Osprey-100TM

A low cost, full motion PCI video capture card: Windows NT and ‘95!

Topics

Introduction
System Requirments
Availability & Price
Technical Specs.
Performance
Information
Introduction
The Osprey-100 offers high quality digital video capture and 30fps display of uncompressed video for use with today’s exciting multimedia applications. Perfect for videoconferencing.
 
Or, plug in any standard video source like a VCR, camera or camcorder, and view crisp, TV-quality video on a PC with included software. Video For Windows compatible. The Osprey-100 is compatible with popular applications such as: White Pine Cu-SeeMe (videoconferencing), Adobe Premier (video editing), Precept IP/TV, or others.
 
System Requirements
Minimum system configuration is a Pentium PC with PCI bus (or workstation) with sound card for audio input. Recommended system is Pentium (or higher) running Windows ‘95 with 8MByte system memory, or Windows NT 4.0 with 16MBytes system memory and minimum 16-bit depth graphics card (4MBytes recommended) supporting Direct Draw.
 
Note: the Osprey-100 does not provide audio input. Most platforms already have this capability on a sound card or multimedia sub-system.
 
Availability and Price
The Osprey-100 is scheduled for production in March, 1997. Limited quantities are scheduled for availability in February, 1997.
 
The US list price is $249, with volume discounts available for OEM or resellers.

Watch for announcements of complete application bundles coming soon!

 

Technical Specs

Hardware/System

Operating System Support

Feature Highlights

Video capture and display resolution

Video formats:

Software Package include

Sophisticated DMA capabilities support full 30 fps video over PCI bus

Sample data rates:
NTSC full (640x480) RGB32 = ~35MByte/sec
NTSC CIF (320x240) RGB16 = 4.4MB/s
 
Not an overlay card!
Performance Benchmarks (Windows NT 4.0)
The Osprey-100 can deliver full motion, 30fps video to many platforms. It has some of the most advanced DMA capabilities and system software in the industry to enable un-paralleled performance on PC’s capable of supporting full motion multimedia. On systems supporting Direct Draw, CPU utilization for delivering 30fps video can be as low as 3%.
 
To un-leash this power, the system’s graphics adapter should have 4MB memory and support Direct Draw. Crisp quality video is achieved when 16, 24, or 32-bit display depths are utilized. The Osprey-100’s sophisticated software can work with graphics adapters that do not have these capabilities (automatically detecting if Direct Draw is supported), however the performance is often reduced.
 
Here are some sample performance numbers of the Osprey-100 capturing and displaying NTSC video. The system configuration is a Zeos P120, NT 4.0, Direct Draw, with a Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 4MB graphics card:
Display Depth Image Format CIF (fps Full Res (fps)
32-bit RGB32 30 30
16-bit RGB16 30 30

The next numbers are run on a Micron P166, NT4.0 with NO Direct Draw and a Diamond Stealth 64 VRAM PCI graphics card:

Display Depth Image Format CIF (fps) Full Res (fps)
32-bit Grey8 30 12
32-bit RGB32 30 14
16-bit Grey8 30 12
16-bit RGB16 30 30
8-bit Grey8 30 12
8-bit RGB16 30 4.9
8-bit RGB32 27 3.3

Information

We hope that this web page contains everything you want to know, but please e-mail or phone Neal Page for more info:

Electronic mail address
info@mmac.com

Office phone
919 319-9200

Comments or Questions?

For more information about Osprey Technologies' products and services, you can phone us at 919-319-9200, or FAX your request to us at 919-319-9814.

You can reach us by email at info@mmac.com.

Osprey-100 is a trademark of MultiMedia Access Corporation. All other trademarks and registermarks are the property of their respective owners.
Copyright ⌐ 1996 MultiMedia Access Corporation
Last modified: January 30, 1997