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XenaHS

PCI Card Module

User Manual

July 12, 2005 P/N 101664-00

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Page 1: ...XenaHS PCI Card Module User Manual July 12 2005 P N 101664 00...

Page 2: ...s warranty period AJA Video at its option will either repair the defective product without charge for parts and labor or will provide a replacement in exchange for the defective product In order to ob...

Page 3: ...BNCs SD HD 6 Using Xena With Application Software 6 Control Panel 6 Video Settings Choosing Format and Reference Source 6 Test Patterns 8 Capture 9 Windows Media Preferences Set Dither 10 Windows Med...

Page 4: ...High Definition converters 32 AES Audio 32 Analog converters 33 Software Installation 33 About the Driver 33 Windows Plug and Play Driver Installation Procedure 33 Driver Upgrade Only 37 Xena Control...

Page 5: ...s Media Support Most Windows media applications work properly with XenaHS as a capture device However since few applications support using Xena or any other device as an output device the Xena Control...

Page 6: ...h preview capability in some video capture programs Other Applications XenaHS boards also work great with many applications for character generation producing stills and general video work Application...

Page 7: ...for any particular PC determines how much memory is addressable by the CPU for each PCI slot Some rare computers may have insufficient PCI addressing capabilities If the board is installed in a PCI sl...

Page 8: ...ate for YUV video is 124 MegaBytes second for UYVY and YUY2 1080i 30 fps This rate requires a disk system that can sustain 124 MB second with at least 248 MB second system PCI performance for each cha...

Page 9: ...AES inputs support asynchronous audio at 32 96Khz VIDEO PROCESSING MIXER KEYER SPLIT or PASSTHRU PCI Bus Control Interface Memory Output Mix Split Control Genlock Reference Input Format Convert Format...

Page 10: ...ol Panel The Xena Control Panel offers a way to select specific board settings generally not selectable from standard applications Through the Control Panel you can choose the Video Format select the...

Page 11: ...choose include HD 1080i 50 00 Hz 1080i 59 94 Hz 1080i 60 00 Hz 720p 59 94 Hz 720p 60 00 Hz 1080p sf 23 98 Hz 1080p sf 24 00 Hz SD 525 59 94 Hz 625 50 00 Hz Reference Source settings you can choose in...

Page 12: ...e Control Panel allows you to output a known video signal from the XenaHS output for testing purposes When exporting you can choose which components you wish to export Y Cb Cr Checking all the boxes d...

Page 13: ...1 9 AJA XenaHS User Manual Using Xena With Application Software Capture Xena Control Panel Capture Window...

Page 14: ...ecause in television pixels are rectangular rather than square and yet computer monitors only display square pixels So to ensure that circles display as circles for example you may need to convert the...

Page 15: ...will allow rendering of the video at low speed With Strict Timing set to On for this case the video playback may freeze after playing for a short duration When playing video for long periods of time...

Page 16: ...yer output you may get invalid registry files Technical Note The mechanism used to perform Windows Media Player re configuration involves making changes to the registry and adding files to your WINDOW...

Page 17: ...ther wipe or slit operations See Split Mode discussed later Key When video processing is enabled and Key is chosen the Foreground key will cut a hole in the Background Video and insert the Foreground...

Page 18: ...eral Adobe Photoshop plug ins that allow you to import and export still files from the card There are several subdirectories in the Adobe Photoshop Plug ins folder the Xena plug ins will work if place...

Page 19: ...output If the image or selected part of the image to be exported is larger than full size then only the upper left most part of the image will be exported Photoshop can be used to resize the image ac...

Page 20: ...CaymanGraphics com Web http www CaymanGraphics com In PowerCG Go to Settings User Preferences 4 Set User Preferences Change Video Format NTSC Rectangular Pixels 720 by 486 or PAL Rectangular Pixels 7...

Page 21: ...clipboard when a thumbnail is double clicked Either way Xena can then Export the file from the clipboard to either Channel 1 or Channel 2 The clipboard can be continuously monitored by the Xena Contr...

Page 22: ...mage How to configure this is discussed later in Supporting YUV Files within ThumbsPlus For now go to the ThumbsPlus Options menu and select Preferences In the Preferences dialog s General tab select...

Page 23: ...Plus ThumbsPlus can support YUV format files when properly configured Adding a File Type Con guration First we must Add a File Type Configuration for YUV files 1 From the ThumbsPlus Options menu selec...

Page 24: ...roperty page after yuv type is added Showing YUV Thumbnails To set YUV as one of the File types to show in the thumbnail view 1 Go to the File Types property page in the ThumbsPlus Preferences dialog...

Page 25: ...Hunt includes the drive where the YUVFormat Plug in was copied when you originally installed the software as described in the installation topic later in this manual 3 Select Photoshop Plug in under L...

Page 26: ...The Edit Default Action Since you have set the default action under the General tab of ThumbsPlus Preferences to Edit image to accommodate exporting of yuv files you must also make sure the default a...

Page 27: ...ack device Use Xena HD Audio Device 2 for channels 3 4 or Xena HD Audio Device 3 for channels 5 6 Similarly you can choose a Xena audio device as the default sound recording device The audio settings...

Page 28: ...erties 4 In the mixer device Properties dialog select Xena HD Audio Device 1 as the mixer device At least one of the Xena volume controls must be enabled in order for the Mixer dialog to be accessible...

Page 29: ...xer dialog see below 2 In the Options menu of the Mixer dialog select Properties 3 In the mixer device Properties dialog select Xena HD Audio Device 1 as the mixer device If you want to be able to sel...

Page 30: ...log you should see a full mixer dialog Mixer Dialog Wave In To record from the AES audio inputs connected to the D connector on the Xena board select AES in Ch 1 2 Note that AES In CH 3 4 and AES In C...

Page 31: ...will be necessary to modify the Properties settings within Windows Media Encoder You will need to select AJA Xena HD Video Capture as the video source and AJA Xena HD Audio 1 as the audio source Note...

Page 32: ...een AES audio and Embedded Audio channels you must use the full mixer dialog See the Sound Recording controls topic presented earlier for further information It may be useful to put the Xena audio int...

Page 33: ...or 1280x720 To play back other sizes use the GraphEdit application read the next topic for details Using Xena with GraphEdit GraphEdit is a low level Microsoft tool for Windows Media application deve...

Page 34: ...rate or un select the Use Frame Rate checkbox WMCap is good for verifying basic system functionality but occasionally has problems producing smooth output video If you can t get smooth output video us...

Page 35: ...he following 1 Disconnect power from the computer where the Xena board will be installed remove line cord 2 Open the computer s case and locate an open PCI slot 3 Install Xena card module 4 Connect de...

Page 36: ...you may also use analog 525 or 625 color black Inputs SDI video input SMPTE 259M SD or SMPTE 292M HD SDI Outputs SDI video output SMPTE 259M SD or SMPTE 292M HD SDI Standard Definition converters To w...

Page 37: ...installation on the following pages and then discuss Control Panel Installation If you ve lost the CD or want the latest AJA software you can also install software by downloading a ZIP archive file f...

Page 38: ...nstallation Found New Hardware Wizard 1 When the board is detected the Found New Hardware dialog shown will be displayed Click the Next button Driver Installation Please choose you search and installa...

Page 39: ...installation options dialog select Don t search I will choose the driver to install Driver Installation Hardware Type 3 In the Hardware Type dialog select Sound video and game controllers Driver Insta...

Page 40: ...receive a warning dialog Installing this device driver is not recommended because Windows cannot verify that it is compatible with your hardware If you receive this message DO NOT continue installati...

Page 41: ...ly upgrading software you can use the Update Device Driver Wizard following the same instructions as the Found New Hardware Wizard Detailed instructions are outlined below to bring up the Update Devic...

Page 42: ...ver Update System Properties 2 In the Device Manager double click the AJA Xena Serial Digital Framestore icon or select the AJA Xena Serial Digital Framestore icon and choose Properties from the Actio...

Page 43: ...Update Device Manager 3 In the AJA Xena Serial Digital Framestore Properties dialog select the Driver tab and click Update Driver From there follow the same instructions given in the Windows Plug and...

Page 44: ...menu of choices The Control Panel can be used to setup the board and to set Audio Video synchronization preferences for Windows Media The Control Panel should always be run before any other Xena softw...

Page 45: ...grey out buttons that do not apply 2 A wizard screen is displayed Click the Next button to begin installation Follow the instructions for each screen pressing Next each time until you get the last scr...

Page 46: ...as done by a user with Administrator privileges on the PC the Control Panel will be placed in the All Users Startup folder If the installation is done under an account without Administrator privileges...

Page 47: ...op to Xena Note The plug ins also work with Adobe PhotoDeluxe Use of Xena with Adobe Photoshop is discussed earlier in this manual see the topic Using Xena with Photoshop Install AfterEffects Plug ins...

Page 48: ...t the installer run the install exe file To install the driver follow the instructions given in the Windows Plug and Play Driver Installation topic presented earlier in this manual after pressing Have...

Page 49: ...ues stored in the registry but this operation can fail if the firmware initialization is not complete Video Format Reference Source and Video Processing settings may need to be reset manually If after...

Page 50: ...and Embedded Audio channels you must use the full mixer dialog See Sound Recording controls presented earlier in this manual When to Use the Reference Source Input Setting the Reference Source to Fre...

Page 51: ...sed 10 bit 1080i 50 59 94 60 1080p psf 23 967 24 25 29 97 30 Audio I O 6 Channel AES EBU in out 20 24 bit 48 kHz internal input sample rate conversion accepts 32 96 kHz AES EBU inputs 15 pin D Connect...

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Page 53: ...put 4 Dither 10 Driver 33 Driver Installation Procedure 33 Driver Upgrade 37 E Encoder Configuration 28 Encoder configuration files 27 Encoder Performance 28 F Features 1 Format 6 G GenLock 6 GraphEdi...

Page 54: ...allation Problems 44 Troubleshooting Software 45 U Uncompressed video 28 Using Xena with Windows Media Player 9 29 V Vid Proc Mode 13 Video Delay 10 Video Processing Settings 12 Video Settings 6 W WDM...

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