CineView ® II Vela’s Next-Generation PCI MPEG-2 Decoder Installation and Quick Start Guide Model 2000-0177 MPEG-2 Decoder for the PCI Bus Document Part Number 9050-0177
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Table of Contents List of Figures and Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .iii Chapter 1 Overview & Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 CineView II Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
List of Figures and Tables Chapter 1 Overview & Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Figure 1-1. Figure 1-2. Figure 1-3. Figure 1-4. CineView II Jumper Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Autorun Installation Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 CineView II Decoder Board Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 CineView II Connector Layout . . . . . . . .
Chapter 1 Overview & Installation Introduction Vela’s CineView® II decoder, Model 2000-0177, is a high-performance, small (less than half-size) PCI-based MPEG decoder that can output high quality MPEG-2, MPEG-1 and MPEG-4 decoded audio and video. Using new advanced-design decoder technology, the CineView II minimizes CPU utilization through efficient hardware and software optimization while providing the same award-winning quality and reliability as Vela's other CineView decoders.
2 CineView II Installation and Quick Start Guide • PCI Bus mastering for low CPU utilization • Low power consumption. Support for universal 3.3v and 5.0v PCI slots.
Chapter 1 — Overview & Installation 3 • Trick mode playback: Pause and Fast Forward • Support for Microsoft DirectShow 6.0 Video & Audio Playback Features • Plays MPEG-1 audio and video System streams (ISO 11172) • Plays MPEG-2 Program, Transport and PES streams (ISO 13813) • Plays MPEG-4 Advanced Simple Profile (ASP) • Supports SIF, Half-D1, 2/3 D-1 and Full CCIR-601 resolution streams • NTSC and PAL formats • Closed captioning support • Simultaneous S/PDIF (PCM) and stereo audio output.
4 CineView II Installation and Quick Start Guide The developer should have experience working in a high-level development language (Microsoft Visual C++, Visual Basic, Java, etc.), and programming in a Windows and/or Linux OS environment. Minimum System Requirements • • • • • • Intel® Pentium® II or AMD® K6-2, 200 MHz or higher (recommended) PCI 2.
Chapter 1 — Overview & Installation 5 board’s mounting bracket to the PC chassis. Replace the PC’s cabinet or cover. 4. Connect the audio and video cables as desired. Refer to the CineView II board layout drawing in Figure 1-3 at the end of this chapter. Pinout information and drawings for the 8-pin mini-XLR connectors can be found in Figure 1-4. Jumper Settings The CineView II decoder board provides two jumper blocks (JP3 and JP4) that are used to configure analog audio output.
6 CineView II Installation and Quick Start Guide Contents of the Vela System CD-ROM The CineView II decoder ships with a copy of the standard Vela system software CD-ROM which contains all files needed for CineView II installation under Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Linux. (The CD contains folders for all currently shipping Vela hardware products plus various drivers and system files.) Open the CD and look for the “CineView II” folder, then open it.
Chapter 1 — Overview & Installation 7 Windows 2000/ XP Installation Uninstall any CineView or CineView Pro software currently on your system. Use the Windows Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs application, following instructions in the user’s manual that accompanied the already-installed software. Installing Windows Hardware Drivers 1. Ensure that the CineView II decoder board is installed properly. See “Hardware Installation,” page 4. 2. Power up your PC as usual, if it is not already active. 3.
8 CineView II Installation and Quick Start Guide 5. Search for the “Multimedia Controller” device. This device can usually be found in one of the following directories: • Sound, Video and Game Controllers • Other Devices 6. Right click on the “Multimedia Controller” (to enable the CineView II decoder). 7. Select Properties from the Menu. 8. Under the “General” tab, click on “Reinstall Driver.” 9. Prompt: “Upgrade Device Driver Wizard.” Click . 10. Prompt: “Install Hardware Device Drivers.
Chapter 1 — Overview & Installation 9 Installing the CineView II SDK 1. Insert the CD-ROM disc into the CD-ROM Drive. 2. When the Autorun setup screen (Figure 1-2) appears, select the “Install CineView II SDK” option. 3. Follow the instructions presented. Note that a number of reboots may be required for a successful install of the CineView II SDK. Figure 1-2. Autorun Installation Screen Linux Installation Follow these steps to install CineView II system software under Red Hat Linux, ver. 7.2 and later.
10 CineView II Installation and Quick Start Guide 3. Run ./loadRMFmodule 0x8476. This will compile and install the RMF kernel module. Follow the on screen instructions once the compile is finished. Note that steps 2 and 3 will need to be performed each time the machine is rebooted. 4. Further information and instructions can be found within the Readme and html document files provided by Sigma.
9970-0177 REV. A CineView ® 11 J5 J4 J3 J2 J1 JP 1 JP 3 JP 2 JP 4 S/N VELA RESEARCH, INC. Chapter 1 — Overview & Installation Figure 1-3.
12 CineView II Installation and Quick Start Guide Figure 1-4.
Chapter 2 CineView II Playback Playback Under Linux A precompiled version of the Linux API sample application, which runs under Linux (Red Hat 7.2 and compatible), is located in the directory to which the Linux SDK files were extracted. For general playback, run this file with no parameters. For a listing of allowed Linux playback parameters, refer to the Readme.txt file on the system CD-ROM or see the included Linux API documentation.
14 CineView II Installation and Quick Start Guide (Figure 2-3) The TV Out property page allows you to select NTSC or PAL video; to select among composite, YUV (Y/Pb/Pr), S-video (Y/C), or RGB video outputs; and to choose Normal, Pan & Scan, or Letterbox outputs. The “Switch to VGA” button has no effect when using the Cineview II decoder. Note that the property pages explained here are available only through Media Player 6.4 and lower.
Chapter 2 — CineView II Playback 15 Figure 2-2. CineView II Playback Properties — Audio/Video Tab Figure 2-3.
Appendix A Specifications Vela CineView II PCI Decoder Model 2000-0177 Video • • • • • • S/N: 10kHz to 4.2MHzY: 65db rms Pb: 70db rms Pr: 70db rms Frequency response: 0 to 4.0MHz ±2db Sync tip: 40 IRE ±4 Luma non-linearity: 5% Audio • S/PDIF PCM or compressed AC-3 bitstream out 75 ohm, 0.5v p-p ±20% Rise and fall time: > 0.4UI (Unit Interval) measured from 10% to 90% • Analog Jumper-selectable balanced or unbalanced audio (balanced = +4dBm) Frequency response: 20Hz to 22kHz ±0.5dB Reference level: 0.
Index A P AC-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Analog Stereo Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 PAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 14 Pan & Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 PCI Bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 PCM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Playback Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Playback Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
