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Requirements regarding Hardware and Operating System

This documentation is listing the minimum requirements of hardware and software elements needed for computers to get the application WinCanVX installed and operated successfully.

Hardware

Hardware

Requirements

Type of computer

Desktop computer: chassis type ATX (with at least 400 W power supply)
Laptop, shock and water resistant (for usage in TV vans)

Prozessor

INTEL Core i5 or higher

Mainboard

INTEL, ASUS or MSI (recommended brands), with at least 1 PCI and/or 1 PCI-Express slot for the VITEC board

Working Memory (RAM)

8 GByte or more

Graphic Board

NVidia GeForce, series 9 or higher (2 VGA/DVI ports)

Number of USB-ports

4 or more (USB2/USB3)

Number of RS232-ports

1
If missing, a USB-Serial-Converter can be used as an alternative to establish the communication with the OSD-device

Hard Disk Type

SATA or SSD

Hard Disk Capacity

500 GByte, split into 2 partitions:

  • System partition: 250 GByte

  • Data partition: 250 GByte

DVD (optional)

Standard DVD Burning DriveĀ (used for data exchange)

Video Encoding Card

Recording video clips in the formats MPEG1, MPEG2 and MPEG4 usually requires the use of specific hardware encoding devices.
CDLab provides and entirely supports the following products directly:

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In order WinCanVX can create an MPEG-clip directly from the live video stream provided by such a device, you will need the additional license elecard (SoftwareEncoding). Otherwise an AVI-clip is created per default that results in a worse quality-size ratio.

Chassis Dimensions

Mind the minimum chassis height/depth for desktop computers in order to plug in the VITEC board properly.
The values for the dimensions indicated below can always differ from the dimensions of the products currently available on the market!

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At least 1 free PCI or PCI-Express slot must be available on the mainboard.

Operating System

The following operating system versions are supported in case of WinCan installations on computers in a truck or in an office:

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