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2. 

If you are experiencing dropped frames while capturing video with Ulead VideoStudio 

or any other video capturing software, then your hard driver may not be capable of the 

speed necessary to transfer the high amounts of data required of digital video. If your 

hard drive speed is under 7200 rpm you can change your hard drive configuration to 

tweak the performance. Follow the steps below:   

Go to

 Console

 ->

System

->

System Manager

->

Floppy

->

Generic IDE DISK 

TYPEXX

->

Content

->

Configure. Put a check-mark on DMA

. This will improve hard 

disk Read/Write performance. 

 

3.   DFW-500 installed and Hardware cannot detect the card or device 

Problem 

Trouble shooting 

System unstable, Driver, Registry conflict, 

Memory Allocation error. 

Format Hard disk or reinstall OS 

Driver not detected, Driver incorrect 

Remove or disable previous Driver 

DFW-500 1394 Card not seated firmly 

Re-insert the Card 

PCI Slot IRQ conflict   

Change to an available PCI Slot 

 

4.

   

Capture Image error

 

Problem 

Trouble Shooting 

Hardware resource insufficiency, RAM 

size not enough 

Expand memory size 

Too many programs running . System 

resources are exhausted 

Close applications or unused windows 

Memory management error 

Remove unsuitable memory manager 

software 

Hard disk space insufficienc y 

Remove unnecessary file or replace a 

sufficiency space hard disk 

When capture image simultaneous use of 

other 1394 Device 

Remove other 1394 device for Camcorder 

only   

Connector connect problem 

Reconnect connector 

 

5.   Archive processed image data to Camcorder problem

 

Problem 

Trouble Shooting 

System requirement insufficienc y 

Expand insufficienc y portion 

Summary of Contents for DFW-500

Page 1: ...Hardware Installation The DFW 500 is a PCI compliant IEEE 1394 Adapter To install turn off and unplug your computer Touch an unpainted screw on the outside of the case to ground yourself and avoid static discharge that could render the card inoperable Remove the case and insert the adapter into one of your computer s PCI slots Step 2 Installing Drivers on Windows 98 Note Installation in Windows Me...

Page 2: ... 2 Press the Next button Select Search for the best driver and press Next ...

Page 3: ... 3 Press the Next button Select The updated driver and press Next ...

Page 4: ... 4 Press the Next button Press Finish and the DFW 500 is installed ...

Page 5: ... audio and or video is coming from Open VideoStudio and click on the G icon to set the global preferences Make sure the Global preferences are set correctly for the source you are using Select Microsoft DV Camera and VCR Attention Ulead has a minimum hardware requirement for running VideoStudio efficiently If your computer does not meet the requirements listed below the performance of your video c...

Page 6: ...e the better The 300MB hard disk space requirement is for the Ulead software only 4GB of hard disk space can capture about 5 minutes DV AVI video format data Pressing the Global commands icon will display a list of preferences If a device is not working check the Global settings and verify they are compatible with the device being used Once you launch the Ulead software you can verify that the cam...

Page 7: ...een and double click it Verify that that Microsoft DV Camera and VCR is selected as shown in the picture You are now ready to begin creating your own movies Click on Start as shown in the picture and follow the on screen instructions to begin capturing audio and video ...

Page 8: ... the Starting your first video project window The other options along the top of the screen become available after you have made a video capture Note Audio will not be played while capturing video Audio can be heard during playback ...

Page 9: ...ect the DV Driver you want to use Press theStart command at the top of the screen as shown in the picture to begin editing your first Video Ulead comes with extensive help files to guide you through each step of the Video creation process ...

Page 10: ... Capture high quality still images from DV Camcorders Latest Ligos MPEG drivers included Improved audio for DV AVI movies Full MPA audio support Improved Greeting Card preview window stability Improved 3D transition performance Improved synchronization for MPEG video and audio output Video Capture Update for DirectX 8 0 formerly known as Digital Video Update for DirectX 8 0 If you use a video capt...

Page 11: ...y Allocation error Format Hard disk or reinstall OS Driver not detected Driver incorrect Remove or disable previous Driver DFW 500 1394 Card not seated firmly Re insert the Card PCI Slot IRQ conflict Change to an available PCI Slot 4 Capture Image error Problem Trouble Shooting Hardware resource insufficiency RAM size not enough Expand memory size Too many programs running System resources are exh...

Page 12: ...rouble Shooting 1394 Cable problem Replace with new Cable Driver incomplete installed Remove existing driver Reinstall Hard disk Jumper did not set on Master position Set Jumper on Master position Connector connection problem Check out connector and reconnect Technical Specifications IEEE 1394 1995 Compliant Speeds of 100 200 400 Megabits per second PCI Revision 2 2 Compliant Easily connect your D...

Page 13: ... 8 SONY TRV 105 SONY TRV 510 SONY GV D900 SONY GV D300 SONY VX1000 SONY TRV 310 SONY TRV 410E SONY TRV 110E SONY DCR PC1E SONY DCR PC1 SONY DCR TR7000 SONY DRV 9 SONY TRV 310E JVC DVL9500 JVC GR DV9800 JVC GR DVL805U JVC GR DVL505U JVC GR DVL300U JVC GR DVL20 JVC GR DVM90 JVC GR DVM80 JVC GR DVM70 JVC GR DVM50 PANASONIC AGEX30P PANASONIC DX110E PANASONIC DV710 PANASONIC PV DV401 PANASONIC DV910 Va...

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