Photo/Video Panel

After the first launch of WinCan VX the video window is located in the upper right corner of the main screen. You may grab this window at the title bar, move it wherever you prefer and also enlarge it accordingly on a second screen. When the TV-camera is switched off the WinCan logo is shown within this window by default. The video window supports three different operational modes:

Recording mode: Displaying and recording of a live signal transmitted by a TV camera.
Clip playback mode: Playback of video clips recorded via a TV camera. If recorded via external systems (e.g. camera systems with integrated video digitization or external digital video recording systems connected to a TV camera) and finally imported into WinCan VX, the software producer can NOT give any guarantee that those video clips will be able to be played back without any error or quality loss.
Photo display mode: Display of photos taken directly with the TV-camera connected to the PC. Pictures taken with a commercial pocket camera can easily be imported too.

Recording and Play Back of Video Clips

There's usually one recorded video clip per pipe section to visualize the damage profile of the current section. Switch on the live signal and then click on the red dot to start recording as described below:

During the observation entry within the catalogue panel recording is AUTOMATICALLY paused and also resumed AUTOMATICALLY after confirming the code. Before you start recording check whether the corresponding option in Home > Settings> General is activated.

The videos are saved immediately in the project sub-folder video and linked to the first observation by default. A double-click on the film-strip icon in the Clip column starts playing back the recorded video clip:

Taking Pictures

You can take two photos per observation, either from the live signal directly, or from an existing video clip.

Drive the camera crawler to the preferred location in the pipe OR start playing an existing video clip.
Stop the camera OR pause the video clip at the damage point.
Create a new observation to the current section.
Push the photo button (1) in the video window or double-click on the grey bullet (2) in the observation columns Photo1 and Photo2 to take a photo of the current camera/video position:

The pictures are immediately stored into the project sub-folder Picture and linked to the corresponding observation.

Note on replacing existing media files:
To replace existing video clips or photos directly during a running survey (i.e. the camera is switched on), just double-click on the corresponding film or photo icon and confirm the message below with YES:

View Pictures

To view pictures in the video window, first ensure that the live feed is turned off (1), then just double-click on the corresponding photo icon (2) in the column photo1 or photo2.

The corresponding picture is finally shown in the video window:

Mark Damage Points on Photos

Open the corresponding damage photo and click on the PENCIL icon to open the dialogue box that provides the labelling tools:

Select the appropriate label type, set its colour and drag it directly into the picture keeping the left mouse key pressed. The label can then be rotated and moved freely:

As soon as you click on the green OK-button the picture is going to be saved together with the label and automatically replaces the previous picture file.

Note on labels:
Once a label has been set and saved on the picture it can NOT be removed anymore.

Import video clips and photos

To add a picture or video from an external source such as a pushrod camera, pocket camera or mobile phone, first ensure the source file is attached to, or saved on the PC and also be sure that the live video feed is disabled. Then, double-click on a grey bullet in the columns photo1, photo2 or film within an observation line and a Windows dialog box will open allowing you to navigate to and select the appropriate file:

Then, double-click on a grey bullet (1) in the columns photo1, photo2 or film within an observation line and a Windows dialog box will open allowing you to navigate to and select the appropriate file:

The original file in the source location or on the source device will not be altered or moved. WinCan VX will make a copy of the file to the required location in the project folder.

Deleting video clips and photos

Right-click on the observation line with the video clip to be deleted and select the context menu command Delete Clip:

Right-click in the photo column and the observation line that contains the pictures to be deleted and select the context menu command Delete Photo1 or Delete Photo2:

Further deletion options are available by hitting the command Delete which will bring up this dialog window where the user can select either the whole observation or a selection of parts from it for deletion:

Note on picture deletion:
This process will NOT delete ANY video clip or photos from the hard disk. Deleted media files instead are automatically moved into in the corresponding project sub-folder \Trash\Video\Sec (for section clips), \Trash\Video\Node (for manhole clips), \Trash\Picture\Sec (for section photos) or \Trash\Picture\Node (for manhole photos).

Renaming Media Files

WinCan VX creates unique file names in the background for every video clip recorded and every photo taken. However, all the media file names contain a part that is customized at the beginning of the name with the section or the start node ID, thereby retaining the unique file index required by the operating system while still making the file easy to locate.