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1. 0 Height 128 Text at The Right Bottom Height Foreground Colour Fe Background Colour BG Transparent ForeGr Alpha ss BackGr Alpha f0 Total Text Lines 3 TimejDate CurrentTime amp Date Apply ox Cancel The Time Date combo box at the lower right corner controls how time date values are displayed None means no time date display Current Time Date means the time date when the video is being played back Record Time Date means the current time minus the MPEG file creation time thus the Recording Time Date the PlayTime means the MPEG file s playback time duration If the Show User Data check box at the upper right corner is checked it indicates if User Data See Section 8 6 for details is found in the MPEG video stream this OSD field will display the content of the User Data Please note this is NOT a complete User Data interpretation mechanism it only finds the User Data inserted at the Encoding Streaming operation where the first byte of the User Data is printable character ASCII code gt 0x20 and insertion speed is not very fast To fully implement a User Data interpretation algorithm the MPEGIO Application SDK will be needed to meet some specific application requirement If the User Data Prefix field at the upper right corner has contents any Show User Data OSD item will use this content to search the starting part of the inse
2. 2046 Cancel Select the COM port s name then match baud rate data bits parity stop bits and handshake parameters with the values of the external device s port click OK to save the settings Once MPEGIO is in recording streaming or transcoding mode clicking the Insert button once on the Insert user Data Window will start receiving serial port data Clicking the Stop Insert button there will stop receiving serial port data Serial port data received will be inserted into current encoding video stream when one of the RS232 Data Insert Condition happens these include 1 Time Out seconds as defined by the user every time this amount of seconds elapses all the received text if any will be inserted 2 Found CR LF whenever CR Carriage Return Character OxOD or LF LineFeed Character OxOA is found in the received serial data all data received until now will be inserted 3 if the length of the received text plus the User Data Prefix reaches 120 they will be inserted If the User Data Prefix string must be between 4 to 10 bytes is defined it will be added before any inserted user data e g if Inventa is supplied as User Data Prefix it will be added at the start of each insertion If the Record Pause Resume box inside the Auto Insert User Data group is ticked user data Resumed at Date Time will be inserted whenever recording to file is resumed after bein
3. Create Log check box indicates if a file named MPEGIO log will be created and maintained under the system folder usually C to log every recorded video file name length encoding type etc This MPEGIO log file will be used by the Instant Re Play function button Aria to retrieve recorded file names to display in the Recorded Files window for playback and by the Loop Disk function If the Loop Disk box is checked and the current hard disk s free space becomes lower than 100Mbytes during the recording MPEGIO will automatically delete the oldest recording file as remembered by the MPEGIO log file to increase free space If a Mirror Disk is selected the same oldest files on the mirrored disk will also be deleted If you wish to automatically increase free space as hard disk becomes full you need to tick the Create Log box together with Loop Disk box so that all currently being recorded file names can be remembered by MPEGIO log file to be used for automatic deletion when free space becomes low The Scheduler button Scheduler can be clicked to show the Recording Scheduler MPEGIO User Manual Page 23 Version 1 1 7 1 MPEGIO Recording Scheduler 124 06 2008 Scheduled Recording List ie Recording Start Date and Time Year MonthiDay Hour Min Duration Input Repeat FileWamePretix 2008 06 24 20 30 For O01H 50M on Composite Once FNP Sydneve 20080626 22 00 For OO0H 30M on Compos
4. 28 Version 1 1 7 1 seconds until the connection is set up When MPEGIO software exit and restart this will enable an automatic connection to remote monitor PC The TCP IP Port Number must have the same value as the MPEGIORM exe software does on the remote monitor PC see below The Local MPEGIO Card Description field s content will appear on the remote monitor PC as part of the connected MPEGIO card s name The Auto Report Status to Monitor PC Period controls how often the MPEGIO card sends its status report to the remote monitor PC default is every 2 seconds The remote monitor PC no MPEGIO card needed must start the MPEGIORM EXE software which is under the MPEGIO Remote Monitor folder on the MPEGIO Set up CD Copy this folder to your hard disk and run the MPEGIORM EXE there to display the MPEGIO Remote Monitor window MPEGIO Remote Monitor MPEGIO Monitor Name MPEGIORM Remote PC MPEGIO Card No 0 Monitor PC IP Addr 1 97 168 1 1 Total MPEGIO on Remote PC 2 nern Mode acade Total Connected MPEGIO Cards 3 Remote Local PCs TCP IP Port 200 P i MPEGIO Card Description Host Name IP Address Operation Free Disk MBytes 1601 83MB Decode Video Signal Type 168 1 Encode ia pend3gdevelopf192 168 1 1 Preview Video Signal Source Yideo Encode Type Yideo Frame Size Audio Sample Rate Audio Bitrate Kbps Status Report Time 2 Sec Min Show Video Strea
5. Command Line Switches and Windows Messages ____ 34 16 Support ete 34 Appendix 1 Keyboard Short Cuts nm 34 Appendix 2 Hardware Technical Specification www nnennnnennneenees 35 MPEGIO User Manual Page 1 Version 1 1 7 1 1 Main Features amp Functions MPEGIO is a realtime hardware MPEG video encoder amp decoder PCI card with many powerful features Realtime Encode Incoming Video Signal as Superior quality MPEG1 MPEG2 MPEG4 H 263 Video Files Realtime Decode High quality Video to external TV through on board video amp audio output sockets Realtime Transcode Convert MPEG files to different parameters bitrate frame sizes etc Realtime Preview incoming or played back video on PC screen in arbitrarily re sizable window Act as Streaming Server to Realtime Stream Live Video or Video Files to Network LAN WAN Internet Act as Streaming Client to Realtime Decode Transcode Network Video Received from Streaming Server Support up to 10 Cards on One PC to Simultaneously Record Play Stream Multiple MPEG video files Wide Range Capture Data Rates 50Kbps 15Mbps for MPEG1 MPEG2 amp MPEG4 formats Various Video Capture Frame Sizes from 176X120 to 720X576 Pixels Support Both Program Stream PS and Transport Stream TS MPEG Encoding Decoding and Transcoding Allow Multiple Aspect Ratio Encoding 4 3 16 9 Wide Screen and Square PEL Multi Frame Rate Encoding Decoding Transcoding 23fps 24fps 25fps 29 97fps 30fps 50fps 59
6. Condition ze Record Pause Resume T Time Out E SEC seral Port Data Record Start Date Time Bi ame en Dans Recording File Name Seral Port Data Insert MPEGIO hardware allows arbitrary User Data to be inserted into the encoded MPEG stream these data will not disturb the encoding decoding of the MPEG video stream but can be used for any application specific purposes mutually agreed between the encoding and decoding processes The MPEGIO application software implements a simple User Data insertion interpretation mechanism during video Encoding Streaming or Transcoding printable text strings inc user typed characters time and date strings etc or text received live from PC s serial port also called COM port RS232 port can be inserted into the encoded MPEG video stream During the MPEGIO decoding process the text inserted during the Encoding or Streaming time will be displayed as OSD text if any OSD field has Show User Data box ticked See Section 10 for the Show User Data Box details For example if the user keeps inserting the Date amp Time strings User Data Type Date amp Time Date amp Time Recording File Name serial Port Data during a video encoding process the encoded MPEG file w ll have multiple User Data fields bearing the Date Time at various encoding times If this MPEG file is decoded by MPEGIO card with some OSD fields defined as Show User Data these inserted Date amp Time
7. Transport for MPEG2 MPEG4 Note 1 In MPEG2 or MPEG4 type switching between Program Stream and Transport Stream will cause MPEGIO hardware reset after clicking the OK button of the Setup Window 2 Transport Stream TS encoding is useful for streaming video to Set top box etc devices that specifically require TS format video but not all PC MPEG decoding software can playback Transport Stream video 3 MPEGI VCD always use System Stream DVD SVCD always use Program Stream CBR Constant Bit Rate box checked or Variable Bit Rate box cleared Closed GOP The encoded Group of Picture is closed do not use previous frames or not VOB Format Keep it Checked default unless for files to load faster in Ulead VideoStudio etc software GOP N value number of frames in a GOP is between 1 256 GOP M value number of B amp P frames in a BP frame loop inside a GOP between 0 3 O means I frame only Bad Sync Detect and process bad timing signal for old VHS tapes played through VCR Frame Size Resolution selectable in pixels inc 704X576 PAL 704X480 NTSC etc Frame Rate 23 976fps 24fps 25fps 29 97fps 30fps SOfps 59 94fps 60fps Bit Rates selectable in Bit Per Second bps unit ranging between 50Kbps and 15Mbps See Note below Aspect Ratio 4 3 16 9 or Square This changes the encoded pixels shape not frame size Vertical Mask in Video Recording Start Position Mask remove lines at top of video frame Horizontal Mask in Video Record
8. file names can have mpg or ts extension 8 3 Convert Transcode Video Pressing Con button will display the Select Transcoding Mode dialog window Select Transcoding Mode Record Only Record and Stream Stream Only Stream Setup Cancel MPEGIO User Manual Page 13 Version 1 1 7 1 Check the Record Only box then select OK will convert an existing MPEG file to be selected next to a new MPEG file without streaming If OSD is enabled see Section 10 live text time date graphics overlay can also be recorded onto the new MPEG file The new MPEG file s encoding parameters are set in the Video Recording section from the Setup Window see Section 9 1 Check the Stream Only box and select OK will stream out the transcoded video from a MPEG File to be selected next to TCP IP addresses defined in the Stream Setup window without creating new MPEG file The streamed video will have the new encoding parameters as defined in the Setup Window see Section 9 1 If OSD see Section 10 is enabled OSD will also be streamed out Check the Record and Stream box will start both new MPEG file creation and video streaming Once OK is pressed the Select Source Video for Transcoding Window will appear Select Source Video for Transcoding Current Folder cii T Format Double Click Drag File Name to Select 1 Selected Play Files W PAL ATSC MPEG4 PS File Duration 00 00
9. is ticked together with the Receive Streaming Video the incoming stream video will also be recorded to disk file as named in the Setup Window see Section 9 during this time Split File will also be allowed in the same way as in the video recording time described in Section 8 1 Making MPEGIO card to act as both Streaming Client and Streaming Server simultaneously 1 e to receive incoming network video and to stream out this received video to a different IP address port at the same time is possible but high performance PC will be required or jitter will happen in the streamed out video Note In network video playback same as in local video file playback the Video Encoding Stream Program Stream or Transport Stream of the MPEGIO card and the incoming video must match if the incoming network video is in Transport Stream format MPEGIO must select Transport Stream encoding from the Setup Window If the incoming network is not in Transport Stream format the MPEGIO must select Program Stream MPEG2 4 or System Stream MPEGI1 After selecting files or incoming streaming IP address and port pressing OK will start video display in both the Video Window and external TV connected to the Video Output port of the MPEGIO card Audio can be heard from both PC s speakers and the speakers connected to the Audio Output port of the MPEGIO card During playback process the Play button becomes Pause button that allows switchin
10. or one MPEGIO card one Vlc exe etc can actively receive that video at any time Supplying both Multicast and Unicast IP addresses requires MPEGIO software to send out twice the encoded decoded video data therefore requires powerful PC performance otherwise the receiving end will experience intermittent data loss etc problems To stream across wide area network such as Internet the receiving end must configure its router s TCP IP port through the Network Address Port Translation NAPT function using UDP protocol see Section 11 for details on NAPT configuration note in this case the Protocol for NAPT must be UDP not TCP When streaming is in progress MPEGIO will display the streaming IP address and port number at the lower Stream Out 239 255 0 0 1224 left corner of the Control Window such as User Data can be inserted during video streaming same as video encoding process details in Section 8 6 8 5 Capture Still Images On the MPEGIO Control Window clicking Fe button will start Capture Still Image window MPEGIO User Manual Page 16 Version 1 1 7 1 Capture Still Images from Video 0 Selected Capture Device MIPEGIO Status Previewing Live videon Live Video Preview Captured Image Capture Cc yvideo4ae Captured r videot 600000010 jpg W Inc Filename suffis after each capture i Change Path Reset Counter Play sound after capturing still mt W Auto Capture on Ti
11. screen resolution 1024X720 Pixels or higher is needed to run the MPEGIO software properly a warning message will appear if the screen resolution is lower than this 7 User Interface Once started MPEGIO displays a Video Window with live video if available and a Control Window Pressing the Left Mouse Button inside either window then move the mouse cursor without releasing the mouse button will drag the window around the screen releasing the left mouse button will place the window at the new screen location The Video Window can be re sized by using the left mouse button to drag its edges while the Control Window cannot be resized Double Clicking inside the Video Window Maximize will toggle between Full Screen or normal display mode There is also a Pop Up Menu through right mouse button clicking either the Video Window or the Control Window where extra functions can be selected MPEGIO User Manual Page 6 Version 1 1 7 1 Aspect Ratio Po Centre Windows Control Window Encoding Parameters Hardware Reset Encoding Chip Maximize Minimize Monitor PO On OrF Record Black Screen Only Setup Stream video Stream Setup T le Text ClosedCaption Toggle TopMost User Data Insert Exit About MPEGIO Most MPEGIO functions are accessed through the function buttons and special control items on the Control Window Moving mouse cursor towards these buttons and control items will drop down a small ellow tool tip
12. text will be displayed together with the MPEG video Similarly if the encoded MPEG video is streamed out live and received live by another MPEGIO card where Show User Data OSD fields have been defined the receiving video stream will show the inserted Date amp Time text on the displayed live streaming video To fully implement some application specific User Data mechanism MPEGIO Application SDK will be needed User Data inserted into encoded MPEG video stream depends on the selection of the User Data Type which can be one of the following MPEGIO User Manual Page 18 Version 1 1 7 1 1 Typed in Text any text user typed into the edit box at the upper portion of the window 2 Date amp Time the date and time when Insert button is clicked prefixed by text Recorded at 3 Recording File Name the current recording file name without the leading path 4 Serial Port Data realtime data received from the currently configured serial port To configure PC s serial port connected to an external device s serial port first select the Serial Port Data R5232 Setup User Data Type gert Condition Oo SEC User Data Type then click the RS232 Setup button Window will appear Setup COM Port Port Name COMI Baud Rate el bit per sec Data Bits z Parity Total Comm Porks 1 Stop Bits 1 r Handshake Mo Hand Shake Read Buffer Size 2045 write Buffer Size
13. the MPEGIO name where the X can be 0 1 etc indicating the card number as supplied to the MPEGIO exe in the Target box as described above ME EBOLO ng 8 Turning on the Video Window Show Card Number option in the Setup Window will display that MPEGIO card number in its video window s upper left corner 9 Simultaneously start stop recording if the Record Start Stop on Multiple Cards box is selected from the Setup Window start stop recording from this MPEGIO card will show the Select Capture Cards window Select Capture Cards to Start Recording W Cadi Card WM Card3 Cancel 10 Audio heard on multiple MPEGIO cards only the last selected left mouse click its video control window or newly started card s audio can be heard from PC s sound card speakers Volume amp Mute controls apply to individual cards independently MPEGIO User Manual Page 33 Version 1 1 7 1 11 Space multiple video windows across the screen Pop up menu items are available to equally arrange multiple video windows across the PC s screen the selected video windows will be horizontally arranged using the largest window s size 12 Audio I O Sockets All MPEGIO cards audio inputs go to the blue coloured audio input socket audio outputs go to the green coloured audio output the green 3 5mm socket 13 In multi MPEGIO PC when 1 time starting MPEGIO software an Initializ
14. video playback software such as VideoLan http www videolan org MPEG4IP http mpeg4ip sourceforge net or by some stand alone video streaming client devices such as Amino http www aminocom com on the LAN or Internet network MPEGIO streams video in a connectionless mode called UDP mode which does not require any receiving end to respond or exist therefore how the streamed out video data is processed by any receiving party or no receiving party exists at all will not affect the operation of the streaming MPEGIO card The MPEGIO streamed video data is in the raw format as they are encoded decoded by the MPEGIO hardware no encapsulation data will be added if the receiving parties save the received MPEGIO video data as MPEG files they will be exactly the same as an MPEGIO card can record decode on the remote site thus if MPEGIO is encoding or decoding a DVD compliant video the streamed video data can be used to create DVD movie disk immediately by the receiving end MPEGIO User Manual Page 15 Version 1 1 7 1 As mentioned previously MPEGIO card streaming out video is acting as a Video Streaming Server while MPEGIO card or other device receiving incoming video will be acting as a Video Streaming Client It is possible to make MPEGIO to act as both Streaming Server and Streaming Client at the same time e g decoding an incoming network video and streaming it out simultaneously to a different IP address Port but PC re
15. 09 De Select Play Delay 5 ms O50 Setup Loop W OSD Show User Data Ne Audio Delay at Play Start 0 SEC Receive Streaming video v Incoming MPEG Type Streaming IP Addr Be IP Part ize S mecz gt cancel This window is exactly the same as the Select Play Files window described in the Section 8 2 previously except the Stream out Decoded Video box and Stream Setup button are removed since if streaming out the transcoded video has been selected in the previous dialog before this window is displayed Either one MPEG file or incoming network video stream can be selected as the source for transcoding Similarly as in Select Play Files window if the selected file was not recorded by MPEGIO compatible hardware the Specify Video Stream Type Window will appear Video Transcoding Conversion is done in realtime through MPEGIO s on board hardware to first decode the existing video file or network video stream then simultaneously convert transcode the decoded content to new format During this process the decoded video is played in the Video Window and the external TV in normal speed and the converted new file if not in Stream Only mode will start and finish a few seconds later after the decoding stops If not in Stream an iioc al Play and Record time progress will be a t ae 33 ash displayed during video conversion Rect Please note that Convers
16. 94fps 60fps Forever Video amp Audio Sync during video preview capture playback stream and in the recorded files Realtime Seamlessly Split Recording Video into Multiple Files at Different Size Time without Any Data Loss User Data Can Be Realtime Inserted Unlimitedly during Video Encoding Streaming and Transcoding User Data Inserted Can Come from Multiple Sources inc Serial RS232 Port Typed in Text Date Time etc User Data Inserted Can Be Displayed as OSD during Video Playback Pause and Resume During Video Recording without Closing Recording File Instantly Start Video Capture at User s Request Button press without lengthy delays Start Video Capture as Video Signal Appears Stops Video Capture after Video Signal Disappears for a period of user defined time Add OSD On Screen Display Text Time Date amp Graphics at Decoding and Transcoding Time Live display Teletext pages and save them as text or graphics images Capture Still Images in BMP JPG GIF TIF PNG Format during Preview Record Decode Transcode Times Still Images Can Be Auto Grabbed using Timer and Current Date Time Can Be Printed on Grabbed Images Capture DVD Compliant or arbitrary MPEG2 MPEG4 or MPEG1 video files Captured DVD Compliant files can be used to burn DVD movie disk without re compression Realtime preview incoming video and audio with video in sync with incoming signal Realtime preview incoming video and audio with video amp audio perfectly synchronized PAL a
17. Card Description Fe W Accept Remote Monitor PC Initiated Connection Remote Monitor PC Descriptive Name MPEGIORM Remote Monitor PC Network Hame celeronz66 mshome net Remote Monitor PC IP Address 197 168 GQ 9 lt Clear Folling Period for Auto Connection E SEC Auto Report Status to Monitor PC Period 2 Sec Connection Status Disconnected Connect Finish Disconnect Connect to Remote Monitor PC Window After filling in the IP address of the Remote Monitor PC clicking the Connect button will connect the MPEGIO card to the remote monitor PC that is running MPEGIORM exe software see below Once connected press Finish to exit and allow other functions to operate normally If the remote monitor PC is not responding the connecting MPEGIO software will time out in about 30 60 seconds and the Connection Status field will indicate Failed to Connect If the box Accept Remote Monitor PC Initiated Connection is ticked this MPEGIO card can also be connected by a connection initiated by the remote monitor PC if it knows this PC s IP address Note changes to this box s status only takes place AFTER pressing the Finish button If the Polling Period for Auto Connection is non zero gt 30 sec then after pressing the Finish button the MPEGIO software will automatically try to connect to the remote monitor PC in every Polling Period MPEGIO User Manual Page
18. EG1 MPEG2 and MPEG4 H 263 Video resolution in pixels PAL 176X144 352X288 480X576 704X576 720X576 NTSC 176X120 352X240 480X480 704X480 720X480 Video Encoding Aspect Ratio 4 3 16 9 Square PEL Audio formats MPEG 1 Layer LII amp HI MP3 AC3 Dolby 5 1 G 729 Audio sample rates 8K 16k 22 5K 24K 32K 44 1K 48KHzAudio bit rates 32Kbps 384Kbps PCI Bus v2 1 Compliance Video Input Composite and S Video Video Output Composite or SVideo Conversion Cable Supplied Audio Input 3 5mm Phone Jack Stereo Audio Output 3 5mm Phone Jack Stereo Physical Dimension 177mm Length X 105mm Height not including PCI Connectors of about 7mm MPEGIO User Manual Page 35 Version 1 1 7 1 MPEGIO User Manual Page 36 Version 1 1 7 1
19. EGIO Recording Scheduler Window see section 9 1 as on the MPEGIO software Adding modifying and deleting schedules can be operated exactly the same way as on a PC with MPEGIO card Clicking OK will send the new schedules to the remotely connected MPEGIO card The Run Command button allows the remote MPEGIO card PC to execute simple Windows command no space or argument is allowed in or following the command name path Complicated commands such as ftp s ftpfile can be put into a single bat file for execution The Start Record button will record video into file indicated by the Recording Directory and File Name if they are valid path and name existing file will be replaced without warning The Stop button will stop any non preview operation Encode Decode or Transcode Clicking the Is Streaming box will start stop video streaming if the MPEGIO card being monitored starts or stops streaming this box will be automatically updated The Show Video button will run vic exe program to display incoming streamed video if available from the address indicated in the Streaming Video IPs 12 Default Parameter Values When first time starting MPEGIO software various parameters used by MPEGIO have their default values set automatically Each time when the software exits the possibly changed values will be saved into a file named MPEGIO INI under the PC s SYSTEM DRIVE normally C to be used for subsequen
20. MPEGIO Realtime MPEG1 2 4 Hardware Encoder amp Decoder User Manual Version 1 1 7 1 Copyright 2010 Inventa Australia Pty Ltd Video pat 5 Video Input a Video Ouiput oa Aud o Inpui i Audo Otput _ Table of Contents 1 Main Features amp Functions wenn neen nn neeeeee 2 2 Package Contents nun 2 3 Minimum System Requirement nennen 2 4 Hardware Installation atten 3 5 Software Installation eee nee eee 3 6 Starting the Software nun 6 7 User Interface 900 ete 6 8 Main Functions menu 8 8 1 Record Capture Video wenn nnn nen nne nnn 8 8 2 Play Decode Video amp Instant RePlay wnt nneennnnn anaes 10 8 3 Convert Transcode Video nn 13 8 4 Stream Video 2 nn 15 8 5 Capture Still Images 000 mmennunnnnnnnnnnnnnn 16 8 6 Insert User Data 2 2 2 2 nun 18 8 7Teletext gt gt nn 20 9 Set up Parameters nn 21 9 1 Video Recording Set ups wen nen nnn n nce n nee 21 9 2 Video Input Set up wenn nen nee n nee 25 9 3 Video Encoding Parameters 0 emmannnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 25 9 4 Audio Encoding Parameters wen nen nnn n nnn n anes 25 9 5 Video Display St u ps 0 mmennunnnnnnnnnnnnnn 25 10 Text amp Graphics OSD On Screen Display Settings _ _ 26 11 Remote Management Function nennen 28 12 Default Parameter Values Femme 30 13 Create DVD from Captured Video Files ween nnn n nnn nne enone 32 14 Running Multiple MPEGIO Cards Simultaneously 32 15
21. MPEGIO folder drag drop while holding down the Ctrl Shift keys several shortcut icons onto Windows desktop making their number ne installed name them as MPEGIO 0 MPEGO 1 MPEGIO 2 MPEGIO 3 a za I Note you must use the icon from the C Program Files Inventa MPEGIO folder to create MPEGIO 1 MPEGIO 2 etc shortcuts not the MPEGIO 0 icon created by the Set up software on the desktop 5 For each shortcut icon on the desktop supply one number indicating the MPEGIO card number as the parameter passed to the MPEGIO exe program right click the icon select Properties add the number at the end of the Target box after MPEGIO exe with at least one leading space MPEGIO User Manual Page 32 Version 1 1 7 1 MPEGIO 1 Properties General shortcut Compatibility rey MPEGIO 1 Target type Application Target locaton MPEGIO Target rogram Files InwentaYMPEGIOYMPEGID exe Start in CP rogram Files Inwenta MPEGID Shortcut key None Comment Rur Normal window w 6 Note by convention the single number used in naming different MPEGIO shortcut icons MPEGIO 0 MPEGIO 1 etc corresponds to the MPEGIO card number 7 Once the correct card number is supplied to all the MPEGIO shortcut icons double clicking any icon will launch MPEGIO software for that particular PCI card On the MPEGIO control window a small cardX text will appear to the right of
22. Recorded Files Window Recorded Files Double Click File Name to Play on MPEGIO card1 C mpa 6M6 0 00 09 PAL MPEG4 CBR 5000Kbps C z222 mpq 4MB 0 00 0 PAL MPEG4 CBR 5000Kbps Csvcd mpq 5MB 0 00 07 PAL MPEG4 CBR 5000Kbps CA dvd1 mpqg 18MB 0 00 15 PAL D YD CBR 9000Kbps DADSNAP 22222sdt mpqq 10KMB 0 00 06 PAL MPEG2 CBR 9000Kb DADSNAP 111 mpq5 13MB 0 00 1 2 PAL MPEG2 CBR 9000Kbps cancel Recorded Files Window Double clicking any file will start playing it instantly Note on multi MPEGIO cards PCs the Recorded Files Window will contain file names recorded by all MPEGIO cards not just the current card To grab still images during playback process the Pic button Pe must be clicked BEFORE starting the Play operation so that the Capture Still Images window appears together with the Video window do not dismiss this Capture Still Images window until the Play operation finishes if you wish to grab still images throughout the entire video playback process See Section 8 5 for details on still image grabbing window When MPEGIO is in Preview mode Drag valid MPEG video files from Windows File Explorer and Drop them into MPEGIO s Control Window will also start playing the dropped files any previously selected play files will be replaced by the newly drag and dropped files In Program Stream encoding mode the Drag and Dropped MPEG file names must have extension mpg in Transport Stream encoding mode the
23. T indicate Transport Stream MPEGIO User Manual Page 7 Version 1 1 7 1 Both the Video Window and the Control Window can be centred instantly on PC s screen by selecting the Centre Windows item either from the Pop Up Menu brought up by right mouse clicking the video or control window or from the system menu of the MPEGIO Control Window on the Windows task bar brought up by right mouse clicking the MPEGIO Control Window icon on the task bar Move x Close Alt F4 Centre Windows About Inventa MPEGIO i ioncrol Ei Ba d m kal 8 Main Functions 8 1 Record Capture Video Click Rec button Bec on the Control Window will bring up the Select Encoding Mode window Select Encoding Mode Record Only Record and Stream Stream Only Stream Setup Cancel Select the Record Only mode will start video recording into a disk file using the current settings defined in the Video Recording section of the Setup window see Section 9 1 below Depending on the setting a file name prompt will pop up either before or after the recording or a pre defined file name will be used silently The recorded file name including the full path will be displayed at the lower left corner of the Control Window during the recording process and a mpg extension will always be appended at the end if that has not been supplied by the user Select the Stream Only mode will stream the encoded vi
24. and date text at the image grabbing time with the X Y positions defined by the user as indicated on screen The font used to display the time on the captured image can be changed by clicking the Time Font button where font size colour type face etc parameters can be defined and remembered by the MPEGIO software Picture Grabbing can be started during any of the Preview Record Play and Transcode operation mode In particular during the Play Section 8 2 and Transcode Section 8 3 mode grabbing image from live played or transcoded video needs starting the Capture Still Image Window clicking the Pic button Before starting either the Play or Transcode operation Once the Play or Transcode operation has started pressing the Capture Image button or check the Auto Capture box will grab images During Play or Transcode operation 1f OSD Section 10 is enabled the grabbed image file will bear the OSD content as well MPEGIO User Manual Page 17 Version 1 1 7 1 Dismissing the Capture Still Image Window during Play or Transcode operation will not allow this window to re appear again until the Play or Transcode operation ends 8 6 Insert User Data From the Pop Up Menu selecting the User Data Insert item will display the Insert User Data Window Insert User Data on MPEGIO O Insert Text Line 1 Second Line Insertion Stop Insert AS232 Setup User Data Type Auto Insert User Data RS232 Data Insert
25. another installed program ResetDrivers can be used to reset the MPEGIO hardware if malfunction happens After both drivers are installed for all MPEGIO cards check the MS Windows ControlPanel gt System gt Hardware gt DeviceManager gt Sound video and game controllers category to make sure every MPEGIO card has one pair of Phillips DVR and VW2010 PCT drivers listed without question mark or exclamation mark MPEGIO User Manual Page 3 Version 1 1 7 1 Sound video and game controllers p Audio Codecs FireDTY WDM lL Legacy Audio Drivers Legacy Video Capture Devices L Media Control Devices APhilips DYR SAA7134 WDM Video Capture 4 PocketHDTY USB DVB T device Realtek 4297 Audio Standard Game Port Se video Codecs Device Drivers L Ww2010 PCI Driv After all device drivers are installed properly Windows will have a pop up message box at the lower 4 Found New Hardware x Your new hardware is installed and ready to use E right corner of the screen Please note after re installing WindowsXP on a PC with MPEGIO card remaining seated in PCI slot two un recognized Multimedia Controller PCI Device or similar items will appear in the Windows ControlPannel gt System gt Hardware gt DeviceManager window preceded by a yellow question mark or exclamation mark since WindowsXP can not install their device driver software These items will need updat
26. cording is started the Rec Bec button becomes Pause button clicking Pause button will pause the recording without closing the current recording file but changing the button into Rec again clicking the Rec button after pausing will resume recording video data into the current recording file Continuously toggling between Rec and Pause status will record video into the same file with multiple sections of the original video removed Stop Recording Click Step button or when the timer expires or the MPEGIO software exits 8 2 Play Decode Video amp Instant RePlay Although video files recorded by MPEGIO can be played back by many software including Windows MediaPlayer CyberLink PowerDVD VideoLan VLC media player etc only MPEGIO software itself can display the played back video on external TV and on PC s screen simultaneously all other software display the video only on PC s screen MPEGIO can decode display MPEG video either from recorded MPEG files or from incoming network video stream Previously recorded MPEG files can be either drag and dropped from Microsoft Windows Explorer or can be selected from the Select Play Files Window while incoming network video stream details can only be defined from within the Select Play Files Window Clicking Ea button will open the Select Play Files Window Select Play Files Current Folder cil TY Format Double Zlick Drag File Name to Select 2 Sel
27. cture M Pre Named ds Texts record Ww ClosedGOP N 115 Mi B setup File Name Fields Video Recording Start Position Mask Split Recording File l Db Five Split Recording File at File Size of Every 0 MBytes Vertical Mask is Split Recording File at Recording Time 0 Minutes Horizontal Mask all o Pixels i Reset Split File Number When Reaching 666 Audio Encoding Parameters Recording Stop Condition Formal Sampling Rate Bit Rate E bps Manually Press Stop Button Signal Loss for SEC MPEG Layer2 224K Bps i Continue Record Signal Loss War before Ending Record g T 7 Warning E mail Meg First Part Multi Cards Setting warning E mail 4ddress Record Start Stop on Multiple Cards _ Send warning E mail Wher MPEGIO Stat MPEGIO Est Signalloss Out of Space ie Video Window Show Card Blum Cancel The Setup Window 9 1 Video Recording Set ups The Current Path is the folder where all recorded or converted video files will be placed Left mouse double clicking any path or drive name will select it as new Current Path Note if MPEGIO software starts up with a previously recorded Current Path that does not exist anymore e g the folder has been deleted the current Windows SYSTEMDRIVE will be used as Current Path this normally is C If a Mirror Disk drive letter is selected must be one of the fixed hard disk drives different from the current recording pa
28. d to connect MPEGIO cards and monitor PC over Internet or WAN For connection over the local area network these methods are not needed MPEGIORM EXE listens to remote MPEGIO card software s connection request through the TCP port displayed on its screen Different port numbers can be supplied as the first command line parameter at start up such as MPEGIORM EXE 1500 Note once a TCP port number different from the default value 1200 is used by MPEGIORM EXE all remote MPEGIO software need to change their TCP port number as well from their connection set up MPEGIO exe and MPEGIORM exe use the supplied TCP port plus other 10 ports above the supplied number e g 1200 1201 1210 The No 2 No 4 command line parameters following the first one can be used to indicate the initial IP Address value of the remote MPEGIO card e g running MPEGIORM EXE 1200 192 168 0 102 ina MS DOS Box will start MPEGIORM exe with the default TCP Port 1200 but also put IP address 192 168 0 102 into the IP Addr Box at the bottom line of the MPEGIO Remote Monitor window MPEGIORM exe software can initiate a connection to a remote MPEGIO card by clicking the Connect to MPEGIO Card button after supplying the remote PC s IP address and MPEGIO card no if the remote MPEGIO card has ticked its Accept Remote Monitor PC Initiated Connection box On MPEGIORM EXE s window pressing the Schedule Record button will display the same MP
29. deo to the TCP IP address defined in the Stream Setup dialog window see Section 8 4 for details without creating a file on hard disk Similarly as in the Record Only mode the streamed video is encoded using the current settings in the Setup window Select the Record and Stream mode will save file and stream video simultaneously The Stream Setup button can be used to set up video streaming TCP IP addresses see Section 8 4 During video recording process several actions can be taken Colour Adjustment click the Color button oo will show the colour adjusting window MPEGIO User Manual Page 8 Version 1 1 7 1 Video Capture Properties Once adjusted and OK button clicked MPEGIO hardware will keep the changed values even when the MPEGIO software or the PC has been shutdown and re started until the colour values are changed again from this window If colour values are changed during video encoding time the new values will be reflected in the recorded video file and or streamed out video data immediately Recording Timer pie Timer length can be adjusted throughout the recording process by clicking the up down arrow in a minute unit Split File Sel xin this button or select Split Recording File from the Drop down menu will close the current recording file and start a new file name for all subsequent recordings until this button is clicked again The split file will be named af
30. e Encore etc is needed DVD menus buttons chapter points etc can be created from within the DVD authoring software 14 Running Multiple MPEGIO Cards Simultaneously A maximum of 10 MPEGIO PCI cards can be run on one PC to record or play video simultaneously To run multiple MPEGIO cards in one PC follow these steps 1 Power down the PC install all MPEGIO cards onto empty PCI slots 2 Power on the PC install device drivers for all MPEGIO cards as in Section 5 Software Installation Multiple device driver lines will appear in Windows ControlPanel each consisting of 1 Phillips DVR and 1 VW2010 driver lines corresponds to one MPEGIO card A PC with 4 MPEGIO cards will show their device drivers in Windows ControlPanel gt System gt Hardware gt DeviceManager gt Sound video and game controllers as Audio Codecs lt Legacy Audio Drivers p Legacy Video Capture Devices Media Control Devices 2 Phillips DYR 5 447134 WOM Video Capture 9 Phillips DVR 5447134 WOM Video Capture Philips DYR 5 447134 WDM Video Capture 9 Phillips DYR 5 447134 WOM Video Capture Realtek AC 97 Audio Standard Game Port Video Codecs B vw2010 PCI Driver VW2010 PCI Driver E VW2010 PCI Driver ED YW2OLO PCI Driver 3 Install the MPEGIO application software same as in the single card situation MPEGIO exe o MPEGIO 4 From the MPEGIO icon NAERTSEIERBSIER iy the C Program Files Inventa
31. e Stop button or be automatically stopped when the whole file has been transcoded 1 e when the end of file is reached If OSD see Section 10 is enabled the OSD result will be either recorded in the converted file Record_Only mode or streamed out with the transcoded video Stream_Only mode or in both the converted file and streamed out video Record_And_Stream mode When not in Stream Only mode transcoding will allow File Splitting the same way as in Video Recoding Process recording file splitting can happen manually or according to recording time or file length as defined in the Setup Window see Section 9 below To Grab Still Images during Transcoding process the Pic button Pe must be clicked BEFORE starting the Transcoding operation so that the Capture Still Images window appears together with the Video window do not dismiss this Capture Still Images window until the Transcoding operation finishes if you wish to grab still images throughout the entire Transcoding process See Section 8 5 for details on still image grabbing window User Data can be inserted during transcoding same as during video encoding process details in Section 8 6 8 4 Stream Video Stream Video means to send the MPEG video data either encoded live from the incoming video signal or decoded from a pre recorded MPEG file to some TCP IP network addresses in the hope they can be received by another MPEGIO card or by some
32. e driver operation right mouse click then select Update driver or running the SetupDrivers program from MPEGIO program group to install the proper device driver before the MPEGIO application software can work properly run the SetupDrivers from MPEGIO program group or delete these two items right mouse click them then select Uninstall highlight the PC s name in the DeviceManager window then select Scan for Hardware Changes then follow the same steps as at the start of this section to install their device drivers MPEGIO User Manual Page 4 Version 1 1 7 1 Device Manager aa mumm ninin n nn ee eee ee aa nTn m a nmaa aa ee EJ 5 DYOICD ROM drives 42 Floppy disk controllers u Floppy disk drives 4 IDE ATAYATAPI controllers sun der p TE z Monitors A Network adapters oh Other devices fe PCI Device Ports COM amp LPT ae Processors B Sound video and game controllers 3 AB Audio Codecs Legacy Audio Drivers Legacy Video Capture Devices A Media Control Devices lp Multimedia Controller GHG 5 3 To install the Application Software first uninstall any existing software See below then click the Next gt on the MPEGIO Setup Wizard window which normally starts up automatically after inserting the set up CD or will appear after double clicking the Start exe software on the set up CD W
33. eaching is checked and the edit box to its right has a value bigger than 0 this 4 digit numerical number will repeat between 0 and this value minus For example if this value is set to 666 as in the Setup Window screenshot two pages earlier the split files created will be mpeg mpg mpeg0001 mpg mpeg0002 mpg mpeg0664 mpg mpeg0665 mpg repeatedly When the split recording is closing file mpeg0665 mpg the last file in the sequence the next file name to be used will again be mpeg mpg the first file in the sequence and the video previously recorded n this file will be overwritten Using such a repeated split file name scheme will create a fixed sequence of recording files and prevent hard disk from becoming full Stopping the video recording can be either manual default or automatic if video signal disappears for a certain period of time check the Signal Loss box and supply signal loss time in seconds Please note the video recording to hard disk only starts when video signal is available that is after video recording button is pressed or timer is started if there is no video signal the recording to hard disk will wait until the video signal appears This is useful if the video tape inside VCR or Camera has un recorded section at the start you can start the tape playing early and be assured that the start of the video contents on the tape will always be accurately recorded by MPEGIO at the start of the MPEG file The
34. ected Play Files W PAL NTSC amp 100 m MPEG PS File Duration 00 03 14 De Select Play Delay Moye Up ioo ms Move Down OSD Setup Loop o OSD Show User Data w Audio Delay at Play Start U Sec Receive Streaming video v Incoming MPEG Type Stream Out Decoded video Streaming IP Addr En a IP Port pza l MPEG gt cancel MPEGIO User Manual Page 10 Version 1 1 7 1 From the left file list box double clicking any MPEGIO mpg file will select it into the right file list box Multiple files can be selected and played back sequentially Ticking the Loop box will play back the selected files repeatedly The Move Up and Move Down buttons will adjust the position of the highlighted file name in the playback list and the De Select button will remove a selected file The TV Format selection must match the selected MPEG files recording TV format either PAL or NTSC and all selected files must have the same TV Format If the selected file was not recorded by MPEGIO compatible hardware e g MPEG2 files recorded from digital terrestrial or satellite TV broadcasting a Specify Video Stream Type window will appear Specify Video Stream Type MPEG Transport Stream MPEG4 Program Stream MPEG4 Transport Stream MPEG System Stream select the correct stream type then continue If the current Video Encoding Stream is Transport Stream see Section 9 below files selected to p
35. elcome to the MPEGIO Setup Wizard The installer will guide you through the steps required to install MPEGIO on your computer WARNING This computer program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized duplication or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil of criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under the law then follow the on screen instructions to install the application software 5 4 To uninstall the Application Software either click Start gt All Programs gt Inventa gt MPEGIO gt Repair or Uninstall Application or click Control Panel gt Add or Remove Programs gt MPEGIO gt Remove 5 5 The Setup CD also has a separate software MPEGIORM exe that can be copied to any PC MPEGIO User Manual Page 5 Version 1 1 7 1 with or without MPEGIO card software installed this program is used to remotely monitor and control MPEGIO cards details are in section 11 Remote Management Function 6 Starting the Software After a successful application software installation an MPEGIO 0 shortcut icon gt will appear on the Windows desktop Mouse double clicking this icon will start the software The software can also be started from Window s Start gt Program Files gt Inventa gt MPEGIO group The 0 in MPEGO 0 means the first MPEGIO card to simultaneously use multiple MPEGIO cards see Section 14 Please note
36. eys will also change the page numbers Clicking Save button will open the Save to File window Save to File Save Folder cH Double Click to Change Folder Acrobats Saving Format Direct SDK Documents and Settings i JPEG Image Plain Text Raw Data hgt File Mame page100 Page Length Bytes 960 The Page Length is only used when saving as plain text or raw data format MPEGIO User Manual Page 20 Version 1 1 7 1 9 Set up Parameters Clicking the Setup button Sen on the Control Window will start the Setup Window MPEGIO Setup for Card 0 Video Recording Video Input Video Playback C t Path Double CLick to Ch er SE ees ra Source Composite Ty Format PAL OSD Settings Direct SDE Video Encoding Parameters Documents and Settings Tune Stream Progamstre l Inventa Web Site PPE DVD uk Inventa Bad Sync Ww VOB Format Scene Change isk veo Black Screen Only Progressive CBR Microsoft Audio Delay at Play Start MPEG TS Software Frame Size Max Bit Flatelkbps ala LES STE ave 0 sec MPEGIO USE are E BO Tv Format TM Til 27 Timer 5 el alla At Timer Scheduler End Frame Ratelfps Ave Bit Flatelkbns w PAL NTSC Exit Software Shutdown PC 125 E00 Brenn Scheduler CreateLog Loop Disk Ball gd et IGS By Gaver 43 16 9 I Free Mame Recording File Prompt Before Recording Prompt After Recording GOP Stru
37. ftware WM_USER 1 Stop Audio WM_USER 2 Start Audio WM_USER 3 Start Recording WM_USER 4 Stop Recording WM_USER 5 Start Streaming WM_USER 6 Stop Streaming WM_USER 7 Pause Resume Recording Note WM _USER is normally defined as 0x0400 by MS Windows SDK 16 Support Technical support is at support inventa com au Fe 1 Keyboard Short Cuts Instantly Re Play the Previously Recorded Video File if there s one ER Start Recorded Files Window if C MPEGIO log has valid contents MPEGIO User Manual Page 34 Version 1 1 7 1 Start Video Conversion Transcoding Function End the MPEGIO Software Start Still Image Grabbing Function Split a New File to Hold the Video while Continuing Recording Minimize the Video Window Connect to Remote Monitor PC window Start the Colour Control Window Start Video Recording Stop Video Recording Play or Conversion Start Set up Window Restore the Video Window from Minimized Size Full Screen Toggle MSH YROZEr AO Appendix 2 MPEGIO Hardware Technical Specification Encode Video Formats MPEG 1 MPEG 2 MP ML MPEG 4 Simple Profile L1 L2 amp L3 with extensions to full D1 H 263 I IP IBP IBBP Frames PES amp ES Constant and Variable Bit Rate Encoding User Selectable Video 4 2 2 to 4 2 0 conversion Video Inverse telecine 3 2 pulldown Video frame rates 23 976fps 24fps 25fps 29 97fps 30fps SOfps 59 94fps 60fps Video bits rate from 50Kb s 15Mb s for MP
38. g between Pause and Resume the video playing decoding until Stop is pressed or video file end is reached then the Preview mode is returned If the incoming streaming video is used as playback source and no network streamed video is received at the IP address total black screen is displayed Selecting the OSD Setup button will start On Screen Display set up window for adding text time date and graphics overlay to video being displayed details on OSD can be found in Section 10 of this manual If the OSD Show User Data box is ticked and there is any Show User Data OSD item defined See Section 10 then the video decoding process will display any User Data Text present in the decoded video stream On the MPEGIO s Control Window clicking the Instant Re Play button Pay plays back the last recorded video file instantly if such a file exists MPEGIO will remember the last recorded file even between software exit re start However if the last recorded file has been deleted no replay will happen Slowly moving the MPEGIO User Manual Page 12 Version 1 1 7 1 mouse cursor into the RPlay button the drop down tooltip window will show the last recorded file name if it Pa et a ne as nstant Replay File D 11111 mpq exists L If the Create Log option is on see Section 9 and the MPEGIO log has logged some recording file names clicking the Re Play button Play while holding down the Ctrl Key will show the
39. g paused If the Record Start Date Time box inside the Auto Insert User Data group is ticked user data Recorded at Date Time will be inserted at the start of the recorded file User Data inserted by MPEGIO software needs to meet these conditions MPEGIO User Manual Page 19 Version 1 1 7 1 Maximum 120 bytes inc User Data Prefix can be inserted each time Insertion rate cannot be faster than encoded video frame rate Inserted byte number must be multiples of 4 f not space characters ASCII 0x20 will be padded The first byte s ASCII code must be gt 0x20 Space or they might not be picked up during decoding u 8 7 Teletext Windows XP SP2 amp DirectX9 0c Required Select TeleText ClosedCaption from MPEGIO s Pop Up Menu will bring up the Teletext window Teletext ClosedCaption on MPEGIO Card 0 ER Mon H4 Sep AUSTEXT MAIN INDEX COPYRIGHT INFORMATION ON 184 HAKE AUSTEXT YOUR FIRST CHOICE FOR LOCAL NEWS NATIONAL NEWS INDEX PAGE 170 100 Lie Hold Colour Opaque Save Changing Teletext pages can be done by typing the page numbers in the editing box next to the Page button then clicking the Page button or pressing the Enter key Clicking the up down arrow will change to the next or previous page When mouse cursor focus 1s at the Up Down arrow box next to the page editing box by clicking mouse at the arrows or inside the Teletext window pressing up down left right arrow k
40. ide each bitmap MPEGIO allows up to 10 lines of text time date displayed with different size position colour and transparency values Once assigned these values clicking Apply button will make the OSD effective for next video play transcoding operation If the OSD Setup Windows is activated from the MPEGIO s Pop Up Menu during Decoding Play or Transcoding Convert clicking the Apply button will show the new OSD settings immediately on the video window as well as on the external TV if connected In OSD Setup Window clicking Bitmap1 or Bitmap will switch set up parameters between the two bitmaps If the two bitmaps overlap Bitmap2 s content is always on top of the Bitmap1 s content at the overlapped area To add text time date onto a bitmap use the Add Update and Delete buttons above the Text Line List Box in the middle of the OSD Setup Window Use the Foreground Background Alpha values 0 255 to control the blending method of the text with its surrounding video background colours with 255 as no surrounding contents text completely standout as in the time date display below MPEGIO User Manual Page 26 Version 1 1 7 1 OSD Setup Bitmap File Fi 126 128 white 1 Select File Clear Bmp Text Text at The Right Bottom M Bitmap Bitmap 2 Add Text Klare rt o T Show User Data start x 0 Width Text at Right Bottom 20 User Data Prefix _ ne Display User Data Repeated Start
41. ing MPEGIO Cards process begins do not use MPEGIO software until this process successfully finishes This process will also start when MPEGIO cards are added or deleted or Ctrl key was held when MPEGIO program is started 14 When anything not functioning properly exit MPEGIO application software then run ResetDrivers from the MPEGIO program group if this still cannot fix the problem run SetupDrivers to re install the MPEGIO device drivers 15 Command Line Switches and Windows Messages Apart from the numerical number discussed above to indicate MPEGIO card number the MPEGIO command line also accepts these switches that are NOT case sensitive R Start Recording S Start Streaming N Disable Networking No Remote Monitoring or Video Streaming H Hide MPEGIO Video Window and Control Window If a numerical card number is present the R S H or N switches if supplied must be after the numerical card number separated with one or more spaces from the card number and between themselves Examples of using command line switches MPEGIO exe 0 RN Start MPEGIO card 0 and Start Recording Disable Networking MPEGIO exe 28 Start MPEGIO card 2 and Start Streaming Live Video Immediately MPEGIO exe RS Start MPEGIO card 0 and Start Recording and Streaming Note in the last example there is no card number supplied so card 0 is assumed MPEGIO can also accept user defined Windows Messages passed from any application so
42. ing Start Position Mask remove pixels at left of video line Scene Change enable Scene Change Detection for video containing fast scene changes to improve quality Progressive enable Progressive Encoding The Black Screen Only check box indicates if total blackness will be recorded in the file to replace all video frames Using this option could record a video file with very low video bit rate but normal sound useful for creating a DVD disk that has long hours of audio but only black screen video Using transcoding can also add date time onto this black screen video to indicate the audio recording date amp time Important Note on Encoding Bit Rates Depending on encoding Frame Size used MPEGIO hardware has the following Minimum encoding Bit Rates 128Kbps for 176X144 120 Pixel Frame Size Encoding 512Kbps for 352X288 240 Pixel Frame Size Encoding 1 5Mbps for 480X576 480 Pixel and above Frame Size Encoding While the MPEGIO software allows encoding below these Minimum Bit Rates there is no guarantee that video files encoded below the minimum bit rates can always play back well the general rule is MPEG4 video can be encoded at much lower bit rates than MPEGI MPEG2 video while still being played back OK 9 4 Audio Encoding Parameters Format MPEG Layer 2 or AC3 Sampling Rate 32KHz 44 1KHz 48KHz Bit Rate 32K 48K 56K 64K 80K 96K 112K 128K 160K 192K 224K 256K 320K 384Kbps 9 5 Video Display Set ups TV Format m
43. ion will use the TV Format PAL or NTSC selected in the Select Source Video for MPEGIO User Manual Page 14 Version 1 1 7 1 Transcoding window at the upper right corner rather than the current input signal s TV Format specified in the Setup window see Section 9 later this Conversion TV Format must be the same as the TV Format of the selected MPEG file 1 e the TV Format used when the selected MPEG file was previously being recorded However if currently there is a live input video signal at the input socket with a different TV Format than the selected MPEG file s TV Format the Conversion will fail with a warning dialog window appearing Also note during the Conversion the Name Recording File method will be forced into Pre Named as If the source selected is incoming network video and no network video data is available at the selected IP address Port the Transcoding will abort immediately returning back to Preview mode If Stop button is clicked during conversion conversion will stop and the already transcoded content will remain in the closed disk file when using network video as source this is the only way to stop conversion process since even when the incoming network video data has stopped to arrive after arriving successfully for some time the conversion will not stop but simply wait for possible new data to arrive When using existing MPEG file as source the conversion can be either manually stopped by pressing th
44. iple Cards No Video Window Show Card Number when multiple cards are installed Yes OSD During Decoding Transcoding No Send Warning e mail No for all conditions TCP IP Port for Remote Monitor PC Connection 1200 Polling Period for Automatic Remote Monitor PC Connection 0 Auto Status Report to Remote PC Every 2 seconds Accept Remote Monitor PC Initiated Connection Yes Create Log use C MPEGIO log to log all recordings No Loop Disk Delete Oldest Files Ever Recorded When Free Space Is Lower Than 100 MB No Audio Delay at Play Start 0 No delay Continue Record Signal Loss No no video frame is written into the recorded file when signal disappears Password for Setup Window None Stream out Decoded Video No Receive Streaming Video As Decode Transcode Source No Record Stream to File if Receive Streaming Video is ON No Incoming Video Is Multicast if Receive Streaming Video is ON Yes Auto Capture Still Images on Timer No Write Time Date on Captured Still Images No Captured Still Image File Type BMP OSD Show User Data in the Select Play Files Window No Play Delay in the Select Play Files Window 100 ms Loop in the Select Play Files Window No MPEGIO User Manual Page 31 Version 1 1 7 1 13 Create DVD from Captured Video Files To create DVD movie disks from video files recorded by MPEGIO a DVD Authoring Software such as TMPGEnc DVD Author Nero Pro Ulead VideoStudio Adob
45. ite Once FNP Syvdnev2 EB June 2008 a Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sak Sun 2 3 4 5 G 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 i6 17 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 Ar 26 30 Start Hour 22 Min Duration Hour 0 Min SOUrCE Iw Composite Svideo Repeal ly Once Daily Weekly File Mame Prefix Sydneve_ GMT in FileName Date Time Mo Date in FileName No Time in FileName Modify Delete MPEGIO Recording Scheduler Window Adding scheduled recording will cause MPEGIO software to start recording at those times accordingly Press the Modify button after changing an existing schedule s content For each scheduled recording the recorded file name is formed with the File Name Prefix content followed by the date and time when the recording starts If the File Name Prefix field is empty text MPEGIO will be used in its place where is the number of the MPEGIO card 1 card s is 0 The recording date amp time used in forming file name is the local time unless the GMT in FileName Date Time box is ticked then the Greenwich Mean Time will be used Ticking the No Date in FileName or No Time in FileName field will not use Date or Time in the recording file name ticking both of them will cause a fixed file name to be used on the scheduled recording existing file with the same name will be overwritten without warning During video recording time if video signal disappears by default MPEGIO will stop writing data i
46. lay must be Transport Stream TS MPEG files including TS files created by non MPEGIO hardware or software they will be indicated as MPEG2_TS or MPEG4_TS files to the right of the Selected Play Files List Box non Transport Stream i e System Stream or Program Stream files will be indicated as MPEGI_SS MPEG2_PS or MPEG4_PS files Similarly if the current Video Encoding Stream is Program Stream see Section 9 below Transport Stream TS files will not be accepted for playback If the Audio Delay at Play Start value is non zero audio will be muted for that amount of seconds at the beginning of each file playback to avoid some noise happening on some motherboard sound card If the Stream Out Decoded Video is checked the decoded video will be streamed out while it is been displayed The Stream Setup button can be used to set up streaming destination addresses In this situation MPEGIO is acting as a Video Streaming Server If the Play Delay value is non zero mille seconds each file playback will delay this amount of time at the start sometimes useful to overcome corrupted video image problem during playback If the Receive Streaming Video box is checked instead of disk files video to be decoded will be incoming network data continuously streamed into this PC through local or wide area network from some remote video streaming server that can be another MPEGIO card an Inventa MPEGIOPro card o
47. lot plug in the MPEGIO card and screw it firmly to the back panel Plug in video audio cables between the external video input output devices and MPEGIO If output to external TV VCR is through Composite RCA cable the supplied SVideo RCA Conversion Cable needs to be plugged onto the Video Output socket of the MPEGIO card 5 Software Installation Software installation includes device driver and application software installation either can install first 5 1 After hardware installation the MS Windows will inform that new hardware is found Found New Hardware Wizard Hardware Update Wizard Please choose your search and installation options gt This wizard helps you install software for Search for the best driver in these locations w2010 PCI Device Use the check boxes below to limit or expand the default search which includes local paths and removable media The best driver found will be installed o gt v Search ble media floppy CD ROM ae If your hardware came with an installation CD lalate IE TE lt or floppy disk insert it now C Include this location in the search What do you want the wizard to do Don t search will choose the driver to install Install th N t voae A ded PERSA D icon deat deen conc v ee Choose this option to select the device driver from a list Windows does not guarantee that the driver you choose will be the best match for your hardware Click Next to contin
48. mer S SEC W write Time On Image TY Format PAL Time Font Point 48 Image File Type JPEG Capture Still Image Window The captured image file type can be selected among bmp gif jpg png and tif the captured file name can be user modified in the Edit box next to the Capture text and the captured file path can be changed and kept differently from the video recording path The resolution of the images captured will be 720X576 Pixel for PAL and 720X480 Pixel for NTSC video signal switched automatically according to the current input video s signal type When images are continuously captured image files will be named with a counter suffix increased one per new file automatically therefore if the very first file captured is named ABO0000000 jps the following files captured will be ABO0000001 jpg ABOOOO0002 jpg etc However if the Reset Counter button is clicked the next captured files will again be ABOOOOOO000 jpg ABO0000001 jpg AB00000002 jpg etc When new image files are created existing files with the same names will be overwritten without warning Tick the Auto Capture on Timer box and supply a non zero timer value will see continuous grabbing happening automatically without user intervention one image at every timer second Clear the Auto Capture box or set timer to zero will stop auto grabbing If the Write Time on Image box is ticked any captured still image file will bear the time
49. ming Yideo IPs Is Streaming Recording Directory Recording File Name Recorded 0 00 1970 00 19 Paused 0 00 0270 00 02 15MB l Connecting Time Date Mon Mar 10 12 41 46 2008 i Stop schedule Beam _ Run Command Connect to MPEGIO Card IP Addr 192 168 1 MPEGIO Card No 0 End If the remote PC s connected to Internet through a router such as an ADSL modem the router s TCP port number default to 1200 as indicated by the MPEGIORM EXE software must be translated properly using the Network Address Port Translation NAPT function For example if the PC running MPEGIORM EXE uses Alcatel SpeedTouch 530 ADSL modem and the PC s internal Ethernet address s 10 0 0 1 on ts LAN through its Ethernet card and the default MPEGIO TCP port 1200 is used the NAPT set up must be MAPT properties Protocol tep Inside IP 0 0 0 1 Inside Port 1200 Outside IP 0 0 0 0 Outside Port 1200 After supplying these values and pressing the Apply button on the Alcatel SpeedTouch 530 NAPT screen an NAPT entry line like this should appear MPEGIO User Manual Page 29 Version 1 1 7 1 MAPT Entries Multi WAT Entries Default Server gt 1 Temp 10 0 0 1 1200 unspectied 1200 tcp MOME This will make the PC with Alcatel SpeedTouch 530 to receive and send MPEGIO data through Internet Instead of the NAPT method other Inter Network Connection mechanism such as Hamachi http www hamachi cc can also be use
50. nd NTSC video format are automatically detected and switched SVideo and Composite Video Input and Output Stereo Audio Input and Output Hardware encoding chipset built in minimum PC resources required Support time scheduled recording with user definable file names Support live colour change on incoming video Automatic email out of warning messages on signal loss disk full and start stop conditions Remote Management allows one PC to monitor amp control unlimited MPEGIO via Internet or LAN Recorded video file name can contain multiple fields inc recording date time vide length video format etc Loop Disk and Split File Number Reset functions to automatically free disk space on pre set conditions Arbitrarily Start or Stop Video Streaming at Preview Encoding Decoding or Transcoding time Allow Video Recording Streaming to Start from Command Line Switches and Windows Messages Works on Windows XP PCs with PCI slot Comes with SDK for Software Development Optional Rapid Application Development SDK for fast software development 2 Package Contents PCI Card SVideo RCA Conversion Cable for Video Output to RCA Socket One Installation CD One User Manual 3 Minimum System Requirement Hardware Pentium3 Pentium4 or AMD Athlon CPU based PC with free PCI slot Software Microsoft Windows XP SP2 DirectX 9 0 MPEGIO User Manual Page 2 Version 1 1 7 1 4 Hardware Installation Un plug the PC s power cable open PC case locate a free PCI s
51. nto the video file until video signal re appears making the video playback time of the recorded file shorter than the entire recording time However if Continue Record Signal Loss is ticked MPEGIO will continue writing black screen or the last video frame into the video file making the playback time of the recorded file equal to the recording time If one of the conditions MPEGIO Start Exit Signal Loss Disk Out of Space under the Send Warning E mail When is ticked and an e mail address is supplied MPEGIO will automatically send e mail when the ticked condition happens Note some e mail software needs to be set up to allow automatic sending e mail by other software e g in Outlook Express 6 the Warn me when other application try to send e mail as me box under Tools gt Options gt Security must be cleared or a warning box will always pop up when sending e mails A lightweight Password mechanism is available through the Password field if a password is supplied here access to the Setup Window will require supplying the correct password for each MPEGIO card MPEGIO User Manual Page 24 Version 1 1 7 1 9 2 Video Input Set up The video input source can be either Svideo or Composite Video RCA The TV Format can be PAL or NTSC 9 3 Video Encoding Parameters Type DVD VCD SVCD MPEG1 2 4 Use DVD if burning DVD movie disk is required Stream System for MPEGI VCD Program for DVD SVCD Program or
52. o the Selected Fields list box where the fields can be moved up and down to form their relative positions in the recorded file name The User Pre Named Text field will contain any text typed in the text box in the lower part of the window If this field contains nothing MPEGIO will automatically assign mpeg mpg as its contents The Auto Serial Number field will increase its value by one each time a new file is recorded its initial value can be assigned in the Automatic Start Serial No from box when this item is highlighted in the Available Fields list box If the Recording Duration field is selected during the recording this field will have content OHOOMOOS and this content will change to the actual recording time when recording stops such as OH30MO0S 30Min As an example using the selected fields in the above screenshot a 3 Min 15 Sec recording will be named as MyRecord_20070130_164720_OHO3M15S_DVD_Video7000Kbps mpg Before recording if the named file already exists a warning dialog will appear before overwriting the file Recording can have a Timer as indicated by the Timer field Zero value timer combined with the ticked Manually Press Stop Button box means endless recording until the Stop button on the Control Window is clicked or MPEGIO software stops Once recording is started the recording timer can still be adjusted Timer 0 02 00 from the vertical sc
53. prompt that explains the function of the button or control item A group of Keyboard Short Cuts is also available for MPEGIO functions see Appendix 1 for details The Control Panel m MPEGIO s current Operation Mode at its the lower left corner which can be one of Preview Encode Record Transcode Conversion or Decode Playback When MPEGIO is manually started without the R or S command line switches see Section 15 on Command Line Switches it always enters the Preview mode that simply displays the incoming video if any in the Video Window Encode Transcode or Decode mode can be entered by pressing their individual buttons or when a user defined Windows Message is received see Section 15 on Windows Messages Sent to MPEGIO When Encode Transcode or Decode mode finishes the operation mode always returns back to Preview A Video Streaming function can be started while MPEGIO is in any of these operation modes in Preview or Encode mode the live incoming video will be streamed out in Decode mode the played back video file s content will be streamed out in Transcode mode the transcoded video content will be streamed out See Section 8 4 for more details on Video Streaming At the upper left corner Control Window lists the currently selected Video Source Composite or Svideo Video Signal PAL NTSC or None and Video Encoding Type MPEG1 2 4 DVD VCD etc the type MPEG2P MPEG4P indicate Program Stream while MPEG2T MPEGA4
54. r any device that streams MPEGIO compatible video data i Receive Streaming video W Incoming Stream Is Multicast Incoming MPEG Type Streaming IF Addr 2209 255 0 D IP Port 1734 r W Record Stream to File In this situation the MPEGIO is acting as a Video Streaming Client Note the Incoming MPEG Type MPEGI1 MPEG2 or MPEG4 must match the one used by the remote video streaming server as well as the TV Format PAL NTSC MPEGIO User Manual Page 11 Version 1 1 7 1 If the Incoming Stream Is Multicast is cleared the Streaming IP Addr field will disappear since the incoming video will be streamed at this PC s IP address only therefore the IP Port value will be the only needed identification to receive incoming video this is called Unicast streaming which guarantees only one PC or other streaming client can receive the streamed video as against the Multicast streaming where multiple PCs or other streaming clients each has its own IP address can receive the same streamed video simultaneously by using the same Source IP address Port number as the Streaming IP Addr and IP Port values that are used by the remote video streaming server The Multicast or Unicast addressing method must be the same between MPEGIO as video streaming client and the remote video streaming sever e g another MPEGIO card that is streaming out its video If the Record Stream to File box
55. rollbar control next to the timer indicator on the Control Window When recording stops as the timer expires the MPEGIO software can be setup to either exit or shutdown PC or continue video preview this is the default action with both Exit Software and Shutdown PC boxes cleared The Exit or Shutdown PC action is only useful when the recording is un attended e g in the scheduled recording situation MPEGIO User Manual Page 22 Version 1 1 7 1 During the recording process the Split function will create new video files without stopping the recording and without losing any data by specifying either a file size limit The Split Recording File at File Size Every tick box or a recording time limit the Split Recording File at Recording Time tick box or by clicking the Split button on the Control Window or the Split Recording File item from the Drop down Menu Since each DVD disk has limited capacity splitting recording file is very useful to spread long video recording across multiple files for multiple movie disk burning without interrupting the recording process The split video files will be named after the 1st recording file name with consecutive numerical numbers if the first recording file is mpeg mpg the split files will be mpeg0001 mpg mpeg0002 mpg etc with an ever increasing 4 digit numerical number appended to the first file name However if the box Reset Split File Number When R
56. rted User Data string only those inserted user data that have their starting part matching the User Data Prefix contents will be displayed in any Show User Data OSD field MPEGIO User Manual Page 27 Version 1 1 7 1 Special Notes for OSD Set ups 1 Bitmap must be 24 bit per pixel 2 Each bitmap can have maximum time date and up to 10 text lines 3 Bitmap s X position inside video frame should be multiple of 4 4 Maximum displayable bitmaps are 705X555 Pixel for PAL 690X470 Pixel for NTSC 11 Remote Management Function This function allows multiple MPEGIO cards to connect to one single remote management PC No MPEGIO card needed there through any TCP IP network inc Internet and LANs The connected MPEGIO cards working status inc video source operating mode recording parameters etc can all be displayed on the remote monitor PC The remote monitor PC can also start stop recording streaming change recording parameters and reschedule recording Such a centralized remote management of unlimited number of MPEGIO cards is particularly suitable for managing remote video capture cards operating in unattended environment Clicking the Monitor PC On Off button Monitor PC OH on MPEGIO s Control Panel the Connect to Remote Monitor PC window will appear Connect to Remote Monitor PC Local PC IP Address 192 7690 73 TCP IP Port Mum i a00 Local PC Mame pen dghzdevelep Local MPEGIO Card Nurm U Local MPEGIO
57. source consumption CPU Memory usage will be quite high for this to operate smoothly MPEGIO allows video streaming at any time simply selecting the Stream Video from the Pop Up Menu will always start or stop video streaming When the video recording playback or transcoding operation is started manually users can always select if streaming will start together with these operations The video streaming destination is defined as TCP IP addresses and port numbers as displayed in the Stream Setup dialog window Stream Setup Local PC IP i 63 254 247 114 PC Mame pendaghedevelep Multicast Streaming IP EEE lt Clear Port Nur 11237 3 Unicast Streaming IP a lt Clear Port Hum 2000 a rea The TCP IP addresses can be entered as either Multicast or Unicast type address range 224 0 0 0 239 255 255 255 normally are counted as Multicast addresses while the rest will be counted as Unicast ones If a valid Multicast address is used the streamed video can be received by any host machines PCs or non PCs having access to that Multicast address and multiple streaming clients software like Vlc exe MPEGIO4IP video streaming client cards like MPEGIO IP Video Set top boxes etc can receive the video simultaneously If a valid Unicast address is used only the host machine that has that particular IP address as indicated by the Unicast address can receive the streamed video and only one software
58. t start ups of the software When the vere file is deleted or when holding down the Ctrl key while left mouse double clicking the MPEGIO icon the software will start again using the default values as listed here MPEGIO User Manual Page 30 Version 1 1 7 1 Video Window Size and Position 720X576 Pixel centred at the screen Control Window centred on the screen below the Video Window Current Recording Path C Mirror Disk None Recording Timer 70 Minutes Action at Recording Timer Schedule None Name Recording File Prompt before recording Split Recording File at File Size O no split Split Recording File at Recording Time O no split Reset Split Recording File Number No Recording Stop Condition Manually Press Stop Button Warn before Ending Record No Video Input Auto Detect if signal present or Composite PAL if no signal MPEG Encoding Type DVD MPEG Encoding Stream Program Stream Frame Size 704 X 576 Pixels for PAL 704 X 480 Pixels for NTSC Frame Rate 25 fps for PAL 29 97 fps for NTSC Encoding Aspect Ratio 4 3 CBR Constant Bit Rate Encoding Yes Max Encoding Bit Rate 7Mbps Average Encoding Bit Rate 6Mbps Closed GOP No GOP N Value 15 GOP M Value 3 Bad Sync Detect No VOB Format Yes Scene Change Detection No Progressive Encoding No Black Screen Only Recording No Audio Encoding Parameters MPEGlLayer2 48KHz 192Kbps Video Playback PAL Free Aspect Ratio Record Start Stop on Mult
59. ter the very first file with a 4 digit serial number appended to the file name and this 4 digit number can be either ever increasing or repeated within a pre defined range see Section 9 1 on the Reset Split File Number When Reaching check box This file splitting action can also automatically happen if the recorded file reaches a certain size e g 4 3GB or time these can be set up from within the Setup Window File splitting is done seamlessly no binary data is lost between any two adjacent files If all split files during one recording are binary copied back as one single file that single file will be exactly the same recording as if no splitting has been done during that recording time Stream Video If Record Only mode was selected when recording was started select the Stream Video item from the Pop Up Menu will start streaming video If video streaming has already started the Stream Video item in the Pop Up Menu has been ticked v Stream video selecting this menu item will stop the video streaming the tick will disappear Minimize the Video Window Video Window Click this will toggle between minimizing and restoring the Picture Still Image Grabbing Click Pe Button See Section 8 5 below for details User Data Insertion Select User Data Insert from the Pop Up Menu details in Section 8 6 MPEGIO User Manual Page 9 Version 1 1 7 1 Pause Resume Recording Once re
60. th s drive each video recording will create an identical mirrored file on the Mirror Disk with the same file name and path The recorded or converted video files can be named each time before recording starts each time after recording ends or pre named If the Pre Named as box is ticked you can either supply a fixed name typed in the field next to Text gt or press the Setup File Name Fields gt button to open the Recording File Name Fields window MPEGIO User Manual Page 21 Version 1 1 7 1 Recording File Name Fields Available Fields Highlite Field then Click Add Button User Pre Named Text User Pre Named Text Auto Serial Number Recording Date Recording Date Recording Time Recording Time Recording Duration Recording Duration Yideo Encoding Type Mare PC Name Yideo Bitrate User Name Yideo Encoding Type Add gt MoveDown Yideo Frame Size Yideo Bitrate Yideo Source f l Video TY Format Field Separator Delete Video CBR L Underscore Audio Sampling Rate LETE LEST Ditentn Selected Fields User Pre Named Text Cancel Recording File Name Fields Window In this window you can select fields that will form the recorded video file name each field can appear at most once at least one field must be selected Fields are separated by the Field Separator as shown in the middle of the dialog window Double click any Available Fields item will add that field int
61. ue 5 2 Put the installation CD into PC s CD DVD drive click Next button let Windows search for device driver specifically from the CD ROM During the driver installation ignore those warnings claiming the device driver has not passed Windows Logo testing etc press Continue Anyway to keep going until the driver is installed Hardware Installation Found New Hardware Wizard Completing the Found New The software you are installing for this hardware Hardware Wizard Van PCI Device The wizard has finished installing the software for VW2010 PCI Device has not passed Windows Logo besting lo rn its compatibiiy ah indian SF Tal ma wohn thie besdi Continuing pour installation of thie software may impair or destabilize the conect operation of your system either immediately or in the future Microsoll strongly recommends that you stop this installation now and contact the hardware vendor for software that has passed Windows Logo testing Click Finish to close the wizard Continue Angevay STOP Installation Back Frisch Installation of the other device driver Phillips DVR is similar as above Alternatively running the SetupDrivers program from the Start gt All Programs gt Inventa gt MPEGIO program group after installing MPEGIO application software See below will have the same effect Note the SetupDrivers program can also be used to re install MPEGIO device drivers Also note
62. ust match the PAL NTSC setting of the files to be played back Aspect Ratio this will decide the horizontal vertical display ratio of the video window MPEGIO User Manual Page 25 Version 1 1 7 1 10 Text amp Graphics OSD On Screen Display Settings OSD allows text time date and bitmaps to be overlaid live onto MPEG video during Decoding and Transcoding Using 2 MPEGIO cards these overlays can also be recorded live onto new MPEG files by transcoding the Ist MPEGIO card s recording file into another file on the 2 MPEGIO card If Video Streaming see section 8 4 is enabled the OSD content will appear in the streamed out video immediately Setting up OSD can be through either the Select Play File window or the Pop Up Menu from MPEGIO s video control window both ways will lead to the same OSD Setup Window OSD Setup Bitmap File E earth bmp Select File Clear Bmp Text Test i Bitmapi Bitmap 2 Add Text Update Delete Text a vr eher 100 140 Stark X E width 51 Width 30 Start E Height 256 Height fe Foreground Colour Text Line List Box _Backstound Colour FG Transparent BG Transparent Foretr Alpha 255 Back r Alpha 0 Total Text Lines 3 Time Date Mone CurrentTime CUrrentTime amp Date Cancel Record Time RecordTime amp Date Play Time The MPEGIO OSD allows up to 2 bitmaps to be overlaid on to video simultaneously within the video s frame Ins

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