User`s manual

Table of Contents i

Table of Contents

1 Introduction ........................................................................ 1

1.1 Features............................................................................... 1

Real-time MPEG4 Hardware Video Encoding ................ 1

Adjustable Video Quality ................................................. 2

Real-time Raw Data Preview .......................................... 2

Video Decoding .............................................................. 3

Save File ......................................................................... 3

I/O Lines ......................................................................... 4

Watchdog Timer ............................................................. 4

Supported software ......................................................... 5

1.2 Applications ......................................................................... 5

1.3 System Requirement ........................................................... 5

1.4 PCI-MPG24 Benchmark ...................................................... 6

PCI-33 Platform .............................................................. 6

PCI-33 Platform ............................................................ 10

1.5 Suggests for Optimizing File I/O ........................................ 15

2 Hardware Reference......................................................... 17

2.1 PCI-MPG24 Specification .................................................. 17

PCI-MPG24 Appearance .............................................. 19

PCI-MPG24 Interface ................................................... 21

Connectors & Pin Definitions ........................................ 21

DIP switch & Setting ..................................................... 23

3 Installation Guide ............................................................. 25

3.1 Software Driver Installation................................................ 25

Windows Driver Installation .......................................... 25

Linux Driver Installation ................................................ 33

3.2 Hardware Installation ......................................................... 38

4 ViewCreator Utility ........................................................... 41

4.1 Overview............................................................................ 41

4.2 Component Description ..................................................... 42

4.3 Operation Theory............................................................... 43

Preview ......................................................................... 43

Playback ....................................................................... 43

Record .......................................................................... 43

Configurations ............................................................... 44