JVC JILP PC, GR-DVL9200EG User Manual

PC CONNECTION KIT

For Windows

JLIP VIDEO CAPTURE/ JLIP VIDEO PRODUCER

ENGLISH

INSTRUCTIONS

For Customer Use:

Enter below the Model No. and Serial No. Retain this information for future reference.

Model No.

Serial No.

LYT0500-002A

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CONTENTS

JLIP VIDEO CAPTURE SOFTWARE SECTION

STARTING JLIP VIDEO CAPTURE 6 INITIALIZATION 7

Selecting the connected device

JLIP VIDEO CAPTURE WINDOWS 8 – 10

Index window DV Controller window Image Viewer window

BASIC IMAGE CAPTURE 11 – 12 ADVANCED CAPTURE FUNCTIONS 13 – 15

Imported image Automatic capture

VIEWING IMAGES 16 – 18

Slide show Image correction Display size Image Viewer appearance

SELECTING A BACKGROUND COLOR 19 CHANGING THE IMAGE FORMAT 20 – 22

JPEG preferences Bitmap preferences DVF preferences

SAVING AN IMAGE 23 – 24

Saving index images Saving images in the Image Viewer window Adding image files to the Index window

SAVING IMAGES AS AN ALBUM 25

Saving an image as an album Copying an index image

DELETING AN INDEX IMAGE 26

Deleting an index image Moving an index image

ADDING IMAGES TO AN ALBUM 27

Adding images to an album

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COPYING AN IMAGE 28

Copying an image into the clipboard Pasting an image from the clipboard

EDITING AN IMAGE 29 CREATING AN HTML ALBUM 30

Saving images in HTML format Viewing the HTML album

TROUBLESHOOTING 31 – 32

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JLIP VIDEO PRODUCER SOFTWARE SECTION

STARTING AND EXITING JLIP VIDEO PRODUCER 34 – 35

Starting JLIP Video Producer Exiting JLIP Video Producer Initializing JLIP Devices

JLIP VIDEO PRODUCER WINDOW BUTTONS AND DISPLAYS 36 – 40

BASIC OPERATIONS 41 – 50

Operating the video source unit Setting in/out points Playing back one programmed scene Playing back all programmed scenes Dubbing Selecting a P.AE/Effect Selecting a Fade/Wipe Effect P.AE/Effect and Fade/Wipe Effect buttons Saving the program list Opening a saved file Overwriting a file

Correcting and cutting programmed counter data

ADVANCED OPERATIONS 51 – 52

Changing the ID number Connecting another device during operation Adjusting the gap between stored In/Out points on the PC

and dubbed ones on the recorder

TROUBLESHOOTING 53 – 54 INDEX 55

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MEMO

JLIP VIDEO CAPTURE

SOFTWARE SECTION

You can find the latest information (in English) on the provided software program at our World Wide Web Server. http://www.jvc-victor.co.jp/english/index-e.html

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STARTING JLIP VIDEO CAPTURE

Starting JLIP Video Capture

Turn on your PC and start up Windows®.

Click Start on the task bar.

• The Program menu appears on the screen.

Move the mouse pointer over JLIP Video Capture and click to start the program.

• JLIP Video Capture starts up.

NOTE

• Close any other programs running on the PC.

• Disable any programs that run in the background, such as screen savers, e-mail applications, virus checkers, schedulers, etc.

• Turn off file and printer sharing.

CAUTION

• Do not disconnect the video source unit or turn it off while JLIP Video Capture is running.

HOW TO CLOSE THE PROGRAM

Click the Close button or select File — Exit.

INITIALIZATION

SELECTING THE CONNECTED DEVICE

You can use the JLIP Devices window to select a video source unit connected to one of the COM ports (RS-232C) after starting up JLIP Video Capture, or when you connect a different video source unit.

Select Window — DV Controller in the

Index window.

• The JLIP Devices window opens.

• You can also select Preferences — Devices in the DV Controller window to open the JLIP Devices window.

Select the Serial Port (COM 1 to COM 4).

• Select the COM port the video source unit is connected to.

Click Scan.

• When the connected video source unit is detected, its name appears in the window.

Select the Picture Transfer Rate.

• Set it to 115200.

• Depending on your PC’s specifications, the software may not function properly when this speed is selected. If an error occurs during use, set it to a slower rate (38400 or less).

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Click OK.

• The DV Controller window appears after setting is completed.

NOTE

If the video source unit is not detected, follow the procedures below.

1 Confirmed that the COM port the video source unit is connected to is selected in the JLIP

Devices window.

2 Check the connections. 3 Set the video source unit’s Power Dial to PLAY or PLAY/PC. 4 Click Scan in the JLIP Devices window. 5 If the video source unit appears in the window, click OK (setting is completed).

CAUTION

• If you are using a built-in modem or IrDA, the RS-232C COM port may be occupied. In

this case, click the right button of the mouse to select My Computer, then select Properties — System Properties — Device Manager. Click Ports (COM & LPT) to confirm which COM port is available. If all the COM ports are occupied, set the COM port used by the modem or IrDA driver to Invalid.

• If a USB or Digital Still Camera driver is installed on your PC, you may not be able to use the RS-232C port.

• Depending on your PC’s specifications, you may need to change the BIOS settings.

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JLIP VIDEO CAPTURE WINDOWS

INDEX WINDOW

Index images are displayed as an album in the Index window.

Toolbar

Open button

Opens an album file or image file.

Save Album button

Saves images in the Index window as an album file.

Index display section

The captured images are displayed in this section.

Index image

Each index image consists of a thumbnail image and its time code.

DV Controller button

Opens the DV Controller window for control of the connected video source unit from your PC.

Image Viewer button

Opens the Image Viewer window and displays the captured image at full size.

CAUTION

• The DV Controller window closes automatically when a slide show is started, or when Edit — Open Editor or Edit — Copy in Image Viewer is selected.

• When using the Forward/Reverse Frame Advance buttons to control a video source unit that has no Frame Playback function, the video source unit will initiate slow playback for a few seconds, then stop. On some video source units, each frame advance may not be the exact length of a proper frame.

• The DV Controller window may not correspond to the status of the video source unit if a remote control unit is used to control it.

NOTE

• Each toolbar button function can also be performed from the menu bar.

• To hide the toolbar, select View — Toolbar.

DV CONTROLLER WINDOW

Select Window — DV Controller in the Index window to open the DV Controller window. This window is used to capture still images from a video source unit.

Counter Indicator (Time Code)

The video source unit’s time code is displayed here.

Operation Buttons for Video Source

Unit

Rewind Play Fast Forward

Reverse Slow Pause Forward Slow

Reverse Frame Stop Forward Frame

Advance Advance

Operation Buttons

Power button

Displays the power status of the connected video source unit. Note that, depending on the video deck connected, it may not be possible to turn its power on and off.

Capture button

Captures the desired playback image.

Automatic Capture button

Controls the playback of the video source unit and captures specified playback images.

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CAUTION

• Use only the operation buttons in the DV Controller window to control the video source

unit. If you operate the video source unit with its own operation buttons, the appearance of the DV Controller window may not correspond to the status of the video source unit, or it may cause a malfunction to occur in JLIP Video Capture.

• The DV Controller window may appear to still be operating the video source unit even

after the videocassette automatically stops at the beginning or end of the tape. In this case, click the Stop button in the DV Controller window before performing another operation.

• If an image is captured in the Pause or Slow Play mode, some noise may appear on the captured image. In this case, capture the image during normal playback.

• If videotape being used is damaged, some noise may appear in the playback image in the DV Controller window.

• Automatic Capture cannot be performed in the time code range of 00:00:00:00 and 00:00:30:00 in the DV Controller window.

• Depending on your PC’s or video source unit’s specifications, the DV Controller window may not function.

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JLIP VIDEO CAPTURE WINDOWS (cont.)

IMAGE VIEWER WINDOW

Select Window — Image Viewer in the Index window to open the Image Viewer window. This window is used to display images at full size, and to present images in an album as a slide show.

First Image button

Toolbar

Previous Image button

Slide Show button

Close button

Stop button

Next Image button

Last Image button

Control window

NOTE

• Each toolbar button function can also be performed from the menu bar.

• Clicking the right mouse button in the Image Viewer window brings up a menu of the toolbar functions.

• Select Window — Button to display a small Control window containing the toolbar buttons.

• To hide the toolbar, select View — Toolbar.

BASIC IMAGE CAPTURE

This section describes basic image capture operations. For more detailed instructions, see pages 13-15.

Set up your equipment.

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• If using a video camera, insert a videocassette into it.

•␣ Connect the video source unit to your PC, and turn both on.

•␣ Start up JLIP Video Capture. (see page 6)

Start playback.

• Click Window — DV Controller to open the DV Controller window.

• Click the Play button in the DV Controller window.

Capture the desired image.

• Click the Capture button when the image you want to capture appears. The image data will be transferred to your PC.

•␣ When you are finished, click the Stop button and close the DV Controller window.

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View the image in the Image Viewer

window.

• Double-click the thumbnail image in the Index window.

• The image is displayed in the Image Viewer window at its captured size.

• Click the Image Viewer window’s Close button to return to the Index window.

Save the image on your PC’s hard drive.

• Click on the thumbnail image in the

Index window to select it, then click File — Save Image As. For more

details, refer to the Windows manual or your computer’s manual.

• Enter a file name for the image and click Save.

Alternatively, you can save multiple

images as an album.

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• Click File — Save Album As from the Index window.

• Enter a file name for the album and click Save.

You can also modify or use images in

various ways.

• You can create an HTML album of images using JLIP Video Capture. (see page 30)

NOTE

• The following characters cannot be used in file names: \ / : * ? ” < >

• You can save images in JPEG, Bitmap (BMP) or DVF format. (see pages 20-22)

ADVANCED CAPTURE FUNCTIONS

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IMPORTED IMAGE

Squeeze/Cinema

You can select Squeeze or Cinema when adding wide-screen images (with an aspect ratio of 16:9) to an album.

Squeeze

Squeezes the image’s aspect ratio from 16:9 to 4:3.

Cinema

Inserts a black or white mask at the top and bottom of the image to convert its aspect ratio to 4:3.

Image Size Preferences

Click Preferences — Imported Image in the Index

window.

Select Squeeze or Cinema in Wide Image Format.

Click OK.

Mask Color (Black/White)

You can select the mask color when adding images whose aspect ratio is not 4:3 (except when

Squeeze is selected in Wide Image Format) to an album.

Black White

Mask Color Preferences

Click Preferences — Imported Image in the Index

window.

Select Black or White in Mask Color.

Click OK.

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ADVANCED CAPTURE FUNCTIONS (cont.)

AUTOMATIC CAPTURE

You can capture images automatically according to your preferences. Automatic Capture cannot be performed in the time code range of 00:00:00:00 and 00:00:30:00.

Automatic Capture Preferences

Click the Play button in the DV

Controller window.

Click the Automatic Capture button.

CAUTION

• Depending your PC’s specifications and operating environment, the points where images are captured may not match what was set in the preferences.

• During automatic capture, do not move the DV Controller window, change its size, operate its scroll bars or access the menu, otherwise it may cause the points where images are captured to not match what was set in the preferences.

• If the videotape is damaged, the points where images are captured may not match what was set in the preferences.

• Automatic capture may not function properly if portions of the videotape are unrecorded.

Go To Time Code

You can specify the precise time code at which to capture an image. This function is useful for capturing images next to ones already captured.

Select Go To Time Code in the

Automatic Capture window.

Select the hour, minute, second and

frame to go to.

Click Execute.

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Interval

You can capture images at specified intervals. This function is useful for summarizing the contents of a tape, or for watching time-lapse movies using the slide show.

Select Interval in the Automatic Capture

window.

Select the number of images to be

captured.

Select the length of the interval (in

minutes and seconds).

Click Execute.

CAUTION

• Automatic capture stops when the number of images in the Index window reaches 99 or the videotape ends.

• This function doesn’t work if there is no time code recorded on the videotape, or if the recording time is shorter than 1 minute.

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SLIDE SHOW

Slide Show Preferences

You can select the display interval during a slide show.

Select Preferences — Image Viewer

from the Image Viewer window.

Make sure the Set Minimum box is

unchecked, and select the interval (in seconds) between images.

• Check the Set Minimum box when

you want to display images one after another quickly.

•␣ You can select from 0 to 30 seconds. The actual interval is equal to the sum of the selected time plus the time it takes your PC to load and display the images.

Click OK.

Slide Show Operation

You can view images in the Index window as a slide show.

VIEWING IMAGES

Click the Slide Show button in the Image

Viewer window, or select View — Slide Show.

• The slide show starts.

To stop the slide show, click the image

currently being displayed, or click the Stop button in the Image Viewer window.

• The slide show stops automatically when a menu is accessed or a button is clicked.

NOTE

• You can also start up the slide show by clicking the right mouse button in the Image Viewer

window to bring up a menu of the toolbar functions.

IMAGE CORRECTION

Select Preferences — Image Viewer in

the Image Viewer window.

When displaying images captured from

a fast action sequence, select Movement in Image Correction.

• Images in the displayed album will be corrected for camera shake.

• To use less memory, select Field.

• To use no image correction, select None.

DISPLAY SIZE

You can select between normal and full-screen display.

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For full-screen display, select View —

Size — Full Screen in the Image Viewer

window.

• For normal display, select View —

Size — Normal.

CAUTION

• When your monitor resolution is 640 x 480 pixels, Full Screen cannot be selected.

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