User manual TERRATEC CAMEO CONVERT800

[. . . ] English Manual (Hardware) Version: 17. 06. 04 CE Declaration We: TerraTec Electronic GmbH, Herrenpfad 38, D-41334 Nettetal, Germany hereby declare that the product: Cameo Convert to which this declaration refers is in compliance with the following standards or standardizing documents: 1. EN 61558 The following are the stipulated operating and environmental conditions for said compliance: residential, business and commercial environments and small-company environments. This declaration is based on: Test report(s) of the EMC testing laboratory The information in this document is subject to change without notice and shall not be deemed as a warranty by the seller. No warranties, express or implied, are made with regard to the quality, suitability or accuracy of this document. [. . . ] If you would like to copy from DV to AV, connect the analog video device to the rear panel, or for the opposite direction to the front panel. Finally, press Record or Play on the connected devices. CameoConvert (English) 9 Appendix Service at TerraTec. "Rien ne va plus--Nothing's working" can happen to the best systems. If this happens to you, the TerraTec team is happy to offer its service and support. Your first move should be to check our website http://www. terratec. com/ for current answers to frequently asked questions and the latest drivers. If these options do not provide the necessary help, please contact our phone helpline or contact us online at http://supporten. terratec. net/. In either case, please have the following information handy: · · · · your registration number, this documentation, the manual of your motherboard, and a screen shot of your BIOS configuration (if possible). In addition, it would be helpful to our technicians if you are at your computer during the phone call so that you can carry out our tips and tricks directly. Please do not forget to write down the name of the respective support technician if you contact our Support Team. You will need this name if a defect is present and your card needs to be mailed to us. 10 CameoConvert (English) Broken?! Before you send the device back, be sure to contact us!Transportation costs The dispatcher pays all costs associated with shipping and insurance for the goods for repair to TerraTec Electronic GmbH. If the goods are covered by warranty, TerraTec Electronic GmbH will pay the shipping costs for returning repaired goods. Final regulation TerraTec Electronic GmbH reserves the right to change or supplement the general terms and conditions of service at any time. Otherwise the General Terms and Conditions of Business of TerraTec Electronic GmbH are considered to be accepted. 12 CameoConvert (English) Glossary AVI--A Windows video format. Bit rate--The bit rate indicates the volume of the data stream per second. Unlike constant bit rates, variable bit rates adjust the size of the data stream according to the video material. Chroma keying--Chroma keying uses a surface with a single color in front of which an actor, for example, is filmed. This color area is then made transparent during subsequent editing and can be replaced by a different background. Chrominance--Chrominance refers to the color signal in -> YUV, which is comprised of two color components: U, the balance between red and cyan, and V, the balance between yellow and blue. Composite video--Composite video is a transmission method common in the consumer sector that is generally realized using cinch connectors and which is frequently used, for example, on TVs. In this process, all signals (chrominance and luminance) share a single cable. The quality of composite video is lower than that of -> S video, in which chrominance and luminance are transferred separately. D8--Digital 8 is the successor to the Hi8 and VHS-C camcorder formats. Hi8 or D8 cassettes are still used, but the video data is recorded digitally in DV format. Data throughput--see Data transfer rate Data transfer rate--The data transfer rate describes the speed at which a hard drive can read or write data over a sustained period. Device control--In DV terms, this refers to the ability to control your camcorder from your PC. CameoConvert (English) 13 DirectDraw--DirectDraw is a graphics standard initiated by Microsoft. Its features include the capability to write graphics data directly to the memory of the graphics board for the fluid display of video material. [. . . ] The final quality is normally considerably higher than that of the preview. Since video editing with effects is very memory-intensive, the old rule applies: you can never have enough RAM!Rendering--this refers to the processing of video or audio clips after an editing operation has been completed, for example after the application of an effect or filter. RGB color space--In the RGB color space, each visible pixel is made up of the three components R(ed), G(reen) and B(lue). [. . . ]