[AG-TECH] Hauppage WinTV USB cards

[Hubert Daugherty]

I got around this problem by using Winnov Videum 1000 VO Plus cards.

They are only about $150 and they support the PCI-X cards 3.3volt
interface.  Here's a link to the spec:
http://www.winnov.com/products/capture/videum1000VOplus.htm

I've got three of these working with the AG 2.1 software.

Hubert

Adam Quiney wrote:

>Sorry,
>
>I should have mentioned that the reason our machine
>can only accomodate one PCI Hauppage card is because
>the machine has one PCI slot and a bunch of PCI-X
>slots, which apparently will not fit the Hauppage
>cards.  I'm hoping that I can solve this problem by
>using one PCI capture card and two USB cards, but
>would like to double check and make sure this is
>feasible.
>
>--Adam
>
>--- "Carter, Tameka" <ttcarter at bnl.gov> wrote:
>  
>
>>I don't know about the USB capture cards, but I
>>usually make the video
>>producer open three VIC windows to use our three
>>Hauppauge cards.  When an
>>error shows up, I am then able to select the other
>>cards.  It seems to be an
>>okay workaround for the card's incompatibility.
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Adam Quiney [mailto:adam_quiney at yahoo.com]
>>Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 12:38 PM
>>To: ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov
>>Subject: [AG-TECH] Hauppage WinTV USB cards
>>
>>
>>Hi everyone,
>>
>>Has anyone had any experience using the Hauppage
>>WinTV
>>USB capture cards with an AG setup?  We received one
>>our computers today only to discover that we can
>>only
>>accomodate one of the cards (oops), and are now
>>looking to the USB cards as an alternative.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>--Adam
>>
>>__________________________________
>>Do you Yahoo!?
>>Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now
>>http://companion.yahoo.com/
>>    
>>
>
>__________________________________
>Do you Yahoo!?
>Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now
>http://companion.yahoo.com/
>  
>

-- 
Hubert Daugherty   Rice University / Rice Multimedia and E-COT Project
 hd at rice.edu          (713) 348-4035          Fax (713) 348-6099
insight + planning + funding + participation + documentation = creation