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Video Capture: Compatibility with Add-in Boards
Contents:
NETWORK BOARD COMPATIBILITY
General notes:
8-bit or 16-bit network boards will work fine with the Intel Smart Video
Recorder. A network board will use both an interrupt and an I/O
address, so be careful of possible conflicts.
The following table provides a list of network boards and their
compatibility with the Intel Smart Video Recorder.
Network Board Compatibility status
3COM 3C503 Compatible
3COM 3C505 Not compatible
3COM 3C509 Conditionally compatible
Intel EtherExpress 16 Compatible
Novell NE1000 Conditionally compatible
Novell NE2100 Compatible
3COM 3C505
The 3COM 3C505 8-Bit network board was tested with the Intel Smart
Video Recorder using IRQ 3 and I/O address 310. The Intel Smart
Video Recorder installation software could not find the network
card in the system. When the Intel Smart Video Recorder was
configured to use the same I/O address as the 3C505, the network
software would not load. The Intel Smart Video Recorder
installation software could no longer find the Intel Smart Video
Recorder in the system.
3COM 3C509
When running SETUP with the 3COM 3C509 installed, SETUP is unable
to find an available IRQ for the Intel Smart Video Recorder Pro
board.
To resolve this issue first remove the 3COM network card from the
system, run SETUP and configure the Intel Smart Video Recorder Pro,
then replace the network card.
Novell NE1000
The Novell NE1000 16-Bit network board was tested with the Intel
Smart Video Recorder using IRQ 9 and I/O address 300.
Setting the Intel Smart Video Recorder for I/O address 310, caused
a conflict. The Intel Smart Video Recorder Diagnostics caused the
system not to exit to DOS correctly, requiring a hardware reset.
The conflict was caused by the Novell NE1000 network board being
set to IRQ 2 or 9 with the network software running.
SCSI ADAPTER COMPATIBILITY
General notes:
SCSI hard drive adapters are compatible with the Intel Smart Video
Recorder. In fact, they are highly recommended because of their fast
data transfer rates.
The have been some reports of capture problems on systems with fast
32-bit enhanced SCSI adapters and SMARTDRV double buffering.
See "Dropping frames with fast 32-bit SCSI adapters" for more
information.
The following table provides a list of SCSI adapters and their
compatibility with the Intel Smart Video Recorder.
SCSI Adapter Compatibility Status
Adaptec 1542b Compatible
Adaptec 1542c Compatible
Adaptec 1740a Compatible
Adaptec 1742a Compatible
DPT PM2012b Compatible
Future Domain TMC845 Compatible
UltraStor 34F Compatible
Adaptec 1542B & 1542C
The Adaptec 1542B & 1542C 16-Bit ISA SCSI controllers were tested
with the Intel Smart Video Recorder using IRQ 11 and I/O address
330 and found to be compatible.
When the Intel Smart Video Recorder was also set to IRQ 11, the
VidCap utility in Video for Windows returned blank video, and no
frames were captured. In another test VidCap failed with a warning
"No Frames Captured. Confirm that Vertical Sync Interrupts are
configured and enabled."
SOUND BOARD COMPATIBILITY
General notes:
Since the Intel Smart Video Recorder does not have an audio capture
module, you will need a sound board to add audio to your video capture
files. Most Windows 3.x-compatible 8-bit or 16-bit sound boards will
work.
Your video capture software will incorporate the sound from the sound
board into the AVI file.
The following table provides a list of sound boards and their
compatibility with the Intel Smart Video Recorder.
Sound Board Compatibility Status
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Pro Compatible
Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 ASP Compatible
Diamond Sonic Sound Board Compatible
Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum 16 Compatible
Microsoft Sound System Compatible
Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum 16
The Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum 16 16-bit sound board was
tested with the Intel Smart Video Recorder using IRQ 5, IRQ 15, and
I/O addresses 220 and 388 and was found to be compatible.
You may notice some audio distortion when capturing video at
320x240 resolution. It is most noticeable at 16 bit stereo, 22kHz.
In order to get around this problem, decrease the WAVE in
Multimedia Mixer Dialog box. Refer to page 2-6 of Pro Audio
Spectrum User's Guide (v1.1.1).
Microsoft Sound System
The Microsoft Sound System 16-Bit sound board was tested with the
Intel Smart Video Recorder using IRQ 7 and I/O address 350. No
problems were reported.
Note: Files created using this audio board may need to be edited
with the VidEdit utility in Video for Windows to correct the video
and audio synchronization. To correct the synchronization, select
SAVE AS and then click the COMPRESSION button. Under TARGET:
choose HARD DISK (INTERLEAVED). Under VIDEO COMPRESSION METHOD:
choose NO CHANGE.
VIDEO BOARD COMPATIBILITY
General notes:
A Windows compatible VGA video board is needed for playback of video
images. A 256 color SVGA or higher is recommended for good quality video
playback. For the best performance, use a VESA or PCI local bus video
card.
Be sure to use the latest Windows drivers for the video card being used.
The following table provides a list of video boards compatible with the
Intel Smart Video Recorder and Intel Smart Video Recorder Pro.
Video Board Compatible
ATI Graphics Ultra Pro Yes
Diamond SpeedStar Yes
Diamond SpeedStar 24X Yes
Diamond Stealth 24 Yes
Diamond Stealth 32 PCI Yes
Diamond Stealth 64 PCI Yes
Diamond Stealth Pro Yes
Diamond Viper Yes
Diamond Viper SE PCI Yes
Diamond Viper Pro VLB & PCI Yes
Hercules Dynamite Pro VLB & PCI Yes
Hercules Graphite Pro VLB Yes
Matrox MGA-II PCI/VLB Yes
Metheus Premier 928 Yes
Orchid Celcius VLB Yes
Orchid Farenheit 1280 (ISA & VESA) Yes
Orchid Farenheit 64 VLB Yes
Orchid ProDesigner II Yes
STB Lightspeed PCI Yes
STB PowerGraph 64 PCI Yes
ATI Graphics Ultra Pro
Intel tested the ATI Graphics Ultra Pro and found it to be compatible
with the Intel Smart Video Recorder.
The ATI Graphics Ultra Pro uses a Mach32 chip and comes in four
different bus types: a 16-bit ISA, a 32-bit EISA, a 32-bit VESA local
bus and 32-bit PCI local bus. The latest version (v2.2) of ATI's video
drivers assists in the playback of digital video by utilizing Indeo
video technology.
ATI video driver v2.21 interferes with Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum
16 v1.1.1. A lot of audio distortion was heard when playing back an AVI
file using Media Player. There is no audio distortion if played back
using VidEdit instead of Media Player.
When the standard VGA driver was used instead of the Mach32 driver,
audio distortion goes away.
Diamond Stealth 24
The Diamond Stealth 24 VGA card is available in two bus types: a 16-bit
ISA and a VESA local bus. The 16-bit ISA version was tested with the
Intel Smart Video Recorder.
Note: When set to 65 K colors, this card may cause a VidCap and
Media player monitoring problem characterized by a blank image window.
This problem does not occur when the video card is set to 256 colors at
a resolution of 640x480.
DIAMOND STEALTH PRO
This VGA card is available in two different bus types; a 16-bit ISA and
a VESA local bus. The 16-bit ISA version was tested with the Intel
Smart Video Recorder.
Customer Report
Using an Intel Smart Video Recorder with a Diamond Stealth Pro video
card in 800x600x65k color mode, no video was displayed when YUV9
compression was chosen in Video for Windows.
The Intel Indeo video technology compression was fine. Switching to a
640x480 VGA driver solved the problem.
Customer Report
Using an Intel Smart Video Recorder with a Diamond Stealth Pro video
card in 800x600x65K color mode. When a frame from VidEdit was copied to
the clipboard, then pasted from the clipboard to BitEdit, a STACK FAULT
error message was received. Switching to a driver with 16 colors fixed
the problem.
Microsoft noted that BitEdit is a 16-color editor only. They
recommended using a full graphics program for editing cut/copied frames.
They also suggested that the manufacturer of the video card be called
for an updated Windows driver.
FAXMODEM COMPATIBILITY - GENERAL NOTES
The Intel Smart Video Recorder should not have any compatibility
problems with faxmodem boards. The faxmodem should be able to
send/receive faxes and use the data modem in both DOS and Windows.
A faxmodem board may use interrupts and I/O addresses depending on the
manufacturer. Make sure that there are no conflicts between the
faxmodem board and the Intel Smart Video Recorder.
IDE CONTROLLER COMPATIBILITY
General notes:
IDE hard drive controllers will work fine with the Intel Smart Video
Recorder and Intel Smart Video Recorder Pro. Most motherboards now have
the IDE controller built in, making an IDE hard drive a good choice.
The following is a list of IDE controllers that are compatible with the
Intel Smart Video Recorder and Intel Smart Video Recorder Pro:
Acculogic IDE-4/VL VLB
Identity CA9342 ISA
Ultra Stor 15c
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