1) The video window in the DOS VCR application or the preview window in the Video for Windows VidCap application consists of colored vertical bars.
2) The Video window in the DOS VCR application is blank.
3) The video window in the Video for Windows VidCap application is blank.
4) The video window in the Video for Windows VidCap application is frozen.
5) The picture in the DOS VCR application jumps around or is unstable when playing a video tape.
6) The video window in the Video for Windows VidCap application jumps around or is unstable when playing a video tape.
7) The picture in the DOS VCR application has a black band on the top, bottom, left, or right side.
8) The picture in the Video for Windows VidCap application has a black band on the top, bottom, left, or right side.
9) The Video for Windows VidCap application cannot initialize the Pro MovieStudio driver.
10) The DOS VCR application works but the Video for Windows VidCap application does not, OR the Video for Windows VidCap application works but the DOS VCR application does not.
11) When capturing an AVI file using Video for Windows VidCap, a warning messages state that frames were dropped.
12) AVI movies jerk when they playback in Windows.
13) What type of files are created with the Pro MovieStudio card?
14) Are there any DOS drivers required for this card?
15) Why am I getting a black capture window?
16) My captures are extremely dark or are in only black and white. How can this be fixed?
17) Why are all of my captures grainy?
Another adapter card or some EMM memory is mapped to the same memory address as the Pro MovieStudio. Check to make sure that any EMM installed in CONFIG.SYS has the memory address range used by the Pro MovieStudio excluded. For EMM386, the command line should be similar to:
devicehigh=C:\WINDOWS\emm386.exe 2048 noems x=c800-c8ff
The 'x=C800-C8FF' part tells EMM386 to not use the memory address range used by the Pro MovieStudio. Check to make sure that the Windows EMM has the memory address range used by the Pro MovieStudio excluded. There should be a line in the [386Enh] section of SYSTEM.INI similar to:
EMMExclude=C800-C8FF
Check to make sure that no network card or hard disk controller has a boot ROM mapped to the same memory address as the Pro MovieStudio.
The video source is not properly selected or configured. Hit 'V' to toggle between the composite and S-video inputs, or you can edit the VCR.INI file. To select composite video input add or modify the following line in the [video] section:
VideoCable=0
To select S-video input, add or modify the following line in the [video] section:
VideoCable=1
The video source is not properly selected or configured. Select 'Video Source' under Options and select 'Default' then select either composite or S-video input.
The 'Preview Video' mode is not turned on. Select 'Preview Video' under Options or press the appropriate button on the toolbar.
This is caused by a noisy signal coming from video tape. Edit the VCR.INI file. Add or modify the following line in the [video] section:
VCRTime=1
This is caused by a noisy signal coming from video tape. Select 'Video Source' under Options then check the 'VCR Input' box.
The centering of picture is off. To solve this problem edit the VCR.INI file. Add or modify the following lines in the [video] section:
HorzStart=-1E
VertStart=A
To shift the picture to the right, increase the value of Horz Start (-1E,-1D,-1C,-1B,-1A,-19,-18,...,-1,0,1,...) until the black band on the right side of the picture disappears. Shifting the picture too far will cause a black band to appear on the left side of the picture.
To shift the picture to the left, decrease the value of Horz Start (-1E,-1F,-20,-21,-2,...,-61) until the black band on the left side of the picture disappears. Shifting the picture too far will cause a black band to appear on the right side of the picture.
To shift the picture up, increase the value of Vert Start (A,B,C,D,E,F,10,11,12,...) until the black band at the top of the picture disappears. Shifting the picture too far will cause the picture to freeze or roll vertically.
To shift the picture down, decrease the value of Vert Start (A,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0) until the black band at the bottom of the picture disappears. These parameters are hexadecimal numbers. Hex digits are 0,1,2,3, 4,5,6,7,8,9,A,B,C,D,E, and F.
The centering of the picture is off. To solve this problem select 'Video Source' under Options then adjust the centering using the Horz Start and Vert Start scroll bars.
The Pro MovieStudio is improperly installed or configured. Check to make sure that Pro MovieStudio is firmly seated in its slot, and that the IO port selected in the Control Panel/Drivers/Setup option for Pro MovieStudio does not conflict with some other device.
This is caused by different configuration settings being used for each application. Verify that the settings in VCR.INI and Control Panel/Drivers/Setup match.
You are trying to capture at too high a frame rate or resolution for your system's capabilities. Use the 'Worksheet' under Options/Video Format to help you find out what frame rate and resolution you should use to capture an AVI file.
Something is hampering playback of the AVI movie. Try compressing the movie. Compressed movies take less time to read off the hard disk. Setup your Windows display driver to use a resolution with 256-colors. Try playing the movie without audio. Use the 'Load File into Memory' option under 'Video' in VidEdit.
This board captures analog video signals and digitizes them to create .AVI files.
All settings on this board are written to EPROM by installation program.
1. Double check that you have a video source connected to the card.
2. Make absolutely sure the cable you are using is transmitting a video signal. This can be confirmed by attaching the cable to a monitor. If no monitor is available, try another VCR.
3. Confirm video source settings.
Make sure Vidcap is set to use the correct video source. For testing, use the composite jack.
4. Select the Live Window
The Live Window is the third button from the left on the Vidcap toolbar. Make sure this is selected or
else the capture window will not get updated.
If you are using the VCR utility,
Edit the VCR.INI file in the Pro Movie directory and change the value of HUE=80 to HUE=100. Save the file and try again. The VCR program requires a few general considerations. The first thing to check is if your video card supports VBE 1.2 (Vesa BIOS Extensions). Some cards require a driver in order to be run in the VBE mode. Some cards cannot do it at all. The program that will allow the card to operate in VBE mode is normally called VVESA.COM and is supplied with the your video card. Typically, when the VCR program is executed, and the marble bit map screen does not come up, the card does not support VBE or it's driver is not loaded. If the bit map comes up, but the preview window has vertical color bars in it, there is an address problem.
If you are using Vidcap,
This usually happens when the video format is set in 256 color mode and a pallet has not been captured. Try setting the video format to an RGB mode to confirm that there is color. If you get grainy results, try a 65k color display driver. In the case of VGA or 256 color drivers, the color pixels will alias due to insufficient colors in the display pallet.
The reason Media Vision suggests that you use a 32K palette is so that the colors always appear close to reality. If you are only going to be displaying the picture in 256 colors, you should try capturing a palette first. This will give the appearance of a sharper image. If the image has too many colors, this can cause incorrect color mapping (pink showing up as blue or some other such variations). In this case you should try capturing a palette from the entire clip, and then copying the palette to the clip. If there are too may colors involved (>256), there is no way to remove this color distortion short of going with a 32K capture.
This same sort of occurrence also goes on with 16 color drivers, where it is much easier to demonstrate. Try playing the windsurfer.avi file in VGA mode and you'll see lots of graininess and incorrect colors. This is the same thing, just more pronounced.
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