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Posted by Richard Crowley on 09/26/17 11:37
"AllisonWonderland" wrote ...
> The problem that I'm trying to solve here is that when I try to use
> Matrox
> Media Tools, it tells me that it cannot control the 1394 devices. And
> the
> manual says that this is because the Device Manager has put them in
> ImagingDevices, and MMT wants them in Audio/Video/Multimedia.
>
> Now I can still capture, and do all the stuff that Premiere does using
> the
> Generic 1394 mode, BUT there are all kinds of stuff (real-time
> effects) that
> the RT2500 makes available, with the precondition that it is done with
> the
> Matrox Video Tools, of which Matrox Media Tools is a part (this is all
> the
> "ProPack" that came with the RT2500).
Sorry, this is where you need someone with first-hand
working experience with the RT2500. I'll confess that
this kind of thing is what got it the reputation for being
"fiddly" and made dilettantes like me give up on it. I
really don't see what this has to do with 1394 unless
Matrox is somehow using 1394 internally for control
of the various hardware functions. Bizzare, IMHO.
Can we assume that you used a motherboard which
was on Matrox's approved list? This is the kind of
product that is VERY particular about its surroundings
and will do weird things if it finds anything it doesn't
like. ("finicky" as well as "fiddly") Newer generations
of Matrox RT reputedly learned from these things and
are better at playing with others, but lots of us moved
on, having been burned once and twice shy.
Have you tried any of the Matrox-specific forums, etc?
There must be some die-hard users left even at this late
date. Or you could ask this specific question in the
rec.video.desktop newsgroup with a more suitable
subject line (to let RT2500 people know what kind of
question it is). Lots of people skim the various subject
lines and automatically skip over the ones like this.
(Hint: ALL CAPS is considered shouting and really
annoys many people.)
Note that if you are going to ask the same question in
more than one specifically-related newsgroups, it is
better to cross-post the same message rather than post
identical messages in several different newsgroups.
> And you know something else... Much of the problems that I have
> encountered
> has come from this dual monitor setup. No video stuff on the second
> monitor... Like I did a capture, and in the process of messing with
> it, I
> double clicked on the file name, and up came the "Windows Media
> Player", and
> started playing the .avi file. Well, I was delighted with that! BUT
> when I
> clicked on "full-screen" all the window frame graphics went away, and
> the
> image went "full screen", which with the dual monitors meant that the
> left
> side of the image was on the right side of the left monitor, and there
> was
> NOTHING on the right monitor. The center of the video image was at the
> extreme right side of the left monitor.
>
> The only reason I got a dual monitor set up was that I got a great
> deal on
> the Matrox Millennium G450 when I bought the RT2500... But not having
> it
> would be no big deal.
Oh, I would certainly NOT give up on the dual-monitor
setup. It is very valuable for video editing where you
have a lot of stuff on the desktop to keep track of. It is
worth putting up with whatever annoyances to have all
that extra space. The "full screen" thing with WMP is
only a curiosity. No video stands up to the scrutiny of
being displayed full-screen on a computer monitor, and
I don't find that feature of much practical use.
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