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Trademarks

 

AJA, Xena, Io, and Kona are trademarks of AJA Video, Inc. All other trademarks are the property 
of their respective holders.

 

Notice

 

Copyright © 2005 AJA Video, Inc. All rights reserved. All information in this manual is subject to 
change without notice. No part of the document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form, 
or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, without the 
express written permission of AJA Inc.

 

FCC Emission Information

 

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, 
pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection 
against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This 
equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in 
accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio 
communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful 
interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense. 
Changes or modifications not expressly approved by AJA Video can effect emission compliance 
and could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment.

 

Contacting Support

 

To contact AJA Video for sales or support, use any of the following methods:

443 Crown Point Circle, Grass Valley, CA. 95945 USA

Telephone: +1.800.251.4224 or +1.530.274.2048
Fax: +1.530.274.9442

Web: http://www.aja.com
Support Email: [email protected] 
Sales Email: [email protected]

When calling for support, have all information on the product (serial number etc.) at hand prior to 
calling. 

 

Limited Warranty

 

AJA Video warrants that this product will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of three years 
from the date of purchase. If a product proves to be defective during this warranty period, AJA Video, at its option, will 
either repair the defective product without charge for parts and labor, or will provide a replacement in exchange for the 
defective product.

In order to obtain service under this warranty, you the Customer, must notify AJA Video of the defect before the expiration 
of the warranty period and make suitable arrangements for the performance of service. The Customer shall be responsible 
for packaging and shipping the defective product to a designated service center nominated by AJA Video, with shipping 
charges prepaid. AJA Video shall pay for the return of the product to the Customer if the shipment is to a location within 
the country in which the AJA Video service center is located. Customer shall be responsible for paying all shipping charges, 
insurance, duties, taxes, and any other charges for products returned to any other locations.

This warranty shall not apply to any defect, failure or damage caused by improper use or improper or inadequate 
maintenance and care. AJA Video shall not be obligated to furnish service under this warranty a) to repair damage resulting 
from attempts by personnel other than AJA Video representatives to install, repair or service the product, b) to repair 
damage resulting from improper use or connection to incompatible equipment, c) to repair any damage or malfunction 
caused by the use of non-AJA Video parts or supplies, or d) to service a product that has been modified or integrated with 
other products when the effect of such a modification or integration increases the time or difficulty of servicing the 
product. 

THIS WARRANTY IS GIVEN BY AJA VIDEO IN LIEU OF ANY OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR 
IMPLIED. AJA VIDEO AND ITS VENDORS DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF 
MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. AJA VIDEO’S RESPONSIBILITY TO 
REPAIR OR REPLACE DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS IS THE WHOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY PROVIDED TO 
THE CUSTOMER FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES 
IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER AJA VIDEO OR THE VENDOR HAS ADVANCE NOTICE OF THE 
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Содержание XenaHS

Страница 1: ...XenaHS PCI Card Module User Manual July 12 2005 P N 101664 00...

Страница 2: ...s warranty period AJA Video at its option will either repair the defective product without charge for parts and labor or will provide a replacement in exchange for the defective product In order to ob...

Страница 3: ...BNCs SD HD 6 Using Xena With Application Software 6 Control Panel 6 Video Settings Choosing Format and Reference Source 6 Test Patterns 8 Capture 9 Windows Media Preferences Set Dither 10 Windows Med...

Страница 4: ...High Definition converters 32 AES Audio 32 Analog converters 33 Software Installation 33 About the Driver 33 Windows Plug and Play Driver Installation Procedure 33 Driver Upgrade Only 37 Xena Control...

Страница 5: ...s Media Support Most Windows media applications work properly with XenaHS as a capture device However since few applications support using Xena or any other device as an output device the Xena Control...

Страница 6: ...h preview capability in some video capture programs Other Applications XenaHS boards also work great with many applications for character generation producing stills and general video work Application...

Страница 7: ...for any particular PC determines how much memory is addressable by the CPU for each PCI slot Some rare computers may have insufficient PCI addressing capabilities If the board is installed in a PCI sl...

Страница 8: ...ate for YUV video is 124 MegaBytes second for UYVY and YUY2 1080i 30 fps This rate requires a disk system that can sustain 124 MB second with at least 248 MB second system PCI performance for each cha...

Страница 9: ...AES inputs support asynchronous audio at 32 96Khz VIDEO PROCESSING MIXER KEYER SPLIT or PASSTHRU PCI Bus Control Interface Memory Output Mix Split Control Genlock Reference Input Format Convert Format...

Страница 10: ...ol Panel The Xena Control Panel offers a way to select specific board settings generally not selectable from standard applications Through the Control Panel you can choose the Video Format select the...

Страница 11: ...choose include HD 1080i 50 00 Hz 1080i 59 94 Hz 1080i 60 00 Hz 720p 59 94 Hz 720p 60 00 Hz 1080p sf 23 98 Hz 1080p sf 24 00 Hz SD 525 59 94 Hz 625 50 00 Hz Reference Source settings you can choose in...

Страница 12: ...e Control Panel allows you to output a known video signal from the XenaHS output for testing purposes When exporting you can choose which components you wish to export Y Cb Cr Checking all the boxes d...

Страница 13: ...1 9 AJA XenaHS User Manual Using Xena With Application Software Capture Xena Control Panel Capture Window...

Страница 14: ...ecause in television pixels are rectangular rather than square and yet computer monitors only display square pixels So to ensure that circles display as circles for example you may need to convert the...

Страница 15: ...will allow rendering of the video at low speed With Strict Timing set to On for this case the video playback may freeze after playing for a short duration When playing video for long periods of time...

Страница 16: ...yer output you may get invalid registry files Technical Note The mechanism used to perform Windows Media Player re configuration involves making changes to the registry and adding files to your WINDOW...

Страница 17: ...ther wipe or slit operations See Split Mode discussed later Key When video processing is enabled and Key is chosen the Foreground key will cut a hole in the Background Video and insert the Foreground...

Страница 18: ...eral Adobe Photoshop plug ins that allow you to import and export still files from the card There are several subdirectories in the Adobe Photoshop Plug ins folder the Xena plug ins will work if place...

Страница 19: ...output If the image or selected part of the image to be exported is larger than full size then only the upper left most part of the image will be exported Photoshop can be used to resize the image ac...

Страница 20: ...CaymanGraphics com Web http www CaymanGraphics com In PowerCG Go to Settings User Preferences 4 Set User Preferences Change Video Format NTSC Rectangular Pixels 720 by 486 or PAL Rectangular Pixels 7...

Страница 21: ...clipboard when a thumbnail is double clicked Either way Xena can then Export the file from the clipboard to either Channel 1 or Channel 2 The clipboard can be continuously monitored by the Xena Contr...

Страница 22: ...mage How to configure this is discussed later in Supporting YUV Files within ThumbsPlus For now go to the ThumbsPlus Options menu and select Preferences In the Preferences dialog s General tab select...

Страница 23: ...Plus ThumbsPlus can support YUV format files when properly configured Adding a File Type Con guration First we must Add a File Type Configuration for YUV files 1 From the ThumbsPlus Options menu selec...

Страница 24: ...roperty page after yuv type is added Showing YUV Thumbnails To set YUV as one of the File types to show in the thumbnail view 1 Go to the File Types property page in the ThumbsPlus Preferences dialog...

Страница 25: ...Hunt includes the drive where the YUVFormat Plug in was copied when you originally installed the software as described in the installation topic later in this manual 3 Select Photoshop Plug in under L...

Страница 26: ...The Edit Default Action Since you have set the default action under the General tab of ThumbsPlus Preferences to Edit image to accommodate exporting of yuv files you must also make sure the default a...

Страница 27: ...ack device Use Xena HD Audio Device 2 for channels 3 4 or Xena HD Audio Device 3 for channels 5 6 Similarly you can choose a Xena audio device as the default sound recording device The audio settings...

Страница 28: ...erties 4 In the mixer device Properties dialog select Xena HD Audio Device 1 as the mixer device At least one of the Xena volume controls must be enabled in order for the Mixer dialog to be accessible...

Страница 29: ...xer dialog see below 2 In the Options menu of the Mixer dialog select Properties 3 In the mixer device Properties dialog select Xena HD Audio Device 1 as the mixer device If you want to be able to sel...

Страница 30: ...log you should see a full mixer dialog Mixer Dialog Wave In To record from the AES audio inputs connected to the D connector on the Xena board select AES in Ch 1 2 Note that AES In CH 3 4 and AES In C...

Страница 31: ...will be necessary to modify the Properties settings within Windows Media Encoder You will need to select AJA Xena HD Video Capture as the video source and AJA Xena HD Audio 1 as the audio source Note...

Страница 32: ...een AES audio and Embedded Audio channels you must use the full mixer dialog See the Sound Recording controls topic presented earlier for further information It may be useful to put the Xena audio int...

Страница 33: ...or 1280x720 To play back other sizes use the GraphEdit application read the next topic for details Using Xena with GraphEdit GraphEdit is a low level Microsoft tool for Windows Media application deve...

Страница 34: ...rate or un select the Use Frame Rate checkbox WMCap is good for verifying basic system functionality but occasionally has problems producing smooth output video If you can t get smooth output video us...

Страница 35: ...he following 1 Disconnect power from the computer where the Xena board will be installed remove line cord 2 Open the computer s case and locate an open PCI slot 3 Install Xena card module 4 Connect de...

Страница 36: ...you may also use analog 525 or 625 color black Inputs SDI video input SMPTE 259M SD or SMPTE 292M HD SDI Outputs SDI video output SMPTE 259M SD or SMPTE 292M HD SDI Standard Definition converters To w...

Страница 37: ...installation on the following pages and then discuss Control Panel Installation If you ve lost the CD or want the latest AJA software you can also install software by downloading a ZIP archive file f...

Страница 38: ...nstallation Found New Hardware Wizard 1 When the board is detected the Found New Hardware dialog shown will be displayed Click the Next button Driver Installation Please choose you search and installa...

Страница 39: ...installation options dialog select Don t search I will choose the driver to install Driver Installation Hardware Type 3 In the Hardware Type dialog select Sound video and game controllers Driver Insta...

Страница 40: ...receive a warning dialog Installing this device driver is not recommended because Windows cannot verify that it is compatible with your hardware If you receive this message DO NOT continue installati...

Страница 41: ...ly upgrading software you can use the Update Device Driver Wizard following the same instructions as the Found New Hardware Wizard Detailed instructions are outlined below to bring up the Update Devic...

Страница 42: ...ver Update System Properties 2 In the Device Manager double click the AJA Xena Serial Digital Framestore icon or select the AJA Xena Serial Digital Framestore icon and choose Properties from the Actio...

Страница 43: ...Update Device Manager 3 In the AJA Xena Serial Digital Framestore Properties dialog select the Driver tab and click Update Driver From there follow the same instructions given in the Windows Plug and...

Страница 44: ...menu of choices The Control Panel can be used to setup the board and to set Audio Video synchronization preferences for Windows Media The Control Panel should always be run before any other Xena softw...

Страница 45: ...grey out buttons that do not apply 2 A wizard screen is displayed Click the Next button to begin installation Follow the instructions for each screen pressing Next each time until you get the last scr...

Страница 46: ...as done by a user with Administrator privileges on the PC the Control Panel will be placed in the All Users Startup folder If the installation is done under an account without Administrator privileges...

Страница 47: ...op to Xena Note The plug ins also work with Adobe PhotoDeluxe Use of Xena with Adobe Photoshop is discussed earlier in this manual see the topic Using Xena with Photoshop Install AfterEffects Plug ins...

Страница 48: ...t the installer run the install exe file To install the driver follow the instructions given in the Windows Plug and Play Driver Installation topic presented earlier in this manual after pressing Have...

Страница 49: ...ues stored in the registry but this operation can fail if the firmware initialization is not complete Video Format Reference Source and Video Processing settings may need to be reset manually If after...

Страница 50: ...and Embedded Audio channels you must use the full mixer dialog See Sound Recording controls presented earlier in this manual When to Use the Reference Source Input Setting the Reference Source to Fre...

Страница 51: ...sed 10 bit 1080i 50 59 94 60 1080p psf 23 967 24 25 29 97 30 Audio I O 6 Channel AES EBU in out 20 24 bit 48 kHz internal input sample rate conversion accepts 32 96 kHz AES EBU inputs 15 pin D Connect...

Страница 52: ...48...

Страница 53: ...put 4 Dither 10 Driver 33 Driver Installation Procedure 33 Driver Upgrade 37 E Encoder Configuration 28 Encoder configuration files 27 Encoder Performance 28 F Features 1 Format 6 G GenLock 6 GraphEdi...

Страница 54: ...allation Problems 44 Troubleshooting Software 45 U Uncompressed video 28 Using Xena with Windows Media Player 9 29 V Vid Proc Mode 13 Video Delay 10 Video Processing Settings 12 Video Settings 6 W WDM...

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