which card for netmeeting+xp/2000

[saglamtimur]

i would like to buy a card and my main problem is i use win xp pro and 2000, and i want to use netmeeting. i am going to use my Hi8 handycam. i know that netmeeting have some problems with capture cards on win xp/2000. so does anyone know which capture card work on xp/2000 and netmeeting with no problems? (and its price is important for me aswell.)

Thanks in advance.

barbaros

[GeekFunk]

As a general proposition, there are no problems with Netmeeting, video capture cards, and Windows 2000/XP. There may be problems wiith specific brand name video capture cards, Netmeeting, and Win2K/XP. So, your strategy is to research the brand of video capture card that you're interested in before buying.

I have an Hauppauge WinTV PCI video caputer card that I run in a dual boot Windows 98SE and Windows XP Pro box. Until recently, the Hauppauge's WinTV drivers for Windows XP were flaky. The are OK now. The drivers for Win98 were always pretty good.

In my opinion, Microsoft's Netmeeting 3.01 is one of the finest pieces of software ever made. It works very well on both Win98 and WinXP. I have no experience with Win2K. Incidentally, the version of Windows Messenger that comes with WinXP incorporates most of Netmeeting's functionalities.

I have a mini-web camera hooked to my WinTV card. I've also used a analog camcorder with the WinTV card. Both work very well with Netmeeting under Win98 and WinXP. The video is excellent.

I would suggest that, if the capure card brand has stable drivers for Win2K and WinXP, you should have no problems.

If you want to do the low risk route, go to the Windows XP hardware compatibility web page and check out which video capture cards are Windows XP. Start here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/howtobuy/upgrading/compat.asp

Note, well: I do not believe that you can do Nettmeeting video conferencing with a digital video camera as a source, say through a 1394 Firewire port. I'v heard, but I don't know, that, if a digital video camera has S-video out or composite video out port, then you may be able to do Netmeeting video conferencing.

[saglamtimur]

Thank you for this valuable information. I decide to buy Cardex g2 mx 400 vivo 32 mb dualview, (it has really good price). I hope it works.

[patrickm]

i'm currently running an ATI AIW 128 Pro w/ 5.13.1.192 drivers and the vfw wrapper, but i'm having problems with netmeeting. (six months ago, i swear i had the same setup and no problems, so if someone knows a fix, please let me know).