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DIGITAL-LOGIC AG MPC40/A/B/C, MPC41 Manual V1.4C
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7.1.2 Video Framegrabber 878A for WINDOWS
Digital-Logic AG Video Grabber for 878A of MPC40 Systems
Location: \Software\VideoIn
If you need other TV-Standard as PAL, than select the standard with the AMCap bevor
Using this videograbber.
Selects PAL/NTSC or SECAM Format in AMCap !
The VIDEOGRABBER program is intended for showing the simple use of video input.
At the first start up of the program, it is necessary to have a driver available, which supports the capturing feature. Open
dialog window „Settings“(the button “ ”) and choose the driver in the drop-down list. If no driver is mentioned, then it’s
necessary to close the program and to install a driver, using the Windows standard driver installation procedure.
Main window buttons assignment:
Captures single frame from the video-input and copies it to standard Windows clipboard (Ctrl+C).
Captures single frame and saves it as standard Windows graphics file (“bmp” format) (Alt+F).
Captures video-stream and saves it as standard Windows video file (“avi” format). To stop capture, press the ESC
key or press the button again (Alt+G).
Plays captured video file. Pressing this button while playing stops the playing and allows you to look at any frame
of the video file, using the slider under the toolbar (Alt+P).
Opens “Settings” dialog window (Alt+S).
Shows this help file (F1).
Exits the program (Alt+X).
Settings
This dialog allows you to adjust picture parameters, select input
video channel and set the timing values for the video capturing
process.
The buttons “Video Format”, “Video Source” and “Video Display”
calls appropriated dialogs for changing some parameters of the
picture format such as “Brightness”, “Contrast”, image dimensions
and some others.
The button “Compression” calls a dialog of video compression. This
dialog box lets you specify software compression techniques during
a capture session. Because software compression requires
processing time, it is generally inappropriate to use it during a real-
time capture, except at very slow frame rates. The RLE compression
method, which requires similar processing time during capture and
playback, is the only recommended method during real-time
capture.