newbie - input stream

[acolombo]

I´m trying to input video from a capture card (UCC4, also known as Pico) without success. It´s installed properly, the drivers are shown in windows device manager, but I can´t find it anywhere in directshow tab.
Aldo

[burek]

same problem here..
PLEASE help by providing some links or something, since Google couldn't help much

to repeat the problem:
I'm also using UCC4 capture card (aka PICO, which supports 4 cameras with 1 card)
those 4 inputs (4 cameras) can be monitored with a software called pico2000, but I don't want to use pico2000, I want to use VLC, because I'm used to it and I think it's the most comprehensive and the most stable software for this
however, when I start VLC and try to select that capture card, there is no this capture card in the list of capture devices..
further more, when I go to control panel - cameras and scanners, this card is not present there
drivers for video/audio are correctly installed and working (since pico2000 works without problems)

so, is there any article or a help page that can help to solve this kind of problem, since I don't even know where to start reading..
PLEASE, PLEASE help...

thanks in advance

[VLC_help]

Can you capture that device with Virtualdub?

[burek]

The solution was to find a WDM DRIVER for UCC4 card and NOT TO USE the driver recognized by Windows or a supplier's CD. Maybe this sounds ridiculous, but once you install the driver provided with Windows or the card manufacturer, it may be very hard or impossible to uninstall it (in my case I had to do a system restore in order to be able to uninstall it, although maybe the Safe Mode could be used to uninstall it, too).

So, get the WDM driver (links below) and read the documentation before you install it, to make sure that's what you need. Once you install it, you can test it with VLC (you'll be able to find it in DirectShow tab in the Video devices list, after clicking the refresh button).

Since my card was based on BT878A chipset (look on you card, find a single chip in the middle and read the text on it), I've found this WDM driver for it:

WDM Drivers page: http://btwincap.sourceforge.net/download.html
Driver installer: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/btwi ... p?download
Driver's FAQ: http://btwincap.sourceforge.net/faq.html

IMPORTANT: You may need to turn off OVERLAY display in any software you are using to view you cameras.


To use the card in the VLC, simply go to File - Open Captuer Device, then go to DirectShow tab, click the "Refresh list" button near "Video device name" listbox, and then choose your device (in my case "Conexant's BtPCI capture"), then click on the "Advanced options" button to select which of 4 cameras you wan't to feed the input, and that is done by choosing values 0-3 in the "Video input pin" field.

That's it. Now you've successfuly configured your UCC4 CCTV card to be your video input
Thanks again for trying to help, I appriciated it.


P.S.
if this driver doesn't work for you, you can try this one: http://www.iulabs.com/drv/index.shtml