epiphan DVI2USB Solo, User Manual

Page: 55 / 166

12. Windows video capture application Starting the video capture application
User Guide Page 55
As the application starts the following messages may appear on
the video capture application window:
•
Detecting Video Mode as the video capture application starts
up and attempts to connect with the Frame Grabber.
• Tuning Capture Parameters if the video capture application
finds the Frame Grabber and begins synchronizing and tuning
capture settings and image adjustments (see “Configuring
image adjustments” on page 136 for more information).
• No Signal Detected if the video capture application cannot
connect with the Frame Grabber or if the Frame Grabber is not
connected to an active video source.
If the video capture application successfully connects to and
synchronizes with the Frame Grabber, the video capture
application window begins displaying captured images.
Figure 13 shows the parts of the video capture application
window.
Note: You use command line options to control some settings
when the video capture application starts. For example, you can
start the video capture application without any window borders
and so that it always appear on top of all application windows.
See “Windows command line options” on page 149 .
Title Bar
Displays the product name and serial number of the
Frame Grabber that the video capture application is
receiving captured images from. The title bar also
displays the screen resolution and refresh rate of the
video source. (The serial number is used for Web
Broadcasting, see Chapter 16. “Web Broadcasting”
on page 121 .)
Menu
Select commands from video capture application
menus. See “Menus” on page 61 .
Toolbar
Save, print, and copy a snapshot of the current
captured image. Start, stop, pause and resume
recording images. Start and stop a web
broadcasting session. See “Toolbar” on page 67 .