ATI AIW 128 Video for Windows/Direct Show Failure

[zchacon]

I have an ATI AIW Rage 128. I installed version 1.1, selected Video for Windows and ATI Legacy and it worked fine. Then I tried DirectShow and that worked too. I think I like Video for Windows better but when I switched back, I started getting the error in the following log. I uninstalled and reinstalled version 1.1 and reinstalled by most recent drivers for my card (6292), but Video for Windows still doesn't work. I also installed Windows Media Resource Kit 7 at some point before it starting failing if that makes any difference.

Any suggestions?

[2/18/2001 14:40:34] AutoDetect: Could not determine your card type. Please choose a specific card model from the settings menu.
[2/18/2001 14:40:34] AutoDetectStartup: Computer name is 0017170808.
[2/18/2001 14:40:34] AutoDetectIP: 216.34.188.129
[2/18/2001 14:40:34] Created Tracker Client thread.
[2/18/2001 14:40:34] Jobs.Load: Vx.x file, 0 of 0 jobs loaded.
[2/18/2001 14:40:34] Server: Listening on port 8128.
[2/18/2001 14:40:34] Created Server thread.
[2/18/2001 14:40:34] Shows.Load: Loading and regenerating show data...
[2/18/2001 14:40:34] Shows.Load: Shows loaded successfully.
[2/18/2001 14:40:34] Shows.Load: Shows loaded successfully.
[2/18/2001 14:40:34] Created Slave thread.
[2/18/2001 14:40:34] Slave: Connecting to 127.0.0.1...
[2/18/2001 14:40:34] Slave: Connection with master 127.0.0.1 established.
[2/18/2001 14:40:34] WMS: Listening on port 1755.
[2/18/2001 14:40:34] Created WMS thread.
[2/18/2001 14:40:34] WMSUDPThd: Listening on port 1755.
[2/18/2001 14:40:34] HTTPD: Listening on port 8129.
[2/18/2001 14:40:34] Created HTTPD thread.
[2/18/2001 14:40:34] PortForwarder: Listening on port 80.
[2/18/2001 14:40:34] Created PortForwarder thread.
[2/18/2001 14:40:34] Created SyncPPC thread
[2/18/2001 14:40:34] Created AutoImportShows thread.
[2/18/2001 14:40:34] DiscoveryServer: Listening on port 8128.
[2/18/2001 14:40:34] Shows.Insert: Added "SnapStre-0-02-18-2001.asf" to the show database.
[2/18/2001 14:40:34] Shows.Insert: Added "SnapStre-0-02-18-2001.asf" to the show database.
[2/18/2001 14:40:34] ThreadStartup: All threads initialized.
[2/18/2001 14:40:35] Slave: Received challenge, sending response.
[2/18/2001 14:40:35] Server: 127.0.0.1 authenticated as slave.
[2/18/2001 14:40:35] Slave: Authentication successful. Updating master.
[2/18/2001 14:40:35] Slave: Machine statistics sent.
[2/18/2001 14:40:35] Slave: Show information sent.
[2/18/2001 14:40:35] Slave: Synchronization with master complete.
[2/18/2001 14:40:41] TrackerClient: Connect failed.
[2/18/2001 14:41:14] SaveConfig: Configuration saved.
[2/18/2001 14:41:29] SaveConfig: Configuration saved.
[2/18/2001 14:41:33] SaveConfig: Configuration saved.
[2/18/2001 14:41:41] Master: Dispatched "SnapStream Diagnostic Test".
[2/18/2001 14:41:41] Slave: Next recording - "SnapStream Diagnostic Test"
[2/18/2001 14:42:11] Slave: Received execute command for "SnapStream Diagnostic Test".
[2/18/2001 14:42:12] Tuning to channel 3 (61250000 Hz).
[2/18/2001 14:42:12] Loading tuning interface "ati.dll" (ATI Tuners (Legacy)).
[2/18/2001 14:42:16] Record: Capture Interface is set to Video for Windows.
[2/18/2001 14:42:16] Record: Executing "SnapStream Diagnostic Test"...
[2/18/2001 14:42:18] Record: Connected to ATI Multimedia Video Driver.
[2/18/2001 14:42:18] Record: Current format: VCR1, BPP=16
[2/18/2001 14:42:18] Record: Forcing to RGB24.
[2/18/2001 14:42:18] Record: Setting capture format to 320x240, RGB, BPP=24
[2/18/2001 14:42:18] Record: capSetVideoFormat failed.
[2/18/2001 14:42:18] Record: AVICap initialization failed.
[2/18/2001 14:42:18] Record: Aborting...
[2/18/2001 14:42:19] Master: 0017170808 encountered a problem while recording "SnapStream Diagnostic Test".

[zchacon]

Further info: I'm running Win98SE.

Also, even though I can use the DirectShow option with the ATI Legacy drivers, the resulting video is very choppy, although the picture is fairly clear, depending on the recording profiles.

Something else is odd. I used to be able to capture from my AIW using Windows Media 7. Now it does not appear to recognize my capture card. It's almost as if a *.dll suddenly went corrupt but repeated reinstalls of Snapstream and Windows Encoder 7 do not fix the problem. Again, I did install Windows Media 7 Resource Kit and don't think I started having problems with VFW capture until then.

Gah! It was great while it worked!

[rkuo]

zchacon,

You could try using vidcap32 or Windows Media Encoder to bring up the "Video Format" dialog box for your driver, and try setting it to YVU9 or some variation thereof. That might fix your VFW capture problem.

[zchacon]

Browsing through the Snapstream directory, I noticed sswizard.exe and opened it. In that utility, I was given the option of changing the Video Format. I changed it to YVU12 Planar (MPEG Raw) and tried again. This time it worked perfectly.

Just curious, why can't Snapstream change the video format?

I don't seem to have vidcap32 on my system and, as I noted above, Windows Encoder 7 is not recognizing my card for some reason. Any ideas on this?

By the way, I love this program (despite the minor difficulties). It's great being able to create videos for my Ipaq with a single program.

I did have one other question: is it possible to speed up the process of writing to the list? It seems to take an inordinate amount of time to see recorded programs.

Thanks again.