No joy again, I still get complaints from the osprey driver that I need simulstream.
Does anyone have 4 osprey cards working under windows XP with any version of the accessgrid software ? Regards Stuart On Thu, 2004-07-22 at 13:42, A Quay wrote: > Stuart, > This hack from Darran worked for me and saved my life! > -andy > > > Problem: > > For nodes with multiple Osprey cards running AGTk-2.2 under Windows XP, > multiple instances of vic contend for the same capture card. The > workaround is to manually resolve the vic contentions after changing > venues. This is a pain. Pending a proper fix, you might wish to try > the following. It works for us - your mileage may vary. > > Hack: > > 1) On your video machine, open the file > c:\Python23\Lib\site-packages\AccessGrid\Platform\win32\Config.py > Save a copy of this file so you can undo the following if > necessary. > > > 2) Line 985 should be the definition of the SystemConfig class > method GetResources: > > def GetResources(self): > """ > Return a list of the resources available on the system > """ > ... > > > 3) This method builds a list of AGVideoResource entries (one > for each capture device) by scanning your Windows registry. > Our registry did not contain entries for both Osprey cards. > Rather than change the registry, the following hack sets > the list of "found" resources explicitly. > > Around line 1020, a return statement sends back the list > of discovered resources. Insert the following code indented > the same amount as the final return statement. > > # hack to hardcode known resources > resourceList = list() > resourceList.append( AGVideoResource( > 'video', 'o100vc.dll - Osprey Capture Card 1','producer', > ['external-in'])) > resourceList.append( AGVideoResource( > 'video', 'o100vc.dll - Osprey Capture Card 2','producer', > ['external-in'])) > resourceList.append( AGVideoResource( > 'video', 'o100vc.dll - Osprey Capture Card 3','producer', > ['external-in'])) > print "hack to hardcode known video resources ..." > return resourceList > > > 4) Save and restart your video machine AGServiceManager. You > should see the "hack to hardcode .." print statement output. > > 5) "Manage my node" and remove and re-add the VideoProducer services. > You should be prompted for the desired resource. > > 6) Let me know if it works ... > > Cheers, > Darran.
