ADS Technologies API-400 User manual

First Edition: Revision 1.0 March, 2000

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ADS Technologies (ADS) makes no warranty of any kind with regard

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and is subject to change without notice. ADS Technologies assumes no

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herein. ADS makes no commitment to update or to keep current

information contained within this document.

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Table of Contents

Recommendations for Media Studio Pro 6.0 5

System Requirements 6

Package Contents 6

CD Contents 7

Chapter 1

Installation Guide 9

PYRO PCI Card Hardware Installation 11

PYRO PCI Card Software Installation 14

Software Installation for Windows NT4 16

Chapter 2

Getting Started Guide 21

Installing Media Studio Pro 23

Connecting the Digital Video Camcorder 24

Video Capture 27

Capture Questions? 28

Changing Camcorder Driver 30

Help Resources 32

Chapter 3

Appendixes 33

Appendix A

How to Contact ADS 35

Service and Warranty 36

Appendix B

FCC Information 38

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Processor Speed

Intel Pentium III processor 400 MHz or better

AMD Athalon 400 MHz processor or better

Media Studio Pro runs ne with slower processors, but you will notice snappier

performance with a faster processor. Media Studio Pro 6.0 does take advantage of

extra instructions available in Intel Pentium III processors.

Operating System

*Windows 98 SE (Second Edition)

*Windows 2000

Win NT 4.0 with Service Pack 5 or later

If you plan to install PYRO ProDV on a Win NT system, read the Win NT4 installation

instructions on page 16.

*You will need your Windows 98 SE or Windows 2000 CD to install the Microsoft

DV camcorder driver.

Camcorder Driver

Microsoft DV camcorder driver

Listed in Device Manager: “Imaging Device”

Shown as: DV camera or VCR

File name: MSDV.sys

Device Control Selection: MS 1394 Device Control

Output to camcorder Selection: MS DV Record

Use the Microsoft DV camcorder driver. Functions such as batch capture are enabled

in Media Studio Pro only when the Microsoft DV camcorder driver is used. We

do provide the Texas Instruments camcorder drivers on the CD if you wish to load

them, run DV Connect.exe located on CD #1. If you loaded the Texas Instruments

camcorder drivers and wish to switch back to the Microsoft drivers, Instructions can

be found at the end of this document and on our web site.

Recomendations for Media Studio Pro 6.0

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(1) PYRO ProDV 1394 PCI Card

(1) 6 ft. - 6 pin to 4-pin DV cable

(1) Media Studio Pro user manual

(1) Animation Master user manual

(1) PYRO ProDV User Guide

(1) Pixelan Quick Reference Guide

(1) 4 CD Proffesional Video Editing Software Suite

Package Contents

System Requirements

- Intel Celeron 400Mhz or AMD K6-2-400MHz or above

- Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, or Windows 2000

- 64 MB RAM

- AGP video card or PCI w/ 4 MB RAM

- Sound card

- CD-ROM drive

- 300 MB hard disk space

- 4 GB hard disk space (20 minutes of raw DV footage)

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CD Contents

CONTENTS of CD #1:

- Media Studio Pro 6.0

- Media Studio Pro 6.0 User’s Guide (PDF)

- Boris FX

- Digital Juice Motion Backgrounds and Juice Drops

- DV Suite

- Pixelan Spice Master

- Sonic Foundry Sound Forge

- Sonic Foundry Acid Style

- PYRO Utilities

o DVConnect.exe

o DV to RAW AVI transcoder

o Unti.exe – uninstalls Texas Instruments camcorder driver

o AMCAP – video capture utility

o Microsoft Digital Video update

CONTENTS of CD #2:

CONTENTS of CD #3:

CONTENTS of CD #4:

- Animation Master

- CrystalGraphics Vortex LE

- Ulead COOL 3D 2.0

- Video Clips

o Artbeats

o Cininet

o Four Palms

o Ulead Demo Sample

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Step 1

Power down your computer and disconnect

the power cord. Be sure to remove the

power cord completely from your computer

as shown in the picture to the left.

Step 2

Remove each screw found on the back of

the computer. Be sure to put the screws

you removed in a safe place, as you will

need them again when replacing the shell

on your computer.

Step 3

Carefully remove the shell from your

computer.

Step 4

With the power cable disconnected from

your computer, touch the metal part of the

case to ground yourself. This will discharge

any static electricity from your body which

can damage your computer.

PYRO PCI Card Hardware Installation

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Step 5

Locate an available PCI expansion slot.

This will be in the area of your computer

where other cards that look similar to the

PYRO PCI card are installed.

Step 6

Visually conrm that the PYRO PCI Card

will fit into the available slot you have

chosen.

Step 7

If necessary, remove the knockout on the

back of your computer which corresponds

to the PCI slot you have conrmed as your

selection. If there is a screw, place it in a

safe place as you will be using it to attach

the PYRO PCI Card.

Step 8

Push the PYRO PCI Card rmly into the

PCI slot. Apply pressure as needed (but

do not force the card) until the edge

connector is completely sealed.

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Step 9

Once the PYRO PCI Card is fully seated,

the gold edge connectors are completely

in the slot.

Step 10

Mount the PYRO PCI Card in place with

a screw. Make sure the screw is firmly

tightened so the PYRO PCI Card does not

slide out of its seated position.

Step 11

Replace the computers shell and screw it

back in place with the screws you removed

in step 2.

Step 12

Now that your PYRO PCI Card is installed

and the shell is in place, you can safely

connect the power cable and move to

the next section entitled “PYRO PCI Card

Software Installation.”

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PYRO PCI Card Software Installation

Step 1

To the left is a picture of the dialog box that

will notify you that Windows has detected

your new hardware.

Step 2

Windows will now automatically run the

“Add New Hardware Wizard.” Select the

rst option “Search for the best driver...”

and click the “Next” button.

Step 3

You will now see a box that asks where

you would like to search for the drivers.

Select the “CD-ROM” option. Make sure

you have the Windows 98 SE or Windows

2000 CD inserted in your CD-ROM drive.

After you have done this, click on the

Step 4

After Windows locates your new driver

on the Windows 98 SE or Windows 2000

CD, it will ask if you would like to install

the driver. Select the first option that

says “The Updated Driver” then click the

“Next” button.

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Step 5

Windows will now inform you it is ready to

install your new driver. Verify that the path

is the same as the picture to the left. It

should read “C:\WINDOWS\INF\1394.INF”

-Now click the “Next” button.

Step 6

Sometimes Windows cannot initially see

your CD-ROM drive. If you DO NOT get the

message shown to the left, then you may

skip to step 8. If you DO get the message,

then click the “OK” button and proceed

to the next step.

Step 7

You will now need to tell Windows the

correct path for the drivers you need. On

our system we have our CD-ROM as drive

d:\ so we would type “D:\WIN98” as the

correct path. Simply replace the D:\ with

the correct drive letter for your CD-ROM

and click the “OK” button.

Step 8

Congratulations! You are now done with

the driver installation. All that is needed

from you now is to click the “Finish”

button.

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Hardware Installation:

1. To install the PYRO ProDV 1394 PCI card, follow the hardware

installation steps 1 – 12 on pages 11 - 13.

2. There are no drivers to install. Once you have installed the

hardware, boot your WinNT system and install DV Suite.

Software Installation

1. Insert PYRO ProDV CD #1 which contains the DV Suite install.

2. Run DV Suite. This will install the following applications:

- DVMovie - Motion video capture

- DVPhoto - Still image capture

Using DVMovie

1. Connect your camcorder to the PYRO ProDV card with the 6

ft. 6 pin to 4 pin DV cable.

2. Use the external power supply that came with your camcorder.

Do not run from battery power.

3. Turn the DV camcorder on to the VCR/VTR mode. DVMovie

will not run without the camcorder connected and turned on.

4. The DVMovie application looks like a “View” cam type cam-

corder interface. DVMovie has two (2) modes; Capture and

Broadcast. Capture is used to record video to your computer

hard drive. Broadcast is used to send video back to your

camcorder.

Software Installation for Windows NT4

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Capture Video

1. The default mode is the “CAPTURE” mode. Click the play

button on the DVMovie interface and your camcorder will go

into play mode and video can be previewed on your computer

monitor.

2. Click the “Record” button and type in a le name for your

video clip. Click OK. You are in standby mode. In standby

mode you can advance the tape to the section you wish to

record. Click “Record” as second time and you begin record-

ing. There is no video preview while you are recording. An

indicator shows you the amount of hard disk space you have

used for capture.

3. Click “Record” or “Stop” button to stop capture.

4. Captured Video can be imported into Media Studio Pro 6.0 or

Adobe Premiere.

Video Playback

When you capture video you will notice that you can choose 4 video

types (AVI, Direct Show AVI, QuickTime DV, RawDV). These types

allow you to capture video for different types of editors or video

applications. ONLY .AVI will playback directly on the NT4 system.

To play back other le types you need to install the proper video

player software.

QuickTime DV: If you have QuickTime4 installed the

QuickTime(included in Media Studio Pro). DV will playback in the QT

player. If you use QuickTime 4 Pro you will have additional DV

stream controls.

Direct Show Video: If you install Microsoft Media Player 6.4

(Included in Media Studio Pro) or later, you will be able to playback

DV captured in the Direct show format.

Raw DV: There is currently no player for this le type so we do not

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recommend using this le type setting.

Choose the video type that is best for your project.

Capturing Video for Video Editing Software:

For capturing video that you intend to edit in Media Studio Pro or

Premiere, we recommend using .AVI. Direct Show video will import

and play in Media Studio, but not in Premiere.

Note: If you cannot see video in the DVMovie preview window, but

you can control the camcorder and can see the time code advance

when PLAY is selected. Press Stop, turn off your camcorder and turn

it back on to VCR/VTR mode and press PLAY on DVMovie again.

Editing in Media Studio Pro 6.0

1. Import the video les into the Media Library in Media Studio

Pro 6.0

2. Create your video production with transitions, edits and

effects.

3. To prepare a video production for broadcast back to a digital

camcorder you must follow these steps in Media Studio Pro:

a. Select “File”, “Create Video”

b. Save the le as xxx.AVI

c. Select “Options”

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d. Go to the Compression Tab and choose “Sequoia DV

Camcorder NTSC or PAL” for the DV encoder. Only the

DV les saved with the Sequoia DV camcorder encoder

can be “Broadcast” from DV Suite.

Broadcast Video

1. To send video back to your DV camcorder, click “Mode” to

enter Broadcast mode.

2. Click “Broadcast” and select the le(s) that you want to

broadcast back to the camcorder. Holding down the “Ctrl”

button and clicking le names will add multiple les to the list

in the dialog box.

3. Click the les in the order you wish to transmit them to create

a broadcast record list.

4. Click OK and a thumbnail of each video le selected will be

displayed in the DVMovie preview window.

5. Click “Broadcast” again and the Broadcast dialog box appears.

You can now broadcast for preview on your camcorder or

broadcast and record to your camcorder.

Using DVPhoto

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DVPhoto is similar to DVMovie but takes still images instead of

motion video.

1. Follow steps 1-3 in “Using DVMovie” above to properly connect

your camcorder.

2. Click the Play button on DVPhoto to begin previewing your

video.

3. Clip the “Capture” button to take a snap shot.

4. The Photo Album will appear with the image you have

grabbed.

5. Click the capture button multiple times and the album viewer

will increment the number of images you have in the album.

6. You can ip through the photo album and Save, Print, Delete

or save to clipboard.

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