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Allan EVL @ UIC Research Assistant ---------- Forwarded message ---------- List-Post: accessgrid-tech@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 14:30:13 -0500 From: Fred Dech <fd...@uchicago.edu> To: Chris Rosenthal <c...@evl.uic.edu> Cc: Allan Spale <asp...@evl.uic.edu> Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] single XP machine video capture (fwd) hi Chris. that's interesting. i was wondering about the difference between a single machine node with 4 PCI cards and a single machine node with 1, 4headed capture card on 1 PCI slot (e.g., Winnov Videum 4400 ;^). i'd assume that the 4 card machine would have the combined bus speed advantage. but that's an assumption. 'anybody have a learned opinion on that? thanks. --fred On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 10:48AM, Chris Rosenthal said: > Fred, > > I'm using 4 Opsrey 100's on a WinXP node. The cards work together just fine > as long as you have 4 32 bit PCI slots to spare. I am having some trouble > in meetings with lots of participants however. It may be too much strain to > capture 4 video streams, display to 4 screens, and handle the audio when > there is a lot of network traffic also. The machine is a Xeon (2.4/1.6 GHz) > with 2 GB of ram. > > Let me know if you come up with any other good video capture solutions and > what kind of success you're having with the machine you're using. > > Chris > > -----Original Message----- > From: Allan Spale [mailto:asp...@evl.uic.edu] > Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 3:46 PM > To: Chris Rosenthal > Subject: [AG-TECH] single XP machine video capture (fwd) > > Chris, > > It might be good to collaborate with this guy from University of Chicago > to see if both of you could solve each other's problems. > > > Allan > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 14:00:14 -0500 > From: Fred Dech <fd...@uchicago.edu> > To: AG_Tech_List <ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov> > Subject: [AG-TECH] single XP machine video capture > > hi. > > i've been plodding through the archives in search of the best 4-headed or > 4 individual video capture card solution to work in > A Single XP PC Node with AG2.2+. > > Who's Got This Licked? > > 4 card solution: > i guess that multiple Osprey cards work better than multiple Hauppage > cards in XP. > > 1 card solution: > i looked at the Osprey 230 specs, but my impression is that it does not > support 4 SVideo inputs... > > Spectra8? looks like composite inputs, but hey. > > 'any 4 input SVideo cards people have had success with? > > i know that the Winnov Videum card doesn't work. > > TIA. > > --fred >
