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13. Mac OS X video capture application

Starting the Mac OS X video capture application

User Guide

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Note: Some versions of the Mac OS X Epiphan video capture

application do not install a shortcut on the desktop. You can drag

the Epiphan icon from the Applications folder to your desktop or

add it to the Dock after installing a new version of the video

capture application. You may also need to delete older versions of

the Epiphan icon.

Finding software updates

To find the latest versions of all Epiphan software for Mac OS X,

go to

http://www.epiphan.com/downloads

. You can also

browse to the download page for your Frame Grabber product.

For example, if you own an Epiphan VGA2USB Frame Grabber,

you can browse to

http://www.epiphan.com

and select Products

> VGA Frame Grabbers > VGA2USB > Download.
On these download pages you will find the most recent version of

this Epiphan Frame Grabber User Guide and the most recent release

of the Epiphan device driver, QuickTime component and

VGA2USB application compatible with MacOS X 10.4 and 10.5

(Intel and PowerPC) and 10.3.

Starting the Mac OS X video capture

application

Before starting the video capture application the Frame Grabber

must be connected to the video capture workstation USB port. If
required the Frame Grabber should also be connected to power.
Start the video capture application as you would any other

application installed on the video capture workstation.
As the application starts the following messages may appear on

the video capture application window:
Detecting Video Mode as the video capture application starts

up and attempts to connect with the Frame Grabber.

Tuning Capture Parameters if the video capture application

finds the Frame Grabber and begins synchronizing and tuning

capture settings and image adjustments (see

“Configuring

image adjustments” on page 136

for more information).

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