Radeon AIW question

[linster]

Is a Radeon AIW basically a Radeon and an ATI TV Wonder together?

 

[NicColt]

except that it doesn't have VfW support. which changes things.

 

[linster]

What's VfW support? I've been doing a little research and it seems the AIW also does MPEG2 capture and the TV Wonder doesn't.

 

[Hawk]

Pretty much, but the AIW has a few more features than the TV Wonder, such as TIVO, some DVD capabilities.

 

[NicColt]

What's VfW support?

VfW is Video for Windows. In simple terms, the VfW through it's driver's implementation enables you to have a direct connection through the capture card from the capturing hardware such as a Quickcam to the software like CuSeeme, the capture cards don't care what comes in and what goes out.

For example.

QuickCam -> VfW direct hardware capture, I don't care what it is you handle it -> CuSeeme software, I know what this is.

VirtualDub DVD -> VfW direct hardw. capture, I don't know and don't care out you go -> VD DivX avi.

DirectShow is Microsoft's capturing implementation, it receives the data from the capture card, it then encodes and decodes the data at the software level then decides if it can send it to the Software.

QuickCam -> DS "does M$ allow me to use this Quickcam"=NO then don't encode the data -> CuSeeme error in capture.

VirtualDub -> DS "is the data copywright material"=YES then don't encode the data -> VirtualDub error in capture.

Ulead Studio capture -> DS "did Ulead pay it's collusion fee to M$ and ATi"=YES then ok to send data -> Studio software.

See what I posted here and here.

Good Luck.

 

[rbV5]

Geez NicColt, thats clear as mud LOL, anyway go here Rage3d, good forum for ATI cards.

 

[NicColt]

hehe that's what I'm doing right now. I know that ATI reads that forum to.

Nic