[AG-TECH] FW: Videum problem

Fred Dech fdech at uchicago.edu
Wed Sep 29 13:17:57 CDT 2004


hi Tom.

what is the proper way to incorporate those CVS .py files into
AGTk?  unzip the Service.zip, replace with new .py, rezip?

thanks.

--fred

On Wed, Sep 29, 2004 at 09:56AM, Thomas D. Uram said:
> Those files are in place now.  They set the Source number (0 for 
> vic.exe0, 1 for vic.exe1, etc.) and the Width and Height to h261 values 
> (352x288).
> 
> Let me know how they work for you.
> 
> Tom
> 
> 
> Randy Groves wrote:
> >Don't know about all you folks, but the two URLS come up 404 for me.  Is 
> >this patch included in CVS?  Or are these updated service files 
> >available somewhere else?
> >
> >-randy
> >
> >At 12:15 PM 9/24/2004, Fred Dech wrote:
> >
> >>oh Marcus.
> >>
> >>i completely forgot about this.  it's important.  i haven't tried these
> >> patches yet because my system was working like i wanted already.
> >>
> >>----- Forwarded message from "Thomas D. Uram" <turam at mcs.anl.gov> -----
> >>
> >>Okay, thanks to the logs I got from the two of you, I understand the
> >>problem you've run into.  The videum card has four drivers that can be
> >>used by vic; unfortunately, each driver can be mapped to any one of the
> >>capture devices on the card, as indicated by the Source value in the
> >>registry.
> >>
> >>The video producer service (and video service) attempt to map the
> >>drivers to capture devices directly (1 to 1, 2 to 2, etc.), which gives
> >>you a convenient reference (i.e., WnvVdm32.dll 1-blahblah always shows
> >>you the same camera).  The code was failing to map, but not fatally
> >>(that's by design ;-).
> >>
> >>The flaw is fixed in a newer VideoProducerService.zip and
> >>VideoService.zip that you can get here, if you're interested:
> >>
> >>http://www.mcs.anl.gov/fl/research/accessgrid/software/releases/2.3/patches/VideoProducerService.zip 
> >>
> >>http://www.mcs.anl.gov/fl/research/accessgrid/software/releases/2.3/patches/VideoService.zip 
> >>
> >>
> >>To use these, you can copy these files to
> >>
> >>C:\Program Files\AGTk-2.3\NodeServices
> >>
> >>If you've set the Source values properly, you really don't need to
> >>update your services.  If you do try them, let me know your results.
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>
> >>Tom
> >>----- End forwarded message -----
> >
> >
> >
> >




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