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Re: Image Capture Questions

If u are on windows use JMF its faster.
If u have no way of change out of QTJ then Deans VDIG work great for me.

Tops stuff

aNt

> Unfortunetly, the Abstract VDIG costs money, unless there's something I
> missed. I'd prefer not to buy something unless I'm sure it'll fix the
> problem. The webcam I'm using (iBot) came with software, which I just
> used to record a video, so I guess the capability is there.
>
> However, when I downloaded VirtualDub like you said, I get the
> following error when I try to Capture AVI: "Error 418: Capture Device
> was not detected." Do you think that this is a problem with my webcam
> driver or with the VDIG? I'm going to be extremely annoyed if the
> whole time the problem wasn't in my code...
>
> Thanks,
> Dennis
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "George Birbilis" <email@hidden>
> Date: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 10:34 pm
> Subject: Re: Image Capture Questions
>
>> try downloading Abstract Plane's VDIG (don't have their URL
>> handy at the moment, might be http://www.abstractplane.com,
>> or maybe http://www.abstract-plane.com), have found it to be
>> more stable than WinVDIG
>>
>> if that doesn't work either, then it's some other problem
>> (e.g. with the WDM [Windows Driver Model] driver that your
>> card provides [WinVDIG and Abstract Plane VDIG both wrap the
>> WDM driver up - through DirectShow I think - to appear as a
>> VDIG to QuickTime])
>>
>> can you capture using other software than QuickTime? Some
>> software like VirtualDub support VfW (video for windows), an
>> older MS interface that your card may also support - don't
>> suppose WinVDIG or AP VDIG support VfW too apart from WDM
>> drivers. Anyway try if you can record using VirtualDub. Get
>> the latest version of VirtualDub in case it supports WDM
>> capturing too apart from the older VfW
>>
>> else try some commercial capturing app like Adobe Premiere
>> and see if it can capture OK or not
>>
>> btw, since you see video feed on the screen but can't record
>> maybe it could also be some DMA setting on your machine?
>> Usually Windows is set to manage DMA stuff automatically for
>> devices (right click the hard disk in the device manager
>> [control panel / system applet] and select properties)
>>
>>> Hi, I'm using WinVDIG. I believe when I downloaded it, it
>> installed
>>> HackTV with it. I'm able to view the live video feed
>> through HackTV,
>>> but when I tried to record, my computer froze -- could be
>> a problem I
>>> guess... I don't think I'm initializing VDIG anywhere in
>> my code,
>>> which could be another problem. By the way, I was able to
>> get the
>>> SGCapture demo in the Quicktime website to run, which
>> essentially just
>>> displays the live video.
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> George Birbilis <email@hidden>
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