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Focus Invideo PCI Install Manual

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Chapter 1
Introduction
Thank you for purchasing the InVideo/PCIª video
frame grabber system. The system consists of a card
that you install in your PCI slot and some very
exciting software. On a very basic level, weÕve
designed InVideo/PCIª to accomplish two simple
tasks:
Grab full color still images from a camcorder, VCR, or
laser disk player.
Grab full color digital clips from a camcorder, VCR, or
laser disk player.
When used as part of FOCUS Enhancement's
InVideoª Conference package, InVideo/PCI is a great
tool for videoconferencing.
Minimum System Requirements
The following is the minimum system configuration
required for the operation of the InVideo/PCIª system.
1. 486 processor or better with an available PCI
expansion slot.
2. A hard disk drive and CD ROM drive for
installation.
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  • Page 1 Grab full color still images from a camcorder, VCR, or laser disk player. Grab full color digital clips from a camcorder, VCR, or laser disk player. When used as part of FOCUS Enhancement's InVideoª Conference package, InVideo/PCI is a great tool for videoconferencing. Minimum System Requirements The following is the minimum system configuration required for the operation of the InVideo/PCIª...

  • Page 2: Software Updates

    A fast hard disk drive, preferably a SCSI hard disk that supports higher speed disk access. At least 512K of L2 cache for better performance. Software Updates You may purchase software updates directly from FOCUS Enhancements for a nominal fee. You may...
  • Page 3 InVideo on the Internet. FOCUS Enhancements: www.focusinfo.com...

  • Page 4: Hardware Installation

    Chapter 2 Installation Hardware Installation Follow these steps for hardware installation: Remove diskettes from all drives. Turn off all components connected to the computer and the computer itself. Remove the cover of your computer. Inside your computer are the expansion slots. Choose one of the empty PCI slots.

  • Page 5: Software Installation

    Contents of InVideo/PCI CD-ROM: The enclosed CD-ROM includes the drivers needed to run this hardware on Windows 3.x and Windows 95 platforms. See FOCUS Enhancements's Web site for Windows NT drivers, if needed. Also included are two software programs as follows:...
  • Page 6 1. After installing the hardware as specified above, power on your computer into Windows 95. Windows has found a new PCI Multimedia Device and is installing software for it. Òinstall drivers from the disk provided by the hardware manufacturerÓ and press OK. 5.

  • Page 7: Connecting Video

    programs. Windows 3.X Installation Procedures 1. After installing the hardware as specified above, boot your computer into Windows 3.x. 2. From the Program Manager, select File and Run. 3. In the command line type D:\WIN31\SETUP.EXE where D:\ is the location of your CD-ROM drive. 4.
  • Page 8 3. DC Output - Provides the power necessary to run the DCVC-2 video camera (optional) from FOCUS Enhancements, Inc. If you're using a Title: Creator: Preview: with a preview included in it. This EPS picture will print to a other types of printers.
  • Page 9 Chapter 3 Using the CineMaker Software Once you've installed both the hardware and the software, you're ready to capture your first image. The setup program installs an application called CineMaker, a quick and easy application for capturing single images and movies. Begin by launching the CineMaker program.
  • Page 10 video standard: NTSC: Used in North America and the Orient. PAL: Used in most other parts of the world, including most of Europe. SECAM: Used in select areas of the world such as France and some Eastern European countries. If you don't know which video standard you're using, click the Detect button to automatically determine it.
  • Page 11 AUTOCAL, BRIGHTNESS, CONTRAST,SATURATION, HUE: The BCSH controls let you compensate for unusual lighing conditions and differences between video sources. A good way to use these controls is to click on the AutoCal button, which causes InVideo/PCI to determine proper BCSH levels. Then, manually fine- tune the settings to your preferences.
  • Page 12 Finally, the interlace, or field order, is selectable. InVideo/PCIª does a good job in determining field order. If however, you find that your captured images are unusually fuzzy, you might try changing the field order. Types of Preview InVideo/PCIª offers two types of Preview, selectable from the Capture menu.
  • Page 13 Motion Video Capture To capture a movie, first set up for the capture. Select Capture setup from the Capture menu. Here you'll be able to set the capture frame rate and choose the characteristics of the video and audio. When setting up, keep in mind the following: Video runs at a maximum of 30 frames per second.
  • Page 14 The megahertz rating of your CPU and the hard disk speed have a bearing on the performance as well. Consider upgrades if you're not getting the performance you need. After setting up, select video from the Capture menu (Capture video). CineMaker will begin spooling video as fast as it can either to your computer's memory or to your hard disk.
  • Page 15 If you just want to save one frame from the motion clip, simply play the video until you get to the appropriate frame, and select Save Single Frame As... from the File menu. For better control over still frame captures, use the InVideo software (rather than CineMaker) to capture the image.

  • Page 16: Memory Usage

    InVideo/PCIª. For the experienced user, the tool bar can be a fabulous time saver. Memory Usage The InVideo/PCIª software reserves a one Megabyte area of memory during the boot up of Windows. This memory is dedicated for use for the InVideo hardware and cannot be used for any other program.
  • Page 17 Cool Cards - Capture images and use them for electronic greeting cards that you can email to friends and family. Developer's Package FOCUS Enhancements makes available a InVideo/PCIª software developer’s package. While most software development projects need only support standard Video for Windows calls to work well with InVideo/PCI, this package includes C code that allows users to capture images with InVideo/PCIª...
  • Page 18 Contact FOCUS Enhancements for more information or to order the developer’s package. While most software development projects need only support standard Video for Windows calls to work well...
  • Page 19 Chapter 4 Using the InVideo Software The InVideo software is designed to let you capture and save a still image from video. It includes support for file formats such as BMP, TIF, JPG, and GIF. Set up the InVideo software by selecting Setup... from the File menu.
  • Page 20 Click to grab a frame or choose Capture from the Image manu. Click to start & stop the looping video Choose “Show BCHS” from the Options Menu to access this window. Default settings are B,C,H,S at Click AutoCal to have the software choose the optimal settings.

  • Page 21: Improving Performance

    Chapter 5 Improving Performance The graphics adapter used in your PC is very important to the performance of InVideo/PCIª. A display card with a feature called Direct Draw will give you the fastest previews. Unfortunately, many of the display drivers included with Windows 95 don’t support Direct Draw.
  • Page 22 well. Another way to get updated drivers is to contact Microsoft, which has compiled these new video drivers (along with some bug fixes) on a web page. At the time of the writing of this manual, these updates were available on the Internet at: http://www.microsoft.com/windowssupport/default- sl.htm Memory...

  • Page 23: Improving Image Quality

    InVideo/PCIª IDE Hard Disk IDE “AV” Hard Disk 3 Megabytes per second SCSI Hard Disk SCSI “Wide” Hard Disk RAID Hard Disk It's important to remember that there are other potential bottlenecks. MicrosoftÕs Video for Windows is a good example. At maximum, the software for Video for Windows will only accept about 5 Megabytes per second.
  • Page 24 Use the “AutoCal” feature from the Video Source menu to automatically determine brightness, contrast, hue, and saturation. Then, manually fine-tune the settings for the best results. Avoid backlit situations - the subject should be facing the light source or outside window. Note that fluorescent lights will cause the image to have a greenish tint and incandescent lights will cause the image to be very warm colored.
  • Page 25 rated in dpi because the size of the capture depends on factors such as the distance of the video source from the object, zoom, etc. Video digitizers are rated by the number of pixels that are captured and the amount of grayscale or color information that is captured for each pixel.
  • Page 26 and the number of grayscales available in the image. We recommend that you print on the highest quality printer available to you. For professional quality printing, we recommend the higher rated (high dpi) laser printers. The software that you use to print the image will also have an effect on the quality of printout, as it formats the image for printing on your printer.

  • Page 27: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting Please use the information in this section to try to identify and resolve problems. If you’re unsuccessful, you can call FOCUS Enhancements for technical support at (978)371-8500. Please have the InVideo/PCIª board serial number available (a white sticker on the board) and software version number to give to our support person.
  • Page 28 I can capture video, but the image quality isn’t good enough. How can I improve it? Make sure the camera’s focus knob is properly adjusted. Try selecting the AutoCal in the Video Source Window Try adjusting the brightness, contrast, hue, and saturation controls in the Video Source window.
  • Page 29 Windows. Cut the size of your preview/capture window. Smaller size movies will capture at a higher frame rate. Select 15-bit color. If available, try turning on PCI Burst in your CMOS settings. If available, try setting your PCI Latency Timer to 0 in your CMOS settings.
  • Page 30 If none of the remedies described above provide a solution to your problem, you may have discovered a bug in the software. Check with FOCUS Enhancements. In a majority of cases, there is a software update or technical note available to fix the problem.

  • Page 31: Copyrights And Trademarks

    (the original shipping container is excellent for this). Send the package prepaid and insured via UPS or US Mail to FOCUS Enhancements Customer Service at the address on the back cover of this manual. Be sure to include a short note describing the problem.

  • Page 32: Warranty Information

    & insured to an authorized FOCUS Enhancements service facility or to the factory one year after original purchase. We suggest that you retain the dealer’s dated bill of sale or FOCUS Enhancements invoice as evidence of the date of purchase.
  • Page 33 FOCUS Enhancements, Inc. shall not be liable for any incidental or consequential damages for breach of any express or implied warranty on this product. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of implied warranties or consequential damages, so the above limitations or exclusions may not apply to you.

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