· Get a Cloudy Nights T-Shirt · Submit a Review / Article Click here if you are having trouble logging into the forums Privacy Policy | Please read our Terms of Service | Signup and Troubleshooting FAQ | Problems? PM a Red or a Green Gu… uh, User You are not logged in. [Login] Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Equipment Discussions >> Video and Electronically Assisted Astronomy Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 scout72 Pooh-Bah Reged: 05/12/08 Loc: SF Bay Area Question for you Dazzle owners: dual feed?       #3744432 - 04/14/10 10:46 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I was doing some testing last night and I couldn't get a dual feed to work so seeing if anyone has done this successfully. I want to be able to feed an s-video and a RCA composite to the Dazzle and switch between the feeds in AMCAP. I don't open any Dazzle software at all. I have the s-video feed coming directly from a Mintron (set up to do widefield) that has direct s-video output and rca video is coming from my Samsung SDC-435. Dazzle/AMCAP can do either one fine if I only have one selected and don't switch in AMCAp, but when I try to switch from Composite Video to S-Video in the settings it gets bars and static and then I can't switch back until I unplug the Dazzle and plug it back in. I am guessing it is a hardware limitation of the Dazzle, but I couldn't find any info online or in the Dazzle manual. This is under Windows 7 with all drivers updated.... Thanks for any help. Brian Post Extras:       Lorence professor emeritus Reged: 09/15/08 Re: Question for you Dazzle owners: dual feed? [Re: scout72]       #3744797 - 04/14/10 01:56 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   In Amcap under Options/Video Crossbar I can switch both a USB frame grabber and a video input card between S-Video and Composite inputs. Lorence Post Extras:       mclewis1 Thread Killer Reged: 02/25/06 Loc: New Brunswick, Canada Re: Question for you Dazzle owners: dual feed? [Re: scout72]       #3744908 - 04/14/10 02:53 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Brian, I was sitting here reading your posting and thinking to myself "I've done that ... and it works for me". So I grabbed my MC and plugged in the Dazzle unit and tried it out. I'm using Amcap 9.01 (from the Celestron NexImage distribution I believe) I plugged both comp and s-video connections from the MC into the Dazzle unit (DVC100 rev 1.1) In Amcap I select Options, Video Crossbar and I can toggle the input from 2. Composite to 3. S-Video at will. I'm displaying the MC menu and it switches back and forth just fine. I also proved that I'm getting and switching between feeds from each output by unplugging each cable. When I originally installed the Dazzle h/w I also installed some Pinacle s/w (Studio and DVD recorder). The Dazzle driver is from Pinacle (Dazzle DVC100 Video Device) v1.1.406.0 4/6/2004 I hope this helps. Post Extras:       scout72 Pooh-Bah Reged: 05/12/08 Loc: SF Bay Area Re: Question for you Dazzle owners: dual feed? [Re: mclewis1]       #3744998 - 04/14/10 03:41 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Thanks AGAIN Mark I will make sure I check my Amcap version, maybe that is the culprit- but it is just nice to know that it DOES work, I just have to work at it some more. On a side note- I think I have my spacing and adapters all worked to try the stacked focal reducers (f3.3 + x.5 on the c11) Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 2 registered and 13 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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