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1.2. If your hardware came with an installation CD lt lt on floppy disk insert it now what do wou want the wizard to do Install from a list or specific location Advanced Click Next to continue 15 x OSPI re y 700 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide Chapter 1 4 The installation will begin The user will see a Found New Hardware Wizard box Found New Hardware Wizard Please wait while the wizard installs the software__ Usprey 700 HD Setting a system restore point and backing up old files in case your system needs to be restored in the future 5 A warning window will appear regarding Windows Logo Testing The user should click Continue Anyway to proceed with the installation Hardware Installation The software you are installing for this hardware Usprey 00 HD has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows F Tellme why this testing 1 important Continuing your installation of this software may impair or destabilize the corect operation of your system either immediately or in the future Microsoft strongly recommends that you stop this installation now and contact the hardware vendor for software that has passed Windows Logo testing Continue Anyway 16 Osprey 700 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide Chapter 1 6 The installation continues The Found New Hardware Wizard box will remain on the computer screen evidencing installation of the software Found N
3. Saturation 100 300 RGE Gamma ee Gamma WE All slider values are a in real time Note Some controls are interactive For example changes the user makes are immediately updated in the captured video Such examples are the Brightness Contrast Hue and Saturation controls the graphical Gamma control and the graphical sizing and positioning controls for watermarks logos The OK Cancel and Apply buttons have no effect on these controls The OK and Apply buttons pertain only to changes on the currently displayed page 25 ViewCast W Osprey 700 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide Chapter 2 The Trace Tab The Osprey 700 HD driver can be configured to create trace events for diagnostic debugging and subsequent logging to file These are normally disabled The user s authorized ViewCast Support representative might invite the user to change these settings should the user experience problems using the Osprey 700 HD with a video application Osprey 00 HD Video Capture Device 1 Properties Video Decoder mon Diagnostics Device i 223 o DC E EEE A Trace Input Detect Crossbar Wideo ProcAmp Watermark Crop Deinterlace Trace Configuration Tab High Priority E rite sit Low Priority E nter E sit Normal Priority E nter E sit Lock Enter sit Error Messages Lock Messages Warning Messages General Messages High Priority Messages Development Messages Low Priority Messages 26 ViewCast
4. Sets error logging controls e Input Detect Describes the signal coming into the card e Crossbar This feature is not currently implemented The Crossbar will be used in a future release when the user can select from multiple inputs e Video Proc Amp Sets Gamma Brightness Contrast Hue and Saturation e Watermark Sets up on video logos e Crop Enables cropping sets the cropping rectangle e Deinterlace Sets de interlacing properties e Video Decoder Enables selection of the video standard NTSC or PAL HD 720P 60 HD 720P 59 94 HD 10801 60 HD 10801 59 94 HD 10801 50 HD 1080P 30 HD 1080P 9 97 HD 1080P 25 HD 1080P 24 and HD 1080P 23 98 e Diagnostics Sets Osprey 700 HD internal test controls The user should only use these controls when instructed by ViewCast support Doing so without proper instructions might result in system instability or in the system crashing 24 7 Ospt re V 700 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide Chapter 2 In some applications the user might see additional tabs other than the tabs listed above The additional tabs are application or system supplied are intended for information only and generally contain no controls that can be changed Osprey 00 HD Video Capture Device 1 Properties Video Decoder Diagnostics Device Trace Input Detect Crossbar video Proc Amp Watermark Crop Deinterlace Gamma i L Brightness O e Contrast 50 F Hue 40 _
5. In the dialog box above in the Pin Line drop down box the user will see the Osprey 700 HD exposes the eight stereo digital audio pairs available in the SDI audio specification If the user s application only supports one input he or she should select which stereo pair to supply his or her application However the default Windows interface to the mixer driver can also be used There are two simple methods for getting to the mixer source and volume control dialog box 1 The easiest method for accessing this interface is for the user to right click the speaker symbol on the taskbar typically the speaker symbol is located on the lower right hand side of the screen Then the user should select the Open Volume Controls option To make this icon appear the user can click the checkbox in Control Panel gt Sounds and Audio Devices Open Yolume Control Adjust Audio Properties 2 Ifthe user does not see the speaker symbol he or she can click the Start button on the Start Menu and select Start gt All Programs gt Accessories gt Entertainment gt Volume Control 42 7 Ospt re V 700 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide Chapter 3 Either of these two methods allows the audio mixer interface for the audio playback device to appear as shown below for an Osprey analog card The Recording control page on an Osprey 700 HD displays eight sliders one for each possible stereo input Properties Miser device Osorey 700 HD Audio Capt
6. Line dialog box the user has four events he or she can set from the dialog box as follows e Which one of the eight 8 channels to use Pin Line e Whether to enable the selected Pin Line 43 ViewCast W Osprey 700 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide Chapter 3 e Balance e Volume The Pin Line dialog box is a Windows Application Properties Page and does not apply to the Osprey 700 HD Therefore some settings are disabled The user can only enable one Pin Line at the time Enabling a different Pin Line will disable the previously enabled Pin Line ViewCast Osprey 00 HD Appendix Osprey 700 HD User Guide OSPREY HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS Environmental Specifications Operating Temperature Range Non operating Temperature Range Operating Humidity Range Non operating Humidity Range Operating Altitude Range Non operating Altitude Range PCI Express x1 Card Compliant Approximate weight is 120 grams Osprey 700 HD Long Backplate 0 to 40 C 40 to 75 C RH Between 5 and 80 non condensing 40 C 95 RH non condensing gradient 30 per hour 0 to 3 048 meters 10 000 feet 0 to 15 240 meters 50 000 feet The Osprey 700 HD includes a second BNC connector output that 1s reserved for future applications As shipped the second connector can be used as an SDI Loop Out connection The output of this port is a replica of the incoming SDI signal valid for all SD and HD modes 40 03238 01
7. Media Controller dashboard will usually use the Preview pin In most cases the Preview pin is given a lower priority in the video processing engine If the host PC is nearing its upper performance margin where video quality could be compromised it is preferable to sacrifice quality or drop frames in the Preview output in favor of sustaining quality of the Capture pin s output Exposing these pins separately in Osprey drivers allows the user to balance his or her needs with the host computer s performance and the user s video application s features The user might apply a very low effort de interlacing process to a preview 22 ViewCast w Osprey 700 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide Chapter 1 window to save CPU cycles and apply a more CPU intensive Advanced Motion Adaptive De interlacing process to the captured stream for maximum video quality Like other Osprey cards the Osprey 700 HD allows the user to define various setups for the two pins For example the user could choose to include a Logo in the capture pin s video but not in the Preview output When the user selects the Capture radio button the current logo settings for the Capture pin are loaded and changes the user makes apply only to the Capture pin not to the Preview pin The Preview button works in the same manner The DirectShow Pin Properties some applications use with Osprey cards might expose for Capture and Preview pins are always per pin 23 ViewCast
8. TV technician for help If the above measures are unsuccessful please consult the dealer or manufacturer of your radio or television receiver or speak with an experienced radio TV technician NOTE This reminder is provided to call to the CATV installer s attention Section 820 40 of the NEC which provides guidelines for proper grounding and in particular specifies that the cable ground shall be connected to the grounding system of the building as close to the point of cable entry as practical Shielded Cables Connections between this device and peripherals must be made using shielded cables in order to maintain compliance with FCC radio emission limits Modifications Modifications to this device not approved by ViewCast Corporation could void the authority granted to the user by the FCC to operate the device Note to CATV Installer This reminder is provided to call to the CATV installer s attention Section 820 40 of the NEC which provides guidelines for proper grounding and in particular specifies that the cable ground shall be connected to the grounding system of the building as close to the point of cable entry as practical 3 Ospt re V 700 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide UL Statement FCC Notice Product Disposal Information PRODUCT DISPOSAL INFORMATION a Dispose of this product in accordance with local and national disposal regulations if any including those governing the recovery and recycling of waste electrical and
9. W Osprey 700 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide Chapter 2 The Input Detect Tab The Input Detect tab displays the signal properties of what the card detects as the input signal Osprey 00 HD Video Capture Device 1 Properties Video Decoder Diagnostics Device Input Detect Crossbar Video ProcAmp Watermark Crop Deinterlace Input Status Detail videa Inputs n D Video SerialDigital In No Signal Apply 21 OSPI re V 7 00 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide Chapter 2 The Crossbar Tab The tab is employed for applications that use the Osprey 700 HD Application Expansion connector Osprey 00 HD Video Capture Device 1 Properties Video Decoder Diagnostics Device Trace Input Detect Crossbar Video Proc Amp Watermark Crop Deinterlace Output O Video SerialDigital In O Video Decoder Out w Current Input O Video SerialDigital In Apply 28 ViewCast w Osprey 700 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide Chapter 2 The Video Proc Amp Tab On the Video Proc Amp tab the slider controls are used to set Gamma Brightness Contrast Hue and Saturation All slider values are applied real time 1 e if Preview or real time capture to screen video is running when the user accesses the Preview tab the user can see adjustments as the user makes changes Individual restore buttons return the respective slider to t
10. When the Enable Cropping box is not checked the incoming video is unchanged Positioning spin controls The Top Left Height and Width controls can be set manually to represent how many pixels in each of the four boarders should be cropped The spin buttons which are the up down arrows can be used or the user may directly enter the desired values The Enable Cropping checkbox must be checked to enable these controls Click n drag cropping This control is available when the user wants to size and position the Crop window to set the cropping margins If the Enable box is checked and no crop positions have been set the user can use the left mouse button to grab any corner side top or bottom of the video preview window and drag the borders to the desired position The entire crop window can also be positioned by clicking and dragging it to the necessary position At any time the crop window is smaller than the underlying preview window the crop area is displayed as normal video and the video in the preview window is displayed as inverse video This allows for easy determination of what portion of the incoming video should be ignored Display Size The Display Size refers to the size of the preview graphic within the dialog box Granularity Different video color space definitions impose pixel count and window dimension restrictions that must be considered when cropping The Granularity box sets forth to the user the number
11. YUV Gamma control window and dragging the mouse with the left button down moving between the upper left and lower right of the window The YUV graphic in addition to showing the transfer function as a red curve shows the visual effect via the two greyscale bands on the adjustment square The lower third of the square shows a nonvarying linear adjustment range The upper two thirds of the square shows the greyscale mapping of the current setting When the setting is 100 the two portions are identical 30 ViewCast W Osprey 700 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide Chapter 2 The Watermark Tab The Watermark tab exposes controls to enable disable and position a graphic at any position of the video capture window A watermark might be any properly formatted bitmap of appropriate size Typically this 1s a network affiliate logo an advertisement or some promotional bitmap positioned near the lower right corner of the screen The Watermark tab is also where the user can select the desired bitmap file and adjust transparency Osprey 00 HD Video Capture Device 1 Properties Video Decoder E Diagnostics Device Trace Input Detect Crossbar Video Proc Amp watermark Crop Deinterlace Enable Watermark watermark File e ae Reference Size ViewCast T2487 W Osprey 700 HD Display Size 320x240 Granularity Transp
12. ceerenens a T E ee eee 41 MN Ando DT Ie asic ce stata becuse cass biaeencanccesadsasates teas E 41 Selecting the Audio Source and Input Volume Appendix A Osprey Hardware Specifications ccccccccccccccccsssssssssssssscsscssccscssccscccccsssssssees Appendix A Page 1 3 Ospi re V 700 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide UL Statement FCC Notice Product Disposal Information ON ViewCast CORPORATION Osprey 700 HD User Guide AVStream Driver Version 1 0 0 14 ViewCast Corporation 3701 W Plano Parkway Suite 300 Plano TX 75075 7840 USA Revised 08 24 2007 2007 ViewCast Corporation No part of this specification may be reproduced transcribed transmitted or stored in a retrieval system in any part or by any means without the express written consent of ViewCast Corporation ViewCast Corporation reserves the right to change any products herein at any time and without notice ViewCast Corporation makes no representations or warranties regarding the content of this document and assumes no responsibility for any errors contained herein UL STATEMENT Underwriters Laboratories Inc has not tested the performance or reliability of the security or signaling aspects of this product UL has only tested for fire shock and casualty hazards as outlined in UL s Standard for Safety UL 60950 1 UL Certification does not cover the performance or reliability of the security or signaling aspects of this product UL MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS WARR
13. electronic equipment WEEE ERAADA LAT AE RoHS Compliant ViewCast Corporation is committed to compliance with the European directive on the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive 2002 95 EC the RoHS directive ROHS COMPLIANT For current RoHS statement visit www viewcast com Osprey and Simulstream are registered trademarks of ViewCast Corporation Microsoft Windows XP Windows Server 2003 AVStream DirectShow Intel CoreDuo and Windows Media Encoder are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Any other product names trademarks trade names service marks or service names owned or registered by any other company and mentioned herein are the property of their respective companies ViewCast w Osprey 700 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide Chapter 1 CHAPTER 1 GETTING STARTED WITH THE OSPREY 700 HD VIDEO CAPTURE CARD System Requirements Please note that the following system requirements relate to the user s Osprey Capture card only The video capture or encoding application software the user utilizes will often require a much more powerful system than that which is listed below Please consult the software documentation for applicable system requirements Minimum System Requirements e Standard Definition live capture applications 1 8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor or equivalent e High Definition live ca
14. products This user guide applies only to class 5 For example if the user has an Osprey 240 and an Osprey 700 HD installed in the same computer separate drivers must be installed for each board When the user adds or moves boards after the Osprey 700 HD driver is installed the following two scenarios exist A A board of a different class is added a computer that already contains another board For example an Osprey 240 is already installed with its current driver on the computer The user wants to add an Osprey 700 HD card The user must install the driver installation package for the new board to work B The user moves a board from one slot to another or adds another board of the same type For example an Osprey 240 card is installed in the computer and the user wants to install another Osprey 240 card In this case the following sequence takes place 1 The New Hardware Wizard runs and displays the Found New Hardware window followed by the Digital Signature Not Found window 2 Click Continue Anyway The Digital Signature Not Found window will only display on drivers that have not been WHQL Certified WHQL Certified drivers skip this step 3 The Controller installing window not shown displays and the text inside this window changes to Osprey Video Capture Device Installing Then the Digital Signature Not Found window appears 4 Click Continue Anyway Again the Digital Signature Not Found window will only be dis
15. see Manually Accessing the CD Menu The user should follow the directions in the CD menu The appropriate InstallShield Wizard will appear This Installation Wizard will guide the user through the following installation process Osprey 700 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide Chapter 1 1 A Welcome window appears along with a window entitled Remove Previous Installations asking the user to verify there are no older versions of the Osprey drivers installed On the Remove Previous Installations window the user should click OK ix Osprey 700 HD AVStream InstallShield Wizard Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Osprey 700 HD AYStream Osprey 700 HD AVStream Setup is preparing the InstallShield Wizard which will guide you through the program setup process Please wait Remove Previous Installations s Please verify that there are no older versions of the Osprey drivers present before running this installer You must reboot the machine prior to running this installer if you have removed a previous version 2 Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Osprey 700 HD A Stream The InstallShield Ri Wizard will install Osprey 700 HD yStream version 1 0 0 on your computer To continue click ext WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Cancel ViewCast W Osprey 700 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide Chapter 1 3 The License Agreement window will appear The
16. to enable or disable Inverse Telecine When Inverse Telecine is enabled the following options are available e Auto detect Telecine Source e Enable Frame Sync e Resync Interval text box The Video Decoder Tab The Video Decoder tab exposes the incoming video signal format Choices include NTSC and PAL as well as ten different High Definition modes The ten High Definition modes are listed as follows e HD 720P 60 e HD 720P 59 94 e HD 10801 60 e HD 10801 59 94 e HD 10801 50 e HD 1080P 30 e HD 1080P 29 97 37 Ospi re y 700 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide Chapter 2 e HD 1080P 25 e HD 1080P 24 e HD 1080P 23 98 The selection should be set to match the incoming signal s primary mode Although the Osprey 700 HD board automatically senses and adjusts to incoming signals including switching between SD and HD modes setting the incoming signal s primary mode is advisable to avoid the slight delay that results from evaluating and re syncing to changes of input signal timing Osprey 00 HD Video Capture Device 1 Properties Input Detect Crossbar Video Proc Amp Watermark Crop Deinterlace Video Decoder Diagnostics Device Signal Format HO 1080F 29 97 HO 1080F 25 HO 1080F 24 HO 1080F 23 95 The value selected under Signal Format is what the user should expect the input video to be Whatever is selected here is displayed on other tabs in the Reference Size text boxes Once the user makes the selection on the Vid
17. ANTIES OR CERTIFICATIONS WHATSOEVER REGARDING THE PERFORMANCE OR RELIABILITY OF ANY SECURITY OR SIGNALING RELATED FUNCTIONS OF THIS PRODUCT FCC NOTICE WARNING Connections between this device and peripherals must be made using shielded cables in order to maintain compliance with FCC radio emission limits WARNING Modifications to this device not approved by ViewCast Corporation could void the authority granted to the user by the FCC to operate the device The Osprey 700 HD Video Capture device has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this device does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures e Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna e Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver e Connect the computer into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio
18. N ViewCast CORPORATION fae ViewCast Osprey me Video Capture Cards Osprey 700 HD User Guide AVStream Driver Version 1 0 0 14 For Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 ViewCast wW Osprey 700 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS MOM A VIN E oa E a FEROCE canre E E E a PRODUCT DISPOSAL INFORMATION wis sssssssecsvsecessscicasecasicisisteuscoossvissesensicenssscossaseseassisinvensereraveessiesncereenseteaess b TTA CT Wioeescasicvecesauascoseacaccctacsatsabessaveasvevstanteocedecsuavatessavuaveoseenetcnteasavsseessazuneehsaecenecsetansussesseveceenvascotnsuasesesssaexeteacadensecues 3 Getting Started with THE Osprey 700 HD Video Capture Card cssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssseees 3 Re cL 0S 101M RE 6 01 Bo 18 8 Ec ean e Re oe cE ee ee eee ere reer ne eee 3 Minimum System CO UIDCIMEIUS 21ccasnavaevanntecdernacaeucanndseqannadsenannstaawadabacunndssneenadatneanndsersanadasncnasesseasnadarmeunsesens 3 Jah 721800 Ee e een E E E ee ee E eee eee ee 3 Installing the Osprey 700 HD AVStream Driver ccccccceesesesssssssssssesessssseesseeseseesseeeeeseeeeeseeeeseeeeessssseeegagas 3 Installing the Osprey 700 HD Hard war xk scsssestascassenxacesnesusseseccksdeanesustessssesdeanesistedaseksdeanesastedsncasdeansektniidenckateen asus 13 Installing the Osprey 700 HD Video Capture Card ccccccccsssssssesssssssssssssssssssssssceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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20. arency ee ate 2x watermark Ix Watermark Stark Preview Stop Preview Watermarks are often used as logos and have the following characteristics e Any RGB 24 bitmap bmp can be used e A selectable key color can be specified all parts of the Watermark graphic with that color are not drawn on the video e A transparency control can be used to blend the Watermark graphic with the background video e The Watermark can be previewed as it is positioned and scaled 31 ViewCast W Osprey 700 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide Chapter 2 e The Watermark appears on both captured and previewed video If the capture and preview video are different sizes the logo is scaled to look the same on the preview video when the Pin type of both has been selected and the user has set different properties for Capture and for Preview The Watermark property controls work best when the preview video is running and is viewed using the Start Preview button With preview video running the user can preview his or her changes dynamically If the user s application displays capture video in real time capture video can be used instead The Watermark properties are organized into four areas as follows e File e Position e Color e Transparency In addition the Pin Type and Enable Watermark checkbox controls are available as they are available on other property pages Watermark Pin Select When Both in the Pin Type drop down box is selected
21. at negotiates with the driver to deliver the desired output The Display size is the size of the Osprey graphic in the dialog box It is used to understand the size ratios versus the video appearance between the Reference size incoming signal what the user sees in the dialog box Display size and what appears at the client 1 e such was WME Osprey 00 HD Video Capture Device 1 Properties Video Decoder l De Diagnostics Input Detect Crossbar Video Proc Amp Watermark Reference Size Osprey 700 HD Display Size Height 320x240 width granularity ex Reset Reference Start Preview Stop Preview Changes made on this page separately apply to Video Preview and Capture Pins on the currently selected device as determined by the Pin Type drop down box When Both is selected from the drop down box changes the user makes to the crop setup apply to the Capture and Preview pins 34 ViewCast W Osprey 700 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide Chapter 2 For example the user might need to create different setups for the Capture and Preview pins To do this the user would enable cropping with both pins then create different settings for each pin Crop Tab Controls The following controls are located on the Crop tab Enable Cropping Enables the ability to crop borders from the incoming video When the Enable Cropping box is checked the crop sizing controls are enabled
22. changes the user makes to the Watermark setup apply to both the Capture and Preview pins The user can enable different setups for the pins For example the user could enable the logo on the Capture pin but not on the Preview pin and thereby save CPU time When the user selects Capture in the Pin Type drop down box the current logo settings for the Capture pin are loaded and changes the user makes apply only to the Capture pin not to the Preview pin The Preview button works analogously Watermark File Selection The Enable Watermark checkbox enables or disables logos If the user disables logos all of the user s other Watermark settings are retained for when the user re enables logos The button i e browse button exhibits a standard file select dialog Watermark files must be in 1 bmp format with a bmp filename extension and 2 RGB 24 format If the user has a graphic that is in another format he or she will need to edit the graphic with a drawing or photo edit program such as Windows Paint and save the graphic in a RGB 24 format Watermark Position and Size The Watermark Position and Size controls allow the user to position and scale the watermark much like the process is conducted in the Cropping tab ViewCast strongly recommends the user have live or preview video running when he or she uses these controls The background preview window represents the video area where the logo can be positioned The selected bitmap
23. d can simultaneously feed more than one capture encode application or multiple instances of the same application from the same A V input with independent controls for each capture stream This functions differently from SimulStream on other Osprey card models On all current Osprey cards except the Osprey 700 HD SimulStream virtualizes a card into separate streams but some of the Property Page controls affect all channels while others affect only the stream under control On these Osprey models controls which simultaneously affect all streams are listed as follows e Video Proc Amp e Video Decoder e Input e Filters e Device e RefSize Controls that can be set separately for each capture stream are named below e Crop e Logo e Captions With the Osprey 700 HD all of the above features can be set individually Each application receives its own full set of identical Property settings tabs Another significant operational difference of the Osprey 700 HD and other Osprey cards 1s that in the Osprey 700 HD each stream is configured separately This means the second and subsequent streams may appear to have randomly changing defaults For example assume the user originates Instance 1 of Windows Media Encoder WME rather than from a previously named and saved settings file and configures the encoder for a 720P WME stream with a watermark for example a logo in the lower right corner of the screen When the user originates a secon
24. d instance of WME WME adopts the same settings including the same watermark in the same position as the stream created before it This situation arises because in the second instance the WME was not started from a saved settings file Therefore the WME was forced to assign default settings and adopted the most recently configured stream If in the second instance the user needs to create different configuration settings the user should modify the settings then save the WME naming it something other than in Instance unique file with a different name Designed for Live InstantVOD Adaptive Features One of the most important features of the Osprey 700 HD card rests in its ability to automatically adapt to input signal format changes without having to stop to reconfigure and to restart the video application run by the card This newest Designed for Live feature distinguishes the Osprey 700 HD from cards used for ingesting video into video editing systems or other applications With the Osprey 700 HD card the user has the ability to create the following events e Switch on the fly between SD and HD The Osprey 700 HD accepts all ATSC SD and HD video standards and will automatically re sync without interruption when the signal formats change between any of the supported SD and HD modes 21 Osprey 700 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide Chapter 1 e Reduce and eradicate post production work Minimize or eliminate post product
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26. eo Decoder tab the user must go to the other tabs Watermark or Cropping and click the Reset Reference button so the Reference Size text box is updated to the size corresponding to that chosen on the Video Decoder tab 38 ViewCast W Osprey 700 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide Chapter 2 The Diagnostics Tab The Osprey 700 HD driver can be configured to run certain internal self tests for diagnostic debugging purposes These are normally disabled The user s authorized ViewCast Support representative might invite the user to change these settings should the user experience problems using the Osprey 700 HD with a video application Osprey 700 HD Video Capture Device 1 Properties Trace Input Detect E Crossbar Video Proc Amp Watermark Crop Deinterlace Video Decoder Diagnostics DSF MemoarRegister Test Iterations 0 Aton write DSP Internal hermo Failures d ry 1K Bytes to write Write DSF Registers stop Reset DSP Video Test signal Contiquration Standard Cisabled J Frame Rate Fatern Type 39 7 Osprey 700 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide Chapter 2 Warning The user should not enable these settings without specific instructions from ViewCast Support Doing so without proper instructions might result in system instability or in the system crashing 40 Ospi re V 7 00 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide Chapter 3 CHAPTER 3 THE AUDIO DRIVER Setup and control for audio are much
27. ere they will be installed Recommended For advanced users y OSpi re y 700 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide Chapter 1 8 The Ready to Install the Program window appears The user should click Install ee Osprey 00 HD AVStream InstallShield Wizard Ready to Install the Program The wizard is ready to begin installation Click Install to begin the installation TF vou want to review or change any of your installation settings click Back Click Cancel to exit the wizard Installshield 10 y Ospi re y 7 00 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide Chapter 1 9 The Installing Osprey 700 HD AVStream appears This window shows the progress of the installation If during the installation warning windows appear regarding Windows Logo Testing the user should click Continue Anyway to proceed with the installation ie Osprey 00 HD AVStream InstallShield Wizard Installing Osprey fO0 HD A Stream The program Features you selected are being installed Please wait while the InstallShield Wizard installs Osprey 700 HD 4y Stream This may take several minutes Status Installshield Software Installation A The oftware you are installing has not passed Windows Logo 7 testing to very its compatibility with Windows SP Tell me why this testing i important Continuing your installation of this software may impair or destabilize the corect operation of your system either immediately or in the future Microsoft str
28. ew Hardware Wizard Please wait while the wizard installs the software__ Usprey 700 HD Osprey0 00 ax To CAWINOO MS sushem a2 17 Osprey 700 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide Chapter 1 7 The user will see a box indicating the wizard has finished installing the software for Osprey 700 HD The user should click Finish Found New Hardware Wizard Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard The wizard has finished installing the software for Ten Usprey 00 HD D Click Finish to close the wizard 18 ViewCast W Osprey 700 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide Chapter 1 Installing the Osprey 700 HD Video Capture Card When the user installs his or her Osprey 700 HD Video Capture Card he or she must keep in mind that all computer cards are sensitive to electrostatic discharge Slight electrostatic discharges from clothing or even from the normal work environment can adversely affect these cards By following these simple guidelines however the user can minimize the chance of damaging the Osprey card e Handle cards only by the non conducting edges e Do not touch the card components or any other metal parts e Wear a grounding strap while handling the cards especially when located in a high static area e Provide a continuous ground path by leaving the power cord plugged into a grounded power outlet e Ensure that the workstation is powered OFF before installing any components e Ifthe user is no
29. graphic appears when the Enable Watermark checkbox is checked and a suitable bitmap has been loaded To position the logo the user must click on the logo rectangle and drag it to the new position The four nudge spin buttons Top Left Height and Width position the logo exactly one pixel at a time on the output video to help the user position the watermark precisely after a drag and drop operation The Up and Down buttons change the position and the size of the watermark 32 ViewCast W Osprey 700 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide Chapter 2 The 2X watermark and 1X watermark buttons adjust the size of the bitmap graphic The quality of a scaled image will not be as exceptional as the quality of the 1X image ViewCast recommends that wherever possible for production work the user prepare artwork of the exact size at which artwork will be used Notes on Watermarks Designed for Live and Watermarks When incoming SDI video mode switches on the fly as occurs when the user switches from SD to HD and back the watermark size and position is automatically recalculated and if necessary is scaled to force the watermark to remain in the same position relative to the lower right corner This is another exclusive Designed for Live feature of the Osprey 700 HD Keycolor The key color is the color that disappears from the graphic so the underlying video shows through unchanged If the Enable Key Color checkbox is not checked all color
30. h handle differences within the HD standard before delivery to the Osprey 700 HD The Auto and Inverse Telecine buttons will be ignored when PAL or any HD mode is selected as the video standard What is Advanced Motion Adaptive Deinterlace Motion adaptive deinterlace is an algorithm for deinterlacing pure video non telecine content Motion adaptive deinterlace detects which portions of the image are still and which portions are in motion and applies different processing to each This can be somewhat CPU intensive but is helpful when the video consists of high motion content Simpler Bob and Weave algorithms can be employed when video is relatively stationary with a slight loss of sharpness In some cases such as when the desired output frame vertical dimension is exactly half of the incoming dimensions the user might find it is unnecessary to select deinterlacing the scaling algorithm simply drops odd or even frames that is drops the odd or even lines altogether to achieve the scaling Once deinterlacing is enabled via the checkbox the user may select which algorithm to use Bob 0 Bob 1 or Advanced There are two fields per interlaced frame odd and even Bob 0 is for Field 0 even and Bob 1 is for Field 1 odd If the signal coming in is progressive these settings have no effect Clicking Advanced forces the advanced motion adaptive algorithm to deinterlace incoming video Inverse telecine control The dialog box allows the user
31. he settings as set when the dialog box is opened An adjustment scale is also included to identify each slider s relative position Osprey 00 HD Video Capture Device 1 Properties Video Decoder Diagnostics Device Trace Input Detect Crossbar Video Proc Amp Watermark Crop Deinterlace Cal ILE Gamma Both Brightness Contrast Hue Saturation 100 _ _ 100 AGB Gamma UY Gamma All slider values are applied in real time 29 N Osprey 700 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide Chapter 2 1 Two buttons are provided to influence all presets and defaults simultaneously These are the Reset Values button and the Neutral button 2 The Reset Values button resets all slide controls to the state they were in when the dialog box was opened 3 The Neutral button resets all slide controls to their original factory default settings These defaults are considered neutral that is the controls are set to positions that pass through the incoming video without modification 4 All controls affect the incoming video for all color modes except the Hue slider which is disabled when PAL is selected If the user changes the video standard or video input no changes will be seen in the slider controls until the driver properties dialog is closed and re opened Gamma Correction Controls The Gamma slider and control adjusts the gamma of the incoming video Gamma refers to the response curve of video cameras and CRTs When vide
32. ion work to make a live broadcast available as InstantVOD Instant Video on Demand at the end of the broadcast by encoding a Save to File version of the live stream The stream can be configured with its own watermark if desired Create anything in same thing out video One of the most popular applications of the Osprey 700 HD is to accept SD and HD input for live Internet video streaming Generally the expected viewing experience is for the viewing window to be of fixed dimensions regardless of the aspect ratio or pixel count of the incoming video Most of the popular video encoders require these parameters not change during the encoding session The Osprey 700 HD can automatically adapt through size and scale the incoming video to match the selected output parameters For example this creates the ability for a 24 7 broadcaster to freely switch sequences between a live HD studio feed an SD promo clip from a playout server and then return to live HD Capture and Preview Pins At the top of several Osprey 700 HD property tabs are drop down list boxes captioned Pin Type The figure below sets forth this list box expanded to show Capture Preview and Both This selection works similarly to other Osprey models which typically expose these selections using radio buttons Ca ture Gone Both The three choices Capture Preview and Both provide the user the opportunity to determine whether changes he or she make on the property page are
33. nect to Windows Update to search for software Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard Windows will search for current and updated software by looking on your computer on the hardware installation CD or on the Windows Update Web site with pour permission Can Windows connect to Windows Update to search for software Yes this time only Co Yes now and every time connect a device O No not this time Click Next to continue Cancel 13 Osprey 700 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide Chapter 1 2 The user should select No not this time then click Next Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard Windows Will search for current and updated software by looking on your computer on the hardware installation CD or on the Windows Update Web site with pour permission Read our privacy policy Can Windows connect to Windows Update to search for zottware Yes this time only O Yes now and every time connect a device Click Next to continue 14 Osprey 700 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide Chapter 1 3 The Installation Wizard will ask if the user wishes to install the software automatically or install the software from a list or specific location The user should select Install the software automatically Recommended then click Next Found New Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you install software for Osprey 00 HD a
34. o is captured through a camera the response of the camera is deliberately nonlinear low lumen values are boosted and high lumen values are compressed This is done for two reasons 1 It increases the effective bandwidth in the low lumen range where it is needed at the expense of the high lumen range where it is needed less 2 It matches the response characteristics of TV sets and monitors The calibration specified in video standards matches the requirements of cameras and television sets in broadcast use but generally does not match the needs of computer based applications or the response curves of computer monitors Therefore a correction inverse to the original bias is often needed and the user might want to adjust the gamma for the characteristics of a particular monitor When gamma correction is disabled either by setting the Gamma to Neutral or by setting the Gamma correction value to exactly 100 the software based Gamma filter works in passthrough mode with no affect on the video and with no processing bandwidth used When Gamma correction is enabled the factor applied 1s as shown in the slider text box and in the graphic If the user 1s running preview video while adjusting the filter the user will see the effects of his or her adjustments as the adjustments are made There are two ways to adjust the gamma correction value set forth as follows e By moving the Gamma slider and or e By selecting the red line on the dynamic
35. oder Diagnostics Device Trace Input Detect Crossbar Video Proc Amp J Watermark Crop Demnterlace Fin Type De Interlace Inverse Telecine Bob Suto detect Telecine Source Bob 1 Advanced What are Telecine and Inverse Telecine Telecine video is NTSC video originally created on movie film at the industry standard 24 frames per second rate Since standard NTSC video has a near 30 frame per second rate in the telecine conversion process from 24 frames to 30 frames per second certain fields are repeated in a regular recurring sequence If a telecined sequence is viewed directly on a progressive screen as 1s usually the case and the user streams video to a computer screen interlacing artifacts will be visible 36 ViewCast W Osprey 700 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide Chapter 2 The process called Inverse Telecine is the reverse of Telecine Telecine drops the redundant fields and reassembles the video into a 24 frames per second progressive format Interlacing artifacts are 100 percent removed If the video is viewed at 24 frames per second the user will see the exact timing and sequencing that was on the original film If the user views the video at 30 frames per second every fifth frame is repeated however no deinterlacing artifacts exist Telecine and inverse telecine only apply to NTSC video They are not used for PAL video and do not apply to the HD modes whic
36. of pixels that will be cropped or added each time the user increments or decrements the crop size by one pixel In the above example 2X1 the crop border will always change in multiples of two pixels horizontally and one pixel vertically Some color space modes force the granularity to 16 pixels or more in one or both dimensions Reset Reference button The Reference Size text box displays whatever the user has selected on the Video Decoder tab as whatever their expected input is After making the selection on the Video Decoder tab the user then clicks the Reset Reference button to update the value in the Reset Reference text box Start Preview The background graphic in the Crop window can be replaced by sample frames of live video This helps the user pinpoint the desired crop border settings If the user does not have a valid input signal internally generated SMPTE colorbars will be substituted for the background graphic Stop Preview If the Stop Preview button is pressed while in Preview mode the original background graphic in the Crop window is restored 35 ViewCast W Osprey 700 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide Chapter 2 The Deinterlace Tab Deinterlace The Deinterlace tab provides the user with the ability to turn deinterlacing on or off select a desired operating mode and instruct the card to detect telecined content and apply appropriate compensation Osprey 00 HD Video Capture Device 1 Properties Video Dec
37. ongly recommends that you stop this installation now and contact the software vendor for software that has passed Windows Logo testing Continue Anyway 11 Osprey 700 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide Chapter 1 10 Once the InstallShield Wizard Completed message appears the user should click Finish ie Osprey 00 HD AVStream InstallShield Wizard InstallShield Wizard Completed The InstallShield Wizard has successfully installed Osprey 700 HO AY Stream Click Finish to exit the wizard Cancel Once the installation of the driver is complete the user must completely shut down the computer on which the driver has been installed The Osprey 700 HD card can then be physically installed in the computer After the card is installed and the user turns the computer on the computer will recognize the installation of the Osprey 700 HD card The following steps should be taken to install the Osprey 700 HD card 12 Osprey 700 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide Chapter 1 Installing the Osprey 700 HD Hardware After the Osprey 700 HD driver is installed and the card has been physically installed into the computer the user should follow the directions that will appear on the computer screen to install the Osprey 700 HD hardware The appropriate InstallShield Wizard will appear This Installation Wizard will guide the user through the appropriate installation process 1 A Welcome window appears asking the user Can Windows con
38. played on drivers that have not been WHQL Certified WHQL Certified drivers skip this step The Completing the Found New Hardware window displays Click Finish The Digital Signature Not Found window displays The Digital Signature Not Found window displays once for each Osprey board you install 5 6 7 The Systems Setting Change window displays 8 Click Finish to restart the computer 9 The Osprey 700 HD card is now ready for use General Points about Use of the Osprey 700 HD Capture Card The Osprey 700 HD is a High Definition HD Video capture card As such the card has significant operational differences from other cards that fall under the Standard Definition SD Osprey card family differences needed to offer advanced features to accommodate the many input video standards that are part of the HD experience and to automatically adapt to input signal types dynamically a common need in the HD environment Some functional differences between HD and SD follow e How SimulStream works on the Osprey 700 HD versus Osprey SD cards e Dynamic adaptive features of Osprey 700 HD cards e Global vs Local property settings These items are further described as follows 20 ViewCast W Osprey 700 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide Chapter 1 Device Controls and SimulStream The Osprey 700 HD card includes a special version of Osprey SimulStream that allows the user to virtualize the entire feature set of the card 1 e the car
39. pture applications 2 13 GHz Intel Quad core system e Microsoft Windows XP Professional or Windows Server 2003 e Upto 7 5 MB of available hard disk space e 1 GB of RAM 2 GB recommended for HD capture e One available X1 or greater PCI Express slot Installation Steps In all cases the most efficient and complete installation method is to run the Setup exe program on the product CD or in the Web package the user downloads The setup program automates the steps required to install the driver and ensures the steps are performed correctly The driver is unique to the Osprey 700 HD card Therefore while the driver will automatically configure multiple Osprey 700 HD cards in the same system it will not automatically configure other Osprey models Those cards will need to be configured separately The installation steps set forth below are the steps ViewCast recommends if the user installs an Osprey card on a system for the first time After the install 1s run the card is detected and its drivers automatically start Before the user installs updates of Osprey software the software should be uninstalled and the computer rebooted Installing the Osprey 700 HD AVStream Driver The user should insert the Osprey Software CD into the CDRom drive of the computer If the user has autoplay enabled the main menu for the Osprey software CD will automatically appear Autoplay should be enabled by default If the main menu does not automatically appear
40. rey 700 HD User Guide Chapter 1 5 A Destination Folder window appears indicating the folder in which the driver will be installed by default If the user wishes to change the location of the destination folder the user should click Change to browse for a different location If the user is satisfied with the default destination folder the user should click Next ee Osprey 00 HD AVStream InstallShield Wizard Destination Folder Click Next Eo install to this Folder or click Change to install to a different folder Install Osprey 700 HD A Stream bo C Program Files WiewCast Osprey 700 x Osprey 700 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide Chapter 1 6 A Video Standard window appears The user should select a default video standard for the Osprey 700 HD AVStream driver and click Next ile Osprey 00 HD AVStream InstallShield Wizard Video Standard Select the video standard vou wish to use InstallShield i Cancel OSPI re V 700 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide Chapter 1 7 Inthe Setup Type window the user should select Complete or Custom installation and then click Next ie Osprey 00 HD AVStream InstallShield Wizard Setup Type Choose the setup type that best suits your needs Please select a setup type All program Features will be installed Requires the most disk space Choose which program Features you want installed and wh
41. s are displayed Alternatively if the Enable Key Color checkbox is checked key coloring 1s activated The user can adjust the three edit boxes Red Green and Blue to enter any RGB color value into these boxes The user controls the key color and the transparency effects of the watermark If preview video is running the user will dynamically see his or her changes Transparency The degree of transparency of the watermark is variable through use of a zero to 100 percent scale If the setting is zero the logo will be opaque If the setting nears 100 percent the watermark will become completely transparent If the user has set a keycolor the transparency value is applied only to pixels that do not match the keycolor and therefore are completely transparent 33 ViewCast W Osprey 700 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide Chapter 2 The Crop Tab The Crop tab exposes controls to enable and disable cropping and set the desired cropping rectangle Cropping means removal of unwanted video around the edges of the incoming image For example if the incoming video is letterboxed with an aspect ratio wider than 4 3 the user can crop away video at the top and bottom of the image and capture just the active portion The Left and Width controls are used to crop the left and right sides of the video The user might want to note this type of cropping is different from the final desired Display size that is usually set by the application software th
42. simpler than for video The basic steps are covered in the following topics Selecting the Audio Source and Input Volume The audio source is set using the Osprey mixer driver interface Most applications including the WME applications interface to the mixer driver directly and expose the look and feel of specific applications One example is WME which has the built in ability to expose the Osprey 700 HD Audio property page as shown below O Windows Media Encoder Fle View Control Tools Help SJ New Session H E Properties Start Encoding Q Stop Q Pause Session Properties Selectthe sources to encode inthis session Source Source 1 Name Source Remove Source from Devices File D Both device and file Video Osprey 00 HD Video Capture Device 1 Configure Audio Osprey 700 HD Audio Capture Dev Configure Script default video device Configure Archiviner fanle availahle with multinie sources lt 41 M Osprey 700 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide Chapter 3 In the WME Session properties box select the card 1 e the Osprey 700 HD Audio capture device then click the Configure button The following dialog box will appear Osprey 00 HD Audio Capture Dev Properties Audiolhputh iter Properties Master Input Mis Fin Line Input ht Treble Su Treble Bass Bass Enable Loudness HM ond CPi barmit 2
43. t familiar with how to install a PCI Express bus card he or she should refer to the system s documentation for more complete step by step instructions e The card should be used only with UL Listed computers that include instructions for user installed accessories To install an Osprey card _ Power down your computer and disconnect the power cable Remove the computer s cover and locate an empty PCI Express slot Remove the cover screw from the empty PCI Express slot s cover set the screw aside Remove the slot cover Remove the Osprey Video Capture Card from its anti static bag Insert the Osprey card into the desired PCI Express slot and make sure that it is seated evenly Secure the back panel of the card with the slot s cover screw Replace the computer cover oS eS a eo CL Turn the computer on Multiple Board Types and Adding or Moving Boards All Osprey cards are designed to co exist with other Osprey cards within practical limits of slot placement available power and the upper limits of system and CPU performance There are six classes of Osprey devices Each class requires its own Windows driver The six classes are as follows e class 1 0100 0200 0210 0220 0230 e class 2 0300 e class 3 0440 e class 4 0530 0540 0560 19 N Osprey 700 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide Chapter 1 e class 5 0700 HD and later DSP based PCI Express products e class 6 0240 and related non DSP PCI Express
44. to be applied to both the capture and preview pins associated with the other controls on the page or just the desired pin Capture or Preview The user must decide what type of pin to select based on several criteria The user should be aware software applications that use Osprey capture cards and AVStream drivers communicate with the hardware via a Microsoft developed software layer named DirectShow DirectShow is a collection of software objects 1 e an object library for working with video audio and other multimedia data The object library primarily consists of filters objects that process video and audio data and are connected or chained together into filter graphs For example ViewCast designs filters included in all Osprey AVStream drivers that interact with the capture hardware to grab digitized frames of video These filters then process video streams and pass them to target software applications like WME Other filters are associated with previewing or displaying video that decode video and render video to the screen Filters usually have inputs and outputs and are interconnected programmatically as needed The input and output connections are referred to as pins and the pins of interest to the Osprey user are the Capture Output pin and the Preview Output pin Generally captured audio and video to be fed to the Encoder is taken from the Capture pin while video for local preview such as the Input video window in the Windows
45. ure Dev Adjust volume for Show the following volume controls Capture SDI Input SDI Input 7 SDI Input 6 SDI Input 5 SDI Input 4 SDI Input 3 SDI Input 2 ll ii Capture Options Help Capture SDI Input 8 SDI Input 7 SDI Input 6 SDI Input 5 SDI Input 4 SDI Input 3 SDI Input 2 SDI Input 1 Balance Balance Balance Balance Balance Balance Balance Balance Balance p oF CaF 44e J e J 4 p J 4p F 4e F 4e J 4 Yolume Volume Volume Yolume Volume Yolume Yolume Yolume Volume g a z M LJ C Select C Select C Select C Select C Select C Select Select Osprey 700 HD Audio Capture Dey For the user to be able to see the Osprey audio capture recording device he or she must select Properties under the Recording Control Options menu This action allows the Properties dialog to appear The user must then click on the Mixer device list at the top of the dialog box to see the list of audio input and output devices including one or more Osprey cards When the user has chosen the device the user should click OK and then he or she will be returned to the Recording Control display The Osprey 700 HD device is not a mixer in that the device does not allow for mixing the various audio sources Therefore when one audio input is selected other previously inputs become deselected The Select checkbox at the bottom of each source sets which source is being used The sources are listed below in the Pin
46. user should click the radio button next to I accept the terms in the license agreement then click Next ey Osprey 00 HD AVStream InstallShield Wizard License Agreement Please read the Following license agreement carefully END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR VIEWCAST IMPORTANT READ CAREFULLY This VYiewlast End User License Agreement EULA 13 a legal agreement between You either as an individual or a Single entity oar corporate entity and Viewlast Corporation for the software product identified above which includes computer software and associated media and printed materials iif anyl and may include online or electronic documentation SOFTWARE PRODUCT or SOFTWARE By yt a Fr 1 r l 1 rra mm 404 woe l aT TT A 1G OI do not accept the terms in the license agreement y Ospre y 700 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide Chapter 1 4 The Osprey 700 HD AVStream InstallShield Wizard window appears Under Customer Information the user should enter his or her name and the name of an organization if any choose whether he or she wants to install the software for all users the default then click Next ie Osprey 00 HD AVStream InstallShield Wizard Customer Information Please enter your information Organization WiewCast Corporation Install this application For Anyone who uses this computer fall users Only for me fOspreyPC InstallShield Cancel OSPI re V 700 HD Osp
47. w Osprey 700 HD Osprey 700 HD User Guide Chapter 2 CHAPTER 2 SETTING THE OSPREY 700 HD AVSTREAM DRIVER PROPERTIES Accessing the Osprey Video Capture Card Properties After the user has installed the Osprey 700 HD card and driver the user will be able to access the properties for the card through most major DirectShow applications such as WME RealProducer or ViewCast s Niagara SCX For detailed information on how to select the Osprey Card and access its Video Properties window from third party applications the user should refer to the documentation for the encoding application Note that most of these encoding applications expose the drivers property pages without modification so the examples set forth below will probably appear as shown However some applications expose the Property pages slightly differently Therefore the examples below might differ somewhat The Video Capture Properties Window When the user s video application is invited to expose the Osprey 700 HD s video related property pages usually by navigating to the user s applications Video Properties or Video Settings page the user will see a pop up form as shown in the figure below The form is a nine tab dialog box entitled Osprey 700 HD Video Capture Device x Properties where x is the target installed Osprey 700 HD card This will always be 1 if only one Osprey 700 HD card is installed The tabs are labeled as follows e Trace
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