User manual CANOPUS DV RAPTOR

i DVRaptor Installation and User's Manual Canopus Corporation 711 Charcot Ave. San Jose, CA 95131 Canopus Part No. 000-10006-002 Printed in the USA Copyright©2000 Canopus Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Third Edition - May 2000 ii Notice to Reader Canopus Corporation makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this material, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Canopus shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this material. This document contains proprietary information which is protected by copyright. All rights are reserved. No part of this document may be photocopied, reproduced, or translated into another language without the prior written consent of Canopus Corporation. The information in this document is subject to change without notice. DVRaptor - Limited Warranty Your DVRaptor hardware is covered by a limited warranty when you register your Canopus product. This warranty is for a period of three years from the date of purchase from Canopus or an authorized Canopus agent. This warranty applies only to the original purchaser of the Canopus product and is not transferable. Canopus Corporation warrants that for this period the product will be in good working order. Should our product fail to be in good working order, Canopus will, at its option, repair or replace it at no additional charge, provided that the product has not been subjected to misuse, abuse or non-Canopus authorized alterations, modifications and/or repair. Proof of purchase is required to validate your warranty. Canopus Corporation has gone to considerable effort to make the users manual as accurate as possible at the time of printing. Canopus cannot assume, however, any responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in the manual. In no event will Canopus Corporation be liable for iii direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages resulting from any defect or omission in the manual, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. As part of their ongoing process of continued product development, Canopus Corporation reserves the right to make improvements in the manual and the products it describes at any time, without notice or obligation. CANOPUS CORPORATION IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST SAVINGS OR OTHER INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THIS PRODUCT. THIS INCLUDES DAMAGE TO PROPERTY AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, DAMAGES FOR PERSONAL INJURY. THIS WARRANTY IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. FCC Notice This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for the class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed, and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try and correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. iv This equipment has been certified to comply with the limits for a class B computing device, pursuant to FCC Rules. In order to maintain compliance with FCC regulations, shielded cables must be used with this equipment. Operation with non-approved equipment or unshielded cables is likely to result in interference to radio and TV reception. The user is cautioned that changes and modifications made to the equipment without the approval of manufacturer could void the user's authority to operate this equipment. This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Declaration of Conformity According to FCC Part 15 Responsible Party Name: Canopus Corporation Address: 711 Charcot Avenue San Jose, CA 95131-2208 Telephone: Declares that product: (408) 954-4500 Model: DVRaptor Complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Responsible Person's Name: Roger Hounshell v FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class-B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference, in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense. Notice 1 The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the users authority to operate the equipment. Notice 2 Shielded interface cables and AC power cord, if any, must be used in order to comply with the emission limits. Canopus Corporation Tested to Comply with FCC Standards For Home or Office Use vi Specifications Board Spec Board: Connectors : PCI board with bus-mastering IEEE 1394(i.LINK 4pin) x 2 (1 Internal, 1 External) Analog Video Pass-through (Preview): Input Connectors: RCA x 1, S-Video x 1 Output Connectors RCA x 1, S-Video x1 Data format : Blue Book compliant DV Codec (5:1 DV standard compression) DVCPRO-25 (DVRaptor for DVCPRO only) Video Size : 720x480 CCIR 601 pixel (NTSC) 720x576 (PAL) (NTSC/PAL DVRaptor only) Audio Format : 4 channel 32kHz 12bit stereo 2 channel 32 / 44.1 / 48kHz 16bit stereo Board length : 312mm Power (Max): +5V 1.5A +12V 0.6A -12V 0.05A TABLE OF CONTENTS vii Notice to Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii DVRaptor - Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii FCC Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement . . . . . . . v Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi Board Spec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi CHAPTER 1: Introduction Thank you. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 About this manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Manual conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 CHAPTER 2: Installation Before Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 DVRaptor System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 Before installing DVRaptor hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 Test Your Hardware with RapTest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 Overlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Machine Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hard Disk Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Special note for IDE hard drive users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Special note for Windows NT users with IDE hard drives. DV Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 2-5 2-6 2-7 2-7 2-7 Hardware Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9 viii TABLE OF CONTENTS Before installing DVRaptor software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11 Windows 9x Driver Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11 Windows 2000 Driver Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11 Windows NT 4.0 Driver Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11 Applications Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12 Bundled Applications Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12 SoftXplode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12 SoftMPG Encoder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13 1 INTRODUCTION Hardware pass-through vs Software preview. . . . . . . . 2-14 Hardware pass-through preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14 Software preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14 Connecting your DV camera or deck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15 Selecting Hardware or Software Preview . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24 Selecting Hardware Preview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24 Selecting Software Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-27 Setup for Third-party Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-29 Adobe Premiere 5.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-30 Ulead MediaStudio Pro 5.2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-35 Ulead MediaStudio Pro 6.0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-41 CHAPTER 3: Quick Start - Your First Editing Project Basic steps in video production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 Acquisition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 Batch capture footage in Raptor Video. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 SyncCapture Audio in Raptor Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5 Editing in Raptor Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7 Starting Raptor Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7 Setting the Temporary Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7 Loading clips to edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10 Adding clips to the timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12 TABLE OF CONTENTS ix Adding transitions between clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding an Insert cut away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adjusting Audio levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding a Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15 3-17 3-18 3-19 Outputting your Production to Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23 CHAPTER 4: Raptor Video Introducing Raptor Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1 Raptor Video Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1 Capturing Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3 Manual Capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3 Batch Capture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5 Changing, Saving, and Loading Capture lists . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8 Important note about Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10 Seamless capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11 Changing, Saving, and Loading Capture lists . . . . . . . . . . 4-13 Reference AVI files and the 2-gigabyte AVI filesize limit. 4-15 Working with Captured Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16 Loading clips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16 Playing and Scrubbing Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17 Using the Play list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18 Adding, Inserting, and Deleting clips in the Play list. . . . . . Rearranging clips in the Play list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Playing clips from the Play list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trimming and Separating clips in the Play list . . . . . . . . . . Saving and Loading Play lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Playing the Play list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19 4-21 4-21 4-22 4-24 4-25 Output to Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26 SyncRecord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26 Manual record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-27 Interface In-depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28 Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28 File and Deck Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-29 AVI Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30 x TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION Audio level meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deck Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Play list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . File Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edit Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Settings Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . View menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Help menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Batch/seamless capture - Batch mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Batch Capture completion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Batch/Seamless capture - Seamless mode . . . . . . . . . . Seamless Capture completion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Save as still image... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Limit Capture Time... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Still capture settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DVRaptor properties... - Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DVRaptor properties... - Sync Rec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DVRaptor properties... - Detailed Settings . . . . . . . . . . . About . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31 4-32 4-33 4-34 4-35 4-36 4-37 4-39 4-39 4-40 4-42 4-43 4-45 4-45 4-47 4-48 4-49 4-50 4-52 4-54 Menu options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35 Dialogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40 CHAPTER 5: Raptor Audio Introducing Raptor Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1 Raptor Audio Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1 Supported Audio Sampling Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2 Capturing Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2 Manual Capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3 SyncCapture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4 Adjusting Audio Levels while Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4 Output to Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5 Important Note on Audio Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6 TABLE OF CONTENTS xi SyncRecord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6 Manual record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7 Adjusting Audio Levels during Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7 Interface In-depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9 Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9 Level Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9 File Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10 WAV Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10 Deck controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11 Deck information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12 Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12 Menu options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13 File menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edit Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Settings Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . View menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Help menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . File Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Limit Capture Time... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DVRaptor properties... - Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DVRaptor properties... - Sync Rec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DVRaptor properties... - Detailed Settings . . . . . . . . . . . About . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13 5-13 5-13 5-14 5-15 5-16 5-16 5-17 5-19 5-20 5-22 Dialogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16 CHAPTER 6: Raptor Navi Introducing Raptor Navi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1 Raptor Navi Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1 Choosing a Scan Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 Scanning for Scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3 Indexing an entire tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3 Indexing from a particular point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4 Important note about Timecode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5 xii TABLE OF CONTENTS Working with the Scene list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6 Selecting and Moving clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6 Viewing scenes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7 Adding scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7 Redefining scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7 Deleting scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9 Adding Comments to scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9 Saving and Loading Scene lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10 Capturing your clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11 1 INTRODUCTION Interface In-depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12 Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deck Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deck Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scene List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . File menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edit menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . View menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Help menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Comments... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Index search... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deck control.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DVRaptor properties... - Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DVRaptor properties... - Sync Rec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DVRaptor properties... - Detailed Settings . . . . . . . . . . . About... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12 6-13 6-14 6-16 6-17 6-18 6-18 6-19 6-19 6-20 6-20 6-21 6-22 6-23 6-24 6-26 6-28 Menu options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17 Dialogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20 CHAPTER 7: Raptor Edit Introducing Raptor Edit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1 Raptor Edit Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1 TABLE OF CONTENTS xiii Setting the Temporary drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2 Setting the editing aspect ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4 Loading clips to edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6 Supported clip types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8 The Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9 Add clips to the timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10 Controlling the timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11 Adjusting the time scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scrubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shuttling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Playing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arranging clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trimming clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Removing clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deleting clips from the hard drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arranging clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trimming clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Separating clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Removing clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adjusting Audio levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arranging clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trimming clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Separating clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Removing clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adjusting Audio levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11 7-12 7-13 7-13 7-13 7-14 7-14 7-14 7-15 7-15 7-16 7-17 7-17 7-19 7-19 7-19 7-20 7-20 Working with Clips in the DV Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-13 Working with Video Clips in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . 7-15 Working with Audio clips in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19 Using the Insert AV track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21 Using the Ex Audio tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22 Using 4-channel audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-23 Adding Graphics and Backgrounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-24 Adding a color clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-24 Adding a still image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-25 xiv TABLE OF CONTENTS Working with color clips and still images . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-25 1 INTRODUCTION Adding Transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-26 Adding Titles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-29 Entering Title Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Positioning Titles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Title Attributes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Title Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Title Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working with title layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating scrolling titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using a Title as a Logo tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using a Fill Square to colorize video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saving and Loading Title data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-30 7-30 7-30 7-31 7-31 7-33 7-36 7-37 7-38 7-39 Batch and Seamless Capture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39 Remote Capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-40 Outputting your Production to Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-40 SyncRecord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-40 Manual Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-41 Exporting the timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42 Exporting a AVI file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-42 Reference AVI files and the AVI filesize limit. . . . . . . . . . 7-45 Exporting a MPEG file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-45 Encoding Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-46 Export to ASF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-53 Encoding Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-54 Advanced Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-55 Export to QuickTime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-56 Video settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-57 Audio settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-58 Interface In-depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-59 Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deck controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AVI Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-59 7-61 7-61 7-62 7-63 Menu options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-64 TABLE OF CONTENTS xv File Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edit menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Effects menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Settings menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . View Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Help menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Batch capture/Seamless capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trim clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jump... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Default Edit Settings - Default Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . DVRaptor properties... - Input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DVRaptor properties... - Sync Rec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DVRaptor properties... - Detailed Settings . . . . . . . . . . . AVI Properties - File Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AVI Properties - Edit Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AVI Properties - Rec Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AVI Properties - Reference AVI Information . . . . . . . . . . WAV Properties - File Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WAV Properties - Edit Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . About . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-64 7-65 7-67 7-68 7-71 7-72 7-73 7-73 7-74 7-74 7-77 7-78 7-80 7-82 7-83 7-84 7-85 7-86 7-87 7-87 Dialogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-73 Transition Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-89 Blind Slide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-89 Blind Wipe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-90 Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-91 Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-92 Circle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-93 Clock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-94 Dissolve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-95 Push . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-95 Push Stretch (Under Scan). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-96 Slide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-97 Slide (Under Scan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-98 Stretch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-99 Stretch (Under Scan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-100 Stripe/Reveal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-101 xvi TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 8: Editing in Adobe Premiere Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1 Setting the Device Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1 Project Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3 Editing Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3 Capturing in Premiere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5 Selecting the Input channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5 Batch capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6 Movie capture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10 Editing in Premiere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12 Playback Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13 Timeline Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-15 Export to Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-15 Print to Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-16 Exporting a MPEG file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-18 MPEG options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Video options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audio options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Output options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-22 8-24 8-27 8-28 CHAPTER 9: Troubleshooting Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1 Pre-Installation issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1 My computer does not meet the minimum requirements for DVRaptor. Can I still use it? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1 I don't have a DV or Digital 8 camera or deck. Can I use DVRaptor? 9-1 I have a DVCAM camera or deck. Can I use it with DVRaptor? 9-2 I have a DVCPRO camera or deck. Can I use it with DVRaptor? TABLE OF CONTENTS xvii 9-2 Can I capture analog footage with DVRaptor? . . . . . . . . . 9-2 Can DVRaptor output analog audio or video? . . . . . . . . . 9-2 I have a NTSC-only DVRaptor card. Can I use a PAL camera or footage with it? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2 My computer is overclocked. Can I use DVRaptor in it? . . 9-2 Installation issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3 DVRaptor is not detected by RaptorTest or behaves erratically 9-3 I cannot see video playing in the video windows of the DVRaptor applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3 I cannot see video playing in Premiere's monitor windows. . . 9-4 I cannot capture or export to tape from Premiere. . . . . . . 9-4 General usage issues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4 Does DVRaptor support 16:9 aspect ratio? . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4 I get "Disk speed is too slow" during capture. What's wrong? 9-4 I cannot capture more than 9 minutes of video into one file. 95 Why do I get "Disk Write Error" the first time I capture, but it captures okay in subsequent captures? . . . . . . . 9-5 I cannot output my production to tape. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5 The stills in my timeline jitter or have incorrect colors. . . . 9-5 Still images in my production look slightly distorted on output. 9-6 What are the specifications for rendering to the Canopus DV CODEC from another application? . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6 What colorspace does Raptor Edit edit in?. . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6 Other questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6 Why does SoftXplode not work in Windows NT? . . . . . . . 9-6 Where can I get more information? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7 xviii TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION CHAPTER: 1 Introduction 1-1 CHAPTER 1 Introduction Thank you Thank you for purchasing DVRaptor, the DV editing card for everyone. Before installing the software we recommend you read this manual and acquaint yourself with the installation and use of the product. If you have any questions please call, fax, mail or email us at: Canopus Corporation 711 Charcot Ave. San Jose, CA 95131 Main telephone: (408)954-4500 Main fax: (408)954-4504 Technical support number: (408)954-4506 Web site: www.canopuscorp.com Introduction About this manual The information contained in this manual covers: Chapter 1--Introduction Provides information about contacting us and using this manual. Chapter 2--Installation Includes easy to follow instructions on how to install the DVRaptor hardware and software. Also goes through the necessary settings to use DVRaptor in third-party editing software. 1-2 CHAPTER: 1 Introduction Chapter 3--Quick Start - Your First Editing Project Walks through a simple production from capture to editing to output. Chapter 4--Raptor Video Provides a detailed look at the Raptor Video application for video capture and output. Chapter 5--Raptor Audio Provides a detailed look at the Raptor Audio application for audio capture and output. Chapter 6--Raptor Navi Provides a detailed look at the Raptor Navi application for tape scanning and scene logging. Chapter 7--Raptor Edit Provides a detailed look at the Raptor Edit application for editing.tape scanning and scene logging. Chapter 8--Premiere Plug in Provides a detailed look at the Premiere 5.1c or later for editing. Chapter 9--Troubleshooting Provides a detailed look at the most common overlooked errors in editing. Introduction CHAPTER: 1 Introduction 1-3 Manual conventions The following conventions are used throughout this manual: · Bold usually indicates software menu commands · · File>Open Italic is used for emphasis and naming [square brackets] refer to software messages to you "info check" notifies you to write down parameters or make note of manual suggestions. "caution" means to take care in avoiding physical injury or damage to the computer or peripherals. "STATIC" warns you of situations where the danger of damage from static electricity is present. The two screw driver icons represent removing screws (counter clockwise) and replacing screws (clockwise). Introduction 1-4 CHAPTER: 1 Introduction Trademarks DVRaptor, Raptor Edit, Raptor Video, Raptor Navi, and Raptor Audio are trademarks of Canopus Corporation. i.LINK is a trademark of Sony Corporation. DirectDraw and IntelliMouse are trademarks of Microsoft. All other trademarks and registered trademarks belong to their respective owners. Introduction CHAPTER: 2 Installation 2-1 CHAPTER 2 Installation This product is not intended for and should not be used for medical purposes, or with any equipment which might be used for life support. Before Installation Make sure to read the following sections before installing the DVRaptor hardware and software. Please check to make sure you have a compatible system and your DVRaptor is installed and working properly. Installation Package Contents Make sure your package contains the following items: · · · · · · · · · · · DVRaptor PCI board DVRaptor Software CD DVRaptor Manual Registration card (in the manual) SoftXplode CD SoftXplode Manual 4-pin to 4-pin DV cable Composite video cable S-Video cable Audio stereo Y-cable (3.5mm stereo mini-jack to stereo RCA male) Audio stereo Y-splitter (3.5mm stereo mini-jack to stereo RCA female) 2-2 CHAPTER: 2 Installation DVRaptor PCI board Audio Y-cable DV cable Audio Y-splitter S-Video cable Composite video cable Package contents DVRaptor System Requirements Make sure your computer system meets the following requirements: · CPU: Hardware (analog pass-through) preview mode: Pentium 200MHz or faster · Software preview mode: Pentium II 400MHz, Celeron 466MHz · Pentium III 500MHz Recommended · CD-ROM drive · 64MB RAM (128MB recommended) · A hard disk with 4.5MB/sec sustained data transfer rate · 50 MB free hard disk space · Microsoft® Windows® 95, Windows® 98, Windows® NT4.0* (Service Pack 4 or higher), or Windows® 2000 *SoftXplode does not work under Windows NT due to the lack of DirectX 6. Installation CHAPTER: 2 Installation 2-3 Detailed Requirements Graphics Board To display and overlay video on the VGA monitor you need a graphics board that supports hardware DirectDraw and DirectDraw overlay. Hard Disk requirements When working with DV data, a high sustained data throughput is necessary. We recommend a dedicated hard disk with a sustained data transfer rate of at least 4.5MB/ Sec for video. Popular video editing storage configurations include UltraATA33 drives, UltraATA66 drives, Ultra Wide SCSI controllers and Ultra Wide SCSI hard disks. Testing your system for compatibility The DVRaptor Software CD-ROM contains a utility called RapTest which will test your system for compatibility with DVRaptor. Before installing DVRaptor hardware Installation Please test your system for compatibility with DVRaptor by running RapTest, described in the next section. Test Your Hardware with RapTest DVRaptor comes with RapTest software to profile your system. This program checks PCI BIOS version, motherboard chipset, hard disk speed, and graphics card capabilities. By running this small application you can make sure your computer meets the requirements of DVRaptor. Run RapTest before installing the DVRaptor board. Running RapTest 1. Close all applications and utilities. 2. Insert the DVRaptor Software CD-ROM into your CDROM drive 2-4 CHAPTER: 2 Installation 3. Open Windows Explorer and navigate to the RaptorTest folder 4. Double-click RapTest.exe 5. The RapTest window will appear. Installation RapTest System Profile Overlay Displays information on the DirectDraw overlay capabilities of your VGA card. DVRaptor uses DirectDraw overlay to display the video on your computer monitor. Click the Overlay Test button to test your VGA adapter for overlay capabilities. A window will appear on the screen and color bars should be displayed there. Another window will appear and ask "Is the overlay screen displayed properly?" If the window shows color bars, then click Yes. If it is not showing color bars, click No and another overlay CHAPTER: 2 Installation 2-5 method will be tried and the question will come up again. If the result of the overlay test is "Overlay supported" then overlay is supported on your VGA adapter. If the result of the overlay test is "Overlay not supported" then try changing display resolution (1024x768 or higher), refresh rate (60Hz or higher), and/or color depth (16-bit or higher). Also make sure you are using the latest drivers for your graphics card. If you cannot find a mode where DirectDraw Overlay is supported, you will have to replace your graphics card with a graphics card that supports the required type of DirectDraw overlay (such as the Canopus Xplode card) or you will not be able to view video on your computer monitor. Machine Info Displays information about your computer system. It shows the version of Windows you are running, as well as the type and speed of your CPU(s). The items listed in Machine Info and their descriptions follow. Pay special attention to Chip Set and PCI Latency Timer. Windows version Displays the version of Windows that is currently running. DVRaptor supports Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows NT 4.0 (with Service Pack 4 or later), and Windows 2000. Computer Displays the type and speed of your CPU(s), as well as the amount of memory available to Windows (this Installation 2-6 CHAPTER: 2 Installation number may be less than the amount of memory you have installed). If there is less than 60 MB available to Windows, you may encounter problems using DVRaptor. Close other open applications or add more memory to your system. Chip Set Displays the detected motherboard chip set. If your motherboard chip set cannot be detected, you might run into problems. PCI Latency Timer Displays the current PCI Latency Timer setting. The PCI Latency Timer determines how long a PCI card can hold the CPU's attention before attention is passed to another card. The PCI Latency should be set to 60 or higher. If it is lower than 64, you may encounter problems. Most BIOS configuration utilities allow you to change the PCI Latency Timer setting in the Advanced, Chipset, or PCI/PNP settings. If your BIOS does not let you change the latency, it may set it automatically after you install the DVRaptor card. Installation Hard Disk Performance Displays performance measurements of your hard disk drive and rates it for use with DVRaptor. Select the drive you want to test from the Drive drop-down. Click the HDD Test button to execute the hard drive test. Make sure no other programs are running while the test is being performed, as this may affect the results. The measured read and write performance of your hard drive is listed in KB/Sec and by a colored bar. The bar is split into three colors: Red: The data transfer rate is below 4.5MB/Sec. This drive is not suitable for capture. CHAPTER: 2 Installation 2-7 Yellow: The data transfer rate is between 4.5MB/Sec to 7MB/Sec. This drive has moderate performance and should be fine for capture. Green: The data transfer rate is above 7MB/Sec. This is a high performance drive and should be fine for capture. If your hard drive is not suitable for capture, you should get a faster hard drive dedicated for video storage, or you can possibly increase drive performance by using multiple drives in a RAID striped configuration. Special note for IDE hard drive users When using IDE video and system hard drives, we strongly recommend that your video drive(s) be on a separate IDE channel from your system drive. IDE does not allow for overlapped I/O, so if two hard drives are on the same IDE channel, only one can be accessed at any given time. Keeping your video drives on separate channels will give you optimal performance. Special note for Windows NT users with IDE hard drives Windows NT, by default, does not enable DMA transfers for IDE drives connected to the primary and secondary IDE controller. Thus, IDE performance under Windows NT is often much slower than in other Windows versions. To enable DMA transfers for IDE drives under Windows NT, obtain the DMACHECK utility from Microsoft's support site and use it to enable DMA transfers. Note that if you have a separate IDE controller card, its drivers may already enable DMA transfers. Installation DV Connection Displays whether a DV device and whether Composite (CVideo), S-Video, or both analog pass-throughs are connected to the DVRaptor board. 2-8 CHAPTER: 2 Installation Skip this section for now, and return here after you have installed your DVRaptor. After you have installed your DVRaptor and connected your camera, run RapTest again and click the Connection Test button to test for an attached device. If you have DV and S-Video connected to DVRaptor, "SVideo is connected" should appear on the test. If DV and Composite video are connected to DVRaptor, "CVideo is connected" should appear on the test. If DV, Composite video, and S-Video are connected to DVRaptor, "Both C-Video and S-Video are connected" should appear on the test. If the connection test reports "No connection" make sure that DVRaptor is properly connected to your DV device. Also make certain that the analog output of your DV device is properly connected to the analog input on the DVRaptor. Connection test will report no connection if neither S-Video or Composite video pass-through is connected, even if a DV device is connected. Installation If you intend to use Software preview only, analog passthrough is not necessary. CHAPTER: 2 Installation 2-9 Hardware Installation This section contains instructions on how to install the DVRaptor hardware. Please follow the instructions below while installing the DVRaptor PCI card. The tools needed for installation. 1. A Phillips head screwdriver (star) 2. Your PC's User's Manual Caution: Static electricity can damage electronic components. Take care not to touch connectors or cards directly. When installing or working on your PC, first touch a grounded metal surface. This will discharge any static electricity on your body STEP 1: Opening your PC Cover 1. Quit any applications you are using and shut down Windows. 2. Switch off your PC. 3. Remove your PC cover, as shown in your PC manual. Installation Remove computer cover Preparation for DVRaptor installation 2-10 CHAPTER: 2 Installation STEP 2: DVRaptor PCI card Installation 1. Find a free PCI slot (preferably NOT the PCI slot next to the AGP slot) and remove the protective bracket. 2. Remove the DVRaptor PCI card from the anti-static bag. HANDLE THE CARD BY THE EDGES. AVOID TOUCHING THE CARD'S SURFACE 3. Gently push the card into the slot and screw it into place. Replace the computer cover Installation Replacing the computer cover STEP 3: Checking Connections After installing the DVRaptor card, check all your connections and replace the computer cover. CHAPTER: 2 Installation 2-11 Before installing DVRaptor software Please make sure your system is working properly and free of viruses. Windows 9x Driver Installation The first time you start Windows after installing the DVRaptor board, the Add New Hardware dialog will appear. Insert the DVRaptor software CD-ROM in your CD-ROM drive and point the Add New Hardware wizard to look in D:\Drivers (where D: is the letter of your CD-ROM drive). Follow the on-screen instructions to install the DVRaptor drivers. After the DVRaptor driver is installed, restart your system and follow the steps under Applications Installation later in this chapter to install the DVRaptor applications. Windows 2000 Driver Installation Installation The first time you start Windows after installing the DVRaptor board, the Add New Hardware dialog will appear. Insert the DVRaptor software CD-ROM in your CD-ROM drive and point the Add New Hardware wizard to look in D:\Drivers (where D: is the letter of your CD-ROM drive). Follow the on-screen instructions to install the DVRaptor drivers. After the DVRaptor driver is installed, restart your system and follow the steps under Applications Installation later in this chapter to install the DVRaptor applications. Windows NT 4.0 Driver Installation There is no driver installation necessary for Windows NT 4.0. Please install the DVRaptor applications by following the steps under Applications Installation later in this chapter. 2-12 CHAPTER: 2 Installation Applications Installation To install the DVRaptor applications, insert the DVRaptor CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive, open the App folder, and run Setup.exe by double-clicking the icon. The DVRaptor setup application will appear. Follow the prompts to install Raptor Video, Raptor Navi, the MediaStudio plug-in, and the Premiere plug-in. The MediaStudio plug-in will only install if MediaStudio is already installed on the machine. The Premiere plug-in will install if Premiere is already installed. If Premiere is not found, the plug-in files will be copied to a folder under the DVRaptor folder. Copy these files to Premiere's plugins directory. When installation is complete, you will be prompted to restart your computer. Leave the DVRaptor CD-ROM in your CD-ROM drive and click Yes to restart your computer. After your computer starts up again, the installation for Raptor Edit will start automatically. Follow the prompts to install Raptor Edit, Raptor Audio, and SoftMPG. Installation Bundled Applications Installation To install the DVRaptor applications, insert the DVRaptor CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive, open the App folder, and run Setup.exe by double-clicking the icon. The DVRaptor setup application will appear. Follow the prompts to install Raptor Video and Raptor Navi. SoftXplode SoftXplode adds a number of 3D transitions to Raptor Edit and other supported editing applications. To install SoftXplode, please refer to the SoftXplode manual. CHAPTER: 2 Installation 2-13 SoftXplode is not supported under Windows NT because Windows NT does not have DirectX 6. For Xplode effects in Windows NT, you ned to purchase the Xplode hardware. SoftMPG Encoder The DVRaptor installation application will install SoftMPG Encoder. If you did not install this now, you can install SoftMPG under the Mpgswenc folder. Double-click on the Setup.exe icon in this folder will install SoftMPG Encoder for DVRaptor and Premiere 5.1c or later. Installation 2-14 CHAPTER: 2 Installation Hardware pass-through vs Software preview DVRaptor has two options to show video on your computer screen - hardware pass-through, and software preview. The features of each are described below. Hardware pass-through preview DVRaptor uses the DV camera or deck to play and scrub DV video. DVRaptor sends DV data to the camera or deck, and puts the analog video from the camera or deck (decoded DV) on to the computer screen. Hardware pass-through uses very little CPU power, but requires that the DV camera or deck be on and connected to the DVRaptor when editing or playing back DV video. No tape is required in the camera/deck. Software preview DV data is decoded using the CPU and put on to the computer screen. DVRaptor still sends out DV. Installation Software preview uses a great deal of CPU power and can be choppy or jerky if the CPU is not fast enough to decode DV in real time. CHAPTER: 2 Installation 2-15 Connecting your DV camera or deck STEP 1: Connect DV Connect your camera or deck to your DVRaptor using the provided 4-pin to 4-pin i.LINK cable. Plug one end of the cable into your camera or deck's i.LINK jack, and plug the other end of the cable into DVRaptor's i.LINK jack. If you are using hardware pass-through preview, you must keep your camera or deck connected to DVRaptor via the DV connection while editing. Installation DV connection between camera and DVRaptor If you are connecting a DV camera, make sure it is in VTR mode, and not Camera mode. 2-16 CHAPTER: 2 Installation STEP 2: Connect Preview Video This step is not necessary if you intend to use Software Preview only STEP 2a: Cameras with S-Video and/or Composite output jacks Connect you camera's analog composite Video and/or S-Video output to DVRaptor.. If you are using hardware pass-through preview, you must keep your camera or deck connected to DVRaptor via the S-Video or composite connection while editing. Installation Connecting camera video to DVRaptor STEP 2b: Cameras with A/V output jack Connect the A/V output cable for your camera to the A/V jack. Make sure you use the correct A/V output cable for your camera. An audio Y-cable will not work. Connect the composite video from the A/V jack to the DVRaptor composite input. If you camera also has a S-Video output jack, you CHAPTER: 2 Installation 2-17 can connect the S-Video output to DVRaptor's SVideo input if you want. A/V output cable (has three plugs) Connecting camera video to DVRaptor Installation 2-18 CHAPTER: 2 Installation STEP 3: Connect Preview Audio This step is not necessary if you intend to use Software Preview only If you are using hardware pass-through preview, you must keep your camera or deck connected to your sound card via audio connection while editing. STEP 3a: Cameras with RCA audio output Connect the RCA jacks of the audio Y-cable to the camera's audio output jacks. Connect the other end of the cable to the Line In on your soundcard. Audio Y-cable Installation Connecting camera audio to sound card STEP 3b: Cameras with A/V output jack Connect the A/V output cable for your camera to the A/V jack. Make sure you use the correct A/V output cable for your camera. An audio Y-cable will not work. Connect the RCA audio plugs from the A/V output cable to the RCA jacks on the audio Y-splitter. CHAPTER: 2 Installation 2-19 Connect the other end of the audio Y-splitter to the Line In jack on your sound card. A/V output cable (has three plugs) Audio Y-splitter Connecting camera audio to sound card STEP 3c: Cameras with only Headphone output Connect the mini-jack of the audio Y-cable to the headphone jack of your camera. Connect the RCA plugs on the audio Y-cable to the RCA jacks on the audio Y-splitter. Connect the mini-jack of the audio Y-splitter to the Line In jack on your sound card. Installation 2-20 CHAPTER: 2 Installation Audio Y-cable Audio Y-splitter Connecting camera audio to sound card Installation CHAPTER: 2 Installation 2-21 STEP 4: Connect Video Monitor This step is optional. STEP 4a: Camera video connected to DVRaptor If you have an external video monitor, you can connect it to the DVRaptor's composite or S-Video output and the input signal will pass through to the monitor. If you have S-Video input to DVRaptor, you can get S-Video output to a monitor. If you have composite input to DVRaptor, you can get composite output to a monitor. This will only work if you have your camera's analog output connected to DVRaptor. DVRaptor will not generate an analog signal on its own. Installation Connecting Video monitor to DVRaptor 2-22 CHAPTER: 2 Installation STEP 4b: Camera video direct to monitor Camera with S-Video and/or composite output If you are not using DVRaptor's hardware passthrough, you can connect the video output of your camera or deck directly to your video monitor. You will also need to keep the DV connection between DVRaptor and your camera in order to see video on the video monitor. Installation Connecting camera video to video monitor CHAPTER: 2 Installation 2-23 STEP 4c: Camera video direct to monitor Camera with A/V output jack If you are not using DVRaptor's hardware passthrough, you can connect the video output of your camera or deck directly to your video monitor. You will also need to keep the DV connection between DVRaptor and your camera in order to see video on the video monitor. Installation Connecting camera video to video monitor 2-24 CHAPTER: 2 Installation Selecting Hardware or Software Preview After your camera or deck is connected, you need to set the DVRaptor software to use the appropriate preview mode. Selecting Hardware Preview To select hardware pass-through preview, follow the steps below: 1. Open Raptor Video 2. Choose DVRaptor Properties... from the Settings menu. Choose DVRaptor Properties capture from the Settings menu Installation CHAPTER: 2 Installation 2-25 3. The DVRaptor Properties dialog will appear with the Input tab selected. Select the analog input connection DVRaptor should use. Select the input line you will connect your camera's analog output to. DVRaptor Properties Dialog - Input tab Installation 4. The adjustment sliders under Image Adjustments affect the way the preview video appears on the computer monitor. They do not affect the output video. You can adjust these sliders so the image on your com- 2-26 CHAPTER: 2 Installation puter more closely matches the video when displayed on a video monitor. These sliders affect the image on the computer monitor only - they do not affect the output video. DVRaptor Properties Dialog - Input tab Installation Remember, when using hardware pass-through preview, you must keep your DV camera or deck in VTR mode and hooked up to DVRaptor with both the DV and analog connections in order to see video on your computer monitor. CHAPTER: 2 Installation 2-27 Selecting Software Preview To select software preview, follow the steps below: 1. Open Raptor Video 2. Choose DVRaptor Properties... from the Settings menu. Choose DVRaptor Properties capture from the Settings menu Installation 2-28 CHAPTER: 2 Installation 3. The DVRaptor Properties dialog will appear with the Input tab selected. Click the Detailed Settings tab to get the detailed settings. Click the Detailed Settings tab Installation DVRaptor Properties Dialog - Input tab