Asymetrix Digital Video Capture - disabled

["Mary Loftus" <mloftus@iol.ie>]

Could anyone send me the relevant WIN.INI and/or SYSTEM.INI entries which
enable the video capture drivers and software on a Thinkpad 755 CDV.  I
have a Thinkpad 755 CDV - which has a video capture feature.  The
pre-loaded software for the video capture is Digital Video Producer/Capture
by Asymetrix.

I recently cleaned down the system, formatted the hard drive and installed
Windows 95.  It worked great, cleared off a lot of rubbish and left me an
extra 400mb of hard drive space.  I re-installed all the Thinkpad features
and programmes and new BIOS and utilities from IBM's Thinkpad Web Page, all
without a hitch, EXCEPT for the video capture software.  Windows 95 reports
the video-capture driver is present and working normally and the Digital
Video Producer software is working, BUT the video capture module ain't.

When I run the Digital Video Capture, I get a messages saying 'CAPTURE
DEVICE WAS NOT DETECTED.  Another message box then appears advising me to
check that the capture hardware is correctly installed and as a last resort
to contact Asymetrix - which I did.  They replied as follows:

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From:             Web Tech Support Questions <tsupweb@asymetrix.com>

>  Generally, problems like this are caused by either invalid or obsolete
> drivers, and if you are running under Windows 95, you may need to
download 

> new ones from IBM's web site, http://www.ibm.com, as the drivers that
> shipped with the ThinkPads are 16-bit drivers for Windows 3.1. If you are
> running Windows 3.1, try reinstalling the video capture drivers and
verify 

> that the capture facility works properly with IBM's video test programs 
(if there are any). Then, try DVP again.

DVP is calling the drivers for your capture card.  If they do not respond, 
dvp reports an error of "CAPTURE DEVICE NOT DETECTED ".  This means that
DVP 
cannot find the drivers for your capture card and/or the board is not 
installed correctly.  There are no settings that can correct this from DVP 
as it is the result of the hardware not functioning properly.

Have you ran the diagnostic utility for your capture board?


Asymetrix Tech Support
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I've tried their advice - but to no avail - can anyone help?


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