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Page 1 DV200 ´ UIDE...
Page 2 All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. This manual is printed on chlorine-free paper using environmentally safe ink. Pinnacle Systems has written this manual to the best of its knowledge, but does not guarantee that the programs/systems will fulfill the desires of the user.
Page 3 Contents OVERVIEW BEFORE YOU START YSTEM REQUIREMENTS EFRAGMENTING THE HARD DISK ACKAGE CONTENTS QUICK START UICK INSTALLATION DV (Q CANNING UICK TART IEWING CLIPS AND ADDING TRIMS UICK TART DV (Q APTURING UICK TART DITING FILES USING DOBE REMIERE UICK TART DV (Q RINTING TO...
Page 4: Table Of Contents
DV200 & ADOBE PREMIERE 4.2LE DOBE REMIERE ROJECT RESETS HUMBNAIL CCELERATION miroINSTANT V IDEO miroVIDEO DV200 miroVIDEO DC30 ORKING WITH AND A BOARD OF THE SERIES miroVIDEO DV200 & ADOBE PREMIERE 5.1 NSTALLATION RESETS APTURE VIDEO WITH DOBE REMIERE...
Page 5 About the manual This manual explains how to install and use the miroVIDEO DV200 hardware and software. Instead of using the complete product designation (miroVIDEO DV200), the abbreviation DV200 is used to ensure a better readability. The following conventions are used in this manual:...
Page 6 For your own safety In the interest of your own safety and the proper functioning of your new product and computer system please note the following: s Computer components are sensitive to static charge. Divert any electrostatic charge before touching the components with your hands or any tools.
Page 7 The traditional loss in analog video production does not apply and every digital copy is the same quality as the original. The miroVIDEO DV200 is a complete hardware and software solution which allows you to connect your DV digital camcorder or DV VCR (equipped with a IEEE-1394 interface) to your computer.
Page 8: Before You Start
DV200 board, which devices you can connect to the board and what is included in the package contents. YSTEM REQUIREMENTS Please make sure your system meets the following requirements before installing the miroVIDEO DV200: Hardware Computer PCI-based Pentium II 233 MHz computer with a free PCI-2.1 compliant slot.
Page 9 Graphics board and monitor A graphics system with at least 16 bits color depth (65,000 colors) and a 800 x 600 resolution is required. We recommend a graphics system that supports Direct Media 6.x. Windows 95 (recommended: OSR 2.1), Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0. Software DV Devices NTSC devices (Capture and print to tape):...
Page 10 Under Windows NT no de-fragmentation utility is available. If you are using Windows NT, please use a de-fragmentation utility you can obtain from your computer store. ACKAGE CONTENTS Make sure your miroVIDEO DV200 kit is complete before you begin the installation. The system includes miroVIDEO DV200 board IEEE-1394 DV cable...
Page 11 Adobe Premiere 5.1LE enter, for example: e:\premiere\setup, then click OK. þ Follow the installation instructions on the screen. Install the miroVIDEO DV200 board. þ Turn your computer and all peripherals off. þ Remove the necessary cables. þ Open the computer's housing.
Page 12 CANNING UICK TART Test your system. Use the DVExpert from the miroVIDEO DV200 Program Group to test the performance of your hard disk and your 1394 system. Check preferences. Start DVTools from the miroVIDEO DV200 program group. From the Tools menu, select Preferences and check the settings.
Page 13 Open the miroVIDEO DVTools. Click Program Files in the Start menu. Select the program group miroVIDEO DV200 and click on miroVIDEO DVTools. Insert a new tape. Insert a new tape and rewind it to a position where you want to start recording.
Page 14 Select a file. Click on the Print-to-tape button on the right-hand side of the Capture Gallery. DVTools will prompt you to select the file you want to print to tape. After selecting the file, the print-to-tape process will start immediately. APTURING SINGLE FRAMES UICK TART...
Page 15 The following chapter describes the procedure to install Adobe Premiere. It is required that you install Adobe Premiere before installing the miroVIDEO DV200 board and software. The DV200 software installation program needs to know where the Adobe Premiere folders are located so that it can copy the DV200 plug-ins and presets into the corresponding folders.
Page 16 This chapter explains how to install the DV200 board. Computer components are sensitive to electrostatic charge. Do not take the miroVIDEO DV200 board out of its antistatic package until you install it. To install the board, you need a screwdriver.
Page 17 5. Remove the slot shield. Remove the screw and the slot shield for the PCI slot you have selected. Keep the screw because you will need it later to secure the board once it is installed. 6. Unpack the board. Remove the DV200 from its sleeve.
Page 18 Installing the software Once you have installed the miroVIDEO DV200 into your computer, you can install the miroVIDEO DV200 drivers and software. The installation steps for the Windows 95 August Release, Windows 95 OSR2, Windows 98 and Windows NT are slightly different.
Page 19 NSTALLING DRIVERS FOR INDOWS Windows 95 (Release August 95) Windows 95 1. Switch computer on. (Release Switch your computer on. Windows 95 is started automatically. August 95) If your computer is configured in such a way, that Windows 95 is not started automatically, please start Windows 95 now.
Page 20 Windows 95 (OSR 2) Windows 95 To install the drivers for the OSR2 Release, proceed as follows: (OSR 2) 1. Switch on computer. Switch on your computer. Windows 95 is started automatically. If your computer is configured in such a way, that Windows 95 is not started automatically, please start Windows 95 now.
Page 21 After the drivers have been copied, the installation program starts automatically. Proceed with the “ Installing the software for Windows 95 / Windows 98” section as of page 16. NSTALLING THE DRIVERS FOR INDOWS Microsoft provides Windows 98 with own drivers for 1394 bus boards. 1.
Page 22 95 / W NSTALLING THE SOFTWARE FOR INDOWS INDOWS After installing the driver, you can install the remaining miroVIDEO DV200 software (miroINSTANT Video, Adobe Presets etc.) using the installation program. The installation program is started automatically in the language specified via the Regional Settings (Start Menu, Settings, Control Panel, Regional Settings) of the installed Windows version.
Page 23 In the Select components dialog box, you can install the following components: s miroVIDEO DV200 utilities: tools and README file, s miroVIDEO DVTools: video editing software, s Plugins for Adobe Premiere 5.1: A set of Adobe Premiere 5.1 plug-ins for playback, device control and capture, including miroINSTANT Video 5.0,...
Page 24 Next button. 9. Choose Program Group, click Next. Choose the Program Group where you want the DV200 software to be located (default: miroVIDEO DV200). Click on Next. In the Start copying files window, all components you have chosen will be listed.
Page 25 NT 4.0 NSTALLING SOFTWARE FOR INDOWS 1. Switch on the computer. If you have not done so already, switch on the computer. 2. Insert CD-ROM. If you have not done so already, insert the installation CD in your CD- ROM drive. Under Windows NT the installation program should start automatically.
Page 26 s Typical: Installs all components and uses the default settings. s Compact: Skips some components (e.g. online manual) and uses the default settings. You should not choose this option. s Custom: Lets you select the components and allows to adjust the settings individually.
Page 27 In the Select components dialog box, you can install the following components: s miroVIDEO DV200 utilities: tools and README file, s miroVIDEO DVTools: video editing software, s Plugins for Adobe Premiere 5.1: A set of Adobe Premiere 5.1 plug-ins for playback, device control and capture, including miroINSTANT Video 5.0,...
Page 28 Next button. 11.Choose Program Group, click Next. Choose the Program Group where you want the DV200 software to be located (default: miroVIDEO DV200). Click on Next. In the Start copying files window, all components you have chosen will be listed.
Page 29: Dv200 Software Later
4. Proceed as described on page 19 as of step 2. DV200 NINSTALLING THE SOFTWARE AND DRIVERS For information on how to uninstall the miroVIDEO DV200 and DVTools, refer to the ”Uninstalling miroVIDEO DV200 drivers and DVTools” chapter in the Appendix on page VI. User´s Guide...
Page 30 1. Connect the IEEE-1394 cable to the DV200 board. Connect the 6-pin connector of the IEEE-1394 DV cable to one of the two external 1394 data ports of your miroVIDEO DV200 board. You can use either data port. miroVIDEO DV 200...
Page 31: Tv Set / Video Monitor
2. Connect the IEEE-1394 cable to the DV device. Connect the either of the 6-pin connectors of the IEEE-1394 DV cable to the DV IN/OUT or the DV OUT connector of your DV camcorder/VCR. ONNECTING THE VIDEO MONITOR To view the recorded footage, a TV set or a video monitor must be attached to the DV camcorder/VCR.
Page 32: Audio Connections
Audio connections For the audio connections you need one audio cable for each channel. To connect the audio cables, proceed as follows: 1. Connect the audio cables to the DV device. Connect one end of the audio cables to the audio outputs of your camcorder/VCR (AUDIO OUT).
Page 33 Preparations system performance using the DVExpert. The DVExpert is located in the miroVIDEO DV200 Program Group. In order to provide you with realistic results, the disk being tested should be defragmented. If you use more than one hard disk in your system, you should test them all and use the hard disk with the fastest data rate.
Page 34 To check the preferences in the miroVIDEO DVTools, proceed as follows: 1. Launch the miroVIDEO DVTools. Click Program Files in the Start menu. Select the program group miroVIDEO DV200 and click on miroVIDEO DVTools. The Capture Gallery appears. miroVIDEO DV 200...
Page 35 3. Checking the TV standard. In the Capture Gallery, select the Tools menu and the Preferences menu item. This dialog will be displayed the first time you launch DVTools. The program can automatically detect the video standard if the DV device is connected to the card and is switched on.
Page 36 1. Connect DV equipment. If you haven't already, connect your DV camcorder or DV video recorder to the miroVIDEO DV200 board. For instructions, see the chapter „Connecting the devices“ on page 24 and the Appendix on page I. 2. Turn on your DV equipment.
Page 37 only contains 15 minutes of video data the scan will need approx. 15 minutes. Once the software has finished scanning the tape, a window appears in which all the clips found on the video tape are depicted as „poster frames“ (the first frame in a clip).
Page 38 The Clip Info window displays the title, the time code, and the trim points (if there are any). If you wish to do so, you can enter a description for your clip. To rewind or forward the tape to the position where the clip is located, click on the (eye) button.
Page 39 The DV Device Controller lets you control your DV device. The video tape does not automatically stop when it reaches the end of a clip. To pause the playback, click on the Pause button. For a detailed description of the DV Device Controller, see p. 45. 3.
Page 40 at the bottom of the DV Device Controller window (jog-shuttle function). Once you have finished inserting the points in the clip, click (Apply) to save the trim points. The original trim points are still stored in the clip database and can be restored at any time by clicking on 6.
Page 41 3. Capture AVI files. To create AVI files from the clips in your Capture Gallery, click the Capture button located on the right-hand side of the Capture Gallery. 4. Enter file name and directory. If you do not want to use the default drive you chose in the Preferences dialog, enter a file name and choose a directory to which you want to copy the AVI files.
Page 42 6. Make a movie. To make a movie, select the menu command Export Movie in the File/Export menu. Specify the proper compression (predefined in the Project Preset). Instead of using the Export Moviee command and print the DV to tape using the DVTools, you can also use the miroINSTANT Video tool to create your final movie and to save it back to the DV tape.
Page 43 To check the preferences in the miroVIDEO DVTools, proceed as follows: 1. Open the miroVIDEO DVTools. Click Program Files in the Start menu. Select the program group miroVIDEO DV200 and click on miroVIDEO DVTools. 2. Checking the TV standard. In the Capture Gallery, select the Tools menu item...
Page 44 1. Connect DV equipment. If you haven't already, connect your DV camcorder or DV video recorder to the miroVIDEO DV200 board. For instructions, see the chapter „Connecting the devices“ on p.24 and the Appendix as of page I. 2. Turn on your DV equipment.
Page 45 5. Name and save the BMP file. You can now enter a name and a location where you like to save your BMP file. De-interlacing The DV200 software automatically de-interlaces the images you capture from your DV tape. TV systems, such as NTSC and PAL use the interlacing technique.
Page 46 AVI files, open Adobe Premiere, and print AVI files back to tape. To access the Capture Gallery, • select Program Files from the Start menu. Select the miroVIDEO DV200 program group and click miroVIDEO DVTools. The Capture Gallery opens.
Page 47 Menu bar File menu New Capture Gallery: Lets you create a new Capture Gallery database. Capture Gallery databases have the file extension * .sto. Open Capture Gallery: Lets you open an existing Capture Gallery. Save Capture Gallery: Lets you save the Capture Gallery database which is currently open. Save Capture Gallery as: Lets you save the database which is currently open under another name.
Page 48 To select another language for the DVTools, you can choose the language you prefer from the list box. When enabling Force confirmation on file deletions, you will be prompted to confirm that you want to delete the file every time you want to remove a database.
Page 49 Tool bar The toolbar provides quick access to the following dialog boxes and windows: Always present Opens a new Capture Gallery. Opens an existing Capture Gallery. Saves the current Capture Gallery. Opens the DV Device Controller. Only appear when there are scenes in the Capture Gallery Show all clips in the Capture Gallery.
Page 50: Status Bar
Film strip In the film strip you can arrange the clips you want to capture (as the name Capture Gallery infers) by moving them from a Tape Gallery to a film strip frame. To insert a clip from the Tape Gallery into one frame of a film strip, click on the clip, hold the mouse button down, drag the element to the desired position, and release the mouse button.
Page 51: Ontroller
ALLERY A Tape Gallery displays all clips of a tape. So-called poster frames represent the clips. A poster frame is the first frame of a clip used for visual identification purposes. A Tape Gallery is a kind of database which is created when you scan a DV tape.
Page 52 Top section of the DV Device Controller The top section of the DV Device Controller displays a preview of the current video and the current time code. The preview quality depends on the overlay capabilites of your graphics board. (for more information, see page 50.) This window also contains the buttons for capturing a bitmap (Snapshot), saving digital video to hard disk (Capture), previewing DV AVI files on your DV device and transferring saved files from hard disk to the DV video tape...
Page 53 From DV Device to Computer (Left Side) Live capture: The Live capture button lets you capture video directly from the lens or from your DV tape. If you want to capture video from the lens of your DV camcorder, make sure that it is set to the Camera mode. If you want to capture video from the tape, make sure that your DV device is set to the VTR mode.
Page 54 Set To Record: Allows you to set the DV device to record. Useful for e.g. PAL cameras that do not have a record button for use in VTR mode. Rewind/Play fast in reverse: If the DV device is stopped, this button rewinds it rapidly. If the DV device is in play or pause mode, this will provide fast reverse play with viewable video.
Page 55 Manual editing of the In and Out time code The DVTools DV Device Controller allows for the manual (typed) entry of trim point timecode by the user. Simply double click on either the In or Out point time code window to bring up the Manual trim point entry window. Enter in the desired trim In and/or Out point value and then click OK.
Page 56 Manually inserting video clips into the Capture Gallery. The DV Tools identify recorded scenes on a registered DV Video tape by date and time code information. Using the View menu and the command Add clips to capture gallery the user is able to insert a video clip into the current Capture Gallery.
Page 57 IDEO LAYBACK miroVIDEO DV200 Configuration The miroVIDEO DV200 Configuration allows you to enable/disable options s for using the DV200 with the miroVIDEO DC30 series board, s for the display of the DV video, and s for outputting the video via miroINSTANT Video on your computer monitor.
Page 58 If your graphics board does not support the Direct Draw Primary Surface and the option is enabled, the video will be displayed on your computer monitor but at a lower image refresh rate. Use Direct Draw Overlay Surface The DVTools provide a preview function which displays the video supplied by your DV device or AVI files in a small window on your computer monitor.
Page 59: Mirovideo Dv200 & Adobe Premiere 4.2Le
DV200 & Adobe Premiere 4.2LE DOBE REMIERE ROJECT RESETS In order to create a project in Adobe Premiere, you must first select a Project Preset. By selecting a Project Preset, you select the preview and output options for your movie.
Page 60 DV NTSC -> DC30 NTSC 4:3 (640 x 480): Select this Project Preset if you use the NTSC television standard and you want to record your AVI files back to an analog video tape via the miroVIDEO DC30 board. Your movie will be built with the strict NTSC resolution of 640 x 480.
Page 61 miroINSTANT V IDEO General miroINSTANT Video accelerates video productions providing smart and powerful functions to edit, preview and print-to-tape of DV encoded material. Complete productions can be recorded back to tape selecting the Synchronous start option. In the past, in order to output your project or to get a high-quality preview, you had to ”make a movie”.
Page 62 Using miroINSTANT Video 2.0 miroINSTANT VIDEO lets you do either of two things: s You can preview your project on your PC monitor or a connected DV device. s You can record your project to DV tape. If you do not want to record your project to DV tape but just want to have a look at the preview, use the DV200 Configuration tool to select the Preview option.
Page 63 7. If you want to preview your project, click on the button. If you want to record your project to DV tape, make sure that your DV device is set to the VTR mode and that you inserted a new DV tape. Enable the Intro option from the menu.
Page 64 Keyboard Using the keyboard, you can jump to the next/previous frame or to the clip start/end. commands Function Next frame Previous frame UP ARROW key Previous clip DOWN ARROW key Next clip The connected DV device must be able to accept data from the PC (DV IN). Some of the PAL devices available in Europe do not support a playback back to the camcorder.
Page 65 Compression and decompression functions are required to work with this material on your PC. These functions are supported by CODECs. The miroVIDEO DV200 supports DV format while miroVIDEO DC30 is using MJEG. Please note that both products can only work with material that is stored using the dedicated compression format.
Page 66 Premiere will be forced to transcode this file. Note that this is very time consuming. Playback to a DV device using miroVIDEO DV200 In Premiere select the project preset ”DV200PAL -> DV200PAL”, ”DC30PAL ->...
Page 67: Mirovideo Dv200 & Adobe Premiere 5.1
Pinnacle System miroVIDEO editing board you get a highly productive, professional video editing solution. If, for any reason, you are using Adobe Premiere 5.0, Pinnacle Systems highly recommends that you update your system to Adobe Premiere 5.1 before installing the DV200. Our drivers have been optimized for Premiere 5.1 and may not deliver the same level of performance with Premiere 5.0.
Page 68: I Nstallation
NSTALLATION Using Adobe Premiere 5.1 Install Adobe Premiere 5.1 on your PC. Please note down in which directory you install it. Next install your DV200 and its Adobe Premiere 5.1 compatible software as described in the respective manual. If the miroVIDEO installer asks you for the location of the Adobe Premiere 5.1 directory (on Custom installation or if the installer cannot find the Premiere 5.1 directory), enter it from your earlier note.
Page 69 New Project Settings window! 5. Click OK to finish the loading of the preset. If you don't use one of the presets supplied for your Pinnacle Systems DV200, or change the Adobe Premiere 5.1 settings manually, the DV200 and miroINSTANT Video 5.1 may not work properly.
Page 70 APTURE VIDEO WITH DOBE REMIERE General Adobe Premiere 5.1 offers video capture capabilities. In this chapter we describe how you can capture video from within Premiere 5.1. Below are descriptions of Device control and Capture functions from within Adobe Premiere possible with the DVTools plug-ins. Even though the plug- in modules ship with every DV200, Adobe Premiere 5 LE does not allow for their use.
Page 71 Capturing Video with miroVIDEO DV Capture With miroVIDEO DV Capture, you have purchased a recording module that functions with Adobe Premiere 5.1 under Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT. 1. Connect a DV device to the DV200 as described in the manual. Switch on the device and select the VTR mode.
Page 72 EVICE ONTROL WITH DOBE REMIERE The DV200 board can control DV devices connected via the 1394 connection, and can query information from the device like time code, for example. The device control function of the DV200 is capable of controlling devices that are connected to the board via the 1394 cable.
Page 73 Configuring device control Here, you configure the device control for your computer system and your DV device. The device control identifies the connected DV device if it is connected properly. You can view details about the device by clicking the Edit device info...
Page 74 Export to DV tape For record and insert cuts you need DV devices that support these functions. Consult your video recorder/camcorder user manual to find out which functions your device supports. The device control will determine your device's scope of functions and will only offer those functions that your device supports.
Page 75 Insert edit s Time code You can enter a start time code that is used for the current project. s Preroll The Preroll field allows you to fine tune the synchronous start of playback and recording. Note that for a lot of known DV devices the Preroll field is preset with a value that allows frame accurate insert cuts.
Page 76 Note that the export-to-tape accuracy depends on the DV camcorder or VCR that is used. Pinnacle Systems cannot guarantee that this function is supported by all DV devices. We also want to remark that some DV devices activate the analog audio signal with delay.
Page 77 A new feature in Premiere 5.1 is the ability of displaying the time code of your clip and monitor windows in different ways, some of which may be confusing. In turn, this may lead to errors if you attempt to calibrate your time code discrepancy or to manually enter a batch capture list.
Page 78: Miroinstant V Ideo 5.0
Video 5.0 is a playback module for Adobe Premiere 5.1 that works with certain Pinnacle Systems miroVIDEO editing boards (miroVIDEO DC30 plus, miroVIDEO DC50 and miroVIDEO DV200 are currently supported). It requires Adobe Premiere 5.1 compatible software drivers for the board.
Page 79 To make use of miroINSTANT Video you need a PC system that fulfills both the system requirements for running Adobe Premiere 5.1, see Adobe's documentation and that of your Pinnacle Systems DV200. You also need a graphics board capable of showing video overlay in combination with your DV200 (see the release notes and the compatibility section on the Pinnacle Systems web site at http://www.pinnaclesys.com and also the board specific...
Page 80 Film strip Below the Pinnacle Systems logo there is a horizontal film strip. This acts as an indicator for the playback status. If all images in the strip are black, then the whole work area can be played by miroINSTANT Video 5.0.
Page 81 If some of the film strip frames are red, then some parts of the project can not currently be played by miroINSTANT Video 5.0. If you scrub or play, these parts will not show on the video output of your DV200. This will not affect the output of a work area selection that does not contain segments that have not been rendered.
Page 82 Dropped frames If you are currently playing parts of the timeline, meaning that video plays in the right video window within the Adobe Premiere 5.1 monitor window, the Indicator status line shows the number of video frames that have been dropped during the current playback.
Page 83: Modes Of Operation
PC screen display is different from the standard Adobe Premiere 5.1 behavior in some cases. Details: (“shown on TV” means output by the Pinnacle Systems DV200 to connected video devices and/or screens): Œ When scrubbing using the left set of controls in the monitor window, video is shown on the PC screen and on TV simultaneously.
Page 84 The audio is output through the standard audio device in all other cases. The main reasons being: Œ No DV device is connected to DV200 or this device is not operating. Œ The export option “Print to DV device” is deactivated. Œ...
Page 85 Rendering miroINSTANT Video 5.0 behavior depends on whether the audio and the video effects have already been rendered or not. Here is a summary about previews how to perform this rendering. The following always applies to the currently selected work area in the timeline, and only renders things that have not already been rendered: s To render audio only, select Project / Render Audio.
Page 86 Changes from previous versions miroINSTANT Video 5.0 for Adobe Premiere 5.1 differs significantly from the previous miroINSTANT Video for Adobe Premiere 4.2. The new version works only with Adobe Premiere 5.1 . There is no longer a menu item in the Adobe Premiere menu to call miroINSTANT Video 5.0 nor a special miroINSTANT Video play window.
Page 87: Tips & Tricks
DV200. The more RAM you have, the easier it is to work with the miroVIDEO DV200 board: You will need at least 64 MB of RAM to work comfortably with Adobe Premiere; 128 MB or more would be better.
Page 88: S Oftware
OFTWARE Windows 95 /98 To improve system performance under Windows 95, you can make the following modifications. Set read-ahead optimization for your hard disk to zero. To do this, select the Hard disk setting Start menu, Settings, Control Panel, System, then Performance and File System …...
Page 89: Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting Before you begin troubleshooting make sure of the following: You have any Operating System updates for Win95, or NT. You have installed the USB update, and the PIIX4 or Win95 INF update, for your motherboard. Ensure that all other installed hardware is functioning normally with the latest drivers, and is not flagged in device manager.
Page 90 Try to set the audio record format of your DV camcorder to 44.1 kHz (CD audio quality). Note that miroVIDEO DV200 project presets for audio rates are only 44.1kHz. This is a format that is supported by all DV devices.
Page 91 program that guarantees loss less resampling. After this resampling is performed, you can use this file in Premiere. An insert of a Premiere project to a DV tape that contains data should use the same audio sampling rate to avoid sound glitches. Device control fails during tape scan or batch capture.
Page 92 The system does not boot. The mouse movement is jerky. DV devices may cause trouble during the initial driver start. Please disconnect these from the miroVIDEO DV200 until after the boot process is complete. After Windows has booted you can connect the camcorder again.
Page 93: Technical Data
Technical data Board 32-Bit PCI (2.1 compliant) board with busmastering Data transfer rate IEEE-1394: Max 200 Mbit/s bi-directional IEEE connections 2 external, 1 internal Video format 720 x 480 YUV 4:1:1, 30 fps (NTSC), 720 x 576 YUV 4:2:0, 25 fps (PAL) Data rate Video 25 Mbit/s, Audio 1.5 Mbit/s Compatibility...
Page 94 OTES miroVIDEO DV 200...
Page 95 Appendix DV200 ONFIGURING THE Separate versions of the DV200 are available for working in the NTSC or the PAL video standards. Please refer to the diagrams for your video standard. Setups with PAL devices If you like to use your DV200 board to transfer DV video from your DV DV tape ->...
Page 96: Ii Mirovideo Dv
PC-> DV tape To save the edited DV video back to your DV tape, you also need a PAL DV recorder because at the time only a few PAL camcorders are equipped with a DV input. It is not possible to connect more than one DV device to your DV200 board. You can either connect a DV camcorder or a DV recorder to the DV200 device! Connecting two devices simultaneously is not possible.
Page 97 DV tape -> PC If you wish to save your edited video to an analog video tape, you can use -> analog tape the miroVIDEO DC30 SPEED or the miroVIDEO DC30 plus board to record it to your conventional analog VCR. The system configuration is as follows (instead of a DV camcorder you can also use a DV recorder): Setup for recording DV video to hard disk using PAL devices and saving video...
Page 98 Setups with NTSC devices DV tape -> PC To record your DV video to hard disk and from there back to DV tape, -> DV tape connect your devices as illustrated in the diagram below. Setup with NTSC devices for recording DV video to hard disk and saving it back to DV tape, audio output to TV miroVIDEO DV 200...
Page 99 DV tape -> PC If you wish to save your edited video to an analog video tape, you can use -> analog tape the miroVIDEO DC30 or the miroVIDEO DC30 plus board to record it to your conventional analog VCR. The system configuration looks as follows: Setup with NTSC devices for recording DV video to the hard disk and playing it back to a conventional analog tape, audio output to TV...
Page 100 DENTIFYING THE INDOWS VERSION To identify the installed Windows 95 version, proceed as follows: 1. In the Start menu, select Programs and the MS-DOS Prompt. 2. At the MS-DOS Prompt window type ver, and press <Enter>. The installed Windows 95 version will be displayed. The Windows 95 OSR 2 (OEM-Service-Release 2) version has the version number Windows 95.
Page 101 DV200 NINSTALLING DRIVERS AND SOFTWARE To uninstall the miroVIDEO DV200 boards and the miroDVTools there is a uninstaller located in the miroVIDEO DV200 program group. This uninstaller deletes all DV200 drivers, the DV200 software and removes the Registry entries for the miroVIDEO DV200 board.
Page 102 STANDARDS The following table lists national TV standards. (The Dv200 is sold in both NTSC and PAL versions.) Country TV standard Country TV standard Abu Dhabi Costa Rica NTSC Afghanistan PAL/SECAM Croatia Albania Cuba NTSC Algeria Curacao NTSC Andorra Cyprus PAL/SECAM Angola Czech Republic...
Page 103 Country TV standard Country TV standard Hungary SECAM Oman Iceland Pakistan India Panama NTSC Indonesia Papua New Guinea Iran SECAM Paraguay Iraq SECAM Peru NTSC Ireland Phillipines NTSC Israel Poland SECAM/PAL Italy Portugal Ivory Coast SECAM Puerto Rico NTSC Jamaica NTSC Qatar Japan...
Page 104 LOSSARY Multimedia terminology contains computer and video terminology. The most important terms occuring in this manual are defined below. Cross references are marked with a &. Stands for Audio Video Interleave, a & file format where audio and video data are stored in alternate blocks. AVI is Microsoft's generic format for digital video in Windows.
Page 105: Index
DirectX / Direct The DirectX /Direct Media platform is a set of Windows 95/98/NT APIs Media (Application Programming Interface) that allows to directly access specialized hardware features. The various components of DirectX are among others: DirectDraw – Provides excellent game graphics by providing direct access to display devices.
Page 106 FireWire FireWire is Apple Computer's trademarked name for its implementation of IEEE-1394. FireWire is the first implementation, but not the actual standard. Because Apple has been developing the FireWire concept since 1986, FireWire is the most commonly-used “synonym” for IEEE-1394. Frame A frame is an individual image of a video sequence (&...
Page 107 Interleave An arrangement of audio and video data in which parts of the audio information and parts of the video information alternate, for example: AVAVAV. In an insert cut, an individual clip is copied into a longer one. Insert cut Insert &...
Page 108 SYSTEM.INI Windows 3.x/95 initialization file containing information that defines the Windows environment. Windows and Windows applications can use the information stored in this file to configure themselves to meet the user´s needs and preferences. Timecode Timecodes are stamps that mark the chronological position of a video frame within a video sequence, calculated in hours-minutes-seconds-frames (e.g., 00:08:15:22).
Page 109 DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Geräteart: Video Editor Type of equipment: Video Editing Device miroVIDEO DV200 Produkt / Product : Das bezeichnete Produkt stimmt mit den Vorschriften folgender EU- Richtlinie(n) überein: The aforementioned product complies with the following European Council directive(s): 89/336/EWG Richtlinie des Rates zur Angleichung der Rechtsvorschriften der Mitgliedstaaten über...
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Index Display output on PC monitor Drivers 1 Adding trims 31 DV XI Adding trims (Quick Start) 6 DV buttons 44 Adobe Premiere 4; 9; 35; 53; DV cassette XI DV Device Controller 32; 45 documentation 9 DV Explorer 43 Adobe Premiere LE 1 DV Recording Format XI Audio connections 26...
Page 112 Interleave XIII Intro files 1 RAM 81; XIII ITI XIII Read-ahead optimization 82 Registry XIII Resolution VII; XIII Jog-Shuttle 49 RGB XIII Mail 82 Safety iv Memory 2 Scanning DV (Quick Start) 6 Microsoft DirectX 5 18; 21 Screen saver 82 miroAVI Cache 55 SCSI XIII miroINSTANT Video 1;...
Page 113 Video footage 27; 28 Video format 87 Windows 95 13; 87 Video monitor 3; 25 OEM-Service-Release 2 14 Video-8 XIV Windows 95 version VI View menu 41 Windows 98 15 Viewing clips 31 Windows NT 4.0 87 Viewing clips (Quick Start) 6 VTR controls 47 Y/C XIV YUV XIV...
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