[AG-TECH] Winnov Videum installation

Tue Jun 28 09:51:27 CDT 2005

Natalia,

About a month or two ago, I was working on getting a Winnov Videum
Quattro capture card installed and working with the AG.  Other
projects have kept me busy since then and I never did finish, but I
wanted to send along my email thread in case anything in there helped
you out.

Keep us posted on how the installation goes, I really should get ours working.

Chris

Jon/Gideon,

I called up winnov tech support today and managed to get the quattro
working with VFW drivers (woohoo) in both composite and s-video
formats.  The catch was that under video format, the source was set to
YV12 and it needed to be YUY2 (this was the first time that their tech
support has seen this problem).  I then put the cameras back, so that
the AG should be in working order.

The next step is to get the capture card to work with vic.  I
installed a few new AG packages to help with this, but these may not
be enough.  We might have to hack the config file to make these work.
See my other email...

Chris

Also try, 

http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/web-mail-archive/lists/ag-tech/2005/04/msg00175.html

And here is the thread I had with winnov support:

Hi,

Be sure not to run the Capture program and the config program at the
same time.

Can you try to get composite video working first?
For S-video, with Videum Capture, select Capture > Video Source.., then
select A-Y/C or what ever source you have connected.

On your Quattro, be sure to the connector (A or B) you plug into
correspond to the source you selected.

My phone number is 408-207-4433.

Regards,
Support/lh

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Rosenthal [mailto:cmr.evl at gmail.com]
- Hide quoted text -
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 8:58 AM
To: Support
Subject: Re: Quattro Video Capture Problems

Hello,

I uninstalled the WDM drivers, rebooted, cancelled the 4 found new
device wizards, and ran the install file.  I can not get video to show
up in either the capture program or the configure program.

If you have some advice for working with these programs that would be
great.  I would like to capture video with four cameras via Y/C.  On
the capture program, I choose Videum Video Capture as the device, and
then I have tried many different source options (all of them show
green screens).  The configure program doesn't seem to have a Y/C
option.

I also saw a lot of other drivers on
http://support.winnov.com/ftp/public/.  Perhaps there is another VFW
driver that will work on XP that I should try.  Also, is there a phone
number for tech support?

Thanks for the help.

Chris

On 5/6/05, Support <Support at winnov.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Please try this VFW driver for your card:
> Videum_3_0_4107_NT_W2K_XP.exe
> go here to download it:
> http://support.winnov.com/ftp/public/
> Be sure to uninstall the other Winnov driver using Winnov uninstall
> first, then reboot before installing this driver.
> When the hardware wizard detects the card, cancel the wizard(as this
is
> intended for the CD install) then double click on the driver file
> Videum_3_0_4107_NT_W2K_XP.exe to reinstall.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Rosenthal [mailto:cmr.evl at gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 9:21 AM
> To: Support
> Subject: Re: Quattro Video Capture Problems
>
> Hello,
>
> Thanks, these drivers are working well.  However, I am trying to use
> my capture card with an older application that only supports vfw
> drivers.  Do you guys have vfw drivers for the quattro (not wdm) that
> I could try?
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
>
> On 4/22/05, Support <Support at winnov.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Please try WnvAvs_3_0_266.exe for your Quattro.
> >
> > You can find it at:
> > http://support.winnov.com/ftp/directshow/
> > username:  nasa
> > password:  bluesky
> >
> > Be sure to uninstall older Winnov driver using Winnov uninstall
first,
> > then reboot before installing this driver.
> >
> > When the hardware wizard detects the card, cancel the wizard(as this
> is
> > intended for the CD install) then double click on the driver file
> > WnvAvs_3_0_266.exe to reinstall.  Just install the driver only.  You
> > should not need to register, or install visual basic, or windows
Media
> > etc... again since these should have been installed in the earlier
> > version.  Reboot again after the install.
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Support /lh
> > www.winnov.com
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chris Rosenthal [mailto:cmr.evl at gmail.com]
> > Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 12:55 PM
> > To: Support
> > Subject: Quattro Video Capture Problems
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > We just received our quattro and I am having some trouble viewing
any
> > video.  I have tried both S-video (split to Y/C) and regular BNC.  I
> > have tried two different cameras and a number of configuration
options
> > in both the configuration program and the capture program.  All I
ever
> > see are green screens.
> >
> > My system is WinXP Pro, and the setup program seemed to run ok.  Any
> > help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Chris
> > --
> > Chris Rosenthal
> > Electronic Visualization Laboratory
> > University of Illinois - Chicago
> > Phone: 312.996.3002
> >
>
> --
> Chris Rosenthal
> Electronic Visualization Laboratory
> University of Illinois - Chicago
> Phone: 312.996.3002
>

--
Chris Rosenthal
Electronic Visualization Laboratory
University of Illinois - Chicago
Phone: 312.996.3002

On 6/28/05, Natalia Costas Lago <natalia at cesga.es> wrote:
>  
>   
>   
> I've been able to get an image, but it desappears in some kind of random way
> :(((. The same with another camera and video cable...
>  
>  
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Natalia Costas Lago 
> To: ag-tech 
> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 9:47 AM 
> Subject: [AG-TECH] Winnov Videum installation 
> 
>  
>   
>   
> Hi everybody, 
>   
>   
> I am having some trouble with the Winnov Videum installation (under
> WindowsXP), i got lots of errors at the beginning (i understand now the
> green sheet with some warnings related to not to let windows install drivers
> automagically). Now, drivers look fine, no errors, software running.. but..
> i only get a black screen... 
>   
> Any hints? It seems to me that it is just .. a setting i am missing.. 
>   
> -----------------------------------
> Natalia Costas Lago
> email: natalia at cesga.es
>  
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-- 
Chris Rosenthal
Electronic Visualization Laboratory
University of Illinois - Chicago
Phone: 312.996.3002