the osprey capture card products contains a single cd for windows 2000 and windows nt 4.0.

    after you’ve installed the software, you can test the card and software by running the included application program vidcap32.

    1 administrative privileges are required for installation.

    2 before installing software, check the viewcast.com support website or the ftp site for the any driver update releases subsequent to the software shipped on your cd. for the viewcast.com support website, go to

    http://www.ospreyvideo.com/] downloads ] software & drivers ] select winnt and osprey-500 from the table. to reach the viewcast.com ftp site, go to

    ftp://ftp.viewcast.com/pub/osp-500/winnt/latest. it's a good idea to check these sites periodically for update releases.

    3 the screens used to illustrate the installation steps may not be exactly what displays on your computer screen. in some cases, version numbers and other minor differences may display in the installation you are running.

    4 if you already have the osprey driver software installed on your system and are updating it, you do not have to remove the old version before installing the new version. the installation program removes or replaces any files or registry settings that are outdated.

    5 if you have not installed microsoft's directxmedia package, it is required to run windows media encoder 7. it is included on your osprey-500 cdrom. you can also download directxmedia from the following location:

    ftp://ftp.microsoftcom/developr/platformsdk/july2000/common /redist/dxmedia

    6 you should download the following files:

    x86/dxmedia.exe

    x86/dxm6pth.exe

    dxmins~1.htm

    license.htm

    redist.txt

    7 the directxmedia package is distributed with microsoft's directx 7.0a sdk which can be ordered on cd from:

    http://msdn.microsoftcom/directx/downloads.asp

    8 the directxmedia pacage has also been distributed on the patform sdk cd-rom within the msdn subscriptions.

    installing from cd

    downloading and installing updated drivers

    setup program: details

    testing the installation for windows nt

    uninstalling the software