video capture boards

["Steven T. Ratliff" <str@nwc.edu>]

To:  phys-l

Jim Riley wrote:
> has anybody had any experience with the intel Smart Video Recorder 
> III (price $199)?  I want to use it to capture videos shot by 
> students in lab and then analyze with video point (which we have) or 
> with Word in Motion (which we would have to purchase).  Anything in 
> particular that I should watch out for in buying a video capture 
> board?

I have installed several.  The first thing to do is to check that you 
have a spare PCI slot in your computer and also a spare IRQ address.  
Recently, I worked on a computer that had several spare slots, but no 
spare IRQ addresses.

The board requires a Pentium computer with a CD-ROM drive.

Intel has a section of their WWW site (http://www.intel.com) devoted 
to video capture.  It would probably be best to look at this at some 
early stage.  There is helpful information on Troubleshooting, 
Installation problems, etc.

I've installed boards in several computers, and I've come to expect 
problems.  I am not an expert, but I would be glad to help you, if 
you want to contact me privately.  The Smart Video Recorder III board 
works well once it is installed and any installation bugs worked out.

Regards,

Steven Ratliff 




Steven T. Ratliff
Associate Professor of Physics
Northwestern College
3003 Snelling Av. N.
Saint Paul, MN  55113-1598

Internet:  stratliff@nwc.edu (or str@nwc.edu)