CAPTURE PROPERTIES

In this chapter you will learn about the available Capture Properties.

GENERAL

This section contains the possibility to set a name for the capture device and define the resolution for all cues that will be referring to the captured stream.

Capture Properties General Section

  • Name - A user defined name for the capture device.
  • Width - Defines the width, in pixels, of the cue associated with the stream being captured.
  • Height - Defines the height, in pixels, of the cue associated with the stream being captured.

SOURCES

This section gives you the possibility to configure which streams the capture device should listen to.

Sources Configuration Interface

  • Sources - Shows a list of the streams that this capture device will listen to. WATCHOUT will use the first valid stream starting at the top of the list.
    • Trash can button lets you remove a specific stream.
    • Arrow Up/Down buttons allows you to rearrange the priority of the streams.
    • Remove All - Removes all streams that have been added to the capture device.

Note: Streams are prioritized from top (highest priority) to bottom (lowest priority). If the topmost stream is unavailable, WATCHOUT will attempt to use the next available stream in the list.

  • Add NDI® Source
    • Stream - Lists all available NDI® streams.
    • Audio Channels - Set how many audio channels you want (0 disables audio).
    • Color Space - Allows you to override auto color space.
  • Add Capture Source
    • Host - Defines the name of the host/node/machine to create a capture stream from.
    • Stream - Lists all available, non NDI®, streams that can be captured on the selected Host.
    • Format - Defines the format to use for the stream (e.g., YUV, RGB).
    • Range - Defines the range to use for the stream.
      • Auto - WATCHOUT uses whatever range the device provides.
      • Limited - WATCHOUT overrides the device setting to use limited range (16-235 for 8-bit content).
      • Full - WATCHOUT overrides the device setting to use full range (0-255 for 8-bit content).

TIP: during playback you can watch the actual Capture Info in nodes