Video Capture Cards - Locking Inputs

[antonylord]

I've got an XP machine here running Arkaos.

Its got 3 x WinFast TV2000 XP Expert tuner cards which I use as cheap video inputs for external cameras.

The only big pain is that I don't seem to be able to select the input (tuner, composite or S-Video) fom within Arkaos - I have to use Amcap to do this before starting Arkaos.

This wouldn't be a problem except the machine is autopilot (no operator) so if it crashes / is rebooted all the cards go back to their default input (tuner).

Any ideas on how to rig it with the same input each time?

Cheers, Antony.

[Stickman]

i've got the same problems with Resolume and my capture cards, I think the drivers are a bit crap basically.

(although I do remember one version of resolume -maybe 2.3?- could open the config of the capture cards properly, 2.41 seems to have lost the ability.

have a good look through your PC's registry and INI type files - sometimes there is a setting for inputdevice such as 0,1,2,3 (eg 0 being default tuner).

also, write to the support department of the company that makes the cards - they might be able to tell you, and presume you've tried google?

[antonylord]

I'll have another registry / ini dig today. No luck on Google either