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Date Posted: 05:06:23 06/16/00 Fri
Author: windynight
Subject: Re: I am using...

Hi,

yes I had received the email. Impressive!!! This motivated me keep on trying. Now I am downloading the 1.41a latest to give it a try. This is the only thing different from my setup with yours. I am using the 1.41a beta 5.

RIC
www.mp3.com/ric

> ...the 1.41a version, which is the latest from
> Pinnacle, and unfortunatily, so far I seem to be the
> only one to have had success. Not due to skill, just
> by renaming the old misici.dll to .old and copying
> over the new.
>
> As of yet I haven't tried any earlier versions of the
> drivers. As you can imagine, since it is working for
> me at the moment, I have little inclination to mess
> around with it.
>
> If anyone with a greater hardware knowledge than me
> lives in the South-East of England, and would like to
> inspect my setup to see if they can work out what has
> clicked on my system, they are welcome to visit. Or if
> anyone can think of questions that may help give
> others the path to a solution I will do my best to
> answer as fully as possible.
>
> If I had struggled to get this patch working I may
> have a better idea of what to do, but since I just
> copied the new .dll over, and it worked I can only say
> that...anything referring to the DC10+ has been
> removed from my machine and Registry. Over the past
> few weeks I have installed all the various versions of
> the DC30+ drivers (Beta4 and 5, and RC1, then finally
> 1.41a) letting the new versions remove the previous
> each time.
>
> I have run tests on many different types of video
> clips, and transitions, from basic Crossfades to full
> Hollywood Effects Renders, all with the same result, a
> very mild darkening that in the majority of cases
> cannot be seen when played back on the TV.
>
> The odd garbled frame still appears in transitions,
> but re-rendering these segments has always solved the
> problem.
>
> ITU-wotsit still does not work, but from what I have
> read about it, this is due to hardware limitations.
> 16:9 capturing and playback does work as does all
> cropping.
>
> The hardware test always reports success at finding
> the hardware, and after many reboots, and periods
> leaving the machine of, the card is always found with
> no problem.
>
> I doubt it is of any relevance, but I have Direct-X 7
> installed and the latest Windows Mediaplayer.
>
> I have posted elsewhere on this forum the chips on my
> DC10+, but if I have missed out info here that may be
> of use, just ask.
>
> Earlier I emailed to Windynight examples of a frame
> before a transition and the first frame during a
> transition so that he can see how well it is working.
>
> The fact that he has managed to go from 'non
> recognition of hardware' to a working card, but still
> with red transitions gives me hope that he may crack
> it.
>
> But it is getting very lonely being the only success
> story so far, so keep testing everyone.
>
> And as I said before. If there is anyone in the area
> whoi would like to see it in action, just get in
> contact.

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