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Appendix B: Installing the Video Capture Cards
If something goes wrong during the upgrade process (e.g., system power outage), you can revert to the factory
settings by powering down the system, temporarily removing the J8 link, then powering up the system with the
link removed. Once the system reboots, replace the J8 link link (while the system is powered up), and restart the
firmware upgrade process.
NOTE: The latest driver installation program includes an automatic firmware update, if required. Before
installing the application and driver, ensure that the J8 link is fitted.
B.3.8 Software Installation
The Video Capture Card software (driver and application) is installed by inserting the CD that was shipped with
your card into a CD drive on your PC. The installation process should start automatically.
If the CD fails to autorun, browse the CD, locate, then double-click on install.exe file; e.g., d:/install.exe and click
on Install Software… and follow the installation wizard instructions as prompted.
Application Overview
The application displays the connected source in a window; it has the following features:
• Scales the data to fit in the window.
• Ability to set up sources accurately (settings automatically saved).
• Save a single frame to a file in one of the following formats: BMP, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, PNG.
• Print a single frame.
• Maintain the aspect ratio of the displayed captured data.
• Cropping.
• Display text over the data (on-screen display).
• Command-line interface.
• Help file documenting all features.
NOTE: The supplied drivers and software require that you use Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server
2003, Windows Server 2008, or Windows 7 (x86 and x64 operating systems) or Linux (audio not
supported)
• Cd drive
Using the card with other Video Wall Controller products
The VCC-SDI-SD-HD-3 captures data and stores it in an on-board video buffer. This data is then copied using
DMA to the host system for display, storage, or streaming.
When a Video Wall Controller graphics card is used, VCC-SDI-SD-HD-3 transfers the data directly to the graphics
card, increasing performance. The VCC-SDI-SD-HD-3 sends the relevant portions of each captured image to
each display channel and instructs each channel to use its graphics engine to render the data. This fully uses
the hardware and dramatically increases performance.
When a Direct3D compatible graphics card is used, the data can be transferred directly to the graphics card in
a similar manner as the Radian Video Wall Processor graphics card, with the same benefit of non-tearing
captures.
When the data is displayed on a non Radian Video Wall Processor graphics card, the VCC-SDI-SD-HD-3 sends
the data to system memory or directly to the graphics card, depending on the software used for display.
