COMPAT.TXT 4-17-96 Richard Kennerly
What's Compatible with CU-SeeMe for Windows, System Requirements:
* Your Windows PC hardware requirements
* Your Windows Software 3.1, 3.11, Win '95, NT
* Video capture cards (optional, for video send capability)
* Winsock Stacks
* Sound cards
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Your Windows PC hardware requirements
Basic Requirements:
- Processor - MUST be 386SX or better. Recommended minimums:
Video receive only: 386SX
Video send & receive: 386DX
Video receive w/Audio: 486SX
Video send & receive w/Audio: 486DX
- Windows 3.1 or higher running in Enhanced Mode.
- A Windows Sockets compliant TCP/IP stack, known as Winsock.
- A 256 color (8 bit) video driver at any resolution
(640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, or higher).
To send and receive video you'll also need:
- Video capture board that supports Microsoft Video For Windows.
- A video camera to plug into the video capture board.
- Or, just a QuickCam parallel port camera.
To send & receive audio you'll also need:
- A Windows Sound board that conforms to the Windows MultiMedia
Specification (Sound Blaster or better). Full Duplex audio is very
desirable.
- Speakers (or headphones) and a microphone.
- An internet network connection or a modem with a minimum of 28.8kb/s.
(Note: the White Pine commercial version will work with 14.4kb/s,
see http://goliath.wpine.com/cu-seeme.html)
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Your Windows Software - 3.1, 3.11, Win '95, NT
Windows '95 - Like most 3.1 applications, CU-SeeMe will work with Win '95,
although the free Cornell version is not 32-bit. Only a few users have
reported problems with Windows '95. We expect to have a 32-bit version
in the summer of 1996.
Windows 3.1 - Yes.
Windows for Workgroups 3.11 - Yes.
Windows NT - We've made no effort to make CU-SeeMe work with NT and have
no plans to do so in the near future. A few users have managed to make
it work though.
OS/2 - We have no plans to support CU-SeeMe with OS/2.
DOS - No.
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1. List of Video Capture Boards that work with CU-SEEMe
2. List of Video Capture Boards that DO 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:
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Product: Motion Picture T260
Confirmed by: steve@niobium.demon.co.uk
Made by: ?
List Price: UK49.00
Comments: Only accepts PAL now, maybe NTSC soon.
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Product: Cardcam PCMCIA TypeII
Confirmed by: Michael Bradshaw <bradshaw@netcom.com>
Made by: Quadrant International
List Price: $ 329 - $ 399
Comments: up to 15 fps, NTSC & PAL
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Product: QuickCam
Confirmed by: Rich Kennerly <rbk1@cornell.edu>
Made by: Connectix
List Price: $ 99.00
Comments: You don't need a capture card with the Quickcam, it uses
the parallel port.
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Product: ProMovie Spectrum
Confirmed by: Rich Kennerly <rbk1@cornell.edu>
Made by: Media Vision
List Price: $ 100
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Product: ProMovie Studio !!! May NOT work; we're investigating
Confirmed by: Rich Kennerly <rbk1@cornell.edu>
Made by: Media Vision
List Price: $ 100
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Product: Video Spigot (Discontinued)
Confirmed by: Rich Kennerly <rbk1@cornell.edu>
Made by: Creative Labs
List Price: unknown
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Product: Video Blaster FS200
Confirmed by: Bennett Frankel <drbf@cais.cais.com>
Made by: Creative Labs
List Price: 349.46 at Computer City.
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Product: Video Blaster SE100 (new model supposedly to replace FS200)
Confirmed by: Gary <ACCSYS@cais.cais.com>
Made by: Creative Labs
Software incl:Aldus Photostyler, HSD Digital Morph, and Aymetrix Digital
Video Producer
List Price: $379 (Stree Price $225.00)
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Product: ComputerEyes RT
Confirmed by: Rich Kennerly <rbk1@cornell.edu>
Made by: Digital Vision
List Price: $399
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Product: ComputerEyes 1024
Confirmed by: Rich Kennerly <rbk1@cornell.edu>
Made by: Digital Vision (with the Dec'94 driver)
List Price: unknown
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Product: Screen Machine Classic
Confirmed by: Rich Kennerly <rbk1@cornell.edu>
Made by: unknown
List Price: unknown
Notes: You must install the Screen Machine version of Video for Windows.
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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
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Product: Orchid Vidiola Pro/D
Confirmed by: JPickle@aol.com
Made by: Orchid Technology
List Price: $599.54 at Computer City (MSRP: $699)
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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
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Product: Targa Plus (16, 32, 64)
Confirmed by: rcollins@antic.det.mun.ca
Made by: TrueVision
List Price: unknown (original costs=$1,500)
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Product: Movie Blaster
Confirmed by: mcarleer@ulb.ac.be (M. Carleer)
Made by: unknown German company
List Price: unknown
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Product: MediaPro+
Confirmed by: mcarleer@ulb.ac.be (M. Carleer)
Made by: Rombo (Scottish company)
List Price: unknown
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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
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Product: Movie Machine Pro
Confirmed by: kvide@cardinal.fi (Christian Kvikant)
Made by: Fast Electronic U.S.
List Price: $999
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Product: Movie Machine II
Confirmed by: jekone@zeelandnet.nl
Made by: FAST Electronic U.S.
List Price: $600 (with MPEG and M-JPEG $1200)
Notes: Only with the 1.5 drivers under Windows 95.
Change ";msvideo1=mm2_avi.drv" to "msvideo=mm2_avi.drv"
and disable the line "msvideo=h55_cap.drv"(MJPG board)
under the [Drivers] section in system.ini.
Rename "h55_cap.drv" in the "c:\windows\system" directory.
Resolution 160-120, color 8 Y, 256 or 64 graysale.
Contact: jekone@zeelandnet.nl
Config:
Windows95 v4.00.950
CU-SeeMe w0.70b1
Diamond Viper PRO Video 2.08 (v3.11 drivers) in 1024x768/16bit mode
Reflector: 4.0b2 at reflector.cardinal.fi (193.64.207.12)
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2. List of Video Capture boards that do NOT work with CU-SeeMe
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DOES NOT WORK w/ 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)
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DOES NOT WORK w/ CU-SEEME:
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)
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DOES NOT WORK w/ CU-SEEME:
Product: Video Blaster RT300
Confirmed by: Rich Kennerly <rbk1@cornell.edu>
Made by: Creative Labs
Problems: unknown
List Price: $499.95
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DOES NOT WORK w/ CU-SEEME:
Product: SNAPplus VL
Confirmed by: Dan Andersson <dana@me.chalmers.se>
Made by: Cardinal Technologies
List Price: $695
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DOES NOT WORK w/ CU-SEEME:
Product: miroVideo DC1 TV
Confirmed by: scr@advge.magwien.gv.at (Erich Schlosser)
Made by: miro Computer Products
List Price: $899
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3. List of untested Video Capture Boards for Windows available in the market.
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Product Company MSRP
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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
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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
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This list was, until recently, maintained by:
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Albert Foo (albert@more.net)
Missouri Research and Education Network
University of Missouri - Columbia
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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
* Microsoft's Windows '95 tcpip client
The following winsock stacks have had problems:
* Beame and Whiteside - does not work at all.
* LWP - Lan WorkPlace for DOS - Many people have had problems. We
received the following report about an IMPORTANT configuration detail
required for CU-SeeMe. In the NET.CFG file you can specify the number
of sockets for TCP and UDP. You must change this number to 30 or less
in order for CU-SeeMe to work:
tcp_sockets 30
udp_sockets 30
raw_sockets 1
Let me know if this fix works for you. Rich Kennerly <rbk1@cornell.edu>.
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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 (according to reports)
and have been reported to work with CU-SeeMe:
* Pro Audio Spectrum
* Gravis Ultrasound
* Turtle Beach Tropez
* Logitech MovieMan system
* ASB 16 Audio System
* Spectrum Office F/X
More Info:
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 08:41:37 +0000
From: rz29@nz50.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (Karl-Heinz Gasper)
To: CU-SEEME-L@CORNELL.EDU
Subject: List Of Full Duplex Sound Cards
Gravis UltraSound Max
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By Advanced Gravis Computer Technology
1790 Midway Lane Bellingham WA 98226
Main ( 604 ) 431-5020 Sales: 1-800-324-4084
Data: ( 604 ) 431-5927 Fax: ( 604 ) 431-5155
E-mail: AdvGravis@aol.com
ASB 16 Audio System
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AdLib Multimedia Inc.
580 Grande-Alle,est,suite 40
Quebec,Canada,G1R 2K2
Fax: ( 418 ) 522-4919
BBS: ( 418 ) 522-6099
Spectrum Office F/X
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Tel: 1-800-667-0018
http://www.spectrumsignal.bc.ca/