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SonyEPM wrote on 12/12/2001, 9:06 AM
ATI cards are not officially suppoprted by SF. You might be able to get them to work, but no promises.

For best results, use an OHCI-compliant IEEE-1394 DV card (like a Pyro, or SIIG) and the Sony DVMC-DA2 media converter. That's a great setup, works perfectly.
tcpsynack wrote on 12/12/2001, 7:44 PM
I probably know that answer but since I can't find a Pyro card for less than $99 and I am not particularly happy with SIIG products, are there any known issues with the Adaptec 4300. It is based on the TI chipset just like these cards.

Thanks, Scott
deef wrote on 12/12/2001, 9:08 PM
Video Capture should work with most audio/video capture devices that have VFW (Video for Windows)drivers, or preferably WDM (Windows Driver Model) drivers. I believe ATI is now using WDM drivers...I've used ATI All In Wonder, Pinnacle DC 30, and WinTV Go cards successfully in the past.

However, it's important to note that unless the capture driver is written properly to work with varying hardware you may run into to troubles. We don't write device drivers, so this remains up to the hardware manufacturer to do successfully.

I recommend trying to get updated drivers from the mfg. website and then stick with them. On some occasions I've updated to newer drivers and had other problems that popped up.

That said, we prefer to work with DV devices using the Plug N Play auto installed Microsoft DV driver. With DV you get more control over the device with device control and timecode support allowing batch capture (batch print is also supported). In addition, we auto detect the following and can perform scene detection on:
-wide screen
-audio format
-NTSC vs PAL
-date/time stamp
-timecode discontinuity

Additionally, with VV 3.0 we provide a high quality Sonic Foundry DV codec.
ThomasATL wrote on 12/13/2001, 11:26 PM
"For best results, use an OHCI-compliant IEEE-1394 DV card (like a Pyro, or SIIG) and the Sony DVMC-DA2 media converter. That's a great setup, works perfectly."

I thought the Radeon card was a dual AGP card for monitors. Am I wrong? I was looking into an 8500 or a 7500 for my set-up with dual monitors. Should I not?
SonyEPM wrote on 12/14/2001, 8:24 AM
If you want to use the Radeon as a computer monitor you should be fine. Many people are trying to use these as video capture cards, and that's where you might (might) run into trouble.