Справочник Пользователя для I/O Magic PC PVR Desktop TV/Personal Video Recorder

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Dropping frames during capture 
A.  Background tasks. Before launching a PC PVR application, close any 

unnecessary applications and programs including those running in the 

background. 

B.  Defragment hard drive. Since hard drives become fragmented over 

time, it is important to defragment the hard drive on a regular basis. 

C.  Capture to separate hard drive. If you have a separate hard drive with 

more available space than the C: drive, capture your video to the 

secondary drive. 

D.  Enable hard drive UDMA/ATA33. To check if UDMA/ATA33 is enabled 

on your hard drive, use the following steps. 

E.  Go to Device Manager 

1.  Double-click on the Heading "Disk Drives" 

2.  Double-click on the device GENERIC IDE TYPE xx (xx is some 2 digit 

number, usually 01, 02, etc) 

3.  Click on the Settings tab. 
4.  In the section marked Options, put a check in front of DMA.  

5.  NOTE: If you do NOT have a selection called DMA, then most likely you 

do not have the UDMA driver loaded or your hard drives do not 

support UDMA (or both). Please contact either your computer 

manufacturer or the hard drive vendor. 

6.  You'll get a message stating that you may want to contact your hard 

drive vendor to ensure that the setting is supported. Click OK. 

7.  You'll be prompted to reboot your system. Click OK. 

8.  Now try to capture. 

F.  Upgrade RAM. If you have less than 64MB of memory in your computer, 

upgrading to 64MB or more (128MB is best) may improve performance to 

allow capturing with no dropped frames. 

 

 

Why is there a 2 GB capturing file limit? 
A.  The limit is within the Windows operating system. The Windows 95/98 file 

system also known as FAT16 (16 bit File Allocation Table), cannot store 

more than 2 gigabytes in a single file.  If you have Windows95 OSR 2 or 

Windows98, you can format the hard drive with the new FAT32 file system 

and avoid this limit.  FAT32 allows a 4-gigabyte storage capacity per 
single file. 

 

 

After I install the I/OMagic PC PVR, my computer will not boot. 

A.  Re-seat the I/OMagic PC PVR board as follows: Shutdown your 

computer completely. Unplug the power cord from the computer as a