Installation; WinCan VX driver

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The following installation guide describes all the steps needed to download and install the driver for the video capture devices that are officially supported by WinCanVX, such as:

  • VITEC capture boards (MPEG and HD)

  • MobileCap (Sensoray 2250)

  • Sensoray 2253 (will replace MobileCap little by little)

Installation of VITEC capture board

There are three capture board types from the company VITEC that are currently supported by WinCanVX:

  • VM4-2-C7 (PCI) and VM4-2-C8 (PCI-Express) for MPEG recording

  • VM4-C9 (PCI-Express) for HD recording on an equipment of the camera manufacturer RAUSCH :

  • VMC-7440 (PCI-Express) for HD recording on an equipment of the camera manufacturer IBAK :

1.) Make sure you plugged the board properly into a free PCI or PCI-Express slot on the mainboard.

2.) Make sure the lateste version of the application WinCanVX has already been installed on the computer in the TV truck.

2.) Download the installation file WinCanVX_DriverSetup from http://www.wincan.com > Downloads:

3.) Double-click on the installation file and follow the instructions given by the wizard:

4.) Select the corresponding capture device from VITEC:

5.) Click on the button next and wait until the installation has finished:

5.) Click on Finish and reboot your computer

Installation of MobileCap for recording MPEG4 videos

1.) Make sure the device is not connected to your computer

2.) Double-click on the installation file and follow the instructions given by the wizard:

3.) Select the capture device MobileCap:

4.) Click on the button next; the installation proceeds automatically

5.) Confirm the dialogue below:

6.) Click on the button NEXT:

7.) Click on FINISH:

8.) Click on FINISH again and reboot your computer:

9.) Plug the device into a free USB-port on your computer/notebook:

Wait until the red control lamp has flashed up and restart your computer.

10.) Open the WINDOWS device manager and check if the device has been recogized correctly as Sensoray 2250 A/V Capture in the category Sound, Video and Game Controllers as shown below:

Installation of Sensoray 2253 for recording MPEG4 videos

1.) Make sure the device is not connected to your computer

2.) Double-click on the installation file and follow the instructions given by the wizard:

3.) Select the capture device Sensoray 2253:

4.) Click on the button next; the installation proceeds automatically

5.) Confirm the dialogue below: this will update the driver compontents for the device Sensoray 2253

6.) Click on UNINSTALL: this will remove older versions of the driver components:

7.) Confirm with YES:

8.) Click on CLOSE:

9.) Read this message carefully and make sure the device Sensoray 2253 is unplugged:

10.) Click on the button NEXT:

11.) Click on FINISH:

12.) Read this message carefully and hit the button NO:

13.) Click on FINISH and reboot your computer:

14.) Plug the device into a free USB-port on your computer/notebook:

Wait until the red control lamp has flashed up and restart your computer.

15.) Open the WINDOWS device manager and check if the device has been recogized correctly as Sensoray 2253 Multi-Codec Device in the category Sound, Video and Game Controllers as shown below:

Driver installation for the same devices (i.e. VITEC and Sensoray) on IBAK equipments:

Never run the WinCanVX DriverSetup on computers where the virtual text generator SoftControl from IBAK has been installed.

The camera manufacturer IBAK provides its own driver packages directly to his customers.