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Thanks for the reply, although, I'm still not sure what the problem might be. I am interested in the new drivers and have sent an e-mail requesting them. My problem with the old WDM drivers is that after uninstalling the software package and drivers in device manager for the VFW's, rebooting, and then the devices being redetected, I get the error "Device cannot start (code 10)" or something similar. I have tried multiple angle at installing these drivers.

The other scenario, which I did somehow get working, was using the opensource drivers which require the original VFW drivers and software installed previous to installing the opensource drivers. I do not know why I cannot replicate this, but, I have since reloaded the machine in question with no better results. Any attempt to access the card via software will result in a system lock-up until the opensource drivers are removed (a removal script is included in these drivers) and the VFW package is used. On 2 occasions, these drivers have actually removed the ability to use the Audigy soundcard even after the drivers are reinstalled for the soundcard (a os repair, service pack update, chipset update, application accelerator, video, and sound driver reload do fix the problem, of course). Also, in the same instance, both CDROM drives become unavailable until uninstalled in device manager and then redetected.

Having said that, I have a newly "reloaded" machine with the Osprey-210 card and the VFW drivers working currently. Once, and if, I receive the new WDM drivers you talk about, is there a certain installation procedure that I should take to make sure these drivers work? My PC configuration is as follows to the best of my knowledge:

P4 2.2 Ghz        1GB PC800 RDRAM      Visiontek GeForce4 ti4600(latest drivers 40.72)

Abit TH7II-RAID motherboard (latest BIOS 10-31-02)      Soundblaster Audigy Plat. (with latest drivers)

Osprey-210 card (VFW package)       NIC        WindowsXP SP1 (Intel AA 2.3 i850 drivers)

THanks for your help.

It sounded as if what you got working one time was having installed both the VFW drivers and a 3rd party WDM driver. I'm surprised that work since it would have involved two different kernel drivers trying to control the same hardware. The same is true if you used our old WDM beta drivers (the o100mini.inf) along with the VFW drivers. You could have them both installed at the same time but only one could be assigned (and you'd have to do this manually) to the card.

Anyway, we've superceded our old WDM beta drivers completely with new AVStream class drivers. These AVStream drivers are in a private beta. If you'd like to be part of this beta send an email to [email protected] with your interest. The AVStream drivers (to be release 3.x) are for WinXP. It is still tbd if we'll officially support Win2k.