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Troubleshooting a Windows Installation ..........22 Mac OS X Video Capture Workstation Installation ........22 To Install the Mac Drivers and Epiphan Capture Tool ......22 To Start the Mac OS Capture Application..........23 Upgrading to the Latest Mac OS X Software Version ......23 Finding Software Updates ..............
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Setting On-Screen Text Parameters ............. 58 9.7.6 Configure Startup ................. 59 Sharing ....................60 10 Configuring DVI2PCIe Duo from the Windows Control Panel ..... 61 11 Mac OS X Video Capture Application ............62 11.1 Starting the Mac OS X Video Capture Application ....... 62 11.2.1...
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An EDID example ................77 14.2.1 14.2 Windows command line options ............77 Creating a Windows Shortcut that Uses Command Line Options ... 78 15 Table of Figures ..................79 16 Software and Documentation License ............81 DVI2PCIe Duo User Guide...
DVI2PCIe Duo Introduction 1. DVI2PCIe Duo Introduction DVI2PCIe Duo™ is Epiphan's newest internal frame grabber with a DVI-I dual link and an SDI input . It is installed in a video capture workstation’s PCI Express (PCIe) slot and transmits captured data to the video capture workstation over the PCIe bus.
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DVI2PCIe Duo Introduction One DVI-VGA cable One HDMI to DVI adapter One Low-profile bracket Figure 1: What’s in the box? DVI2PCIe Duo User Guide...
2 Physical Attributes 2.1 System Hardware Features The Epiphan DVI2PCIe Duo frame grabber is a PCIe x4 card that includes a DVI-I type connector, SDI connector and three activity LEDs. The DVI2PCIe card can be installed in a 4x, 8x or 16x PCIe slot on the motherboard of the video capture workstation.
Figure 3: PCIe slots (from top to bottom: 4x, 16x, 1x and 16x), compared to a traditional 32- bit PCI slot (bottom) When installed, the DVI2PCIe Duo card adds a DVI IN and an SDI IN port and an LED indicator. You can connect a DVI-I (single link/dual link) source directly to the DVI IN port using a standard DVI cable.
DVI2PCIe Duo. 2.2.1 VGA to DVI Cable Connects a VGA source to the DVI2PCIe Duo DVI port. This cable is included with the DVI2PCIe Duo. Figure 4: VGA to DVI Cable...
Figure 5: DVI to DVI Cable 2.2.3 SDI to SDI Cable Connects an SDI (3G, HD or SD) source to the DVI2PCIe Duo SDI port. This cable is included with the DVI2PCIe Duo. Figure 6: SDI to SDI Cable 2.2.4...
Physical Attributes Connects an HDMI source to the DVI2PCIe Duo DVI port. This adapter is included with the DVI2PCIe Duo. Figure 7: HDMI to DVI Adapter 2.2.5 DisplayPort Cable Connects a source’s DisplayPort to the DVI2PCIe Duo DVI port (cable sold separately).
System Requirements 2.2.7 Thunderbolt Port Cable Connects a source’s Thunderbolt port to the DVI2PCIe Duo DVI port (cable sold separately). Figure 10: Thunderbolt Port Cable 3 System Requirements Epiphan’s DVI2PCIe Duo internal frame grabber has the following hardware and software requirements:...
DVI2PCIe Duo internal frame grabber into the video capture workstation. To connect the DVI2PCIe Duo card, in addition to the frame grabber itself you need: • A video capture workstation with an available 4x, 8x or 16x PCIe slot.
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Installing DVI2PCIe Duo This procedure describes how to install the DVI2PCIe Duo in a video capture workstation. Shut down and power off the video capture workstation. Disconnect all cables from the video capture workstation. Open the system unit to expose the PCIe slots (usually located at the back of the PC).
PC as the video capture workstation to view and record images captured by a DVI2PCIe duo frame grabber. Note: Install the drivers and Epiphan Capture Tool after installing the DVI2PCIe duo in a PCIe slot on the Windows video capture workstation.
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Installation Steps for the Windows Video Capture Workstation Figure 11: Setup Wizard Click Next. The License Agreement window opens. Figure 12: License Agreement window Select I Agree. Click Next; the Select Installation Folder window opens. DVI2PCIe Duo User Guide...
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12. Click Next; a progress bar appears. When the installation is complete, the progress bar closes and a Windows Security window opens. Figure 14: Windows Security window 13. Click Install. A Grabbers setup window opens. Indicating board detection is in progress. DVI2PCIe Duo User Guide...
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If the setup operation detects a mismatch between the driver software and the FPGA image; go to Firmware Upgrade Figure 16: Grabbers upgrade request window If the installation is successful and no mismatches are detected, the Installation Complete window opens. DVI2PCIe Duo User Guide...
From time to time Epiphan makes new versions of all Epiphan Frame Grabber software available from the Epiphan web site. To confirm that you have the latest Epiphan Capture Tool software, select the Check for Updates command from the Help menu.
DVI2PCIe Duo product. To do so, browse to http://www.epiphan.com and select Products > DVI Frame Grabbers > DVI2PCIe Duo. On these pages you will find the most recent versions of: • Epiphan DVI2PCIe Duo User Guide. • Epiphan USB device driver and video capture tool for Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Vista.
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Perform one of the following: Click None when you do not want to upgrade the firmware for any of the frame grabbers detected on the network. The window closes; minimal firmware saved from on-board storage is applied. DVI2PCIe Duo User Guide...
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Figure 21: Grabbers upgrade status When the upgrade is complete, a dialog box appears requesting a soft reboot. Figure 22: Important action required Perform one of the following: Click Reboot; the reboot cycle begins. The Frame Grabber software is updated. DVI2PCIe Duo User Guide...
If you experience any difficulty viewing captured images with the Windows capture tool, review the following items prior to contacting technical support. Confirm that the DVI2PCIe Duo is properly installed in its PCIe slot and confirm that the Windows Device Manager displays the DVI2PCIe Duo status under System Devices >...
If you have installed the drivers and capture tool software, the video capture workstation should automatically recognize the frame grabber and install drivers for it. To install the DVI2PCIe Duo in the video capture workstation, refer to the section Connecting DVI2PCIe 6.2 To Start the Mac OS Capture Application On the video capture workstation, run the capture tool, from the Applications folder, select DVI2USB.app.
Mac OS X desktop. You can drag the Epiphan icon from the Applications folder to your desktop or add it to the Dock after installing a new version of the DVI2PCIe Duo user interface. You may also need to delete older versions of the Epiphan icon.
API. For example, if the DVI2PCIe Duo is capturing the frames at a color depth that is different than that required by the video capture application, the USB device driver converts the images to the required color depth.
Video4Linux-compatible applications to perform many video capture operations such as recording images or video, copying, printing and saving images, or broadcasting images across the Internet. You can also use the Epiphan Linux SDK to create your own custom video capture application. The SDK along with some example applications is available from the downloads page of the Epiphan Web Site.
DVI2PCIe Duo device, it begins displaying captured images Note: When 2 sources are connected to the DVI2PCIe Duo, images from the first signal detected are displayed. When two input sources are connected to the DVI In and SDI In ports,...
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A/V kit is installed. Figure 23: Select Device window with an optional A/V kit is installed When a video signal source is not connected, or the DVI2PCIe Duo device is not capturing images, the application displays No signal detected. As the Epiphan Capture Tool starts, the following messages may appear: •...
Use the following procedure to save the current image as a .bmp, .png, or .jpg file on the video capture workstation. You can optionally pause the image capture before saving an image. Select Save from the File menu or from the toolbar select or use the key combination CTRL+S. DVI2PCIe Duo User Guide...
After performing color inversion, black becomes white, yellow becomes blue, and red becomes aqua. Select Options from the Tools menu. Select the Display tab. Enable the Invert colors for printing checkbox. Click OK. DVI2PCIe Duo User Guide...
Before recording captured images as a video file, you must configure the recording options by selecting Options from the Tools menu, then selecting the Recording tab, and select Record as Video. Refer to Configuring Recording Options. Select Start Recording from the Capture menu or from the toolbar select DVI2PCIe Duo User Guide...
For example: Wrote c:\temp\example.avi (85 sec, 464 frames). 9.4 Menus This section describes the commands available from the Windows-based DVI2PCIe Duo user interface menus. DVI2PCIe Duo User Guide...
File Menu Use the File menu commands to save and print the current image displayed by the DVI2PCIe Duo user interface and to exit the DVI2PCIe Duo user interface. Save Save a snapshot of the current image to a file on the video capture workstation.
9.4.3 View Menu Use the options on the View menu to control the layout of the DVI2PCIe Duo user interface window. Toolbar Change the size of the toolbar icons or hide the toolbar. You can select small, large, or huge icons and hide the toolbar.
The record option on the Capture menu allows you to record the current image as a video or as a series of consecutive image files. Select Options from the Tools menu and use the settings on the Recording tab to configure what the DVI2PCIe Duo user interface records.
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Select device Choose Select Device or use the key combination Ctrl+D to choose from which device or input the DVI2PCIe Duo user interface receives captured images. The command searches and lists available frame grabber devices and inputs. The list displays the serial number, device type, or input type, captured image resolution and frequency or status and location of each device.
See the Configure Device section for more information regarding this function. 9.4.5 Configure Device This window allows you to perform various image adjustments and select a required VGA mode. The following section illustrates and describes what can be configured using each tab. DVI2PCIe Duo User Guide...
For example, a captured image shifted slightly to the right (horizontally) can be corrected with minor adjustments to the horizontal shift settings. Increasing or decreasing the value entered in the Horizontal Shift field shifts the image to the right or left. DVI2PCIe Duo User Guide...
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This checkbox, when enabled, allows Wide Aspect Ratio VGA modes to be displayed by the capture tool window. The Epiphan USB device driver may not be able to determine whether the video source is sending a wide video mode signal. Select this option when your video...
Windows Video Capture Application source uses a wide video mode to ensure the Epiphan USB device driver selects a wide video mode. This option is available when a VGA source is connected to the input port. YCrCb capture Select this checkbox when you need to capture analog component video with YCrCb encoding.
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Specify the frame rate limit Fix frame rate Select the checkbox to fix frame rate VGA Modes tab VGA Modes tab is applicable when a source is connected to the DVI input port. Figure 26: VGA Modes tab DVI2PCIe Duo User Guide...
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Vertical back porch (top border) • Vsync polarity • To add a custom VGA mode Click on the green plus sign in the upper right corner of the tab; a Custom VGA Mode window opens. Figure 27: Custom VGA Modes DVI2PCIe Duo User Guide...
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Select a mode from the Custom VGA modes list. Click on the red minus sign in the upper right corner of the tab. The selected mode is removed from the list. Click OK; the Configure VGA Mode window closes. DVI2PCIe Duo User Guide...
Select his checkbox to enable on-board compression of compression the incoming signal Note: This menu option is not displayed when an SDI input is chosen from the Select Device menu. Sync level Adjust sync level (HSync and VSync) DVI2PCIe Duo User Guide...
Note: This menu option is not displayed when an SDI input is chosen from the Select Device menu. 9.4.6 Tools Menu Use the Tools menu to customize basic DVI2PCIe Duo user interface operating settings. Web Broadcasting Use this command to broadcast the captured signal, refer to Chapter 5, Web Broadcasting, for more details.
This will happen if the latest version contains significant bug fixes or enhancements. If a new DVI2PCIe Duo user interface version only contains minor changes or if you are running the current version, Check for Updates may not recommend that you install a new version and will not display any information.
You can select small, large, or huge icons. If the toolbar is hidden, you can select an icon size to unhide the toolbar. Save a snapshot of the current image captured by the DVI2PCIe Duo user interface to a file on the video capture workstation. Select a location for the file and select a file format.
The number of frames or images that the DVI2PCIe Duo has displayed since • the DVI2PCIe Duo was last started. The number of frames is only visible if you select Number of captured frames. The number of frames stops incrementing and starts flashing if you have paused the image capture. Use the Reset counter button to reset the number of frames.
Windows Video Capture Application Note: The functionalities located on the KVM tab do not apply to DVI2PCIe Duo. 9.7.1 Configuring Recording Options To control how the DVI2PCIe Duo user interface records captured images, select Options from the Tools menu and then select the Recording tab. You can record captured images as a series of consecutively saved graphic files or as a video file.
This option is available when Video is selected for the Record as value. Format Specify the file format for the image. The options are: • • JPEG • This option is available when Image is selected DVI2PCIe Duo User Guide...
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Append suffix… When you start a video recording session you are prompted to enter a file name. If the file exceeds the AVI file size limit, the DVI2PCIe Duo user interface starts another file with the original DVI2PCIe Duo User Guide...
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VID.avi, VID01.avi, VID02.avi, etc. Overwrite existing files If you select overwrite existing files, files are saved according to the video file recording options. Existing files are replaced with the new files. DVI2PCIe Duo User Guide...
After … elapsed Specify an elapsed length of time before recording is automatically turned off. 9.7.2 Configuring Display Options To change display options from the Tools menu, select Options and then select the Display tab. DVI2PCIe Duo User Guide...
Resize window on resolution change Select the checkbox to resize window when the image resolution is changed Invert colors for printing Select the checkbox to change dark colors to light colors and light colors to dark colors DVI2PCIe Duo User Guide...
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Number of captured frames Displays number of captured frames Data rate (network grabbers only) The data rate is the rate (in MB/s, KB/s, Mbps, and Kbps) that the DVI2PCIe Duo user interface receives data from the device capturing images. DVI2PCIe Duo User Guide...
Force video mode check every … Specify how often the application indicates seconds the type of the video signal that is received. Note that although frequent video mode detection decreases reaction time when changing video mode, it may also reduce DVI2PCIe Duo User Guide...
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“No frame grabbers found”. In this case you need to restore connection manually. Limit frame rate to … fps Set the maximum frame rate for the video signal DVI2PCIe Duo User Guide...
Add an outline to the timestamp. Use an outline to highlight the timestamp when the text color is similar to the display background color Font Click the …button to set the font and the font size DVI2PCIe Duo User Guide...
Set the location on the screen where the static text is displayed 9.7.5 Configure Startup Use this tab to specify actions the application should perform during startup. Figure 33: Startup tab Start in full screen mode When the application starts, it resizes to DVI2PCIe Duo User Guide...
Use this tab to change web broadcasting compression. Select Override default compression settings and adjust the Lossless and Lossy settings. Figure 34: Sharing tab Lossless compression Lossless compression compresses the streamed video or images without reducing image quality. Increasing lossless DVI2PCIe Duo User Guide...
CPU intensive as lossless compression. 10 Configuring DVI2PCIe Duo from the Windows Control Panel Your DVI2PCIe Duo can be configured from the Windows Control Panel using the Epiphan Frame Grabbers icon - . Here you can verify the device’s serial number, type and status as well as setup configuration parameters.
Mac OS X Video Capture Application It is similar to the Tools > Options > Configure command in the Epiphan Capture Tool. Edit parameters. After editing click OK and select the Use default configuration parameter radio button to activate settings. Then click Close.
When the video capture tool successfully connects to and synchronizes with the frame grabber, the video capture application window begins displaying captured images. Title Bar Displays the Epiphan product name, screen resolution and refresh rate of the video source. Toolbar...
Having a large number of capture windows open simultaneously can eventually slow performance on the video capture workstation. Open Network Grabber Connect to a DVI2PCIe Duo device on the network. Recent Network Grabbers Select from the list of recently opened frame grabber devices.
Configure Device for details). Enter Full Screen Enter full screen mode 11.2.4 Tools Menu Use the Tools menu to customize basic DVI2PCIe Duo user interface operating settings. Show VGA Mode Information View low-level VGA mode information Upload EDID to Device...
11.2.6 Help Menu Search Search DVI2PCIe Duo Help 11.3 Toolbar Use the toolbar to save, copy, print the current captured image, to override image adjustments, or to show information about the device. DVI2PCIe Duo User Guide...
) to start recording a captured video. 11.3.5 Adjust Click this button ( ) to allow horizontal/vertical shift configuration to offset the captured image position. Select the checkboxes to adjust shifting automatically. Refer to the Configure Device section for details. 11.3.6 Info DVI2PCIe Duo User Guide...
Recording Videos Before starting to record videos, saving images or printing images, you should configure the Epiphan QuickTime integration options by opening System Preferences, selecting Epiphan under Other, and configuring the QuickTime settings. Select About to view information about the current software and driver versions.
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If the default resolution does not match the actual resolution, images are resized to the default resolution. Fixed: The same resolution is reported to QuickTime, regardless of the actual resolution of DVI2PCIe Duo User Guide...
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Format will only be used if the QuickTime compatible application doesn’t specifically request an image format. Default Frame Rate Usually you can set the frame rate in the QuickTime-compatible video recording application. If you cannot set the frame rate in the application, DVI2PCIe Duo User Guide...
To stream captured images over the Internet, the Epiphan capture tool sends captured images to an Epiphan web streaming portal. Each web streaming session is labelled with the serial number of the DVI2PCIe Duo that is capturing the images. The card’s serial number appears on the video capture application title bar.
24 bits per pixel. Please refer to the previous section To set the display format for web streaming broadcasting To start a web broadcast: Connect the Epiphan Frame Grabber to the video source that you want to stream and to the video capture workstation. Start the Epiphan Capture Tool.
Open a web browser and browse to the required URL, for example: http://www.vga2web.com/D2P00000. This URL is supplied by the vga2web application as shown on the Figure 3522 Start Web Broadcasting Dialog and can be advertised to potential viewers of the stream. DVI2PCIe Duo User Guide...
If you have a slow Internet connection or when viewers of the web stream notice delays, you can increase lossless or lossy compression to reduce Internet bandwidth usage. • If viewers of the web stream notice poor image quality you can reduce the amount of lossy compression. DVI2PCIe Duo User Guide...
Association (VESA). The EDID includes manufacturer name, product type, phosphor or filter type, timings supported by the display device, display size, luminance data and (for digital displays only) pixel mapping data. EDID is crucial for DVI sources but mostly ignored by VGA sources. DVI2PCIe Duo User Guide...
Advanced Topics When you connect a DVI2PCIe Duo to a video source, the video source sees the DVI2PCIe Duo as a monitor. Just like a monitor, the DVI2PCIe Duo contains EDID that is used by the video source to determine the video signal to send to the DVI2PCIe Duo.
In this example, a user was viewing the video output from a system using a flat panel monitor. The monitor displayed video images at a screen resolution of 640x480. When the user replaced the flat panel monitor with a DVI2PCIe Duo, the system changed to produce video images at a screen resolution of 720x400.
Files\DVI2USB30: Open Windows Explorer and navigate the following path: C:\Program Files\Epiphan Right click on the file v2ugui2.exe and select Create Shortcut. Windows creates a shortcut file that, depending on your Windows settings, may be named “Shortcut DVI2PCIe Duo User Guide...
For example, to add --topmost and --borderless, set the horizontal shift to -67, and the vertical shift to 10: "C:\Program Files\Epiphan\v2ugui2.exe" –topmost --borderless --hs -67 --vs 10 Select OK to save your changes to the shortcut. Double-click on the shortcut to start the video capture application with the command line options.
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Table of Figures Figure 21 QuickTime Options for Recording Videos Figure 22 Start Web Broadcasting Dialog DVI2PCIe Duo User Guide...
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