Does anyone have any helpful references on installing the Sony EVI-D100 to work properly? I've looked for references and tried different things for about 6 hours. I'm lost.
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Does anyone have any helpful references on installing the Sony EVI-D100 to work properly? I've looked for references and tried different things for about 6 hours. I'm lost.
I'm certainly no expert, but what 'aspect' doesn't work properly ? Please don't take offense if I return to ultra-basics.
The D100 is an analog camera without a built-in video encoder, so it's analog video stream must actually be processed by a video input card. Sometimes the video graphics card used by your computer may already have built-in analog video input capability, but usually not.
If not, then you need to add a 3rd party video input card. These days the setup of most 3rd party video input cards is supposed to be plug&play ... providing that your own computer plus your webcam host's software recognize it properly. I've never had a problem in this regard with my old faithful Osprey 100 video input card, but there are now a ton of higher performance / lower cost / less popular video input cards on the market and who knows how many are or aren't recognizable via plug&play. If you have a 3rd party video input card that won't configure via plug&play, then it's off to the manufacturer's website to download and install appropriate drivers manually.
The D100's remote control PZT features are ( unfortunately ) implemented via a serial port and special cable ... which in turn must be controlled by separate software. If your computer doesn't have a serial port ( which is increasingly the case, especially with laptops ), you'll need to add a USB/serial adapter from a 4th party. If you are using a webcam host that allows for remote customer control of PZT you need to use their software.
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Thank you Melonie. And thank you for simplifying all of that. All information I have found so far has been confusing. I knew that it had to be converted to digital in some way. As for the cable, the cable I have has a serial output on it. My man has a serial to USB cable that we tried and it didn't work. He read your reply and figured out exactly what he needed to acquire in order to set it up for me over the weekend.
I will post details here when he gets it set up, so that members in the future can find quick reference on this issue.
Update? I'm looking at this camera as an option and wondering how hard it really is to set up and what I'd need.
It's super expensive, so I want to make sure that it's worth investing in.
Seh posted some videos http://www.youtube.com/camgirltechhelp
There s a cheaper option then using the Sony-EVI. I use a video camera that pan and tils but its about half the cost of the EVI
Awesome. Which camcorder are you using?
I think I remember some of your posts about camcorders, but I'm wondering which one you've decided on.
It took some time to find it but I know from when I did work in a studio they way they connected thier video cameras SONY-EVI or any other video camera into desktop computers was using one of these products
http://www.viewcast.com/products/osp...rds/osprey-100 at one point in time when a flirt4free studio was in my city this is what they had. If you have enough PCI space in your desktop computer this will fit in perfectly. all you have to do is plug in your camera in the back of your desktop with the yellow RCA cable or the S-video cable.
If you want to steam in HD then go with this one http://www.viewcast.com/products/osp...osprey-710e-hd
^Wow, that's $2000. It's more than I need, but still...
Thanks. It all looks so complicated. I would love to be able to go to the store and tell them exactly what I need, but unfortunately that never works very well for me. I get flustered or I can't describe what I need unless I tell them why I need it, which is none of their business.
Trying to do as much research as possible on my own before I try to buy something.
Where are you reading $2000 the osprey video capture card is under $200. the HD one is over $2000 but you don't need to broadcast cam in HD to make money
the 100 is under $200
the 710e is almost $2000
i think we posted at the time time :) no, i don't need that much. i was commenting because you posted links to both.
yes there is a big difference, both in terms of performance and of cost, between the 'broadcast quality' video capture hardware available from Osprey, BlackMagic, AverMedia, Hauppague, and others, as compared to video capture products from the same companies that are at the lower end of the price range. The conversion rates and resolution needed for HD webcam is exceeded by virtually every product that these companies offer. Just make sure the HD performance includes 1080i at 60 frames per second. AverMedia offers one model that does this for just over $100.
The bigger problem, of course, is to use a data link between the video capture hardware and your computer that doesn't add a 'bottleneck' to the process. Along these lines, USB 2.0, and arguably FireWire as well, are just too slow to keep up. The easy answer for desktop computers is to get a video capture card that plugs directly into the computer's PCI card buss. If you're using a laptop, then you're pretty much limited to using a USB 3.0 or Apple Thunderbolt connection, which is going to cost significantly more than a PCI buss card for a desktop.