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Osprey 800e Series User Guide

Osprey by Variosystems

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Understanding Audio Input Properties

This section explains the audio input properties for the Osprey 800 series capture cards. You can
change the default values according to the audio input you select.

Audio Properties page

The Audio Properties page displays all of the available tabs that Osprey Preview displays.

Note: Windows Media Encoder and Flash Media Live Encoder applications do not support these tabs.

Figure 31. Audio Properties page

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Summary of Contents for 800a

Page 1: ...Osprey 800e Series User Guide...

Page 2: ...This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However th...

Page 3: ...ving boards 13 Using the video capture card 15 Designed for live instant video on demand adaptive features 16 Capture and preview pins 16 Common buttons 17 Setting Driver Properties 19 Properties wind...

Page 4: ...mixer driver interface 53 Osprey 800a audio input card 57 Using the DVB ASI Feature 61 Activating the DVB ASI Feature 62 Changing the Input Setting 64 Appendix Osprey Hardware Specifications 65 Osprey...

Page 5: ...imited Warranty Osprey by Variosystems warrants its hardware products against defects in material and workmanship under normal use for the period of one year 12 months from date of sale Where specific...

Page 6: ...the CPU or a Northbridge or IOH The selection of the CPU is critical To process full HD video a six core processor per HD input is a good benchmark Please refer to the website for the latest supported...

Page 7: ...stems 3 Audience The audience for this user guide includes anyone who uses or administers the Osprey 800 series Users should have a basic technical understanding of streaming media This user guide pro...

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Page 9: ...card on a system for the first time After the install is run the card is detected and its drivers automatically start Note Before you install Osprey software updates uninstall the driver software and...

Page 10: ...nt 5 Click Next A Destination Folder window appears indicating the folder in which the driver will be installed by default To change the location of the destination folder click Change to browse for a...

Page 11: ...alling Osprey 800e window appears Note This window shows the progress of the installation If during the installation warning windows appear regarding Windows Logo Testing the user should click Continu...

Page 12: ...Note This window does not display with a Windows 7 installation 7 Click Finish when the InstallShield Wizard Completed window appears 8 When the installation is complete completely shut down the comp...

Page 13: ...puter The appropriate InstallShield Wizard appears and guides you through the installation process 1 A Welcome window appears Click No not this time Figure 7 Welcome window 2 Click Next 3 On the next...

Page 14: ...nd New Hardware Wizard window A warning window appears regarding Windows Logo Testing 5 Click Continue Anyway Figure 10 Warning window The Found New Hardware Wizard window remains on the computer scre...

Page 15: ...Osprey 800e Series User Guide Osprey by Variosystems 11 6 The Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard appears Click Finish Figure 12 Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard window...

Page 16: ...he system s documentation for more complete step by step instructions Install the card only in UL Listed computers that include instructions for user installed accessories 1 Power down and unplug your...

Page 17: ...want to add an Osprey 845e card You must install the driver installation package for the new board to work B You moved a board from one slot to another or added another board of the same type For exa...

Page 18: ...Installation Steps 14 Osprey by Variosystems 8 Click Finish to restart the computer 9 The Osprey 800 series card is now ready for use...

Page 19: ...Crop Logo Captions With the Osprey 800 series all of the above features can be set individually Each application receives its own full set of identical Property settings tabs Another significant opera...

Page 20: ...ratio or pixel count of the incoming video Most of the popular video encoders require that these parameters not change during the encoding session The Osprey 800 series cards can automatically adapt...

Page 21: ...es You may apply a low effort de interlacing process to a preview window to save CPU cycle and apply a more CPU intensive Advanced Motion Adaptive De interlacing process to the captured stream for max...

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Page 23: ...he drivers Property tabs without modification so the examples set forth below will probably appear as shown However some applications expose the Property tabs slightly differently Therefore the exampl...

Page 24: ...eo standard Crossbar The Crossbar tab lets you select from multiple inputs Trace Sets error logging controls Performance Sets the pin centric settings Diagnostics Sets Osprey 800 series internal test...

Page 25: ...onal tabs other than those listed above may appear The additional tabs are application or system supplied and are intended for information only The additional tabs generally contain no controls that c...

Page 26: ...ties 22 Osprey by Variosystems Video Proc Amp tab Video Proc Amp stands for Video Process Amplifier Use the Video Proc Amp tab Figure 16 to control various characteristics of streaming output Figure 1...

Page 27: ...eo while adjusting the filter you will see the effects of your adjustments as you make the adjustments The Video Proc Amp tab also has the following controls Pin Type The drop down list has three choi...

Page 28: ...Osprey 820e only NTSC HD 1035 PAL 483 HD 720 VGA HD 1080 SECAM The selection should be set to match the incoming signal s primary mode Although the Osprey 800 series board automatically senses and ad...

Page 29: ...select here displays on other tabs in the Reference Size text boxes Once you make the selection on the Video Decoder tab you must go to the other tabs Watermark or Cropping and click the Reset Refere...

Page 30: ...bar tab Use the Crossbar tab Figure 18 to set the input and output settings Figure 18 Crossbar tab The Crossbar tab has the following controls Input Click on the input source from the drop down list O...

Page 31: ...se settings are normally disabled An authorized Osprey support representative may ask you to change these settings should you experience problems using the Osprey 800 series with a video application T...

Page 32: ...b has the following controls Pin Type The drop down list has three choices see Capture and preview pins Video Scaling Algorithm Select the video scaling algorithm from the drop down menu Note Cubic an...

Page 33: ...ote These values are only used if the application does not explicitly request a specific resolution Input pin mode Displays the input port setting Remove VBI lines from video Indicate the number of VB...

Page 34: ...ly disabled An authorized Osprey support representative may ask you to change these settings should you experience problems using the Osprey 800 series with a video application Figure 21 Diagnostics t...

Page 35: ...The size of the first in first out FIFO video Threshold The threshold for the video Audio FIFO size The size of the FIFO audio Threshold The threshold of the audio Interrupt Count The number of inter...

Page 36: ...ity displays as current and what it peaked at Note Since the external audio is an analog sample it may always show activity External Audio 1 External Audio 2 External Audio 3 and External Audio 4 appl...

Page 37: ...gure 23 Device tab The Device tab has the following fields Name Product name Driver Version Indicates the version of the driver Product Information Displays the vendor ID device ID serial number facil...

Page 38: ...etting Driver Properties 34 Osprey by Variosystems Input Detect tab The Input Detect tab Figure 24 displays the signal properties of what the card detects as the input signal Figure 24 Input Detect ta...

Page 39: ...e still and which portions are in motion and applies different processing to each This can be somewhat CPU intensive but is helpful when the video consists of high motion content Simpler Bob and Weave...

Page 40: ...a progressive screen as is usually the case and you stream video to a computer screen interlacing artifacts will be visible The process called Inverse Telecine is the reverse of Telecine Telecine drop...

Page 41: ...24 bitmap bmp can be used A selectable key color can be specified all parts of the Watermark graphic with that color are not drawn on the video A transparency control can be used to blend the Watermar...

Page 42: ...it program such as Windows Paint and save the graphic in a RGB 24 format Top Left Height Width The Watermark Position and Size controls allow you to position and scale the watermark similar to the pro...

Page 43: ...lor and therefore are completely transparent 2x Watermark 1x Watermark These buttons adjust the size of the bitmap graphic The quality of a scaled image will not be as exceptional as the quality of th...

Page 44: ...pture card detects the signal loss Use the Loss Of Signal tab Figure 27 to overlay a video that can replace the incoming signal when it is lost This feature allows you to continue streaming video to a...

Page 45: ...le of the font and the point size Caption Enter a caption Top Left Height Width Use the up and down arrows to position the overlay Text Color Enable a text color Reference Size Display Size Granularit...

Page 46: ...st the active portion The Left and Width controls are used to crop the left and right sides of the video Note This type of cropping is different from the final desired Display size that is usually set...

Page 47: ...ired position The entire crop window can also be positioned by clicking and dragging it to the necessary position At any time the crop window is smaller than the underlying preview window the crop are...

Page 48: ...ic in the Crop window This helps you pinpoint the desired crop border settings If you do not have a valid input signal internally generated SMPTE colorbars will be substituted for the background graph...

Page 49: ...separately apply to Video Preview and Capture Pins on the currently selected device as determined by the Pin Type drop down list When you select Both from the drop down list changes you make to the c...

Page 50: ...ialog box Granularity Different video color space definitions impose pixel count and window dimension restrictions that must be considered when cropping The Granularity box lets you know the number of...

Page 51: ...Left Margin and Mode for the video graphics adapter Top Margin Left Margin Click on the top margin from the drop down list The Top and Left Margins allows the adjustments of the VGA input signal supp...

Page 52: ...he top margin of the VGA input signal supplied on either MFI X or SDI X channels of the Osprey 800 series The default is 0 You cannot manually enter values The Left Margin input menu box lets you adju...

Page 53: ...he Osprey 800 series capture cards You can change the default values according to the audio input you select Audio Properties page The Audio Properties page displays all of the available tabs that Osp...

Page 54: ...connector type to either AES SPDIF or Unbalanced when using the Osprey 800a audio card Enable Bypass Mode Prevents the driver from applying any audio volume changes to the input signal Gain Apply a so...

Page 55: ...ft and Right volume sliders Select the amount of audio gain applied to an audio input channel by the driver The amount of gain the driver can apply has a range of 25dB to 6dB Wave Form Monitor Display...

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Page 57: ...hannels Osprey mixer driver interface Most applications including the Windows Media Encoder WME applications interface to the mixer driver directly and expose the look and feel of specific application...

Page 58: ...click the speaker symbol on the taskbar typically the speaker symbol is located on the lower right hand side of the screen Then you should select the Recording devices option To make this icon appear...

Page 59: ...ariosystems 55 Figure 37 Sound window Click on the Recording tab to see the list of audio input and output devices When you have chosen the device click Properties The Properties window for that devic...

Page 60: ...iosystems Figure 38 Levels tab You can drag the slider or enter a value to adjust the volume To adjust the left and right balance click Balance The Balance window displays Figure 39 Figure 39 Balance...

Page 61: ...e Osprey 800e series card with the Osprey 800a audio input card installed 2 Power on the system 3 Right click on the Osprey Preview icon Figure 40 in the System bar and select Open Osprey Preview Figu...

Page 62: ...Selecting the Audio Source and Input Volume 58 Osprey by Variosystems...

Page 63: ...n the card you need to change the Master Clock field as well 10 Click Apply and then OK 11 Reboot the system so your changes can take effect After you configure the inputs for the audio input card any...

Page 64: ...Selecting the Audio Source and Input Volume 60 Osprey by Variosystems...

Page 65: ...tions over coaxial cable at up to 270 Mbps The ASI carrier transport can contain different bit rate single program transport streams SPTS or multi program transport streams MPTS simultaneously up to t...

Page 66: ...re 45 Figure 45 Input Port Settings 3 Click OK 4 Restart the driver 5 Repeat these steps for each input that you want to use for the DVB ASI feature Inputs that are not selected are still available as...

Page 67: ...Osprey 800e Series User Guide Osprey by Variosystems 63 Figure 47 Single Program Transport Streams Figure 48 Multi Program Transport Stream...

Page 68: ...rey by Variosystems Changing the Input Setting To change the input to SDI 1 Access the Properties page 2 In the Input Port Settings section select SMPTE as the pin mode setting Figure 49 3 Restart the...

Page 69: ...0 to 40 C Non operating temperature range 40 to 75 C Operating humidity range Between 5 and 80 non condensing 40 C Non operating humidity range 95 RH non condensing gradient 30 per hour Operating alt...

Page 70: ...on operating temperature range 40 to 75 C Operating humidity range Between 5 and 80 non condensing 40 C Non operating humidity range 95 RH non condensing gradient 30 per hour Operating altitude range...

Page 71: ...Osprey 800e Series User Guide Osprey by Variosystems 67 Figure 52 Osprey 815e backplate...

Page 72: ...ange 0 to 40 C Non operating temperature range 40 to 75 C Operating humidity range Between 5 and 80 non condensing 40 C Non operating humidity range 95 RH non condensing gradient 30 per hour Operating...

Page 73: ...Osprey 800e Series User Guide Osprey by Variosystems 69 Figure 54 Osprey 820e backplate The Osprey 820e has two multifunction video audio ports and an unbalanced audio input...

Page 74: ...on operating temperature range 40 to 75 C Operating humidity range Between 5 and 80 non condensing 40 C Non operating humidity range 95 RH non condensing gradient 30 per hour Operating altitude range...

Page 75: ...ating humidity range Between 5 and 80 non condensing 40 C Non operating humidity range 95 RH non condensing gradient 30 per hour Operating altitude range 0 to 3 048 meters 10 000 feet Non operating al...

Page 76: ...on operating temperature range 40 to 75 C Operating humidity range Between 5 and 80 non condensing 40 C Non operating humidity range 95 RH non condensing gradient 30 per hour Operating altitude range...

Page 77: ...evice 20 Device tab 33 Diagnostics 20 Diagnostics tab 30 DVB ASI capture capability 61 E End User License Agreement 6 Environmental specifications 65 66 68 70 71 72 F Found New Hardware Wizard window...

Page 78: ...ions window 5 S Software Installation window 7 Sound window 55 T Trace 20 Trace tab 27 Typical PCI Express Slot diagram 12 U Unbalanced Input Properties window 57 V VGA Settings tab 47 Video Decoder 2...

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Page 80: ...tems LLC Osprey and SimulStream are registered trademarks of Osprey by Variosystems LLC All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Product specifications and availability may cha...

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