[AG-TECH] WinTV PVR-150

[Andrew A Rowley]

Hi,

When you first install the VideoProducerService, AGTk will extract vic.exe to a location on your file system.  If you are running Windows, this will be

    c:\documents and settings\<username>\Application Data\AccessGrid\local_services\VideoProducerService

where <username> is your windows username.

You need to open a command prompt window and go to this directory.  You then need to run:

vic <address>/<port>

where <address> is some address and <port> is a port number.  For just setting up the camera as below, you can run:

vic 127.0.0.1/12344

This will then open a vic window from which you can follow the instructions below.

Andrew :)

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Access Grid Support Centre,
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Manchester Computing,
Kilburn Building,
University of Manchester,
Oxford Road,
Manchester, 
M13 9PL, 
UK
Tel: +44(0)161-275 0685
Email: Andrew.Rowley at manchester.ac.uk 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Oamek [mailto:oamek at wisc.edu]
> Sent: 04 October 2005 20:29
> To: Andrew Rowley
> Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] WinTV PVR-150
> 
> Hello Andrew,
> 
> I hope you don't mind me emailing you directly, but I'm having the same
> problem described below and would like to test your solution, however I
> don't know how to "start a vic outside the AGTk" and I was hoping you
> could fill me in! I'm running on Windows XP and when I go directly to
> the executable it will not start independantly.
> 
> Any help would be apprecated!
> 
> Thank
> Brian Oamek
> oamek at wisc.edu
> 
> 
> 
> Andrew Rowley wrote:
> 
> >Hi,
> >
> >As I understand it, vic will crash if the resolution of the camera is set
> to
> >more than 352x288 (or something like that).  For some reason, my camera
> >sometimes goes back to the default of 640x480.
> >
> >To fix this, you need to start a vic outside the AGTk, so that it is not
> >transmitting.  Then, press the "Menu" button, and select "Configure on
> >Transmit" from the "Options..." button in the "Encoder" section.  Also,
> >ensure that the correct device is selected under "Device...".  Finally,
> >check the "Transmit" checkbox.  You should be presented with a dialog
> that
> >will allow you to set your resolution to something like 352x288.
> >
> >Note that once this is done, it should be the same each time you run vic,
> so
> >you shouldn't need to do this every time.  However, it may reset from
> time
> >to time.
> >
> >Andrew :)
> >
> >============================================
> >Access Grid Support Centre,
> >RSS Group,
> >Manchester Computing,
> >Kilburn Building,
> >University of Manchester,
> >Oxford Road,
> >Manchester,
> >M13 9PL,
> >UK
> >Tel: +44(0)161-275 0685
> >Email: Andrew.Rowley at manchester.ac.uk
> >
> >
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov [mailto:owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov] On
> >>Behalf Of Derek Piper
> >>Sent: 10 May 2005 22:39
> >>To: Access Grid Technical mailing list
> >>Subject: [AG-TECH] WinTV PVR-150
> >>
> >>
> >>	Hi all,
> >>
> >>	I have a new node that's being installed and a WinTV PVR-150 card
> >>was
> >>purchased (by someone well-meaning, although we've never tested with it
> >>before). Anyway, the node is a Windows XP SP2 machine and I am using the
> >>latest Hauppauge drivers from the website. When vic loads and tries to
> >>transmit it crashes with just a 'Microsoft C++ Runtime error'. In order
> >>to get vic working again with a USB camera (a USB 2.0 K2, from
> >>GlobalMedia) I had to completely remove the drivers using Hauppauge's
> >>'hwclear.exe'. It uses the Microsoft WDM capture thing which doesn't
> >>seem to like vic, although the USB K2 uses it and it's fine. I've tried
> >>removing all traces of the K2 drivers and just having the hauppauge
> >>drivers installed - it still crashes. So, I'm at a loss as to how to get
> >>it working.
> >>	Has anyone had any luck getting a CX26881 based card like the WinTV-
> >>PVR
> >>150 working with vic under Windows? In any case, I would greatly
> >>appreciate anyone's recommendations of good video capture cards,
> >>preferably with an S-Video input, that they have found work well with
> >>vic under Windows for the AccessGrid.
> >>
> >>	Thanks,
> >>
> >>	Derek
> >>
> >>--
> >>Derek Piper - dcpiper at indiana.edu - (812) 856 0111
> >>IRI 323, School of Informatics
> >>Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >