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SDI2USB 3.0 User Guide                                     

View menu (Mac)

View 

menu (Mac)

The following is a breakdown of the 

View 

menu in the 

Mac

 version of the Epiphan Capture Tool.

The 

View 

menu has these options:

Menu item

Shortcut

Description

Show Device List

⌘

L

Shows (or hides) a list of the currently attached Epiphan video 
grabbers. Make a video grabber active by clicking on it in this list.

Show Adjustment 
Controls

⌘

A

Opens the adjustments window, allowing you to fine tune capture 
and set VGA modes. See 

Configure your device

. Adjustments made 

here affect capture using the Epiphan Capture Tool as well as third 
party QuickTime applications.

Full Screen

⌘

F

Enable full screen mode. Press 

⌘

F again to return to windowed 

mode.

Hide Toolbar
(Show Toolbar)

 

Hides (or shows) the toolbar.

Tools 

menu (Mac)

The following is a breakdown of the 

Tools

 menu in the 

Mac

 version of the Epiphan Capture Tool.

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Summary of Contents for SDI2USB 3.0

Page 1: ...Epiphan SDI2USB 3 0 User Guide Release 3 30 2 September 28 2015 UG108 01 ...

Page 2: ...ATE AT TIME OF WRITING BUT ARE PRESENTED WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EXPRESS OR IMPLIED USERS MUST TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR APPLICATION OF ANY PRODUCTS LIMITATION OF LIABILITY UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL EPIPHAN BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL SPECIAL CONSEQUENTIAL EXEMPLARY OR OTHER INDIRECT DAMAGES THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF OR THE INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR THE INFORMATION CONTA...

Page 3: ...formation about SDI2USB 3 0 Warranty All Epiphan Systems products are provided with a 100 return to depot warranty for one year from the date of purchase Technical Support Epiphan s products are backed by our professional support team If you are having issues with your product please gather details about your system and contact our team by l Emailing support epiphan com l Live chat via the link on...

Page 4: ...pported on Windows 10 using SHA 2 signing Upon moving to this new signing mechanism we have dropped support for older platforms Windows XP and Windows Vista If you re using Windows 7 ensure it is up to date to support with drivers signed with SHA 2 Resolved issues Among numerous design improvements and small bug fixes or tweaks this firmware and driver release for SDI2USB 3 0 resolves the followin...

Page 5: ...tails 15 Troubleshoot 16 Configure your device 18 Mac 18 DirectShow video adjustments Windows 19 QuickTime video adjustments Mac 21 Visual video adjustments 23 Advanced adjustments 25 Epiphan Capture Tool 27 Epiphan Capture Tool Windows 28 Windows menus 30 File menu Windows 30 Edit menu Windows 31 View menu Windows 31 Capture menu Windows 32 Tools menu Windows 35 Help menu Windows 37 Epiphan Captu...

Page 6: ... image 57 Configure display options 59 Windows only features 63 Status bar Windows only 63 Pause video capture 65 Record as a series of images 65 Configure audio 69 Configure optional recording settings 71 Add a watermark 73 Command line options 76 Sharing streaming demo tool 77 Upgrade your drivers and software 83 Software and Documentation License 84 ...

Page 7: ...ction of the user guide to get started quickly with your SDI2USB 3 0 Review What s in the Box get a system overview in What is SDI2USB 3 0 ensure your system meets the System requirements and get your video grabber installed and working right away using the Quick start 1 ...

Page 8: ...ds for transferring larger files at faster speeds this external video grabber supports USB 3 0 technology capable of transferring uncompressed data with speeds of up to 5 0 Gbits s about ten times faster than USB 2 0 In practice transfer speeds are dependent on factors such as USB load and hardware configuration SDI2USB 3 0 is versatile and can be used with multiple workstation configurations It i...

Page 9: ...elow a monitor connected to the output port allows you to monitor the input signal and make quick adjustments if required The SDI2USB 3 0 video grabber is fully compatible with DirectShow in Windows Video4Linux in Linux and QuickTime in Mac OS This means you can use it with a number of different third party applications for capturing recording and streaming video SDI2USB 3 0 is part of Epiphan s c...

Page 10: ... attributes 2 One 3G compliant SDI cable 3 One USB 3 0 cable Table 1 Description of included cables images for identification only color and appearance may vary Image Name Description SDI cable Connects SDI sources the video grabber USB 3 0 cable High speed transfer cable that connects the video grabber to your capture workstation or laptop computer 4 ...

Page 11: ... eXtensible Host Controller or l a USB 2 0 controller Video capture workstation operating system Windows 7 Windows 8 1 Windows 10 Mac OS X 10 10 and up A list of precompiled linux drivers kernel 3 5 or later is available on the product support page RAM Minimum recommended value 4 GB Available hard disk space 16 GB 32 bit OS or 20 GB 64 bit OS Note that the latest versions of the Epiphan drivers fo...

Page 12: ... download the video grabber drivers from the Epiphan website l admin privileges or password for your capture workstation These instructions describe how to use your SDI2USB 3 0 with the Epiphan Capture Tool You can also use third party capture applications but you must at least complete the driver installation Install the video grabber drivers This step must be completed before connecting the vide...

Page 13: ...tions Note the workstation will reboot after the driver installation b If not automatically unpacked to a pkg file double click the dmg file to unpack it c Double click the pkg file to begin the installation d Follow the prompts to install the drivers the Epiphan Capture Tool is also installed e Enter the admin password if requested f The workstation needs to be restarted and is ready after restar...

Page 14: ...ect the other end of the USB cable to an available USB port on your video capture workstation use a USB 3 0 port for best performance 4 Optionally connect an SDI monitor to the SDI OUT port using another SDI cable not included Note the monitor will only work when the video grabber is connected to the workstation 8 ...

Page 15: ...ws or Epiphan Capture Tool Mac for information on how to launch the capture tool 1 Start the Epiphan Capture Tool your video source is immediately detected if you see a No Signal message disconnect and reconnect the cables to make sure they are all seated correctly 2 Windows only If you want to capture audio from the video grabber click the Enable Audio button in the toolbar it s style changes to ...

Page 16: ...your saved capture file Windows only If you re having trouble capturing embedded audio make sure you have the video grabber connected to a USB 3 0 port Because of the extra volume of data that needs to be captured embedded audio capture is only supported when connected via USB 3 0 What s next Now that you have done a basic recording you might like to know more about the following topics l Configur...

Page 17: ... linux The Epiphan USB device driver for linux come as a set of pre compiled binaries and additional source files that you may need to compile before installing on your computer To download the drivers for your product go to www epiphan com support and find the support page for SDI2USB 3 0 From the Downloads tab select the Linux download link the linux download page appears Choose vga2usb from the...

Page 18: ...e application The API is optimized for capturing high resolution images from your SDI2USB 3 0 It analyzes individual images performs on device cropping and handles video mode changes See the product support page to download the Software Development kit which includes the Epiphan capture API Sample applications Epiphan provides some sample applications including a sample capture application a sampl...

Page 19: ...ut Connect an input source with an SD SDI HD SDI or a 3G SDI signal SDI Output Connect an SDI output source such as a monitor to the SDI2USB 3 0 device Note the SDI output port is ONLY active if the SDI2USB 3 0 is connected to a video capture workstation providing power and running the SDI2USB 3 0 driver USB 3 0 Output Connects the video grabber to the capture workstation and enables data transfer...

Page 20: ...es the current status of the video grabber See Indicator LED details for the meaning of different light colors Epiphan always recommends using a USB 3 0 port for best performance If a USB 2 0 port is used instead SDI2USB 3 0 transfers video at a lower frame rate and is unable to capture embedded audio 14 ...

Page 21: ...ng blue LED means USB 3 0 A flashing green LED means USB 2 0 LED color USB 3 0 connection USB 2 0 connection Solid red The video grabber is powered on but is not functional The driver is not installed or failed to load If you installed the Epiphan Capture Tool and drivers disconnect and reconnect the USB cable Blinking red The video grabber s security validation has failed Contact Epiphan support ...

Page 22: ... l Disconnect and reconnect the video grabber from the USB port This allows the operating system to load drivers for the video grabber if they haven t already been loaded l Check the indicator LED colors and compare to the list described in Indicator LED details l On Windows check the Windows Device Manager to verify that you can see the video grabber in the list of devices l If trying the above s...

Page 23: ...ur device If they do not match use the Capture Select device Windows or the device list Mac menu item to select a different video grabber l Confirm that your video source is on and is outputting data to the video cable connected to the video grabber this may be a hardware or software setting in your video source l Disconnect and reconnect the video source from the video grabber l Check the indicat...

Page 24: ...Frame Grabbers applet the Epiphan Frame Grabber Configuration window appears b Select the grabber you wish to configure c Click Edit Configuration the edit configuration window opens Mac To access the configuration screen on a Mac do one of the following 1 From the Epiphan Capture Tool choose View Show Adjustment Controls or 2 Open the Systems Preferences panel a Click the Epiphan icon the Epiphan...

Page 25: ...re used until you change them again Once applied you do not need to keep the Epiphan Capture Tool open to use the values you set Be aware that third party DirectShow compatible applications can also have settings that may make it appear your settings are not being honored If you re having difficulty seeing your changes check the third party application s advanced settings Item Description Fix reso...

Page 26: ...ge for you Use the slider to determine the type of scaling you d like Scaling performance is a tradeoff between quality and CPU cycles on the capture computer Lower quality left side of the slider is faster and takes fewer CPU cycles where higher quality right side of the slider is slower and takes more CPU time Try different values out to find the one that works for your specific use case Flip im...

Page 27: ...nored If you re having difficulty seeing your changes check the third party application s advanced settings After changing QuickTime settings you may need to quit and restart your QuickTime compatible application to force it to read the updated settings Item Description Video Resolution Choose from Actual Default or Fixed With Actual the captured source resolution is sent to QuickTime If at any ti...

Page 28: ...to have the Epiphan device drivers rotate the image stream before passing it to the QuickTime engine Digital Image Format Choose from YUV422 2vuy YUV422 yuvs or 24 bit RGB Select either YUV mode for maximum frame rate This value is only used if the QuickTime compatible application doesn t specifically request an image format Default Frame Rate QuickTime applications can set their own frame rate bu...

Page 29: ... using the Epiphan applet in the Control Panel by selecting the video grabber you d like to configure and clicking Configure Device or Default Configuration On Mac you can access this screen by selecting View Show Adjustment Controls Basic or by selecting Edit for the video grabber in the Capture tab of the Epiphan system preferences application The main adjustments screen on Windows has the follo...

Page 30: ...ptured image shifted slightly downward vertically can be corrected with minor adjustments to the vertical shift settings Increasing the value entered in the Vertical Shift field shifts the image up decreasing it shifts the images down YCrCb capture on a Mac this option is found in the Advanced tab Generally your SDI2USB 3 0 auto detects input type but in case of an issue where the input type isn t...

Page 31: ... for the video grabber in the Capture tab of the Epiphan system preferences application The advanced adjustment dialog looks like this note that the Mac version contains some settings that are found in the Adjustments tab of the Windows version Item Description Auto adjustment interval Specify an interval in seconds that the video grabber should use between auto adjustments There is generally no n...

Page 32: ...b Generally your SDI2USB 3 0 auto detects input type but in case of an issue where the input type isn t detected you can select this checkbox to capture analog component video with YCrCb encoding Swap interlaced fields on Windows this option is found in the main Adjustments tab When capturing from some sources the video grabber cannot correctly determine the order to place interlaced lines Use thi...

Page 33: ...or use with third party DirectShow Windows or QuickTime Mac compatible applications The same Epiphan Capture Tool is used by all Epiphan video grabber models that use Epiphan supplied drivers e g DVI2USB 3 0 SDI2USB 3 0 VGA2USB DVI2PCIe Duo and more as well as Epiphan s portable USB based KVM KVM2USB As a result some of the functionality in the software isn t applicable to your SDI2USB 3 0 video g...

Page 34: ...ication starts the following messages may appear l Capture device not found as the application attempts to connect with the video grabber l Detecting Video Mode as the application connects to a device and then determines the video mode of the device l Tuning Capture Parameters as the application synchronizes and tunes capture settings and image adjustments l No Signal Detected if the application c...

Page 35: ...ture Tool Windows Read more about the menus in these topics File menu Windows Edit menu Windows View menu Windows Capture menu Windows Tools menu Help menu Windows You can also read more about the Toolbar and Status bar Windows only 29 ...

Page 36: ...iption Save Ctrl S Save a snapshot of the current image to a file on the video capture workstation See To save a snapshot Save As Ctrl Shift S Save a snapshot of the current image to a file using a new name or format See To save a snapshot Print Setup Ctrl Shift P Opens the printer configuration dialog allowing you to select a printer or set printer options Print Ctrl P Prints a snapshot of the cu...

Page 37: ...menu has these options Menu item Shortcut Description Copy Ctrl C Copy a snapshot of the current image to the clipboard See To copy a snapshot View menu Windows The following is a breakdown of the View menu in the Windows version of the Epiphan Capture Tool The View menu has these options Menu item Shortcut Description Toolbar Change the size of the toolbar icons or hide show the toolbar When the ...

Page 38: ...till be displayed The image only mode can be useful for integrating the Epiphan Capture Tool into a custom system UI You can still use the existing shortcut keys Press ESC the escape key to return to the normal operating mode Capture menu Windows The following is a breakdown of the Capture menu in the Windows version of the Epiphan Capture Tool The Capture menu lets you start stop and pause captur...

Page 39: ...red stream as a video or a series of captured images See Record a video and Record as a series of images Pause Capture Resume Capture Ctrl U Pause or unpause capture and recording the last frame will stay visible on the screen See Pause video capture Select Device Ctrl N Use when you have more than one Epiphan Pro Series Video Grabber connected to your video capture workstation 33 ...

Page 40: ...io captured by the device or by the configured external audio source is included in the recording See Configure audio Audio Input Device Opens a sub menu to let you choose the input device used for audio capture See Configure audio for more details Play Captured Audi o When enabled captured audio is played on the video capture workstation e g through the workstation s speakers or attached headphon...

Page 41: ... The Tools menu has these options Menu item Shortcut Description Web Broadcasting Demo Ctrl W This feature is not applicable for SDI2USB 3 0 Upload EDID to Device This feature is not applicable for SDI2USB 3 0 Read EDID from Device This feature is not applicable for SDI2USB 3 0 Measure VGA Mode When requested by Epiphan technical support you can use this command to display low level information th...

Page 42: ...mages and what information is displayed in the status bar See Configure display options for more information on the display format and Status bar Windows only for a description and examples of the optional status bar indicators Capture Allows you to configure cropping to capture only a specific part of the video frame See Crop the captured image for details From this tab you can also change the in...

Page 43: ...cording Lets you configure the capture application s record feature to save either as video or as images See Record a videoConfigure optional recording settingsRecord as a series of images On Screen Text Using the Epiphan Capture Tool you can add a watermark to your captured frames this tab lets you configure that watermark See Add a watermark KVM This feature is not used by SDI2USB 3 0 It is for ...

Page 44: ... that sometimes there can be an updated version of the software but it doesn t add any new features or have any updates for the model of video grabber you are using In those cases the software update check will not recommend an update however you can still update your software using the method described in Upgrade your drivers and software 38 ...

Page 45: ...y As the application starts the following messages may appear l Capture device not found as the application attempts to connect with the video grabber l Detecting Video Mode as the application connects to a device and then determines the video mode of the device l Tuning Capture Parameters as the application synchronizes and tunes capture settings and image adjustments l No Signal Detected if the ...

Page 46: ...uide Epiphan Capture Tool Mac Read more about the menus in these topics VGA2USB menu Mac File menu Mac Edit menu Mac View menu Mac Tools menu Mac Window menu Mac Help menu Mac You can also read more about the Toolbar 40 ...

Page 47: ...e preferences The VGA2USB menu has these options Menu item Shortcut Description About VGA2USB Displays a dialog containing the version of the tool you have installed It s very useful to have this information when contacting customer support with a problem Preferences Opens a dialog to configure recording and application preferences See Record a video and Configure display options Check for Updates...

Page 48: ...es it to the Mac dock Hide Others Hides everything except the VGA2USB application Quick VGA2USB Q Quits VGA2USB File menu Mac The following is a breakdown of the File menu in the Mac version of the Epiphan Capture Tool The File menu has these options Menu item Shortcut Description New Capture Window N Opens a second instance of the Epiphan Capture Tool for use with another video grabber allowing y...

Page 49: ...e S Save a snapshot of the current image to a file See To save a snapshot Page Setup Shift P Opens the printer configuration dialog allowing you to select a printer or set printer options Print P Prints a snapshot of the current image See To print a snapshot Edit menu Mac The following is a breakdown of the Edit menu in the Mac version of the Epiphan Capture Tool The Edit menu has these Epiphan sp...

Page 50: ...e by clicking on it in this list Show Adjustment Controls A Opens the adjustments window allowing you to fine tune capture and set VGA modes See Configure your device Adjustments made here affect capture using the Epiphan Capture Tool as well as third party QuickTime applications Full Screen F Enable full screen mode Press F again to return to windowed mode Hide Toolbar Show Toolbar Hides or shows...

Page 51: ...eature is not applicable for SDI2USB 3 0 Firmware Upgrade Wizard From time to time Epiphan releases updated video grabber firmware Use this tool to check for updates and apply them KVM menu items These features are not applicable for SDI2USB 3 0 Window menu Mac The Window menu in the Mac version of the Epiphan Capture Tool lets you see device information and control the application window Menu ite...

Page 52: ...sn t affect minimized windows List of application windows This list shows all of the application windows that were created with the File New Capture Window command The active window has a check mark next to it Mimimized windows have a diamond next to it Help menu Mac The Help menu in the Mac version of the Epiphan Capture Tool lets you search for menu items using the Search option 46 ...

Page 53: ...olbar Hide Toolbar To show the toolbar again when it is hidden select View Toolbar Show Toolbar on Mac or select any of the toolbar icon sizes on Windows The toolbar items Icon Windows Icon Mac Description Saves a snapshot of the currently captured frame You may wish to pause capture first See Copy save or print a snapshot for more details Prints the currently captured frame You may wish to pause ...

Page 54: ...b a demo utility for streaming broadcasting your captured signal See Sharing streaming demo tool for configuration options Note there are no privacy bandwidth or uptime guarantees for this demo service It is not intended for use with business critical applications Available on Mac OS only Launches the device configuration dialog See Configure your device Available on Mac OS only Shows current devi...

Page 55: ... on the toolbar The first time you save a snapshot the Save As dialog will open to ask for a file location and file type Subsequent images will automatically overwrite this file unless you use File Save As or Ctrl Shift S To print a snapshot You can directly print a snapshot from the stream using any of the following methods On Windows you can optionally Pause video capture prior to saving the ima...

Page 56: ...rs for printing 1 Select Tools Options the options dialog appears 2 Select the Display tab 3 Check the Invert colors for printing checkbox 4 Click OK To copy a snapshot You can easily copy a snapshot of your stream to the clipboard using any of the following methods On Windows you can optionally Pause video capture prior to copying the image l Select Edit Copy l Press Ctrl C on Windows or C on a M...

Page 57: ...0 User Guide Copy save or print a snapshot l Use the Copy icon on the toolbar Open another application on your workstation and use clipboard paste methods like Edit Paste or Ctrl V V to paste the copied image 51 ...

Page 58: ...e or upload to a video sharing site like YouTube By default your operating system comes with some default codecs installed no additional codecs come with the Epiphan Capture Tool You can choose to install third party codecs such as x264 Picking the best codec for your use case is beyond the scope of this document but you can find many resources and debates about this topic on the Internet To confi...

Page 59: ...click OK to close the Video Compression dialog d If desired modify the AVI file size limit Recording will automatically be stopped when this limit is reached e From this page you can also Configure optional recording settings such as file names and recording period f Click OK to save your Recording settings 5 On Mac Select the VGA2USB Preferences menu item a dialog box opens a Select the Recording...

Page 60: ...e visible at the same time if you like f Close the Preferences dialog Step 2 Record With the Epiphan Capture Tool properly configured all there is to do is record your video As images frames are captured by the video grabber they are recorded to the video file On Windows the status bar displays the name and location of the video file the elapsed recording time and the number of frames or images re...

Page 61: ...Start Recording File Record Movie on Mac use the red record button or keyboard shortcut Ctrl R R to start recording On Windows a Save dialog opens Mac automatically saves to the pre configured location 4 On Windows specify the filename and folder to save your file See Configure optional recording settings for pre configuring recording file names 55 ...

Page 62: ...s bar at the bottom of the Epiphan Capture Tool On Mac the file path is found in the VGA2USB Preferences dialog under the Recording tab Windows Only If you re having trouble capturing embedded audio make sure you have the video grabber connected to a USB 3 0 port Due to the extra volume of data that needs to be captured embedded audio capture is only supported when connected via USB 3 0 On Windows...

Page 63: ...urposes the Epiphan Capture Tool lets you crop the captured source prior to recording For example using cropping you can change your capture from what you see on the left side below to the cropped image on the right On Windows the status bar has the crop rectangle coordinates displayed To set capture cropping start by Record a video To specify your cropping parameters 1 On Windows From the Tools O...

Page 64: ...ds specify in pixels the top left corner where you want to start capturing 4 In the Width and Height fields specify the width and height of the area you want to crop 5 On Windows click Apply to see the changes immediately and keep fine tuning or click OK to save your changes 58 ...

Page 65: ... access these options on Windows select Tools Options from the Epiphan Capture Tool s menu then select the Display tab The available display configuration items are described below Note the Optional status bar indicator options from this tab are described separately see Status bar Windows only Menu item Description Display format You can change the color space used for capture Color space affects ...

Page 66: ...ted Image rotation If needed the Epiphan Capture tool lets you rotate your captured source For example if your camera or source needs to be flipped 90 degrees to the left or right or 180 degrees for proper viewing Select the desired rotation from the dropdown list and click Apply or OK to see the results This setting affects both the display and recorded images video Resize window on resoultion ch...

Page 67: ... need to use a third party QuickTime capture application that supports YUV 4 2 0 Image rotation If needed the Epiphan Capture tool lets you rotate your captured source For example if your camera or source needs to be flipped 90 degrees to the left or right or 180 degrees for proper viewing Select the desired rotation from the dropdown list to see the results This setting affects both the display a...

Page 68: ...for cases where you want to be sure the recording file isn t too large due to high frame rate Check the check box then use the Maximum frames per second drop down to set your limit Start in full screen mode Check the checkbox if you want the application to start in full screen mode to exit full screen mode use the keyboard shortcut F 62 ...

Page 69: ...ere are no capture devices found No signal on selected grabber If there is no signal to the currently selected video grabber the status bar indicates this with a no signal message Ready but not recording Otherwise the status bar shows a wealth of information When not actively recording the status bar indicates that it is Ready to start recording and shows the VGA Mode of the source signal at the r...

Page 70: ...tus bar depending on the the configuration items set in the Tools Options Display menu They are shown mostly separately below but you can turn any number of these optional status bar items on at the same time you may simply need to make sure your capture window is wide enough to see all the data l The current capture frame rate l The crop rectangle showing the top left corner 0 0 in the example th...

Page 71: ...ding settings l If you are recording images l No further images if applicable are saved l When you press pause again image capture starts again immediately Pausing capture is particularly useful when you re also streaming live this way you can prepare something different or type in a password without having sensitive information captured Record as a series of images There are two ways you can reco...

Page 72: ... Recording tab 6 Ensure the Record as drop down has Imagesselected 7 Use the Format drop down to select from BMP PNG or JPEG JPG 8 In the Save options section a Specify a folder for saving the files If you don t specify a folder your images will be saved in the same folder as the Epiphan Capture Tool b If desired specify a custom Prefix for each file 66 ...

Page 73: ...riting 9 Determine how often you want to save images Saving all frames will save up to 30 images per second which can quickly take a lot of space on your hard drive 10 Select Save all frames to save each frame as an image 11 Select Skip and set a value to save an image every X frames e g set Skip to 10 and you ll save an image every 10 frames 12 Select Wait and set a time intervale between image s...

Page 74: ...re Tool should already be capturing and previewing your video source if you see a No Signal message disconnect and reconnect the cables to make sure they are all seated correctly 2 Select Capture Start Recording use the red record button or keyboard shortcut Ctrl R to start recording the Save dialog opens 3 When you are done capturing use the pause or stop buttons to pause or stop recording You ca...

Page 75: ...by picking the audio source you want to capture You can do this from either the Tools Options menu or directly from the Capture menu To select your audio source 1 Configure your external audio source with your operating system generally no configuration is needed for embedded microphones 2 Or connect your SDI source to the video grabber 3 Connect the video grabber to a USB 3 0 port on your capture...

Page 76: ...t rate you want saved or streamed Stereo mono and bit depth If this value is different than the incoming audio bitrate SDI2USB 3 0 resamples the audio to your specified bitrate d If desired check the Play captured audio checkbox to have the audio played over the capture workstation s audio output device e g speakers or headphones connected to the capture workstation e Click OK or Apply 6 Alternati...

Page 77: ... capture 1 Launch the Epiphan Capture Tool 2 Click the Capture Audio button speaker icon on the toolbar when audio capture is enabled the icon is animated with sound waves To disable audio capture 1 Click the Capture Audio button the icon has a static image Step 3 Capture Use the record button on the toolbar to capture your audio video stream Configure optional recording settings On Windows when r...

Page 78: ...ill be lost radio button 3 Click OK 4 Start recording and provide location and name for your video file 5 Use the pause button on the toolbar keyboard shortcut Ctrl Uor Capture Pause between recordings and click either pause again to restart automatically overwriting the previous file name To record a sequence of video files each with a different suffix 1 From the Tools Options Recording tab check...

Page 79: ...od has elapsed or a specified number of frames have been saved For example if you know you always need a 1 minute video when capturing from an ultrasound Start by Record a video if needed To overwrite the same file each time you record 1 From the Tools Options Recording tab check the Automatically turn recording off checkbox 2 Select the appropriate radio button to specify stopping after a number ...

Page 80: ...ts and selecting the font size location and color Start by Record a video To configure a timestamp watermark 1 From the Tools Options dialog select the On Screen Text tab 2 Check the Timestamp checkbox 3 Choose a timestamp format from the Format drop down box 4 If desired change the color and outline color from the default white and gray values 74 ...

Page 81: ...log Note that you can include both a timestamp and a static text watermark Add a static text watermark You can add static text to your captured video by adding your text and selecting the font size location and color Start by Record a video To configure a static text watermark 1 From the Tools Options dialog select the On Screen Text tab 2 Check the Static text checkbox 3 In the Text field enter y...

Page 82: ...command line options to control how the Epiphan Capture Tool starts up Add as many command line options as needed in any order Each command line option starts with two dashes is separated from other options with a space The following command line options are supported Option Description borderless Start the capture application in image only mode Press the Escape key to exit from image only mode sn...

Page 83: ...ge the name of this file and copy it to another location if required Don t change the file extension 4 Right click the shortcut file and select Properties 5 Edit the Target field and add command line options after the closing quote For example to add the topmost command line option change the Target line to C Program Files Epiphan Frame Grabber Software v2ugui2 exe topmost Or to add topmost border...

Page 84: ...turing the images The card s serial number appears on the video capture application title bar This feature is very limited for a robust streaming solution see Epiphan s other streaming products Setup for streaming Start by connecting your video grabber to the capture workstation and your source to the video grabber The captured data needs to be setup for RGB 24 bits You can also optionally limit t...

Page 85: ...lications such as the one used by this demo Therefore your viewer may need to spend some time making sure their browser has the latest java virtual machine installed and may also need to add a Java security exceptions for http vga2web epiphan com Steps necessary for the java setup are outside the scope of this document For assistance please see your local IT or networking department 1 Open a web b...

Page 86: ...ult web broadcasting compression settings The default settings reduce the amount of Internet bandwidth used for web broadcasting by applying a combination of lossless and lossy compression to the images being broadcasted To change the web broadcasting compression 1 Select Tools Options Sharing the Sharing dialog opens 80 ...

Page 87: ...ossless or lossy compression to reduce Internet bandwidth usage l If viewers of the web broadcast notice poor image quality you can reduce the amount of lossy compression l If the video capture workstation CPU usage is too high during web broadcasts or if viewers of the web broadcasts notice delays and you have determined that the delays are not caused by low Internet bandwidth The delays could be...

Page 88: ...ng demo tool Changes made to default web broadcast compression settings are only visible to viewers of the web broadcast Changing these settings does not change how the video capture application displays records or prints captured images 82 ...

Page 89: ... new Epiphan Capture Tool and drivers without needing to do anything special first i e no need to uninstall the old version If particular version of the software has different instructions they will be provided on the website and in the product update email Note for Mac OS X users If the installer fails to add a shortcut for the Epiphan Capture Tool to the Mac OS X desktop you can drag the Epiphan...

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