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 :) ============================================ 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.row...@manchester.ac.uk > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Oamek [mailto:oa...@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 > oa...@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.row...@manchester.ac.uk > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: owner-ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov [mailto:owner-ag-t...@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 - dcpi...@indiana.edu - (812) 856 0111 > >>IRI 323, School of Informatics > >>Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > >