MPEG-2 4:2:2 Decoder User Guide
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1. Eg 7 graphic A Blend Percentage of 0 means that video will show through A blend percentage of 93 75 15 16 allows the maximum blending The Transparency Color group sets a color to be transparent by using the Windows standard bmp values of 0 255 for R G and B All OSD graphic pixels with a matching RGB value will become transparent that is that video behind will be displayed not the OSD graphic Note that Blending and Transparency operate independently The bmp file must be a 2 4 or 16 color file and should have a width that is devisable by 8 16 color or 16 2 and 4 color and height that is devisable by 2 If the width or height is not divisible by the appropriate amount the image will be cropped on the right and or top bottom depending on the bmp file to fit into the appropriately divisible size Note When creating bmp files for OSD usage it is important to realize that NTSC and PAL monitors have rectangular pixels whereas computer monitors typically have square pixels For NTSC the width of the image should be about 1096 1 1x wider when displayed on a square pixel monitor For PAL the image should be about 896 92x narrower Test Pattern Active only when no file is open 10096 SMPTE Color Bars Displays NTSC 100 Color Bars or 100 amplitude 100 saturation PAL color bars depending on video standard selected by the Options Video Standard command If Auto is selected the la2. Note If you are asked by the installation software to remove an old driver it is very important that you do so before rebooting Not doing so could cause the installation to become confused and will require manually removing a number of files 6 Reboot the computer Windows Plug and Play will now load the drivers automatically 7 Proceed to Using the MPEG 2 Decoder Application for Windows 10 For Windows 2000 1 It is strongly recommended for correct installation of the hardware and associated driver that you reboot the computer and run no other program before using the setup program Access Device Manager by right clicking on My Computer go down the context menu to Properties and then select the Hardware tab Click the Driver Signature button You must set File Signature Verification to either Warn or Ignore Run setup from the Installation CD Enter the install password when prompted The password is case sensitive Note The password is printed on the CD Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation If you are installing this software release on a system that had a Stradis device driver version 0 95 or earlier installed the installation program will ask you to manually remove it using Device Manager Expand the Sound and Video Controller section select Stradis Professional MPEG 2 Decoder and right click and select Uninstall Note If you a
3. If the VGA does not support overlay mode the warning box VGA card does not support overlay mode is displayed Keep Aspect Ratio Checking this keeps the computer s display in 4 3 height to width aspect ratio when manually resizing the window When unchecked the window can be manually sized into non standard aspect ratios Window Size Full Screen Ctrl F Scales the video to display full screen on the computer display Does not affect the video output Only available when overlay mode is selected and available 200 Display video on the computer display twice full size Does not affect the video output Only available when overlay mode is selected and available 100 Display video on the computer display full size Displays both fields of an interlaced frame Does not affect the video output 50 Display video one half actual size Does not affect video output 25 Display video one quarter actual size Does not affect video output VGA Control Opens the VGA Control dialog box Controls the brightness contrast and saturation of the VGA video overlay on the computer monitor only It has no affect on SMPTE 259M S Video or composite video outputs Control Ea Picture Brightness Contrast Saturation View Stream Info Displays information about the file including Video and Audio PIDs Stream IDs Bit Rates Aspect Ratio and more Note that some of this information is extracted from data encode
4. Select Stream dialog box The specific audio and video stream may be selected If no stream is selected the first audio and video stream encountered in the file will be played Select Streams X Video Pid 30 0 1022 AudioPid 4131 01023 E Cancel When the Search For All Streams check box in the Open Preferences dialog box is checked and the MPEG is a transport stream containing a Program Association Table the Program Select dialog box will open A program may then be selected Program Select X Program E v Video PID 517 0x205 Audio PID 645 0 285 MPEG Cancel Position Dialog Opens the File Position dialog box with Seek Bar File Position x Size 71875584 Position 47872 Size is file size in bytes Position indicates the approximate location in bytes currently being decoded When an individual file is being played you can seek to specific place in the file by dragging the progress indicator on the Seek bar You can move backward or forward in the file If the file was playing when the progress indicator is dragged it will continue playing when the progress indicator is released If the file was paused when the progress indicator is dragged it will remain paused when the progress indicator is released This feature is not available when playing files from a Play List Next File When using a Play List stop playing the current file and immediately skip to the nex
5. against Licensee any bankruptcy receivership reorganization or other like proceeding under any present or future debtor relief law No portion of the fees paid to Stradis for Software shall be returnable or refundable upon termination of this Agreement whether such termination is by Licensee or by Stradis Upon any termination of this Agreement Licensee must immediately cease all use of the Software and immediately destroy all complete and partial copies of the Software including all backup copies Licensee shall certify to Stradis in writing that it has complied with the preceding sentence EXPORT RESTRICTIONS Licensee acknowledges and agrees that the Software is subject to restrictions and controls imposed by the Export Administration Act and the Export Administration Regulations the Acts Licensee agrees and certifies that neither the Software nor any direct product thereof is being or will be used for any purpose prohibited by the Acts Licensee agrees and certifies that Licensee is not a citizen or permanent resident of Cuba Iran Iraq North Korea Libya Sudan or Syria U S GOVERNMENT The Software is a commercial item as that term is defined at 48 C F R 2 101 OCT 1995 consisting of commercial computer software and commercial computer software documentation as such terms are used in 48 C F R 12 212 SEPT 1995 and the Department of Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Sections 252 227 7014 a 1 5 Consistent with
6. formats to full frame size Supports 16 9 image aspect ratio using both Wide Screen Signaling using ITU R BT 1119 2 or pan and scan Genlock external synchronization input Video image can be displayed on the computer s VGA monitor with scan rate and color conversion Applications CATV ad insertion systems Distance learning systems Playback from video file servers Theme park systems TV broadcast systems Video kiosks Video over intranet Video on demand systems Advertising content distribution Military systems Block Diagram External Sync Sync amp Black 27 MHz PCI Bridge K 1 Burst Generator M vao Video Scaler Color Space CDROM Converter ze In Video MPEG Audio amp panier Sample Rate Avdio D A O gt Out Encoder Video Decoder f Gender 6 Controller Level Adjuster jenes SMPTE 259M AES3 Balanced Transmitter Transmitter line Drivers Filter Composite Video S Video Serial Digital Video Digital Audio Stereo Audio Stereo Audio with Embedded Audio balanced unbalanced Specifications SDM275 MPEG Streams ISO IEC 13818 and ISO IEC 11172 compliant Parses all streams MPEG 1 Elementary and System Streams and MPEG 2 Elementary Packetized Elementary PES Transport and Program Streams MPEG Video Decodes full 4 2 2 profile or MP ML 4 2 0 up to 50 Mbits per second MPEG Audio Decodes MPEG 1 layers 1 and 2 two channels ISO IEC 11172 3 MPEG 2 la
7. of these cables and accessories are available from Stradis for those customers who wish to make them themselves Hardware Installation 10 11 Turn off the power to the computer and any device connected to it such as a monitor powered speakers scanner etc Disconnect the power cord from the wall or uninterruptible power supply Touch a metal surface on the computer to ground yourself and to discharge any static electricity Remove the computer s cover Locate an unused PCI expansion slot Remove the metal cover from the back of the computer adjacent to the slot to be used Do not lose the screw Align the Stradis MPEG 2 Decoder Card with the PCI slot and press it down into the connector The card must be completely seated into the connector The Stradis MPEG 2 Decoder Card can be connected to play audio through the PC s sound card Unplug your existing sound card cable from your CDROM drive Reconnect it to the Stradis card s CDROM OUT connector Plug another cable into the Stradis card s CDROM IN connector and plug the other end into the CDROM drive See photograph page 8 On the SDM275 external sync can be feed into JP5 or JP6 located in the upper left corner of the card JP3 nearby selects between 75 ohm and Hi Z termination See photograph page 8 Secure the Decoder Card into the expansion slot by replacing the screw removed in step 5 Replace the computer s cover and reco
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13. LS tx TA 23 Sample MPEG FII6S tte i Een CP PD oe e pce d rbd ett 23 Software License 24 Warning This is a Class A product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures Copyright 2002 Stradis Inc 16 November 2006 Trademarks Microsoft Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Tini Q G and Switchcraft are registered trademarks of Switchcraft Inc Stradis is a registered trademark of Stradis Inc Because of technical progress specifications are subject to change without notice Patent Notice Notice Use of this product is expressly prohibited without a license under the following applicable patents For more information contact Baryn S Futa Manager and C E O MPEG LA LCC 250 Steele Street Suite 300 Denver CO 80206 Phone 1 303 331 1880 Fax 1 303 331 1879 e mail bftuta mpegla com U R L www mpegla com This is the list of patents covered by the MPEG 2 Patent Portfolio License as of September 30 1998 Columbia University US Re 35 093 CA 2 096 431 C DE 0630157 FR 0630157 GB 0630157 JP 2 746 749 France Telecom CNET US 4 796 087 DE 3767919 FR 2599577 GB 0248711
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15. Size Pentium based PC with an available PCI short card slot conforming to specification revision 2 1 running Windows98 Windows 2000 Windows NT 4 0 or greater with a VGA supporting Microsoft Direct Draw mode Disk transfer rate may limit the maximum sustained MPEG data rate achievable 5v 12 W typical 12v 2 5 W typical 12v 0 3 W typical Standard PCI short card 6 875 in 174 63 mm by 4 2 in 106 68 mm less bracket and connectors Ordering Information Stradis MPEG 2 Decoders are available in five versions SDM275 The complete 4 2 2 decoder with all analog and digital audio and video outputs NTSC or PAL SDM250 A 4 2 2 decoder with analog video and balanced amp unbalanced analog audio outputs but no digital outputs NTSC or PAL SDMO026 A 4 2 0 decoder with only analog video and unbalanced analog audio outputs NTSC or PAL No genlock SDM025 A 4 2 0 decoder with only analog video and unbalanced analog audio outputs NTSC only No genlock SDM290 A new decoder with eight audio output channels not covered in this document Cables and Accessories SACO01 3 XLRs to Tini Q G for balanced and digital audio outputs SACO02 PC bracket with BNC connector for sync in or digital audio out SAC003 2 XLRs to Tini Q G for balanced audio outputs only SACO04 PC bracket with 2 BNC connectors for sync in and digital audio out SACO05 Sync daisy chain cable when using multiple decoders in one chassis Note Specifications
16. Stradis mu SDMO025 SDM026 SDM250 SDM275 MPEG 2 4 2 2 Decoder User Guide Table of Contents Tablesot GORents c scit Hte i ro 1 Patent NOUCC oen nei ee cet e e vt ae eee 3 General Description cnet ehe of Ere bf P abe etude ed t M rod ae Rete 4 mira EET 4 AP PIICAtlONS 5 te I tat Hitt itai e taeda reitera 4 Bock Dadra Lt ae Md aa essing ire eI LL LLL i mitad 5 Sp cifications SDM275 s sd ete oi o EP Mo nme Mea Hi reat et a 5 Ordering Informations uo eti e reitera ee e MCI pene CIO ui tede 6 Hardware lristallatigni x rH Re ie ente en beat a uei 7 Onboard Jumpers and Connectors SDM275 ssssssssssssssssseseee enne enne 8 Back Panel Connectors sinn nannten 9 Installing the Device Drivers and the MPEG 2 File Player 9 Installing the Device Drivers and the MPEG 2 File Player 10 Using the MPEG 2 File Player Application for 12 Gontrol Panel B ttons de itte nee e e Mod e Md ede f e tS 12 Men Gormimands 2 nere Ld ere eee Hi ete EH ad anit petet 13 Multiple Decoders in a Single Computer sse eee entente nnne nnne nnne nes 22 Play
17. d in the stream header If the data was incorrectly encoded it will be displayed as encoded but will not affect playback 16 View SMPTE Code Displays SMPTE Time Code A time code is encoded in each I frame typically at the beginning of each GOP During playback the time code is extracted from each I frame The time code is interpolated between I frames View STC Displays the System Time Clock Options Video Standard Active only when no file is open Auto The decoder will automatically select NTSC or PAL B D H 1 based on the detected frame rate NTSC Only NTSC files will play Attempting to play files in any other standard will generating a message box with Warning Selected Video Standard Incompatible with File PAL B D G I Only PAL B D G H I files will play Attempting to play files in any other standard will generating a message box with Warning Selected Video Standard Incompatible with File PAL M Only PAL M or NTSC files will play Attempting to play files in any other standard will generating a message box with Warning Selected Video Standard Incompatible with File PAL N Only PAL N files will play Attempting to play files in any other standard will generating a message box with Warning Selected Video Standard Incompatible with File PAL Combination N Only PAL Combination N files will play Attempting to play files in any other standard will generating a messag
18. e box with Warning Selected Video Standard Incompatible with File Monitor Type Active only when no file is open 4 3 When 4 3 is selected and a stream coded as 4 3 is displayed no action is taken When 4 3 is selected and a stream coded as 16 9 is displayed a 4 3 image in the proper aspect ratio is displayed using pan and scan information if available If no pan and scan information is in the stream the left most portion of the 16 9 image is displayed 16 9 When 16 9 is selected no action is taken regardless of the stream type Volume Control Opens the Volume Control dialog box Controls the decoded audio output only Does not affect CD ROM pass through audio The volume and balance settings are written into the Windows registry and are remembered from session to session Volume Control X L Balance R Min Volume Max Output Level Presets OdBm C 4dBm C 8dBm assuming 20 dBFS signal Output Level Presets select standard values of OdBm 4dBm or 8 dBm output levels based on a 20 dBFS signal Digital Audio Active only when no file is open Consumer PCM Places the uncompressed digital audio output stream in Consumer Format Professional PCM Places the uncompressed digital audio output stream in Professional Format IEC 61937 Compressed Mutes analog output and places the compressed digital audio output stream in Consumer Format Used for outputt
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21. igital audio If you desire digital audio on a BNC use the SACO002 or SAC004 and connect JP2 If you use a BNC for digital audio and still need analog balanced audio use the SACO03 Do not use the SACO01 when JP2 is used J2 and J3 can be used to feed audio into a sound card and to loop CD audio through the board CD audio will only feed through to the sound card it does not feed the other outputs Back Panel Connectors Left amp right balanced analog audio and AES 3 Outputs Switchcraft Tiny Q G TRA6M Mates with Switchcraft TAGFL Tini Q G straight female cord plug Unbalanced stereo audio output 3 5mm 1 8 inch jack S Video Mini DIN4 connector Composite Video Output RS 170A BNC White Serial Digital Video Output SMPTE 259M BNC SDM275 Black External Sync input BNC SDM250 Stradis MPEG 2 Decoder Audio Output Connector Switchcraft Tini Q G miniature connector TRA6M 5 1 Digital AES3 2 Digital AES3 3 Balanced Right O 4 Balanced Left 5 Balanced Left 4 6 Balanced Right 1 O 6 O O 2 3 view from front of connector Installing the Device Drivers and the MPEG 2 File Player Application The Stradis MPEG 2 File Player Application SMPEGDEC EXE is provided for testing and evaluation purposes only If your Stradis decoder is part of a third party system follow the installation instructions provided by your system provider DO NOT FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS Doing so may rende
22. iming dialog box used to control the horizontal sync offset and chroma phase when the board is in GenLock mode The sync offset can be varied increments of 37ns and the chroma phase in increments of 360 256 1 40625 degrees Horizontal Sync amp Chroma Timing x Horizontal Timing o Chroma Phase o Note that the Video Timing Dialog is disabled when Video Standard Auto To use the Video Timing Dialog a specific video standard must be selected Help About the Stradis Professional Decoder Display the software revision number and copyright information Multiple Decoders in a Single Computer To use multiple Stradis MPEG 2 Decoders simultaneously in one computer multiple instances of the decoder application S8mpegdec exe must be run This can be done by adding the program argument X where X is the decoder board number 1 through N Example From the DOS command line enter the following commands to get two decoder applications running simultaneously Smpegdec 1 Smpegdec 2 You can also set up a Windows shortcut that has the X as the program parameter where X is the board number 1 through N 22 Play List A Play List is a list of files to be played in a preprogrammed sequence The list may be played once or it may be played continuously using the Loop button or command A Play List must have the file extension st All files in a Play List must be the same video format PAL or NTSC Format d path file
23. in performance and generates output in any standard format you require Additional capabilities include the insertion of digital audio into the SMPTE 259M video signal a Genlock input for external synchronization from a master sync generator and a proprietary clock recovery and synchronization circuit that accepts real time streams from a satellite or terrestrial network Stradis Decoders can even display the output on a VGA monitor a special burst transfer mode minimizes bus overhead and produces outstanding video Stradis MPEG 2 Decoders Professional performance for world class applications Features Application Program Interface for Windows 98 Windows 2000 and Windows NT simplifies integration into your system gives you complete control over all functions Parses all MPEG streams MPEG 2 Elementary Packetized Elementary PES Transport and Program Streams and MPEG 1 Elementary and System Streams PCI bus master interface uses burst transfer mode to minimize bus overhead VCXO with clock recovery for real time streams NTSC 525 60 or PAL 625 50 Serial Digital Interface SMPTE 259M 270 Mbits second video output with embedded audio SMPTE 272M A Sample rate converter to convert MPEG audio bit rates to SMPTE 272M A 48 kHz Digital audio AES3 output Balanced analog audio output supports 4 dBm nominal with 20 dB headroom with computer controlled nominal line level adjustment Automatic expansion of MPEG 1 and half D1
24. ing compressed AC 3 audio to an external consumer AC 3 decoder SMPTE 337M Compressed Mutes analog output and places the compressed digital audio output stream in Professional Format Used for outputting compressed AC 3 audio to an external professional AC 3 decoder Offset Time Code Displays the System Time Clock GenLock Checking this locks the output video sync to the incoming video sync Sync Mode Active only when no file is open System Clock Uses the Presentation Time Stamps to synchronize video and audio The audio decoder compares the audio PTS when encountered with the STC and corrects the audio if the difference between the two is more than five milliseconds The correction duplicates or skips samples periodically until the audio PTS is within the five millisecond window Software Audio and video are started within a half frame No further synchronization is performed However the audio and video clocks are locked together Single Field In Pause When toggled on the Pause command displays only a single field Using this option will eliminate interlace artifacts when paused or in Slow Motion Closed Caption Enable Pass Through Closed Captions are decoded assuming that they were placed in the stream sequentially without regard to the actual frame with which they were originally associated In this mode the decoder simply passes the Closed Caption data as it is received and does not re ordering them Enable Re orde
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26. les will play faster than higher bit rate files 12 Menu Commands File Open Opens the Open dialog box pen 2 xi Look in SUMPEGFies gt e E 080 2 susi 080 m2v a flr 080 m2v sa tens 080 m2v french mpeg i vta mpeg MIN CHE V8P mpg E mobl O80 m2v mpeg File name mobi 080 m2v Files of type mpeg mpg mp2 Ist mpe m2v Cancel 2 Also can open a Play List See Play List page 23 Close Closes the MPEG file that is currently open but does not exit the application Open Preferences Opens the Open Preferences dialog box pen Preferences X Search For ll Streams Max Bytes To Search During Open E 000000 Cancel When the Search For All Streams box is checked the MPEG file will be searched for Video and Audio Pids or IDs during File Open Max Bytes To Search During Open defaults to 1000000 specifies how far into the MPEG file to search Select Stream Opens the Select Stream or the Program Select dialog box When the Search For All Streams check box in the Open Preferences dialog box is checked and the MPEG file contains multiple video or audio streams the specific audio and video stream to be played may be selected The Pids contained in the file in the case of a Transport Stream or the Stream IDs in the case of a Program or System Stream will be displayed in the
27. name Example transport riox mpeg MPEG2 8Mbit susi_080 m2v transport french m2t MPEG2 8Mbit flwr_080 m2v transport vtal0 mpg MPEG2 8Mbit mob1_080 m2v mpegl weezer mpg bike m2v mpegl broadcas mpg mb15 m2v mpegl goodtime mpg Sample MPEG Files Sample MPEG bitstreams may have been provided on the Stradis MPEG 2 Decoder Installation CD ROM in the subdirectory MPEG Files Such files were gathered from different sources and were encoded on a variety of encoders with varying quality If present these files are provided for research and demonstration purposes only No warranty is given or should be implied that the bitstreams are free from defects are fit for any purpose or are free from infringement of any intellectual property right of a third party 23 Software License Agreement STRADIS INC PLEASE READ THIS SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT CAREFULLY BY CLICKING THE ACCEPT BUTTON OR DOWNLOADING INSTALLING OR USING THE SOFTWARE YOU INDICATE ACCEPTANCE OF AND AGREEMENT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CLICK THE DO NOT ACCEPT BUTTON AND DO NOT DOWNLOAD INSTALL OR USE THE SOFTWARE IF THE SOFTWARE WAS PRE INSTALLED ON YOUR ELECTRONIC DEVICE OR CAME ON MEDIA PACKAGED WITH YOUR ELECTRONIC DEVICE AT NO EXTRA CHARGE AND IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS AGREEMENT DO NOT USE THE SOFTWARE This agreement the Agreement is made between Stradis I
28. nc Stradis and the owner and each end user Licensee of the computer processor chip or similar device the Electronic Device into which the Software is downloaded installed and or accessed online or through a network This Agreement applies to Stradis drivers DLL files application programs and utility programs including without limitation the computer programs known as SmpegDec EXE StradisDecoder DLL Stradnt sys Stradwd sys StradWD inf S Vidmon exe Stradis ax StradisDecoderU DLL any updates and maintenance releases thereto and replacements therefore and the supporting documentation and materials collectively the Software obtained from Stradis on Media or by download from the Stradis web site www Stradis com This Agreement shall be effective on the date of the first to occur of the date a of delivery of the Electronic Device with the Software pre loaded b that Media containing the Software is delivered to Licensee c the Software is downloaded to Media or the Electronic Device or d the date the Software is first accessed by an Electronic Device in the possession of Licensee the Effective Date As used in this Agreement Media means a compact disc and any other object which can record information in a form that can be transferred into an Electronic Device LICENSE Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement the Software is licensed not sold to Licensee by Stradis Stradis grants Licensee the lim
29. nnect the power cables Proceed to Installing the Device Drivers Onboard Jumpers and Connectors SDM275 JP3 75 Ohm Terminator JP5 Sync JP6 Sync J2 CDROM Audio Input J9 Composite Video Output Input Output J3 CDROM Audio Output JP2 Digital Audio Output co2 S JP5 and JP6 are used for sync in or sync pass through JP3 can switch a 75 ohm terminator in or out If you have two boards in one PC chassis that you wish to genlock to an outside sync source you can use the SACOO to feed sync to the first board Set to Hi Z on the first board Using a SAC005 Sync daisy chain cable when using multiple decoders one chassis you can then feed sync to the second board Set JP3 to 75 Ohms on the second card Or use the SACO004 bracket with two BNCs and you can loop the sync through Some customers prefer this technique so they can use an external 75 ohm terminator J9 is an unfiltered video output It is intended for applications where multiple boards need to be synced together but not to an external source Use a SACO005 cable from J9 on the first board to JP5 or JP6 on the second board Additional boards may be daisy chained Set the first board in software to Genlock off and the other boards to Genlock on All boards will now sync to the first board There are two options concerning digital audio If you desire digital audio on a XLR connector our SACO01 cable provides three XLR connectors two for balanced audio and one for d
30. r Closed Captions are decoded assuming that they were placed in the stream attached to the frame from which they were originally decoded This causes the Closed Caption bytes to arrive at the decoder out of sequence same as video frames In this mode the decoder must reorder the bytes to get them back into time sequence VITC Enabled Places the SMPTE Time Code in the vertical interval in accordance with SMPTE 12M 1999 As outlined in SMPTE RP 164 VITC is placed on lines 14 and 16 when in NTSC and lines 19 and 21 when in PAL 20 On Screen Display Opens the OSD Properties dialog box used to superimpose a Windows bit map over video Entering the X amp Y coordinates of the upper left corner controls the position of the graphic on the screen Note that undesirable results may occur if the X amp Y coordinates entered position the graphic beyond the normal picture area 720 x 480 pixels in NTSC or 720 x 576 pixels in PAL Fade turns the fade option on When fade is on images fades in or out at the rate of 1 16 of full transparency per frame up to the amount set in the Blend Percentage box Blend Percentage controls the amount of video that shows through the OSD OSD Properties x Use On Screen Display Fade Bitmap File for OSD 2 4 or 16 Colors C enstein bmp Browse Screen Position Transparency Color x Enable Transparence oo jd R G B Blend Percentage jo D M 25x Cancel
31. r the third party software inoperative For Windows NT 4 0 1 It is strongly recommended for correct installation of the hardware and associated driver that you reboot the computer and run no other program before using the setup program 2 Run setup from the Installation CD 3 Enter the install password when prompted The password is case sensitive Note The password is printed on the CD 4 Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation Reboot the computer 6 Proceed to Using the MPEG 2 Decoder Application for Windows e For Windows 98 1 It is strongly recommended for correct installation of the hardware and associated driver that you reboot the computer and run no other program before using the setup program 2 Run setup from the Installation CD 3 Enter the install password when prompted The password is case sensitive Note The password is printed on the CD 4 Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation 5 f you are installing this software release on a system that had a Stradis device driver version 0 95 or earlier installed the installation program will ask you to manually remove it using Device Manager To access Device Manager right click on My Computer go down the context menu to Properties and then select the Device Manager tab Expand the Sound and Video Controller section select Stradis Professional MPEG 2 Decoder and click Remove
32. re asked by the installation software to remove an old driver it is very important that you do so before rebooting Not doing so could cause the installation to become confused and will require manually removing a number of files Reboot the computer Windows Plug and Play will now load the drivers automatically If you set Driver Signature to Warn you will be warned that Microsoft has not digitally signed the Stradis Driver Click OK to complete the installation Proceed to Using the MPEG 2 Decoder Application for Windows 11 Using the MPEG 2 File Player Application for Windows The MPEG 2 File Player Application SMPEGDEC EXE is provided for testing and evaluation purposes only If your Stradis decoder is part of a third party system follow the instructions provided by your system provider Control Panel Buttons B Stop Stop playing the current file or Play List See Play List page 23 T Pause Pause the current MPEG file Pressing or selecting Pause again will step the file to the next frame of video Press or select Play to continue playing the file from the point where it was paused b Play Begin playing the open MPEG file or the Play List m Loop Repeatedly play the open MPEG file or the Play List b Fast Play the video in fast motion Since the decoder card does this by playing only I frames the fast play speed will be determined by the file s IBP structure and bit rate In general lower bit rate fi
33. st video standard usedused 7596 SMPTE Color Bars Displays NTSC 75 Color Bars or 100 amplitude 75 saturation PAL color bars depending on video standard selected by the Options Video Standard command If Auto is selected the last format played is used Luminance Ramp Displays an NTSC or PAL linear luminance ramp depending on video standard selected by the Options Video Standard command If Auto is selected the last format played is used Display from File Display a stored image file The stored image can be either a standard Windows BMP 24 bit RGB color image or a Stradis proprietary YUV format that is 720 x 480 pixels when NTSC is selected or 720 x 576 pixels when PAL is selected Images that are up to 1024 pixels wide can be used but will be cropped to 720 pixels Stradis provides a utility program MakeYUV exe for converting BMP file into YUV files as part of the software distribution The advantage to the YUV format is that it loads much faster than the BMP format Note When creating bmp files it is important to realize that NTSC or PAL video monitors have rectangular pixels whereas computer monitors typically have square pixels For NTSC the width of the image should be about 1096 1 1x wider when displayed on a square pixel monitor For PAL the image should be about 896 92x narrower when displayed on a square pixel monitor 21 Video Timing Dialog Opens the Horizontal Sync amp Chroma T
34. t file on the Play List Only active when there is a next file available Play Ctrl P Same as the Play button Begin playing the open MPEG file or the Play List Loop Same as the Loop button Repeatedly play the open MPEG file or the Play List Slow Motion Play the opened file in slow motion Video may be played at 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 or 1 8 actual speed Fast Forward Same as the Fast Forward button Play the video in fast motion Since the decoder card does this by playing I frames only the fast play speed will be determined by the file s IBP structure and bit rate In general lower bit rate files will play faster than higher bit rate files Still Step Ctrl S Same as the Pause button Pause the current MPEG file Pressing or selecting Pause again will step the file to the next frame of video Press or select Play to continue playing the file from the point where it was paused Stop amp Rewind Same as the Stop button Stops playing the current file and rewinds it to the beginning However if the current file is a File List skip to the next item on the list Reset Reset the MPEG audio and video decoders Only active when the decoder is stopped Primarily used for testing this command is not normally needed Exit Alt F4 Close all files and closes the application View VGA On Turn on or off the display of the decoder output on the VGA monitor Use Overlay Mode Places the VGA card in overlay mode
35. yers 1 and 2 two channels ISO IEC 13818 3 Digital bitstream input Through the PCI bus Digital video output Analog video outputs SMPTE 259M digital video output with embedded audio SMPTE 272 270 Mbits second BNC connector NTSC NTSC Japan B D G M N PAL S Video mini DIN connector composite 1V P P RS 170 A compliant BNC connector Luma and chroma signals are filtered in accordance with the standard requirements of RS 170 A and CCIR 624 A programmable cross color reduction filter is also provided Audio output Balanced analog audio level up to 26 dBm 600 ohms Nominal output level user selectable For example standard 0 dBm or 4 dBm nominal line level with 20 dB headroom is supported Balanced analog audio and AESS digital audio through a positive locking Switchcraft Tini Q G miniature connector High Z Unbalanced audio up to 10 dBm through 3 5mm 1 8 stereo jack Also outputs through MPC standard sound card connector with CD ROM audio pass through Genlock On Screen Display Composite video input 1V P P BNC connector Locks to the H sync and V sync Provides horizontal delay compensation to less than 19ns of reference signal Chroma phase adjustable to with 0 7 degrees of reference 8x2 to 740x480 NTSC or 8x2 to 720x576 PAL bitmap using up to a 16 color palette 16 levels of blending and 16 levels of shading Host system requirements Power requirements
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