Video Driver Classic
User
Guide
What is Video Driver
Classic?
Prerequisites
Installation
Registration & Buy
Usage
Contact and
Support
1. What is Video Driver Classic?
Video Driver Classic is a
video multistreaming software. It can send live video images simultaneous to
multiple applications. Using only one video source, which can be any MS
Windows video source (webcam, TV Tuner, etc), it can send its images to any
number of running software that needs that video.
Such software that needs a video source can be: messengers or
video chat software (Yahoo, MSN, AOL, ICQ, etc), Skype, videoconference
software, video clips recording software, surveillance systems, etc.
Without Video Driver Classic, the user can only use his video
source (the webcam, TV Tuner, etc) in only one of the above applications.
Using Video Driver Classic, the user can use his video source simultaneously
in any number of these software so it acts like a virtual video splitter for
the existing video sources.
2. Prerequisites
Even Video Driver Classic is
an advanced software, it runs well on most of the systems. The minimum
requirements to use Video Driver Classic are:
- The computers can be any MS Windows box, using MS Windows
2000 (all versions) with at least Service Pack 4, MS Windows XP (all
versions), or MS Windows Vista
- Processor: minimum 850 MHz
- Memory: minimum 128 MB RAM
- DirectX 9 or later
- For saving video clips, a suitable codec pack (see below for
details)
Video Driver Classic is optimized to use as low as possible
from the computer resources. Comparing with other software it uses less from
the microprocessor power and from the memory capacity. This thing is very
necessary because Video Driver Classic does not impedes the use of other
software, especially on usual systems.
3.Installation
Please download the Video Driver Classic installation kit
named VideoDriverClassicSetup.exe
(or the archived version named VideoDriverClassicSetup.zip)
to your computer from the
Downloads page. When you will open it,
Video Driver Classic will be automatically installed on your computer. It is
possible during the installation steps to be prompted by your MS Windows to
accept to install the driver component of the Video Driver Classic, stating
that this one was not certified by Microsoft Labs. You can install it
because this component was thoroughly tested by us and it corresponds to its
specifications both for performance and stability. Anyway, if you have
troubles after installing Video Driver Classic, you can completely uninstall
it anytime. It may be possible to be asked to restart your MS Windows again
after installation.
If you want to uninstall Video Driver Classic please go to
Control Panel / Add or Remove Programs and uninstall it.
4. Registration & Buy
If you want to get the full benefits of the Video Driver
Classic registration, please go to
Registration & Buy and check the registration terms. If you agree with them,
you can buy a license online or contact us for other payment methods. You
can find the required Identification Code from Video Driver Classic
/ Advanced / Identification.
Once the payment is made, you will receive your unlock key,
corresponding to your own product id, which you will enter on Video
Driver Classic / Advanced / Key. Please be aware that if
you reinstall the Video Driver Classic again (for example when you install
your MS Windows again), your identification will change and you will need
another key. This key will be provided free of charge, by mail, when you
will ask for it, sending your new identification.
Attention: please carefully check if the Video Driver Classic
suits your needs before buying it, because once the payment is made, the
money can not be returned.
5. Usage
Video Driver Classic is very easy to use. If you have one
video source (webcam, TV Tuner, etc) on your system, it will be
automatically chosen. Else, you can select the video source from Advanced
/ Video Source. The selected video source will be displayed on Video
Driver Classic. If you want to adjust the image settings, it can be done
using the Settings button. Here can be adjusted parameters like
Brightness, Contrast, etc.
When Video Driver Classic is running, it creates a virtual
video source with the same characteristics as the video source selected for
it. The name of this video source is Video Driver Classic and it can
be simultaneously used by any number of other software who need a
video source. To use it in your software, simply select it from that
software settings.
Video Driver Classic can be moved to a desired location
on screen by pressing the left mouse button over it and dragging it where
needed. It can also be minimized on running and in that case it will set
itself in the Windows Systray (usually on the right down side of the screen,
where some icons like the Volume control resides) in order not to use space
between the user software. By double-clicking on its icon from Systray,
Video Driver Classic can be brought again on screen.
Video Driver
Classic Commands
- Play - starts the video transmission when it was interrupted in modes
Pause, Stop and Record.
- Pause - freezes the last
image from the screen. This image will be sent continuously with an optional
text (default Paused) which can be set from Advanced / Pause
Text.
- Stop - fully stops the video transmission and display a blue
screen which is sent the the video clients. It has the message Stopped on
its upper center. This message can be changed from Advanced / Stop
Text.
- Snapshot - makes an image of the current video frame and
saves it on Desktop. The destination for saving can be choosen using Advanced
/ Save Folder. If it is empty, the Desktop is assumed. The image will be
named VDC 001. If other images are taken, these will be named VDC 002, VDC 003,
etc. When the image is taken, a beep can be heard.
- Record - records a
video clip. This will be saved, in the same way as for images, on Desktop. The
destination for saving can be choosen using Advanced / Save Folder.
If it is empty, the Desktop is assumed. The video will be named VDC 001. If
other videos are taken, these will be named VDC 002, VDC 003, etc. During the
recording, the word Recording appears on screen. When we want to end the
recording, we can press the Play or Stop buttons. The recording
also have an audio stream from your audio source (Microphone, Line in, etc). The
audio source can be selected from Advanced / Audio Source.
The recordings can be made in several formats, depending on what video and audio
codecs do you have installed on your system. These are special software
capable to read or write different video and audio files like AVI, DIVX, MP3,
MPEG, OGG, etc. If you do not have codecs installed on your system, you can use
a prepackaged pack of the most commonly used codecs, like K-Lite Codec Pack
(
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Lite_Codec_Pack.htm ), installed in
Full Version, to have all the required components. You can select the desired
video and audio codec for recording from Advanced / Video Encoder
and Advanced / Audio Encoder. If the selected video or audio codec
does not work on your system, you will be notified and you need to choose
another one.
Depending on the chosen codec, the resulted recorded file will be bigger but
with a greater quality, or smaller but with a lesser quality. In that way you
can choose the right codec for your needs: if you want a small file to send by
mail or by instant messaging to your friends, you will use a codec which
compress more the video and audio source, even if the image is smaller or the
quality is not so good. If you want to keep the recording for yourself on a CD
or use it for further video processing, you will choose a codec which produces
bigger files, but with a better quality. After you experiment with some codecs
and make recordings with them, you will be able to easily choose the right one.
More information about codecs packs and a compatibility list for Video Driver
Classic can be found on its site. - About - opens a window with
information related to Video Driver Classic, like version, producer and its web
site.
- Help - opens this help file.
6. Contact and
Support
The KamPower team is dedicated to its clients. If you have
problems with Video Driver Classic, licensing, etc
or if you have suggestions about new Video Driver Classic features please
do not hesitate to Contact Us or write to us at
vdc(AT)kam(DOT)ro (please replace (AT) with " @ " and (DOT) with " . " ) . We are actively developing
Video Driver Classic and we are
releasing updates and new versions considering your suggestions and
feedback.
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