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1. Left Chan Actions Input Pin value Change Start Recording Stop Recording Low to High x Toggle Recording Start Streaming Enable Notify Stop Streaming Actions Selected Toggle Streaming ES Enable Overlay Disable Overlay Toggle Overlay Capture Image Start Counter Stop Counter Toggle Counter Redraw 1st Text Overlay Item Erase ist Text Overlay Item In this window the Digital I O Pin combo box indicates the 4 Digital I O pins a channel has the Pin Direction indicates either Input or Output direction a pin is configurated as Input pins can receive High Low voltage signal sent by external devices connected to them while Output pins can send High Low voltage signal to external devices By default all pins are configued as Input but user can change any pin s direction by selecting the Pin Direction combo box value When a Digital I O pin is set as Input direction voltage High Low change on this pin can send notification to the MPEGIO2 software automatically Actions can then be taken in response to the pin s status change Ticking the Enable Notify check box then selecting some lines inside the Actions list box a pin s status change will cause those selected Actions to happen such as starting or stoping recording streaming or capturing image The Input Pin Value Change combo box selects either Low to High or High to Low voltage change on this pin
2. button Bay on the Control Window or from the Drop down Menu gt Play Video MPEGIO Playback Setup Current Chan 1 Encoder Type Program Stream Select File CAMPEG1 mpg TY Signal PAL Stream Type Auto Select Stream Cut ie Wrong channel selected or channel is not playing video Play OK This window can also be opened from the Drop down Menu gt Setup gt Playback Setup The Encoder Type selection decides the decoded MPEG encoding type channel with Program Stream Encoder Type can only decode MPEG data encoded by Program Stream encoder channel with Transport Stream Encoder Type can only decode MPEG data encoded by Transport Stream encoder mismacthed Encoder Type will result in no video or wrong content being decoded The TV Signal combo box is the same as in the Preview TV Signal field described previously in the Video I O Setup dialog window The current channel s TV Signal type PAL or NTSC must match the MPEG to be decoded MPEG video encoded as PAL must be decoded when channel has PAL TV Signal type video data encoded as NTSC must be decoded when channel has NTSC TV Signal type The Stream Type combo box selects the decoded MPEG videos Stream Type MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 33 Ver 1 0 2 Stream Type Auto Select MPEG4 ES MPEG4 Elementry Stream Video only MPEG4 PS MPEG4 Program Stream MPEG4 TS MPEG4 Transport Stream MPEG
3. edit box will affect audio input gains immediately on the left sub channel or right sub channel of the current Audio Chan this will affect PC speakers audio encoded to MPEG stream and Audio Loopback Output Ports on the Breakout Box Use the Audio Preview On check box to turn on off the audio preview hear audio on PC s sound card speakers unrelated to audio encoding to MPEG file stream When audio preview is on use the Preview Volume slider to adjust audio volume heard from PC speakers this volume will not affect MPEG encoding nor audio heard from the Audio Loopback Output sockets on the Breakout Box MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 14 Ver 1 0 2 Prior to turning on audio preview ticking or clearing the Preview Use WaveOut API box selects using the MS Windows WaveOut APT default for multiple MPEGIO2 channels simultaneous use or DirectSound APT use for one channel only to play the audio as preview If Preview Auto On is ticked each time MPEGIO2 exe starts it turns on audio preview if it was on when last time MPEGIO2 exe exit Audio Preview On ticked and Pause Preview cleared Ticking the 6dB on Input check box will apply 6dB reduction on the input audio signal for all audio input sources simultaneously for this MPEGIO2 channel The Mute check box next to the 6dB on Input will mute all the audio input channels selecting this will make no audio heard
4. Maximize Toggle the Video Window to be Full Screen or not same as left mouse double click Minimize Toggle the Video amp Control Windows to be a Taskbar icon or normal windows Exit End the MPEGIO2 exe application program About MPEGIO2 Display About MPEGIO2 Dialog 20 Command Line Parameters At start up MPEGIO2 exe application program accepts some command line parameters so that it can enter certain operation mode once started Command line parameters are supplied in the form of Cmd chanNum Value Where Cmd is a single letter Case Insensitive command this field must always be supplied chanNum is the numerical channel number 0 for 1 channel this field must always be supplied Value is the value needed for Cmd this is an optional field depending on Cmd s content MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 37 Ver 1 0 2 Currently supported Command line parameters are r chanNum start recording on channel chanNum S chanNum start streaming on channel chanNum f chanNum filename use filename as recording file name for chanNum note if filename contains spaces the entire string must be double quoted p chanNum pathname use pathname as recording path name for chanNum note if pathname contains spaces the entire string must be double quoted t chanNum timer Val use numerical value timer Val as recording timer in Minutes for chanNum n NoCodec Setting 1 s in any of the lowe
5. Each MPEGIO2 channel has 3 Audio Input Sources selectable from the Audio Chan Combo Box Audio Chars Bree Ekne Audio 1st Line In Audio 2nd Line In MPEG Decoder Input MPES Decoder Output the 1 input source is the Audio 1 Input Line In socket on the Top Layer of the Breakout Box the 2 input source is the Audio 2 Input Line In socket on the Top Layer of the Breakout Box the 3 input source is the MPEG decoding audio output from this MPEGIO2 channel The 4 item MPEG Decoder Output in the Audio Chan Combo box is not an audio input source for the MPEGIO2 channel it is the audio signal to be heard on the MPEG Decode Audio Out Ports on the Bottom Layer of the Breakout Box it is listed here only for adjusting its left right sub channel output gains Audio signals from the 3 input sources can be mixed to be simultaneously heard on PC s speakers and on the Audio Loopback Output port on the Breakout Box as well as to be encoded streamed out with MPEG video Their left and right sub channel gains can be adjusted individually To enable audio input output and preview the Init Audio button can be used to initialize a channel s audio If the check box No Init on Startup is cleared default this MPEGIO2 channel will initialize its audio ICs automatically when the software starts therefore no need to click the Init Audio button Typing values between 0 79 in the Left Gain or Right Gain
6. J5 J17 on the Breakout Box The Reset Preview button will re initialize the Video Audio Preview IC s Register Values to their default ones as the device driver Drv7134 sys contains as in the PCIe card s power on stage this button can only be used when Video Preview is not in progress The Restart Preview button quickly stops then restarts Video Preview on this MPEGIO2 channel The Reset VINO 3 IC button hardware reset the Video Input OSD IC for the VIN 0 3 input this is useful to fix garbled video display in any Sub Window e g when doing PAL NTSC switching etc MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 13 Ver 1 0 2 10 Audio Input Output Audio I O Setup Current MPEGIO Channel 1 v Init Audio E Mo Init on Startup Preview Auto On Audio Chan Audio ist Line In v Left Gain 79 6dBonInput Mute 0 79 Right Gain 79 Audio Play Buffer Mums 4 Audio Preview On W Preview Use WaveOut API Audio DMA Buff Mums 0 MR h OSD IC as AADC Mute OSD IC Audio Sampling Rate 32KHz v Preview Volume al w Audio Input From Matching Channel 0 on This Card Encode amp Out Amplify 125 Audio Output to Matching Channel 0 on This Card Loopback Cutput Gain na EE Audio Source for Speakers Output This Channel s Audio i Cancel The Audio I O Setup dialog window can be opened from the Setup button on the Control Window or from the Drop down menu gt Setup
7. PatchROM Cleared Output BlankLevel 42 Output2 BlankLevel 42 Audio I O Parameters No Init on Startup No Preview Auto On No 6dB on Input No Mute No Left Gain 79 Right Gain 79 Audio Play Buffer Nums 4 Audio DMA Buffer Nums 0 Audio Sampling Rate 32KHz Audio Preview On No Preview Use WaveOut API Yes Audio Input from Matching Channel on this Card No Audio Output to Matching Channel on this Card No Audio Source for Speakers Output This Channel s Audio Record and Capture Setup Current Recording Path C Timer O No Recording Timer Recording File Name MPEG mpg is the channel number Split Recording File No MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 39 Ver 1 0 2 Overlay Item Parameters Font Times New Roman Regular Size 14 Script Western Start X Y 0 0 Foreground Colour Red Background Mode Transparent Alpha None Blink None Disable Overlay No Timer Format Time Only MPEG Encoding Parameters Encoder Type Program Stream MPEG Type MPEG2 Horizontal Size 720 Vertical Size 576 if PAL 480 if NTSC Max Bit Rate 6 00 Mbps Ave Bit Rate 6 00 Mbps CBR No Scene Change Detect No VOB Format No Black Screen No Horizontal Mask 1 Vertical Mask 1 Frame Rate 25 if PAL 29 97 if NTSC Closed GOP No GOP Structure N 15 M 3 Aspect Ratio 4 3 for MPEG2 and MPEG4 1 1 for MPEGI MPEG Encoding Audio Bit Rate 384 Kbps MPEG Encoding Audio Sampling Rate
8. Record and Capture Setup MPEG Encoding Setup Playback Setup Overlay Setup Streaming Setup Digital 10 Setup System Setup About MPEGIOZ Setup Button Display Setup Menu Record Button Display the Record and Capture Dialog Window Play Button Display the MPEGIO2 Playback Setup Dialog Window Stream Button Display the MPEGIO2 Stream Setup Dialog Window Overlay Button Display the MPEGIO2 Overlay Setup Dialog Window Exit Button Exit the MPEGIO2 Program AOmTAD E Drop down Menu Case insensitive keys in Drop down Menu same as mouse selecting the corresponding menu item A About MPEGIO2 Capture Image Start Stop Stream Split Record File Maximize Minimize Start Stop Record Pause Resume Record Pause Resume Audio PreView Play End Play Video Overlay Setup Centre Windows Exit MPEGIO2 exe Pause Resume Play MM SOVSAIRZ ETE MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 41 Ver 1 0 2 E Video Window Mouse Clicking Left Mouse Double Click Toggle between Full Window and Normal Window Display Ctrl Left Mouse Double Click Toggle between One Chan Mode and All Chan Mode Shift Left Mouse Single Click Zoom from the mouse point if Zoom is enabled for the Channel See Video I O Setup Dialog Window for Zoom Left Mouse Click without Shift held down to Cancel Zoom 23 Special Applications With its unique design architecture MPEGIO2 can create some special appl
9. VB C Net C Net VB Net Source Codes Device Driver Application Software with Source Code and SDK for Windows XP Windows 7 or above MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 2 Ver 1 0 2 2 Package Contents I XPCI Express Card full Software with SDK video audio Breakout Box and Connection Cable 3 Minimum System Requirement Hardware Intel AMD CPU PC with 1XPCI Express Slot 2GB RAM 512MB Graphics card and audio Software MS Windows or XP SP2 DirectX9 on Windows XP Direct3D9 on Windows 7 or above Note 1 PC s Graphics Card must install its latest device driver otherwise Video Preview might fail Note 2 Only 32 bit Windows XP Windows7 8 are supported 64 bit Windows are not supported 4 Hardware Installation With PC power off plug MPEGIO2 PCIe card into a PCI Express slot screw the back metal bracket onto PC s rear rack Connect the 68 pin SCSI cable between the back socket on the MPEGIO2 card and the Breakout Box connect external video audio device s video audio output sockets to the input sockets on the Breakout Box If needed VCR or TV can be connected to the TV Output sockets on the Breakout Box to real time display input video with colour overlay like a video overlay device or to real time output multiple input video window placements like a video multiplexer device 5 Software Installation Software installation includes Device Driver and MPEGIO2 exe application either one can install first E Device Dri
10. are enabled when Play is successfully started they will pause playing temporarily or stop playing completely Pause or Stop can also be initiated from the Drop down Menu once Play is successfully started Ticking the Stream Out box will stream the decoded MPEG video over the Network IP Address Port Multicast type as setup in the MPEGIO2 Stream Setup dialog window described in Section Stream Video previously A channel cannot play video while is encoding and vice versa However played video in a channel can be output to its matching channel on the same MPEGIO2 card to be encoded there simultaneously by setting the playing channel s video output to be the matching channel s video input this way a decoded MPEG file can be simultaneously encoded with a possibly different MPEG format or even a different PAL NTSC TV signal type in real time into a new file or network stream address or both When a channel is not encoding and streaming using mouse to drag and drop an MPEG file name must have case insensitive extension mpg into the Video Preview Window area of that channel will start playing that file if the channel is currently playing the current playing will stop and the newly MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 34 Ver 1 0 2 dropped file will start playing Note this drag and drop playing will always use the Auto Select as Stream Type so Video Only files VES Stream Type will n
11. 32KHz MPEG Encoding Audio Format MPEG I Layer 2 Video PID 33 Audio PID 34 UserData PID 36 User Data None Video Streaming Parameters IP Address 127 0 0 1 local PC Port Number 5000 Multicast Streaming No SendBufSize 0 Use 128Kbytes RecvBufSize 0 Use 128Kbytes Image Capture Parameters Capture Folder C Start Serial No 0 Image Type Bitmap bmp Image Capture File Name IMAGE Bright 128 Contrast 64 Saturate 64 Cut off Bottom Lines 0 Pause Preview during Still Image Capture Win7 only No Width Height O Digital I O E Pin Direction Input E Pin Value Low E Enable Notify No MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 40 Ver 1 0 2 System Setup Start with Video Preview Yes Confirm on Exit Yes Channels per Row inside Video Preview Window 0 All channels on one row Show Preview Status Yes Monitor Number used for Video Preview the Primary Monitor Number Status Text X Y 0 0 Status Text2 X Y 0 0 Status Text2 Shift 0 Video Preview Src Clip X Y R 0 B 12 Confirm on Exit Yes ColourBar No Text Font Times New Roman Regular Size 14 WinXP 36 Win7 Colour Red Script Western Preview Deinterlace Win7 only Odd to Even Preview Colour Bright Contrast Saturate 128 64 64 22 Hotkeys E Control Window or Video Window When focus is on either Window pressing one of these case insensitive keys will execute these functions video I O Setup Audio I O Setup
12. 480 Pixel and above Frame Size Encoding CBR Tick to use Constant Bit Rate encoding clear to use Variable Bit Rate encoding Scene Change Tick to enable Scene Change detection during encoding VOB Format Tick will encode video as VOB Format this is the default setting clear will encode video in standard PS Format Black Screen Tick will encode full screen of blackness no video visible Progressive Seq Tick means the encoded picture is progressive sequence clear means interlaced Hori Mask Horizontal Start Position pixels inside the encoded video frame default is 1 the hardware automatically decides this Vert Mask Vertical Start Position lines inside the encoded video frame default is 1 the hardware automatically decides this Frame Rate in Frames per Sec fps unit use 25 50 for PAL use 29 97 59 94 60 for NTSC Closed GOP GOP is Group of Pictures Ticking this means encoding prediction is based only on pictures in the present GOP not on pictures in previous or next GOP N and M Values N GOP Parameter N 1 256 number of frames in GOP M GOP Parameter M 0 1 2 3 frame distance between reference frames If M is not O then N must be a multiple of M If M is 0 then N must be set to I 6 lt N lt 256 in integer multiples of M for M 3 4 lt N lt 256 in integer multiples of M for M 2 2 lt N lt 256 in integer multiples of M for M I For example If N 15 and M 3 the GOP structureisIB BPBBPBBP
13. Audio from Matching Channel can be mixed to be encoded 4 Digital I O Sockets per Channel for real time control to external devices digital input is via interrupt Perfect Audio Video Synchronization maintained on video preview recording and streaming Seamlessly Split Recorded MPEG files manually or automatically at fixed time or length in real time Record Video using timer or calendar scheduler with daily or weekly repeat options Real time Stream Video over IP Network multi cast or uni cast independent of file recording status Real time Flip Input Video horizontally or vertically and Enlarge Video from any point 2 times zoom PAL and NTSC encoding at various sizes from720X576 720X480 down to 176X144 Pixels PAL NTSC Conversion Record Stream Preview and Output PAL input as NTSC or NTSC as PAL Program Stream PS or Transport Stream TS MPEG Video can be Encoded and Decoded Selectable encoding parameters inc bit rate frame rate frame size GOP structure sampling rate etc Various Encoding Aspect ratio supported inc 4 3 16 9 1 1 and 2 21 1 Capture Still Images as bmp jpg gif tiff and png format at 720X576 480 Pixel independent of record Live recording status can be displayed inside video frame with user definable colour font and position Min CPU Usage maintained on multiple channel video preview encoding decoding and streaming Comprehensive Software Development Kit with C
14. Channel Sockets and Right Channel Sockets DIO 0 DIO 1 DIO 2 DIO 3 DIO 0 DIO 1 DIO 2 DIO 3 Ground Left Chan 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Right Chan Gr A IO10 A IOL 1 A IOI 2 A 1013 B_IOLO B_IOL1 BIOL2 B_IOL3 3 mudo 180 1313 Stereo J24 Stereo Ghar i in VINO gt 14 RCA J2 RCA VINO Audilo d Input Line I a In i 4 p A Stereo RCA SVideo SVideo RCA Stereo MPEGIO2 Breakout Box Top Layer Left Chan Right Chan SCSI Connector f JS i Stereo RCA SVideo SVideo RCA Stereo MPEG Decode MPEG Decode MPEG Decode MPEG Decode MPEG Decode MPEG Decode Audio Out RCA Video Out S Video Output S Video Output RCA Video Out Audio Out MPEGIO2 Breakout Box Bottom Layer MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 8 Ver 1 0 2 9 Video Input Output Each MPEGIO2 channel has 5 RCA Composite video input sources VINO VIN1 VIN2 VIN3 VIN4 and one S Video input source VINS VIN4 and VINS belong to the same 5 Input they share the same brightness signal line while each of the VINO VIN3 can connect to a different external signal The Breakout Box only has VINO VIN3 VIN4 and VINS Input Sockets since VINI is permanently connected to the MPEG decoding Playback output and VIN2 is left unconnected always no signal A channel uses 4 Sub Windows 0 3 to show input video and decoded MPEG video inside its 720X576 480 Pixel Video Frame any of these 4 Sub Windows can use any of the 6 video input sources VINO VINS as its signal s
15. Monitoring Sockets MPEG Decoding Output Multi Socket Video Audio Input Text amp MPEG Video with Video Graphics Live Preview Recording Sub Window Overlay on PC Screen Sian ee Placement and Audio Mixing OSD IC gj Preview IC MPEGIO2 per Channel Functions Following this illustration the application software groups end user controls to the hardware as Video Audio I O Graphics Text Overlay On Screen Preview MPEG encode decode stream and Digital I O The 3 major processing IC chips are OSD IC Preview IC and Codec IC they are responsible for overlay preview and encoding decoding respectively Every MPEGIO2 card has 2 independent channels each with the same functions as listed above the only inter relationship between them is under software control they can route their video or audio output towards the matching channel s input matching channel is the other channel on the same MPEGIO2 card 7 User Interface On start up the MPEGIO2 software presents a Video Window and a Control Window on PC screen Control Window Video Window Right mouse single clicking the Video or Control Window will also display a Drop down Menu MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 5 Ver 1 0 2 Chan 1 Recording Streaming Setup Stop Recording Pause Recording Split Record File Stop Streaming Capture Image SubWin Common Pos Overlay Setup Status GFF All Channel Preview Maximize Minimize Exit Abou
16. No action Default Keep last image Filled with blank colour Keep last image amp blink border When selected the Load Default Settings combo box loads the default register values into one of the 3 I O ICs for a channel the OSD Video Input IC for Preview Encode the 5 Video Input IC for the su Input Source VIN 4 RCA and VIN 4 SVideo and the Video Output IC for MPEG decoding and Loopback Output ports MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 12 Ver 1 0 2 each of these default register value sets have different PAL and NTSC versions lButput PAL The Load Regs button and the ComBo box to its right allow loading an arbitrary file containing an IC s register number value pairs into the OSD VIN4 or Output ICs mainly for debugging purpose Adjusting the VIN 0 3 White Peak Detect Threshold value can affect the amount of white colour being cut off but can reduce chances of white background flickering default value is 216 valid value range is 0 254 Using value 255 will turn off automatics white peak control Note this button only affects the VIN 0 VIN 3 input sources the 5 Input Source has its own automatic white peak control The Auto AGC check box enables Automatic AGC Gain Value setting clearing this box will enbale the AGC Gain and EditBox next to it allowing manual setting of AGC Gain values 0 511 allowed this will affect the brightness of the VIN 0 VIN 3 Video Input Source The AGC No
17. Recording File Name edit field default name is MPEG mpg where is the current channel number If typed in file name has no mpg extension it will be added automatically when recording starts or when this dialog window re opens Note this file name will not be used for the scheduled recording During recording recording files can be split automatically if Split at File Size of or Split at Record Time is ticked and their corresponding field set to some value the recording will split a new file if the recording file size or time exceeds the size or time defined For example m Split at File Size of ticked its edit field is 4096 split a new file when file size reaches 4GBytes m Split at Record Time ticked its edit field is 60 split a new file every I hour M If both boxes are ticked and edit fields set then the first condition met will cause a file split MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 27 Ver 1 0 2 The split file name will be the 1 recording file name without splitting plus an 8 digit number starting from 00000001 increasing each time a new file is split thereafter If the Split File No Reset is ticked and its edit field is non zero then when split file number reaches this number it will be reset to NULL the next split file name will be the same as the very 1 file name before any split started then next split file name will have the 8 digit number added e g If this
18. Step 1 The Start and Stop values are displayed when the counter starts and stops counting The Step value is in 100ms unit it is the time interval to increase decrease the counting value by 1 e g Start 1 Stop 100 Step 2 will start counting from I towards 100 with value increasing I per 0 2 second Start 0 Stop 60 Step 10 will start counting from 0 towards 60 with value increasing I per I second Start 100 Stop 1 Step 5 will start counting from 100 towards 1 with value decreasing 1 per 0 5 second The Erase on Stop option decides if the counter s last value will be erased when the counter reaches its Stop value ticking this check box will erase the last value clearing it will keep the last value on the video frame after the counter stops When all parameters are set up properly for a Counter Overlay click the Start Counter button seen to start counting once started this button becomes Stop Counter clicking it again will stop counting Counter overlay can also be started stopped by Digital I O Pin status change The UpdateText button appears only when current item type is Text this button uses new text typed in the Text EditBox and Start X Y positions to update an existing text overlay item in comparison the Redraw button next to the Current Item redraws the item with the existing contents The check boxes IncreaseY and WrapY also only appear when
19. current item type is Text ticking the IncreaseY means each time button UpdateText is clicked the vertical Y position of the current text overlay item will be automatically increased by the height of the text string before redrawing Ticking the WrapY means when automatically increased Y position reaches the bottom of the video frame the next new Y position for automatically updated text redrawing will wrap back to the original Y value used when the Text item was initially created If WrapY is not ticked then when Y position reaches the bottom of the video frame the automatically updated text will stay at the last line of the video frame shifting all previously automatically updated text lines upwards by one line Note the Y position automatically updated in this way is temporary once the MPEGIO2 exe program exit and restarts the original Y position used when the Text item was created will be restored In comparison the Y and X values changed through the Start X Y EditBoxes are permanent they will be used when MPEGIO2 exe program exit and restarts MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 23 Ver 1 0 2 13 MPEG Encoding Parameters MPEGIO02 channels can encode their Video Audio Preview contents into MPEG data to be saved as file or streamed over network encoding parameters are set up from the MPEG Encoding Setup dialog opened from the Setup button on the Control window or from the Drop down Menu gt Setup M
20. that will cause the selected Actions to happen The button Clear Settings is to clear all Status Change to Actions setup Note the Toggle actions mean the same voltage pulse on the pin will Ist start the operation then the next pulse will stop the operation e g Toggle Overlay means the 1 voltage pulse will enable the overlay if the overlay is currently disabled then when the a voltage pulse happens the overlay will be disabled again Note Do Not trigger Capture Image too quickly on a channel this could cause software crash e g setting Capture Image for both Low to High and High to Low on the same pin should be avoided When a digital I O pin is set up as Output direction the previously disabled combo box Pin Value becomes enabled now manually selecting this Pin Value as High or Low will change the voltage High will produce approx 5 Volt Low will drop it to O Volt at the pin accordingly if external device is connected the device will receive this voltage change MPEGIO2 Digital VO Setup RightChan Actions Succeeded setting DIO Pin Direction More flexible Digital I O control can be achieved by calling relevant functions in the MPEGIO2 SDK see the Digital I O Functions Section in the MPEGIO2 SDK User Manual for more details MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 36 Ver 1 0 2 19 Other Drop down Menu Selections chani Recording Strea
21. the encoded MPEG video if the channel is encoding appear in streamed video if the channel is streaming and appear on the Breakout Box s Loopback Output sockets if external TV or other devices are connected Each created item can be selected through the Current Item combo box to show its properties The current Overlay Item can be operated on with different buttons on the Overlay Setup Window E Delete Item Delete the current Overlay Item E Redraw Redraw this overlay E Erase Erase the overlay but do not delete it clicking Redraw or Redraw All will make it to reappear E Move Change the overlay position MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 20 Ver 1 0 2 There are also buttons that operate on all existing Overlay Items Clear Screen Erase all overlays on the video frame but do not delete them E Redraw All Redraw all existing overlay items E Disable Overlay Tick to hide all overlays clear to make them to reappear instantly When this button is ticked it disables the MPEGIO2 channel s capability to display any overlay all overlay items will disappear but remain undeleted This option can be used as a quick way to turn on off the defined overlay items instantly Note the Drop down menu also has this option E Reset Overlay IC Hardware reset the OSD Overlay IC and redraw all overlays this will reload the OSD IC s default register values current overlay items will be redrawn but all Video I O setup will rever
22. used by at least one of its 4 Sub Windows this can be manually overridden if you deliberately select a different PAL or NTSC signal type from the TV Signal on This Input Src combo box in the Video I O Setup dialog window this might be necessary if none of the 5 Video Input Sources has incoming signal and you still wish to encode MPEG video e g create timer counter Overlay on some static background bitmaps MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 24 Ver 1 0 2 The various options under the Video Encoding Parameters group Hori Size the encoded video frame s horizontal width in pixels 176 720 Vert Size the encoded video frame s vertical height in pixels 144 576 for PAL 144 512 for NTSC MPEGI1 format must make sure Horizontal Size lt 352 Vertical Size lt 288 240 pixels Maximum Bit Rate Encoded Maximum Video Bit Rate in K bit per sec within 128Kbps 15Mbps Average Bit Rate Encoded Average Video Bit Rate in K bit per sec within 128Kbps 15Mbps Note 1 Maximum Average Bit Rates are only applicable to VBR Variable Bit Rate for CBR Constant Bit Rate only Maximum Bit Rate exists or Max Ave Bit Rates Note 2 Average Bit Rate must be lt Maximum Bit Rate Note 3 Depending on the Encoding Hori Vert Size Frame Size the hardware has the following Minimum Encoding Bit Rates 132Kbps for 176X144 Pixel Frame Size Encoding 512Kbps for 352X288 240 Pixel Frame Size Encoding 1 5Mbps for 480X576
23. value is set to 10 the split files created will be Rec mpg Rec00000001 mpg Rec00000002 mpg Rec00000010 mpg Rec mpg Rec00000001 mpg repeatedly This will create a fixed sequence of recording files to prevent filling up disk space Recording file can also be manually split by clicking the Split Record File item from the Drop down Menu during recording or by clicking the Split button from the Record and Capture window See the Start Stop Recording Sub Section later brought up by clicking the Record button from the Control Window Split MPEG files have no gaps between any two ajacent files binary joining them will create an MPEG file as if there was no splitting anywhere The Timer field allows setting a recording timer in minutes if not zero the recording will automatically stops in Timer minutes The Scheduler button opens a Recording Scheduler window for scheduled recording MPEGIO Recording Scheduler Current Chan o Scheduled Recording List vear Month Day Hour Min Duration Repeat FileNamePretix Recording Start Date and Time 2012 06 08 16 00 for 003H 00M Once FNP Eveningkews HH uv2 Fy Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 71 27 73 24 75 26 27 78 29 30 Start Hour 18 Min jo Duration Hour 3 Min 0 Repeat W Once Daily Weekly File Mame Prefix Eveninghews UTC NoDatein FileName I No Time in FileName On
24. 2 PS MPEG Program Stream MPEG 2 TS MPEG2 Transport Stream MPEGI1 SS MPEGI System Stream VES Video Elementry Stream Contains only Video no Audio encoded Auto Select Automatically Decide by MPEGIO2 Channel Hardware Ideally the decoded Stream Type should match the corresponding set up when the MPEG video was encoded as the combined settings in the Encoder Type MPEG Type and Mux Type fields in the MPEG Encoding Setup dialog Encoder Type Trans ork Stream MPEG Type MPEGZ Mux Type Video amp Audio as described in the previous MPEG Encoding Parameters Section However when the MPEG video file s Stream Type is unknown the Auto Select can be selected to let MPEGIO2 hardware detect its Stream Type note this could cause software crash if the presented MPEG data 1s invalid or un recognizable by the MPEGIO2 hardware In general MPEGIO2 can safely decode all MPEG video encoded by itself video files encoded by other hardware or software encoders MPEG4 video encoded by other hardware or software encoders are not guaranteed to be decoded properly MPEG video file name can be selected by typing in the full path or clicking the Select File button to choose from folders The Loop check box allows repeatedly decoding the file re decode from the beginning when file end is reached until playback is manually stopped The options Pause and Stop
25. BBPBB If M 0 the GOP structure is I encoder will generate I frames only If M 1 the GOP structure is IP If M 2 the GOP structure is IBP If M 3 the GOP structure is IBBP Aspect Ratio 4 3 default 16 9 wide screen 2 21 1 or 1 1 Square PEL User Data Up to 120 for Program Stream or 176 for Transport Stream bytes of text characters can be inserted into encoded MPEG video audio stream before or during the encoding time when this button is clicked with some characters in the editing field next to it If currently encoding is in progress each clicking of this button will insert the text once multiple clicking on same text will insert same text multiple times If currently encoding is not in MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 25 Ver 1 0 2 progress clicking this button will prepare the characters to be inserted once when MPEG encoding starts multiple clicking on the same text will have no effect Note special software mechanism is needed to extract the user data inserted from the MPEG video stream during decoding process Video PID Audio PID and UserData PID These are only applicable when the channel is Transport Stream Encoder they define the Video Audio and UserData Packet IDs in the encoded MPEG stream Valid Video Audio PIDs are 21 8190 inclusive valid UserData PIDs are 1 183 inclusive Video PID default is 33 Audio PID default is 34 User Data PID default is 36 The options under the Audio Enc
26. Brightness al E sfo Left 0 Top 0 Freeze Zoom Contrast a E gt Border Border Blink Width 720 Height 576 ion Height P U Saturation 4 T a l Sub Window Cropping i Saturation 4 F gt l Set Cropping fe 4 gt l Left 15 Top 10 width 720 Height 480 se AT Background Colour Black D Blank Colour Blue video Loss Indication No actionidefault VIN 0 3 White Peak Detect Threshold 216 0SD bo Preview Use X f Outputi ColourBar AC Norm Max Sain 3 Auto AGC ET OSD to Preview Use Cx D Output ColourBar AGC White Peak Gain i Qutput1 BlankLevel 42 Output BlankLevel E Selected Video Input Source OK Cancel This dialog can be opened from Control Window gt Setup or from Drop down Menu gt Setup MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 9 Ver 1 0 2 The Current Chan combo box at the upper left corner indicates which MPEGIO2 channel has the Video I O settings on the dialog selecting a different channel number will immediately reflect the new channel s various settings in the entire dialog window The Preview TV Signal field below the Current Chan indicates the TV Signal type this channel currently uses to display video preview and to encode MPEG video this is always either PAL or NTSC it will NOT be no signal since the MPEGIO2 hardware always uses either NTSC or PAL to encode and preview video To manually for
27. IO2 exe starts or if the d command line parameter is supplied the software will use the following default values for its parameters MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 38 Ver 1 0 2 Video I O Parameters Sub Window Common Position 4 SubWins Split with each SubWin occupying 1 4 of the video frame Sub Window Cropping For PAL Left 15 Top 10 Width 720 Height 576 For NTSC Left 15 Top 12 Width 720 Height 480 Sub Window Enable Yes Sub Window Input Source SubWin0 VINO SubWin1 VINI1 SubWin2 VINS SubWin3 VIN3 Note VINI is MPEG decoding video output VINS is SVideo Socket Sub Window Freeze No Sub Window Border No Sub Window Popup Yes Sub Window Zoom No Sub Window Border Blink No Sub Window Mirror No VIN 4 Auto Crop No VIN 4 Horizontal Start Stop 0 0 VIN 4 Vertical Blank Start Stop 0 0 Auto Switch PAL NTSC No 7 5IRE Black Level Yes if Default TV Signal Type is NTSC and Country Code is not Japan otherwise No Input ColourBar No Background Colour Black Blank Colour Blue Video Loss Indication No Action White Peak Detect Threshold 216 for VIN 0 VIN 3 Auto AGC Gain Enabled for VIN 0 VIN 3 Manual AGC Gain Value 240 for VIN 0 VIN 3 AGC Normal Maximum Gain 3 for VIN 0 VIN 3 AGC White Peak Gain 1 for VIN 0 VIN 3 VIN 4 Luma AGC Enable VIN 4 Chroma AGC Enable VIN 4 WP White Peak Detection Disable No VIN 4 LP Luma Peak Detection Disable No
28. Internet the receiving end must configure its router s TCP IP port through the Network Address Port Translation NAPT function using UDP protocol To start streaming video encoded from a channel tick the box under the Start Stream button on the same line as the Chan No then click the Start Stream button multiple channels can be ticked and started streaming encoded MPEG video simultaneously Similarly ticking the boxes under the Stop Stream button then clicking the button can stop streaming multiple channels Starting or stopping streaming encoded video for a single channel can also be done through the Drop down menu Streaming MPEG video can be started independent of as shown here or together with starting MPEG recording or decoding to start streaming simultaneously when recording starts use the Record and Capture dialog window described previously under the Start Stop Recording Section To start streaming decoded previously encoded MPEG video see the Playback MPEG Video Section described later in this manual Once a channel is streaming its IP address port number and Multicast properties cannot be changed until the streaming stops MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 30 Ver 1 0 2 16 Capture Still Images Still images can be captured from MPEGIO2 channels in BMP JPG GIF under WinXP only TIFF under Win or above or PNG format Each image file is 720X576 pixels for PAL or 720X480
29. MPEG data to disk files The recorded file name folder the recording timer and scheduling etc are set up in the Record and Capture Setup Window 14 1 Setup Recording The Record and Capture Setup Window can be brought up from either the Setup button on the Control Window or from the Drop down Menu gt Setup MPEGIO Record and Capture Setup Current Chan 1 Current Recording Path Double Click to Select gi SRECYCLE BIN 165746a90e3e4c235cbb132f15356 2b6a606d4a9 5397c3237741 E0bb amp bece 73 7ea03ed 34 103b94b80 1655efecebbb23d 1386 MPEGIO3 MPEGIO4 MPEGIOPro 201205 Record RECYCLER System Volume Information Recording Timer 0 Min Scheduler Recording File Name MPEG1 mpg Split Recording File Split at File Size of g MBytes OK vw Split at Record Time 50 Minutes Split File No Reset 0 Cancel Capture Still Image Follow Preview Bright 128 a Contrast 64 4 Saturate 64 alo set Capture Folder Capture Format BMP bil Start Serial No E aest nivaa Capture File Mame ME Cut off Bottom Lines w Pause Preview Deinterlace None v Width 0 Height 0 Mouse double clicking the drive folder lines inside the Current Recording Path listbox will select the recording folder the currently selected folder name appears immedaitely above the listbox The recording file name needs to be manually typed into the
30. MPEGIO2 PCI E Dual Channel MPEG2 4 1 Encoder Decoder with IP Streaming Colour Overlay Digital I O and Comprehensive SDK Application Software Manual Version 1 0 2 Copyright O 2012 Inventa Australia Pty Ltd Table of Contents 1 Main Features amp Functions sssssssssssssssseennnmnmmm m 2 2 Package Contents 0 sssssssssssssmmmemmmmmmmmmmmnmmmmmmm m 3 3 Minimum System Requirement ssssssnnnnnnnnnnmnmmmmmmm n mmmmmmmmmm 3 4 Hardware Installation gt 2 ssssssssssssssssmmeemm m 3 5 Software Installation gt 4 2 sssssssssssssssssssssmmeeemmmmmmm m 3 Device Driver Software Installation _ _ s 3 Application Software Installation nnnnmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmm 4 6 Device Architecture ssssssssssssssssssmmemmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 5 7 User Interface 000000 sssnnssmnnmnmmmmmm 5 Control Window s sssssssssssssenemnmm m m m 6 Video Window ssssssssssssnsmmmmmmmmm 6 Drop down Menu sssssssssnnnnnnnnnnnnmmmmmmmmmmmm 6 Taskbar Icon sssssssssssssssmmeennnnmmmmmnn mm 7 Total Channel Number mnnnnnnmnmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 7 Multiple MPEGIO2 Cards mmnnnnnnnnnmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmm 7 8 Breakout Box Sockets 0 sssssssssssnmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 8 9 Video Input Output s ssssssssssssmsm
31. Only without Audio Note while MPEG2 MPEGI1 video can be played back by almost all software video players MPEG4 video playback is less universal known software players that can play MPEGIO2 encoded MPEG4 video include VideoLan vic exe SMPlayer KMPlayer ffplay exe ffmpeg MainConcept ShowCase DiVX Plus Player Total Video Player Elecard MPEG Player GOM Player etc MPEG4 encodes higher quality at low bit rates when compared with MPEG2 encoding at the same low bit rates MPEG2 video can create DVD SVCD movie disks MPEG1 video can create VCD movie disks Note setting MPEGI format must make sure Horizontal Size lt 352 Vertical Size lt 288 240 pixels or encoding failure will appear The read only field TV Signal below the Current Chan indicates the signal format of the encoded MPEG video either PAL or NTSC this is consistent with the Preview TV Signal field in the Video I O Setup dialog and the TV Signal field in the System Setup dialog Note this can only be changed manually from within the Video I O Setup dialog by forcibly setting the TV Signal on This Input Sre combo box to PAL or NTSC By default an MPEGIO2 channel automatically set its video preview and MPEG encoding TV signal thus the Preview TV Signal field in Video I O Setup dialog the TV Signal fields in System Setup and MPEG Encoding Setup dialog windows according to its 1 video input source with signal currently
32. PEG Encoding Setup Current Chan 0 7 Encoder Type Program Stream 7 MPEG Type MPEG v Mux Type Video amp Audio TV Signal PAL DYD Compliant Reset MPEG IC Video Encoding Parameters Hori Size 704 Maximum Bit Rate 6000 KBps CBR Scene Change i YOR Format Black Screen l Progressive Seq vert Size 576 Aveage Bit rate 6000 KBps Hori Mask 1 Pixels vert Mask 1 Lines Frame Rate 25 GOF Structure Closed GOP M 15 v Mi 3 Aspect Ratio 4 3 video PID Audio PID UserData PID User Data Audio Encoding Partameters Audio Format MPEGIL Sampling Rate 48KHz Bit Rate 256000 Bps i i Cancel Each MPEGIO2 channel can be configured either as Program Stream MPEG encoder or as Transport Stream MPEG encoder selected from the Encoder Type combo box to the right of the Current Chan This Encoder Type decides the encoded MPEG data format as either Program Stream or Transport Stream it also decides the MPEG data the channel can decode Program Stream channel can only decode Program Stream MPEG data Transport Stream channel can only decode Transport Stream MPEG data The MPEG Type box next to the Encoder Type designates the MPEG1 MPEG2 or MPEG4 format of the encoded video audio while the Mux Type further next decides if the input video and audio are multiplexed into the encoded MPEG stream as Video amp Audio or encoded as Video
33. Positions button arranges the positions of the 4 Sub Windows inside the video frame on PC screen and on encoded MPEG video The Common Pos combo box provides common positions for the 4 Sub Windows 4 SubWindows Equal Split SubWin O Full Screen Picture in Picture etc Note the Sub Win Common Pos selection from the Dropdown Menu has the same function The Set Cropping button will crop the size of the currently selected Video Input Source it is recommended to use the default values for the cropping for PAL and NTSC signals Below the Sub Win No the Sub Window Operation groups operations on a Video Sub Window MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 10 Ver 1 0 2 Enable If cleared this Sub Window will disappear from the video frame By default sub window is enabled Freeze If selected the video inside the Sub Window will be frozen Border Selecting this will place a white border around the Sub Window Border Blink This will make the Sub Window s border blinking Zoom This will zoom the video inside the Sub Window when left mouse clicks inside the Sub Window with Shift key held down the video from the point the Left Mouse clicked will be zoomed 2 times larger and this zoomed video is shown inside the Sub Window Left click again without holding the Shift key will cancel the zooming E Popup This decides the display priority between Sub Windows when they overlay when two Sub Windows overlap the Sub Window wit
34. Signal fields in System Setup and MPEG Encoding Setup dialog windows these 3 fields show the same value as described in detail in the previous Sections To capture image on a single channel pop up the Drop down Menu by right mouse clicking in the channel s area in Video Window then select Capture Image Single channel image capture can also be triggered by voltage pulse on the Digital I O Pins see the Digital Input Output Pins section later for setting up automatic image capture through Digital I O pin configuration To manually capture images on multiple channels simultaneously use the Capture button Capture of the Record and Capture dialog window opened by clicking the Record button Record on the Control Window Record and Capture Functions Channels Record chano I chani Chanz Chana Pause a Split g gj p fii j ER 23 Ej W Chand f Chani Chane Chan Stream Chano chani Chan Chand OK Image Captured Chans 0 1 Here each click of the Capture button will capture still images for all those selected Chan channels MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 32 Ver 1 0 2 17 Playback MPEG Video Decoding Although video recorded by MPEGIOQ2 can play back on most software video players playing on MPEGIO2 hardware offers low PC resource CPU RAM consumption even on simultaneous multi channel playback simultaneous o
35. ach video frame The Even to Odd method means copying Even lines to Odd lines within each video frame The 20 Screen 90 Screen methods indicate conditional indeterlacing Using Odd to Even deinterlace only when Video Preview area exceed 20 90 of the desktop window s width or height The read only Left Chan Or RightChan field below the Current Chan combo box indicates if the current channel is the Left Channel the 1 or the Right Channel 274 on the MPEGIO2 card The read only Bus Dev No field indicates the PCI ICs Bus and Device Preview and MPEG Codec ICs Numbers for this MPEGIO2 channel The PCB Ver Field indicates the detected PCB board version of the MPEGIO2 channel a value 3 or higher is correct a value 2 indicates switch IC failure a value 1 indicates Input 5 IC failure MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 19 Ver 1 0 2 12 Overlay Text and Graphics on Video MPEGIO2 allows colour text and graphics to be overlaid on incoming video these overlay and video will appear together on PC screen on encoded MPEG data and on the Video Loopback RCA S Video Out ports of the Breakout Box Overlay is controlled through the Overlay Setup dialog window opened from either the Setup button on the Control Window or directly from the Drop down Menu MPEGIO2 Overlay Setup MPEGIO2 Overlay Setup Current Chan 0 Disable Overlay Current Chan o vw Disabl
36. also install reinstall drivers Note on Windows 7 8 SetupDrv exe needs to be run as administrator by right mouse clicking the file name then selecting Run as administrator Note 5 If PC boot up with MPEGIO2 card inserted but no device driver installed each card will have 4 unknown devices under the ControlPanel gt System gt Hardware gt DeviceManager window these must be upgraded to MPEGIO2 device drivers manually or by running the program Start gt All Programs gt Inventa gt MPEGIO2 gt SetupDrv exe Note 6 Some PC motherboards might not shut down the PC properly after installing MPEGIO2 device drivers in this case putting the ResetDrv exe from the MPEGIO2 Program Group into Windows Startup folder All Programs gt Startup to reset the drivers usually can fix the shutdown problem MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 3 Ver 1 0 2 E Application Software Installation Once the Setup CD is inserted into PC s CD drive the Start bat program will automatically start if this does not start double click the Start bat on the CD to start the setup process If Microsoft VC 2008 Redistributable or Net Framework 3 5 is not detected their setup will begin this will take a while then the MPEGIO2 exe Setup Wizard window will appear fy MPEGIOZ Welcome to the MPEGIO Setup Wizard I ha riaa vell Gunde pou Grows be dees squred t rilal MPE CIO on sau esamp
37. aphics cards or NVidia GS8400 Default is 0 the SDK detects the graphics card chipset s colour space conversion capability then chooses mode I or 2 automatically Some examples MPEGIO2 exe r 0 f 0 record0 mpg start recording on channel 0 to file record0 mpg MPEGIO2 exe s 0 d start streaming on channel 0 do not read MPEGIO2 ini file at start MPEGIO2 exe 0 r I s 0 s I start recording and streaming on channel 0 and channel I MPEGIO2 exe r 0 p 0 C chanO f 0 rec mpg record on channel 0 to file c chan0 rec mpg MPEGIO2 exe n 9 Disable MPEG Codec at Channel 0 and 3 so these 2 channels cannot encode decode Note command line parameters will override the MPEGIO2 ini settings if they conflict 21 Default Parameter Values MPEGIO2 exe uses initialization file MPEGIO2 ini to store values for its user definable parameters each time MPEGIO2 exe exits values of these parameters are saved into MPEGIO2 ini file which resides in the same folder as the MPEGIO2 exe program Make sure the user account logged into MS Windows has Write permission to the Folder usually C Program Files Inventa MPEGIO2 the MPEGIO2 exe resides otherwise the MPEGIO2 ini file cannot be created Each time when MPEGIO2 exe program starts it uses this file s contents to assign values to its parameters If the MPEGIO2 ini file does not exist such as when MPEGIO2 exe is started on a PC for the 1 time or if the Ctrl Key is held down when MPEG
38. button on the Control Window or from the Drop down Menu gt Setup MPEGIO 2 Stream Setup Reset Network Chan No IF Address Port No Multicast att Stream Stop stream SendBufsize RecvBufSize 27 0 0 1 fm Tr E E mm mm 127 0 0 sooo r Bw Oo 500 r i m o mm i B E joo MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 29 Ver 1 0 2 In order to receive streamed out MPEG video from MPEGIO02 channel a network client must have its IP Address Port Number and Multicast Unicast settings specified in this window The SendBufSize RevBufSize fields indicate the output and input buffer sizes in Kbytes of the network sockets created for streaming 0 inidcates using the default 128Kbyte size IP addresses can be either Multicast tick the Multicast box or Unicast clear the Multicast box 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 can receive the same video simultaneously If a valid Unicast address is used only the host machine that has that particular IP address can receive the streamed video and only one playback client on that machine PC or Set top box can actively receive that video at any time To stream across wide area network such as
39. can only start if the program MPEGIO2 exe is running When the scheduled time arrives if the channel is already recording e g through manual start the scheduled recording will be ignored 14 2 Start Stop Recording The Start Record selection from the Drop down Menu can start recording for a single channel To start recording multiple channels simultaneously use the Record and Capture window by clicking the Record button Record on the Control Window Record and Capture Functions Channels Record Chano I Chani I Chana I Chana Pause a Split Eg j si H Stop p Bi Capture Chand chani chanz chan Stream Chand Chant Chan Chang In this window ticking multiple channels then clicking the Record button will start recording on those channels ticked Similarly Pause Split Stop Streaming as part of Start Recording and Capture Still Image can all be done on multiple channels here Stopping Pausing or Splitting single channel recording can also be done from the Drop down Menu Existing file names will be overwritin silently 15 Stream Video Using User Datagram Protocol UDP MPEGIO2 channels can stream out encoded or decoded MPEG video audio to any IP client that can receive MPEG video such as the free VideoLan software Amino Set top box etc To set up video streaming parameters open the MPEGIO2 Stream Setup window from either the Setup
40. ce setting up the Start date and time Duration Repeat etc clicking the Add button will add a new recording schedule line to the Scheduled Recording List listbox The edit box File Name Prefix allows a text prefix of lt 20 characters long to be added before the recording date and time to form the scheduled recording file name Note the previously described Recording File Name field in the Record and Capture Setup dialog is NOT used for scheduled recording in this format File Name Prefix ChanNum Date Time mpg If the File Name Prefix field is empty it will be replaced with string MPEGIO2 Note the Start Hour is in 24 Hour format i e 7pm is Hour 19 Button Modify can be used to change an existing schedule line in the list box highlight the line change the fields then click Modify Highlight an existing schedule line in the list box then click Delete will remove a schedule Ticking the UTC box will use Coordinated Universal Time in the scheduled file name otherwise local time will be used in the file name MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 28 Ver 1 0 2 Ticking No Date in FileName or No Time in FileName will exclude Date or Time or both when forming the scheduled recording file name When scheduled recording starts it will overwrite an existing file with the same name if that exists Note at schedued time scheduled recordings
41. ce the channel to use either PAL or NTSC as its Preview TV Signal use the TV Signal on This Input Sre combo box The Video Input Source combo box indicates one of the 6 Video Input Sources an MPEGIO2 channel has VINO VIN3 RCA VIN4 RCA and VINS S Video When this changes the content in TV Signal on This Input Sre will reflect the Input Source s current signal type inc No Signal status However if manually force a PAL or NTSC signal type in the TV Signal on This Input Sre combo box the Preview TV Signal field below the Current Chan combo box will also get that signal type indicating this channel s video preview and MPEG encoding TV signal type has been changed By default a channel set its video preview and MPEG encoding TV signal the Preview TV Signal field according to its 1 video input source with signal currently being used by at least one of its 4 Sub Windows this can be manually overridden if a different PAL or NTSC signal type is selected from the TV Signal on This Input Sre combo box Forcibly selecting a different PAL NTSC signal type this way therefore can be used to preview video and encode MPEG video in the PAL NTSC type different from a Video Input Source s actual signal type with MPEGIO2 hardware doing the real time PAL to NTSC or NTSC to PAL conversion Please note do not forcibly change to different PAL NTSC signal type when a channel is encoding or decoding Whe
42. e Current Recording Path at the upper part of the window this can be totally different by left mouse double clicking inside the directory list box from the folder set to hold recorded MPEG video files When this button is clicked the capture image folder name will appear in the read only edit field beneath the button Use the Capture Format combo box to select image format note under WinXP and under Win7 the 3 format will be either GIF or TIF respectively The Start Serial No edit box defines the starting numerical number the subsequent image capturing will use as part of the image file name which is formed as 3 parts with underscores _ in between Capture File Name String Channel Number as 2 Digit Number Serial No as 6 Digit Number Each time a new image file is captured the Serial Number increases its value by to be used for the next capture unless its value is re defined in this window MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 31 Ver 1 0 2 The Bright Contrast and Saturate fields can be used to adjust the colour parameters of the captured image without affecting colours on video preview and MPEG recording The Follow Preview button set the Bright Contrast and Saturate values to be the same as the Video Preview s Bright Contrast and Saturate values set in the System Setup window The Cut off Bottom Lines field indicates number of line
43. e Overlay Reset Overlay ic Total Items 1 Movi Total Items E Move Redraw Redraw al al Current Item jo 4 Ye ha Current Item 0 gt T TE 7 K E Skart a 0 Yi 83 Erase Item Type Text IMo lpha Blink None Item Type ink Noni YP Alpha P Blink Font Timer Format Time Only v Font FrGr Colour Frar Colour n BkGr Colour BkGr Mode Transparent BkGr Colour Bkar Mode Transparent M Unicode Text video Capture ETF F Fr SHE HILST 943 UpdateText Increase Wrap Redraw All Show Palette Add Item Delete Item Clean Screen Redraw All Show Palette Chan 1 successfully updated Text overlay item 3 12 1 Overlay Item Management MPEGIO2 channels organize overlays as Overlay Items with item number type and other properties Overlay Items can be created moved modified deleted redrawn or erased A channel can also disable its Overlay capability list its colour palette and reset its Overlay IC i e OSD IC Item Type Text To create a new Overlay item select the Item Type then according to selected Item Type assign other property values such as colour text position size alpha etc Clicking the Add Item button will create a new Overlay item with the properties as defined on the screen and the Overlay Item is drawn over the video background in the current channel s video frame at the same time this new overlay will also appear in
44. e when Video Preview is turned off Changing this value then turning on the Video Preview will make live Video to appear when the Video Preview Window is in the designated monitor Note live video will not appear the preview window has no video when Video Preview Window is moved to a monitor other than the one indicated by this Monitor Number When PC has multiple monitors number 0 might not necessarily be the primary monitor if the selected Monitor does not show live video some other monitor will do MPEGIO2 exe remembers the currently used Monitor Number on exit and will use it on its next start up By default the MPEGIO2 exe uses the primary monitor number for video preview The Preview Image and Encoding Colour scrollbars adjust colour properties for video inside the Video Preview window for captured still images and for the encoded MPEG video The Set Default Values button will restore these colour parameters to their default values The Preview Colour Bright Contrast Saturate indicates and adjusts the colour on previewed video only without affecting colours on captured still image and MPEG recording video The button Video Preview Src Clip set the Video Preview Source Clipping Pixels for an MPEGIO2 Channel the values in the X Y R B edit boxes indicate X the pixels to include when negative or exclude when positive from the left edge of the incoming video Y the pixels to include when negative or excl
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46. g Rate in the MPEG Encoding Setup dialog window this makes Audio Sampling Rate combo box user selectable in the Audio I O Setup dialog In comparison when preview IC is used as audio ADC when OSD IC as AADC box is cleared the Audio Sampling Rate combo box is always disabled because when using preview IC as audio ADC audio preview sampling rate must be the same as audio encoding sampling rate which is only changeable from the MPEG Encoding Setup dialog window The following Audio I O Diagram illustrates how audio signal flows in different situations Left Channel Right Channel DE s Ti Audio Inp ut from Audio Inp ut from Audio Input Line In 1 J24 No Yes Yes Na Preview IC Audio Input Line In 2 J10 Audio Input Line In 2 J21 Digitized Analog Analog Digitized Audio Audio Audio Audi MPEG Audio MPEG Audio eee N Decoding Out Decoding Out pee J19 MPEG Codec OSD IC Digitized Audio OSD IC from fm Preview IC Preview IC Audio Loopback ba Loopback Output J20 on Output J25 on Breakout Box Breakout Box MPEGIO2 Audio I O Diagram MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 16 Ver 1 0 2 11 Video Preview amp System g The Preview Video check box on the Control Window turns on off the Video Preview for all channels When ner on video from MPEGIO2 channels will appear inside a floating window that user can move resize minimize or maximize Holding down
47. h Popup selected will display on top of the Sub Window with Popup cleared If both Sub Windows have the same Popup selection both selected or both cleared then the lower numbered Sub Window will have higher display priority E H Mirror Selecting this will flip the video inside the Sub Window horizontally swap left and right m V Mirror Selecting this will flip the video inside the Sub Window vertically upside down In the Sub Window Colours group changing brightness contrast etc will affect colours for those Sub Windows using the current Video Input Source Clicking the Set Default Colour button will restore the default colour settings Clicking the Hori Delay will shift the horizontal start position of the entire video frame as follows Horizontal delay must be within 0 63 0 32 Pixel delay 32 0 Pixel delay default 63 31 Pixel delay Clicking the Vert Delay will shift the vertical start position of the entire video frame as follows Vertical delay can be within 0 31 QO 11 Lines delayed 12 0 Line delayed default 31 19 Lines delayed Note the Hori Delay and Vert Delay buttons only affect the VINO VIN3 Input Sources The 5 Video Input Source has its own settings for video horizontal and vertical start stop positions via buttons VIN4 Horizontal Start Stop VIN4 Vert Blank Start Stop and VIN 4 Auto Crop Its video signal
48. he White Peak Detection and Luminance Peak Detection processing for the ar Input Source VIN 4 their default are both Enable If the Auto Switch PAL NTSC check box is ticked this channels Preview and MPEG encoding TV Signal type the Preview TV Signal will follow the current Video Input Source as its signal changes to NTSC or PAL note Auto Switch only happens when the channel is not encoding or decoding The 7 5IRE Black Level is only useful for Non Japanese NTSC type video signals Ticking this box will make the video s black area darker Ticking the Input ColourBar box displays a colour bar in a channel s video preview area but not in the Video Loopback RCA SVideo ports of the Breakout Box this colour bar also appears in the encoded streamed MPEG video and its setting clearing status will be remembered by the application software At the bottom area of the Video I O Setup dialog Background Colour set up the colour for the area inside an MPEGIO2 channel s Video Preview Window where no Sub Window covers thus exposes the Background of that channel Default is Black Blank Colour is the colour appearing in Video Sub Windows that have no video signal from their Video Input Source and the channel s Video Loss Indication is Filled with blank colour Default is Blue Video Loss Indication selects the action taken when a Sub Window has no signal in its Input Source
49. heir play reaches the paused point inside the MPEG file while other software video players such as E M Total Video Player http www effectmatrix com MediaPlayer Classic http mpc hc sourceforge net GOM Player http www gomlab com eng SMPlayer MPlayer KMPlayer etc will play smoothly over the paused point without obvious delays Note MPEGIOZ2 itself will always play smoothly over any paused points without delays in its recorded files regardless how long or short the paused time was Screen Capture with Live Video Preview live video previewed by MPEGIO2 can be successfully captured under Windows or above but not on WinXP when Ctrl Print Screen keys are pressed File folders must have Write Permission all folders holding the MPEG recording files still image files and MPEGIO2 ini file must have Write Permission for the user or these files cannot be created e g on Windows 8 C drive s root directory might not be writable so use other folders to save MPEG and image files Also on Windows 8 by default the MPEGIO2 program folder C Program Files Inventa MPEGIO2 folder is not writable this must be changed manually to have write permission for the current user so that MPEGIO2 ini file can be written each time MPEGIO2 exe exit MS Windows Power Options should not turn off hard disk during MPEG recording if the MS Windows Power Options under Screen Saver settings include turning off hard dis
50. ications examples include 1 Encode PAL input to NTSC MPEG video or vice versa this also real time convert PAL NTSC input to NTSC PAL output on the Breakout Box Ports RCA amp SVideo on the Video I O Setup dialog set the TV Signal on This Input Sre combo box to the TV signal type different from the input signal will accomplish this Note if video preview is garbled after manually setting the TV Signal on This Input Src clear then tick the Preview Video check box on the Control Window usually can fix it 2 Simultaneously encode and stream two different format and or sizes MPEG video from the same input configure one Sub Window s video source as from this MPEGIO2 channel s matching channel will accomplish this on the Video I O Setup dialog select a Sub Window s Video Input Source as VIN 4 SVideo then tick the VIN 4 Input from Matching Chan For example this can simultaneously encode Program Stream and Transport Stream video or MPEG2 and MPEG4 video from the same video input to two separate MPEG files and or IP streams 3 Play and convert previously encoded MPEG video by MPEGIO2 or other hardware software into a different format MPEG video as in 2 set up a Sub Window s video source as from the matching channel then play some recorded video on the matching channel while simultaneously encode a different MPEG format on this channel Overlay Text Graphics can be added on the encoded
51. ing is started as well as each channel s number and TV signal type 7 3 Drop down Menu Drop down Menu appears when Right Mouse Button is single clicked inside the Video or Control Window or on the Taskbar Icon Apart from various menu item selections the Drop down Menu also reflects one channel s status if recording or playing is on or paused streaming is on or off status is on Overlay is off etc MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 6 Ver 1 0 2 7 4 Taskbar Icon When the MPEGIO2 exe program is running an icon will always appear at Windows Taskbar area IMPEGIOZ 4 Channels Right Click to Show Menu al G 1 18PM right mouse clicking this Icon will pop up the Drop down Menu Note if any of the Setup Windows is open right clicking will not pop up the menu If any channel 1s recording streaming etc they will also be indicated at this icon s tool tip text when mouse cursor hovers over this icon 7 5 Total Channel Number The Control Window also displays the number of MPEGIO2 channels currently found in the PC such as 4 Channels The MPEGIO2 exe program assumes this number will not change when it is running This number counts only those channels currently with their device drivers properly installed If a channel does not have its driver installed or its driver is disabled that channel will not be counted The sequential number of a channel the Current Chan value used in the various Setup Dia
52. k this must be disabled otherwise recording can fail and hang MEGIO2 exe when the hard disk is turned off Install MPEG2 playback Codec filters on Windows XP and Windows 7 the Start bat program automatically registers MPEG2 playback codec while on Windows 8 this must be done manually by running the RegFilters bat from the MPEGIO2 Program Group as Administrator Without properly registering MPEG2 playback codec the Windows MediaPlayer cannot play MPEG files MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 43 Ver 1 0 2 25 MPEGIO2 Hardware Specifications eee eee Encoded Decoded 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 Support Both Program Stream and Transport Stream Encoding amp Decoding Constant Bit Rate CBR and Variable Bit Rate VBR Encoding Video 4 2 2 to 4 2 0 Conversion Video Inverse telecine 3 2 pulldown Video Encoding Frame Rates 23 976fps 24 fps 25fps 29 97fps 30fps 50fps 59 94 fps 60fps Video Encoding Bit Rates 128 Kbps 15 00 Mbps Video Encoding Decoding Resolution in Pixels Horizontal 176 352 480 528 544 640 704 720 Vertical 120 144 240 288 480 512 608 576 Video Encoding Aspect Ratio 4 3 16 9 Wide Screen 2 21 1 1 1 Square Pels Audio Encoding Format MPEGI Layer 1 Layer 2 Layer 3 MP3 MPEG 2 audio AC3 AAC G 711 G 723 G 726 G 729 Audio Sampling Rates 32KHz 44 1KH
53. log Windows to identify each channel might change as total number of channels change if a card or a channel is removed or added the channel number of each channel previously existed could also change 7 6 Multiple MPEGIO2 Cards Simultaneously running multiple MPEGIO2 cards in the same PC requires no special setup the MPEGIO2 device driver and application software will automatically recognize and count the total channel numbers according to their properly installed device drivers If a channel does not have its device drivers installed due to failing hardware or deliberately disabled driver from the Windows Control Panel that channel will not be counted in the total channel number and video audio I O on that channel will not be functional but functions of that channel s matching channel on the same PCIe card will not be affected except those functions related to its matching channel routing A V to from its matching channel MPEGIO2 software allows max 16 channels to be functional in one PC these channels can be from 8 or more PCIe cards MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 7 Ver 1 0 2 8 Breakout Box Sockets All signal Input Output are accessed through the sockets on the 2 Layer Breakout Box its Top Layer contains all Video Audio Input sockets and the Digital I O sockets its Bottom Layer contains all Video Audio Output sockets Since each MPEGIO2 card has 2 independent channels the sockets on the Breakout Box are arranged as Left
54. ming Setup Stop Recording Pause Recording Split Record File Stop Streaming Capture Image Sub win Common Pos Overlay Setup Status GFF All Channel Preview Maximize Minimize Exit About MPEGIO When the Drop down Menu is brought up by right mouse clicking the Video Control Window its top line always indicates a channel number if right mouse was clicked inside a channel s video area in the Video Window the channel number will indicate that channel if right mouse was clicked on the Control Window the channel number will indicate the previously mouse clicked channel inside the Video Window When a menu item is selected from the Drop down Menu its operation is only on the channel as the Drop down Menu s top line indicates e g Start Record will only record MPEG video for this channel Capture Image will only capture this channel s video image etc Overlay Off Hide all defined Overlay Items for this channel same as Disable Overlay Sub Win Common Pos Arrange the 4 Video Sub Windows according to some Common Positions Pause Audio Preview Toggle this channel s Audio Preview on off if it is previewing audio Status Off Hide all Preview Text display such as the O PAL at the top of this channel s video Single Chan Preview All Channel Preview Displaying one or all channels in the preview window Centre Windows Set the Video amp Control Windows to be at screen centre with default sizes
55. mmnmmmmmmm m 43 25 MPEGIO2 Hardware Specifications s nnnnnnnmmmmmmmmmmmm nmmmmmmmmmm 44 MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 1 Ver 1 0 2 1 Main Features and Functions MPEGIO72 is a dual channel multi I O colour Overlay and hardware MPEG 2 4 1 encoding decoding PCI Express Card with many powerful features Real time encode MPEG2 MPEG4 and MPEGI video using on board hardware compression chipset Real time decode MPEG2 4 1 video on PC screen and external TV simultaneously using on board chip 2 Channels per MPEGIO2 Card each capable of Encoding amp Decoding maximum 16 channels per PC Real time Encode 128Kbps to 15Mbps MPEG Video per Channel with Stereo Audio Overlay Colour Graphics amp Text Simultaneously on Encoded MPEG Video and external TV Screen Overlay colour text graphics timer counter rectangle and box with alpha transparency and blinking Multiple input video as picture in picture picture by picture for preview encode stream and TV output Each channel has 4 sub windows to display video in different sizes positions and colour parameters Live preview multi channel video on PC screen inside re sizable movable window or full screen Simultaneous Video Input Output per Channel on 2xRCA IxSVideo In 2xRCA S Video Out Sockets 2 Stereo Audio Input amp Output Sockets per Channel Each Audio Input has its own gain control 2 Audio Input MPEG Decoding Audio and
56. n MPEGIO2 exe program starts up if all input sources used by some Sub Windows for a channel have no signal then the Country Regional Language setting in MS Windows Control Panel will be used to decide NTSC or PAL is used as the Preview TV Signal USA Japan etc will use NTSC UK Australia etc will use PAL however the command line switch g can override this see the section Command Line Parameters for more details Each MPEGIO2 channel has 4 Video Sub Windows they are selected from the Sub Win No combo box as SubWin0 SubWin3 Each Sub Window can select a Video Input Source as its input signal source video from that input source will appear inside this Sub Window within the video frame or no video will appear if that input source has no signal Clicking the Connect Src to Sub button between the Video Input Source and the Sub Win No assigns the Video Input Source to the Sub Window Note same Video Input Source can be connected to multiple Sub Windows The VIN 0 VIN 3 VIN 4 RCA and the VIN 4 SVideo Input Sources are direct sockets on the top layer of the Breakout Box connecting external video sources to them will make the external signal type to appear in the TV Signal on This Input Sre combo box The VINI Input Source is always connected to the MPEG Decoding Playback output the VIN2 Input Source always has no signal since it s not connected The Set
57. nnected to the OSD IC to be digitized then sent out to the MPEG Codec IC MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 15 Ver 1 0 2 M The audio output from the OSD IC not the audio output from the Preview IC is now sent out to the Audio Loopback Out ports J20 J25 on the Breakout Box E The Encode amp Out Amplify and Loopback Output Gain combo boxes will appear these allow changing the audio output gains at the Audio Loopback Out ports J20 J25 sockets on the Breakout Box and the Encode amp Out Amplify value will also affect the encoded MPEG audio note using too big gain here could cause corrupted audio in the encoded MPEG file stream E The Audio Source for Speakers Output combo box now also affects the encoded MPEG audio to get audio encoded in the MPEG file stream this must select This Channel s Audio if Audio Input from Matching Channel on this Card is cleared and this must select Matching Chan s Audio if Audio Input from Matching Channel on this Card is ticked and the matching channel does exist E The Mute OSD IC box appears ticking this will stop encoding all audio into MPEG file stream and also stop audio output at the Audio Loopback Output ports on the Breakout Box J20 J25 but will not affect audio heard on PC speakers if Audio Preview is on M The audio preview sampling rate indicated by the Audio Sampling Rate combo box now can be different from the Samplin
58. nnel after doing this only selecting the Load Default Settings combo box on the OSD IC PAL or OSD IC NTSC item can restore the video display The Load Default Settings combo box allows loading default register values to one of the 3 major ICs on the MPEGIO2 card for a channel the OSD and Video Input IC the 5 Video Input VIN4 IC and the Video Output ICs each of them has PAL and NTSC versions This is the same as the Load Default Settings combo box inside the Video I O Setup dialog window MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 18 Ver 1 0 2 The Reset Preview is the same as in the Video I O Setup dialog re initialize the Video Audio Preview IC s Register Values to their default ones as the device driver Drv7134 sys contains as in the PCIe card s power on stage this button can only be used when Video Preview is not in progress Clicking this button will also set the Preview Register Delay value which might affect audio preview result so normally should leave the default value unchanged The Confirm on Exit turns on or off the Are You Sure to End MPEGIO2 Application dialog box display when exiting the MPEGIO2 exe program The ColourBar box is the same as the Input ColourBar box in the Video I O Setup dialog Ticking the No ToolTip will stop all ToolTip display throughout the MPEGIO2 exe application The Preview Text Font amp Positions gro
59. ns it 1s solid colour fully visible in front of its background video The Box type overlay items have their own colour and Alpha transparency values defined separately from the non Box items They also have higher display priority over non Box items as explained later When more than one Overlay Items have been created for a channel use the Current Item combo box to select among them each Overlay Item s properties will appear immediately in property fields All Overlay Item Types except the Graphics Item have Colour Property Foreground Colour is used to draw the overlay items Background Colour for the Text and Timer Overlay Items is used to show the background in between character strokes The Background Mode for Text and Timer Items can be either Transparent or Opaque as illustrated here MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 21 Ver 1 0 2 Each Overlay Item can be moved within the video frame by setting the Start X Y fields then clicking Move CE BLA Start X 120 vil the Move button Clicking the small sliders above the X Y fields will move the current overlay item by one pixel per clicking The W idth and H eight values will change the overlay item s size when the Set Size is clicked this is only applicable for Rectangle and Box overlay items These size values will also appear for Graphics overlay items to indicate the width and height of the loaded graphics file These X Y Wid
60. oding Parameters group Audio Format Most commonly used is MPEG1L2 MPEG Layer 2 Sampling Rate 32K 44 1K or 48K Hz this setting will also be seen in Audio I O Setup Window Bit Rate Audio encoding bit rate in bits per second For Program Stream Encoder 32000 48000 56000 64000 80000 96000 112000 128000 160000 192000 224000 256000 320000 384000 For Transport Stream if format AC3 MPEGI LI e g if format MPEG1L2 32000 48000 56000 64000 80000 96000 112000 128000 160000 192000 224000 256000 320000 384000 For Transport Stream Encoder if format AC3 MPEGILI 32000 64000 96000 128000 160000 192000 224000 256000 288000 320000 352000 384000 416000 448000 If the DVD Compliant button is clicked the Video and Audio settings compliant to DVD creation will be forced on Video Bit Rates within 4Mbps 10Mbps Frame Size 720 704 by 576 480 Audio Format MPEGIL2 Sampling Rate 48KHz etc The Reset MPEG IC hardware reset the MPEG Codec IC useful to fix encoding decoding problems Note most options can only be set when the channel is not encoding Encoding parameters are saved to the MPEGIO2 ini file when the MPEGIO2 exe program exit and will be read back when the program starts unless the command line switch d is present or the MPEGIO2 ini file does not exist MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 26 Ver 1 0 2 14 Record Video Recording video is to write encoded
61. on PC speakers on the encoded streamed out MPEG data and on the audio Loopback Output ports J20 J25 on the Breakout Box the only exception is when the button OSD IC as AADC is ticked the audio from Audio 2 Line In can still be encoded into MPEG file stream although not being heard on PC speakers The Audio Input from Matching Channel on This Card indicates the actual matching channel number if it exists allows the audio output from the matching channel to be used as this channel s audio input thus ignoring all the Audio Chan and Gain settings to achieve this the Matching Channel must check its Audio Output to Matching Channel on This Card e g if channel 0 and channel I are Matching Channels on the same MPEGIO2 card and channel 1 wants to use channel 0 s audio output as its audio input channel 1 s Audio Input from Matching Channel on This Card should be ticked and channel 0 s Audio Output to Matching Channel on This Card should also be ticked Note changing Audio Input from Matching Channel on This Card will also change the Audio Source for Speakers Output to either Matching Chan s Audio or This Channel s Audio The combo box Audio Source for Speakers Output selects which audio output will be sent to this channel s Audio Loopback Output sockets J20 J25 on the bottom layer of the Breakout Box either this channel s audio outpu
62. ot play properly in this way 18 Digital Input Output Pins Each MPEGIO2 channel has 4 Digital I O pins located at the Top Layer of the Breakout Box together with a common Ground pin DIO 0 DIO 1 DIO 2 DIO 3 DIO 0 DIO 1 DIO 2 DIO 3 Ground Left Chan L12 3 4 8 amp 7 9 Right Chan Gr A IO 0 A IO1 1 A IJOL2 A 101 3 B1010 B IOL1 BIOL2 B 1013 SVideo SVideo User Stands here Looking down towards the Breakout Box Connecting an external device between a Digital I O pin and the ground pin allows the external device to receive High Low signal from MPEGIO2 software or to send High Low signal to MPEGIO2 software therefore be controlled by MPEGIO2 or to control MPEGIO s operation MPEGIO2 Digital I O pins treat DC voltage 0 5V 0 3V as Low 0 7V 5 5V as High Status each I O pin can sustain 25mA max current Voltage from old batteries are not suitable as input trigger since they cannot supply enough current To use Digital I O pins open the MPEGIO2 Digital I O Setup window by clicking the Setup button on the Control Window then select Digital I O Setup Video I O Setup Audio 10 Setup Record and Capture Setup MPEG Encoding Setup Playback Setup Overlay Setup Streaming Setup Digital 1 0 Setup System Setup About MPEGIOZ MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 35 Ver 1 0 2 MPEGIO Digital 170 Setup Current Chan E Digital 15 Pin Pino Pin Direction Input Pin Value
63. ource as shown below Left Channel MPEGIO2 Video VO Diagram Right Channel Sub Window 0 Sub Window 0 Sub Window I Sub Window I Sub Window 2 Sub Window 2 VINO RCA Socket INO RCA Socket RCA lt MPEG Decoding S Video V ideo Output amp VINI VIN2 No Signal Input MPEG Decoding p rca Video Output s video amp VINI VIN2No Signal Input VIN3 RCA Socket VIN3 RCA Socket ren Socket VINS S Video Socket IN4 RCA Socket VINS S Video Sock Video Loopback output Video Loopback output RCA amp S Video RCA amp S Video The Video I O Setup Dialog is used to set up video input output parameters Sub Window 3 Sub Window 3 Video 170 Setup Current Chan o video Input Source WIN O RCA Tv Signal on This Input Src No Signal M Auto Switch PAL NTSC Adel EAE VIN 4 Horizontal Start Stop fo fo JERN PE Input ColourBar PatchROM Load Default Settings VIN 4 Yert Blank Start Stop o fo r Restart Preview Connect Src to Sub YIN 4 IC Reset Roh DO lf WIN 4 Auto Crop 720 WIN 4 Input From Matching Chan 1 Load Regs Reset VINO 3 IC I WIN 4 WP Disable VIN 4 LP Disable WIN 4 Luma AGC Enable v Common Pos Sub Win Mo Subwin D Hori Delay 32 Vert Delay 12 EE Enable m Sub Window Position Sub Window Operation Sub Window Colours Set Positions w bl Set Default Colour w Enable iv Popu he
64. pixels for NT SC input signal plus some plus or minus adjustment described later in this section Image capturing is completely independent of MPEG video Encoding Decoding or Video Preview process image can be captured during or prior to video encoding streaming decoding regardless the Video Preview window is turned on or off Image capture parameters setup is in the lower part of the previously described Record and Capture Setup window in Section Record Video gt Setup Recording under the heading Capture Still Image MPEGIO Record and Capture Setup Current Chan E Current Recording Path Double Click to Select g SRECYCLE BIN 165746a90e3e4c235cbb132f15356c 2h amp a606d4a9f5397c3237741 50bb8bece 737ea03ed 34 10394680 1655efecebbb23c System Volume Information Recording Timer E Min Scheduler Recording File Name MPEG 1 mpg Split Recording File Split at File Size of g MBytes OK W Split at Record Time 50 Minutes KI Split File No Reset E Cancel Capture Still Image Follow Preview Bright 128 gt Contrast 64 af Saturate 54 all Set Capture Folder Capture Format BMP Start Serial No 36 gest Capture File Name me Cutoff Bottom Lines E I PausePreview Deinterlace None Width 0 Height 0 Clicking the button Set Capture Folder will set captured image files folder to be the currently displayed folder as under th
65. r Set Default Values ie Font Show Status Brightness i JES Textix fo Texti Y 0 Contrast 4 i fes Saturation al it a4 ext2 X 0 Text2 Y 900 He gt gt Set Position Text2 Shift 0 Sharpness 4 0 Video Preview Src Clip x fo Y o R 33 B 12 Bus 4 7134Dev 8 2010 Dev 14 Preview Deinterlace Odd to Even Preview Colour Bright 4 st Contrast Saturate Restore Default ES 128 Set Saturation OK In the System Setup dialog window the Channels per Row controls how many md will be arranged per row in the Video Preview Window 0 is the same as the total number of channels Depending on the value entered the number of rows will be automatically calculated e g putting MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 17 Ver 1 0 2 number 2 for a PC with 4 MPEGIO2 channels installed 2 cards will display 2 rows of channels each with 2 channels By default all channels will be displayed in a single row After changing this value turn off then turn on Video Preview from Control Window to see the new arrangement Selecting the Start with Video Preview will make the MPEGIO2 exe program to automatically start the Video Preview when the program starts The Monitor combo box only appears when the PC has multiple monitors attached it indicates the physical Monitor screen Number to display live video preview this field is only modifiabl
66. rm Max Gain and AGC White Peak Gain will also affect the VIN 0 VIN 3 Video Input Source brightness A high AGC Norm Max Gain value could also cause video shivering The OSD to Preview Use YX CX boxes only one can be ticked are for debugging purpose ticking them will make the OSD IC to Preview IC connection to use CVBS signal instead of Y C Each MPEGIO2 channel has 2 pairs of Output Video ports on the bottom layer of the Breakout Box the Video Loopback RCA SVideo Out ports show the video on PC screen and encoded streamed as MPEG video inc all overlays items but excluding the Input ColourBar ticked below the 7 5IRE Black Level box the MPEG Decode RCA SVideo Out ports show video decoded from MPEG file as full screen without any overlay or the Input ColourBar even if they are defined overlay and the Input ColourBar can still appear on PC screen The Qutput1 ColourBar display a colour bar at the MPEG Decode RCA SVideo Out ports The Output2 ColourBar display a colour bar at the Video Loopback RCA SVideo Out ports Note these 2 colour bars are for debugging only they won t be remembered by the application software The Qutput1 BlankLevel fields show and adjust the video blank level for the MPEG Decode RCA S Video Out ports J11 J6 J3 J8 on the Breakout Box The Output2 BlankLevel fields show and adjust the video blank level for the Video Loopback RCA S Video Out ports J9 J1
67. s to be cut off from the bottom of the captured image if this is 10 then a PAL input signal channel will capture images at 720X566 pixels instead of 720X576 pixels while an NTSC input signal channel will capture images at 720X470 pixels instead of 720X480 pixels Set a non zero cut off value can get rid of some of the noise lines sometimes appearing at the bottom of the captured and previewed video frame This field defaults to 0 The Pause Preview field only appears on Windows 7 or above used to temporarily pause video preview during still image capture so that to avoid black stripes on some Intel Chipset Q67 etc motherboards This normally can be cleared as default The Deinterlace field selects software deinterlacing applied on the captured image default is None but can be selected as Copying Odd lines to Even lines or Copying Even lines to Odd lines that can be used to improve on edge fuzziness on images captured from video with very fast moving objects The Width and Height fields allow plus or minus pixel adjustment max 200 on the captured image size These adjustment are applied after the Cut off Bottom Lines operation and they only shrink or expand the captured image size but do not cut off or add pixels Default are zeroes The PAL or NTSC signal format of an MPEGIO2 channel is automatically decided according to the Preview TV Signal field in the Video I O Setup dialog the TV
68. source can be either externally from the RCA VIN4 S Video VINS5 sockets on the Breakout Box or internally from the matching channel s video output by ticking VIN 4 Input from Matching Chan ticking clearing this box will also power down up the 5 Video Input IC the matching channel number is also displayed if the matching channel exists Please do not tick the VIN 4 Input from Matching Chan on a channel and its matching channel simultaneously the result will be undefined Note when socket VINS S Video has signal input but socket VIN4 RCA doesn t and a Sub Window selects VIN4 as its input source or when socket VIN4 RCA has signal input but socket VINS S Video doesn t and a Sub Window selects VINS as its input source that Sub Window will show black amp white video because socket VIN4 and socket VINS share the same Brightness signal line Clicking the VIN 4 IC Reset button momentarily power down the Input IC then power it up again The ROM field next to the VIN 4 IC Reset button is the 5 Input IC s software ROM version this can be 0 as the original version or Ox8C as the downloaded latest version if the box PatchROM is ticked note if the 5 Input signal shows incorrect colour changing the ROM version could rectify the problem To revert the ROM version to original 0 clear the PatchROM box then reboot the PC The VIN4 Horizontal Start Stop has these limits for its start and
69. st 16 binary bits in numerical value NoCodec indicates that channel will not initialize its MPEG Codec IC therefore cannot encode decode d start the program with default values for all parameters see next section on default parameter values ignoring the MPEGIO2 ini file V OnOff start the program with Video Preview Window On OnOff 1 or Off OnOff 0 u start the program in Full Screen mode m start the program in minimized mode k start the program muting PC speakers for all channels audio preview g TVSignal TVSignal must be 1 NTSC or 2 PAL indicating the default TV Signal Type used when no signal is available at all input sources used by any Sub Window for a channel If g is not supplied and no signal is available at all input sources used by any Sub Window for a channel the Windows Regional Country Language setup in Windows Control Panel will decide if NTSC or PAL is used as the default TV Signal Type USA Japan Canada etc country setting will use NTSC Australia UK etc will use PAL a DMARamMode DMARamMode must be 1 or 2 to indicate the DMA RAM mode used during Video Preview and Image Capture for Windows 7 or above ignored on WinXP Value I is suitable for graphics chipset that can do YUV to RGB colour space conversion such as ATI Radeon Mode I is more efficient than Mode 2 Value 2 is useful for graphics chipset that cannot do YUV to RGB colour space conversion such as Intel Q67 chipset gr
70. stop values MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 11 Ver 1 0 2 start a signed integer value 512 511 the number of pixels to blank out before after the first horizontally active pixel default is 0 stop a signed integer value 512 511 the number of pixels to blank out before after the last horizontally active pixel default is 0 The VIN4 Vert Blank Start Stop has these limits for its start and stop values start a signed char value 128 127 The Vertical Blank Area will appear in number of lines of displayed video before when value is negative or after when value is positive the standard vertical blanking intervals Default is 0 Same time as start of the standard vertical blanking interval stop a signed char value 128 127 The Vertical Blank Area will end in number of lines of displayed video before when value is negative or after when value is positive the standard vertical blanking intervals Default is 0 Same time as stop of the standard vertical blanking interval If the VIN 4 Auto Crop check box is ticked the combo box to its right will select the horizontal active video size for the 5Th Video Input 720 Pixels default 704 Pixels or 640 Pixels The VIN 4 Luma AGC and VIN 4 Chroma AGC set up the Automatic Gain Control for the 5 Input Source VIN 4 s Luminance and Chrominance default are enabling AGC The VIN 4 WP Disable and VIN 4 LP Disable allow disabling t
71. t or the matching channel s audio output Selecting No Output to Speakers disables audio output on the Audio Loopback Output sockets Note if OSD IC as AADC is ticked Audio Source for Speakers Output will also affect encoded MPEG audio see below if Audio Input is from matching channel the Audio Input from Matching Channel on This Card is ticked then the Audio Source for Speakers Output must select Matching Chan s Audio to make the audio to be encoded into MPEG data if Audio Input is not from the matching channel the Audio Input from Matching Channel on This Card is cleared then the Audio Source for Speakers Output must select This Channel s Audio to make the audio to be encoded into MPEG data The Audio Sampling Rate combo box shows the sampling rate used to preview and encode audio this is only changeable from the MPEG Encoding Setup Window unless OSD IC as AADC is selected The OSD IC as AADC box selects if the OSD IC ticked or the Preview IC cleared is to be the Audio Analog to Digital Converter ADC to send digitized audio to the MPEG encoding IC to create MPEG audio By default this box is cleared meaning the Preview IC is used as audio ADC Ticking this box will use OSD IC as audio ADC which will bring over some changes M The audio output of the Preview IC which always does the audio preview for audio heard on PC speakers will now be co
72. t MPEGIOZ 7 1Control Window The Control Window has function buttons Setup Record Play Stream Overlay and Exit it also has a check box to turn on off Video Preview show hide the Video Window The Control Window cannot be resized but will become hidden on the Windows Taskbar together with the Video Window when Minimize item is selected from the Drop down Menu 7 2 Video Window When turned on Video Window is always located above the Control Window it can be resized by left mouse clicking its edges then dragging Left mouse double clicking will enter Full Screen mode video content will occupy the entire desktop area in front of all other windows double clicking again or pressing the Space bar will revert back to normal window mode Left mouse single clicking inside Video or Control Window then dragging will move the Video Window and Control Window together around the desktop When multiple MPEGIO2 channels are displayed holding down the Ctrl key then double clicking the left mouse button inside any channel s video area will expand that channel s video to fully occupy the entire video window thus hiding all other channels video double clicking again with Ctrl key held down will revert back to normal multi channel display see the Video Preview amp System Setup Section for more details on this feature The Video Window can also show MPEGIO2 channel s recording or playing status when recording or play
73. t palette being used Each MPEGIO2 channel has a special Box type overlay item Box type overlay allows maximum 4 items Box overlays has its own colour colour palette alpha transparency values that are unrelated to the same name properties for all other non Box overlay items When a Box overlay item is overlapped with non Box overlay items Text Timer Rectangle or Graphics the Box overlay item has higher display priority over the non Box overlay items if the Box overlay item has no alpha is fully visible then it will sit on top of the other non Box overlay items behind it the non Box overlay items will not be seen If the Box overlay item has some alpha value transparency assigned to it the Box overlay item will be partially transparent thus exposing partially the other non Box overlay items beneath it thus allowing multiple overlay items showing together with different transparency values such as this MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 22 Ver 1 0 2 Each channel can have at most one Timer overlay Timer overlay can choose Format values Timer Format F E Timer Only such as aD updated every 300 ms E Date Time such as HEN 4 1 7956 HM Counter either numerical form like 809 or H M S form like updated every 300 ms When Timer overlay is using Counter format several extra properties will appear Start Counter Start 1 Erase on Stop Stop Moo H M 5 Display
74. t to their default settings e g the Video Sub Windows placement will return to the default 4 SubWindow Equal Split 12 2 Overlay Item Types Each Overlay Item has an Item Type the currently supported Overlay Item Types include Text ASCII Unicode text with foreground background colour font alpha blink many items allowed Timer Time Date with Time or Counter can be created with colour font alpha only one item allowed Rectangle Colour rectangles with width and height and alpha transparency many items allowed Graphics Graphics files bmp jpg gif etc of 8 bit 256 colour and transparency many items allowed Box Colour box with width and height and alpha values different from non box items 4 items allowed Note the Font button for Text Timer overlay items offers limited selection of colours to set more colours to Text Timer overlays use the FrGr Colour Foreground Colour button The Unicode check box only appears when Item Type is Text to input Unicode double byte string as Text Overlay tick this box and select some Unicode font from the Font button also use appropriate keyboard input method from Windows ControlPanel e g Chinese Japanese or Korean Overlay items can have Alpha for transparency all the Text Timer Rectangle and Graphics type items share the same Alpha values 25 50 or 75 transparency against their background video An item can also have no transparency no Alpha which mea
75. th Height changes are permanent the old values will not be remembered Different overlay types decide different overlay properties to appear or disappear inside the Overlay Setup dialog in particular when Item Type is changed to Graphics the Font and Foreground Background Colour Boxes will disappear while the Use Palette and File Name buttons and field will appear Selecting the Use Palette check box means to use the graphics file s colour palette as the current overlay s colour palette each MPEGIO2 channel allows maximum 252 colours to be used simultaneously at any time Colour Palette also called Colour LookUp Table CLUT decides which 252 colours out of the 256 X 256 X 256 16Million possible RGB YUV colours can be used as the current active colour MPEGIO2 can only use 8 bit colour graphics files as its graphics overlay item When a graphics file is used as overlay item and the Use Palette is ticked and if the graphics file s palette is different from the current colour palette used by this MPEGIO2 channel the other overlay items using colours might also have their colours changed to avoid this it is a good idea to create all graphics overlay items first then create text timer and rectangle overlay items Note the Box type of items have their own colour palette so will not be affected by loading graphics overlay items Clicking the Show Palette button will display the curren
76. the left mouse button in the Video or Control Window then dragging will move the two windows together around the desktop Double clicking left mouse button inside the Video Window will expand it to full screen mode double clicking again will restore back to normal display If the Ctrl key is held down while left mouse double clicking inside the Video Window no full screen will happen but the channels inside the Video Window will toggle between one channel mode and all channels mode in one channel mode the channel area the left mouse double clicked will expand to fill the entire Video Window while in all channels mode all channels will display their video inside the Video Window with equal width and height Note selecting the Single All Chan Preview Item in the Drop down Menu also switch between one channel mode and all channels mode fcu Key Double Click gt Left Mouse within Chan 0 Parameters to control the Video Preview are inside the System Setup dialog that can be opened from the Setup button on the oe Window or from the Setup menu from the Drop down Menu Current Chan 0 TV Signal PAL PCB Ver 3 Channels per Row 2 Left Chan Reset Input lf Start with Video Preview No ToolTip ANE Confirm on Exit ColourBar ed ete SE OEE g ESEL HEVET Preview Register Delay 50000 Preview Text Font and Positions Preview Image and Encoding Colou
77. ude when positive from the top edge of the incoming video R the pixels to include when positive or exclude when negative from the right edge of the incoming video B the pixels to include when positive or exclude when negative from the bottom edge of the incoming video Note 1 To preview a smaller portion of the incoming video s raw frame e g to avoid noise at edges set X and Y to positive R and B to negative this will use a smaller portion of the raw video input to fill the video preview window the visual result is the video is zoomed in enlarged Note 2 The default settings are X Y R 0 B 12 Note 3 This clipping will not affect still image captured nor encoded MPEG video on this channel The TV Signal field to the right of the Current Chan is the same as the Preview TV Signal field in the Video I O Setup dialog window it shows the video signal type this MPEGIO2 channel is currently configured to use and will affect the video preview and MPEG encoding This setting defaults to the signal type the first Input Source with signal this channel s Sub Windows use but can be manually changed by selecting the TV Signal on This Input Src combo box inside the Video I O Setup dialog window The Reset Input button will hardware reset the OSD and Video Input IC on the PCIe card for this channel use this with caution Because this will clear all video display and Overlays on this cha
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79. up controls the 2 line Status Text on the surface of the previewed video they will not appear in encoded MPEG video nor in the output of the Video Loopback Output ports on the Breakout Box The Show Status will turn on or off the status lines The Text Font will display font selection dialog for choosing font for the preview text The Text1 X Y are the 1 preview text line s left and top positions inside the video frame The Text2 X Y are the 2 preview text line s left and top positions inside the video frame The Set Position button can instantly update the X Y positions for the 2 line status text The 1 preview text line contains channel number and its TV signal type such as 0 PAL 2 NTSC etc The 2 preview text line contains the channel s recording decoding status such as Rec 0 01 28 102MB MPEG 1 mpg meaning the channel has been recording for I min 28 sec with 102Mbytes data recorded in file MPEG 1 mpg under the current recording folder The Text2 Y Shift field shifts the 2 preview text line vertically up or down since the Text2 Y field is automatically calculated by the program and cannot be changed manually The Preview Deinterlace field is for Windows 7 or above only selecting deinterlacing method on video preview deinterlacing can reduce fuzziness on fast moving objects edges The Odd to Even method means copying Odd lines to Even lines within e
80. utput to external TV monitors and no need for any software MPEG Codec MPEGIO2 also allows playing back one MPEG file as multiple images within one or two channels simultaneously During playback the recorded MPEG data is decoded by the Codec IC on the card the decoded video appears simultaneously on PC screen in the Video Preview window as the VINT signal source and on the MPEG Decode ports and Loopback Output ports RCA and S Video of the Breakout Box Decoded video can also be streamed over IP network same as streaming encoded video Note on the Breakout Box the MPEG Decode ports show the decoded video as full screen without any overlay if overlay is created while the Loopback Output ports show the decoded video in any Video Sub Window the VIN1 Video Source is connected to as its Input Source together with any Overlay created this is because internally the MPEG decoding output coming out of the MPEG Codec IC 1s physically connected to the VIN1 Video Input Source this source can be connected to one or more Sub Windows so if you wish you could display two or more identical decoding video images simultaneously on the PC screen and on the Loopback Output ports of the Breakout Box You can also real time convert the decoded video to a different MPEG format on the matching channel and stream it out simultaneously To setup and start stop pause decoding MPEG video open the Playback Setup window by clicking the Play
81. ver Software Installation When PC is powered on with the MPEGIO2 card plugged in MS Windows will inform new device is found and ask for the location of device driver indicate to Windows the device driver software is located either at the installed application software folder C Program Files Inventa MPEGIOZ2 or on the Setup CD ignore Windows warning messages claiming the driver has not passed Windows Logo testing etc proceed to install the device driver until 4 device drivers 2XInventa MPEG2 SAA7134 and 2XInventa MPEGIO2 VW2010 appear under the ControlPanel gt S ystem gt Hardware gt DeviceManager gt Sound video and game controllers category without and next to them dy Sound video and game controllers device drivers on I MPEGIO2 card vee al Inventa MPEGIO SAAT134 ll Inventa MPEGIO 2 SAA T134 i 4 Inventa MPEGIO VWJ2010 ll Inventa MPEGIO2 VW2010 Note 1 For multiple MPEGIO2 cards each will have two pairs of Inventa MPEGIO2 SAA7134 and Inventa MPEGIO2 VW2010 device drivers one pair for each channel two channels per card Note 2 If a channel lost a driver a warning dialog will appear and that channel will not be functional Note 3 Peripheral devices with the same hardware IDs as MPEGIO2 e g Inventa s MPEGIO or MPEGIOPro PCI cards should not be used simultaneously with MPEGIO2 on the same PC Note 4 All Programs gt Inventa gt MPEGIO2 gt SetupDrv exe can
82. video 4 Silently trigger recording streaming capturing on external signal using the Actions on the Digital I O Setup dialog after setting up actions Start Recording Start Streaming Capture Image etc minimize the MPEGIOZ or re start the program as minimized 5 Simultaneously play stream convert the currently encoded video using third party software running VideoLan vlic exe SMPlayer MPlayer ffplay exe ffmpeg DiVX Plus Player Total Video Player Elecard MPEG Player etc side by side with MPEGIO2 exe the MPEG video can be processed in many different ways inc streaming conversion editing etc in real time while the hardware is encoding MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 42 Ver 1 0 2 24 Technical Discussions l Under Windows XP avoid starting MPEGIO2 exe while other Video Overlay application is displaying video programs such as MediaPlayer VideoLan etc will grab DirectDraw surface resulting in MPEGIO2 exe unable to start Video Preview Window Start MPEGIO2 exe first then start these programs will be OK Note on Windows 7 or above MPEGIO2 exe can start any time regardless other applications have been displaying video preview or not When Pause Resume recording to MPEG files please note if the paused period the time between pause and resume recording is short e g lt 20 sec then some software MPEG video players such as VLC exe Windows MediaPlayer etc will also pause when t
83. z 48Khz Audio Encoding Bit Rates 0 to 448Kbps inc 64Kpbs 128Kpbs 160Kbps 192Kbps 224Kbps 256Kbps 320Kbps 384Kbps etc Digital Input Output Pins 8 Pins 4 for each Channel each Pin responds to 0 5V 0 3V as Low Status 0 7V 5 5V as High Status with maximum current 25mA per Pin and a total current sourced by all Pins limited to 160mA 1 Ground Pin Common for All I O Pins PCIe Card Dimension Length 230mm Height 145mm MPEGIO2 Application Software Manual Page 44 Ver 1 0 2

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