ViewCast Osprey-300 User manual

Osprey-300
User’s Guide

Osprey-300 Capture Card
AVStream Driver Version 3.1
User’s Guide For Windows XP
Releases 3.1 and later.
© Copyright 2004
All Rights Reserved.
ViewCast Corporation
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Dallas, TX 75248 USA
Revised July, 2004
Copyright, Trademark, and FCC Information
Copyright Osprey Technologies, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of ViewCast Corporation, copyrights this
document. No part of this specification may be reproduced, transcribed, transmitted or stored in a retrieval
system in any part or by any means without the express written consent of Osprey Technologies, Inc.
Disclaimer
Osprey Technologies, Inc. reserves the right to change any products herein at any time and without notice.
ViewCast Corporation and Osprey Technologies, Inc. make no representations or warranties regarding the
content of this document, and assume no responsibility for any errors contained herein.
Trademark Acknowledgment
Osprey-300 is a trademark of Osprey Technologies, Inc. Microsoft, Windows XP, NetMeeting, NetShow, and
Video for Windows are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Any other product
names, trademarks, trade names, service marks, or service names owned or registered by any other
company and mentioned herein are the property of their respective companies.
FCC Notice
This device has 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 device generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency
energy, and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference
to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular
installation. If this device does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, 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 computer and the receiver.
• Connect the computer 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.
Shielded Cables
Connections between this device and peripherals must be made using shielded cables in order to maintain
compliance with FCC radio emission limits.
Modifications
Modifications to this device not approved by Osprey Technologies, Inc. could void the authority granted to
the user by the FCC to operate the device.
Note to CATV Installer
This reminder is provided to call to the CATV installer’s attention Section 820-40 of the NEC, which provides
guidelines for proper grounding and, in particular, specifies that the cable ground shall be connected to the
grounding system of the building, as close to the point of cable entry as practical.

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Table of Contents
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1: GETTING TO KNOW YOUR OSPREY-300..................5
Symbols .............................................................6
Introduction ........................................................6
Features.............................................................6
FireWire 800 Features.............................................7
Audio/Video Specifications.......................................8
Hardware/Software Specifications..............................8
Getting Help........................................................8
CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE OVERVIEW ..................................9
System Requirements ........................................... 10
Installing the Card ............................................... 11
Osprey-300 Back Plate ......................................... 12
Osprey-300 Input Breakout Cable ............................. 12
Osprey-300 Input RackMount Panel (optional)............... 12
Osprey-300 Input Breakout Box (optional) ................... 13
Connecting a Composite Source............................... 13
Guidelines for Connecting FireWire Devices................. 14
About 1394 connectors.......................................... 15
Connecting Analog Audio with the Osprey-300.............. 16
CHAPTER 3: INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE FOR WINDOWS XP......... 17
Installing From the CD........................................... 18
Downloading and Installing Updated Drivers................. 18
Two Installation Scenarios...................................... 19
Testing the Installation.......................................... 24
Uninstalling the Software ...................................... 25
Configuring the Video Capture Driver ........................ 25
Configuring FireWire Drivers for Windows XP................ 25
CHAPTER 4: DIGITAL VIDEO ON THE OSPREY-300.................. 27
Specifics of DV Capture......................................... 28
SwiftCap........................................................... 30
Graphs............................................................. 31
CHAPTER 5: ANALOG VIDEO DRIVER PROPERTIES ................... 35
Filters, Pins, FilterGraphs, and Properties................... 35
Osprey Video Capture Device Properties..................... 36
Accessing the Property Pages.................................. 37
Common Dialog Features ....................................... 38
The Video Proc Amp Tab ....................................... 39
The Video Decoder Tab......................................... 39

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The Input Tab .................................................... 40
The Device Tab................................................... 41
The RefSize Tab.................................................. 46
The Size and Crop Tab .......................................... 48
The Logo Tab..................................................... 55
Capture and Preview Pin Properties.......................... 58
CHAPTER 6: VIDEO DRIVER TOPICS ................................ 61
Simulstream ...................................................... 61
Osprey AVStream Driver and Video for Windows............ 68
De-Interlacing .................................................... 70
Efficient Video Rendering ...................................... 72
Video Standards and Sizes...................................... 75
Color Formats .................................................... 76
Closed Captioning (CC).......................................... 78
Vertical Interval Timecode (VITC)............................. 82
Vertical Blanking Interval (VBI) Capture...................... 83
CHAPTER 7: THE ANALOG AUDIO DRIVER .......................... 85
Selecting the Audio Source and Input Volume .............. 85
Audio Formats.................................................... 87
Audio Playback................................................... 87
Audio Configuration ............................................. 87
CHAPTER 8: APPLICATIONS ........................................ 91
SwiftCap........................................................... 91
CCApp ............................................................. 95
CropApp........................................................... 96
LogoApp........................................................... 98
VidControl ........................................................ 99
CHAPTER 9: TROUBLESHOOTING...................................101
Blue/Pink/Black/Orange Video Screen ......................101
Scrambled Video Image........................................101
Poor Video Quality at Large Frame Sizes....................102
Multiple Horizontal Lines Across Video .....................102
Cannot Play Back Recorded Audio............................102
Audio Recording Control Comes Up With Wrong Device and Wrong
Inputs.............................................................102
Interrupt Conflicts..............................................103
APPENDIX A: HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS...........................105
APPENDIX B: ADDING/MOVING BOARDS & DEVELOPER SUPPORT ....107
DX9................................................................108
APPENDIX B: ADDING/MOVING BOARDS & DEVELOPER SUPPORT ....109

Osprey-300 Capture Card
Getting to know your
Osprey-300
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CHAPTER
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The Osprey-300 Capture Card User’s Guide
provides practical information for installing
and configuring the hardware and software
for the Osprey-300 Capture Card. This
guide has been designed with the needs
of the end user in mind, particularly first-
timers and those working with existing
applications.
• Symbols
• Introduction
• Features
• Software Included
• Compatible Third-Party Applications
• Getting Help

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SYMBOLS
In this manual, these symbols will point out
important notes and warnings.
INTRODUCTION
If you already have a working knowledge of the
Osprey cards and their capabilities, you may
want to skip ahead to Chapter 2, Hardware and
proceed with installation.
The Osprey-300 Capture Card is a single-slot PCI
card combining analog and digital video capture
and delivering uncompressed video and audio
real time to media applications. Supporting the
latest in DV capture for IEEE-1394b (800mbs),
the Osprey-300 is an “all-in-one” analog video
capture/IEEE-1394 card that maximizes PCI slot
usage. All formatting and scaling of images
are processed within the hardware, allowing for
maximum system efficiency and speed. The
product also provides on-board audio capture
capability. This product consists of a PCI board
(based on the Conexant Bt878A single-chip
video capture device) and DirectShow compliant
software drivers for Windows XP.
FEATURES
The Osprey-300 can provide audio and video
to host applications from any of the following
sources:
• Decompressed DV video and audio from
IEEE-1394b DV devices
• Video from Composite sources
• Audio from Balanced or Unbalanced
analog sources
• Gamma correction for YUV and Greyscale
color formats

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The Osprey-300 also offers the following
features:
• OHCI compliant
• Cascadable architecture allows for
multiple Osprey-300’s per chassis
• Advanced DMA for ultra-high performance
(30 fps)
• Hardware audio gain control for analog
audio inputs
• Closed Caption extraction
• Hardware Cropping and Bitmap Overlay
• PCI-X compatible
• SimulStream ready (analog only)
FIREWIRE 800 FEATURES
The 1394b port on the Osprey-300 functions
at the maximum IEEE-1394b rated speed of
800 megabits per second. The ports are fully
backward compatible with S100, S200 and S400
rated 1394 devices.
The Osprey card is equipped with two 1394
connectors:
• 6-pin connector for S100, S200 and S400
rated 1394 devices (standard FireWire)
• 9-pin connector for the latest FireWire800
devices.
Up to 63 devices may be connected in a chain
through either of these ports.
NOTE: Although both ports can support high-
speed communication, 1394b devices should
always be connected to the 9-pin connector to
ensure that connected devices take advantage of
1394b communication protocol enhancements
and avoid earlier cable length restrictions. Older
1394 devices may be connected to either port
appropriate cables.
FireWire devices are designed to be hot-
pluggable; it is not necessary to power down
the host PC when connecting or disconnecting
devices to the Osprey 300’s FireWire ports.

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HARDWARE/SOFTWARE
SPECIFICATIONS
Computing Platforms
¨ Windows XP
Hardware System
¨ 64-bit/3.3-volt PCI card.
¨ Full PCI Rev. 2.2 compliance.
¨ Multi-board support.
Software Included
The products for Windows XP
include:
• A DirectShow compatible video
capture driver
• A DirectShow compatible audio
mixer and audio wave (capture)
driver
• SwiftCap – An audio/video
capture application
• Applets for device control,
closed captioning, cropping,
logo setup and VBI viewing.
(Source available in the Software
Developers Kit)
Compatible Third-Party
Applications
The Osprey-300 Capture Card
works with any DirectShow
based application and has
limited functionality with Video
for Windows applications. For
the latest product news, please
continue to visit our ViewCast
Corporation web site http://www.
viewcast.com/ for the Osprey-
300.
AUDIO/VIDEO
SPECIFICATIONS
Video input
¨ NTSC/PAL
¨ Composite (BNC style)
¨ DV - 1394a and b
Audio input
¨ Balanced stereo (2 x XLR
connectors)
¨ Unbalanced stereo (2 x RCA
connectors)
¨ DV audio (via same 1394
connector as DV Video)
Audio Outputs
¨ Unbalanced audio (two RCA
connectors)
¨ DV audio (via same 1394
connector as DV Video)
Audio Processing
¨ Auto sample rate selection for
analog inputs (32 kHz/44.1
kHz/48 kHz).
¨ Audio sample rate down
conversion based on application
requirements.
¨ Audio sample rate up
conversion based on application
requirements.
¨ Gain and Attenuation can be
controlled in hardware for analog
inputs. For digital inputs a
software gain or attenuation can
be applied.
Video Frame Rates and
Performance
The Osprey-300 Capture Card
can deliver to the host 30 frames
per second (fps) full resolution
NTSC (720x480) as well as 25 fps
full resolution PAL (720x576). The
Osprey-300 uses Direct Memory
Access (DMA) to efficiently
perform this delivery of data to
the host. Once the data is in host
memory, performance is directly
affected by how the data is
processed, transmitted or saved.
The Osprey-300 Capture Card
also supports Direct Show
compatible overlays for displaying
video with minimal load on the
system processor.
GETTING HELP
Before contacting support,
please do the following:
• Work through the section Chapter
4 entitled Testing the Installation.
• Read through Chapter 9 -
Troubleshooting.
• Visit our web site at http://www.
viewcast.com/ and read the
Osprey Capture Cards FAQs
by selecting Osprey-300, then
clicking on the FAQ button.
If you have tried the above and
you’re still having problems,
contact the Osprey Support
Group at the following
numbers :
Toll free: [phone]
Voice: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
When you contact support,
especially if it is by email,
please include the following
information:
• Which product you have.
• Which operating system you are
using.
• Which version of the Osprey
driver you are using. The version
information can be found in the
ReadMe.Txt file under the Start
> Programs > Osprey Capture
menu item.
• The type of audio and video
sources being used (for example:
S-Video and composite audio)
and the type of equipment being
used as the source (for example:
a DVD player).
• Any additional details about
your system configuration would
be helpful – for example, the
system speed, processor type,
motherboard chipset, whether
you have a SCSI or IDE hard
drive, whether you have a
network adapter card, and the
type of display adapter card.
• A detailed description of the
problem.

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Hardware Overview
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The Osprey-300 Capture Card is a
universal 3.3V/5V PCI card that will
operate in either 32-bit or 64-bit slots, and
is compliant with version 2.3 of the PCI
hardware specification.
• System Requirements
• Configuring the Video Capture
Driver
• Installing the Card
• Connecting Cables

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
The minimum capability of the computer
required for the capture card itself is fairly
low. It is typically the application being used
with the capture card that sets the minimum
requirements of the computer. For example,
pure video capture applications typically do
not require hefty machines. Yet the various
streaming encoding applications, for example
RealProducer or Windows Media Encoder, may
require up to dual 2 GHz processor for some of
their challenging encoding profiles.
For x86 PCs, the minimum system requirements
are as follows:
• 300 MHz Pentium II processor or higher
with at least 128Mb RAM
• One available PCI slot
• Windows XP
• Approximately 7.5 megabytes of storage
for system files
For optimum performance, we recommend at
least the following additional features.
• Video display adapter with 4 MBytes
memory minimum (16 Mbytes or more
recommended) and Direct Draw capability
• An up-to-date display device with
DirectDraw capability
• DirectX version 9.0a or later
Minimum System Requirements for DV Editing
When using the Osprey 300 1394 ports with
video editing applications such as Adobe
Premiere Pro, the host PC must meet the
following minimum system requirements :
• Intel Pentium III 500MHz or faster
• Microsoft XP, XP Pro, or later operating
system
• UDMA 66 IDE or SCSI hard disk disk array
• 256MB or more of system RAM
• Microsoft DirectX 8.0 or newer
• Sound card capable of 16-bit stereo or
higher
The Osprey 300 FireWire ports use
the 1394 driver stack included in
all versions of Microsoft Windows
XP or later operating systems. ViewCast
does not install these drivers as part of the
Osprey 300 installation process. The analog
video capture portion of the Osprey 300
uses drivers supplied by ViewCast. Use of
this card in operating systems older than
Windows XP may restrict the user to the
analog inputs only.

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INSTALLING THE CARD
All computer cards are sensitive to electrostatic
discharge. Slight discharges from clothing or
even from the normal work environment can
adversely affect these cards. By following these
simple guidelines, however, you can minimize the
chance of damaging your Osprey card.
• To be used only with UL Listed computers
that include instructions for user installed
accessories.
• Handle cards only by the non-conducting
edges.
• Do not touch the card components or any
other metal parts.
• Wear a grounding strap while handling the
cards (especially when located in a high
static area).
• Provide a continuous ground path by
leaving the power cord plugged into a
grounded power outlet.
• Ensure that the workstation is powered
OFF before installing any components.
Use the following steps to install the Osprey
card:
1. Power down the computer. Make sure
that the computer’s power switch
is turned OFF. Read caution note
above for grounding precautions.
2. Remove the computer’s cover.
3. Locate an empty PCI slot.
4. Remove the slot-cover screw from the
empty PCI slot’s cover, set the screw
aside, and remove the slot cover.
5. Remove the card from its anti-static bag.
6. Install the Osprey card into the
empty slot and make sure that it
is seated evenly in the slot.
7. Secure the back panel of the card
with the slot’s cover screw.
8. Replace the computer cover.
9. Connect video and audio cables to the
Osprey card. Refer to Connecting Cables for
details of the card’s back panel connector.
10. Turn the computer on.

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OSPREY-300 BACK PLATE
The Osprey-300 is assembled with a back plate
for standard systems (figure 1).
OSPREY-300 INPUT BREAKOUT CABLE
The Osprey-300 card is shipped with a breakout
cable (figure 2). The breakout connector has
inputs for composite video, S-Video, balanced
and unbalanced audio, and professional digital
audio. The breakout cable has a set (L/R) of
unbalanced RCA style audio connectors and a
set (L/R) of balanced (XLR) audio connectors.
Additionally, the right XLR balanced input also is
used as the professional digital audio input.
The input breakout cable is ViewCast Part
Number 34-05009-01.
OSPREY-300 INPUT RACKMOUNT PANEL
(OPTIONAL)
A rackmount version of the breakout box is also
available (figure 3). The 1 unit high rack mount
input box has the same inputs as the breakout
box but includes two sets of inputs. Thus a single
rackmount input unit provides for two Osprey-
300 cards. The rackmount unit is pictured above.
The rackmount breakout box is ViewCast Part
Number 95-00151-02. Exact connector layouts
are subject to change.
If you are not familiar with how to
install a PCI bus card, refer to your
system’s documentation for more
complete, step-by-step instructions.
You should install the Osprey-300 card
before installing the software driver.
However, with Windows XP you also have
the option to pre-install the software
before installing the hardware. analog
inputs only.
The Osprey-300 Back Plate
1
The Osprey-300 Input Breakout Cable
2

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OSPREY-300 INPUT BREAKOUT BOX
(OPTIONAL)
The breakout box has inputs for composite
video, S-Video, balanced and unbalanced audio,
and professional digital audio. The breakout
cable/box has a set (L/R) of unbalanced RCA
style audio connectors and a set (L/R) of
balanced (XLR) audio connectors. Additionally,
the right XLR balanced input also is used as the
professional digital audio input for the Osprey-
500 PRO and Osprey-500 DV PRO.
The input breakout box is ViewCast Part Number
95-00157-01.
CONNECTING ACOMPOSITE SOURCE
If your video source provides only composite
video, connect the source’s output cable to the
Composite Video In connector.
Connecting an S-Video Source
If your video source supports S-Video, connect
the source’s output cable to the S-Video In
connector. Compared to composite signals, S-
Video provides a sharper image with better color
separation. S-Video uses a four-pin mini-DIN
connector that provides separate Y (luminance)
and C (chrominance) signals. Refer to Chapter
6 - Osprey-300 Video Control Dialog for
instructions on configuring the driver for S-Video.
Connecting an IEEE 1394/DV Source
The Osprey-300 has two DV inputs, 1394a and
1394b. DV carries digital audio and video and
both can be independently used by the Osprey-
300. The DV inputs include a 9-pin for 1394b,
and 6-pin for 1394a connections.
The Osprey-300 Input Rack-Mount Panel
3
Osprey-300 Input Breakout Box
4

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GUIDELINES FOR CONNECTING FIREWIRE
DEVICES
FireWire devices can be connected in any
combination of branching and chaining. There
are no SCSI-style ID numbers to set and no
termination requirements. The Osprey 300’s
6-pin FireWire port can support up to 16
consecutive cable hops of 4.5 meters (14.76 feet)
each.
The Osprey 300’s nine-pin FireWire 800 port
allows the use of various types of cabling
designed for 1394b operation of speeds up to
800 megabits per second. Selection of the proper
interconnect cables allows hop lengths of up to
100 meters.
FireWire 800 / 1394b devices connected to the
Osprey 300 9-pin port communicate over long
connections directly; no hub is required to gain
this added distance benefit in a pure FireWire
800 /1394b connection.
If you need to connect older FireWire devices at
a greater distance than the devices can support
directly, use a FireWire800 hub device connected
to the Osprey 300’s 9-pin port. FireWire 800
/1394b hubs make it possible to connect older
FireWire 400 / 1394a devices up to 100 meters
apart. Neither the computer nor the remote
devices need to support FireWire 800 / 1394b
since the selected FireWire 800 /1394b hub and
its associated cables work with FireWire 400 /
1394a devices.
The Osprey 300 is designed to allow the
FireWire network to continue operating even if
the computer is shut down. Loss of power to the
computer will not affect the interoperation of
other devices on the same FireWire bus as long
as they are self-powered (i.e., do not require
power from the host PC).
Powerering FireWire devices via the Osprey
300’s FireWire ports
The Osprey 300’s two FireWire (1394) ports are
capable of supplying power to certain FireWire
devices designed to receive DC power from the
host PC. There are two options available:

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• If the total DC power requirement for the
connected devices is 9 watts or less (at 12
VDC) the on-board DC power connector
does not need to be connected to a power
source.
• If the total load exceeds 9 watts, connect
a compatible power source to the DC
power connector at the rear of the Osprey
300 card, as shown below. Typically a DC
power connector from the PC’s internal
power supply of the type normally used to
supply power to a floppy disk drive may
be connected here without modification.
When this method is used the FireWire ports can
supply up to 30 watts of power.
ABOUT 1394 CONNECTORS
All 1394 devices are connected via one of three
connectors specified in the 1394 standards.
• The original 4-pin connector is found on
most consumer Digital Video (DV) devices
such as camcorders. This connector
supports 1394a communication but
does not support later changes to 1394
standards that allow attached devices to
be powered by the bus.
• The 6-pin connector was introduced to
add the option to power the connected
device via the 1394 bus.
• The 9-pin connector was introduced to
support the bus speeds of FireWire800
and to support enhanced device
identification and control protocol. The
9-pin connector is described as Bi-Lingual
since you are allowed to connect any 1394
device via the appropriate adapter cable.
Cables with appropriate combinations of all of
these connectors are available from most AV
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CONNECTING ANALOG AUDIO WITH THE
OSPREY-300
The Osprey-300 audio connectors are made for
line level audio stereo equipment, such as VCR or
DVD outputs and can also take headphone level
outputs when the volume is adjusted midway
between high and low settings. It should be
noted that if you are using a camcorder or VCR
with only a single audio output, the volume
needs a slight adjustment.
Although the Osprey-300 accepts line level
inputs, the standard microphone shipped with
most soundcards is not compatible. You need to
use a powered microphone using connectors with
1-volt peak-to-peak output.
RCA-style connectors for left and right line-level
audio are used on the Osprey-300.
The selection of audio input to capture is
independent of the video input selection.
The Osprey-300 breakout cable
includes three audio inputs and
one audio output. You should
not connect an audio source
simultaneously to all three
connections. Either connect a
stereo 3.5 mm cable or an RCA-style audio
cable to the input/output.
The Osprey-300 breakout cable
includes three audio inputs and
one audio output. You should not
connect an audio source simultaneously
to all three connections. Either connect a
stereo 3.5 mm cable or an RCA-style audio
cable to the input/output.

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Installing the Software
for Windows XP
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3
The CD which comes packaged with
the Osprey-300 Capture Card contains
software compatible with Windows XP.
After you’ve installed the software, you can
test the card and software by running the
included application program, SwiftCap.
• Installing From the CD
• Downloading and Installing Updated
Drivers
• Installation Scenario 1: Osprey
Card(s) not Physically Installed in
the PC
• Installation Scenario 2: Osprey
Card(s) Physically Installed, but
Osprey Software not Installed
• Testing the Installation
• Uninstalling the Software

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INSTALLING FROM THE CD
Insert the Osprey CD into your CDROM drive.
The installation instructions assume this is the
“D:” drive. Substitute the proper drive name as it
appears on your system where appropriate.
To run the installation program:
1. Click the Start button.
2. Click Run....
3. Enter d:\winxp\setup.exe in the dialog box.
4. Click OK.
DOWNLOADING AND INSTALLING
UPDATED DRIVERS
The latest software drivers for Osprey Capture
Cards are available via FTP (file transfer
protocol), at the following location:
ftp://ftp.viewcast.com/pub/OSP-300/winXP/latest
There are also links to the drivers from our web
site, http://www.viewcast.com/
To download an updated driver:
1. Use your web browser, such as
Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape
Navigator, to find our FTP site.
2. Download the web package file in
...winXP/latest to your hard disk.
3. Run the web package program.
To run the web package program:
1. Click the Start button.
2. Click Run.
3. Enter <pathname> in the dialog box,
where <pathname> is the location and
name of the file that you have downloaded.
4. Click OK. The program prompts
you for a temporary location to
unpack the install files to.
5. Select an apprpriate location and click OK.
These files are not to be
automatically deleted after setup
has run. This is so that you can
perform the manual Plug and Play install if
you want to. So make a note of where these
files are located, and delete them after the
install if you want to conserve disk space.
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TWO INSTALLATION SCENARIOS
There are two main situations that might apply
to you:
• Scenario 1: Osprey Card(s) not Physically
Installed in the PC
• Scenario 2: Osprey Card(s) Physically
Installed, but Osprey Software not
Installed
In all cases, the most efficient and complete
installation method is to run the setup.exe
program on the product CD or in the web
package that you downloaded. The setup
program automates the Plug and Play steps
required to install the drivers and ensures that
they are performed correctly. It also installs the
bundled applets and User’s Guide. If you have
multiple Osprey capture cards in the system it
configures all of the boards at the same time.
You can skip the detailed instructions if you are
upgrading from one Osprey driver version to
another. Just run the setup.exe file, and all the
updated components will be installed.
Scenario 1: Osprey Card(s) not Physically
Installed in the PC
This is the method that we recommend if you
are installing an Osprey card for the first time
on a system, and the Osprey software has not
yet been installed. This scenario is called the
“Preinstall Scenario”. After the install is run,
as soon as an Osprey card is installed in the
PC, it is detected and its drivers are started
automatically.
To preinstall the Osprey drivers:
1. Using Windows Explorer, locate and
access the CD-ROM drive containing
the Osprey Installation CD-ROM.
2. Navigate to the WINXP directory.
3. Double-click SETUP.EXE. The Osprey
Capture Driver window displays.
4. Click Next. The Software License
Agreement window displays.

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5. Click Yes to accept the End User
Software Agreement. If you do not
wish to accept the agreement, click No
to terminate the installation routine.
The Information window displays.
6. Click Next. The Osprey-300
Driver window appears.
7. Click the radio button to select
the default signal format (figure
1). See Video Standard for more
information about signal formats.
8. Click Next. The Choose Destination
Location window displays.
9. If you wish to change the destination
location for the files, click Browse.
10. Click Next. The Start Copying
Files window displays.
11. Click Next. The Pre-installation
question window displays (figure 2).
12. Click Yes. The Software Installation
window displays (figure 3).
13. Click Continue Anyway. (This window will
only be displayed on drivers that have
not been WHQL Certified; WHQL Certified
drivers will skip this step). The files begin
copying to the computer. The ViewCast
Corporation/Osprey Video Division Special
Offers Shortcut window displays.
14. If you would like a shortcut installed on
your desktop, click Yes and a shortcut
is created on the desktop. If not, click
No. Once you have made your choice,
an information window displays.
15. Click OK to continue the installation. The
AVStream User Manual window displays.
16. If you would like to view the AVStream
User Manual, click Yes and an Acrobat
Reader window opens. If not, click No.
17. Once you have made your choice, click OK.
The Product Registration window displays.
18. If you would like to register your
Osprey-300 Capture card, click Yes
and a browser window will open with
a registration page. If not, click No.
Once you have made your choice, the
Setup Complete window displays.
19. Click Finish to complete the installation.
The Osprey-300 Setup window
1
The Pre-installation question window
2
The Software Installation window
3