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- What is the VCE-B5A01 frame grabber?
- I have installed Win98 driver and (or) application and it does not work.
- I have installed Win98 driver and application. Everything works, but when I try to use the AVI feature the system crashes.
- I have noise in the picture, how do I clean it up?
- The edges of the moving objects in my picture look blurry and 'misaligned'.
- Is a Software Development Kit (SDK) available?
- How many frames per second (fps) can I receive?
- What is the highest resolution available?
- I installed your card and it works with your application, but does not work with Netmeeting, Windows Media Encoder, etc.
- Why do some VCE-B5A01 boards have 3 RCA inputs and some have 4 RCA inputs?
- Sometimes on my FrameLink application the DMA indicator toggles between ACTIVE and INACTIVE.
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Q1. What
is the VCE-B5A01 frame grabber?
A1.
VCE-B5A01 is a low cost, high performance plug-and-play PCMCIA
video capture card. It allows users to display, capture, store,
and preview full motion video on their notebook computers. VCE
is capable of capturing single frame, multiple video frames,
and standard AVI clips from a variety of NTSC, PAL or SECAM
sources. A built in capture delay function enables users to
program their card (very similar to a home VCR programming)
to record sequence of frames at a later date and time. This
unique feature allows users to turn their notebook into a mini
home or office surveillance system. Each captured frame can
be stamped with a user message along with the date and time
of capture. A specially designed image viewer gives the users
flexibility to view, scroll or step through the recorded images.
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Q2. I have installed Win98 driver and (or)
application and it does not work.
A2. Some of the first releases and OEM versions of Windows 98
do not provide support for WDM drivers. Please, download
Win95/98 (VXD) driver and
VCE application .
Install new (Win95) driver, save all the VCE95 files into one folder and use VCE95 application.
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Q3. I have installed Win98 driver and application. Everything works,
but when I try to use the AVI feature the system crashes.
A3.Some of the first releases and OEM versions of Windows 98 provide only partial
support for WDM drivers. Please, download Win95/98 (VXD) driver and
VCE application.
- Unzip new (Win95) driver in a temporary directory and install it. ( Go to - "Start" - "Settings" - "Control panel" -
"System" - "Device manager" - "Sound, video and game controllers" - "Video capture essentials" - "Properties" - "Driver" - "Update driver" ) .
- Create a folder named VCE. Unzip all VCE95 application files into it. Run VCE95.exe. For convenience you may place a
shortcut to the application on your Desktop.
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Q4. I have noise in the picture, how do I clean it up?
A4.Your VCE card is tested and guaranteed to be noise free.
If you computer has a processor Pentium II - 300 MHz or slower, you may see noise in the picture, especially around
the edges of the objects in the picture. This is because the computer does not have enough processing power and skips pixels.
VCE has two capture speeds – 'Fast' and 'Slow', where the default speed is 'Fast' – refer to the 'Help' in your VCE application
for more information. To clean the noise you have to switch the card to a 'Slow' mode by pressing 'S' key on your keyboard, with
the application window active. (To switch back to 'Fast' mode - press 'F' key.) If this does not solve the problem, probably
the noise is coming from your video source. Please first check and verify that the video cables are properly connected. Refer
to the product manual of your video source for cleaning instructions.
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Q5. The
edges of the moving objects in my picture look blurry and 'misaligned'.
A5.This is a motion artifact,
which is greatly dependent on your computer speed, and is related
to the interlaced nature of the video signal – refer to the
'Help' in your VCE application for more information. 'Interlaced'
mode is mostly used for still images in order to gain the maximum
resolution. It is recommended to disable 'Interlaced' mode for
capturing motion video. In your VCE application window click
on the 'Source' dropdown box and uncheck 'Interlaced'.
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Q6. Is a Software Development Kit (SDK) available?
A6.The SDK is available.
Please check our products page. |
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Q7. How many frames per second (fps) can I receive?
A7.
| NTSC |
fps |
| 640 x 480 |
5 |
| 320 x 240 |
15 |
| 160 x 120 |
30 |
| PAL |
fps |
| 704 x 576 |
5 |
| 352 x 288 |
15 |
| 176 x 144 |
25 |
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Q8. What is the highest resolution available?
A8. A "Custom" resolution setting is available for both NTSC and PAL.
The maximum for NTSC is 780 x 510.
The maximum for PAL is 950 x 610.
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Q9. I installed your card and it works with your application, but does not
work with Netmeeting, Windows Media Encoder, etc.
A9. In order for the card to be recognized as DirectX compatible you need to
install additional drivers. (Does not work on Win95).
First, make sure you have installed DirectX 8.0 or greater. If you need DirectX,
you can download it here.
Then, upgrade your driver to the most current version. Win 98 and Win Me users, make sure that you
are using latest version of vcewdm.sys driver and not vce9x.vxd.
If you are already using vcewdm.sys driver, simply copy and
paste new driver over the existing one in System32/Drivers.
If you've been using vce9x.vxd driver, go to Device Manager/Sound,
Video and Game controllers/Video Capture Essentials. Double
click on it, click on Driver tab and click on Update Driver.
Follow the instructions and when prompted, specify the location
of the new driver.
Next, download Streaming_Kernel driver.
Create a new folder and unzip all the files into it.
Windows 2000 and XP users, run instvceks.exe. Restart your computer.
Windows 98 and ME users follow instructions below to install the driver:
- Select "My Computer"->"Control Panel"-> "Add New Hardware" and "Add New
Hardware Wizard" window will appear.
- Press "Next" button. System will search for new devices.
- Specify the option that suggest user to select device from list and press
"Next" button
- Select "Sound, video and game controllers" hardware type and press "Next"
button
- Press "Have disk" button, press "Browse" button and "Install from disk"
dialog box will appear. Select the vce_ks.inf file and press "Ok". "Select
Device" dialog box will appear
- Choose "Video Capture Essentials Kernel Streaming Driver" from "Select
Device" dialog box and press "Ok"
- You will be prompted to specify the location of some files. Select
%windir%\system (for example "c:\windows\system") folder for *.ax and *.drv
files; %windir%\system32\drivers ("c:\windows\system32\drivers") for
*.sys files.
- Reboot the computer.
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Q10. Why do some VCE-B5A01 boards have 3 RCA inputs and some
have 4 RCA inputs?
A10.We have redesigned the connector, not the board. Input Y3 is
reserved for future use and special custom applications and is not utilized in the current VCE application.
The board and its functionality are still the same.
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Q11. Sometimes on my FrameLink application the DMA indicator toggles between ACTIVE and INACTIVE.
A10. This may occur if you have previously removed the FrameLink card from the laptop without first selecting 'Safely Remove Hardware' in the lower right hand corner icon tray. The problem occurs because Windows did not unload the driver rwhen you removed the card and then when you reinserted the card, the driver was out of sync with the card. To recover from this simply reboot the PC.
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