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SDM025, SDM026, SDM250 and SDM275 

MPEG-2 4:2:2 Decoder 

User Guide 

Table of Contents 

Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................................1

 

Patent Notice ...............................................................................................................................................3

 

General Description.....................................................................................................................................4

 

Features.......................................................................................................................................................4

 

Applications .................................................................................................................................................4

 

Block Diagram .............................................................................................................................................5

 

Specifications (SDM275) .............................................................................................................................5

 

Ordering Information....................................................................................................................................6

 

Hardware Installation...................................................................................................................................7

 

Onboard Jumpers and Connectors (SDM275)............................................................................................8

 

Back Panel Connectors ...............................................................................................................................9

 

Installing the Device Drivers and the MPEG-2 File Player Application .......................................................9

 

Installing the Device Drivers and the MPEG-2 File Player Application .....................................................10

 

Using the MPEG-2 File Player Application for Windows...........................................................................12

 

Control Panel Buttons:...............................................................................................................................12

 

Menu Commands: .....................................................................................................................................13

 

Multiple Decoders in a Single Computer ...................................................................................................22

 

Play List .....................................................................................................................................................23

 

Sample MPEG Files ..................................................................................................................................23

 

Software License Agreement ....................................................................................................................24

 

Summary of Contents for SDM025

Page 1: ...dware Installation 7 Onboard Jumpers and Connectors SDM275 8 Back Panel Connectors 9 Installing the Device Drivers and the MPEG 2 File Player Application 9 Installing the Device Drivers and the MPEG 2...

Page 2: ...ht 2002 Stradis Inc 16 November 2006 Trademarks Microsoft Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Tini Q G and Switchcraft...

Page 3: ...2 128 624 NL 414193 KR 77 808 SE 414193 JP 1 869 940 JP 2 510 456 Philips US 4 849 812 CN 1013425 B DE 3871998 T2 FR 282135 B GB 282135 B IT 282135 B JP 2 534 534 B2 KR 9700364 B1 TW 29492 B US 4 901...

Page 4: ...s you complete control over all functions z Parses all MPEG streams MPEG 2 Elementary Packetized Elementary PES Transport and Program Streams and MPEG 1 Elementary and System Streams z PCI bus master...

Page 5: ...le For example standard 0 dBm or 4 dBm nominal line level with 20 dB headroom is supported Balanced analog audio and AES3 digital audio through a positive locking Switchcraft Tini Q G miniature connec...

Page 6: ...video and unbalanced analog audio outputs NTSC only No genlock SDM290 A new decoder with eight audio output channels not covered in this document Cables and Accessories SAC001 3 XLRs to Tini Q G for b...

Page 7: ...nector The card must be completely seated into the connector 7 The Stradis MPEG 2 Decoder Card can be connected to play audio through the PC s sound card Unplug your existing sound card cable from you...

Page 8: ...terminator J9 is an unfiltered video output It is intended for applications where multiple boards need to be synced together but not to an external source Use a SAC005 cable from J9 on the first board...

Page 9: ...Tiny Q G TRA6M Mates with Switchcraft TA6FL Tini Q G straight female cord plug Unbalanced stereo audio output 3 5mm 1 8 inch jack S Video Mini DIN4 connector Composite Video Output RS 170A BNC White...

Page 10: ...the hardware and associated driver that you reboot the computer and run no other program before using the setup program 2 Run setup from the Installation CD 3 Enter the install password when prompted...

Page 11: ...installing this software release on a system that had a Stradis device driver version 0 95 or earlier installed the installation program will ask you to manually remove it using Device Manager Expand...

Page 12: ...Pause Pause the current MPEG file Pressing or selecting Pause again will step the file to the next frame of video Press or select Play to continue playing the file from the point where it was paused...

Page 13: ...is checked the MPEG file will be searched for Video and Audio Pids or IDs during File Open Max Bytes To Search During Open defaults to 1000000 specifies how far into the MPEG file to search Select Str...

Page 14: ...g box will open A program may then be selected Position Dialog Opens the File Position dialog box with Seek Bar Size is file size in bytes Position indicates the approximate location in bytes currentl...

Page 15: ...l play faster than higher bit rate files Still Step Ctrl S Same as the Pause button Pause the current MPEG file Pressing or selecting Pause again will step the file to the next frame of video Press or...

Page 16: ...n the computer display full size Displays both fields of an interlaced frame Does not affect the video output 50 Display video one half actual size Does not affect video output 25 Display video one qu...

Page 17: ...d Incompatible with File PAL M Only PAL M or NTSC files will play Attempting to play files in any other standard will generating a message box with Warning Selected Video Standard Incompatible with Fi...

Page 18: ...ignal Digital Audio Active only when no file is open Consumer PCM Places the uncompressed digital audio output stream in Consumer Format Professional PCM Places the uncompressed digital audio output s...

Page 19: ...single field Using this option will eliminate interlace artifacts when paused or in Slow Motion Closed Caption Enable Pass Through Closed Captions are decoded assuming that they were placed in the str...

Page 20: ...Color group sets a color to be transparent by using the Windows standard bmp values of 0 255 for R G and B All OSD graphic pixels with a matching RGB value will become transparent that is that video...

Page 21: ...from File Display a stored image file The stored image can be either a standard Windows BMP 24 bit RGB color image or a Stradis proprietary YUV format that is 720 x 480 pixels when NTSC is selected o...

Page 22: ...the Stradis Professional Decoder Display the software revision number and copyright information Multiple Decoders in a Single Computer To use multiple Stradis MPEG 2 Decoders simultaneously in one co...

Page 23: ...mpg MPEG2 8Mbit mobl_080 m2v mpeg1 weezer mpg bike m2v mpeg1 broadcas mpg mb15 m2v mpeg1 goodtime mpg Sample MPEG Files Sample MPEG bitstreams may have been provided on the Stradis MPEG 2 Decoder Inst...

Page 24: ...or disaster recovery purposes Use shall mean Licensee may use access run or otherwise interact with the Software on a single Electronic Device for Licensee s own business use and not as a service for...

Page 25: ...IBIT THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OF INCIDENTAL DAMAGES ACCORDINGLY THE LIMITATIONS AND EXCLUSIONS SET FORTH ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO LICENSEE THE LIMITATIONS OF DAMAGES SE...

Page 26: ...choice of law principles except as to copyright and trademark matters which are covered by federal laws This Agreement is deemed entered into at Atlanta Georgia and shall be construed as to its fair m...

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