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Use the driver panel of capture card to edit EDID

1 Call the driver panel of capture card 2Save EDID to local storage In the HDMI tab page of the driver panel, click Save under EDID to save the original EDID to local storage. 3Use a third-party software to modify EDID Here's how to change the resolution in EDID by using AW EDID Editor as an example: In the File menu, click Open and select the original EDID file. Select standard data: in the Standard Data tab page, select resolutions in the Established Timings section. Customize data: in the Detailed Data tab page, select Preferred Timing Block in the drop-down menu under Block. Then click CVT 1.2 Wizard, enter the resolution and the frame rate in the appeared window, and click OK. In the File menu, click Save to save the current EDID file. 4Import EDID to the capture device In the HDMI tab page of the driver panel, click Load to import the modified EDID into the capture device.

Use the driver panel of capture card to de-interlace

Call the driver panel of capture card. In the Video tab page, click the Capture tab, and then click the Deinterlace drop-down menu. There are four modes that you can choose from: Weave (No de-interlacing) Blend top & bottom field Top field only Bottom field only We recommend that you use the Blend top & bottom field mode. It is implemented by hardware and doesn't take up CPU.

Use the driver panel of capture card to crop captured video

Call the driver panel of capture card. In the Video tab page, click the Capture tab, select the Crop input check box, and then consecutively click the arrows inside the four text boxes to adjust the video display area. The picture below shows how to crop video when the capture resolution is 1920x1080. The ordinates of point (0,0) and point (1920,1080) correspond to the four values of the Crop input option. Crop Bottom Crop Top Crop Left Crop Right

Use Magewell capture device and Wirecast to record video

1Add video capture devices Click the plus sign (+) in the layer, point to Capture Devices, and then select Magewell capture device under System Device. 2Set properties of the captured video Select the Magewell capture card in the layer and then the System Device Properties panel appears on the left side of the preview window. Set up the capture device as follows in the panel: Capture Device Size: set the resolution. Device Aspect Ratio Color Space In the main Wirecast window, click the File menu, and then click Preferences. In the Preferences dialog box, click the Performance tab, and then select the frame rate in the Video Display Rate drop-down menu. 3Add audio capture devices Select the Magewell capture card in the layer and then the System Device Properties panel appears on the left side of the preview window. Click the layer icon at the top of the panel to switch to the Shot Layers panel. In the Shot Layers panel, click the plus sign (+), point to Capture Devices, and then select the audio capture device linked with video under WASAPI audio capture. To record audio from the microphone, in the Shot Layers panel, click the plus sign (+), point to Capture Devices, and then select Mic or Line In as the audio input device under WASAPI audio capture. For Pro Capture and Eco Capture Family capture devices, select Audio as the audio input device linked with video. For USB Capture (Plus) Family devices, refer to the list below to select the audio input device linked with video. USB Capture HDMI (4K) Plus: select HDMI for camera/game console/video player capture; select Computer for screen capture. USB Capture SDI (4K) Plus/USB Capture SDI Gen 2: select SDI. USB Capture DVI Plus: select HDMI. USB Capture AIO: select Digital if you use DVI or SDI interface; select Analog if you use DB9 interface. USB Capture HDMI Gen 2: select HDMI. 4Set the recording format In the main Wirecast window, click the Output menu, and then click Output Settings. In the Select an Output Destination dialog box, select one of the following three options in the Destination drop-down menu: Record to Disk - MOV Record to Disk - MP4 Record to Disk - Windows Media In the Output Settings dialog box, set the video recording format as follows: Name: create a name for your recording object. The name will be displayed on the Output menu. Encoding File: click the Browse button below the File text box to select the save location. 5Start and stop recording On the Output menu, point to Start/Stop Recording, and then click Start Record to Disk - MOV: (recording object name) to start recording. On the Output menu, point to Start/Stop Recording, and then click Stop Record to Disk - MOV: (recording object name) to stop recording. Relevant Topic: Use Magewell capture device and Wirecast to stream video

Use Magewell capture device and Wirecast to stream video

1Add video capture devices Click the plus sign (+) in the layer, point to Capture Devices, and then select Magewell capture device under System Device. 2Set properties of the captured video Select the Magewell capture card in the layer and then the System Device Properties panel appears on the left side of the preview window. Set up the capture device as follows in the panel: Capture Device Size: set the resolution. Device Aspect Ratio Color Space In the main Wirecast window, click the File menu, and then click Preferences. In the Preferences dialog box, click the Performance tab, and then select the frame rate in the Video Display Rate drop-down menu. 3Add audio capture devices Select the Magewell capture card in the layer and then the System Device Properties panel appears on the left side of the preview window. Click the layer icon at the top of the panel to switch to the Shot Layers panel. In the Shot Layers panel, click the plus sign (+), point to Capture Devices, and then select the audio capture device linked with video under WASAPI audio capture. To record audio from the microphone, in the Shot Layers panel, click the plus sign (+), point to Capture Devices, and then select Mic or Line In as the audio input device under WASAPI audio capture. For Pro Capture and Eco Capture Family capture devices, select Audio as the audio input device linked with video. For USB Capture (Plus) Family devices, refer to the list below to select the audio input device linked with video. USB Capture HDMI (4K) Plus: select HDMI for camera/game console/video player capture; select Computer for screen capture. USB Capture SDI (4K) Plus/USB Capture SDI Gen 2: select SDI. USB Capture DVI Plus: select HDMI. USB Capture AIO: select Digital if you use DVI or SDI interface; select Analog if you use DB9 interface. USB Capture HDMI Gen 2: select HDMI. 4Obtain the RTMP address, stream name (stream key) and FMLE file on the live streaming platform 5Set the streaming format In the main Wirecast window, click the Output menu, and then click Output Settings. In the Select an Output Destination dialog box, select RTMP Sever in the Destination drop-down menu In the Output Settings dialog box, set the video streaming format as follows: Name: create a name for your recording object. The name will be displayed on the Output menu. Encoding Address: enter the RTMP address. Stream: enter the stream key. Click Open FMLE XML File beside the Stream text box, and then import the FMLE file downloaded from the streaming platform. 6Start and stop streaming On the Output menu, point to Start/Stop Broadcasting, and then click Start RTMP Server: (streaming object name) to start streaming. On the Output menu, point to Start/Stop Broadcasting, and then click Stop RTMP Server: (streaming object name) to stop streaming. Relevant Topic: Use Magewell capture device and Wirecast to record video

Turn on the SmartEDID feature of Pro Capture HDMI 4K Plus LT by editing the register key

Run "regedit" on Windows to open the Registry Editor. Move to Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ProCapture\Pro Capture Card Name\Board X, Channel X. Double-click EDIDMode, select the Hexadecimal base and then fill Value data with one of the listed values you want: 1: Turn off SmartEDID. 2: Keep last: keeps to use the same EDID as used for the last time. 4: Add audio: the video source won't output audio when the LOOP THRU interface connects with a monitor that doesn’t support audio input (such as monitors only with DVI or VGA interfaces). In this case, you need to turn on the "Add audio" feature to enforce the source to output audio. 8: Limit pixel clock: if the pixel value of loop-through device goes out of the range that the capture device permits, the capture device will lower the pixel value to ensure successful capture. C: Turn on the "Add audio" and "Limit pixel clock" feature at the same time.

Use Pro Capture card to capture compressed audio

Scenario Pro Capture cards doesn't offer the access to capturing compressed audio by default. But users can realize this function by modifying the EDID of the capture card. Solution Get the default EDID of the capture card In your video capture software, select a channel of the Pro Capture card as the video input device, then call the driver panel of capture card. In the HDMI tab of the driver panel, click Save in the EDID section to save the EDID file of the specified channel to local storage. If you want to export EDID files for other channels, repeat steps i and step ii. Modify the EDID of the capture card Open the default EDID file in the software AW EDID Editor. In the Instanciated blocks section in the bottom left area of the CEA Extension tab, select the Audio to open the Audio descriptors page. In the "Audio descriptors" page, click the "+" button to add an audio descriptor tab. (As shown in the figure below, the new tab's name is n°3.) Set the values you need in the audio descriptor tab. In this example, the following parameters are set: Format: AC-3 Number of Channels: 6 Supported Sampling Frequencies: 32, 44, 48, 88, 96, 176, 192 kHz Maximum Bit Rate: 640 KHz If you need to add other audio formats, repeat step iv and step v. Save the modified EDID file. Import new EDID into the capture card In your video capture software, select a channel of the Pro Capture card as the video input device, then call the driver panel of capture card. In the HDMI tab of the driver panel, click Load in the EDID section to import the new EDID file to the specified channel. If you want to import the new EDID file into other channels, repeat step i and step ii.

How to reset the EDID of HDMI capture device

Pro Capture, Eco Capture Family Call the driver panel of capture card. In the HDMI tab page of the driver panel, click Reset under EDID. USB Capture (Plus) Family Open the utility software USB Capture Utility V3. In the HDMI tab page of USB Capture Utility V3, click Default under Capture device EDID. Relevant Topic: Use the driver panel of capture card to edit EDID Relevant Topic: Use USB Capture Utility V3 to edit EDID

Use the driver panel of capture card to set color format

Call the driver panel of capture card. In the Video tab page, click the Capture tab, select the Color Format check box, and then select a color format.

Use the driver panel of capture card to set AR conversion mode

How to use the driver panel to set AR conversion mode Call the driver panel of capture card. In the Video tab page, select an option for the AR conversion property. Differences between the three AR conversion modes Ignore: ignores the original aspect ratio and stretches the image to full-screen. Cropping: keeps the original aspect ratio, stretches the image to full-screen, and then crops the portion out of the capture dimension. Padding: keeps the original aspect ratio, stretches the image until it reaches the horizontal or vertical boundary, and then add black borders on the remaining fields. The yellow rectangles in the pictures represent the capture dimension. Ignore Cropping Padding