Setting Driver Properties

Reference Size

Displays the full uncropped size of the incoming video. This read-only

 

information is determined by settings made on other tabs: the Input

 

tab and the RefSize tab.

 

 

Granularity

This control helps you choose crop and output sizes that observe

 

those restrictions

 

 

Enable Cropping

When enabled, your video is cropped to the indicated boundaries.

 

When disabled, your video is not cropped regardless of any crop

 

settings you may have made previously.

 

 

Default Output

Select the height and width of captured video.

Size

 

 

 

OK

Click OK to accept the settings.

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to reject the settings and close the window.

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to apply the settings.

 

 

Help

Click Help to access the user guide.

 

 

The default output size is the video size that appears in the DirectShow pin properties dialog as the default choice. It is a pathway for setting a custom or nonstandard video size in applications that do not have custom video sizing controls built into them.

Pin Select

You can have different setups for the two pins. For example, you could enable cropping on the capture pin but not on the preview pin.

Capture

When you click Capture, the current crop settings for the capture pin

 

are loaded, and changes you make apply only to the capture pin, not

 

to the preview pin.

 

 

Preview

The Preview button works analogously.

 

 

Both

When you click Both, changes you make to the crop setup apply to

 

both the capture and preview pins. This setting is the default.

 

 

Reference Size

The reference size information is always read-only on this dialog tab. It is determined by settings made on other tabs – specifically, the Input tab, where a 525-line or 625-line standard is selected, and the RefSize tab, where Square Pixel or CCIR proportioning is selected. The read-only text box describes which of these options is currently governing the reference size.

The reference width and height represent the full uncropped size of the incoming video. Your crop settings are interpreted relative to this reference size. For example, if you are capturing 525-line video, with a reference size of 640 x 480, and your crop rectangle is (0, 0, 640, 480), and then your video is effectively uncropped. But if you are capturing 625-line video, with a reference size of 768 x 576, the same (0, 0, 640, 480) crop specification truncate the right and bottom edges of the video.

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Osprey-450e, Osprey-240e specifications

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