Pinnacle Systems miroVIDEO DV200, User Manual

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miroVIDEO DV 200
Before you start
Before installing the tools, please completely uninstall of the former software
versions, including possible update versions.
During the installation, make sure no 1394 DV devices are connected to the
board, as they could interfere with the initialization of the driver.
This chapter tells you which requirements your system has to meet for
operating the DV200 board, which devices you can connect to the board and
what is included in the package contents.
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YSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Please make sure your system meets the following requirements before
installing the miroVIDEO DV200:
Computer
PCI-based Pentium II 233 MHz computer with a free PCI-2.1 compliant slot.
New computers only have PCI-2.1 compliant slots. For more information,
please read the documentation that was supplied with your computer system.
Memory
At least 64 MB memory. Recommended: 128 MB.
Hard disk
Hard disk with a sufficient data transfer rate and storage capacity. For further
details, refer to the following:
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Data transfer rate:
The DV format is fixed at a 5:1 compression ratio. The data transfer rate
needed to transfer real-time from the DV camcorder is approximately
3.6 MB/s. The transfer rate of your hard disk has to be at least 5 MB/s.
Hard disk capacity:
The DV200 drivers and miroVIDEO DVTools need approximately 20 MB of
hard drive space. Adobe Premiere 4.2LE needs about 16 MB hard drive
space. Adobe Premiere 5.1LE needs about 30 MB of hard disk space..
Raw DV formatted video occupies 3.6 MB for each second of content. For
example, four minutes of DV video would occupy approx. 900 MB (with
splitted audio) of disk space. While DVTools takes care to minimize the
space used on your hard disk, it is recommended that you use a hard disk
with sufficient capacity.
To accelerate capturing and playing back a large amount of data, we
recommend that you defragment your hard disk/s before capturing/playing
back video. Under Windows 95/Windows 98 you will find a de-
fragmentation utility under Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk
De-fragmenter. Under Windows NT no defragmentation utility is available.
If you are using Windows NT, please use a de-fragmentation utility you can
obtain or from your computer store.
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