Buz / Video Card Questions
Bruiser3
finished reading the Iomega website. In talking about video cards they
mention,
"The following video cards may cause poor performance. If you are using one of
these cards, you may consider upgrading your video card."
They list the ATI Mach64 (Mach64-215CT22200) as one of those cards. This is
the card I'm sure I have.
For using Buz, is it really a must to buy a new card?
Anyone know what "poor performance" really means in this situation?
Would I be totally screwed trying to do anything with Buz with my current card?
While I'm posting, here's another...
Since it is from Iomega, they're always talking about storing on Jaz or Zip
disks. I have a Syquest external drive that uses 1.5GB disks. Could you store
on those or is it somehow company/product specific.
Thanks in advance for any help. I'm definitely a newbie when it comes to this
department.
WayneJ
would think they would be about the same. It's marketing, trying to get you
to buy more than you need...
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rocks!
They designed the Iomega Jaz 2 to use the Iomega Buz capture/SCSI 2
card and it does a great job of handling full size full motion video.
Only Syquests latest removable AV drive is in this same league.
Jamison Wieser
(though not on the same system as my BUZ) and I like it. But the card is
about three or four years old, and while it still preforms quite well it
won't compare to the latest and greatest AGP cards. If you want to edit
video you might want to consider getting a new video card. In my BUZ system
I have a Diamond Stealth 3D Pro 2000, it allows me to run quarter-screen
30fps video previews in 24bit color at 1024x768, which the Mach64 can't
handle. My video card isn't top of the line but it got me 24bits at a high
resolution for $70.
As reguards the storage issue,
If you think about it BUZ will be capturing about 6mb a second of video
alone, without sound. You're going to need a drive that can write the video
at that speed. A ZIP drive won't be fast enough to capture video to, I have
one and it makes a great portable drive I store spictures and video (small
clips) all the time but when I work with the video I allways move it to a
hard disk first. I don't have a syquest drive, so I can't make any
statements about it. As for JAZ, at The National Association of
Broadcasters expo this year I was given a demo of Buz caturing with all
it's highest settings fron DVD directly to a JAZ 2gb drive, and it worked
great, and the captured video looked nearly identical to the orginial. If
you have a UltraDMA/33 harddrive or SCSI you should be fine (even an EIDE
drive will work) if you capture to your hard drive then move the video to
your syqest you probably won't have any problems besides JAZ drive are
expensive.
If you do get the BUZ card you might want to invest in Adobe Premiere or
another video editing package because the software it comes with is quite
basic.
-jamison wieser
jami...@hotmail.com
WayneJ <wja...@isd.net> wrote in article <35e30...@aedes.isd.net>...
Pete
technical expert who sold me my buz. Below is a question I sent him as a
result of my inability to print to video and then there is his answer which
I find really weird, confusing and full of strange jargon, can anyone help
enlighten me, please???
Alex - I found this on the Iomega site, have I got either of these types of
card?
(How can I get VideoWave to Print to Video?
At this time only the Miro DC series and DRX capture cards support direct
printing to video. Other cards with TV-Out functionality do not necessarily
support this function. Check with your card manufacturer to confirm
compatibility.)
that came with the Buz pack you sold me? I sure hope so or we've got some
real problems
Pete
[His Answer]...If that software came with the IOMEGA BUZ then it will. Most
capture software will run with those from what I have read. They are a
widely used device. The device is recognised as being a video capture codec.
Try looking up information on the software vendors site.
ro...@min.net
either captured or rendered in the Buz codec. All you have to do is record
the output.
Rob
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Steve Haehnichen
> I'm really concerned that I'm getting the wool pulled over my eyes
> by the technical expert who sold me my buz.
If you're taking advice from someone you don't trust, well, you're
probably in for more concern.
> Below is a question I sent him as a result of my inability to print
> to video and then there is his answer which I find really weird,
> confusing and full of strange jargon, can anyone help enlighten me,
> please???
What do you mean by "print to video"? Are you bothered because the
option is greyed out, or because you're lacking some functionality
that you need?
I suspect you see the "Print to Video" menu option, it's grayed out,
and you feel like you're missing out on something. :-)
> Alex - I found this on the Iomega site, have I got either of these
> types of card?
> (How can I get VideoWave to Print to Video?
> At this time only the Miro DC series and DRX capture cards support direct
> printing to video. Other cards with TV-Out functionality do not necessarily
> support this function. Check with your card manufacturer to confirm
> compatibility.)
That's because Buz *always* outputs to video. It doesn't need to do
what "Print to Video" normally does. "Print to Video" turns the whole
screen black except for video in the very center. This is to give you
a clean video window and border for recording.
The Buz plays any MJPEG-format AVI file to both your computer window
and your NTSC/PAL analog output. In effect, it's always printing to
video.
> that came with the Buz pack you sold me? I sure hope so or we've
> got some real problems
> Pete
> [His Answer]...If that software came with the IOMEGA BUZ then it
> will.
Any software that uses the Buz to play MJPEG files at one of the three
standard sizes will output to video --- all the time. Try it and see!
But no matter what you do, the "Print to Video" menu option will be
grayed out. I find I can live with that. :)
> Most capture software will run with those from what I have
> read. They are a widely used device. The device is recognised as
> being a video capture codec. Try looking up information on the
> software vendors site.
This is mostly gibberish. Get a new technical adviser.
-Steve
Steve Haehnichen
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I presume that you can capture and playback since you are not asking
about that and that you have no dropped frames or jittery playback.
If your playback is good on your computer then I believe that
eliminates most of your concern with the BUZ card. Are you using
Videowave as your software?
Rich
>I'm really concerned that I'm getting the wool pulled over my eyes by the
>technical expert who sold me my buz. Below is a question I sent him as a
>result of my inability to print to video and then there is his answer which
>I find really weird, confusing and full of strange jargon, can anyone help
>enlighten me, please???
>
>Alex - I found this on the Iomega site, have I got either of these types of
>card?
>
>(How can I get VideoWave to Print to Video?
>At this time only the Miro DC series and DRX capture cards support direct
>printing to video. Other cards with TV-Out functionality do not necessarily
>support this function. Check with your card manufacturer to confirm
>compatibility.)
>
> that came with the Buz pack you sold me? I sure hope so or we've got some
>real problems
>
>Pete
>
>[His Answer]...If that software came with the IOMEGA BUZ then it will. Most
Rod Halverson
http://www.trix.com/buz/faq.html
If I understood your question this may help:
http://www.trix.com/buz/problems.html#Prob18
10: There is no video output from the Buz analog output jack.
For the Buz to generate video on the analog composite or S-Video output jack,
the video segment must be:
· An AVI file (not Quicktime).
· Buz MJPEG format only (not RGB, or uncompressed).
· One of the three "standard" resolutions. For NTSC these are:
· 176 x 120 QCIF
· 352 x 240 CIF
· 720 x 480 FULL
(For PAL format, these resolutions are slightly higher.)
If your video is MJPEG at one of those standard resolutions, then the Buz will
generate standard NTSC or PAL video at the S-Video and Composite output jacks
any time the AVI file is played back. While MGI VideoWave does not support the
specific "Print to Video" function, the result is the same just by playing back
any MJPEG AVI file.
If you don't see the video output, double-check your VCR or TV connections.
Make sure the VCR is set to "Auxillary" input and so on.
The Buz video output is actually very good, and more stable than the
computer-screen playback video! If the graphics window playback appears jerky
or skipping, it's quite likely the analog output is still fine.
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