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 Computer Requirements |
A Pentium III 500 Mhz or faster processor
(Pentium 4 is highly recommended for smooth video playback.
At least 512 MB RAM. 1024 MB or more is strongly recommended.
An external wheel mouse is strongly recommended. Using a built in laptop finger mouse IS NOT recommended.
A video card capable of displaying at least 800 x 600 pixels at 16-bit color depth. A card capable of displaying at least 1024 x 768 at 16-bit or 32-bit color depth is strongly recommended.
At least 60 gigs free disk space (or use external hard drive to save video).
Approximately 8 MB is required to store a 2 second video in DV format. Eagle Eye DV itself requires less than 10 MB. Microsoft DirectX 8.1 Runtime requires 25 MB.
Windows Vista, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows ME, Windows 2000 Professional or Windows XP (Home or Professional).
Firewire requirements for Timing
Important: It is critical to use a 6pin-to-6pin fire wire cable when connecting from the digital converter to the computer. [This cable comes standard with our digital converter]. Do NOT attempt to use your own 4pin firewire cable that plugs into a built-in laptop 4pin port. This works well for motion analysis, but will not function properly when using your system for track and field timing.
Instead, the 6pin-to-6pin fire wire cable that comes with our converter should be plugged into a 6-pin firewire card. This port is built into most desktop computers or is an additinal add on to most laptops. For more information on the type of card you will need or to purchase this item please click here to be connected to our Accesories page. You will need either an Express or Standard Firewire card.
Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9 or higher. This is required if you want to email video in video format. It is not required for emailing still shots.
Microsoft Media Encoder 9 is available only for Windows 2000 Professional and Windows XP. This item is included on your Eagle Eye installation disk.
Additional considerations when using two video camera's simultaneously:
A Pentium 4 or AMD XP 1.6 Ghz or faster processor OR a Pentium 4M 1 Ghz or faster processor for 2 cameras.
A Pentium 4 or AMD XP 2.4 Ghz or faster processor OR a Pentium 4M 1.4 Ghz or faster processor is recommended for 3 or more cameras.
1024 MB RAM for 2 cameras.
1 GB RAM is recommended for 3 or more cameras.
A video card with 64 MB of RAM.
We recommend running it at XGA (1024 x 768 at 16-bit or 32-bit color depth).
In general, you need one OHCI compliant firewire card (built-in or add-on) for each camera, even if the cards have multiple ports.This is a limitation of how the camcorders works on the firewire bus. We have verified this with Microsoft. In some cases, two camcorders will work on the same firewire card, but this is not a recommended configuration. There is support for up to eight cameras. For laptops, however, there will in most cases be a practical limit of two and for desktops, a practical limit of four.
Microsoft DirectX 9.This is required if you plan to use the preview feature during multiple camera capture. | | | |
