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Videum

The ideal solution for visual communications
and multimedia

The Winnov Videum solutions are combinations of hardware
and software that easily enable you to utilize and maximize
the power of video communications. Use our cost-effective
and high-quality solutions for these application areas:

Communications:

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Internet video telephony

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Intranet and Internet video conferencing

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VideoMail

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WebCam

Video streaming:

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Video on Demand

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Live Video Broadcasting

Security:

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Motion detection

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Face recognition

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Biometric identification

Multimedia:

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Still image, audio and video capture

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Animations

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Panoramic images (360 degree images)

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Video screensaver

Videum Product Family

This users guide covers all of the following products:

Videum VO

(ISA or PCI) – video capture card

Videum AV

(ISA or PCI) – audio and video capture card

Videum Conference

(Pro) – Videum card and camera

VideumCam Desktop

(ISA and PCI) – interface card and

digital camera

VideumCam Traveler

- PC Card and digital camera

Summary of Contents for VIDEUM

Page 1: ...1 Videum Software and Hardware Users Guide ...

Page 2: ...ideo Camera are trademarks of Winnov Windows and Video for Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Pentium is a trademark of Intel Corporation Other trademarks mentioned in this document are owned by their respective companies No part of this document may be photocopied stored in a retrieval system transcribed or reproduced by any method either mechanical electronic photographic or otherwi...

Page 3: ...ing VideoMail WebCam Video streaming Video on Demand Live Video Broadcasting Security Motion detection Face recognition Biometric identification Multimedia Still image audio and video capture Animations Panoramic images 360 degree images Video screensaver Videum Product Family This users guide covers all of the following products Videum VO ISA or PCI video capture card Videum AV ISA or PCI audio a...

Page 4: ... Windows 2000 Packing list Videum hardware please check the label on the box to see what products are included The CD containing Drivers for Windows 3 11 95 98 2000 and NT 4 0 Videum Capture application to record audio and video clips still images animations or to set up a webcam Third Party Application Software in full or trial version including Microsoft NetMeeting RealNetworks G2 System Require...

Page 5: ...emove the cover of the computer so you have access to the open slots Use the instructions that came with your computer system 3 Find an available ISA or PCI slot inside your computer 4 Remove the protective slot cover from the back of the computer using a screwdriver Save the screw you will use later it to secure the Videum board Save the slot cover you removed for later use 5 Install the Videum b...

Page 6: ... see the Videum AV or VO board connectors on the back of the computer Videum AV orVO Videum AV Videum VO CD Audio In S Video Camera MXC Camera Composite Video Aux Audio In Line Mic Audio In Audio Out MXC Audio Out S Video Camera MXC Camera Composite Video ...

Page 7: ...llow these steps 1 Set the camera base on top of the monitor Place the camera so that the power light is on the right and the microphone is on the left 2 Connect the camera cable to the Multimedia Extension Connector MXC 3 Turn the camera on if necessary using the Power switch on the back of the camera Switch Default Setting Description BLC On Sets backlight compensation to prevent under exposed o...

Page 8: ...ternal CD ROM drive to Videum AV once your computer is open follow these steps Inside your computer locate the 4 or 5 pin connector and cable attached to the audio out port of the CD ROM drive Refer to the documentation that came with your CD ROM drive or computer Most manufacturers provide a cable that is already attached to this connector and stored within the computer If the cable is not there ...

Page 9: ...a and other S Video cameras MXC 8 pin mini DIN Winnov composite video camera Composite Video In RCA jack VCRs camcorders and other composite video cameras Aux Audio In 3 5mm stereo mini jack Audio output from VCR audio output from another sound card Line Mic In 3 5mm stereo mini jack Microphone or audio from an S Video camera Stereo Audio Out 3 5mm stereo mini jack Sound card Line In input takes a...

Page 10: ...icates that the camera is on and initialized The light is only on when the Videum software is running 6 Open the PC Card slot cover on the side of your compu ter and insert the PC Card into the PC Card slot as shown Then connect the cable to the PC Card Hold the PC Card at the edges and align the card with the connector slot Firmly press the card into the connector until the release pin is pushed ...

Page 11: ...system Using Videum With a Sound Card Videum can work with an internal sound card If a sound card is already installed the installation program installs the Videum audio driver as the secondary driver Use the Multimedia Audio Control Panel or select Audio Preferences from the Videum menu to select which card you want to use for audio capture and playback Audio inputs that need to be synchro nized ...

Page 12: ... CD ROM 1 ISA and PCI cards install the card and start the computer PC Card start the computer and plug in the PC Card Windows automatically detects the hardware 2 Click Next 3 Click Search for best driver for your device and click Next 4 Mark CD ROM drive and click Next Windows now locates the new driver on CD ROM PC Card MediaPlug PCMCIA Adapter Click Next 5 Windows may ask you to insert Winnov ...

Page 13: ...on procedure 1 Double click on the file which you have downloaded 2 Proceed through the procedure similar to the previous section Windows 95 98 Software Installation non PnP 1 Install the hardware Start the computer 2 Run Setup95 exe in the Win95 Disk1 directory on CD ROM 3 Restart the computer and run Videum Configure Windows NT 4 0 Software Installation Windows NT 4 0 does not support Plug and P...

Page 14: ...hen you can Update driver from the Device Manager and point to the Videum CD when it asks for drivers If Videum appears under Unknown devices then delete it click Refresh and point to the Videum CD when it asks for drivers For a PCMCIA card point to the INF file in the Windows 2000 directory on the CD After the PlugAndPlay install has been completed and the device appears as operational in the Dev...

Page 15: ... Default settings configured using Videum Configure are applied to all boards in the system The Information tab of the Videum Configure application allows you to select the card You can use the Videum Mixer application on the board 0 for the other ones use Windows mixer The Videum Board number can be selected from the Windows mixer using the Options menu select Properties then select the board wit...

Page 16: ...deo message and then include it in an e mail to Grandma Videum allows you to add multimedia to Web pages word processing documents presentations and so on Some times it is much more effective to communicate your ideas by seeing them than by writing an e mail Using the Videum Capture Window To view and record audio video and still images first open the Videum Capture application located in the Vide...

Page 17: ...l of the menus toolbars and status bar Preview Selects the mode in which to preview a video clip You can select Freeze Slow Speed Normal Speed High Perform ance or High Performance Stretch please choose the option which you think works best for you Always on Top Keeps the Capture window as the top window on your screen Capture Record Video Records an video clip with audio Record Audio Records an a...

Page 18: ...Sets image characteristics such as image size and compression ratio Video Source Sets a variety of image options such as brightness and contrast Video Size Selects a video size without having to access another dialog box Playback Play Plays the recorded audio or video clip Stop Freeze Stops recording the audio or video clip and stops the playback once it is started Rewind Rewinds the current audio...

Page 19: ...w It shows just one item the Winnov Camera since one of VideumCam prod ucts is installed If you install the Videum VO or AV you see three choices Composite S Video and MXC VideumCam set the gain and white balance to maximize image quality Set the white balance by pointing the camera at a true white source such as a white paper Videum select the video standard either PAL or NTSC 2 Set the image siz...

Page 20: ...o files can be very large WINX Provides the highest compression up to 1 48 but this Videum Codec is also required for playback Only for playback on your own system WPY2 Provides compression but this Videum Codec is also required for playback Only for playback on your own system WNV1 Provides good hardware compression mostly used under 4 1 but this Videum Codec is also required for playback Only fo...

Page 21: ...e the frame rate and whether or not you want to capture audio along with your video You can also set a capture time limit so that your movie files do not become too large Finally you can specify the default file name for video captures and give it an initial size in megabytes Pressing the Allocate button allocates space for this file which lets the Capture application capture more efficiently Devi...

Page 22: ...ng to audio capture You can set a time limit and a default file name for audio only captures Note that with Videum the audio capture frequency can be set from 8 to 48 kHz 8 or 16 bit mono or stereo Four audio inputs are supported Audio Capture Properties ...

Page 23: ...and the length in seconds of the delay Slow Scan Capture for still objects With standard analog video cameras a frame consists of two halves the even and the odd field These two fields are to be interleaved To get the maximum vertical resolution Videum needs to digitize both fields Click this option to enable this feature The fields are then interleaved and an average is made between multiple fram...

Page 24: ...o button again 3 An icon is displayed on the upper left side of the Videum Capture image indicating that a clip is ready Before you can capture another clip you must either save it send it via email place the existing clip into a document or choose Delete to delete this clip You have the option of placing the clip into a document pressing the Delete key to delete the clip or clicking the Save As b...

Page 25: ...ocation 4 To record an audio clip click the Record Audio button on the Videum Capture window A clip icon is displayed on the left side of the Videum Capture image indicating that a clip is available for place ment You must add it to a document save it or delete it before you can do another capture 5 To capture a still image clip click the Still Image Capture button on the Videum Capture window A c...

Page 26: ...cuments follow these steps 1 Capture the clip according to the instructions in the previous section Once the clip is captured you can see the appropriate clip icon on the Videum Capture window 2 Open any other application that can accept audio video or still images If the drag and drop feature is not supported by your application use the Paste feature in the Edit menu to insert the clip Adding Cli...

Page 27: ... When you drag and drop an audio clip an audio clip icon shown at the left is displayed When still images are inserted they appear just as they were snapped For example you can use audio and video clips to enhance e mail documents Just open any clipboard compliant appli cation and drop the clip Here is an example of what you can do Starting with Version 2 7 you can directly capture still images fr...

Page 28: ...Hz Mono sound Select the Send feature in the File Menu The video will be compressed in the selected format ASF format for email is the default format As soon as the compressed file is ready a New Email window will appear from your email application with the compressed Video attached Just enter your recipient s address the text you want to add and click Send This feature is possible if your email a...

Page 29: ... to the Internet via a fast modem or ISDN Select an Internet Service Provider who offers a good quality of service stable bandwidth for audio without dropouts Use a headset to eliminate echo Use a full duplex sound card such as Videum AV so that you can speak and listen at the same time Set the Video Quality control in Tools Options Video to find the best compromise in frame rate and sharpness ...

Page 30: ...o record Then click the Start button to start recording a time lapse movie Once the movie is completed a clip icon is available for inserting into other documents Example Take one frame every minute If you have set the capture rate to 15 fps the final video will play at 15 fps So one hour 60 minutes 60 frames will play in 4 seconds 10 hours will play in 40 seconds With this technique you can captu...

Page 31: ... the Done button when you are finished recording frames for the stop motion movie Once the movie is completed a clip icon is available for inserting into other documents Example Create your own animations easily Position an object in front of the camera Click the frame button once to take one image Move the object slightly and take the second image If the capture rate replay rate is set to 15 fps ...

Page 32: ...bCam dialog box is displayed 2 Use the Interval to set the time between captures Click the up and down arrows to set the minutes and seconds 3 Use the Browse button or type the name of the file to which the captures are to be saved 4 Select the image type and quality 5 For more image saving options click on the More button The Image Saving Options dialog box is displayed You can save each image to...

Page 33: ...ry where you want the image to be stored the FTP user name and password 6 Once all of the image saving options are specified click the OK button Press the Start button to start capturing images at the intervals specified or press the Take Now button to perform an image capture immediately You can also start the webcam directly by running wnvtool wcam A shortcut doing this action is available in th...

Page 34: ...on under Window Remote Video Control 1 Start Videum Link on the remote system 2 Enter the IP address of the remote system and hit enter Both Videum Link applications now connect via IP To deter mine your IP address run winipcfg from the Start Run menu Windows 95 or run ipcfg Windows NT Below the IP address 123 123 123 123 was entered 3 Now you can control all video windows of the remote system You...

Page 35: ...ideo window The insignia is pasted into any local video window at the fixed size specified 1 Close all your Video applications 2 Start Videum Insignia 3 Select an existing insignia from the list or 4 Click the Create New button or 5 Select an existing insignia and click the Edit button Create a new insignia or edit an existing insignia 1 Select a name and dimensions for the insignia 2 Use the draw...

Page 36: ...e your configuration VideumCam only one video input so only one preview window Videum VO AV one video window for each of the three video inputs 1 Select the default input This input is selected when an application is started for the first time 2 Select the default audio source to associate with that input This feature is convenient for communication applications audio inputs switch automatically w...

Page 37: ...Cam set Hue to get the most realistic color representation 5 Automatic Gain Control the light sensitivity of the VideumCam camera can be automatically controlled by software Gain of the Winnov Video Camera is controlled by switches on the back of the camera 6 Extras experimental video settings Smooth video setting only available on VideumCam products 7 Power Management use this dialog box to set t...

Page 38: ...n real time fast Pentium or Pentium II required Upgrade to the RealPublisher to create HTML pages with video automatically FTP the HTML page and the com pressed video to your website and any standard HTML server will stream your video into the Internet Create animations Use the Stop Motion feature of Videum Capture to create animations easily Please have a look at the sample animation dolls avi on...

Page 39: ...ction application such as Gotcha www prescientsys com to protect your office or your home Specify hot areas Gotcha activates capturing as soon as motion is detected in those areas defined Video clips are stored on hard disk which document any intrusion The future in personal security Watch for future integration of video communications and home security so that you can see from distance if an intr...

Page 40: ...les Support for ActiveX Controls and any programmatic features or issues will be provided ONLY through the Winnov Newsgroups Please visit our website for more information Now you can easily access our capture functions to use them in your application You can use virtually any programming environment Visual Basic Visual C Delphi and many more Also Microsoft Office97 includes Visual Basic for Applic...

Page 41: ...erify that the video format is compatible with your appli cation Try uncompressed capture YUY2 or RGBT Speckled or grainy video Your display is set to 256 colors or less Set it to 16 bit or 24 bit color Video capture does not work For best performance set the compression to WNV1 Capture is slow at the first time because the buffers and DLLs need to be loaded Poor capture performance defragment you...

Page 42: ...se use the Multimedia control to select the recording device No full duplex sound Many standard sound cards do not support full duplex operation especially under Windows NT Videum supports full duplex audio under all conditions Select Videum as audio recording device Select either Videum or your existing sound card as audio playback device Error message Capture card not present If you get this err...

Page 43: ...conferencing You hear yourself talking with a delay of about a second The person you are calling uses a loudspeaker Your voice is then picked up by the microphone and transmitted back to you Please ask the person you are calling to use a headset or a loudspeaker microphone combination with echo cancellation Please use a headset yourself too You need help If you have not found any help on the previ...

Page 44: ...V PnP Winnov PnP Videum Videum VO and AV PCI Winnov PCI Videum VideumCam Desktop ISA MediaPlug ISA Adapter VideumCam Desktop PCI Winnov PCI Videum VideumCam Traveler PC Card MediaPlug PCMCIA Adapter Only one driver should be installed at a time If you upgrade from a non PnP to a PnP card manually delete the old device driver before you install the new PnP card ...

Page 45: ...mera digital Active Pixels 250 000 pixels White balance automatic and manual Microphone integrated Lens 3 6mm f1 5 10 lux Distance 2mm to infinite Dimensions 60x96x28 mm wxlxh Weight 133 gr incl 0 7 m cable Power consumption 5 V 1 5 Watts Video Video formats RGB8 8 bit RGB 256 colors RGBH 16 bit RGB 32 000 colors RGBT 24 bit RGB 16 8 million colors WINX Interframe Compression 16 1 to 48 1 WNV1 Har...

Page 46: ...nces 8 kHz ideal for communications 16 24 and 48 kHz 11 025 22 050 and 44 100 kHz for multimedia Synchronisation Audio and video hardware synchronized File format WAV 4 audio inputs CD Line Aux and MXC 1 audio output 4 Watts Audio Connector Specifications Connector Characteristics Line Mic In 3 5 mm stereo mini jack for dynamic or electret bias microphone Aux In 3 5 mm stereo mini jack with 1 Vp p...

Page 47: ... mini DIN with 75 Ω input impedance 2 video signals luminance and chrominance no audio connect audio to Line Mic or Aux In MXC Connector Pinout Pin Assignment 1 I2 C SCL control data bus 2 I2 C SDA control data bus 3 Ground 4 5V DC at 500mA unregulated from PC motherboard 5 Ground 6 Line level audio from camera microphone 7 5V DC at 500mA regulated from Videum card 8 Composite video from camera ...

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