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LW Player User Guide v2.6
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HDM850/850+/950
BROADCAST DECODER
USER GUIDE
V2.6
Страница 1: ...This document is property of VITEC MULTIMEDIA and may not be used or diffused to a third party without prior written approval LW Player User Guide v2 6 page 1 70 HDM850 850 950 BROADCAST DECODER USER...
Страница 2: ...unused parameters 12 29 2010 1 7 15 20 VSH Update USE AFD Definition 12 30 2010 1 8 All RBE Review 12 30 2010 1 9 Update VSH Update doc 08 05 2011 2 0 All RBE Review 08 11 2011 2 1 Update RBE Merge wi...
Страница 3: ...tallation 10 3 3 Troubleshoot 12 4 Getting Started 13 4 1 Overview of PlayerLW and PlayerLWm applications 13 4 2 Configure PlayerLW m 13 5 PlayerLW m Window Overview 15 5 1 Main window 15 Configuratio...
Страница 4: ...l Preview Windows in PlayerLWm 40 7 How To 41 7 1 Compile Playlist 41 Entry Types 41 Create Playlist 42 Edit Playlist 42 Save Playlist 42 Open Playlist 42 Clear Playlist 43 7 2 Preview Toolbar 43 7 3...
Страница 5: ...5 70 Set Up SDI Synchronisation 48 Check Genlock Status 48 8 Command Line 50 8 1 Run Player in Command Line 50 9 HDM850 Configuration LW Setting Page 51 9 1 Queue Device VgaMon Assembly 51 Queue Mana...
Страница 6: ...vewire SDK Stradis SDK please refer to the appropriate document 2 HDM850 ARCHITECTURE Below is shown a simplified diagram of the HDM850 architecture This architecture must be reviewed before using LW...
Страница 7: ...and an index HDM850 card works in 4 8 or 16 lanes PCI express connector HDM850 card Overview DB 15 for VML01 cable in option SD SDI Output downscaled version of HD SDI HDMI out 8xAES unbalanced Audio...
Страница 8: ...User Guide v2 6 page 8 70 DB15 Pinout Description Additional Bracket Description VML02 cable in option This bracket must be plugged on J4 connector Pin Number Description 1 AES 1 2 AES 3 3 AES 5 4 AE...
Страница 9: ...card is ESD sensitive so pay attention while handling it Electrostatic Discharge ESD can quickly and easily damage or destroy the card or computer 4 Position the HDM850 card above a PCI express 4 lane...
Страница 10: ...crosoft Windows 8 7 XP 2000 or Windows Server 2003 2008 2012 32 64bits 2GB of RAM 7200 RPM SATA2 HEVC Intel Pentium Quad Core 2 8GHz or equivalent processor Microsoft Windows 8 7 or Windows Server 200...
Страница 11: ...suggests user to download and install the newest version of the framework Connect the PC to Internet in order to get the framework installed on the system 4 Install StradisSDK Press y If Stradis SDK h...
Страница 12: ...user access settings The installer cmd must be ran as administrator Check UAC settings for the user try disabling UAC If there are livewire dll LiveWireVBShell dll AssemblyServer exe installation FAIL...
Страница 13: ...system because every board commits more than 1Gb memory in User Mode it becomes impossible to run two or more boards in one process To use PlayerLW m you must first perform the following operations 1...
Страница 14: ...rt the other board with the active profile Current board will be released and get status NOT USED PlayerLW sets the board in configuration of the Active Profile in order to start the board next time w...
Страница 15: ...CONFIGURATION Open menu to load edit and close XML configuration file Double click on the button closes selected Active Profile Selected ActiveProfile configuration is marked in bold 2 QUICK ACCESS TO...
Страница 16: ...l I Frame SDI IN Insertion REMOVE ENTRY Select an entry in the Playlist Window and click Remove to delete the entry from the playlist LOAD PLAYLIST Click Load Playlist and select a playlist file Playe...
Страница 17: ...eo Preview as soon as HDM950 850 starts decoding It deactivates Video Preview when the playback is stopped PREVIOUS FILE Force Switch to previous file in the playlist NEXT FILE Force switch to next fi...
Страница 18: ...cifies the port of network transmission STREAM The edit field activates when RTSP is ON Write down source address in the field SAVE INCOMING STREAM TO FILE Enables writing incoming stream to storage F...
Страница 19: ...of the device Choose a standard with _df at the end to provide drop frame correction DURATION Virtual file duration is specified in frames So 1 sec of NTSC is 30 frames PAL 25 frames Open SDI Input In...
Страница 20: ...alled in the system If the list doesn t show a board that exists from the System Device Manager update the driver and restart the system BOARD N This is PlayerLW m internal numeration The board number...
Страница 21: ...m ACTIVE PROFILE NAME The field represents Active Profile s file name that has been loaded to configure the environment of the board BOARD PROPERTIES The field represents Board Number in the System Ty...
Страница 22: ...LT Sets LINEAR mode on the PCI E MATRIX And reset all the previous custom PCI E Matrix settings Applying a new configuration PlayerLW doesn t save previous set of audio values So it s not possible to...
Страница 23: ...to the left to set the minimum value dB Drag a bar graph to the right to set the maximum value 24 1 dB INPUT CHANNEL FIELD While changing the value by dragging a bar graph the send level is shown in t...
Страница 24: ...e file Displays the last frame of previous file if the function is implemented to the first frame of the file PREVIOUS FILE Displays the first frame of previous file GO TO BEGINNING Displays the first...
Страница 25: ...It sets and displays the first I Frame of next file if the function is implemented to a frame in the last GOP of the file NEXT FRAME 1 2 5 10 20 50 Expand and choose 2nd 5th 10th 20th 50th frame after...
Страница 26: ...with a half speed SLOW REVERSE 1 2 1 3 1 5 1 10 1 20 Expand and choose the backward playback speed FAST REVERSE REWIND 2x 3x 5x 10x 20x 50x Expand and choose the rewind speed PAUSE Pauses playing bac...
Страница 27: ...s all the previously loaded OSDs X Y Sets OSD position X Y coordinates The position counts from the upper left corner A Sets the OSD transparency of a picture or a text 255 opaque OSD 0 transparent OS...
Страница 28: ...ames Count X Y positions press the button to display Open dialog in order to select pictures for the animation sequence If you select more number of pictures than it has been specified in Frames Count...
Страница 29: ...and press STOP to stop and hide the OSD from the Display MOVABLE Makes the Frame Counter move around the previously set X Y position This mode is used as a demo to show move functionality CREATE Creat...
Страница 30: ...res some CPU and may lead to dropping of frames PLAYLIST Show Hide the Playlist window ENTRY PROPERTIES Show Hide Entry Properties window ENTRY PARAMETERS Show Hide Entry Parameters window INFORMATION...
Страница 31: ...ersion Custom option allows user to select a firmware bit stream from disk CHECK UPGRADE Compares current board firmware version with the selected in field firmware PROGRESS BAR Shows status of upgrad...
Страница 32: ...ode H 265 needs upgrading COMPANY NAME Write down your company name for identification in VITEC support database STEP 1 Write down the company name and press GENERATE LICENCE REQUEST button In appeare...
Страница 33: ...video status information overlays and OSD of the current board CONFIGURATION LIST Shows the list of the configurations that run in PlayerLWm Choose desirable configuration for executing an action from...
Страница 34: ...the file entry You don t have to turn on Calculate duration to watch current time REMAINING TIME Displays rest of the file entry 5 8 Playlist Window The Playlist is a browser tool which is used to or...
Страница 35: ...rty without prior written approval LW Player User Guide v2 6 page 35 70 MOVE AN ENTRY IN PLAYLIST Select a file press and hold SHIFT and move selected file by mouse to change the order or move the fil...
Страница 36: ...and enable the audio stream that is already in the list Select an audio stream and disable the audio stream that is already in the list Select Main File in the top of the list and add a new stream fro...
Страница 37: ...e is a video file It sets start position in bytes Player starts decoding from the I frame of the GOP next to the position TRUNCATION POSITION This parameter can be applied to an entry that type is a v...
Страница 38: ...to a third party without prior written approval LW Player User Guide v2 6 page 38 70 5 10 Output Window A log window which provides status information of the board The window shows status of the board...
Страница 39: ...aylist entry properties and Output windows can be individually moved and resized The ActiveProfile window Video Preview window can be resized Drag the border in the desired direction to resize the app...
Страница 40: ...re used the profiles for each board in one PlayerLWm application can be opened with a separate preview window By default PlayerLWm shows only one preview window The second profile is hidden And only c...
Страница 41: ...rames which PlayerLW interpreters it as how many times frame must be repeated xxx is the full name of the file which consists of full path and name Press ADD ENTRY to open explorer window Select the f...
Страница 42: ...tream Virtual I Frame and SDI Insertion PlayerLW saves in a temp file the last configuration of the playlist when closes so next time when PlayerLW runs it shows the last configured playlist Edit Play...
Страница 43: ...st at the end of current playlist Clear Playlist Use to do Playlist Window empty NOTE As soon as Clear Playlist button is pressed the confirmation menu appears Pressing YES button leads to full stop o...
Страница 44: ...mat identical with the input file format resolution and fps Available output modes PAL NTSC 720p25 29 97 30 720p50 59 94 60 1080i23 976 24 1080i50 59 94 60 1080p23 976 24 1080p25 29 97 30 1080p50 59 9...
Страница 45: ...ist Press Remove 7 5 VTR Control VTR Functionality Open Playlist of files to playback in VTR mode Enable Preview and uncheck Autostart in the DecoderTab Preview page 17 Select VTR Tab Check Enable VTR...
Страница 46: ...fter opening two or more boards few ActiveProfile configurations appear in the Preview Window page 33 To configure LW Settings or compile a playlist for the board choose a configuration from the list...
Страница 47: ...y stopped board can be added to the group If the boards in the group are decoding the group is locked Stop the group to join a new board A board in the group can be closed during decoding without any...
Страница 48: ...k Input Close LW Setting Page Choose configuration of the other slave board in the list Preview Window page 33 3 Repeat setting procedure for the board When the boards are configured restart the Playe...
Страница 49: ...dinates Set values Property AccessFlags 512 Current 1 Default 0 Name Show Info Window Property AccessFlags 512 Current 0 Default 0 Max 125830200 Min 0 Name Info Window Coordinates Save the configurati...
Страница 50: ...rLW exe profile path ActiveProfile xml file path media ts play Use coma between file names to run player with more than one file Example of multi board start 4 boards starts with one file that is adde...
Страница 51: ...f playlist NEWER keeps in pause when reaching the end of playlist Player resumes decoding when new entry appears in the end of playlist or an entry from the playlist is selected to play USE ITEM VALUE...
Страница 52: ...every board Current Board setting must be set to 1 in ActiveProfile1 xml for the first board and 2 in ActiveProfile2 xml for the second board etc Field Display Mode Choose the type of conversion when...
Страница 53: ...Copy PCIe Settings copy settings of PCIe audio matrix to SDI input audio matrix Zero set all to zero Custom use custom audio matrix settings Use Embeded SDI AES EBU Audio Output for custom settings N...
Страница 54: ...roup number to join few boards in order to manage them synchronously Disable Time Code Recalculation Default value is OFF in this mode HDM board reduces the start time code to zero for a file which st...
Страница 55: ...s and HD output resolutions ITU Rec 601 for SD files and SD output resolutions PlayerLW automatically adjusts color modes for files in playlist while decoding If HD file is played in SD output resolut...
Страница 56: ...rd WF VITC for SD EIA708 for HD Closed Caption Mode Available modes None Closed Captioning is turned off EIA608 Waveform Closed Caption Data transmitted as Wave Form signal This mode can only be used...
Страница 57: ...garding the output resolution Default 11 EIA 708 Packet Line insertion Set line which is used to transfer time code if Time Code mode was set to EIA708 or EIA708 SMPTE12 Default 12 Anc Pack AFD Line i...
Страница 58: ...udio input channels to the AES3 audio outputs AES3 PCM Mode Available modes Consimer Pro AES3 NonPCM Mode Available modes IEC 61937 SMPTE337M Output Audio Channels 01 16 Audio Input Channel from the D...
Страница 59: ...e for HDMI output Allows previewing of HD SDI Primary channel or Sd SDI Secondary channel HD Primary channel In this case the HDM850 connects HDMI output to the Primary Channel HD SDI Video Please ref...
Страница 60: ...Component Output is routed on the Secondary SD SDI channel The HDMI video resolution frame rates remains identical to the Secondary SD SDI Channel Output Analog Output Chroma Type YPbPr This mode is...
Страница 61: ...enabled then the Out Resolution parameter is not available In this case HDM850 automatically sets resolution to PAL NTSC depending on the Primary Channel Output frame rate Use AFD HDM board transmits...
Страница 62: ...lor parameters that can be adjusted Gain Min 0 Max 200 Default 100 Brightness Min 100 Max 100 Default 0 Saturation Min 0 Max 200 Default 100 Gamma Min 0 Max 1024 Default 512 Hue Min 180 Max 180 Defaul...
Страница 63: ...e According to SMPTE12 activate drop frame calculation for NTSC fps Set ON to get the dropped time code for VITC and LTC This option turns on only when Put Internal Time code is turned on Put Internal...
Страница 64: ...rovides audio without volume modification Click right button on the desired channel and select Hidden to hide the Audio Input Channel then fold expand Output Audio Channel Once hide it is possible to...
Страница 65: ...bly Playback Controller and RS422 Connection All other components are repeated from Queue Device VGAMon Assembly Therefore the environment which the components employ in continuous playback implements...
Страница 66: ...in Preview Group of the main window of the PlayerLW Open LiveWire Setting Page to execute a following command Pause Stop Always use Stop command before closing application or changing file s ordering...
Страница 67: ...HDM850 Plug in Stradis SAC014 to J7 connector of HDM850 board Install the cable with the red pin 1 line to the right side of the board Enable the RS422 Controller parameters in LW Setting Page RS 422...
Страница 68: ...21 00 appears in the Output window of the PlayerLW After this sequence of directions the PlayerLW plays media file Press STOP button to pause Press Rewind button to rewind Press Forward button to forw...
Страница 69: ...reproducing any program or data stored in or used with VITEC products Some states do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts or the exclusion of incidental or consequential damages...
Страница 70: ...uct and for other repair information including charges VITEC in its sole discretion may replace rather than repair your VITEC product with a new or reconditioned one of the same or similar design The...
