Pinnacle DV500 User guide
Pinnacle Systems DV500
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SER'S GUIDE
Pinnacle Systems DV500
User’s Guide
Version 1.2 / GB September 2000
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Contents
CHAPTER 1: WELCOME 1
G
ENERAL
DV500 P
A
DDITIONAL INFORMATION
S
OLUTIONS FOR VIDEO APPLICATIONS EVERYWHERE
A
DOBE PREMIERE SUPPORT
H
OW THIS GUIDE IS ORGANIZED
RODUCT FEATURES
CHAPTER 2: BEFORE YOU BEGIN 7
S
YSTEM REQUIREMENTS
P
ACKAGE CONTENTS
CHAPTER 3: INSTALLING ADOBE PREMIERE 10
CHAPTER 4: INSTALLING THE HARDWARE 11
D
EFRAGMENTING THE HARD DISK
I
NSTALLING THE
DV500 11
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CHAPTER 5: CONNECTING THE BLUEBOX AND THE VIDEO
DEVICES 14
C
ONNECTING THE VIDEO DEVICES
P
LAYER AND RECORDER IN ONE DEVICE
C
ONNECTING THE VIDEO MONITOR AND LOUDSPEAKERS
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CHAPTER 6: INSTALLING THE DV500 SOFTWARE 23
I
NSTALLING THE SOFTWARE FOR WINDOWS
I
NSTALLING THE SOFTWARE FOR WINDOWS
A
DDITIONAL INFORMATION (INSTALLATION PROGRAM
NT 4.0 24
2000/98 25
)27
CHAPTER 7: CAPTURE, EDITING AND PLAYBACK 30
Q
UICK CAPTURE CHECKLIST
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APTURING VIDEO IN DETAIL
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DITING THE CLIPS
P
LAYBACK
O
UTPUTTING THE PROJECT
D
EVICE CONTROL
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CHAPTER 8: DV500 CONTROL 43
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ETTINGS—VIDEO INPUT
S
ETTINGS—VIDEO FORMAT
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ETTINGS—AUDIO INPUT
S
ETTINGS—OUTPUT
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ETTINGS—GENERAL
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CHAPTER 9: WORKING WITH DV MATERIAL 51
M
AKING MOVIES
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APTURING SINGLE FRAMES (SNAPSHOTS
)61
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CHAPTER 10: DVTOOLS 64
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APTURE GALLERY
T
APE GALLERY
DV D
EVICE CONTROLLER
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CHAPTER 11: TRANSITIONS, FILTERS, AND
SUPERIMPOSITIONS 76
T
RANSITIONS
F
ILTERS
S
UPERIMPOSITIONS
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CHAPTER 12: PINNACLE FREEFX 86
CHAPTER 13: INSTANT VIDEO 93
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I
NSTANT VIDEO WINDOW
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R
ENDERING PREVIEWS
L
IMITATIONS
Instant Video? 93
HAT IS
ODES OF OPERATION
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CHAPTER 14: TITLEDEKO 101
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ELCOME TO TITLEDEKO
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AUNCHING TITLEDEKO
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HE TITLEDEKO USER INTERFACE
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ELECTING TEXT AND OBJECTS
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ORMATTING TEXT AND OBJECTS
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OOLS AND SELECTION HANDLES
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RANSFORMING TEXT AND OBJECTS
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SING AND MODIFYING LOOKS AND STYLES
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HE BACKGROUND
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ET’S MAKE A TITLE
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CHAPTER 15: VIDEO SPICERACK 127
K
EY CONCEPTS OF VIDEO SPICERACK
H
OW DOES A GRADIENT IMAGE MAKE A TRANSITION
V
IDEO SPICERACK CATEGORIES
H
OW TO USE SPICERACK
? 127
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CHAPTER 16: HOLLYWOOD FX 130
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HAT IS HOLLYWOOD
I
NSTALLATION OF HOLLYWOOD
FX? 130
FX 131
CHAPTER 17: EXPORT TO AVI, DV- OR MPEG2 133
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ETTING
E
XPORT TO
E
XPORT TO
A
DVANCED EXPORT SETTINGS
–MPEG
FORMAT
MPEG2 133
DV AVI 134
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CHAPTER 18: TECHNICAL DATA 140
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APPENDIX A: MPEG COMPRESSION I
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HE COMPRESSION PROCEDURE
MPEG I
APPENDIX B TROUBLESHOOTING IV
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ENERAL
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ROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
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ROBLEMS WITH THE VIDEO DISPLAY ON THE
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ROBLMS WITH INTERUPT SHARING
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ROBLEMS WITH CAPTURE
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ROBLEMS WITH EDITING AND RENDERING
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ROBLEMS WITH PLAYBACK AND OUTPUT
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ROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS—PINNACLE FREE
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ROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
O
THER PROBLEMS AND LIMITATIONS
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ROBLEMS WITH THE COMPATIBILITY OF VIDEO DEVICES
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ENERAL
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FTER EFFECTS
PC S
CREEN
FX XV
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APPENDIX C: ERROR MESSAGES XVIII
APPENDIX D: MULTIMEDIA TERMINOLOGY XIX
APPENDIX F: LICENSE AGREEMENT XXVIII
INDEX
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F
y
OR YOUR OWN SAFETY
NOTE: Shielded cables should be used for a composite interface. This is to ensure
continued protection against radio frequency interference.
FCC Compliance Statement
FCC W
C
AUTION
ARNING STATEMENT
NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a
Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are
designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful 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 to 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.
Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for
compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.
L
ABEL WARNING
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Shielded interface cable must be used in order to comply with the emission limits.
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.
Pinnacle Systems DV500
Tested To Comp l
With FCC Standards
FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE
About the User’s Guide
This User’s Guide explains how to install and use the Pinnacle Systems
DV500 hardware and software. Instead of using the complete product name,
the abbreviation DV500 is used for a better readability.
Subheadings
In the margins are subheadings to help you quickly find your way through
this manual.
Important text passages are marked with the “notepad” and this format.
Numbers mark step by step instructions:
1. Start TitleDeko.
Bullets mark instructions for optional steps the order of which is not
important.
Connect the board to the camcorder.
•
All keyboard commands appear in this font:
install
Menus, commands, options or buttons which the user can select are written
in
italics.
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For your own safety
In the interest of your own safety and the flawless functioning of your new
product and computer system please note the following:
Computer components are sensitive to static charge. Divert any
electrostatic charge from your person before touching the components
with your hands or any tools.
Before opening the computer make sure that the power plug is
disconnected from the wall outlet.
For changes or supplements that could not be included in the printed
documentation, please, refer to the ReadMe file on the CD-ROM supplied
with your system!.
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G
ENERAL
Chapter 1: Welcome
The next generation of video is digital and DV is the world-wide digital
standard. With the DV500, Pinnacle Systems offers a non-linear video
editing system that meets the highest quality standard for DV productions.
What makes this product special, however, is its incorporation of classic
post-production in
software rendering. A real-time effects mixer outputs entire productions or
creative ideas to the video monitor in full quality as soon as they have been
arranged.
The DV500 comes with more than
instantly in real-time. Furthermore, the card's effects mixer is also suitable
for titles and filters.
The combination of DV hardware codec and real-time effects mixer marks
the advent of dual-stream technology on standard desktop computers. No
comparable video editing system offers more
are visible instantly in full-quality video. In addition, videos can be
processed for digital data media such as DVD and CD.
real-time
—in other words, without time-consuming
200 wipes and dissolves
productivity
that run
, since the effects
The DV500 is able to save projects as MPEG export data directly from the
timeline so that DVD productions can be built.
The DV500 processes analog (S-Video, Composite video) and
IEEE 1394) signals via corresponding inputs and outputs.
With its outstanding features, the DV500 sets new standards for quality,
compatibility, and productivity.
digital
(DV,
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DV500 P
RODUCT FEATURES
Video resolution
720 x 576 (PAL) or 720 x 480 (NTSC) according to ITU.R 601, studio
quality, compatible with Betacam and DV; cropped size 704 x 576
(PAL), 704 x 480 (NTSC).
Bit rate
50 Mbit/sec in dual-stream mode.
25 Mbit/sec in single-stream mode
Encoding method
DV 25.
Bit rate control (for MP2 export only)
Constant (CBR) or variable bit-rate (VBR).
Audio
Support for
- 32 kHz 12 bit and 16 bit stereo
- 44 kHz 16 bit stereo
- 48 kHz 16 bit stereo
Playback mode
Dual stream – 2 video files via one mixer for real-time effects.
Titles, filters, and 200 wipes and dissolves without time-consuming
software rendering.
Production length
Up to 3 hours video productions larger than 2 GB.
Capture of files up to 12 TBytes in length.
Instant Video™
Intelligent, hardware-accelerated rendering, multi-file playback for
Audio processor, perfect, lip-synch audio processing in CD or DV
quality.
DVD and MPEG2-CD Production
Export MPEG2 ML@MP (4:2:0) using IBP format suitable for DVD
and MPEG2-CD authoring.
Direct interface to Minerva Impression.
Video overlay
Real-time monitoring on computer screen.
Video Standards
PAL, NTSC (US version NTSC only), audio input (stereo), audio output
(stereo).
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Standard ports
S-Video (Y/C) and Composite (CVBS).
DV (IEEE1394).
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DDITIONAL INFORMATION
Production Process
Productions created with DV500 can be output to analog (S-VHS, Hi8,
Betacam) or digital tape systems (DV) or stored as a file.
Files are saved in AVI format. Optionally, the MPEG II IBP compression
method can also be used. This material is suitable for subsequent processing
with DVD authoring software.
Real-time Processing
The DV500 is equipped with a real-time mixer, making it possible to mix
and output, according to the specifications of an effect, two videos that are
simultaneously being played back from the hard disk. This method is
especially useful for wipes and dissolves, since these consist of two
chronologically overlapping videos. Real-time playback occurs via the
analog ports of the card. For digital playback, the effects have to be
rendered.
DV500 offers more than 200 effects in real-time. DV500 can even
superimpose color titles and other graphics over a video without prior
rendering.
Instant Video
Instant Video coordinates playback of all videos within a production. In
particular, it provides for so-called “cutlist playback”, so that multiple video
files can be played back one after the other without interruption. The
intelligent software detects all postproduction steps that do not take place in
real-time, renders these quickly, and automatically integrates the result in
the production. Every production consisting of different materials can be
called up and played back again and again in context.
blueBOX
The blueBOX makes it easy to connect a video editing system to other video
equipment. Of course it is possible to use both analog signal sources (for
instance, camcorders) and recording devices (for instance, recorders) on the
same box at the same time. The video inputs and outputs are designed for SVideo (Y/C) and Composite (FBAS) signals. The stereo audio signals are
connected via line-out and line-in connections with cinch jacks.
The blueBOX can be positioned at your desktop so that it is always easily
accessible, making it easy to plug in and unplug cables. This enables you to
adapt the cabling between the blueBOX and other video devices to
individual conditions quickly and flexibly. All jacks are marked with easyto-understand symbols, thus ensuring fast, secure connections.
Chapter 1: Welcome
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S
OLUTIONS FOR VIDEO APPLICATIONS EVERYWHERE
No matter what kind of project you’re working on, DV500 gives you
everything you need for professional quality results.
With the DV500, your video production can be a function of your creativity,
not your budget. Just as it should be.
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DOBE PREMIERE SUPPORT
Adobe Premiere provides:
Direct integration of the DV500 capture, playback and effects engine
within Adobe Premiere.
Intelligent Rendering, which automatically renders non-real-time
playable segments.
Source/program monitor consolidates clip, preview, trim and controller
windows.
Three-point editing.
Collapsible AfterEffects-like timeline.
Navigator palette speeds timeline access.
New, key-frameable video and audio filters.
DV device control.
Add Character to Your Productions with our TitleDeko Character Generator
Want to add easy-to-use, cutting-edge titling to your finishing station? Our
powerful TitleDeko character generator package comes standard with
DV500. This plug-in version of our industry-leading Deko CG product lets
you create your own title style, with customizable faces, edges, shadows and
underlines. TitleDeko’s library of text effects includes rotate, skew, glow,
emboss, texture, neon, metallic and extrude. With DV500, use TitleDeko to
easily add rolls and crawls, or other movements to your titles.
Integrate into any Digital Production Environment
With the onboard DV/1394 ports you can capture digital videos and output
them to a connected DV device.
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H
OW THIS GUIDE IS ORGANIZED
This User Guide is not intended to be a supplement to the Adobe Premiere
User's Guide. For detailed information on Adobe Premiere, please refer to
the Adobe Premiere User's guide.
This manual consists of the following chapters:
Overview
The chapter “Welcome” introduces the DV500, provides an overview of its
capabilities and explains the organization of, and conventions used in, this
User’s Guide.
System requirements
The chapter “Before You Begin” gives you all necessary information about
the system requirements needed to work efficiently with DV500. In addition
the package contents are introduced in detail.
Installing Adobe Premiere
The chapter “Installing Adobe Premiere” tells you how to install Adobe
Premiere.
Hardware installation
The chapter “Installing the Hardware” explains the hardware installation.
Connecting the blueBOX
The chapter “Connecting the blueBOX” shows how to connect DV500, the
blueBOX and the video devices.
Software installation
The chapter “Installing the Software” describes the installation of the
software under Windows 98, Windows 2000, and Windows NT.
Capture
The chapter “Capture, Editing and Playback” gives you detailed information
on how to capture, edit and playback video clips to tape.
In addition, the Device control functions are described in detail.
DV500 Control
The chapter “DV500 Control ” describes all features of the Control, which
allows you to specify individual settings.
DV Material
The chapter “Working with DV Material” introduces step by step how to
capture video clips using the DVTools.
DVTools
The chapter “DVTools” describes in detail the functions of the three main
components of the DVTools: The Capture Gallery, the Tape Gallery, and the
DV Device Control.
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Effects
The chapter “Transitions, Filters and Supersition” introduces the Pinnacle
Systems’ real-time transitions and filters which allow you to check the
effects without having to render the clip.
3D Effects
The chapter “Pinnacle FreeFX” shows how to work with the Pinnacle
accelerated 3D effects.
Instant Video
The chapter “Instant Video” gives you information about how to minimizes
the rendering time under Adobe Premiere considerably.
TitleDeko
The chapter “TitleDeko” explains how to use the TitleDeko character
generator to add titles, rolls and crawls, with a variety of text effects.
Video SpiceRack
The chapter “Video SpiceRack” introduces Video SpiceRack, a collection of
300 top-quality transitions and dynamic effects.
Hollywood FX
The chapter “Hollywood FX” decribes how to generate 3D transitions and
near realtime effects for your videos.
Export
The chapter “Export to AVI, DVD- or MPEG2-CD” explains the settings
for an export of your project.
Technical data
The chapter “Technical Data” informs you about the most important data of
DV500.
Appendix
The “Appendix” contains a troubleshooting guide, a detailed multimedia
glossary and the declaration of conformity.
Index
An index concludes this User’s Guide.
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This chapter tells you which computer system components are required for
the operation of the DV500 and what is included in the DV500 package
contents.
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YSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Please make sure your system meets the following requirements before
installing the DV500:
PC System
Chapter 2:
Before You Begin
At least Pentium II
1 x 32-bit PCI 2.1 slot
Windows 98 / Windows 98 SE / Windows ME
128 MByte RAM
Windows 2000
196 MByte RAM
Windows NT
128 MByte RAM
500 MByte hard disk capacity for system files and programs, e.g. Adobe
Premiere 5.1a or higher
20 GByte hard disk capacity for capture / playback of video, able to
sustain at least 8 MBytes/sec transfer rate.
If you plan to use a DMA capable IDE hard disk (e.g. IDE-UDMA 100 or
IDE-UDMA 66) for your video, you should absolutely install a DMA
busmaster driver to ensure the smooth function of your DV500 board. You
will find this driver on the CD-ROM supplied with your motherboard, in the
internet, or contact your dealer.
400 or faster compatible processor
16-bit display adapter with DirectDraw drivers, OpenGL compatible
DirectX 7.0 or higher (for FreeFX)
CD-ROM drive
48 kHz compatible sound board.
Software
Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000, or
Windows NT 4.0 SP4 or higher.
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P
ACKAGE CONTENTS
Please make sure your DV500 system is complete before you begin the
*
installation. The system includes
:
DV500 board** blueBOX
CD-ROM with: IEEE-1394 cable
- drivers
- extended Adobe Premiere presets
- Instant Video
- Pinnacle TitleDeko
- online documentation
- FreeFX effects (not for Windows NT)
- Adobe Premiere Update
Pixèlan Video SpiceRack Adobe Premiere
Overview
*
Depending on the delivery scope, the package contents may vary from the contents listed in this manual.
**
For model and serial number of your board, refer to the label on the board.
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Minerva Impression CD Documentation
Hollywood FX Copper
If any parts are missing, please contact your retailer.
Computer components are sensitive to electrostatic charge. Do not take the
DV500 board out of its antistatic package until you install it.
Related Information
Refer to Pinnacle at
information on configurations and software updates.
Refer to Microsoft Windows documentation, online help and Microsoft
Website for information on the Windows operating system.
http://www.pinnaclesys.com
for the latest
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Chapter 3:
Installing Adobe Premiere
The following chapter describes the procedure to install Adobe
Premiere.
You must install Adobe Premiere
computer, because the DV500 presets must be copied to the appropriate
Adobe Premiere folder during the installation of the DV500 software.
Proceed as follows to install Adobe Premiere:
1. Place the Adobe Premiere CD-ROM in your CD-ROM drive.
2. If the installation program does not start automatically, select
the
3. Depending on your drive, enter, for example:
If your CD-ROM drive has a different drive designation, change the path
accordingly.
—or—
Click on
mentioned above and double-click the
4. Click OK.
5. Follow the program installation instructions on the screen.
menu.
Start
e:\premiere\setup.
Browse
..., switch to your CD-ROM drive and to the directory
before
installing the DV500 board in your
Run…
setup.exe
file.
from
6. Install the Adobe Premiere Update.
After
you have installed Adobe Premiere on your computer, you can install
the DV500 board and software.
If you ever need to reinstall Adobe Premiere, please remember to run the
DV500 installation again, selecting at a minimum the Presets and PlugIns.
DV500 will not work correctly with Adobe Premiere if these components
are missing.
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Installing the Hardware
D
EFRAGMENTING THE HARD DISK
Before installing and configuring the DV500 you should defragment your
hard disk/s. Under Windows 98/98SE/ME you find the defragmenter tool
via
Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Defragmenter
Chapter 4:
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If you use Windows 2000, please proceed as follows: Click on
Computer
Properties
Defragment Now...
If you use DV500 under Windows NT, use a tool you can obtain from your
computer store to defragment your hard disk.
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NSTALLING THE
The following chapter explains how to install the DV500 into your
computer.
, then click right on the disk to be defragmented, then choose
,
Tools
, and under
.
Defragmentation
click on the button
DV500
My
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Inserting DV500
To insert the DV500 into your computer, proceed as follows:
1. Discharge yourself.
Discharge yourself by touching the metal case of your computer.
2. Switch off the computer, disconnect the cables.
Switch off the computer and all peripheral devices. Pull out the power
cord and disconnect all necessary cables.
3. Remove the cover.
Loosen the screws of the computer's cover and remove the cover.
4. Select a PCI slot.
Select a free (busmaster) PCI slot for the DV500 board.
Slot shields
Slots
PCI slots
5. Remove the slot bracket.
Remove the slot bracket at the back of the computer. If necessary,
remove the screw at the cover.
6. Insert the board.
Power
supply
unit
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Insert the board carefully in the selected slot. Hold the board at the top
edge and push both ends simultaneously into the slot. Press the board's
top edge to make sure that the board is firmly seated in the slot.
If the board cannot be inserted without problems, do not force the board into
place. The contacts at the connector could bend. Instead, pull the board out
carefully and try again.
7. Screw in the slot bracket.
Screw the slot bracket tight.
8. Reconnect the cables.
Reassemble the computer's casing. Reconnect the cables.
The DV500 hardware installation is completed.
In the next step, you can connect the breakout box and the video devices
as is described in the following chapter and install the software as
described in the chapter „Installing the DV500 Software“.
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blueBOX and the Video Devices
The following chapter tells you how to connect your video devices to the
DV500 via the blueBOX,
need the appropriate cables.
The following illustration shows the DV500 board with its connections:
Connects to DV devices
(1394 connector)
Connects to DV devices
(1394 connector)
Connects to the blueBOX
(26-pin D-type)
Chapter 5: Connecting the
with the computer turned off
. To do so you will
The free connector of the board does not have any function presently, it is
designated for possible future extensions.
The following illustration shows the connections of the blueBOX:
Video inputs
S-Video
S-Video
Video outputs
Composite
Composite
Audio inputs
Left Right
Left Right
Audio outputs
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ONNECTING THE VIDEO DEVICES
Via the blueBOX you can connect S-Video (Y/C) as well as Composite
video devices to DV500. The blueBOX is connected to the DV500 via the
cable of the blueBOX.
In the following, the options for cabling your video source—referred to as
the
player
that you want to digitize (“capture”) to your hard disk and then edit on your
PC.
—is described. The player provides the video and audio signals
Subsequently, connections to the
device—typically a VCR—that you would like to output your final
production to.
recorder
are explained. The recorder is the
Player: DV device
Devices that connect to the board include any DV or Digital 8 format video
camcorder or recorder that has an IEEE-1394/DV connector. On many
devices, this connector is labeled “i.Link”.
To connect your DV camcorder/VCR to the DV500, use the IEEE-1394 DV
cable included in the package.
1. Connect the IEEE-1394 cable to the DV500.
Connect the 6-pin connector of the IEEE 1394 DV cable to one of the
1394 data ports of your DV500.
2. Connect the IEEE-1394 cable to the DV device.
Connect the 4-pin connector of the IEEE 1394 AV cable to the DV
IN/OUT or the DV OUT connector of your DV camcorder/VCR.
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Player: S-Video device
y
Choose this type of connection if your player has an S-Video output.
The following table and the illustration give an overview of the connections:
Player Out blueBOX In
S-Video Input
S-Video Output
Audio Output L
Audio Output R
blueBOX Out DV500 In
blueBOX Cable
¾
Audio Input L
¾
Audio Input R
¾
26-pin D-t
¾
? @ A
c
d
e
pe Connector
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If your player is equipped with S-Video outputs as well as with Composite
video outputs, please choose S-Video, as this will provide the highest level
of video quality.
If your player has a Scart connector, you will need an appropriate adapter.
This adapter is available wherever video recorders are being sold.
Player: Composite Video device
y
Choose this type of connection if your player has a Composite video output.
The following table and the illustration give on overview of the
connections:
Player Out blueBOX In
Composite Video Output
Audio Output L
Audio Output R
blueBOX Out DV500 In
blueBOX Cable
Composite Video Input
¾
Audio Input L
¾
Audio Input R
¾
26-pin D-t
¾
? @ A
c
②
③
pe Connector
If your player has a Scart connector, you will need an appropriate adapter.
This adapter is available wherever video recorders are being sold.
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Recorder: DV device
PAL device:
Many PAL devices sold in Europe usually have only a DV
can be identified by the label DV OUT (and not DV IN/OUT) on the DV
connector. Such devices do
videotape. Note that with DV500, you can of course use the analog outputs
to play your finished DV project to an analog VCR.
NTSC devices
Devices that connect to the board include any DV or Digital 8 format video
equipment that has an IEEE-1394/DV connector, such as Sony Digital
Handycams, DCR-VX1000, DCR-X700, and DCR-PC7. . On many devices,
this connector is labeled „i.LINK”.
If you have not already done so, connect your DV camcorder/VCR to the
DV500. Use the IEEE-1394 AV cable included in the package.
not
support recording of DV data back to
output
. These
1. Connect the IEEE-1394 cable to the DV500.
Connect the 6-pin connector of the IEEE-1394 DV cable to one of the
1394 data ports of your DV500.
2. Connect the IEEE-1394 cable to the DV device.
Connect the 4-pin connector of the IEEE-1394 AV cable to the DV
IN/OUT connector of your DV camcorder/VCR.
The DV output always carries the same signal that you will see on the
analog outputs. It is thus possible to use a DV device on the DV output and
simultaneously connect and use a video monitor and speakers to the analog
outputs.
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Recorder: S-Video device
y
Choose this type of connection if your recorder has an S-Video input.
The following table and the illustration give an overview of the connections:
DV500 Out blueBOX In
26-pin D-t
blueBOX Out Recorder In
S-Video Output
Audio Output L
Audio Output R
pe Connector
c
d
e
blueBOX
¾
S-Video Input
¾
Audio Input L
¾
Audio Input R
¾
? @ A
If your player is equipped with S-Video outputs as well as with Composite
video outputs, please choose S-Video, as this will provide the highest level
of video quality.
If your player has a Scart connector, you will need an appropriate adapter.
This adapter is available wherever video recorders are being sold.
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Recorder: Composite video device
y
Choose this type of connection if your recorder has a Composite input.
The following table and illustration give an overview of the connections:
DV500 Out blueBOX In
c
¾
blueBOX
¾
Composite Video Input
¾
Audio Input L
¾
Audio Input R
26-pin D-t
blueBOX Out Recorder In
Composite Video Output
Audio Output L
Audio Output R
pe Connector
d
e
? @ A
If your player has a Scart connector, you will need an appropriate adapter.
This adapter is available wherever video recorders are being sold.
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LAYER AND RECORDER IN ONE DEVICE
Up to now, player and recorder have been treated as two separate devices.
When editing video with DV500, it is also possible to combine both
functions in one single video device. In this case, connect the device to the
blueBOX as a player
avoid video signal feedback, you should deactivate the option
loopthrough
in the DV500 Control software.
as a recorder, as described above. In order to
and
Video
Similarly, in order to avoid audio signal feedback, you should deactivate the
option
Audio loopthrough
in the DV500 Control software.
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ONNECTING THE VIDEO MONITOR AND LOUDSPEAKERS
The video display on the PC monitor gives a preview during editing.
Usually, the video is not displayed in full quality, nor does it have the full
size.
In order to check the image and the sound quality during capture, editing
and output, we recommend that you connect a video monitor or TV set,
either with integrated or separate loudspeakers. There are two possibilities:
Connect the monitor to the video and audio outputs of your recorder. In
this case the output signal of DV500 is transmitted to the input of the
recorder (see cabling above), through the recorder and on to the monitor.
Connect the monitor directly to the free outputs of the blueBOX. The
monitor can be connected to the S-Video or Composite Video output of
the blueBOX. If necessary, use an appropriate adapter.
For working with Minerva Impression and to output audio during certain
operations in Adobe Premiere (e. g. scrubbing), you will also need speakers
connected to the audio output of your PC sound board.
Instead of using two pairs of speakers, you may want to connect the audio
outputs of both the DV500 and your PC sound board to an audio mixer. Its
output would then be connected to both the video recorder and the speakers
used for monitoring.
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