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Chapter 3, Connecting Your External Devices and Configuring Your BIOS Settings
Configuring your DigiSuite LE
Once you’ve installed the DigiSuite software as explained in Chapter 4,
you must use the DigiSuite Configuration program to customize your input
and output settings. Remember that if you’ve connected several inputs to
your DigiSuite LE, you’ll have to change the settings in the Configuration
program every time you want to switch from one connection to another.
Refer to
“Configuring the video input signal” on page 61 for more details.
Notes on using A/V drives with DigiSuite LE
Recommended storage devices
Hard disks play an important role in the overall functionality of any
DigiSuite LE system. Although your DigiSuite LE should be compatible
with most storage solutions now available on the market (EIDE, SCSI,
SSA, Fibre Channel), choosing and configuring an adequate storage
solution that suits your particular needs is a difficult task that should only
be performed by an experienced technician or systems integrator. See the
Customer Support section on our Web site at
http://www.matrox.com/
video for up-to-date information on recommended storage devices, test
results, references, etc.
Formatting your SCSI drives
It’s important to format your SCSI A/V drives using the Windows NT File
System (NTFS) and not the traditional File Allocation Table (FAT) system.
To do this, choose
Start | Programs | Administrative Tools (Common) |
Disk Administrator
. In Disk Administrator, select the drive you wish to
format and choose
Tools | Format
. In the
File System
box, select
NTFS
.
What to store on your A/V drives
To ensure maximum performance, you should store your graphic and audio
files on a different SCSI A/V drive than the one you use to store your video
files. Also, your virtual memory paging (swap) file must be stored only on
a SCSI drive. If your paging file is presently on an IDE drive, move it to
one of your SCSI drives. To change the settings for your paging file, run
Control Panel, double-click the
System
icon, then click the
Performance
tab. Under
Virtual Memory
, click
Change
, then select the drive whose
settings you want to change from the displayed list of drives on your
computer.