Orion 52181 User Manual

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IN 433 Rev. A 10/11  
The Orion Video Capture  
Device enables any NTSC  
or PAL analogue video  
signal output from CCTV  
camera, DVD, DVR, VCR,  
Cablebox, Game Console  
or Camcorder to be dis-  
played and recorded on  
any computer or Laptop  
with XP, Vista, Win7 or  
Mac OS X operating  
Figure 1. USB Device and  
Software CD.  
Figure 2. Examples of supported Input devices.  
system requirements  
The following hardware is required:  
system installed.  
Video input can be from any Composite or SVideo signal.  
Recommended minimum memory size is 512 MB.  
Disk Space – 1GB or more recommended for saving Movies.  
The software CD includes video capture, video editing and movie format  
conversion software.  
The Video Capture Device can be used for many purposes including:  
Video Display – 800 X 600, 16-bit color or higher. 1024x768 or higher is  
recommended.  
Live Viewing and recording of astronomy subjects via CCTV camera  
such as the Orion Starshoot Deep Space Video Camera or the Orion  
Starshoot Video Eyepiece.  
Mouse (external or built-in)  
Internet connection required to display on-line help and download  
Live internet broadcasting via NightSkiesNetwork.  
additional software  
Capturing and editing home movies from tape to digital formats such  
High Speed USB 2.0 port  
as DVD, Web and mobile devices.  
Windows  
Capture and convert movies to other formats such as MPEG and AVI  
The Orion Video Capture device, device driver and Orion Capture  
software requires Windows XP, Vista or Win 7 running on a Pentium  
III™ or equivalent, or higher.  
formats.  
Automated tracking and recording of meteors using HandyAVI or UFO  
capture software. (windows only software links on CD installer)  
Mac OsX  
Please read this instruction manual before attempting to use the video cap-  
ture device or install the software.  
The Orion Video Capture device, device driver and Orion Capture  
software requires Mac OS X 10.3 or above running on a Power PC  
G3/G4/G5 or Intel-Based Macintosh computers.  
Parts list  
Orion Video Capture Device (USB)  
Dual Format Windows PC / Mac OS X CD-ROM  
input Devices  
A wide variety of Input devices are supported (Figure 2).  
Manual  
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2. The USB-TV Device Driver  
software and  
Software Installation will start.  
Driver installation  
3. Follow on screen Installation  
instructions.  
Before the video capture device can  
be used the USB device driver and  
image capture software must be  
installed onto your computer.  
4. When installation is complete  
click the Finish button.  
5. Restart computer.  
Note: If you have any antivirus soft-  
ware enabled, please disable it dur-  
ing the installation of the software.  
Once the driver is installed, the  
computer will now recognize the  
Orion Video Capture Device when-  
ever it is plugged in.  
Note: Do not connect the Video  
Capture Device to your computer  
yet.  
Please connect the Video Capture  
Device to your computer, you  
Figure 3. The Windows launcher  
provides an easy menu for software  
installation.  
should see a window, select “Yes,  
this time only”, and then select  
“Install the software automatically  
(Recommended)”, select “Continue  
Anyway”. Wait for a moment until  
the system displays “Your new hard-  
ware is installed and ready to use”.  
Windows users  
Included on CD are the following:  
Orion AmCap – Capture Software  
VCR to DVD – Video editing software  
Blaze Video magic – Movie format conversion software  
Please turn to the section titled “Windows installation and operation page”.  
Verify Device Driver installation  
Figure 4. Device manager screen.  
You will now need to check that the  
drivers are installed correctly.  
Macintosh users  
Included software:  
1. Right Click on My Computer  
2. Left Click on properties.  
EasyCap – Capture Software  
Video Impression – Video Editing and Conversion Software  
Lynkeos – Astronomical Post processing Software  
3. Click on Hardware tab and then Device Manager.  
In the Device Manager click on the “Sound, video and game controllers”.  
You should see the “USB 2861 Device” listed. (Figure 4).  
Please turn to the section titled “Macintosh installation and opera-  
tion page”.  
If it has a Yellow mark next to it then this means that the driver is not  
installed correctly. You will need to remove the driver and disconnect the  
Orion Video Capture device from the computer and reconnect to install the  
driver again.  
Windows installation and Operation  
Turn on your computer and allow the Windows operating system to load  
as normal. Insert the included CD-ROM into your computer’s CD-ROM  
drive, and the Launcher will appear (Figure 3). This allows you to install the  
included USB Device driver, Orion capture software, VHS to DVD capture  
and editing software and Blaze video magic conversion software.  
Capture software installation & Guide  
Now that the Video Capture Device driver software is installed, the capture  
software must also be installed.  
1. Return to the Launcher and click Install Orion Capture Software.  
Video Capture Device Driver installation  
2. The Orion AmCap Setup Wizard appears. Click Next.  
1. Click Install Capture Device Driver.  
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3. Select a destination folder and  
10. Select Capture File from the  
File menu and name your file  
including the AVI extension  
name. IE MyMovie.avi. Click  
Open.  
Click Next.  
4. Click Next again to start the  
installation.  
5. When the wizard is complete,  
click close. This has installed  
the capture software.  
11. Enter the amount of disk space  
to allocate as a Capture buffer  
for this data. Movie files need  
a large amount of disk space.  
Enter a value such as 50  
6. Open Orion AmCap from the  
icon on your desktop. The Live  
Video Window should appear  
(Figure 5). The software will  
recognize many cameras so  
check that USB 2861 Device  
is selected from the device  
menu.  
Megabytes or higher. Press ok.  
The size of the captured data  
may be much higher than this  
value depending upon number  
and size of frames captured.  
Figure 5. The live video window.  
Figure 7. Video Capture Pin.  
12. Select Set Frame Rate under the  
Capture menu. Check the box  
Use Frame Rate and type 15.  
Press ok.  
7. Under Options menu select  
Video Capture Filter and select  
Video Decoder Tab to modify  
settings such as PAL/NTSC/  
SECAM country video standard  
settings. Select the Video Proc  
Amp Tab to modify image  
13. Select Set Time Limit under the  
Capture menu. Check the box  
Use Time Limit and type 20.  
Press ok.  
Figure 6. Video Capture Filter.  
Figure 8. Video Crossbar.  
settings such as Brightness,  
Contrast, Hue, Saturation and  
Sharpness (Figure 6).  
14. Select Start Capture under the  
Capture menu.  
8. Under options menu select Video Capture Pin to modify settings such as  
15. Press ok when you are ready to capture Images.  
Output Size (Figure 7). The maximum output size is 720 x 480.  
An AVI movie sequence of 300 frames (15 frames per second x 20 seconds)  
will now be recorded.  
9. Under options menu select Video Crossbar to modify video input  
settings based upon the video device attached to the Video Capture  
Device IE (Figure 8). The majority of devices will output standard Video  
Composite video signal. Higher quality can be achieved using SVideo  
input.  
The total number of captured frames is displayed on the bottom bar. If  
frames are being dropped this will be displayed also. To remedy this, try  
increasing the capture buffer size. If this does not resolve dropping frames  
then the frame rate or resolution should be set to a lower value to prevent  
dropping of frames.  
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11. Click the red record button to  
start recording video. If you  
select “commercial cutting”,  
you can cut the part of the  
video you don’t want to save,  
when you want to finish, click  
the white stop icon, you should  
see the thumbnail image of the  
recorded file on the top right of  
the window.  
Honestech  
VHs to DVD  
2.0 sE installation  
& Guide  
Figure 9. Product Key Check.  
1. Return to the Launcher and click  
Install VHS to DVD SE.  
2. The VHD to DVD SE Software  
Installation will start.  
Figure 10. Input Device Selection.  
12. If you select “recording and  
burning” and click red record  
key, it will start the burning  
Figure 13. Edit mode.  
3. Follow on screen Installation  
instructions.  
process right after recording for the designated time.  
4. When installation is complete  
click the Finish button.  
13. If you want to edit the recorded video file, select “Edit” tab to enter edit  
mode (Figure 13). Double- click the thumbnail image of the recorded  
file you want to edit or drag the file into the player panel and the file will  
play.  
5. If the software is installed  
correctly, you should see  
“honestech VHS to DVD 2.0 SE”  
icon on your desktop.  
14. During the edit phase, you can cut out scenes from your recorded video.  
You can also cut your movies into multiple scenes and add storybook  
transition effects between each scene. When you have multiple scenes  
captured, you can combine them into one continuous clip with transition  
effects. In order for you trim or cut part of the scene from the captured  
clips, you will need to create two separate clips, one before the part of  
the clip to be trimmed and another for the scenes after the part of the  
clip to be trimmed. You can even combine two separate clips into one  
scene using the storyboard.  
Figure 11. Video Input Selection.  
6. Double click “honestech VHS  
to DVD 2.0 SE” icon on your  
desktop, enter your product key  
in the window (Figure 9). You  
can find the product key on the  
CD-ROM bag,  
7. Select input device to be “USB  
2861 Device” (Figure 10).  
15. Click the “Preview“ button to preview the edited video file before saving  
it, and click “Merge and Save” button, you can set your video file format  
to be “MPEG” or “DV-AVI”.  
8.  
Click “Video Setting”  
button located to the right  
of the input device. Select the  
correct input source for your  
device (Figure 11).  
16. Click the “Burn” tab. Now, you can select output video format, and click  
“Option” button, you can select CD/DVD writing device, and select the  
disk name, and must select correct input video type, then click “OK”  
icon. Select your file or click “Add clips” icon to choose the other files,  
according to your want, you can edit the video files by “Create Menu”  
function. (Chapter, Select back ground image, Select a navigation button  
image, Select the number of clip per page, Text.)  
Figure 12. Video Standard Settings.  
9. Click “Control” button to select video standard under the Video  
Decoder tab to modify settings such as PAL/NTSC/SECAM country  
video standard settings. (Figure 12) Select the Video Proc Amp Tab to  
modify image settings such as Brightness, Contrast, Hue, Saturation and  
Sharpness.  
Notice: VCD, SVCD, Data CD, Data DVD formats do not support “Create  
Menu” option.  
10. If you have connected your video output device with the Video Capture  
device and your computer correctly you can now watch video and record  
it. Before you begin recording video, select the output file format from  
drop down menu, recording video type, quality and recording duration  
time. You can also select output folder for the recorded video file.  
17. Next, insert a blank CD or DVD into your CD/DVD writing device, and  
click “Start” icon to publish the video files.  
Click the “Help” button on the top right of the software window to read  
the “honestech VHS to DVD 2.0” help file.  
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Blaze Video  
Magic 3.0  
installation &  
Guide  
Macintosh  
installation  
and Operation  
Check your Mac Os X version  
1. Return to the Launcher and click  
Install Blaze Video Magic 3.0.  
Orion Capture software requires  
Mac OS X 10.3 or later.  
2. The Blaze Video Magic Software  
Installation will start.  
Please go to  
About this Mac.  
There you will find your Mac OS ver-  
3. Follow on screen Installation  
instructions.  
sion (Figure 16).  
Figure 14. Registration Window.  
Figure 16. Mac OS X Version window.  
install Driver and application  
4. When installation is complete  
click the Finish button.  
Note: If you have any anti-virus soft-  
ware enabled, please disable it dur-  
ing the installation of the software.  
5. If the software is installed  
correctly, you should see “Blaze  
Video Magic” icon on your  
desktop.  
Insert the software CD into your CD  
drive.  
Open the folder “EzCAP1.0.1R” and  
double click the file  
“EzCAP1.0.1R.pkg”.  
6. Double click “Blaze Video  
Magic” icon on your desktop,  
you should see the “Register  
Blaze Video Magic” window  
(Figure 14), click the “Register”  
icon, enter user name, E-mail  
address and serial number, (You  
Follow the onscreen instructions.  
You may need to enter your Mac  
password.  
Figure 15. Blaze Video Magic  
Figure 17. EzCap successful  
installation.  
Software.  
Once installation has completed  
please restart your computer  
(Figure 17).  
can find the serial number on the CD-ROM bag) and click “Register”  
icon.  
7. Click “Add” button to select the source video file you want to convert,  
and click the ”Play” button to preview and play the selected video file,  
click “Delete” you can delete the selected file from source file list.  
Connect the Capture Device to a  
USB port on your Mac, after a short  
while, the hardware will be installed  
in your computer. You now need to  
check that the drivers are installed  
correctly.  
8. In the “Output Format” menu, you can select output format for your  
video file, and click “Setting “button, you should set the output video file  
according to your want.  
9. In the “output Path” menu, you can click “Browse” button to change the  
output path, and click “location” you can quickly open the output folder  
and access the converted video file.  
Please go to  
More info Hardware USB.  
About this Mac  
Figure 18. Checking Driver  
installation.  
If the driver is installed correctly you  
should see the device listed as in  
Figure 18. (Vendor ID: Empia Technology, Inc)  
10. Click “Option” button at the right top of the main window, you can select  
your desired interface language.  
11. Please click “Start” button to begin to convert the added file.  
If not then it means that the driver is not installed correctly. You need to  
remove the driver and disconnect the USB Video Capture from the Mac,  
uninstall them first and then re-install the driver and application again.  
Click the “Help” button on the top right of the software window to read  
the “Blaze Video Magic 3.0 help” file.  
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EzCap  
Video  
impression  
installation  
To start the Video Impression soft-  
ware installation please insert the  
software CD into your CD drive.  
application Guide  
Click Go Applications EzCAP,  
then double click EzCAP Capture  
icon.  
Select “Digitizers” and “EzCAP” to  
select device. Next Click “Record”  
and select “Video Settings” on the  
application window. Click Source  
and select Composite or S-Video  
to match your video source (Figure  
19). Select “OK”. You should now  
see the video in the video window.  
Additional online software  
Rosetta” may need to be installed  
if prompted. Normally, applications  
intended for Mac computers based  
on PowerPC processors don’t work  
on Macs based on Intel proces-  
sors. But if you install Rosetta, you  
can use applications intended for  
PowerPC-based Macs.  
Figure 24. Video Impression install.  
Figure 19. Video Settings.  
Click Record Sound Settings  
Source Unknown USB Audio  
Device”, and set Speaker to “On”,  
then click “OK” (Figure 20). You  
should now hear the audio as your  
inputted audio source.  
Follow on screen instructions to  
install “Rosetta”. An internet con-  
nection will be required to download  
Rosetta”.  
Figure 20. Sound settings.  
You can also click Record icon, and  
select “Record Setup” to set items  
for recording, and select “Record”  
to record the video programs.  
Figure 25. Successful Video  
Impression install.  
Select your language for the  
installation and Click Agree   
Continue Install. Enter your  
name, company name and license  
key of software (Figure 24).  
(License key is on the CD bag)  
Figure 21. Uninstall Application.  
Figure 22. Uninstall Component.  
uninstall the  
application  
Go to Macintosh HD   
Applications EzCAP, and delete  
the “EzCAP” folder (Figure 21).  
Once successfully installed a confir-  
mation window will appear (Figure  
25). Click “Close” to finish the soft-  
ware installation.  
Go to Macintosh HD Library   
QuickTime EzCAP.component  
and delete the “EzCAP.compo-  
nent” (Figure 22).  
Video impression  
settings for  
Capturing  
Click “Go” and select  
Applications”, double click “Video  
Impression.  
Go to Macintosh HD System   
Library Extensions EzCAP.  
kext and delete the “EzCAP.kext”  
(Figure 23).  
Figure 23. Uninstall extensions.  
Select “Create a New Video”  
and “Capture from Device”  
(Figure 26).  
Now you finished the uninstallation  
application.  
Figure 26. Capture from Device.  
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If you get no video or sound you will  
need to set Video source and Audio  
source.  
Video impression  
Editing  
Click “Settings” of VIDEO item.  
Click Source Composite or  
S-Video to match your video  
source. And select “OK” (Figure  
27). You should now see the video  
in the video window.  
Click the “DONE” icon to go to edit-  
ing panel, and edit your video and  
audio files through the software  
(Figure 31). Please click “Help”  
icon for software information.  
Figure 27. Video input.  
Converting Video file to iPod,  
iPhone  
You can set the format of the  
recording file (Figure 28).  
Figure 31. Editing video with Video  
Impression software.  
Click “PRODUCE” icon in EDIT panel  
as below. And select the device  
name or video format that you want,  
Click “START” to convert video file.  
(Figure 32)  
Click “Settings” of AUDIO item.  
Following window will appear,  
please click Source Unknown  
USB Audio Device, and select  
On” for Speaker. Click OK to finish  
Audio settings. Now you should get  
the sound from USB Video Capture  
device. (Figure 29 and Figure 30)  
Figure 28. Video Recording formats.  
Go Back to Capture Panel  
If you want to go to capture again,  
please click “MEDIA” icon, and click  
Capture Video” icon (Figure 33).  
You also can click red “Record” key  
to record video programs. And click  
STOP” icon to finish recording.  
Figure 29. Audio Settings.  
Figure 32. Exporting different format  
movies.  
Figure 33. Capturing with Video  
Impression.  
Figure 30. Audio Settings for Preview.  
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works well with solar and planetary  
images.  
additional  
software  
MaximDl (Windows) –  
trial/Paid CCD imaging  
and image processing  
software  
Return to the Launcher and  
click “Astronomy software links”  
(Windows) to view additional soft-  
ware compatible with the Orion  
Video Capture Device (Figure  
34). Select desired software to be  
directed to a website to download  
the latest software.  
MaxIm DL is the fastest and easiest  
way to image the night sky.Whether  
you want to produce stunning por-  
traits, collect science data, or hunt  
for new objects, MaxIm DL has the  
tools you need.  
Figure 37. MaximDL.  
Mac users need to place CD in CD  
drive and select each piece of soft-  
ware to install.  
Complete observatory integration.  
Controls your camera, autoguider,  
filter wheels, focusers, camera rota-  
tor, telescope mount, and dome.  
ASCOM compliant.  
Figure 34. Astronomy Software Links  
for Windows users.  
For detailed information on instal-  
lation and usage of additional soft-  
ware consult the websites of each  
software provider. Tutorials and user  
groups can be found online also.  
Includes a complete image process-  
ing toolkit, including a large vari-  
ety of filters, deblooming, curves,  
deconvolution, color tools, and  
much more  
Figure 38. HandyAVI.  
registax (Windows) –  
Free image processing software  
A popular free image processing  
suite of tools includes features such  
as alignment, stacking, optimizing  
and wavelet filters,  
HandyaVi (Windows) – trial/Paid suite of tools for aVi les.  
Features include time lapse, motion detection, surveillance, planetary  
imaging, meteor trail imaging and stop motion animation.  
Figure 35. Registax.  
HandyAvi automatically captures a specified number of frames (pre-frames)  
immediately preceding the “trigger event” so that the (possibly) dim begin-  
ning of the meteor trail is captured.  
Registax can analyze, align, and  
stack thousands of images in just  
minutes.  
HandyAvi continues recording data while additional motion is detected.  
aVistack (Windows) – Free  
image processing software  
HandyAvi continues recording an additional number of “post-frames” after  
the last motion is detected.  
AviStack is a freeware tool that reg-  
isters, stacks and processes AVI’s  
and image sequences of astronomi-  
cal objects..  
The AVI file will contain COMPLETE meteor trails, airplane trails or lightning  
events.  
Automatically email images of detected motion.  
AviStack was primarily developed  
to process lunar images, but, it also  
Automatically FTP upload captured video to a website.  
Figure 36. AVIStack.  
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uFO Capture (Windows) –  
trial/Paid time shifted  
night skies network  
– Free astronomy  
motion capture software  
internet Broadcasting service  
(Windows and Macintosh)  
Automated detection, recording  
and analyzer software for Meteors,  
Atmospheric phenomena and  
security.  
Share your views of the night sky by  
broadcasting live over the internet.  
Includes video, voice and text chat.  
Figure 42. The Night Skies network  
Interface.  
See members from all parts of the  
globe broadcasting the night skies  
Automatically email images of  
detected motion.  
Figure 39. UFO Capture.  
from their home built observatories, back yards, and just about any other  
place where they can set up a telescope.  
Automatically FTP upload captured  
video to a website.  
lynkeos (Macintosh) –  
Free image  
processing software  
tips  
loss of Capture Device Connection  
Included on CD is the Lynkeos  
software which is dedicated to the  
processing of astronomical (mainly  
planetary) images and movies. This  
program can be copied (dragged)  
into the applications folder or run  
from the CD itself. Run Lynkeos and  
select help to access tutorials and  
other general help features.  
If the computer connection to the Video Capture Device is interrupted,  
you will need to re-establish connection. This can happen due to several  
reasons; if a cable becomes unplugged, the computer “freezes”, or the  
software/hardware otherwise temporarily loses the data coming from the  
device.  
Figure 40. UFO Analyzer.  
To re-establish camera connection, first close all capture software on your  
computer. Then, unplug and re-plug the Video Capture Device into the com-  
puter’s USB port. Now, re open the capture software and the Live Video  
Window should appear indicating re-established connection between cam-  
era and computer.  
Lynkeos is free software under the  
GNU General Public License. Source  
code is available for developers  
(http://lynkeos.sourceforge.net)  
recommended reading  
(Books available through Orion, check the catalog or  
Figure 41. Lynkeos (Mac OS X).  
To use AVI or MPEG sequences  
you will need to run the FFMpeg  
installer.  
www.OrionTelescopes.com for more information).  
To load or save images in FITS format you will need to go to the website  
http://lynkeos.sourceforge.net.Please go to the download area to select  
the latest App, Plug Ins and Libraries.  
specifications  
Interface  
USB 2.0  
For latest software and documentation please visit: http://lynkeos.source-  
forge.net.  
TV System  
Resolution  
Recording Format  
Frame Rate  
Input  
PAL, NTSC  
NTSC 720 x 480; PAL 720 x 576  
DVD, VCD, SVCD, AVI, MPEG  
NTSC 30fps, PAL 25fps  
RCA Composite + Audio L/R or S-Video +Audio L/R  
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