VideoGrabber

[Thierry Arbellot]

Hi Troy,

Actually, the videoGrabber provided by RunRev is quite limited under 
Windows, as it doesn't support DirectShow. I hope RunRev will improve 
it.

VFW is an old MS technology, some USB webcam are provided with such 
drivers.

Very few video cards are supplied with QT for Windows drivers, I can't 
recommend this solution.

I see one solution: use a plug-in that allows QT application to drive 
DirectShow capture devices.
The plug-in does the interface between DirectShow and QT, then you can 
use it in Rev with the videoGrabber in "QT" mode.
This is not a perfect solution, as the plug-in slows down the 
digitizing process (not sure you can get 30 frames/second full screen), 
but it works.

I have tried WinVDIG ( http://www.vdig.com/WinVDIG/index.html ), it's 
free, but hasn't been updated for 2 years.
Also take a look at Vdig ( 
http://www.abstractplane.com.au/products/vdig.jsp ), it's a commercial 
product, not tested, but I guess it works better.

Regards.
Thierry.

On Thursday, Jul 1, 2004, at 04:00 Europe/Paris, Troy Rollins wrote:

>
> On Jun 30, 2004, at 7:27 PM, Troy Rollins wrote:
>
>> It isn't a camcorder, but it is firewire.
>>
>> What class of device works best then?
>>
>> And, this is also the case with the "QT" method?
>>
>
> Sorry to dwell, but this is a final, and crucial function of my 
> software.
>
> Is there a known-to-work analog to digital converter that is 
> compatible with VideoGrabber on Windows XP? USB or Firewire? The one I 
> have a "Dazzle Hollywood Edge" does not seem compatible in either 
> "VFW" or "QT" modes.
>
> I need to be able to take composite or S-Video and convert it to a 
> videoGrabber compatible format. If I can find one that works, I can 
> recommend that one. I currently don't have anything proving it works 
> at all under Windows XP.
>
> OSX works with everything... of course.
> --
> Troy
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