Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-usb User manual

Installing the WinTV-PVR-usb
The WinTV-PVR-usb is a USB device designed for Microsoft®
Windows98, WindowsME, Windows2000 and WindowsXP.
Installation overview
To install WinTV under Windows98, WindowsMe, Windows2000 or
Windows XP, follow these steps:
✓Plug the supplied Power Supply into WinTV-PVR-usb’s power
input.
✓Plug your TV antenna or cable TV cable into the WinTV-PVR-
USB's TV Connector.
✓Boot your PC. After Windows is running, plug the supplied USB
cable into the WinTV-PVR-usb and into one of your PC’s USB
ports. The Windows Hardware Wizard will then load the
WinTV-PVR-usb driver from the WinTV-PVR-usb Installation
CD-ROM.
✓After the WinTV-PVR-USB driver is installed, install the WinTV
application software from the Installation CD-ROM.
Step 1: Connect the WinTV-PVR-usb cables
Plug the supplied Power Supply into the Power Supply input. Plug
your TV antenna or cable TV cable into the WinTV-PVR-usb’s TV
Connector.
Plug the supplied Radio aerial into the FM radio connector. This
may not be necessary if your TV aerial or cable network supplies FM.
Plug one end (the square end) of the supplied USB cable into the
WinTV-PVR-usb’s USB Cable connector. DO NOT PLUG THE
OTHER END INTO YOUR PC UNTIL IT HAS COMPLETELY BOOTED!
The S-Video and Composite video inputs and the L&R audio inputs
can be used to bring audio/video from a VCR, camcorder, DVD play-
er or satellite TV receiver.
Step 2a: Installing the WinTV-PVR-usb driver for
Windows XP and Windows2000
After booting into
Windows, plug the
WinTV-PVR-usb in your
USB port. The Found
New Hardware Wizard
will appear. Insert the
WinTV Installation CD-ROM in your PC’s CD-ROM drive and make
sure Install the software automatically (Recommended) is
checked. Then click NEXT.
When the Hardware Installation dialog box opens, click Continue
Anyway. Click Finish.
This will complete the driver installation for Windows XP. Now go to
step 3 to install the WinTV-PVR applications.
Step 2b: Install the WinTV driver for Windows98SE,
WindowsMe
Boot your PC. When it is completely booted, plug the other end flat
rectangular end) of the supplied USB cable into your PC’s USB port.
When you plug in the WinTV-PVR-usb the first time, the Add New
Hardware Wizard will
appear. Click Next.
Select Search for the
best driver for your
device (Recommended).
Click Next.
When you see the dialog
box, insert the WinTV
Installation-
CD-ROM into your CD-
ROM drive.
Select CD-ROM drive and click
NEXT. It normally takes 10
seconds or so for the CD-ROM
drive to spin up. If Windows
cannot find the Hauppauge
WinTV video driver, the CD
had not yet spun up, so click
Back and then Next again.
Once the Hauppauge WinTV
video driver has been detected, click NEXT. You will see a number of
files being copied to your hard disk drive.
Click FFIINNIISSHH.
Now go to step 3 to install the WinTV applications.
Step 3: WinTV-PVR-usb Software installation
To start the WinTV-PVR software installation, click Start / Run then
type your CD-ROM drive letter (for example: E:\) and then
Setup.exe.
Chose a language,
and click Next.
The standard applica-
tions are selected,
ready to be installed.
Click Install to start
the application instal-
lation.
After the Setup program is complete, you will need to reboot your
PC. After rebooting, you will see the WinTV2000 icon on your
Windows desktop.
The WinTV2000 application
Running WinTV for the first time
When running WinTV-PVR-usb for the first time, you will need to
scan for your TV channels.
Choose the Video Format for your geographic region:
North America uses NTSC(M)
Europe uses PAL B/G
U.K. uses PAL I in South America, either PAL M or PAL N is used.
If you are using Cable TV, in
the Broadcast/Cable box
select Cable. Otherwise select
Antenna.
Then click on Start.
Setting up the channels
After you have scanned for
channels, you can add chan-
nel names and fine tune for
better reception. To do this,
click on the Channel configu-
ration button (Suite) in the
WinTV2000 application. Then click on the desired channel, then Edit.
Change the Channel Name to the name of the station. Fine tune if
necessary. Then click OK.
To set up an External video source
Click on the Channel configuration button (Suite) in the
WinTV2000 application and click Add. Click Composite or S-Video.
Pick your video format (NTSC for North and South America, PAL for
Europe, etc.) and give it a name (for example: external), then click
Add and then OK. Now you have a external video channel.
To change to External video, either select the channel name you
just configured, or click the Switch Video Source button on the
WinTV2000 application.
Rescanning for channels
If later on you want to re-scan channels, click on the Channel config-
uration button (Suite) and then Auto scan. Make sure you select
cable or antenna in Broadcast / cable. In the U.S. if you scanned
using cable and only received a few channels, try rescanning, but use
Cable (HRC) instead.
Chose the correct Video format for your region and then click Scan.
Tips on using WinTV2000
To watch TV without the WinTV toolbar:
Click your right mouse button in the WinTV’s video window to
remove the toolbar and leave just the TV window (“no-title” mode).
You can change channels in the no-title mode by typing a number or
by hitting the +/-keys. To adjust the audio volume, hit PgUp/PgDn,
or CTRL-M to mute the audio. To restore the toolbars (“title mode”),
click your right mouse button in WinTV’s video window.
You can set the window size and position differently in each mode.
“Always-on-Top” mode
With the Always on Top mode, the WinTV window can always be
visible on your Windows desktop, so that you can see you favorite
TV show while working on your PC.
To turn on Always-on-Top, simply click and hold your right mouse
button in the WinTV’s video window. Then click on Options and
click on Always-on-Top. A convenient way to use Always-on-Top is
to make the TV window in the no-title mode small, and to make the
TV window in the title mode larger. Then you can switch very quick
from a small window to a larger one simply by clicking the right
mouse button.
Allowing WinTV to display TV full screen
Click on the Pref button in WinTV2000 then click TV mode, and
check the box which says “Allow resolution change”. When you
click the Full screen TV button on WinTV2000, Windows will
change your screen resolution to either 640x480 or 800x600, and TV
will appear full screen. When finished watching TV full screen, click
your right mouse button to return to “TV-in-a-window” mode.
Watch TV, Pause and Record
There are three buttons to control the Watching, Recording and
Pausing of TV. Clicking on the Pause or Record buttons will cause
the Pause mode and Record mode menu’s to be displayed.
The One Touch Pause button prepares the WinTV-PVR-usb for
pausing live video (see Pause mode below).
The One Touch Record button will start a record session. If you
click OTR more than once, a record timer will be set, and the record-
ing will be done for 15 minutes for each time the OTR button is
clicked. For example, if you click the OTR button 3 times, the WinTV-
PVR-usb will record for 30 minutes.
Troubleshooting audio problems
If you cannot hear audio when the WinTV application is running,
check the following:
- Click on the WinTV applications’ audio configuration button
AUD and make sure the Audio Mixer Input is set to Wave.
- Open the Volume control menu (double click on the small
speaker icon in the lower right hand corner of your PC screen).
Make sure Wave is not muted and the level is about half way up.
- If you do not see a Wave listed in the Volume control menu,
click on Options / Properties in this menu and under Show the
following volume controls put a check mark next to Wave. This
will add Wave to the list of devices. Click OK and then you
should see Wave listed. Once again, make sure Wave is not
muted and the volume is half way up.
- If you do not hear audio when playing back a recorded video file
(or do not hear audio when in the Pause mode), then open up
the Windows Volume Control Mixer and make sure Wave is
listed and not muted.
Record Mode
Click on the Record button on the WinTV2000 application to open
the Record and Playback control bar:
Time counter
The time is specified in a Hour:Minute:Second format. When Recording,
the time of the recording will be displayed. On playback, the current posi-
tion time and the total time in the video being played will be displayed.
Record button:
Clicking the Record button will automatically generate a file name
and start recording your audio/video program. The quality of the
video recording and the directory where the files are stored are set in
the MPEG Configuration Menu by clicking the PREF button /
Capture / MPEG (see the section entitled “Configuring the format
for MPEG compression”) .
Note: it takes about 20 seconds for the recorder to
initialize. Do not click any WinTV buttons while the
record mode is initializing.
While recording:
- Live video continues to play in the WinTV window
- The Counter will display the length of your recording
- If you had started recording with the OTR button, and had
clicked it more than once, the total time for the recording will be
displayed
The recorded video file is saved in the DVCR Recorded File Path
which can be configured from the MPEG Configuration Menu.
Everytime you record a file, a new file is automatically created. The first
file will be _dvcr001.mpg. The second file will be _dvcr002.mpg and
so on.
The quality of the recording is configured from the MPEG
Configuration Menu (see the section entitled “Configuring the for-
mat for MPEG compression”). There are several video qualities: VCD
plus MPEG-2 2.0, 4.0, 6.0 MBit/sec, etc. The highest quality is MPEG-2
6.0 MBit/sec, and the least is VCD.
Clicking the Stop button will stop your recording, and then saves the
recorded audio/video file to disk using the automatically assigned file
name. The Counter will be reset to 00:00:00 after the file is saved.
VCD Record button:
Clicking the VCD Record button will automatically generate a file
name and start recording your audio/video program using the VCD
record quality. This button makes it easy to save VCD quality video,
for burning later on to a Video CD (CD-R or CD-RW). To burn a
Video CD, see the section entitled “Creating Video CD’s”.
Stop button:
Clicking the Stop button will stop the video you are recording or
playing back. Once the video is stopped, live TV will be displayed in
the WinTV window.
Play button:
Clicking the Play button in Record mode will play the last video file
created. When playing back a video, you can rewind, fast forward,
replay 10 sec or forward 10 sec using the buttons on the time slider.
Pause button:
Clicking the Pause button while Playing will pause your audio/video
file. Clicking the Pause button again will continue the playing.
Rewind button:
Clicking the Rewind button while playing will play the video file in
reverse at 1x speed. Clicking the Rewind button again will continue
the playing.
Fast Forward button:
Clicking the Fast Forward button one time will fast forward your
video at 2X speed. Clicking the Fast Forward button two times will
fast forward your video at 8X speed.
Slow Motion button:
Clicking the Slow Motion button while playing will play the video in
Slow Motion. To start playing your video file at the normal speed,
click the Slow Motion button again.
File button:
Clicking the File button opens the File menu. The last file recorded
is listed in the File name box.
In the File menu you can:
- Rename your recorded video file. To rename a video file,
find the file you would like to rename (remember, the automati-
cally generated file names start with _dvcr), highlight it with
your mouse, and click and hold the right mouse button. Go
down to Rename and then you can type in a new name.
Remember: you must keep the MPG extension on the file.
-Play a video file previously recorded: find the file you would
like to play, highlight it with your mouse (one click of the mouse
button) and click Open. Then click the Play button.
- Delete recorded video files which you no longer want (and
which consume hard disk space). Click your right mouse but-
ton on the video file once, go down the menu and click on
Delete.
-Burn your recorded video file onto CD-RW media in a Video
CD format. If you want to burn the last file recorded, simply
click Burn. If you want to select another file to be burnt onto CD-
ROM, highlight it with your mouse (one click of the mouse but-
ton) then click Burn. For more complete instructions, see the
section entitled Creating Video CD’s.
Pause mode
Clicking the Pause button on the WinTV2000 application starts the
Pause mode. The Pause Menu will drop down.
Note: It takes about 20 seconds to create a pause
buffer. While the buffer is initializing, do not click any
buttons on the WinTV application.
Pause buffer:
The Pause buffer is a circular buffer on your hard disk. The maxi-
mum amount of time which your TV program can be delayed is
dependent upon how much storage space you have set for the
Pause buffer and which type of MPEG format you have chosen. Both
of these can be set in the MPEG settings menu (see the section enti-
tled “Configuring the format for MPEG compression”).
The Limit Pause Mode buffer size sets the maximum size of the
Pause buffer. Here are some suggested sizes:
- if you are using MPEG-1 - VCD format, 650 MBytes per hour
are used. So if you want a 1/2 hour buffer, then set the Limit
Pause Mode Buffer Size to 325 MBytes.
- if you are using MPEG-2 4.0MB/sec, about 2 Gigabytes per
hour is used for the Pause buffer. So for a 30 minute buffer, then
set the Limit Pause Mode Buffer Size to 1000 MBytes.
Delay counter:
The Delay counter displays the amount of time the video window is
currently delayed from live video. For example, if the delay counter
says “00:01:23”, then the video window is showing video 1 minute
and 23 seconds behind live video.
Pause button:
Clicking the Pause button causes WinTV to start saving a audio and
video stream (referred to as an A/V stream) into the WinTV's Replay
Buffer. It takes about 15 seconds for the Replay Buffer to be initial-
ized and for Pause to become effective.
Unclicking the Pause button will cause the audio/video program to
start playing from the point where the button was originally pushed.
Most WinTV functions are active while in the Pause or Pause Live mode.
For example, you can change volume, resize the TV window, go into "no-
title mode", etc. If you are in the Pause mode though, the video image in the
WinTV window is frozen so you will not see the function change. For exam-
ple, in Pause mode if you change volume you will not hear the volume
change.
While in Pause mode, the Video Position bar shows the amount of
the Replay Buffer which is filled with video. For example, if the
Video Position indicator shows halfway, it means that half of the
Replay Buffer is filled. If you find you cannot Replay or Pause as
many minutes as you would like, there is a setting in the Preferences
menu where you can increase the size of the Replay Buffer.
While in Pause mode, the A/V stream is always saved in the Replay
Buffer. To stop saving the A/V stream in the Replay Buffer, you must
exit the Pause mode by clicking the TV mode button.
Replay button:
While in the Pause mode, hitting the Replay button acts like the Instant
Replay you see on TV broadcast sporting events: the audio/video goes
back in time and you repeat what you have previously seen.
Each click of the Replay button causes audio/video to go back 10
seconds. For example, if you want to repeat the audio/video you saw
10 seconds ago, you would click the Replay button once. If you
want to see the video you saw one minute ago, you would need to
click the Replay button six times.
For extended replay times, you might find it more convenient to grab
the Video Position indicator control bar and move it to the left.
Once you let the control bar go, audio/video starts to play (it might
take a few seconds for the WinTV application to start playing). You
S-Video
input
Composite
video input
WinTV-PVR-usb connectors
Freeze
Configure
snapshot
Color/Audio
configuration
Preferences
menu
Remove toolbar
Full screen TV
Minimize Close WinTV
Switch video
source
Snapshot viewer window -
double click on each
“thumbnail” to see image
full size
Current TV channel or
video source
Click your right mouse button
here to remove toolbars. Click
again to restore toolbar.
Click and hold your right mouse
button to see the OOppttiioonnssmenu.
Snapshot button
One Touch
Pause
One Touch
Recording
Record Mode
Pause Mode
TV Mode
Channel configuration
Mute audio
WinTV-PVR-usb
Personal Video Recorder
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Pause mode button
TV mode
button
One Touch
Pause
One Touch
Record
Record mode
button
Left &Right
Audio Inputs
Record Play
Pause
Stop
File menu
(Save/Open/Burn)
Time counter
Skip to End
Skip back
10 sec.
Video CD
record
video position
bar
Fast Forward 2X
8X
Slow Motion
Rewind
Skip ahead
10 sec.
Skip to
beginning
Pause
Skip ahead 10
seconds
Replay 10
seconds Skip to the
end
Skip to the
beginning Skip ahead 10
seconds
Replay 10
seconds
Delay
counter
Video Position
bar
Play
Play forward slow
motion
Fast Forward 2X,
8X
Rewind
FM radio
connector
TV Connector
for antenna or
Cable TV
USB Cable
Connector
Power Supply input

might have to move the Video Position indicator to the left and right
to find the desired spot to start replaying audio/video.
While replaying, your audio/video program continues to be recorded
in the Replay Buffer. Therefore, if you have clicked the Replay button
3 times (so that you are replaying the audio/video seen 30 seconds
ago), the video you see in the WinTV window will be 30 seconds
behind the "live" audio/video program.
To catch up to the "live" audio/video program, you can either exit the
Pause mode by clicking the TV mode button, you can click the Skip
button, which skips ahead 10 seconds per click, or you can grab the
Video Position indicator and move it to the right until it is at the end
of the Video Position bar.
Skip Ahead button
Clicking the Skip button will skip the video ahead 10 seconds.
Rewind button:
Clicking the Rewind button while playing video will rewind the video.
Clicking the Rewind button again will continue playing.
Fast Forward button:
Clicking the Fast Forward button one time will fast forward your
video at 2X speed. Clicking the Fast Forward button two times will
fast forward your video at 8X speed.
Slow Motion button:
Clicking the Slow Motion button while Playing, will play the video in
slow motion. Clicking the Slow Motion button again will continue
playing normal.
Configuring the MPEG
compression format
The WinTV-PVR-usb supports several different formats for MPEG
video compression. The differences in these formats is:
- the video quality that you will see when playing back recorded
video or while in the pause mode
- the amount of CPU horsepower required during playback and
pause mode.
- the compatibility when creating Video CD’s.
To configure the MPEG compression, click on the Preferences button
on WinTV2000, then Capture and then on the MPEG folder.
There are several different MPEG format settings which can be
selected:
MPEG-1 VCD
MPEG-2 2.0-MB/sec
MPEG-2 4.0-MB/sec
MPEG-2 6.0-MB/sec
For creating Video CD’s for playback on your home DVD player, chose
the MPEG-1 VCD format.
If you have a fast PC and would like the best video image quality,
chose MPEG-2 6.0MB/sec.
If you have a slower PC, try either the MPEG-1 - VCD, MPEG-2 - 2.0
MB/sec or the MPEG-2 - 4.0 MB/sec formats.
Once chosen, the format is set for both the Pause and Record
modes. You can change the format between recordings or after you
have exited Pause mode, but the format cannot be changed while
Recording or while in the Pause mode.
Using WinTV-Scheduler
WinTV-Scheduler allows you to schedule your TV watching and
recording of TV shows. WinTV-Scheduler, once it is set, can be
closed and the WinTV application will “wake up” at the desired time
and tuned to the desired channel. WinTV-Scheduler can be found in
the Hauppauge WinTV folder. Click the Start button, then
Programs, then Hauppauge WinTV and then Scheduler.
Once WinTV-Scheduler is running, to set up an event for timed
watching or recording, click on the Add Program button.
The items that need to be set for each event are:
- Time to Begin Program: set to the desired start time. The
default time is about 3 minutes from the current time. Click on
the hour to set the hour, the minute to set the minute and the second (if
you feel this is necessary) to set the minute to start the program.
Note: it takes about 1 minute to launch the WinTV and set up for
recording, so set the Time to Begin Program to 1 minute before the
time your TV show actually starts.
- Program Duration: Set to the duration, in minutes, of this event. Note:
you need to leave at least 1 minute between scheduled programs to
give the recorder time to set up its disk buffers.
- Program Period: one time, daily, weekly
- Date to Begin Program: today’s date is the default. Change this if you
want to schedule on another date.
- Source selection: leave set at WinTV32 to bring up the WinTV at the
requested time and on the requested channel.
- Channel selection: chose one of your scanned channels.
- Recording options: click on Record to File to record your show.
Leave this button unchecked to watch TV at the requested time. You
can also name your file to record, in the above dialog box.
Once these are set, click Set Program. You can add more Events, clicking
Set Program after each event is set. When you are finished click Close.
The WinTV program does not have to be running for the schedular to work.
If WinTV is not running, it takes about 30 seconds to start WinTV and to
start the recording of TV.
Creating Video CD’s
Most PC’s based on Windows98, WindowsMe and Windows2000
can play MPG files created with WinTV-PVR-usb through the
Windows MediaPlayer. The most universal format for PC playback
is the MPEG-1 VCD format. So, if you simply want to play your video
files on a PC, you do not have to create a Video CD. Just use
Windows MediaPlayer to play them from your hard disk.
The format used on Video CD’s (VCD) is MPEG-1. Most DVD play-
ers can play Video CD’s in addition to DVD movies. The WinTV-
PVR-usb includes a conversion utility, WinTV-Convert, which will
take WinTV-PVR-usb created MPEG 1 video files and convert them
into Video CD (VCD)compliant files.
Note: We have found that most home DVD players can
play Video CD’s created with CD-RW media. Some DVD
players, though, can only read CD-R media. If you are
not able to have your DVD player read a CD-RW made using
these steps, we suggest trying a CD-R media.
A complete list of tested compatible DVD players can be found
on our web site at: http://www.hauppauge.com/dvdplayers
Step 1: Creating a Video CD compatible video file
While in the record mode, click on the Video CD Record button. You
can also have set the MPEG Quality to MPEG-1 VCD format, and
then click the Record button. In both cases, a Video CD compatible
file will be created on your hard disk, with the name of the file auto-
matically generated by the WinTV application. After you have record-
ed your show, click on File button in Record mode, the last file
recorded will be highlighted, then click on the Burn button. The
Convert MPEG files to VCD format menu will open.
Step 2: Converting Your video file
After you have clicked the burn button, the “Convert MPEG files to
VCD format” window will open with the file you listed. At this point
you have an opportunity to add other files to be burnt on the Video
CD. Remember, only files that have been recorded in the Video CD
format can be recorded as a Video CD.
Once you have chosen any other video files to be added to the
Video CD, highlight your files and click the Convert button.
Step 3: Burning your converted file to a CD-R or CD-RW
After the converting process is complete, your file will be VCD
compliant. Now you are ready to burn your VCD file on a CDRW.
Click the Burn button to burn your Video CD’s.
The Hauppauge VCD converter will locate your burner and show
your progress, during your burn. (below)
Note: Hauppauge recommends using CD-RW media to
create Video CD’s for DVD playback. Most DVD play-
ers can use CD-RW media, while some can use either
CD-RW or CD-R media. If you insert one of the created Video
CD’s and the DVD player does not turn on the Video CD light
or display Video CD on your TV screen, then try creating a
Video CD using a CD-R media.
Step 4. Playing the Video CD back on your DVD player
or PC
Once a Video CD has been created, you can play this on most home
DVD players, or you can play it back on Windows98 based PC’s
using MediaPlayer.
A list of tested compatible DVD players which can play Video CD’s
created with the WinTV-PVR-usb can be found on our web site:
http://www.hauppauge.com/dvdplayers
Sometimes a version of MediaPlayer cannot “see” the Video CD
movie file. If this is the case, you can manually select a video to be
played by opening the Video CD using Windows Explorer, and
looking in the MPEGAV directory on the Video CD. There will a file
(or several files if your Video CD contains more than one video file) with
names like Avseq01.dat You can open this file with WindowsMedia
Player and the video will play back in a window on your PC screen.
WinTV MPEG Editor
The Hauppauge MPEG Editor is an MPEG1/MPEG-2 cut and join
editor. You can cut out segments from videos, or combine videos (of
the same MPEG format) together. The MPEG editor makes its cuts
on what are called "MPEG I-frames". These types of cuts do not
require a re-encode, and therefore preserves the quality of the origi-
nal video.
This version of the MPEG has these features:
- Edit (cut) MPEG1 and MPEG2 files.
- Join MPEG files of the same resolution and bit rate
- Remultiplex Video CD compatible files so they can be "burnt"
into VCD's
- Remultiplex S Video CD compatible files so they can be "burnt"
into SVCD's
- Split large MPEG videos into pieces, so that these can be
burned onto CD-ROM or DVD media
- Has a "play" option so you can play the file you have just edited
without having to close the editor
How to use the WinTV Editor:
Click on the Add source button or click on File / Add source to bring
the file you want to edit into the MPEG editor. The WinTV-PVR uses
the c:\My Documents\My Videos directory as the default directory
to save video files created by the WinTV-PVR. When the selected file
is opened, it will start playing back in the video window. Click the
Stop button to stop playback.
Grab the video position slider, and move it to the beginning of the
video segment you want to keep. The video frame will be shown in
the video window. You can also use the controls under the video
window (play, pause, stop and the frame control buttons).
When you have correctly positioned to the video frame you want, click
the In button. This will define the starting point of the video interval.
Grab the video position slider and move it to the end position of
the clip you want to keep, then click the Out button.
Click Add Interval to add the defined clip to the cut list. Repeat until
you have put all the desired video clips in the "cut list".
When you have finished with your cut list, click the Generate output
button. All intervals in the cut list will appear in the final video. The
Generate Output step normally takes awhile.
Your MPEG video is named nanoEDIT.mpg. Be sure to rename this
before cutting another video, otherwise the file will be overwritten!
Before you click Generate Output, click File / SelectOutputFile to
change the file name of your recorded file.
To cut away an advertisement, click the In button at the beginning of
the video sequence, then click the Out button just before the adver-
tisement starts. Click Add Interval. Then click the In button at the end
of the advertisement, and click the Out button at the end of the video
sequence you want to keep. Then click Add interval.
To cut away advertisements from a movie, you must define all pieces
you want to keep (everything which belongs to the movie) and add
them to the cut list.
Remultiplex File for VCD
Note: If you have an VCD file open, when you click on Generate
Movie, the file will be saved as a "burnable" VCD file. But if you have
a VCD file on your PC and would like to simply make it burnable, use
this option.
You will be prompted for a File name. Enter the name of a file which
has VCD characteristics (MPEG-1, datarate not exceeding
1.1Mbits/sec, etc.). Next, enter the name of the "burnable" VCD file to
be written. The file will be remultiplexed into a "burnable" VCD for-
mat.
Note: If you enter the name of a file which is not VCD compliant, an
error message will pop up.
Remultiplex File for SVCD
If you have a SVCD file on your PC and would like to make it burn-
able onto a SVCD, use this option.
You will be prompted for a File name. Enter the name of a file which
has SVCD characteristics (MPEG-2 with 2.2Mbits/sec datarate,
44.1KHz audio and 480x480 image sizes for NTSC video sources).
Next, enter the name of the "burnable" SVCD file to be written. The
file will be remultiplexed into a "burnable" SVCD format.
Note: If you enter the name of a file which is not SVCD compliant, an
error message will pop up.
Tips on System Optimization:
These are tips that will help you improve capture and playback per-
formance of video files on you PC.
1.) Do not use DoubleSpace or any other disk compression
scheme! This severely slows down your hard disk.
2.) Make sure DMA is checked for your Hard disk drives in Device
Manager. Right click your mouse on the My Computer icon on
your desktop and click on Properties. Click on the Device
Manager tab and double click on Disk Drives. Highlight
GENERIC IDE DISK TYPE and click on Properties. Click on
Settings. Make sure DMA is selected.
3.) Turn off screen savers, Disconnect from a local area network,
and any programs in your windows startup.
4.) Defragment your Hard Disk. To Defragment your hard disk, in
Windows click on Start / Programs / Accessories / System
Tools and click on Disk Defragmenter.
5.) There are several hard disks on the market which are designed
for higher performance video captures. These drives use 1:1
interleaving and track caching to eliminate gaps caused by a
hard disk drive seeking to the next track. They are available with
both IDE and SCSI interfaces.
Troubleshooting
Note: The Troubleshooting chapter in the WinTV Installation Manual,
found in the Hauppauge WinTV directory on your PC, has more
information.
Our FAQ can be found at:
http://www.hauppauge.com/html/faq.htm
Problem: Poor image when running WinTV in 256-color
mode
Many VGA’s cannot run WinTV in 256-color mode. Instead, run in
16-bit or 24-bit color mode.
Problem: Poor TV Reception or Not detecting all
channels:
Poor TV reception is generally the result of an insufficiently strong TV
signal. When using a 'roof-top' antenna, an aerial booster may be
required if there is poor TV reception. If you find that some or all of the
channels have not been detected, you can insert channels manually.
Also, in some areas using cable TV, a format called Cable HRC is
used. If so, try rescanning (see step 8) but use CABLE (HRC)
instead of cable in the Broadcast/Cable box.
FCC Statement
Radio Interference Statement:
The WinTV boards have 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 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 tele-
vision 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.
FCC ID: H90WINTV Assembled in Malaysia
CAUTION: Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party
responsible for compliance to the FCC Rules could void the user’s authority
to operate the equipment.
CE Statement:
This equipment has been tested and complies with EN 55013, EN 55020 and
IEC 801-3 part 3 standards.
File
Name
Burn
Button
DMA