IconAuthor Fluent 1500 Driver Release Notes
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IconAuthor's Fluent 1500 driver allows you to use the IconAuthor
video icons to load and play Fluent (FMI and JMV) files.  This
driver (FLUENT.DRV) is based on the Fluency 3.0 software.

INSTALLATION
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To install the IconAuthor Fluent 1500 driver do the following:

1. Follow hardware installation instructions that came with the
Fluent 1500 board.

2. During the IconAuthor installation, select Digital Video drivers and
select Fluent 1500 from the list of drivers.

3. Run IconAuthor

4. Select Setup Video from the Options menu.  Select Fluent 1500
as the video player and select Fluent 1500 for the video port.

4. Select Setup Overlay from the Options menu.  Select Fluent 1500
as the overlay device.

NEW DIGITAL VIDEO FEATURE
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We have added new functions to the V:Overlay icon to support Fluency.

**The "Source" command for the V:Overlay icon allows you to display more
than one video window of more than one type (analog or digital).  The
source "number" is the name of the video window.  The number of allowed
video windows is determined by the hardware.  All commands that affect
video are for the last referenced source.  You can change the source only
(that is, the source is not created or destroyed) by leaving the
Parameter 2 field blank.

FOR DIGITAL VIDEO
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1. Places the file sample.fmi in video window 1  (MAX 1 DIGITAL WINDOW)

Overlay Icon:

	Command			source
        Transparent Color	leave blank
	Parameter 1		1
	Parameter 2		c:\fluency\flix\sample.jmv
	(Enter full path and filename.
	JMV and FMI file extensions supported.)

FOR ANALOG VIDEO
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1. Displays video from Analog source 0 in window 2  (MAX 2 ANALOG WINDOWS)      

Overlay Icon:

	Command			source
        Transparent Color	leave blank
	Parameter 1		2
	Parameter 2		analog1

2. Displays video from Analog source 1 in window 3  (MAX 2 ANALOG WINDOWS)

Overlay Icon:

	Command			source
        Transparent Color	leave blank
	Parameter 1		3
	Parameter 2		analog2

FOR STILL VIDEO
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1. Places the file sample.yuv in video window 2 (only YUV) (MAX 2 WINDOWS)

Overlay Icon:

	Command			source
        Transparent Color	leave blank
	Parameter 1		2
	Parameter 2		c:\fluency\flix\sample.yuv
	(Enter full path and filename.)

PREVIEW ANALOG VIDEO BEFORE CAPTURE
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1. Creates video window source 2, previewing video from analog source 0

Overlay Icon:

	Command			source
        Transparent Color	leave blank
	Parameter 1		2
	Parameter 2		record1

2. Creates video window source 5, previewing video from analog source 1

Overlay Icon:

	Command			source
        Transparent Color	leave blank
	Parameter 1		5
	Parameter 2		record2
                       
FOR STILL VIDEO CAPTURE
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1. Capture the current video source into the specified file (YUV only)

Overlay Icon:

	Command			capture
        Transparent Color	leave blank
	Parameter 1		c:\fluency\flix\sample.yuv
	Parameter 2		YUV

(Enter full path for destination of captured file in Parameter 1)


FOR DIGITAL VIDEO CAPTURE
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1. Start the capture of digital video from the last defined video source
Use the source command to create a record window and use the stop command
to stop the recording.

Overlay Icon:

	Command			capture
        Transparent Color	leave blank
	Parameter 1		c:\fluency\flix\sample.jmv
	Parameter 2		JMV

STOP VIDEO CAPTURE
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1. Stops video recording in source window 2

Overlay Icon:

	Command			source
        Transparent Color	leave blank
	Parameter 1		2
	Parameter 2		stop
 
2. Stops video recording in source window 5

Overlay Icon:

	Command			source
        Transparent Color	leave blank
	Parameter 1		5
	Parameter 2		stop

REMOVE A VIDEO WINDOW
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1. Removes (destroys) video source 2

Overlay Icon:

	Command			source
        Transparent Color	leave blank
	Parameter 1		2
	Parameter 2		remove

SUPPORTED VIDEO FUNCTIONS
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Video Player commands generally work fine except for setting a
"play to" frame at the last frame in a video sequence.

The supported icons and commands work with Fluency in the
same way as documented in the manual.  Any differences in functionality
are noted.

**V:Audio icon
  Supported
  There is no ability to turn on and off separate audio channels.

**V:Frame#? icon
  Supported.


**V:Overlay icon

  Function 	Supported	Note
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  Audio		No	
  Capture	Yes
  Copy		No	
  Crop		Yes		parameter 1 field is ignored
				does not compress the video image
  Fade Audio	NO 	
  Fade Video	No	
  Freeze	Yes
  Graph		Yes
  Paste		No	
  Restore	No	
  Source	Yes
  Super		Yes
  Unfreeze	Yes
  Video		Yes		Same as Super

Notes on V:Overlay functionality
1. All recorded video is 320x240, analog sources are 320x240
2. Audio from the analog sources will not stop once it is started.
   Limitation of Fluent software.

**V:Player

  Function	Supported	
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  stepf 	Yes
  stepr 	No	
  slowf		No	
  slowr		No	
  playf		Yes
  playr		No	
  fastf		No	
  fastr		No	
  load		No	
  wait		Yes
  stop		Yes
  source 1	No	
  source 2	No	

**V:PlayTo
  Supported
  Any frame number other than the end of a video file will work.  This
  is a limitation of the Fluent software.

**V:Segment
  Supported

**V:Still
  Supported