Elecard StreamEye 3.1
User Guide
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Elecard StreamEye 3.1 User Guide
First edition: November 2007
Date modified: November 18, 2009.
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CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................................. 4
1.1 PREFACE ........................................................................................................................................................................... 4
1.2 USING THIS GUIDE ............................................................................................................................................................. 4
1.2.1 Purpose .................................................................................................................................................................. 4
1.2.2 Topics Covered ...................................................................................................................................................... 4
1.2.3 Related Documentation ......................................................................................................................................... 5
1.3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ...................................................................................................................................................... 5
1.3.1 Hardware Requirements ........................................................................................................................................ 5
1.3.2 Software Requirements .......................................................................................................................................... 5
1.4 LICENSING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT .................................................................................................................................... 5
2. GETTING STARTED ........................................................................................................................................................ 6
2.1 INSTALLING ELECARD STREAMEYE ....................................................................................................................................... 6
2.1.1 Elecard StreamEye Registration ............................................................................................................................ 6
2.2 UNINSTALLING ELECARD STREAMEYE .................................................................................................................................. 6
2.3 RUNNING ELECARD STREAMEYE .......................................................................................................................................... 7
3. DESCRIBING ELECARD STREAMEYE ...................................................................................................................... 8
3.1 OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................................................................ 8
3.2 SPECIFICATIONS .................................................................................................................................................................. 8
3.2.1 Supported Formats ................................................................................................................................................ 8
3.3 FEATURES ......................................................................................................................................................................... 9
3.3.1 Exclusive Features ................................................................................................................................................. 9
3.3.2 Component Features .............................................................................................................................................. 9
4. USING ELECARD STREAMEYE ................................................................................................................................. 12
4.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................................. 12
4.2 DESCRIBING ELECARD STREAMEYE GUI ............................................................................................................................ 12
4.2.1 Menu Bar ............................................................................................................................................................. 12
4.2.2 Toolbar ................................................................................................................................................................ 14
4.2.3 Navigation Bar ..................................................................................................................................................... 22
4.2.4 Bar Chart Control ................................................................................................................................................ 23
4.2.5 Hot Keys ............................................................................................................................................................... 24
4.3 OPENING MEDIA FILE OR INDEX FILE ................................................................................................................................. 24
4.4 SAVING AN INDEX FILE ..................................................................................................................................................... 26
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1. Introduction
1.1 Preface
Elecard StreamEye is a powerful software tool designed for professionals and prosumers in video
compression field. Elecard StreamEye enables the user to perform an effective in-depth analysis
of video sequences.
Elecard StreamEye provides a visual representation of the encoded video features and a stream
structure analysis of MPEG-1/2/4 or AVC/Н.264 Video Elementary Streams (VES), MPEG-1
System Streams (SS), MPEG-2 Program Streams (PS) and MPEG-2 Transport Streams (TS).
Elecard StreamEye is based on the Elecard Media Indexing technology that allows quick
navigation through a stream with frame accuracy. The program displays frames, their size, type,
time position, and order in a stream. It indicates average bitrate and bitrate declared in sequence
headers as well as other common video stream parameters.
Elecard StreamEye provides the following features:
● Visual quality control of each single picture.
● Type, size, and time stamp displaying for each single picture.
● Video stream indexing for instant frame-accurate positioning.
● Visual streams comparison by picture quality and picture size.
● Displaying of detailed information about macroblocks in MPEG-1 (ISO/IEC 11172-2),
MPEG-2 (ISO/IEC 13818-2), MPEG-4 (ISO/IEC 14496-2), H.263 (ITU-T Recommendation
H.263) and AVC/Н.264 (ISO/IEC 14496-10) video streams.
1.2 Using this Guide
1.2.1 Purpose
This guide is intended to help MPEG video encoder developers quickly analyze MPEG-compliant
video streams (including AVC/H.264 streams).
1.2.2 Topics Covered
The following lists the topics covered in this document:
● Section 1: Introduction – provides a general overview of the Elecard StreamEye program
and describes the purpose of the document and its contents.
● Section 2: Getting Started – describes how to install, uninstall, and run the Elecard
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StreamEye program.
● Section 3: Describing Elecard StreamEye – provides a detailed description of the Elecard
StreamEye program including features and supported stream formats.
● Section 4: Usind Elecard StreamEye – describes the Elecard StreamEye GUI and how to
use the program to open MPEG streams and save index files.
1.2.3 Related Documentation
For additional information on MPEG video compression, review the following documents:
● ISO/IEC 11172-2 for MPEG-1 video
● ISO/IEC 13818-2 for MPEG-2 video
● ISO/IEC 14496-2 for MPEG-4
● ISO/IEC 14496-10 for AVC/Н.264 video
● ITU-T Recommendation H.263 for H.263
1.3 System Requirements
1.3.1 Hardware Requirements
● SSE-enhanced CPU (Intel® Pentium III, Celeron, AMD® Athlon, Opteron etc.)
● 128 MB RAM
● DirectX 7.0 (and higher) VGA card
1.3.2 Software Requirements
● Windows® 2000/XP/2003 Server
1.4 Licensing and Technical Support
By installing, copying, or otherwise using the SOFTWARE PRODUCT or any UPDATES, you
agree to be bound by the terms of the "Elecard" End-User License Agreement (''EULA''). This
EULA is a legal agreement between you (either an individual or a single entity) and Elecard for
the "Elecard" software product(s) accompanying this EULA, which include(s) computer software
and may include "online" or electronic documentation, associated media, and printed materials
(''SOFTWARE PRODUCT'').
For sales and licensing information contact the Elecard sales department: sales@elecard.net.ru
For technical support, please contact the Elecard Technical Support Team: tsup@elecard.net.ru
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