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VIDEO CRUNCH IT
2000
User Guide
Rel. 0197
Copyright by Diamond Multimedia

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  • Page 1 VIDEO CRUNCH IT 2000 User Guide Rel. 0197 Copyright by Diamond Multimedia...

  • Page 2: Copyright 1996 Diamond

    DIAMOND is exclusively responsible for the support of the DIAMOND software, including the support for the installation. DIAMOND is reponsible for the technical support.  1996 Diamond Multimedia. All rights reserved. Registered Trademarks IBM PC, OS/2 and OS/2 Warp are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Preparing the Installation ..........................11 Step 1: Installing the DIAMOND Card.......................12 Step 2: Combining the graphics board with the VIDEO CRUNCH IT 2000 via the Internal Connectors ..13 Alternative 1: Connection via a S3 scenic Highway (LPB) Feature Connector..........13 Alternative 2: Connection via the SPEA Movie Bus ..................15 Alternative 3: Combine with any other VGA board ...................17...
  • Page 4 The internal Connection Possibilities of the VIDEO CRUNCH IT 2000............33 VESA-Compatible S3 Scenic Highway (LPB) Feature Connector..............33 Who is who? Layout of the VIDEO CRUNCH IT 2000 ..................33 The external Connections of the VIDEO CRUNCH IT 2000................34 Video Outputs - Technical Data........................34 TROUBLESHOOTING .............................36...

  • Page 5: General Information

    Overview of this manual What do the single chapters contain? Introduction Tells you everything about what the VIDEO CRUNCH IT 2000 is, what you can do with the board, its features and the package contents Hardware Installation Describes all important steps for a successful installation of the board, including the internal and external connections, the different installation possibilities and combinations with other boards and equipment.

  • Page 6: Checklist Of Package Contents

     this manual External TV Tuner Box An external TV Tuner Box is optionally available for the VIDEO CRUNCH IT 2000. For PAL and SECAM, this tuner contains a teletext converter. To purchase this external tuner box, please contact your local dealer.

  • Page 7: Introduction

    The VIDEO CRUNCH IT 2000 is not suitable to output a VGA signal to Video. What does the Video Crunch It 2000 do? The Video Crunch it 2000 is a PCI-based board with video inputs and video output. It uses a highly specialized processor to compress and decompress the captured or played-back video in real time with special Motion JPEG (also named as M-JPEG or MJPG) technology.

  • Page 8: Features Of The Video Crunch It 2000

    This allows video overlay on the Windows screen without special cabling and complex configurations. Using PCI bus master technology, the Video Crunch It 2000 is designed  to be quickly and easily installed and ready to go, ...

  • Page 9: Software For Your Board

    Software for your Board The standard software delivered with the VIDEO CRUNCH IT 2000 contains the following programs:  Driver for Windows 95 and Windows® 3.1x  Professional video-editing software for capturing still images and live video, titling, editing, audio. Available in English, French, German (incl. manual) Compatible to all software that can make use of Microsoft Video for Windows MCI commands.

  • Page 10: Hardware Installation

    Hardware Installation Installation of the board General Procedure: The installation of the VIDEO CRUNCH IT 2000 consists of three basic steps: Step 1: Installing the VIDEO CRUNCH IT 2000 Step 2: Combining the VIDEO CRUNCH IT 2000 with the graphics board...

  • Page 11: Typical System Configuration

    Preparing the Installation Warning Please note that, before you install the VIDEO CRUNCH IT 2000, a VGA board or multimedia board has to be installed and configured in your system. Start the installation of the VIDEO CRUNCH IT 2000 after you have installed the VGA or multimedia board.

  • Page 12: Step 1: Installing The Diamond Card

    Step 1: Installing the DIAMOND Card The DIAMOND card is installed in a free PCI bus expansion slot. 1. Select a free expansion slot and remove its metal slot cover. Save the screw to secure the graphics card later. 2. Hold the card by the edges and press it firmly into the expansion slot. Installing the Card in a PCI Slot Warning The following step is very important in order to ground your DIAMOND card properly.

  • Page 13: Step 2: Combining The Graphics Board With The Video Crunch It 2000 Via The Internal Connectors

    Alternative 1: Connection via a S3 scenic Highway (LPB) Feature Connector There are four ways to combine the VIDEO CRUNCH IT 2000 with a graphics board. The following shows a connection with a graphics board via an S3 Scenic Highway (LPB) feature connector (e.g.
  • Page 14 Install the software for the graphics board FIRST, then the software for the VIDEO CRUNCH IT 2000! Video-Monitor (optional) Video VIDEO CRUNCH IT 2000 Video Laser Disk PC-Monitor graphics board Configuration example VIDEO CRUNCH IT 2000 with graphics board via an S3 Scenic Highway (LPB) Feature Connector...

  • Page 15: Alternative 2: Connection Via The Spea Movie Bus

    Alternative 2: Connection via the SPEA Movie Bus There are four ways to combine the VIDEO CRUNCH IT 2000 with a graphics board. The following shows a connection with a graphics board via a SPEA Movie Bus (e.g. a SPEA graphics board with this connector).
  • Page 16 Video-Monitor (optional) Video VIDEO CRUNCH IT 2000 Movie Video Laser Disk PC-Monitor graphics board Configuration Example VIDEO CRUNCH IT 2000 with a graphics board via a SPEA Movie...

  • Page 17: Alternative 3: Combine With Any Other Vga Board

    After you have installed both cards (graphics and video) in your system, connect the PC monitor cable to the VGA output of the VGA board. Connect a Video Monitor to the Video Output of the VIDEO CRUNCH IT 2000 . Note...

  • Page 18: Step 3: Connecting External Equipment To The Inputs And Outputs

    Video Outputs S-Video (Mini-DIN 4 Pin) Composite Video (Cinc h) Video Inp uts S-Video (Mini-DIN 4 Pin) Composite Video (Cinch) Mini Din 7-P ol - T V-T uner - S-Video Inputs and Outputs of the VIDEO CRUNCH IT 2000...

  • Page 19: Video Outputs

    Power Supply) according to the Philips specifications. External TV Tuner Box An external TV tuner box is available as an option for the VIDEO CRUNCH IT 2000. For SECAM and PAL, this tuner includes a teletext converter. To purchase this external tuner box, please contact your local dealer.

  • Page 20: Diamond Video Crunch It 2000 Connection Possibilities

    CDi devices are described in the following sections. Cinch Connectors (female/male) Cinch connections (sometimes also referred to as 'RCA connectors') are normally used for composite CVBS signals (DIAMOND VIDEO CRUNCH IT 2000: Composite Input, Composite Video Input # and Composite Video Output). BNC Connectors (female/male) BNC connectors are normally used in high-quality video equipment.
  • Page 21 If you think you have done everything correct, but you get no video running, give it a try and connect the input adapter to ‘input’ and the output adapter to ‘output’. This should not cause any harm to the VIDEO CRUNCH IT 2000 or your other video equipment.

  • Page 22: Example 1: A Video Recorder (Scart/Euro-Av)

    (or the loudspeaker of your TV). Before you switch your DIAMOND VIDEO CRUNCH IT 2000 or videorecorder from record mode to playback mode, turn the volume level on the mixer of your soundboard or VCR down as far as possible.

  • Page 23: Example 2: S-Vhs (Etc.) Vcr

    (or the loudspeaker of your TV). Before you switch your DIAMOND VIDEO CRUNCH IT 2000 or videorecorder from record mode to playback mode, turn the volume level on the mixer of your soundboard or VCR down as far as possible.

  • Page 24: Example 3: Two Vcr's

    - S-Video SCART / Euro-AV Adapter cable (only In) Soundboard VIDEO CRUNCH IT 2000 to TV Note: Audio inputs and outputs on video devices and SCART/Euro-AV cables are normally available as cinch male or female connectors (in the case of SCART/Euro-AV cables these lines are separate connectors at the opposite end of the SCART/Euro-AV cable).

  • Page 25: After Installing The Video Crunch It 2000

    After Installing the VIDEO CRUNCH IT 2000 If you have correctly installed the DIAMOND board, Windows® 95 should start correctly and automatically detect the new board in the PC. If your system does NOT boot as it should, check again to see that the installation...

  • Page 26: Software Installation

    1. Switch on the PC. 2. Start Windows® 95. 3. As the VIDEO CRUNCH IT 2000 is a Plug & Play board, Windows® 95 will automatically detect the new hardware immediately after its installation. 4. After you have started Windows® 95 a dialog box will open which says: ‘Windows ® 95 has found a new hardware component’...

  • Page 27: Video Format And Code Volume Setup

    Video Format and Code Volume Setup  Image Dimensions Defines the resolution which you want to use for digitizing. Depending on the chosen video standard, you will have the following resolutions: PAL: 384 x 288 pixels NTSC: 320 x 240 pixels These resolutions are also called SIF (Source Image Format).
  • Page 28 Shows the resulting amount of data in KB/s. The setting assumes 25 (PAL) or 30 (NTSC) fps (frames per second). If you record using different settings for the Frame rate, this value will not show the true data rate produced by the VIDEO CRUNCH IT 2000. Compressed Field Size...

  • Page 29: Video Source

    Note Detection of PAL / SECAM is difficult and may not work under all conditions. This means that VIDEO CRUNCH IT 2000 could detect PAL with a SECAM signal attached and vice versa.  Video Input Selects one of the video inputs...

  • Page 30: Video Display

    With this setting, the video output can be run synchronized to the selected video input. Thus you can mix the signal generated by the VIDEO CRUNCH IT 2000 afterwards with a video mixer.This is only possible with special video equipment and therefore for a simple video output with monitor or recorder this option should be set to '[ ]' (deactivated).

  • Page 31: Software Driver Installation And Configuration Under Windows 3.1X

    Use the backup copy for your installation and store the originals in a safe place. 1. Start Windows and insert the VIDEO CRUNCH IT 2000 Installation disks in drive A:. 2. In the Program Manager select ‘File’ ‘Run’ and enter the following command in the...

  • Page 32: Technical Details

    Technical Details Technical Data  performance PCI design for true S-Video quality High  Chipset: ZORAN ZR 36050 / 36055 Motion JPEG video processor  Colors: YUV 4:2:2, True Color  Compression: Still images: recording of one field recording of one frame 1:8 Motion Video: recording of one field: 1:4 to 1:100 recording of one frame 1:8 to 1:100...

  • Page 33: The Internal Connection Possibilities Of The Video Crunch It 2000

    If your graphics board is supplied with an S3 Scenic Highway (LPB) feature connector or a SPEA Movie Bus, these internal connections have to be made BEFORE you reassemble your PC. Consult the layout diagram of the VIDEO CRUNCH IT 2000 in the next section to see where the appropriate connecting pins are.

  • Page 34: The External Connections Of The Video Crunch It 2000

    The external Connections of the VIDEO CRUNCH IT 2000 The board has 3 inputs and 2 outputs as seen from the side of the board. Video Outputs - Technical Data  1 x Y/C (S-VHS, Hi-8) Video output (Mini-DIN 4 Pol cable): For connecting a S-VHS or Hi-8 video recorder.
  • Page 35 External TV Tuner Box An external TV tuner box is optionally available for the VIDEO CRUNCH IT 2000. For SECAM and PAL this tuner contains a teletext converter. To purchase this external tuner box, please contact your local dealer. Video Outp uts...

  • Page 36: Troubleshooting

    Keep it simple to begin with Although it may be tempting when installing the VIDEO CRUNCH IT 2000 to connect your sound board, video source a.s.o., it is wise not to try to do everything at once. Make sure your VGA board or multimedia board is installed correctly and works properly.

  • Page 37: Problems With Playback And Editing Of Video Sequences

    Make the connections properly If just one cable is not connected correctly, the flow of data will be broken and one or more parts of your multimedia system will not work properly. As many of the standard cables are very similar, it is possible to make a mistake. VHS versus S-VHS VHS video tapes can be played back with an S-VHS recorder, but it is usually impossible to play an S-VHS video tape with a VHS...

  • Page 38: Background Information

    6. Modify video and sound settings. 7. Choose compression settings. 8. Build the final video file (using the VIDEO CRUNCH IT 2000 Codec to output this to Video again or to convert it to MPEG format. To keep the video on the PC, choose an appropriate codec for this (like Indeo).

  • Page 39: Digital Video

    Digital Video Two ways of video editing are known: Linear video editing - which is also known as online or analog video editing - and non-linear video editing - which is also known as off-line or digital video editing. Linear Video Editing (Analog Video Editing) Linear or analog video editing - in its simplest way - means connecting two video decks to each other with playing video material from one of the decks and recording the desired scenes with the second deck.

  • Page 40: Non-Linear Video Editing (Digital Video Editing)

    Non-linear Video Editing (Digital Video Editing) Non-linear or digital video editing means to digitize and compress analog video and sound onto a computers hard disk. When all sequences are in the PC you start editing the video and the sound on the time line of the video editing software. You get virtually any function - and much more - that is available with analog special effects and video mixing devices which costs a lot of money.

  • Page 41: Why Compression ? What Means 'Data-Rates', 'Compression Ratio' And So On

    To help to identify a suitable compression ratio for the Motion JPEG (M-JPEG, MJPG) algorithm - this is the one that is used by Video Crunch It 2000 - the following definitions have been made by the video industry:...

  • Page 42: Understanding Pci Bus Technology

    PCI bus master card The Video Crunch It 2000 is designed as a bus master. PCI busmaster cards reduce the number of tasks allocated to the CPU, freeing it for other tasks. They considerably increase the overall performance of the system, support high data transfer rates and allow efficient, professional operation.
  • Page 43 Crunch It 2000. With using a faster system, the distance between master and slave becomes slightly smaller but with a Pentium 166 the Video Crunch It 2000 will still be able to do 25% higher data rates when recording with sound.

  • Page 44: What Is Video Overlay

    What is Video Overlay A video overlay is not only a nice feature to have but also can help to save space and money which a separate video monitor would require. But what is video overlay? Video overlay means that your computer monitor does not only show you the Windows or Windows95 desktop but also a window with the live video signal that is currently sent to the video outputs of the digital video board.

  • Page 45: Video Overlay Via A Vga Feature Connector Connection

    Video Overlay via a VGA Feature Connector connection A flat ribbon cable connects the graphics board to the digital video board. Almost any graphics boards has a VGA feature connector - so this seems to be the perfect way to achieve a video overlay.

  • Page 46: Video Overlay Via A Vga Feature Connector Plus Vga Loop-Through Cable Connection

    Video Overlay via a VGA Feature Connector plus VGA loop-through cable connection This technology has pretty the same limitations as the plain VGA feature connector connection. With many DRAM based graphics boards resolutions of 800 times 600 pixels with low refresh rates can be succesfully be achieved. An advantage is that the computer monitor can be left connected to the digital video board even with running higher resolutions.

  • Page 47: Video Overlay Via Vga Loop-Through Cable Connection

    Video Overlay via VGA Loop-Through cable connection By just connecting the digital video board in-between the graphics board and the computer monitor without using the feature connector a video overlay solution is achieved that is independend of the graphics board. With this system usually 1024 times 768 pixels with standard refresh rates can be achieved without problems.

  • Page 48: Video Overlay Via A Proprietary Or Industry Standard Digital Video Bus

    Video Overlay via a Proprietary or industry standard digital video bus This is a simple and cheap technology to achieve highest quality video overlays but it also has a big limitation: If it is a propietary or if it is an industry standard architecture - like the SPEA MovieBus (propietary) or the S3 Local Peripheral Bus / LPB (industry standard) - you always have to have a graphics board that is equipped with this bus.

  • Page 49: Video Overlay Via The Pci Bus Master Technology

    Video Overlay via the PCI Bus Master technology With this technology a PCI busmaster device writes the video data over the PCI bus right into the graphics memory of the graphics card. This requires to have a PCI graphics board with a DCI (Windows 3.1x) or DirectDraw (Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0) installed. Unfortunately many graphics boards that could be capable of being used for this kind of overlay don’t have DCI / DirectDraw implemented into their drivers or have severe bugs in the required routines.

  • Page 50: Glossary

    Glossary 8-bit video A Video file that uses up to 256 colors to display the colors in each frame. Analog Display A monitor that uses variable color control voltages to display a very large number of colors but requires very few inputs. ANSI American National Standards Institute.

  • Page 51: Color Display

    CD-I Compact Disc Interactive. A technique developed by Philips in order to playback games, films and music videos on a CDI player. CD-ROM High-density medium to store digital data. CD-ROMs have read-only status. There are different CD-ROM formats: YellowBook: conventional CD-ROM format GreenBook: used for linear video, this is typical for CD-I's (see below) WhiteBook: used for Digital Video VideoCDs.
  • Page 52 Decompression The process of a computer reading a compressed file so that the information in it can be displayed or played back. Default Mode The capabilities, resolutions and display mode the system operates with when you start your computer. Defragment To reorganize noncontiguous clusters of information on your hard disk into contiguous files to improve performance.
  • Page 53 Fill-in Images When video data is being saved onto a CD-ROM (during manfacturing) the images are normally 'polstered' with fill-in images so that each video file completely uses the assigned 2KB area. This ensures a constant data rate and a smoother playback appearance. The file size is not changed by doing this.
  • Page 54 Hexadecimal Notation A base-16 numbering system that uses numbers and letters. The hexadecimal sequence begins: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F, then 10, 11 etc. Horizontal Frequency The rate at which a monitor displays each scan line. Usually measured in kilohertz (kHz). I/O Port Input/Output port.

  • Page 55: Line Drawing

    between two keyframes are only partially stored. During decompression the 'partial frames' use the information stored in the keyframes. Line Drawing This is a hardware function of the graphics processor chip. Only the starting and ending co-ordinates of a line are supplied by the CPU. The rest of the work drawing the line is then done by the graphics processor.
  • Page 56 vertical refresh frequencies. This type of monitor accepts inputs from many different video display adapters. NTSC National Television Standards Committee. The committee responsible for the definition of the north american television standard (with the same name). NTSC creates 30 images per second.

  • Page 57: Sound Files

    the 8 colors are retained but space for further 8 colors is created. It is not possible to transform an existing file into an RGB8 color file type. RGB Color Model Monitors use additive mixing of the three basic colors red, green and blue to create images on the screen with an infinite number of colors.

  • Page 58: Vertical Frequency

    format for the maximum compatibility with other applications and to improve the compression level. Time code A time value that identifies the position of a clip in a video sequence with respect to a starting point, usually the beginning of the video project (in a digital format) or source tape (in an analog format).
  • Page 59 Zone Bit Recording (ZBR) Recording procedure where the default amount of bytes per sector is identical, but the amount of sectors varies, depending on the circumference of the hard disk. The bigger the circumference, the more sectors can be found. By this way there are different zones with a different number of sectors on the hard disk (inner track with less sectors, outside track with more sectors).

  • Page 60: If You Need Help

    In order for us to service your inquiries to the best of our ability, please be prepared to provide the following information when you contact Diamond for technical support:  The exact designation of your Diamond Multimedia product  The operating system you are using, as well as information about the computing environment in which you use your product ...

  • Page 61: Diamond's Fax-Back System

    language) CompuServe Forums GO DIAMOND US forum (English) US forum (English), for modem GO SUPRA products Diamond im Internet World Wide Web European WWW server http://www.spea.com (multilingual) US WWW server (English) http://www.diamondm m.com http://www.supra.com US WWW server (English), for modem products US FTP server (English) ftp.diamondmm.com ftp.supra.com...

  • Page 62: Diamond Expertline: Technical Support Hotline

    Diamond for technical support:  The exact designation of your Diamond Multimedia product  The operating system you are using, as well as information about the computing environment in which you use your product ...

  • Page 63: Diamond Supercd: Driver And Software Updates On Cd

    In addition to the European services described above, a number of information services are available from the support staff at Diamond in the USA. These include: Diamond Multimedia Inc., USA up to 2400 Baud +1 - 408 - 325 - 7080...