devices EEN 29 16 Command Line Parameters EE 29 17 Default Parameter Values EE 30 18 Menu Hotkeys EEN 32 19 Technical Discussions EE 33 20 USBOSDM2 Hardware Specifications En 33 USBOSDM2 Ver 1 0 3 Page 1 Application Software User Manual 1 Main Features and Functions USBOSDM2 is a multi I O colour OSD and hardware MPEG USB encoder with many powerful features Real time encode MPEG1 MPEG2 video from 1 Mbps to 25 Mbps using hardware compression chipset Encode 4 video input into one MPEG stream as picture in picture in arbitrary position and size Encode unlimited colour text graphics overlay OSD items as integral part of the MPEG video Fully USB Powered no AC adaptor is needed plug and play under MS Windows 7 Vista and XP Real time live preview video on PC screen in arbitrarily re sizable and movable window or full screen 2 set of video audio output sockets allow real time output inc picture in picture and OSD to external TV 4 Video Input Channels selectable from 5 Composite and 1 SVideo Sockets with PAL or NTSC signals 4 Audio Input Channels sel
41. ording status is on audio speakers are muted etc 8 Channel Setup The Channel Setup window controls video and audio channels incoming signal configuration and channels video window arrangement This window can be brought up from the Control Window s Setup gt Channel Setup menu item or from the Drop down Menu gt Channel Setup USBOSDM2 Channel Setup Total OSD Devices 5 Current Device 1 zl zp setup Encoding video Standard NTSC v op Auto Rectify Height window Cropping Apply Chan 1 w Input Source Input 5 vl Left 15 Top IS With 720 J Height an Mirror None v Disable Video In On Top S ideo a Video Input Channels Signal Standard Signal Field Rate Window Position Apply Chan Boundary None v SSE een Left 0 Top 0 Width 360 Height 240 4 Channels Audio Input Channels Chan 1 K i Mic Contrast is Lr ez Left Gain lt Wi dE C Left Mute mute ai Mute All Hue Caim 4 Right Gain o de Right Mute Saturation Brightness a JI lowe la DC Speaker Audio Volume Balance Sharpness ia i lt lt H Default Settings Ke a Video Channel Setup i Video Channel Features Each OSD Device has 4 simultaneously available video input channels named as Chan1 Chan4 each of them has its own video window inside the Device s entire video frame and can be individually arranged inside the OSD Device
42. orresponding stereo Line in sockets Audio channel signal source Stereo Line in socket 1 or Stereo Mic socket 1 Audio channel 2 signal source Stereo Line in socket 2 or Stereo Mic socket 2 Audio channel 3 signal source Stereo Line in socket 3 Audio channel 4 signal source Stereo Line in socket 4 The Mute function has different meanings between audio channels 3 and audio channel 4 audio channel 4 allows its left and right sub channels to be individually muted un muted while audio channel 3 must mute or un mute their left and right sub channels simultaneously Audio Gain controls each audio input channel s signal strength this will be reflected in the recorded streamed MPEG video stream as well as in the PC s speaker output The Volume and Balance controls inside the PC Speaker Audio group affect only PC Speaker output audio in the compressed MPEG stream will not be affected by these changes USBOSDM2 Ver 1 0 3 Page 10 Application Software User Manual 9 Overlay Setup a Overlay Item Type and Colour The Overlay Setup window controls how text and graphics items Overlay Items are overlaid on the surface of the video frame regardless if video signal is available at any video input channel This window can be brought up from the Control Window e Setup gt Overlay Setup menu item or from the Drop down Menu gt Overlay Setup USBOSDM Overlay Setup Total OSD Devices Current OSD Device Found M26 Total Ove
43. pg Manual File Splitting can be done through the Drop down Menu gt Split Recording File E Encoding Properties This window is for setting up MPEG encoding options including MPEG file format in System Properties tab window MPEG Video Bit Rate GOP Structure in Video Properties tab window MPEG Audio Bit Rate and Sampling Rate in Audio Properties tab window and overall Video Content Colours in Video Proc Amp tab window USBOSDM2 Device 1 Encoding Properties USBOSDM2 Device 1 Encoding Properties Audio Properties iz Video Properties l System Properties Video Decoder Video Proc Amp D General Video Decoder Video Proc Amp General Audio Properties Video Properties system Properties Ai D Encoder output type Output Resolution Video Standard E E SSES Program Stream Transport Stream MPEG Stream Signal Detected 1 VCD Stream SYED Stream Lines detected 625 ITT Skream feleoyb VUP Input Uutpout Enable Video Decoder WI d General wm i l pi Video Proc Amp General Audio Properties System Properties Video Properties TD System Properties GOP Structure Video Bitrate Audio Bit Date 224 kbps _ E H hd Closed GOP Inverse Telecine Mbps Defined Yes O Yes CRC State C No No Mux Rate Se CAC Bitrate Mode Bitrate Peak Constant Bitrate 9 00 Apply Apply Several Notes on settings in the
44. pplication Software User Manual USBOSDM2 device s on board memory periodical timer counter update happens after this downloading finishes this way an instant change of text 1s accomplished per timer interval Only one Timer overlay item is allowed for each USBOSDM2 device f Rectangle Overlay Rectangle overlay allows drawing coloured rectangles on video frame minimum width the W and height the H are 2 pixels Rectangle drawn is filled with foreground colour but has no background mode nor background colour g Box Overlay Box overlay is a special overlay type that has several features different from the Rectangle overlay E Only 4 Box overlay items are available for each USBOSDM2 device WR No Blink option for Box overlay E Box overlay can have white Boundary E Apart from the foreground colour Box overlay can also use some pre defined Box Colour which will not be affected by the colour palette currently in use E Box and Text overlays can be overlapped to form Text with partially transparent background Text inside Transparent Box b Keck effect such as this E When Box overlay item is overlapped with other overlay items Box overlay is always on top h Graphics File Overlay Graphics File overlay allows BITMAP JPEG GIF etc files to be overlaid on the video frame Files used must have 256 colour palette byte aligned in width and be DIB section normal graphics editing programs such as Micro
45. r Text File overlay item can select the Auto Scroll option to automatically scroll text content across the video frame continuously from right to left GE Be The Auto Scroll s left most position is defined by the Start X and Y values and the right most start scroll position is always at the video frame s right edge When Text item is used its text string will be repeatedly used to scroll right to left When Text File overlay item is used its file contents will be sequentially used line by line as the scrolling text e Timer Overlay Timer is a special case of Text overlay it displays current time or counter text on video frame in some interval Timer overlay also has no Blink option cannot blink The Timer Format Timer Format tiers eier While using either the Time Only or Date Time will advance the time display every second using the Counter format will allow a variable display interval and need to fill extra options Timer Format Counter Start Counter Start 70 Stop 1 Step 5 _ Erase on Stop cl HiM 5 Display Start Counter s start counting value must be either bigger or smaller than the Stop value Stop Counter s stop counting value If Start gt Stop the counter forms a Countdown Timer Step the Counter s update time interval in 200 ms 0 2 second unit every value 5 is 1 second Start Counter Click this button will start the counting and chang
46. ransparent mode Status Start Line The 1st row of the status pixels max is approx 570 PAL or 470 NTSC DirectX Settings Windows Video Rendering options need a Reset M2B after changing these Sample Format Method used by the M2B device to sample video frames Deinterlace Mode Method used by the M2B device to de interlace video 11 Recording Video a Setup Recording Record Setup Window controls how MPEG files are recorded it can be brought up from either Control Window gt Setup gt Record Setup menu item or Drop down Menu gt Record Setup USBOSDM2 Ver 1 0 3 Page 22 Application Software User Manual USBOSDM2 Record Setup Recording Device Total Recording Devices 1 En oding Properties Current Recording Path Double Click to Select er Uesbdiden Timer mn Min Scheduler Name Recording File Prompt Before Recording Prompt After Recording Pre name as Text MPEGRecord1 Setup File Name Fields Split Recording File Split at File Size of mn MBytes C_ Split at Record Time Min Split File No Reset Im E Recording Device Select device number when multiple USBOSDM2 devices are connected E Current Recording Path The folder for recorded files double clicking a disk or folder name in the list box will show sub folders under it currently selected folder is above the list box E Timer If recoding timer is set in minute unit recording will stop at that time length Zero d
47. rlay Items a Disable Overlay ll ETE DW Redraw UFren EBM Erase Start A paje Le Overlay Type PY w Alpha Blink Use Downloaded Font Download Item on Start Tw Cen MT 22 Pk RGB DEER List Font Auto Scroll 7 Frei ZUlms Frar Colour Ekr Colour Ber Mode Test Colours Add Iter Modify Iter Delete Item Delete All Redraw Al Overlay on video frame is realized by creating Overlay Items each item has an Overlay Type Current Overlay Types are Text Text File Timer Rectangle Box Graphics File and Shape USBOSDM2 Ver 1 0 3 aha Ll en ie gn BEA iy Mai A Page 11 Application Software User Manual Every overlay item is associated with some options such as font colour alpha blinking etc Overlay Items can be added modified deleted and redrawn To create a new overlay item first select an Overlay Type fill in relevant options such as Start X Y position Font Text etc then click the Add Item button the overlay item will appear on the video frame and output TV monitor If recording is in progress overlay will also be recorded into MPEG video file immediately Note 1 When drawing overlay item onto video frame pressing Ese key can abort the operation aborting overlay painting requires hardware reset on OSD and M2B devices so do this with caution Note 2 Avoid extending an overlay item s ending edges beyond video frame s limits 720 576 480 Most overlay items use colours foregro
48. rt the program with PC speakers muted for all devices x set the Rec Timer Expire Exit Program option to true w set the Rec Timer Expire Shutdown PC option to true Some examples USBOSDM2 exe r 0 f O recordO mpg start recording on device 1 to file recordO mpg USBOSDM2 exe s 0 d start streaming on device 1 do not read USBOSDM2 1in1 file at start USBOSDM2 exe r 0 1 1 s 0 s 1 start recording and streaming on device 1 and device 2 USBOSDM2 exe r 0 p O C devl f O rec mpg record on device to file c dev1 rec mpg USBOSDM2 exe r 1 t 1 120 x start recording on device 2 for 2 hours then exit the program USBOSDM2 exe r 0 t 0 60 w start recording on device 1 for 1 hour then shut down the PC 17 Default Parameter Values USBOSDM2 software uses an initialization file USBOSDM2 ini to store values for all of its user definable parameters each time when the software exits values of these parameters will be saved into USBOSDMz2 ini file which resides in the same folder as the USBOSDM2 exe program file Each time when USBOSDM2 exe program starts it uses this file s contents to assign values to all of its parameters If the USBOSDMz2 ini file does not exist such as when USBOSDM2 exe is started on a PC for the first time or if the Ctrl Key is held down when the USBOSDM2 exe software is launched the software will use the following default values for its parameters Video Input Channel Parameters
49. s video frame it 1s this entire video frame consisting of the 4 video channel windows that will be sent to the M2B Device to be encoded as one MPEG video stream then recorded as one file or streamed out over IP network Each video input channel has its own features to be setup E Input Source From which socket this channel receives video signal can be one of Input Input2 Input3 Input4 or Input5 corresponding to the Input Video Sockets on the front of USBOSDM12 device box the Input l Input4 sources always use Composite RCA socket while the Input5 source can select either CVBS same as RCA or S Video socket Do not plug cables into these two sockets for InputS simultaneously use one at a time only Note more than one channels can simultaneously receive signal from the same Input Source E Disable Video In Disable video input to this channel will not affect other channels video input On Top If this channel has display priority over other channels when this channel overlaps with other channels When two or more video channels overlap how to display the overlapped area depends on this display priority channels with On Top ticked have higher priority than channels that do not have On Top ticked If two channels have the same On Top ticking or USBOSDM2 Ver 1 0 3 Page 7 Application Software User Manual not ticking status then the lower numbered channel has higher display priority For example if channel 1 and c
50. se encoding properties windows USBOSDM2 Ver 1 0 3 Page 25 Application Software User Manual Note 1 To create DVD SVCD VCD movie disks playable in stand alone DVD players DVD SVCD VCD encoding need to follow their respective standard settings DVD Video Bit Rate 4 10 Mbps Audio Sampling Rate 48 Khz SVCD Video Bit Rate 2 5 Mbps Audio Sampling Rate 44 1 Khz VCD Video Bit Rate 1 15 Mbps Audio Sampling Rate 44 1 Khz Note 2 In System Properties tab window Program Stream and Transport Stream will have the same result both create Program Stream MPEG video Note 3 Exiting from Encoding Properties Window will always cause a reset of the M2B device the entire Video Window content will be re drawn Note 4 The M2B Setup button under Channel Setup and Device Setup windows actually invoke this same Encoding Properties window b Start Pause Stop Recording MPEG video recording can be started from Drop down Menu gt Start Recording or from Control Window gt Record Stream gt Start Record Stream Drop down Menu gt Start Recording always starts recording on one device while Control Window gt Record Stream gt Start Record Stream selection can simultaneously start multiple USBOSDM2 devices recording if they are available Stant Recondine and Streaming Device 3 Device 4 Device 5 Device 6 Device 7 Device OG Start Streaming Device1 Device 2 Device 3 Device 4 Device 5 Device 6 Device 7 Dev
51. soft Paint and Adobe PhotoShop etc can create these graphics files When a graphics file is loaded as overlay its Palette can be optionally loaded to replace the default Palette by ticking the Use Palette check box although doing so might improve the overlaid graphics quality it will also affect the colours used to draw other type of overlay items such as text or timer Therefore when using Graphics File overlay with Use Palette ticked it s better to create it before creating other overlay items such as text or timer Graphics File overlay cannot Blink i Shape Overlay Shape overlay is built from defining discreet dots on the video frame various geometric shapes can then be created from these discreet dots inc arc circle arrow rectangle line and polygon USBOSDM2 Ver 1 0 3 Page 15 Application Software User Manual _ USBOSDM2 Overlay Setup Total OSD Devices 4 Current OSD Device 1 vw Total Overlay Items g C Disable Overlay i ae Current Item 2 Start x 154 e 99 Overlay Type Shape v Download Item on Start FrGr Colour Test Colours Add Item Modify Item Delete Item Delete All Redraw Al 8 In addition to the dot location on video frame each Shape overlay item also can define its colour pixel width and height and Regular Shape type line polygon arrow arc rectangle etc To create a Shape overlay item select the Shape overlay type on the Overlay Setup W
52. und colour or background colour or both At any given time USBOSDM2 hardware allows 251 different colours to be used simultaneously on the video frame these 251 colours can be selected out of the 16 Miullion or so possible colour combinations 256 Red 256 Green and 256 Blue The currently selected 251 colours form a Colour Palette or Colour Lookup Table When first started USBOSDM2 uses a default Colour Palette this can be viewed by clicking the Test Colours button Colour Palette can be changed when Graphics File Overlay Item is used see more details in the Graphics File Overlay section b Text Overlay To use Text Overlay item the edit field next to the Text must have text The text s type face size style colour etc can be selected in the Font window after clicking the Font button Font _ Font style Anal Bold as Regular O Arial Black ttalic O Anel Narrow Bold ES Bol O Atial Rounded MT Boh Bold Italic O Arial Unicode MS O Baskerville Old Face D Batang Ka Effects Sample C Strikeout C Underline Aa B bY yZz Color RTS Scit Western The Font used by Text overlay can be either non downloaded this is default when check box Use Downloaded Font is cleared or Downloaded Use Downloaded Font box is ticked non downloaded means when each character used in a text overlay is being painted onto video frame its bitmap is

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