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Osprey 240e/450e User Guide
AVStream Driver Version 4.6
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© 2012 ViewCast Corporation. All rights reserved. Osprey® and SimulStream® are registered trademarks of ViewCast Corporation Microsoft®, Windows®, Windows Server ®2003, AVStream®, DirectShow®, Intel® CoreDuo®, and Windows Media® Encoder are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Any other product names, trademarks, trade names, service marks, or service names owned or registered by any other company and mentioned herein are the property of their respective companies.
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Osprey 240e/450e User Guide Contents Overview ............................................................................................................................. 1 Warranties .......................................................................................................................... 1 System requirements .......................................................................................................... 2 Minimum system requirements ...........................
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Contents Device tab ......................................................................................................................... 42 No-Video Test Pattern ................................................................................................ 43 Buffers Requested ....................................................................................................... 43 Diagnostic logging .....................................................................................
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Osprey 240e/450e User Guide Audio driver .......................................................................................................................81 Selecting the audio source and input volume .................................................................. 81 Audio properties page ...................................................................................................... 83 Audio formats ............................................................................
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Osprey 240e/450e User Guide Overview Thank you for purchasing the ViewCast Osprey 240e/450e video capture card. This user guide provides step-by-step instructions for installing and using your new video capture card. For the latest ViewCast product information and news, visit our website at www.viewcast.com. Warranties For complete warranty details, refer to the specific warranty included with each product. General warranty information includes the following: Limited Warranty ViewCast
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Overview System requirements The following system requirements relate to your Osprey® video capture card only. The video capture or encoding applications you use will likely require a much more powerful system than that which is listed below. Please consult your software documentation for applicable system requirements. Minimum system requirements Direct Mode: 2 GHz Intel® Pentium® 4 processor or equivalent PostProcessing Mode and SimulStream®: 2 GHz Intel® Pentium® 4 processor or equ
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Osprey 240e/450e User Guide Installation Steps In all cases, use the setup.exe program on the product CD or in the web package if you downloaded it. The setup program automates the Plug and Play steps needed to install the drivers and ensures they are performed correctly. It also installs the bundled applets and User’s Guide. If you have multiple Osprey capture cards in the system it configures all of the boards at the same time. We recommend this method especially if Osprey software does
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Installation Steps Custom installing AVStream During the installation process, if you choose a Custom installation, your options are limited (Figure 1). Figure 1. Osprey 240e Custom Setup screen This window allows you to choose individual components you may want to install. You can also change the location where components install. Installing the video capture card This manual covers one class of Osprey devices that include two PCI Express cards. Class 6: o-240e, o-450e and related
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Osprey 240e/450e User Guide All computer cards are sensitive to electrostatic discharge. Slight electrostatic discharges from clothing or even from the normal work environment can adversely affect these cards. By following these simple guidelines, however, you can minimize the chance of damaging the Osprey video capture card. Handle cards only by the non-conducting edges. Do not touch the card components or any other metal parts. Wear a grounding strap while handling the cards (esp
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Installation Steps The New Hardware Wizard runs and the Found New Hardware window appears followed by the Digital Signature Not Found window (Figure 2) Figure 2. Digital Signature Not Found Window Click Continue Anyway. The Controller installing window displays, and the text inside this 1. window changes to Osprey Video Capture Device, Installing ... Then the Digital Signature Not Found window appears on top of it. Click Continue Anyway. The Completing the Found New Hardware window d
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Osprey 240e/450e User Guide Setting Driver Properties After installing the Osprey card and AVStream driver, you need to access the card’s settings and possibly modify them to fit your needs. This manual takes you step-by-step visually through the card settings. Start by opening the Osprey Config utility. Afterwards, we can explore the driver. You need to use a DirectShow application such as Microsoft Windows Media® Encoder or RealProducer®. We also access card property pages through Ospr
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Setting Driver Properties OspreyConfig’s initial processing sequence After clicking on the Osprey Config icon, the first screen of the application appears (Figure 5) showing the cards and devices installed on your computer. Figure 5. Initial OspreyConfig user interface In this example, the computer in use has one card and four devices. The card can take a single input and stream the content differently, for example, you can use several bit rates, sizes, and formats. Click the + icon on
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Osprey 240e/450e User Guide Figure 6 shows the user interface that appears when you select a filter. We expanded the Osprey 450e Device 1A and selected Video Filter. We’ll continue with this device unless we indicate otherwise. Figure 6. Selecting a device for configuration ViewCast 9
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Setting Driver Properties When you choose Device 1A and Video Filter 1, the Show Properties for Selected Filter button becomes active (Figure 7). Figure 7. Control used to open the properties page 10 ViewCast
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Osprey 240e/450e User Guide Understanding the device properties window Osprey’s device properties window enables you to view and change the default settings of the 4.6 driver. Once you are familiar with the video card’s properties, you can make changes to get the optimum performance from your card and change settings in real time. Device properties are visible through tabs to select different controls (Figure 8). The 4.6 driver includes changes from previous versions - the tabs have chang
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Setting Driver Properties The Osprey 240e and 450e cards have the following tabs: Input Select the video input, NTSC / PAL / SECAM video standard and Input Format Video Proc Amp Set brightness, contrast, saturation, hue, gamma, and sharpness Video Decoder Select the video standard – NTSC, PAL, SECAM RefSize Set the reference size for cropping Filters SimulStream®, processing mode, gamma, deinterlace, and inverse telecine* Device Test Pattern, Capture Buffers, Diagnostic Logging Caption
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Osprey 240e/450e User Guide Devices and global controls The Osprey 240e and Osprey 450e video capture cards can present multiple output streams from a single input device. For example, a company may wish to do a webcast globally to resellers, users, or potential customers. Using the Filters tab, you can set up different output streams with different bit rates to accommodate users with different bandwidths. Some changes may affect the filter, such as cropping, logos, and captions. For exa
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Setting Driver Properties Input tab The source of data from an Osprey 240e/450e that streams to the Internet can come from a number of devices such as DVD players, digital cameras, camcorders, and so forth. Figure 10. Input tab The controls on the Input tab of the driver properties card have a global effect on the Osprey capture card on which they reside. If you have multiple Osprey cards, and you want to make global changes, you have to make the change on each card. 14 ViewCast
