Epiphan DVI2PCIe Duo User Manual

Dvi2pcie duo™ user guide

Epiphan Technical

Documentation

Epiphan Systems Inc.

April 2015

DVI2PCIe Duo™

User Guide

www.epiphan.com

This manual is related to the following products:

DVI2PCIe Duo PCIe x4 Video Capture Card with SDI and Dual-Link DVI Inputs

Table of contents

Document Outline

1 Table of Contents
1. DVI2PCIe Duo Introduction
- 1.1 What’s in the box
2 Physical Attributes
- 2.1 System Hardware Features
- 2.2 Cables, Connectors and Adapters
3 System Requirements
4 Installing DVI2PCIe Duo
- 4.1.1 To install a DVI2PCIe Duo Frame Grabber:
5 Installation Steps for the Windows Video Capture Workstation
- 5.1 Install the Windows Drivers and Epiphan Capture Tool
- 5.2 Upgrading to the Latest Windows Software Version
- 5.3 Troubleshooting a Windows Installation
6 Mac OS X Video Capture Workstation Installation
- 6.1 To Install the Mac Drivers and Epiphan Capture Tool
- 6.2 To Start the Mac OS Capture Application
- 6.3 Upgrading to the Latest Mac OS X Software Version
- 6.4 Finding Software Updates
7 Linux Video Capture Workstation Software
- 7.1 The Epiphan USB Device Driver
- 7.2 Video4Linux
- 7.3 The Epiphan Capture API
- 7.4 V4L Custom Video Capture Applications
8 Connecting DVI2PCIe Duo to a Video Source
9 Windows Video Capture Application
- 1.1
- 1.1
- 9.1 Start the Windows Video Capture Application
- 1.1
- 9.2 Pausing, Copying, Saving, and Printing Images
- 1.1
- 9.3 Recording Captured Images
  - 9.3.1 To record captured images as a series of image files
  - 9.3.2 To record captured images as a video file:
- 9.4 Menus
- 9.5 Toolbar
- 9.6 Status Bar
- 9.7 Capture, Recording, and Display Options
10 Configuring DVI2PCIe Duo from the Windows Control Panel
11 Mac OS X Video Capture Application
- 11.1 Starting the Mac OS X Video Capture Application
- 11.2 Menus
- 11.3 Toolbar
12 Setting Apple QuickTime Options for Recording Videos
- 12.1 To add or remove a network device
13 Web Broadcasting
- 13.1 To set the display format for web streaming
- 13.2 To start a web streaming session
- 13.3 Viewing a web broadcasting session
  - To view a web broadcast:
- 13.4 Changing web streaming compression and performance
- 13.5 Troubleshooting web streaming performance
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14 Advanced Topics
- 14.1 EDID
- 14.2 Windows command line options
  - 14.2.1 Creating a Windows Shortcut that Uses Command Line Options
15 Table of Figures
16 Software and Documentation License