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GrabBee

 

III

 

USB Audio/Video Grabber 

         

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

       

User's Manual 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for GrabBee III

Page 1: ...GrabBee III USB Audio Video Grabber User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...rantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by tuning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment a...

Page 3: ... 13 3 1 Starting 3 2 Full screen display 3 3 Brightness Contrast Color control 3 4 Volume Mute control 3 5 Gallery 3 6 Capture 3 7 Playback 3 8 Snapshot 3 9 Composite S Video 3 10 File 3 11 Options 3 11 1 General Options 3 11 2 Set Audio Format 3 11 3 Video Source 3 11 4 Video Format 3 12 Help 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 15 15 15 15 15 17 17 19 19 Chapter 4 Trouble Shooting 20 ___________________________...

Page 4: ...isplay Up to 30 fps motion capture capability at 320x240 NTSC 25 fps at 352x288 PAL 640x480 resolution still image capture Convert analog audio video signal to digital through USB Composite S Video analog input NTSC PAL and SECAM multi system support Stereo Audio input to make best audio video synchronization Prealocated memory size setup to speed up capture performance Support Zoom function Suppo...

Page 5: ...x480 pixels Performance Up to 30 fps CIF size 320x240 for NTSC 25fps 352x288 for PAL Selectable USB bandwidth from 0 5Mb s to 7 5Mb s Power Source 5VDC 330mA max through USB port 1 4 Minimum System Requirements USB equipped computer Pentium 233MMX 32MB of RAM Windows 98 2000 Me XP Sound card 1 5 Package Contents GrabBee III USB A V Grabber GrabBee III drivers and application software User s manual...

Page 6: ... Composite video input Composite video input from external video device e g VCR L R audio input Connect audio in from external audio device e g VCR s audio out USB connector connect to USB port of your computer You don t have to turn off your computer ___________________________________________________________ 3 ...

Page 7: ...hree times for device installation 2 2 1 Upon connecting the GrabBee III into your computer s USB port system e g win98 will automatically detect the new composite device Click Next 2 2 2 Select Search for the best driver for your device Recommended Click Next ___________________________________________________________ 4 ...

Page 8: ...CD ROM drive Click Next 2 2 4 System found the device driver Click Next start to install the driver Note During install procedure maybe you were asked to insert the Win98 CD ROM to find usbhub sys files please assign c windows system32 drivers directory to find it ___________________________________________________________ 5 ...

Page 9: ... Installation 2 2 5 Please click Finish to complete the composite device driver installation 2 2 6 System detect GrabBee III Audio device Click Next ___________________________________________________________ 6 ...

Page 10: ...ation 2 2 7 Select Search for the best driver for your device Recommended Click Next 2 2 8 Select Specify a location Type E GrabBee3 Driver drive Click Next ___________________________________________________________ 7 ...

Page 11: ...tem found the GrabBee III Audio device driver Click Next start to install the driver 2 2 10 Please click Finish to complete the GrabBee III Audio device driver installation ___________________________________________________________ 8 ...

Page 12: ... Installation 2 2 11 System detect GrabBee III A V grabber Click Next 2 2 12 Select Search for the best driver for your device Recommended Click Next ___________________________________________________________ 9 ...

Page 13: ...bBee3 Driver Click Next 2 2 14 System found the GrabBee III A V GrabBee device driver Click Next start to install the driver Note During install procedure maybe system show some files as below can not find ___________________________________________________________ 10 ...

Page 14: ... find or use your Win98 CD ROM to install Please understand these files was provided by Win98 2 2 15 Please click Finish to finish the driver installation 2 2 16 Install application software a After finished the driver installation you must install the application software to make operation b Please run e GrabBee3 AP software setup exe file 2 2 17 Follow the instruction step by step and finally cl...

Page 15: ...en also there are four items under GrabBee III USB A V Grabber program group Audio Preview For some other capture software s audio preview purpose GrabBee III USB A V Grabber Main application program Uninstall Remove the GrabBee program User s Guide Operating manual ___________________________________________________________ 12 ...

Page 16: ...een full screen and regular display a Click the maximize button in the top right corner to view in full screen mode b You can then press the Escape key to redisplay at its original size Note The quality of the image in full screen mode depends on your graphic adapter 3 3 Brightness Contrast Color You can adjust the quality of the picture using the controls in the lower part of the GrabBee III disp...

Page 17: ... the Escape key to stop capturing video A Save dialog box appear enabling you to save the capture file to anywhere 3 7 Playback 1 Click the Gallery button in the GrabBee III display window to display the Gallery window 2 Select the album containing the AVI video or BMP image file that you want to view 3 Double click the file icon or drag it to the GrabBee III display window 4 When you have finishe...

Page 18: ...e two item selection New Album Exit 3 10 1 New Album You can create a new album to store image or video default album include Family Business General After you create new album you can see a Gallery window appear as below You also can move mouse to this Gallery window click right key of mouse to Create Delete Rename Album or View each item 3 10 2 Exit Click it to exit GrabBee II application softwa...

Page 19: ...n to adjust audio video synchronization None System decides the master Video If you found audio is faster than video please click it Audio Click it if video is faster than audio 3 11 1 2 File You can allocate a file size in advance to improve capture performance each time when you make video capture the file will save here temporary ___________________________________________________________ 16 ...

Page 20: ...go through GrabBee III 3 11 2 Set Audio Format You can define the audio format to be captured by GrabBee III If you find recording is not good enough smooth capture we suggest lower the Audio sample rate e g 8Khz 8bits sample Stereo 3 11 3 Video Source Include Video Decoder Advanced Camera Control Video Proc Amp four setup 3 11 3 1 Video Decoder Please chooses the correct video system input ______...

Page 21: ... system input bandwidth from 0 5Mb s to 7 5Mb s adjustment Horizontal Vertical offset adjustment 3 11 3 3 Camera Control Please be noted this function available for zoom active at 160x120 176x144 240x180 resolution only ___________________________________________________________ 18 ...

Page 22: ...uration 3 11 4 Video Format You can setup your input video resolution and video format the NTN2 selection is default for compression of capture and display 3 12 Help There are two items selection Help About 3 12 1 Help Operating manual 3 12 2 About Software information ___________________________________________________________ 19 ...

Page 23: ... different format there are NTN2 RGB24 RGB 555 16bit YUV 2 and I420 five formats Please see page 19 3 11 4 Video Format Q4 How can I get minimum number of dropped frames during capture A4 a Preallocating the size of your intended capture file can increase the performance of capture Please see page 16 3 11 1 2 File b Try lower the quality of the audio format as recording audio in the high quality f...

Page 24: ...ct audio device see page 17 3 11 1 3 Device a Please try to adjust volume Q8 Why can not hear anything during playback the recording file A8 Maybe you forgot to choose Capture audio Please see page 16 3 11 1 1 Capture Q9 When I execute GrabBee III the program is not stable hang A9 a Try lower the quality of the audio format as recording audio in the high quality format can affect the performance P...

Page 25: ... are needed For Proper installation carefully follow the directions listed below a Go to My Computer Control Panel System Hardware Device Manager Imaging Device b Right click the device labeled Zoran USB Live Pro 2 select Update Driver c The hardware Update wizard should now appear choose the Install from a list or specific location Advanced then click Next button d Select the Don t search I will ...

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