No driver for my capture card - suggestions please

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Hello again,

Well, I took your collective advice, and determined that I have
the Intel Smart Video Recorder III installed. I downloaded many
drivers that were compatible with the Brooktree BT848 chip, but
had no success. One driver looked like it installed, but Device Manager
"told" me that it wasn't configured correctly ( Code 1 ).
Believe me, I've *searched* for a compatible driver, but it seems that
no-one else has had any success installing this card on the Win2000
operating system.

I have an "old" system, (as follows), and I just want to tinker with
capture
until I upgrade (which may be quite some time).
*CPU - Athlon 600 MHz
*200 MHz System Interface
*133 MHz AGP bus (I'm using an nvidea AGP card with 8MB RAM onboard)
*256 MB SDRAM - 8 GB free on HDD

PCI Bus speed is 33MHz
USB is 48Mhz

Given that my USB bus speed is greater than the PCI, I was wondering if
it might be worth getting a USB capture device - say, the Pinnacle
Dazzle
Digital Video Creator ?

I just want to be able to grab home footage (even if I have to use an
editor to compile it into one, longer MPEG) so that I can send some
video overseas for my family. The cost of NTSC to PAL conversion is
horrendous, and I'd rather put the cash towards a better/future pcst -
so that I can do that myself.

What do you think, given my machine ?
I don't want to waste anyone's (or my own) time, so just tell me
straight if I
have unrealistic expectations !

Thanks again,
John

 

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Thanks for your reply..

I had no idea the card was so old!

Ideas on how my system might handle the Dazzle USB Capture ? My
thinking (and I may be wrong)is that if I can get *some* results with
it now, then it might be all I need when I upgrade my machine.

John

Digital Video Solutions wrote:
> The Intel Smart Video Recorder III is a very old device and there are
no
> compliant drivers for Windows 2000. If you want to use that old
capture card
> you'll most likely have to go back to Windows for Wordgroups or
Windows 95.
> I really don't even think that card was still on the market when 95
came
> out.
>
>

 

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The Intel Smart Video Recorder III is a very old device and there are no
compliant drivers for Windows 2000. If you want to use that old capture card
you'll most likely have to go back to Windows for Wordgroups or Windows 95.
I really don't even think that card was still on the market when 95 came
out.


"John L" <wurlrhod3@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1103836952.380011.83850@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> Hello again,
>
> Well, I took your collective advice, and determined that I have
> the Intel Smart Video Recorder III installed. I downloaded many
> drivers that were compatible with the Brooktree BT848 chip, but
> had no success. One driver looked like it installed, but Device Manager
> "told" me that it wasn't configured correctly ( Code 1 ).
> Believe me, I've *searched* for a compatible driver, but it seems that
> no-one else has had any success installing this card on the Win2000
> operating system.
>
> I have an "old" system, (as follows), and I just want to tinker with
> capture
> until I upgrade (which may be quite some time).
> *CPU - Athlon 600 MHz
> *200 MHz System Interface
> *133 MHz AGP bus (I'm using an nvidea AGP card with 8MB RAM onboard)
> *256 MB SDRAM - 8 GB free on HDD
>
> PCI Bus speed is 33MHz
> USB is 48Mhz
>
> Given that my USB bus speed is greater than the PCI, I was wondering if
> it might be worth getting a USB capture device - say, the Pinnacle
> Dazzle
> Digital Video Creator ?
>
> I just want to be able to grab home footage (even if I have to use an
> editor to compile it into one, longer MPEG) so that I can send some
> video overseas for my family. The cost of NTSC to PAL conversion is
> horrendous, and I'd rather put the cash towards a better/future pcst -
> so that I can do that myself.
>
> What do you think, given my machine ?
> I don't want to waste anyone's (or my own) time, so just tell me
> straight if I
> have unrealistic expectations !
>
> Thanks again,
> John
>

 

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Your chances look better with the Dazzle unit. I assume it is the Digital
Video Creator (150). Pinnacle System bought Dazzle Multimedia and they have
driver/software posted on their site.
http://www.pinnaclesys.com/menusupport_n.asp?Product_ID=1470 You should be
aware that historically this unit only captures analog video at 320x240. I
have one of these old units in the original box along with a bunch of other
"garage sale" merchandise. It's a good beginners unit to help get your feet
wet in video capture and editing. Not a good unit if you are planning to
create DVD's.

Larry Johnson
Digital Video Solutions
webmaster@digitalvideosolutions.com
http://www.digitalvideosolutions.com
877-227-6281 Toll Free Sales Assistance
386-672-1941 Customer Service
386-672-1907 Technical Support
386-676-1515 Fax

"John L" <wurlrhod3@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1103845581.698093.282130@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> Thanks for your reply..
>
> I had no idea the card was so old!
>
> Ideas on how my system might handle the Dazzle USB Capture ? My
> thinking (and I may be wrong)is that if I can get *some* results with
> it now, then it might be all I need when I upgrade my machine.
>
> John
>
> Digital Video Solutions wrote:
> > The Intel Smart Video Recorder III is a very old device and there are
> no
> > compliant drivers for Windows 2000. If you want to use that old
> capture card
> > you'll most likely have to go back to Windows for Wordgroups or
> Windows 95.
> > I really don't even think that card was still on the market when 95
> came
> > out.
> >
> >
>

 

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Actually, if its a bt878 chip, you might have luck with either the
btwincap drivers http://btwincap.sourceforge.net/ or the one that
iulabs has offered http://www.iulabs.com/drv/index.shtml

If neither of those work, then your likely SOL.

On 23 Dec 2004 13:22:32 -0800, "John L" <wurlrhod3@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Hello again,
>
>Well, I took your collective advice, and determined that I have
>the Intel Smart Video Recorder III installed. I downloaded many
>drivers that were compatible with the Brooktree BT848 chip, but
>had no success. One driver looked like it installed, but Device Manager
>"told" me that it wasn't configured correctly ( Code 1 ).
>Believe me, I've *searched* for a compatible driver, but it seems that
>no-one else has had any success installing this card on the Win2000
>operating system.
>
>I have an "old" system, (as follows), and I just want to tinker with
>capture
>until I upgrade (which may be quite some time).
>*CPU - Athlon 600 MHz
>*200 MHz System Interface
>*133 MHz AGP bus (I'm using an nvidea AGP card with 8MB RAM onboard)
>*256 MB SDRAM - 8 GB free on HDD
>
>PCI Bus speed is 33MHz
>USB is 48Mhz
>
>Given that my USB bus speed is greater than the PCI, I was wondering if
>it might be worth getting a USB capture device - say, the Pinnacle
>Dazzle
>Digital Video Creator ?
>
>I just want to be able to grab home footage (even if I have to use an
>editor to compile it into one, longer MPEG) so that I can send some
>video overseas for my family. The cost of NTSC to PAL conversion is
>horrendous, and I'd rather put the cash towards a better/future pcst -
>so that I can do that myself.
>
>What do you think, given my machine ?
>I don't want to waste anyone's (or my own) time, so just tell me
>straight if I
>have unrealistic expectations !
>
>Thanks again,
>John

 

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Look for a Windows NT 3.51 or 4.0 driver...surprising number of such drivers
work with 2K and XP (they all have similar kernals).

Do not get (even if it is free) a USB capture device. Problem is that all but
the proprietary capture programs that come with such devices (including
virtually all video editing programs...freeware and $$ware) do NOT support any
USB devices. Meanwhile, IEEE-1394 cards are universally compatible.

>Hello again,
>
>Well, I took your collective advice, and determined that I have
>the Intel Smart Video Recorder III installed. I downloaded many
>drivers that were compatible with the Brooktree BT848 chip, but
>had no success. One driver looked like it installed, but Device Manager
>"told" me that it wasn't configured correctly ( Code 1 ).
>Believe me, I've *searched* for a compatible driver, but it seems that
>no-one else has had any success installing this card on the Win2000
>operating system.
>
>I have an "old" system, (as follows), and I just want to tinker with
>capture
>until I upgrade (which may be quite some time).
>*CPU - Athlon 600 MHz
>*200 MHz System Interface
>*133 MHz AGP bus (I'm using an nvidea AGP card with 8MB RAM onboard)
>*256 MB SDRAM - 8 GB free on HDD
>
>PCI Bus speed is 33MHz
>USB is 48Mhz
>
>Given that my USB bus speed is greater than the PCI, I was wondering if
>it might be worth getting a USB capture device - say, the Pinnacle
>Dazzle
>Digital Video Creator ?
>
>I just want to be able to grab home footage (even if I have to use an
>editor to compile it into one, longer MPEG) so that I can send some
>video overseas for my family. The cost of NTSC to PAL conversion is
>horrendous, and I'd rather put the cash towards a better/future pcst -
>so that I can do that myself.
>
>What do you think, given my machine ?
>I don't want to waste anyone's (or my own) time, so just tell me
>straight if I
>have unrealistic expectations !
>
>Thanks again,
>John
>
>
>

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