iTunes SPECTRA 8 User's Manual
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1. 1 2 System Requirements Pentium class computer with an available PCI slot Windows 98 or later Additionally we recommend having Microsoft DirectX8 0 or higher version installed in Windows 98 ME 2000 XP system 2 Hardware Installation Proceed with the following instructions to install your Spectra8 card on your computer Note Leave the Spectra8 card in its static resistant bag until you are ready to install it 99 Ituner Networks Corp Spectra 8 Caution Static electricity discharge may permanently damage your system In order to avoid possible static electricity discharge during installation procedures please follow the guidelines below Discharge any static electricity build up in your body by touching a large grounded metal surface or the computers case if plugged in for few seconds During installation procedures avoid any contact with metal parts Handle cards only by their edges Ituner Networks Corp Spectra 8 2 1 Install the Spectra8 video capture card Step 1 Power off your computer Step 2 Open the casing Step 3 Remove the slot bracket by unscrewing the holding screw and sliding it out Fig 2 1 1 T Fig 2 1 1 Removing the Slot Bracket Step 4 Insert the Spectra8 onto the available PCI slot and fasten the screws tightly h Fig 2 1 2 Fig 2 1 2 Installing the Spectra8 video capture card Step 5 Close the casing Step 6 Turn on the main power Ituner Networks2. Corp Spectra 8 2 2 Spectra8 Video Input Card Layout Fig 2 3 Spectra8 video input card layout Four analog inputs can be simultaneously connected to the Spectra8 Capturing frame rate is 30 fps per each channel With a properly installed device driver you will be able to see 4 video capture devices see Driver installation instructions Ituner Networks Corp Spectra 8 Spectra8 Video Input Card Layout cont Fig 2 4 Spectra8 card with extension bracket In this mode 8 multiplexed analog inputs can be simultaneously connected to the Spectra8 Capturing frame rate is 15fps per each channel With a properly installed device driver you will be able to see 4 video capture devices but each device has 2 ports see Driver installation instructions Only special software can automatically switch in between all inputs at a lower frame rate With the extension bracket connected to OP2 the 4 additional inputs are mapped to the secondary port of each of the 4 inputs If the extension bracket is connected to OP1 the ports have the same function as the 4 connectors onboard Ituner Networks Corp Spectra 8 3 Windows Driver Installation Note Before installing Spectra8 driver please check if you have the BT878 driver installed on your computer lf you do please uninstall BT878 driver completely Otherwise it could have a compatibility problem with the Spectra8 driver 3 1 Install the Spectra8 driver under Microsoft Wind
3. to do Install the software automatically Recommended C Install from a list or specific location Advanced Click Next to continue Cancel Repeat the same process another 4 times NOTE This card doesn t have any audio inputs as a result you will not be able to capture any audio with this card To ensure that your drivers were installed OK please go to My computer Properties Hardware Device Manager and look for Device Manager E DI x File Action View Help gt Hesgea Processors Sound video and game controllers Audio Codecs BT878 WDM Audio Capture 0 BT878 WDM Audio Capture 1 BT878 WDM Audio Capture 2 BT878 WDM Audio Capture 3 BT878 WDM video Capture BT878 WDM Video Capture 1 BT878 WDM Video Capture 2 BT878 WDM Video Capture 3 Legacy Audio Drivers Legacy Video Capture Devices Media Control Devices MIDI 1 401 Carnatihlea MINT Marica h gt SGGGGGGGGGGSS If you see 8 BT878 WDM Audio and Video without exclamation signs you successfully installed your card NOTE Devices are numbered from 0 to 3 for Spectra8 type A cards 4 to 7 for type B cards 10 Ituner Networks Corp Spectra 8 4 Using Software applications Virtually any video capture software will work with your Spectra 8 card For most applications we recommend that you use the WindowsMedia Encoder or the RealNetworks RealProducer or HelixProducer Other recommended video capture software package
4. Ituner Networks Corp Spectra 8 SPECTRA8 MULTI INPUT VIDEO CAPTURE CARD USER S MANUAL Version 1 4 0 Ituner Networks Corp Ituner Networks Corp 47801 Fremont Blvd Fremont CA 94538 Support phone 510 226 6033 From outside the U S 1 510 226 6033 Fax 1 510 226 6032 Email support ituner com Spectra 8 Ituner Networks Corp Spectra 8 Introducing Spectra8 Multi input video capture card Thank you for your purchase of the Spectra8 video capture card Spectra8 video capture card allows you to simultaneously capture video from 4 independent video sources at 30 fps producing a total of 120 fps with the application of your choice and with resolutions up to 768x576 full broadcast resolution Product Specifications Single standard PCI card Plug and Play four channel video capture card B1878 video capture chipset low latency DMA access Video capture size up to 768x576 On board video inputs 4 BNC Connector External PCI bracket expansion card with 4 additional BNC inputs Power consumption lt 5W Board size 96mmx157mm General features Supports NTSC PAL SECAM video with resolutions up to 768x576 Supports complex video clipping of video source Zero wait state PCI burst writes Multiple YCrCb and RGB pixel formats Supports planar YUV data format Windows 98 Me 2000 XP and NT support Linux 2 2 2 4 and 2 6 support via BT TV driver Works with any major encoder application 1 Pre Installation
5. heck if you have the BT878 driver installed on your computer lf you do please uninstall BT878 driver completely Otherwise it could have a compatibility problem with the Spectra8 driver Problem There is some latency when all four inputs are being used and the system is overloaded The latency issues are not from the card they are from the encoders you are using Regarding system load Keep in mind that you are processing 4 live streams at the same time and that can generate a lot of PCI bandwidth If frame dropping occurs lower the encoding settings by selecting lower frame rates or lower resolution or increase your CPU speed Problem I ve installed my Spectra8 and it s not working Verify that the board is completely seated in the 32 bit PCI slot inside your PC These slots are usually white The board should be level and attached to the chassis using the mounting screw Verify that all of the cables are connected securely to the proper board Verify that there is no other video capture card installed on the computer If there is remove the other card Reboot your computer after installation Problem l m not getting a video display black screen What do do Verify that your video source is properly connected to the Spectra8 board and powered up Make sure the physical jack used for the connection is the same as the one selected on the Video Control panel Composite selects the RCA jack S Video selects the 4 pin mi
6. m a list Windows does not guarantee that the driver you choose will be the best match for your hardware pressi Step3 Select your CDROM drive and click on NEXT ax Select the folder that contains drivers For your hardware E baa Spectra D Di Linux E 5 windows O AP_SOURCE_CODE Ey Bin El DRIVER Gi WINGS ME 2K XP E Shared Documents To view any subfolders click a plus sign above cna Li Step 4 Specify the D Windows Driver Win98_ME_2K_XP folder and click on OK Found New Hardware Wizard Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard The wizard has finished installing the software for O BT873 WDM Video Capture 5 A Click Finish to cose the wizard lt Back ance Ituner Networks Corp Spectra 8 Step 5 Select finish You will notice that the installation will repeat itself 4 times for the video drivers Don t panic this is normal behavior Spectra8 is equipped with 4 BT878 video capture devices Repeat steps 1 to 5 until all video drivers are installed After all four devices are installed the system will try to install the audio devices as well to be repeated 4 times as well Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you install software for BT878 WDM Audio Capture 4 If your hardware came with an installation CD 22 or floppy disk insert it now What do you want the wizard
7. ni DIN and MXC selects the multimedia extension connector 15 Ituner Networks Corp Spectra 8 Problem My video is scrambled What do do If your video display is scrambled or video is displayed in the Video Control Panel but not in the application window try the following Verify that your NTSC PAL setting is correct for the type of video source you have Verify that your video capture format is compatible with the applications see the documentation for the application Verify the recommended image sizes and capture formats from your application Restart the application Important Always make sure you have the latest up to date drivers from the Ituner com site If you didn t see your question answered or you have other technical questions please send an email to support ituner com 16
8. ows 98 ME 2000 XP Spectra8 is a plug and play video capture card Spectra8 card can be detected by Microsoft Windows 98 ME 2000 XP Step 1 When re starting Windows for the first time after the Spectra8 board has been installed the Found New Hardware Wizard will appear Found New Hardware Wizard Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard This wizard helps you install software for BT878 WDM Video Capture 5 If your hardware came with an installation CD 22 or floppy disk insert it now What do you want the wizard to do Install the software automatically Recommended Install from a list or specific location Advanced Click Next to continue lt Bact Cancel Please select Install from a list or specific location Advanced Step2 Please insert the CD driver into your CD ROM drive In this example we used drive D Click NEXT A second window will appear Ituner Networks Corp Spectra 8 Found New Hardware Wizard i Please choose your search and installation options SS Y Search for the best driver in these locations Use the check boxes below to limit or expand the default search which includes local paths and removable media The best driver found will be RN IV Search removable media floppy CD ROM TT Include this location in the search D y Browse C Don t search will choose the driver to install Choose this option to select the device driver fro
9. river form the address listed below Constant driver updates are being published making our driver distribution obsolete by the time the driver CD gets to you Spectra8 uses the bttv driver available from http bytesex org This card is already integrated in bttv driver with a version higher then 0 9 10 and should be correctly autodetected as type 98 For 2 6 x kernels always use the latest 0 9 x bttv drivers To load the module type modprobe bttv This will load bttv with the default settings In order to check if the driver loaded up and recognized the card do a smod and you should see bttv 77 60 0 unused video buf 9200 O bttv or do a dmesg and check for the lines that contain bttv You can alter the default setting by adding them to your etc modules conf or directly on the command line Note if you plan to use Fedora Core 4 update the kernel on it using yum to the latest version in order to get the bttv drivers to load with the Spectra8 card For 2 4 x kernels you can use our already patched kernel and driver sources available at ftp update 4update updates ituner com sources kernel choose the latest version ftp update 4update updates ituner com sources bttv bttv 0 9 13 imedia tgz Our kernel is patched to include video4linux version 2 You can also use the latest version of bttv driver from http bytesex org with our kernel Also you can manually patch your preferred 2 4 x kernel by following the steps belo
10. s are Webcam32 by Surveyor Corp and ActiveWebcam from Pysoft Com Under video preferences or capture devices options screens you will see that several video capture devices will be displayed New Session Wizard x Device Options Select the devices to use for encoding audio and video in this session Only currently installed devices are listed What devices do vou wan to use KW Video T878 Capture 4 e Configure I Audio default audio device Configure Tip 3 Click Configure to set properties for the selected device Fine Cancel Select your desired video capture device and start encoding 5 1 Depending on the number of simultaneous video capture sessions video capture frame size and number of captured frames per second your system may or may not encounter overloading Typically a Pentium IV running at 2 4Ghz should be able to encode from 2 Spectra 8 PCI cards at 30Fps with resolutions of 320x240 In case frame dropping occurs lower the encoding settings by selecting lower frame rates or lower resolution or increase your CPU speed 5 2 Multiple cards usage in the same computer When using more than one Spectra8 card on the same system please ensure that you have type A and type B cards When ordering more than one card please specify that you need type A B C or D mixed cards 11 Ituner Networks Corp Spectra 8 7 Linux drivers and applications NOTE Always get the latest d
11. te modprobe bttv This will load bttv with default settings In order to check if the driver has loaded do a smod and you should see bttv 77760 O unused video buf 9200 0 bttv You can alter the default setting by adding them to your etc modules conf or directly on the command line Modifying etc modules conf You can add this line for you Spectra Card in your modules conf options bttv card 98 98 98 98 radio 0 tuner 4 chroma_agc 1 vbibufs 4 v4l2 1 gbuffers 16 Option card 98 98 98 98 is needed for Spectra8 Card to work correctly if it s not autodetected by kernel Advanced usage for the Spectra8 expansion module To grab from the other 4 devices inputs 4 8 you need to grab the video from the same device but specify another channel number Each device has 4 channels but Spectra8 uses only the first 2 0 is for the ports on the board itself and 1 is for the ports on the extension bracket In order to test the card you can download bttvgrab from http ich bin kein hoschi de bttvgrab and run For the first port of Spectra8 bttvgrab Q G dev video0 S 0 o X For the first port on the extension of the Spectra8 bttvgrab Q G dev video0 S 1 o X 14 Ituner Networks Corp Spectra 8 8 Quick Troubleshooting Guide Note Software updates can be found at http www ituner com updates htm If you have technical questions please send email to support ituner com Note Before installing Spectra8 driver please c
12. w use the latest kernel and patch him with the latest version of 0 9 x bttv drivers Also patch the kernel with the videodev patch corresponding to your kernel version Download bttv 0 9 x from http bytesex org bttv Download kernel patch for 2 4 x kernel from http oytesex org patches 2 4 Usually you need only http bytesex org patches 2 4 01 videodev 2 4 x diff where x is your kernel version like in uname r You might need to download some other small patches from that dir Please check the page for more details Patch your kernel with videodev patch by doing cd usr src linux or where your kernel sources are 12 tuner Networks Corp Spectra 8 patch p1 lt 01_videodev 2 4 x diff Decompress the bttv kernel module tar xzvf bttv 0 9 3 tar gz and compile the module doing make and install it on your kernel dir by doing make install The module will be installed in lib modules uname r v4 2 Make sure that your kernel is compiled with Video for Linux support and 12C support File Edit Settings Help ees i EP sugue Linux NETTCL YZ 4 15 1RC0LA LOM uration gt Video For Linux Eee ER File Edit Settings Help inu Kernel 2 4 19 imedia Conf igurz E uration Select Note Don t include BT848 Video For Linux in your kernel because the driver shipped with older 2 4 x linux kernels is version 0 7 x which is obsolete 13 Ituner Networks Corp Spectra 8 To start your module execu
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