UFOCaptureV2 Quick Start Guide

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1. Compatibility test

• Confirm the capture hardware has been normally installed and runs with Windows Movie Maker or Windows Media encoder at desired resolution. (Both free programs can be obtained from Microsoft corp.).
• Confirm the video clip captured though your capture hardware can be replayed by Windows Media Player.
• If you have trouble so far, please do not proceed , and solve the problems first.

2. Installation of UFOCaptureV2

• Download UFO2xx.zip.
• Expand zip package and get UFO2 directory.
• Confirm UFO2.exe exist in UFO2 directory.
  • If you use Windows XP sp2 or later, you may need off the block at the property window of UFO2xx.zip before expanding.
• Move UFO2 directory to anywhere you want to use as execution directory (ex. C:\Program Files\UFO\UFO2).

3. Confirmation of the capture driver.

• Stop other applications, get ready your video equipments, then Run UFO2.exe .
• Confirm or select your capture hardware driver at the Video drop down list box in Input sheet.
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• The name of the driver may differ a little from the official name of the hardware.
• If you use IEEE1394(DV) as capture device, select "Microsoft DV Camera and VCR"
• The driver names appear only when they are ready and not in use.

4. Previewing test.

• Set resolution of video(Xi, Yi) and frame rate(Fps) which are supported by your driver.
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  • Example of general settings..

    Input Signal	Videoformat	Safety Setting	High load Setting
    analog	NTSC	Xi=320,Yi=240,Fps=29.97	Xi=640,Yi=480,Fps=29.97
    	PAL	Xi=352,Yi=288,Fps=25.0	Xi=704,Yi=528,Fps=25.0
    IEEE1394(DV)	NTSC	Xi=360,Yi=240,Fps=29.97	Xi=720,Yi=480,Fps=29.97
    	PAL	Xi=352,Yi=288,Fps=25.0	Xi=720,Yi=576,Fps=25.0

• Push Preview button in Live sheet, and confirm input video signal is shown in live window�B
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  • When your capture hardware has multiple inputs, select prefer input pin in the combo box below during previewing.
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  • When you get error message, please refer here.

5. Manual recording test.

• Push Rec button in Live sheet, then recording will start.
• Push RecOff button (same position as Rec button), and recording will stop after a few seconds ( time shifted ).
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• Click Replay tab to go to Replay sheet, DB sheet will be shown in right area.
• Click clip name(Mxxxxxxxx_xxxx*) shown in the list area, snap shot still image will appear in replay window.
• Click ">" button in Replay sheet, recorded clip will be replayed.
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6. Detection test.

• Go back to Live sheet and push Detect button.
• Let input video have some change(ex. move hands before camera), then recording will start automatically and stop when the change is seized.
• Replay and confirm the results. If you got appropriate video clips and still images, all test was passed.

7. True operation

• You may need stored settings, sensitivity tuning, assignment of output directory, area mask setting and etc to operate appropriately according to your observation purpose. Please refer here and do tuning.
• Registration of license key will be needed when using over free trial period. Please get license and and do registration operation..

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