COMPAT.TXT - What's Compatible with CU-SeeMe for Windows, System Requirements: Your Windows PC itself Video capture cards (optional) Winsock Stacks Sound cards 4-26-95 Richard Kennerly rbk1@cornell.edu *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** Your Windows PC itself System Requirements: For receive-only: 1. 386SX processor or higher. 2. Windows 3.1 running in Enhanced Mode. 3. Windows Sockets compliant TCP/IP stack. See below. 4. A 256 color (8 bit) video driver at any resolution (640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, or higher). To send video as well as receive: 1. 386DX processor or higher. 2. Windows 3.1 running in Enhanced Mode. 3. Windows Sockets compliant TCP/IP stack. See below. 4. A 256 color (8 bit) video driver at any resolution (640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, or higher). 5. Video capture board that supports Microsoft Video For Windows. See below 6. A video camera to plug into the video capture board. *************************************************************************** Folks, here's my latest list of video capture boards that work with CU-SEEMe for Windows. Thanks to those to posted and replied by emails. If you have tested a board that work with CU-SEEme and it's not on this list, please email me with your information. I'll try to periodically post this information. The List is divided in four sections: 1. List of Video Capture Boards that work with CU-SEEMe 2. List of Video Capture Boards that DOES NOT work with CU-SEEme 3. List of Untested Boards 4. List of Video Board Manufacturers contact addresses. 1. List of Video Capture Boards that work with CU-SEEMe for Windows. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Product: Video Spigot (Discontinue) Confirmed by: Rich Kennerly Made by: Creative Labs List Price: unknown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Product: Video Blaster FS200 Confirmed by: Bennett Frankel Made by: Creative Labs List Price: 349.46 at Computer City. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Product: Video Blaster SE100 (new model supposingly to replace FS200) Confirmed by: Gary , Rich Kennerly Made by: Creative Labs Software incl:Aldus Photostyler, HSD Digital Morph, and Aymetrix Digital Video Producer List Price: $379 (Stree Price $225.00) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Product: ComputerEyes RT Confirmed by: Rich Kennerly Made by: Digital Vision List Price: $399 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Product: ComputerEyes 1024 Confirmed by: Rich Kennerly Made by: Digital Vision (with the Dec'94 driver) List Price: unknown ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Product: Screen Machine Classic Confirmed by: Rich Kennerly Made by: unknown List Price: unknown Notes: You must install the Screen Machine version of Video for Windows. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Product: miroVideo DC1 TV Confirmed by: scr@advge.magwien.gv.at (Erich Schlosser) Made by: miro Computer Products List Price: $899 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Product: Reveal tv300 Confirmed by: jnguyen@wwa.com (Jack Nguyen), byron@in.net (Byron Thomason) arvell@bilbo.pic.net (arvell) Made by: Reveal (1-800-473-8325) List Price: $219-$275 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Product: Orchid Vidiola Pro/D Confirmed by: JPickle@aol.com Made by: Orchid Technology List Price: $599.54 at Computer City (MSRP: $699) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Product: Win/TV Cinema/TV-Celebrity/TV-HighQ Confirmed by: dreblow@alf.cns.muskingum.edu, albert@more.net Made by: Hauppauge Computer Works List Price: Cinema - $349, Celebrity - $449, HighQ - $499 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Product: Targa Plus (16, 32, 64) Confirmed by: rcollins@antic.det.mun.ca Made by: TrueVision List Price: unknown (original costs=$1,500) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Product: Movie Blaster Confirmed by: mcarleer@ulb.ac.be (M. Carleer) Made by: unknown German company List Price: unknown ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Product: MediaPro+ Confirmed by: mcarleer@ulb.ac.be (M. Carleer) Made by: Rombo (Scottish company) List Price: unknown ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Product: Captivator Confirmed by: phenry@mailhost.primenet.com (Paul Henry) Made by: VideoLogic List Price: $349 (Street Price $89.90 - Tiger Software 1-800-888-4437) Notes: Bundled software - Video for Windows, MacroMedia Action ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================ 2. List of Video Capture boards that does NOT work with CU-SEEme Product: Intel Smart Video Recorder Pro Confirmed by: jasontm@mindspring.com (J. T. Montgomery) Made by: Intel Corp. Problems: unknown List Price: $449 at Computer City (MSRP: $570) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Product: Intel Smart Video Recorder PCVD1000 (not pro) Confirmed by: priapus@primenet.com (guy cooper) Made by: Intel Corp. Problems: unknown (CU-SeeMe reports "unsupported mode" on startup, I believe this is because the PCVD1000 does not support the 8-bit palletized mode required by CU-SeeMe.) List Price: Discontinued model (originally sold for $599 at CompUSA) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Product: Video Blaster RT300 Confirmed by: Rich Kennerly Made by: Creative Labs Problems: unknown List Price: $499.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Product: SNAPplus VL Confirmed by: Dan Andersson Made by: Cardinal Technologies List Price: $695 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Product: Pro Movie Studio/Spectrum Confirmed by: arvell@bilbo.pic.net (arvell hairston) Made by: MediaVision Problems: The drivers that came with the card produce "inverse video" in CU-SEEme. Latest news info is that MediaVision will no longer be supporting their video board product line. However, there is an email campaign to urge MediaVision to continue their support especially making new drivers to support CuSeeMe. Email to Jim Patton at techmain@mediavis.com and tell him, you would to like see ProMovie Studio/Spectrum work with Cu-SeeMe. List Price: $99 for PM Studio and $59 for PM Spectrum from Surplus Software (1-800-753-7877). =========================================================================== 3. List of untested Video Capture Boards for Windows available in the market. Product Company MSRP ------------------------------------------------------------------ WatchIT! Pro New Media Graphics $595.00 Reveal VC500 Reveal - unknown - Video Blaster MP400 Creative Labs - unknown - WaveWatcher TV-II Aztech International $429 Megamotion Alpha Systems Lab $1095 Video Basic ATI Technologies $249 Video-It! ATI Technologies $499 Video Galaxy Gamma Aztech Labs $199 VideoStar Pro Diamond Multimedia Systems $529 ComputerEyes/VLB Digital Vision $499 Movie Machine Pro Fast Electronic U.S. $999 Picture Perfect Pro In-Motion $699 MovieMan Logitech $299 Marvel II Matrox $795 Marvel Matrox $995 Vidiola Orchid Technology $399 Maxmedia VR UMAX Technologies $299 Maxmedia MR Pro UMAX Technologies $699 VideoPacker Plus VIC Hi-Tech Corp $375 MovieWave Studio MultiWave Technology $350 ============================================================================ 4. List of Video Boards Manufacturers AITech International 47971 Fremont Blvd. Fremont, CA 94538 510-226-8960 Product: WaveWatcher TV-II Alpha Systems Labs Inc. 2361 McGaw Ave. Irvine, CA 92714 800-576-4275 Product: MegaMotion ATI Technologies 33 Commerce Valley Dr. East Thornhill, Ontario L3T 7N6 Canada 905-882-2600 Product: Video Basic, Video-IT! Aztech Labs Inc. 46707 Fremont Blvd. Fremont, CA 94538 800-886-8859 Product: Video Galaxy Gamma Cardinal Technologies 1827 Freedom Road Lancaster, PA 17601 717-293-3000 Product: SNAPplus VL Creative Labs 1901 McCarthy Blvd. Milpitas, CA 95035 800-998-5227 Product: Video Blaster FS200, RT300, MP400 Diamond Multimedia Systems 1130 E. Arques Ave. Sunnyvale, CA 94086 408-736-2000 Product: VideoStar Pro Digital Vision 270 Bridge St, Dedham, MA 02026 800-346-0090 Product: Computer Eyes/RT, /VLB FAST Electronic U.S. One Twin Dolphin Dr. Redwood City, CA 94065 415-802-0772 Product: Movie Machine Pro Hauppauge Computer Works 91 Cabot Ct. Hauppauge, NY 11788 800-443-1600 Product: Win/TV Cinema, Celebrity and HighQ In-Motion Technologies Inc. 1940 Colony St. Mountain View, CA 94043 415-968-6363 Product: Picture Perfect Pro Intel Corporation 2200 Mission College Blvd. P.O. Box 58119 Santa Clara, CA 95052-8119 800-538-3373 Product: Intel Smart Video Recorder Pro Logitech Inc. 6505 Kaiser Dr. Fremont, CA 94555 800-231-7717 Product: MovieMan Matrox Graphics Inc. 1055 St. Regis Blvd, Dorval, Quebec H9P 2T4 Canada. 800-361-1408 Product: Marvel, Marvel II miro Computer Products 955 Commercial St. Palo Alto, CA 94303 800-249-6476 Product: miroVIDEO DCI TV Orchid Technology 45365 Northport Loop West Fremont, CA 94538 800-767-2443 Product: Vidiola, Vidiola Pro/D UMAX Technology 3353 Gateway Blvd. Fremont, CA 94538 800-562-0311 Product: Maxmedia VR, MR Pro VideoLogic Inc. 1001 Bayhill Drive, Suite 310 San Bruno, Ca 94066 800-494-4938 Product: Captivator VIC Hi-Tech Corp. 2221 Rosecrans Ave. Suite 237 El Segundo, CA 90245 310-643-5193 Product: VideoPacker Plus ========================================================================== ---- Albert Foo (albert@more.net) Missouri Research and Education Network University of Missouri - Columbia *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** Winsock Stacks: The following winsock stacks have been found to work with CU-SeeMe: * Netmanag Chameleon * Trumpet * FTP Software's PCTCP * Microsoft's winsock stack The following winsock stacks have had problems: * Beame and Whiteside - does not work at all. * Lan WorkPlace for DOS - works for a few, not most people though; we don't know why yet. *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** Sound Cards: The 'Internal Speaker Driver' will NOT work. Also, it NEVER will in the future for technical reasons. As far as I know, any sound card system will work with CU-SeeMe. We only use the low lever services and don't require anything special of the system. We use 8 kHz 8-bit format. However, full duplex audio is desireable so you can speak and listen simultaneously. The following cards are full duplex and are known to work with CU-SeeMe: * Pro Audio Spectrum * Gravis Ultrasound * Turtle Beach Tropez * Logitech MovieMan system