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Product Information Bulletin

Date:                           May 4, 2012

Category:                   Osprey Cards

Subject:                      Linux driver available for O-820e video capture card

Part Numbers:           95-00475        

Effective:                    Immediate

Products:                   Osprey 820e

A Linux driver for the O-820e video capture card is now available.

Driver features include:

  • GPL Licensed – Kernel compatible licensing
  • Video4Linux compatible APIs – Integrates easily with your existing V4L2 applications
  • Flexible driver – A large selection of supported frame-rates and resolutions, from SD to HD.
  • GStreamer support – Easily add this to your capture pipeline
  • ALSA audio support for 48KHz audio capture

This driver can be downloaded from the following site:


http://www.kernellabs.com/blog/?p=1673

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Product Information Bulletin

Date:                           March 15, 2012

Category:                   Niagara

Subject:                      Initial release of N-9100-4A and N-9100-4AV using SCX v6.5

Part Numbers:           96-01282         -           N-9100-4A

                                    96-01283         -           N-9100-4AV

Effective:                    Immediate

Products:                   Niagara Encoders

Two new variants of the N-9100 Niagara encoding platform are now available.

  • N-9100-4A           Ingest of 4 analog composite video inputs with unbalanced audio
  • N-9100-4AV        Ingest of 4 analog video inputs that could be component, composite or S-Video with audio as either balanced or un-balanced

 

(Note:   The software build includes the improvements included with 6.5FCN01.)

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Product Information Bulletin

Date:                           March 8, 2012

Category:                   Niagara

Subject:                      6.5 FCN 01 now available.  This Feature Change Notice resolves issues when connecting the HD     Akamai network

Part Numbers:           41-03060-01

Effective:                    Immediate

Products:                   Niagara Encoders

Distribution:              Sales and Support

 

For appliances using the v6.5 SCX software, 6.5FCN01 has been created.  This FCN address issues when connecting to the HD Akamai network.

 

Recent changes to the HD Akamai network have created connection problems when streaming Adaptive Encoding from the Niagara appliances.  This FCN addresses these issues.

 

Specifically, this FCN addresses:

  • Upload URL contents & URL formatting
  • Segment rollover requirements


This FCN can be applied to any v6.5 Niagara including: N-4100, N-9100, N-7550, N-7500 and Pro II.

 Installation instructions.

The FCN will be posted to Viewcast web site soon.

 

Product Information Bulletin

Date:                           March 1, 2012

Category:                   Osprey Cards

Subject:                      Updated Driver released for O-240e and O-450e – Driver number 4.6.1.48

Part Numbers:                  95-00454         O-240e

95-00455         O-240e with SimulStream

95-00457         O-450e

95-00458         O-450e with SimulStream

Effective:                    Immediate

Products:                   Osprey Legacy Cards

A new driver is now available for download for the O-240e and O-450e video capture.

These drivers are available at http://viewcast.com/support/downloads

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Product Information Bulletin

Date:                                     February 23, 2012

Category:                            Osprey Cards

Subject:                               Initial Release of Dual DVI-I video capture card; O-820e

Part Number:                    95-00475        

Effective:                            Immediate

Products:                             Osprey O-820e

ViewCast’s new O-820e video capture card is now generally available.  This product provides the ability to ingest 2 inputs of DVI-I, HDMI, VGA, Component, Composite or S-Video.

The capability of the O-820e card is such that 3G HD signals can be captured.

In addition, the card can process embedded audio on either input or ingest external audio for one input.

The card ships with a multi-media CD, adapters for HDMI, VGA, Component, Composite and S-Video input. 

The Windows driver and user manuals are included on the multi-media CD.

Any windows driver updates can be downloaded at: http://viewcast.com/support/downloads.

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Product Information Bulletin

Date:                           February 15, 2012

Category:                   Niagara Appliances

Subject:                      SNMP module for N-7550 on v6.5

Part Number:             41-03059 (SW Installer)

                                    40-03326 (User Manual)

Effective:                    Immediate

Products:                   Niagara

Distribution:              Sales and Support

An SNMP module is now available for the N-7550 running the v6.5 software.  This functionality allows our customers to tie the Niagara encoders into higher layer management systems.

This module (and user guide) can be downloaded via FTP. This module is offered for those N-7550 users that require the SNMP features today.

This SNMP functionality has already been integrated into the next major SW release that is currently under development. 

New Versions of
Unigraf DisplayPort CTS Tools
 
 
 
 
Software Downloads  
Software Downloads

Dear Unigraf CTS Tool User,

Unigraf has released new versions of its DisplayPort CTS Tools for both Reference Sinks and Reference Sources.

Upgrading Recommended

 

The new versions, 3.2.0, are LL CTS 1.2 Core compliant. They include several improvements and bug fixes from previous versions. It is highly recommended to use the new versions.

 

How to Upgrade

 

You can download the new versions through links on Unigraf Software Downloads page. Please consult the respective User Manual on how to upgrade the SW. 

 
Unigraf Oy

If you have any questions about the release or the upgrading, please contact Unigraf Support.

Product Information Bulletin

Date:                           February 7, 2012

Category:                   Osprey Cards

Subject:                      Updated Driver released for Legacy Osprey Cards – Driver number 4.5.0.86

Part Numbers:           95-00127         O-100 LP

                                    95-00135         O-100

                                    95-00186         O-210 with SimulStream

                                    95-00191         O-210

                                    95-00430         O-230

                                    95-00431         O-230 with SimulStream

                                    95-00444         O-440

                                    95-00447         O-440 with SimulStream

                                    95-00451         O-530 with SimulStream

                                    95-01500         O-100 Security Bundle

Effective:                    Immediate

Products:                   Osprey Legacy Cards

Distribution:              Sales and Support

A new driver is now available for download for the legacy video capture cards (O-100, O-210, O-230, O-440, O-530). 

These drivers are available at http://viewcast.com/support/downloads.

This latest driver number is 4.5.0.86 and includes:

New Features

(From version 4.5.0.76)

Series IV drivers are based on Osprey Series III drivers with a number of enhancements that can take advantage of the increased performance of the latest generation of PCs.

Revisions

Resolved issue on lockup using scaler.

Board numbers are now fixed to PCI addresses rather than to startup order. Board numbers are also assignable by a new Board Select dialog.

A defect causing poor quality of scaled output was fixed.

Widescreen size when letterboxed onto a CCIR (720 horizontal) background is corrected

Other maintenance corrections

 

Viewcast Product Information Bulletin

Category:Niagara Appliances
Subject: Niagara 4100 update to SCX 6.5 is available
Part Number: 96-01260
95-02028 (USB update kit)
Effective: Immediate
Products: Niagara

An update to SCX v6.5 is now available for the N-4100. An upgrade kit can be ordered by contacting Sales and
referencing the above part number.
SCX v6.5 includes support for Microsoft Smooth Streaming and also provides a simplification of the advanced
settings for the H.264 encoding settings.
This release also includes several sustaining engineering improvements including:

  1. Resolution of Audio / Video sync anomalies when using Flash and MPEG-4 encoding
  2. Proper processing of Adobe HTTP Dynamic Streaming
  3. Ability to use alternate or redundant network connection 

Viewcast Product Information Bulletin

Category: Niagara Appliances
Subject: Niagara 7500 update to SCX 6.4 is available
Part Number: 96-02025
Effective: Immediate
Products: Niagara

An update to SCX v6.4 is now available for the N-7500. An upgrade kit can be ordered by
contacting Sales and referencing the above part number.
SCX v6.4 includes support for Microsoft Smooth Streaming and also provides a simplification
of the advanced settings for the H.264 encoding settings.

Viewcast Product Information Bulletin

Category: Osprey Utilities
Subject: Osprey SimulStream Registration Utility for 64 bit devices
Part Number: 41-04009-01
Effective: Immediate
Products: Osprey Video Cards

An update to the existing Osprey SimulStream Registration Utility is now available. This update is provided in order to support 64-bit devices. The utility and instructions can be found on our Support ftp site. An update to the ViewCast website is forthcoming. ftp://ftp.viewcast.com/pub/Tools/SimulStream/SimulStream_1.1.28_Instructions.pdf ftp://ftp.viewcast.com/pub/Tools/SimulStream/SimulStream_Registration_1.1.28.zip