Ratoc Systems CBFW3 User Manual

IEEE 1394 OHCI CardBus PC Card

for Windows 98SE/2000/Me

for Mac OS 9.0.4 or later

CBFW3

User’s Guide

Rev. 1.0

April 2001

CBFW3 User's Guide

1. Introduction........................................................................... 1

1-1. Before Using the CBFW3 1 1-2. Package 1 1-3. Features 2 1-4. System Requirements 2 1-5.Restrictions 3 1-6.Compatibility with Video Editing software. 4

2. Setup for Windows................................................................ 7

2-1.Inserting the CBFW3 7 2-2.OHCI driver installation 8 2-2-1.Windows 98 SE Installation 8 2-2-2.Windows 2000 Installation 13 2-2-3.Windows Me Installation 15 2-3.DVCAM Installation 17

2-3-1.Windows 98 SE/W indows Me DV Driver Setup 18 2-3-2.Windows 2000 DV Driver Setup 19

2-4.Desktop CCD Camera Installation 21

2-4-1.Windows 98SE /W indows Me CCD Camera Setup 22

2-4-2.Windows 2000 CCD Camera Setup 23 2-5.1394 Storage Installation 25 2-5-1.Windows 98 SE/W indows Me 1394 Storage Setup 26 2-5-2.Windows 2000 1394 Storage Setup 27

3. Setup RsDvCap.................................................................... 29

Installing RsDvCap/RsDvStill/CompressA VI 29

4. How to use RsDvCap .......................................................... 31

4-1.Main menu 32 4-2.Control Bars 33

4-2-1.Camera and Audio Select Bar 33 4-2-2.Camera Control Bar 33 4-2-3.V ideo Control Bar 34

4-3.Application settings 35 4-4.Capturing a video from a DVCAM in camera mode 39 4-5.Capturing a video from a DV tape 40 4-6.DV Batch Capture 41 4-7.Exporting a video data to a DVCAM 43

5. How to use RsDvStill .......................................................... 44

5-1.Main menu 44 5-2.How to save a BMP file 47

6. How to use CompressAVI................................................... 49

6-1.How to convert the MS DV-AVI2 format to other formats 50 6-2.How to convert other formats to the MS DV-A VI2 format 53

7. Setup for Macintosh............................................................ 55

7-1.CBFW3 driver installation 56 7-2.Inserting the CBFW3 58 7-3.Connecting a FireWire device to the CBFW3 59

8. T r oubleshooting................................................................... 60

8-1.A camera can not be recognized 60 8-2.When you can not export smooth and clear video image to a DVCAM (Windows 98SE/Me) 61 8-3.When you can not export smooth and clear video image to a DVCAM (Windows 2000) 70 8-4.A captured file is choppy or jerky 78 8-5.Using the format utility named FRFMTW9X.EXE 79 8-6.Formatting media on Windows 2000 82

9. Registration and Tech-Support.......................................... 83

9-1. How to Register 83 9-2. Software Update and Support 83

10. Options............................................................................... 84

11. Specifications ..................................................................... 85

Appendix.................................................................................. 86

1. Introduction

This User’s Guide describes how to install, use, and troubleshoot the RATOC CBFW3 IEEE1394(FireWire) CardBus PC Card for W indows and Macintosh users. If you purchased Windows package, refer to the W indows chapter . If you purchased Macintosh package, refer to the Macintosh chapter . The information in the README file on the CD-ROM may include the latest information. Be sure to read the README file as well.

1-1. Before using the CBFW3

• Never attempt to disassemble the PC Card.

• Do not bend, drop or strike the PC Card or the cable, or subject it to heavy pressure.

• Information in this document is subject to change without notice.

• If you have any questions or find errors in this guide, do not hesitate to let us know .

1-2. Package

Check the package contents:

• CBFW3 IEEE1394(FireWire) OHCI CardBus PC Card

• 1394 6pin - DV 4pin cable(3feet)

• CBFW3 CD-ROM(Hybrid CD-ROM)

• Ulead V ideo Studio(This CD-ROM comes with Windows package only)

• User’s Guide (This document)

• Premiere Plug-In user’s manual(This user’s manual comes with W indows package only)

• Software License Agreement

NOTE If any of these items are missing from the CBFW3 retail package, contact your supplier immediately.

1-3. Features

• T wo external IEEE1394 ports are available at card.

• IEEE-1394.a compatible PHY chip is on card.

• Full backward compatibility to IEEE1394-1955 device.

• OHCI 1.0 fully compliant Link chip is on card.

• 100, 200 and 400Mbps data rate is automatically supported at each IEEE1394 port.

• Class 1(15W) cable power is available at IEEE1394 port with additional cable power adapter.

• Fully compliant with PC Card Standard 7.0.

• 32-bit Bus-mastering data transfer and 33MHz operation.

1-4. System Requirements

•Windows users OS: Windows98 SE(Second Edition), W indows 2000, Windows Me(Millennium Edition) System: Pentium II 300MHz or above and Memory 64 MB or above are recommended for the video editing.

High performance DMA enabled Hard Disk Drive is recommended.

If your PC can not meet the specifications above, video motion and audio may get choppy .

It is neccessary to have about 4MB disk space to capture 1 second video. T o achieve 13MB/

sec or above Read/Write speed of a HDD, you should use a 7,200rpm and Ultra DMA enabled HDD.

•Macintosh users MacOS 9.0.4 or later Apple PowerBook G3 233, 250, 266, 292, 300, 333 , 400

If your PowerBook G3 is not 333 or 400, frame dropping may happen when you capture a video from a DVCAM directly to a FireWire HDD. So, when you want to capture a video from a DVCAM directly to a FireWire HDD, PowerBook G3 333 or 400 is recommended.

1-5.Restrictions

For Windows Users

•If the following CardBus Bridge chip name is the same as your laptop uses, you can not use the CBFW3 with your laptop.

-Ricoh RL5C465 CardBus Controller

-Ricoh RL5C466 CardBus Controller

-Cirrus Logic PD6832 CardBus Controller

If your CardBus Bridge name is Ricoh CardBus Bridge RL5C476, the following problems happens.

A)Y ou can not use suspend/resume mode.

B)Y ou can not use another PC Card simultaneously with the CBFW3.

For Macintosh Users

•If your PowerBook G3 is not 333 or 400, frame dropping may happen when you capture a video from a DVCAM directly to a FireWire HDD.

For Windows/Macintosh Users

•Y ou can not use this product with the following DVCAMs.(As of March in 2001)

-SHARP: VL-DC5, SHARP VL-FD1,SHARP VL-PD3

•Frame drop happens when you capture or export if you use the following DVCAMs made by CANON and 1394 storage devices simultaneously. The DVCAMs causes such a problem.

-OPTURA, ZR, XL1, VISTURA, ELURA, OPTURA Pi

But, the following DVCAMs or later models do not cause such a problem.

-GL1, ZR10, ELURA2, ELURA2 MC

•Y ou may not be able to insert another PC Card with the CBFW3 simultaneously . Y ou may not be able to insert the CBFW3 in the upper PC card slot.

1-6.Compatibility with Video Editing software

For Windows Users

Microsoft Standard WDM DV filter drivers captures DV data stream and save as an A V I file which consists with original DV data stream. This DV data stream requires 3.6MB/ sec and includes 720x480 resolution video data(NTSC). Also, the file size is restricted up to 4GB (about 19 minutes). As our application named RsDvCap uses this DV file which is a different file format from AVI file of Windows 3.1/95, you need special V ideo Editing Software to open and edit it.

If you want to edit video captured by our RsDvCap application, you have two choices:

1.Y ou have to use V ideo Editing Software which can treat MS DV-A VI2 format. Y ou can use bundled Ulead V ideo Studio without file format conversion. If you have Adobe Premiere 5.1, you have to update your Premiere to 5.1c. 5.1c updater is available at www.adobe.com. Then please install our Premiere Plug-In included in this package. With the Premiere Plug-In, your Premiere can treat MS DV A VI2 format file. For more information, refer to the Premiere DV Plug-In user’ s manual. MediaStudio Pro 6.0, MGI V ideoWaveIII can treat MS DV-A VI2 format.

If your V ideo editing software can not treat MS DV-A VI2 format file, you need file format conversion both before and after editing as described below .

2.If your V ideo editing software can not treat MS DV-A VI2 format file, you have to use our CompressA VI application to convert MS DV-AVI2 format to other formats which your V ideo Editing Software can treat.

For Macintosh users

Y ou can use the following video editing software with the CBFW3. (As of March in 2001) For more information, contact the manufacturer of the software.

Data Import from a DV device

V ideo Editing

Controlling a DV device

Exporting to a DV device

Manufacturer Software

Adobe Premiere 5.1c O.K. O.K. O.K. O.K.

Apple Final Cut Pro 1.2 O.K. O.K. O.K. O.K.

Apple iMovie, iMovie2 O.K. O.K. O.K. O.K.

DigitalOrigin EditDV 1.6 O.K O.K. O.K. O.K.

DigitalOrigin

EditDV Unplugged 1.6.1

O.K. O.K. O.K. O.K.

*1*3

DigitalOrigin MotoDV 1.1.3 O.K. - O.K. -

*1*3 *1*3

DigitalOrigin PhotoDV 1.4 O.K. - O.K. -

STRATA VIDEO Shop 4.5 O.K. O.K. N.G. N.G.

*1 Y ou need to set [QuickTime DV Support], [Quick Time DV Enabler] inactive by using the [Extensions Manager]. *2 The next version(VIDEO Shop 5) will be able to treat these functions. *3 Y ou need to download EditDV 1.6 update driver from the Digital Origin web site. (http://www .digitalorigin.com/)

If you are a Windows user , go to the Chapter 2 to set up the CBFW3.

If you are a Macintosh user, go to the Chapter 7 to set up the CBFW3.

2. Setup for Windows

T o use the CBFW3 on Windows, follow the steps.

1.Insert the CBFW3 into the PC Card slot. Refer to the Chapter 2-1.

2.Install the OHCI driver. Refer to the Chapter 2-2.

3.Connect an IEEE1394 device to the CBFW3. If you connect a DVCAM, refer to the Chapter 2-3. If you connect a CCD camera, refer to the Chapter 2-4. If you connect a 1394 storage device, refer to the Chapter 2-5.

4.If you want to capture a video from a DVCAM, install RsDvCap. Refer to the Chapter 3.

2-1.Inserting the CBFW3

Insert the CBFW3 into the PC Card slot as shown below . Refer to the manual that accompanied with your PC for the location of the PC Card slot.

NOTE

Y ou may not be able to insert another PC Card with the CBFW3 simultaneously . Y ou may not be able to insert the CBFW3 in the upper PC card slot.

2-2.OHCI driver installation

Then, you need to install the OHCI driver installation. When your Windows version is W indows 98 SE(Second Edition), go to the Chapter 2-2-1. When your Windows version is W indows 2000, go to the Chapter 2-2-2. When your Windows version is W indows Me(Millennium Edition), go to the Chapter 2-2-3.

2-2-1.Windows 98 SE Installation

T o use the CBFW3 on Windows 98 SE, follow the steps.

Windows 98SE

Step1.Install the OHCI driver

1.When the CBFW3 is inserted into the PC Card slot, Hardware Wizard will detect the CBFW3 automatically and you will see the screen below . Click [Next].

2. When the following window appears, select [Search for the best driver for your device

(Recommended)]. Then click [Next].

3.When the following window appears, click [Next]. (Y ou do not need to check any boxes)

4.When the following window appears, select [The updated driver (Recommended) T exas

Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller]. Then click [Next].

Windows 98SE

5.When the following window appears, click [Next].

6.When the following window appears, insert the Windows 98 Second Edition CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. Then click [OK].

7.If the following window appears, type “D:\Win98” or “C:\Windows\options\cabs” in the

Windows 98SE

Copy files from box, where “D” means the CD-ROM drive. After that, click [OK].

If your CD-ROM drive is not “D”, you must replace “D” to the appropriate drive name.

8.When the following window appears, click [Finish]. Y ou have now completed the installation of the OHCI driver .

Step2.Verify the OHCI driver installation

T o verify the OHCI driver installation,follow the steps.

1.Click My Computer with the right button of the mouse.

2.Select Properties.

3.Click the Device Manager tab.

4.Double-click “1394 Bus Controller”.

5.If there is a Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Contr oller string without any yellow “!” marks or red “X” marks under the 1394 Bus Controller, the OHCI driver for the CBFW3 is installed correctly .

Check here

Windows 98SE

Step3.Installing MSDV.SYS update program

Install MSDV update program(252640USA8.EXE) when you use Windows 98 SE.

Follow the steps to install MSDV update program.

1.Set the CBFW3 CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.

2.Open [My Computer] and double-click CD-ROM drive icon.

3.Double-click [Win98SE] folder and double-click the [DvPatch] folder .

4.Double-click on [252640USA8.EXE] file to install it.

Step4.Microsoft Windows Update

Y ou should update your W indows 98 SE to improve performance. To update your W indows 98 SE, follow the steps.

1.Click Start with the left button of the mouse.

2.Select Windows Update.

3.Y ou will see the screen below . Click PRODUCT UPDA TES.

Windows 98SE

4.Y ou will see the screen below .Check Storage Supplement Update and download the component. For more information on the component, refer to Read this first on the screen.

2-2-2.Windows 2000 Installation

T o use the CBFW3 on Windows 2000, follow the steps.

Verify the OHCI driver installation

When you insert the CBFW3 into the PC Card slot, the OHCI driver is installed automatically by the Hardware Wizard.

T o verify the OHCI driver Installation, follow the steps.

1.Click My Computer with the right button of the mouse.

2.Select Properties.

3.Y ou will see the screen below . Click the Hardware tab.

4.Click the “Device Manager” button.

Windows 2000

Click here

5.If there is a T exas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller string without any yellow “!” marks or red “X” marks under the IEEE 1394 Bus host controllers,

the OHCI driver for the CBFW3 is installed correctly .

Windows 2000

Check here

2-2-3.Windows Me Installation

T o use the CBFW3 on Windows Me, follow the steps.

Step1.Install the OHCI driver

1.When the CBFW3 is inserted into the PC Card slot, Hardware Wizard will detect the CBFW3 automatically and you will see the screen below . Select [Automatic search for a better driver(Recommended)] and click [Next].

2.When the following window appears, click [Finish].

Windows Me

Step2.Verify the OHCI driver installation

T o verify the OHCI driver installation,follow the steps.

1.Click My Computer with the right button of the mouse.

2.Select Properties.

3.Y ou will see the screen below . Click the Device Manager tab.

4.Double-click “1394 Bus Controller”.

5.If there is a T exas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller string without any yellow “!” marks or red “X” marks under the 1394 Bus Controller, the OHCI driver for the CBFW3 is installed correctly .

Check here

Windows Me

2-3.DVCAM Installation

This section describes how to connect a DVCAM and install the DV driver.

Connect the CBFW3 and a DVCAM using the IEEE1394 cable as shown below . And turn on the DVCAM power switch. Y ou can connect the DVCAM without turning off the PC or DVCAM.

DV connector

When your Windows version is W indows 98 SE(Second Edition), go to the Chapter 2-3-1. When your Windows version is W indows 2000, go to the Chapter 2-3-2. When your Windows version is W indows Me(Millennium Edition), go to the Chapter 2-3-1.

NOTE Refer to the manual that accompanied your DVCAM for the location of DV connector .

4pin-6pin IEEE1394 cable which comes with this package

2-3-1.Windows 98 SE/Windows Me DV Driver Setup

Verify the DV driver installation

When you connect a DVCAM on W indows 98 SE or Windows Me, the DV driver will be installed automatically . To verify the DV driver installation, follow the steps.

1.Click My Computer with the right button of the mouse.

Windows 98SE

Windows Me

2.Select Properties.

3.Click the Device Manager tab.

4.If there is a “Microsoft DV Camera and VCR” string without any yellow “!” marks or red “X” marks under the [Imaging Device] as shown below , the DV driver is installed correctly on Windows 98SE. If there is a camera name string without any yellow “!” marks or red “X” marks under the

[Imaging Device] as shown below , the DV driver is installed correctly on Windows Me.

OS:Windows 98SE OS:Windows Me

2-3-2.Windows 2000 DV Driver Setup

Verify the DV driver installation

When you connect a DVCAM on Windows 2000, the DV driver will be installed automatically . T o verify the DV driver installation, follow the steps.

1.Click My Computer with the right button of the mouse.

2.Select Properties.

3.Y ou will see the screen below . Click the Hardware tab.

4.Click the Device Manager button.

Windows 2000

Click here

5.If there is a “Microsoft DV Camera and VCR” string without any yellow “!” marks or red “X” marks under the [Imaging devices] as shown below , the DV driver is installed correctly .

Windows 2000

Check here

2-4.Desktop CCD Camera Installation

This section describes how to connect a CCD camera and install the driver .

Follow the steps to connect a CCD camera.

1.Connect the optional AC adapter(sold separately) to the CBFW3.

2.Connect a CCD camera to the CBFW3 with an IEEE1394 6pin-6pin cable.

3.Y ou can connect the CCD camera without turning off the PC or CCD camera.

6pin-6pin cable AC Adapter

(Not include) (Not include)

When your Windows version is W indows 98 SE(Second Edition), go to the Chapter 2-4-1. When your Windows version is W indows 2000, go to the Chapter 2-4-2. When your Windows version is W indows Me(Millennium Edition), go to the Chapter 2-4-1.

NOTE

1.The 6 pin to 6 pin cable is not included in the CBFW3 package. Y ou can order this cable. Refer to the Chapter 10.

2.The CCD camera doesn’t work without a power source, typically DC +12V, 1.2A.

You can use our optional AC power adapter, DC +12V, 1.2A. You can order this AC

power adapter . Refer to the Chapter 10.

2-4-1.Windows 98SE/Windows Me CCD Camera Setup

When the CCD camera is connected,the CCD camera will be recognized automatically . T o verify the CCD driver installation, follow the steps.

1.Click My Computer with the right button of the mouse.

Windows 98SE

Windows Me

2.Select Properties.

3.Click the Device Manager tab.

4.Double-click “Imaging Device”.

5.If there is a CCD camera name string without any yellow “!” marks or red “X” marks under the [Imaging Device] as shown below , the driver is installed correctly on Windows 98SE. If there is a CCD camera name string without any yellow “!” marks or red “X” marks under the [Imaging Device] as shown below , the driver is installed correctly on Windows Me.

OS:Windows 98SE OS:Windows Me

2-4-2.Windows 2000 CCD Camera Setup

When the CCD camera is connected, the CCD camera will be recognized automatically . T o verify the CCD driver installation, follow steps through.

1.Click My Computer with the right button of the mouse.

2.Select Properties.

3.Y ou will see the screen below . Click the Hardware tab.

4.Click the Device Manager button.

Windows 2000

Click here

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User Manual

1. Introduction

1-1. Before using the CBFW3

1-2. Package

1-3. Features

1-4. System Requirements

1-5.Restrictions

1-6.Compatibility with Video Editing software

2. Setup for Windows

2-1.Inserting the CBFW3

2-2.OHCI driver installation

2-2-1.Windows 98 SE Installation

2-2-2.Windows 2000 Installation

2-2-3.Windows Me Installation

2-3.DVCAM Installation

2-3-1.Windows 98 SE/Windows Me DV Driver Setup

2-3-2.Windows 2000 DV Driver Setup

2-4.Desktop CCD Camera Installation

2-4-1.Windows 98SE/Windows Me CCD Camera Setup

2-4-2.Windows 2000 CCD Camera Setup