Elecard AVC HD Player 5.7, User Manual

Page 1: ...Elecard AVC HD Player 5 7 User Guide ...

Page 2: ...e every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this document the publisher and author assume no responsibility for errors or omissions Nor is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein Changes are periodically made to the information herein these changes will be incorporated in new editions of the publication Elecard may make improvements ...

Page 3: ...D AVC HD PLAYER 13 3 1 INTRODUCTION 13 3 2 DESCRIBING ELECARD AVC HD PLAYER GUI 13 3 3 SHORTCUT MENU 15 3 4 PLAYER SETTINGS 16 3 4 1 General Settings 16 3 4 1 1 Filename Extensions 18 3 4 1 2 Hot Keys 18 3 4 1 3 Skins 20 3 4 2 Playlist 21 3 4 3 Playback 21 3 4 4 Video 22 3 4 4 1 Decoder 23 3 4 4 2 Grab 25 3 4 5 Network 25 3 4 6 Filters 26 3 4 6 1 Built in 27 3 4 7 Indexing 28 3 5 BASIC PLAYER OPER...

Page 4: ... MPEG 4 Video Decoder em4vdec ax Software only decoding solution for MPEG 4 ISO IEC 14496 2 streams Elecard MP4 Demultiplexer emp4demux ax Designed for software only demultiplexing of MPEG 4 Intermedia Format MP4 3GPP2 System Elecard MPEG Demultiplexer empgdmx ax DirectShow filter for splitting of MPEG 1 System Streams ISO IEC 11172 1 MPEG 2 Program and Transport Streams ISO IEC 13818 1 into video...

Page 5: ... of video and audio elementary streams VES and AES Elecard MPEG Multiplexer empegmux ax DirectShow filter that provides the MPEG 2 Transport Stream TS or MPEG 2 Program Stream PS generation Elecard MP4 Multiplexer emp4mux ax DirectShow filter intended for the generation of MPEG 4 Intermedia Format MP4 System Streams The non registered version of Elecard AVC HD Player has some functionality restric...

Page 6: ... user defined and saving in BMP JPEG GIF format DirectShow and ActiveMovie compliance MPEG 1 MPEG 2 MPEG 2 5 LPCM audio support Play list support Sound control Support of multiple Player instances Compatibility with the video card supporting the YUV overlay Always on top prevents other windows from covering the program window Playback of all of the well known and widespread multimedia formats AVI ...

Page 7: ...er filters URL opening for playback Ability to work as an RTSP client Fast forward backward rewind in the RTSP client mode Ability to save the result of video trimming as an uncompressed raw data file YV12 YUY2 UYVY RGB24 RGB565 RGB555 RGB32 File trimming and saving into MPEG 2 and MP4 formats Ability to select elementary streams for saving in a file after trimming Playback can be started in Full ...

Page 8: ...o window and in the full screen mode Ability to minimize the player in system tray Ability to disable the file history displaying Fast stream switching using the special selection mode selection of one video and one audio channels Multi channel mode available only to registered users Registration of filename extensions file association Hot keys settings Playback stop if the player window is minimi...

Page 9: ...s using Elecard AVC HD Player It describes the Player GUI settings and functions and provides instructions for using the player 1 3 2 Topics Covered Section 1 Introduction provides a general overview of the Player and describes the purpose of the document and its contents Section 2 Getting Started describes how to install uninstall and run the Player Section 3 Using Elecard AVC HD Player describes...

Page 10: ... bound by the terms of the Elecard End User License Agreement EULA This EULA is a legal agreement between you either an individual or a single entity and Elecard for the Elecard software product s accompanying this EULA which include s computer software and may include online or electronic documentation associated media and printed materials SOFTWARE PRODUCT For sales and licensing information con...

Page 11: ...e terms of this license agreement check box Click Next 5 Select the installation folder in which you want to install Elecard AVC HD Player To select an installation folder click Browse and find the folder in which you would like to install Elecard AVC HD Player Click Next 6 Select program group Click Next twice 7 To complete installation follow the onscreen instructions When setup has finished ins...

Page 12: ...card AVC HD Player 1 Click Start Programs Elecard Elecard AVC HD Player X X Uninstall Elecard AVC HD Player X X 2 Select Uninstall Elecard AVC HD Player option 3 Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the removal of Elecard AVC HD Player 2 3 Running Elecard AVC HD Player To run Elecard AVC HD Player click Start Programs Elecard Elecard AVC HD Player X X Elecard AVC HD Player X X Elecard AVC ...

Page 13: ...ble describes each button its function and its hot key when available Table 2 Elecard AVC HD Player GUI Description Button Function Hot Key Open hide Play List Opens or hides the Play List window CTRL L Interface and Video Settings Displays interface and video settings Allows the Player settings adjustment Stream information Displays information about the currently played streams CTRL I Exit Playe...

Page 14: ...ou can determine a step size by time 1 2 5 10 15 30 sec or by every frame This control is located in the Advanced Options window Speed Specifies the playback rate This control is located in the Advanced Options window PLUS SIGN increases the playback rate MINUS SIGN decreases the playback rate CTRL N restores the normal playback rate Graph Shows the built filter graph This control is located in th...

Page 15: ...le Open Source Invokes the Open dialog box Open Submenu that contains the following commands Open File s Displays the File page of the Open dialog box Open Folder Displays the Folder page of the Open dialog box Open URL Displays the Network page of the Open dialog box Bookmarks Submenu that contains all saved bookmarks and the following command Add Bookmark Creates a new bookmark in the current fi...

Page 16: ... player user interface language Settings Invokes the Settings dialog box About Invokes the About dialog box Help Displays the help file Exit Closes the player 3 4 Player Settings The following section describes the Settings window To open the Settings window click the Settings button All of the settings are sorted into groups displayed on the left pane of the Settings dialog box If the Apply butto...

Page 17: ...into the system tray Keep file history Enables disables the opened files history displaying on the History pane of Playlist dialog box and in the Open History menu If the option is disabled the file history is cleared automatically 1 Video 1 Audio Mode Enables disables the fast channel switching mode In this mode only one video and one audio channels if the stream is multichannel is used for playb...

Page 18: ...le defines the Filename Extensions Settings options Table 4 Filename Extensions Settings Options Option Description Add Allows adding new file extension and description to the list Delete Deletes selected file extension from the list Edit Allows description editing of the selected file extension in the list Select All Selects all file extensions in the list Unselect All Unselects all file extensio...

Page 19: ...okmark SPACEBAR or PAUSE Toggle between Play Pause PLUS SIGN Increase the playback rate MINUS SIGN Decrease the playback rate CTRL N Set the normal playback rate RIGHT ARROW Step forward LEFT ARROW Step backward HOME Go to the stream beginning END Go to the stream end UP ARROW Increase volume DOWN ARROW Decrease volume CTRL M Sound On Off F Full screen mode On Off CTRL K Show Hide main window CTRL...

Page 20: ...nchangeable hot keys Table 6 Unchangeable Hot Keys Default Hot Key Description ESC Turn the full screen mode Off if the player operates in the full screen mode ALT ENTER Toggle the full screen mode On Off ESC or ALT F4 Close program PLAY PAUSE Media Button Toggle between Play Pause STOP Media Button Stop playback NEXT PREVIOUS Media Button Next Previous file 3 4 1 3 Skins The Skins settings group ...

Page 21: ... to the playlist of all numbered file parts if any part is opened for instance if the folder contains files file_01 mpg file_02 mpg file_03 mpg the file_01 mpg opening adds the file_02 mpg and file_03 mpg files to the playlist automatically Do not show error message if file openening is failed Disables displaying of the error message if any file opening error occurs The option is useful if the aut...

Page 22: ...alized in the Renderer filter Start in full screen mode Starts playback in the Full Screen mode Close player after playback completion Closes the player when the file playback ends Auto play when file is opened Player automatically starts playback after the file opening Auto play next file from playlist Plays next file from play list after the previous file ends Pause playback when window is minim...

Page 23: ...ortion Maintains original proportions of video window even if the window s physical size is changed Enable closed captions Enables the Closed Captions data displaying Display first subtitle track automatically Enables the automatic displaying of the first DVD or DVB subtitle track Initial proportions By Pixel Video is displayed with pixel by pixel initial proportions By Aspect Ratio Video is displ...

Page 24: ... progressive frames In hardware mode puts correct interlacing flags on output samples and allows VMR Video Mixing Renderer to control deinterlacing process On In software mode when Hardware Acceleration is Off performs deinterlacing on all types of frames both interlaced and progressive In hardware mode puts correct interlacing flags on output samples and allows VMR Video Mixing Renderer to contro...

Page 25: ...d from the opened file path Always use selected folder Enables selection of the fixed folder for saving Browse button Specifies the fixed folder for the grabbed bitmap files saving Automatically overwrite existing files If a file with a generated name already exists it is overwritten automatically with a new one Use file prefix Sets the filename prefix for the grabbed and saved bitmap files Availa...

Page 26: ...interval in sec for data waiting if the broadcast data receiving is lost If the specified time interval is expired and the broadcasting is not restored the player turns into the stop state 3 4 6 Filters The Filters Settings group allows user to separate the DirectShow filters registered in the system into two categories White list permitted for use with the player and Black list forbidden for use ...

Page 27: ...ponding Add button and select available filter or filters in the Filter list dialog box Figure 14 Filter List 3 4 6 1 Built in The Built in Filter Settings group allows user to enable or disable use of the filters included into the player package Elecard AVC HD Player 5 7 27 User Guide ...

Page 28: ...e indexing process is used for MPEG 2 files and provides extended precision of the stream positioning and duration determination Figure 16 Indexing Settings The following table defines the Indexing Settings options Elecard AVC HD Player 5 7 28 User Guide ...

Page 29: ...ndex is saved Index is not saved Indexing is stopped 3 5 Basic Player Operations 3 5 1 File and Stream Opening The Open dialog box allows user to open for playback any file singly or in groups from disk or stream from network To invoke the Open dialog box do one of the following actions Click the Open button in the player main window Right click in the player main window and click the Open command...

Page 30: ...nsions All Files all files are displayed 3 5 1 2 File Opening List Mode To open files for playback in the list mode open the Open dialog box click the File icon and select the List Mode tab In the list mode all opened files are played as a single file Note The list mode playback is possible only for MPEG files of the same resolution profile level and multiplexing type i e either program stream tra...

Page 31: ...ile to the list Delete Removes the selected file from the list Clear Clears the list Up Moves up the selected file in the list Down Moves down the selected file in the list When the file list is compiled click OK 3 5 1 3 Stream Opening UDP RTP Mode To open a stream for playback in the URP RTP mode open the Open dialog box click the Network icon select the UDP RTP tab and type URL or select broadca...

Page 32: ...l of the selected items will be added to the playlist 3 5 1 4 Stream Opening RTSP Mode To open a stream for playback in the RTSP mode open the Open dialog box click the Network icon select the RTSP tab and type URL in the following form rtsp server_address port data_path where server_address data source server IP or DNS name port server port number for RTPS commands unsigned integer value from 1 t...

Page 33: ...ckets Delivery transport Specifies the unicast multicast for RTSP request Destination Specifies the destination for RTSP request Use SDP data for configuration Enables disables the filter adjustment using the SDP information received from server Client port Specifies the first and last port number in the range for the RTSP request 3 5 2 File and Stream Playback To play any file or stream open it u...

Page 34: ...ward by frame or Step forward by frame buttons Available only for file playback 3 5 3 Trimming Clips The trim function allows user to cut trim sections of a movie file To trim a clip do the following actions 1 Open the file for trimming 2 Set Start Position Flag at the beginning and Stop Position Flag at the end of the clip you wish to cut 3 Click Trim button 4 Click Save As button and save the tr...

Page 35: ...cording to the Grab Settings the frame will be saved as a file of selected type in the current directory next to the movie or in the directory specified in the Grab Settings The name of the file will consist of the movie s file name and the number of the frame Note Grabbing is available only to registered users 3 5 5 Start in Full screen Mode Command Line To start playback in the full screen mode ...

Page 36: ...le folder or URL to the current play list Delete Deletes selected files from the current play list or bookmark list Save Saves file path and position to bookmark list Clear Clears history list Help Opens the Help file Close Closes the play list 3 6 Information Window The following section describes the Information window The window indicates information regarding the available streams provides dec...

Page 37: ...ence header Frame rate Frame rate frames sec specified in the video sequence header Default size Video size pixels specified in the video sequence header Current size Real size of video window Aspect Ratio Aspect ratio specified in the video sequence header Profile MPEG profile Level MPEG level Interlaced Type of video sequence interlaced or progressive User Data Presence of User Data in the video...

Page 38: ...ecoded frames Skipped frames Number of skipped frames FPS Average frame rate achieved during the playback Played frames Number of frames displayed since the streaming start Dropped frames Number of frames dropped by the renderer Avg sync offset Average time difference between the moments when a frame is due for rendering and when the rendering actually occurs milliseconds Dev sync offset Average t...

Page 39: ... minimum atomic unit of data for the Format tag format type Last buffer duration Duration of the most recent audio buffer milliseconds Silence duration Amount of data dropped to stay in sync milliseconds Buffer fullness Audio data level in the audio buffer percentage Break count Cumulative number of breaks in the audio stream Discontinuities Cumulative number of discontinuities in the audio stream...