System Requirements Bon Smart Capture card operates on most PC systems, but these are our recommendation for proper capture and play. OS : Windows 7, 8 CPU : Intel i7, i5 or their compatible CPU RAM : 4GB HDD Speed : 250MB/s Installing Capture Card Install the capture card on any of your PCI Express slot between 1x and 16x lanes.
Page 3
The software for Smart Capture card is downloadable from www.bon-electronics.com or www.bon.co.kr. After downloading it, run setup.exe. Follow the instructions to complete installation process. Reboot the PC after installation. Connection of Video Cable Connect a video input cable from your input device such as camera, video game machine, video player or another PC.
Recording Settings To record the input video in the HDD on your PC, these settings should be configured first. FORMAT This is the file format of the video. MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, FLV, etc. can be selected. VIDEO CODEC This is the Video CODEC to be encoded with. H.264, H.263, MPEG2, MPEG4, etc. can be selected. AUDIO CODEC This is the Audio CODEC to be encoded with.
Streaming Settings To stream out the pictures to internet, streaming settings should be configured. FORMAT This is the file format of the video. MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, FLV, etc. can be selected. VIDEO CODEC This is the Video CODEC to be encoded with. H.264, H.263, MPEG2, MPEG4, etc. can be selected. AUDIO CODEC This is the Audio CODEC to be encoded with.
Play Setting Sets the path to load captured video. This path is used on Play tab to list the video files.
Page 7
Capturing Input Video To capture the video, move onto Capture tab. Type your file name on the bottom right. Press REC/PAUSE button on the bottom left. To stop the capturing, press Stop button. Schedule Capturing Press Schedule button and set the time to start and stop recording. The schedule time may be appear on the right of the file name.
Page 8
Press REC button to record the video. Timeshift Smart capture provides shifting back and forth of live video. Press Time Shift button to start shifting. After Time Shift button turned on, you can move back and forth from previous time lines by pressing arrow buttons or the slide above the buttons.
Page 10
PLAYING VIDEO FILES To play video files, add video files on Play tab. Adding/Removing Video Files You can add/remove video files on play tab. To add files, press '+' button. To remove files, press 'Del' key on the keyboard. To load files from different folder, change the folder on Settings / Play tab. * It is recommended to limits the number of video files less than 100 due to performance issue.
Page 11
CHECKING STREAMING PROCESS When you stream out your video, you may want to check if it's going out correctly. To check its correctness, open Windows Media Player. Select Open URL on the file menu. Type in the address specified as Streaming URL you set on the capture software settings. (For example, if it sets as http://localhost:8080, type the real address of it such as http://192.168.200.153:8080) * If you do not know how to see your IP address, please check the usage of 'ipconfig' on Windows help.
Need help?
Do you have a question about the Smart Capture and is the answer not in the manual?
Questions and answers