Parallax VideoStream Questions & Answers Third Party Software	Video Without Compromise Parallax Graphics video cards and software support very high quality live video display and image capture. Most Parallax cards also offer hardware compression/decompression for real-time video capture and playback, video storage, and networked video. Full-motion video: 60 fields=30 frames/second NTSC, 50 fields=25 frames/second PAL or SECAM Full-resolution video: 640 x 480 pixel NTSC, 768 x 576 pixel PAL or SECAM, zooms to fill screen (double width/height) with XVideo Xtra or XVideo700 True color video: 24-bit RGB video High-resolution 4:2:2 M-JPEG: cards with motion-JPEG hardware compression support real-time video capture and playback, and networked video On-board video digitization: video digitization and live display is handled entirely by the Parallax card and connected directly to the display, so it does not impact Bus traffic or CPU load

Parallax Graphics Video Software (for Parallax video cards)
Video Software	Platform	Description
Software Essentials (VideoTool & MovieTool)*	Solaris, HP-UX	Supports live video display and still image capture, and for Parallax video cards with hardware compression/decompression, real-time capture and playback of digital video movies
Video Development Environment+	Solaris, HP-UX	Includes API, libraries, widgets, sample source code, and programs for developing your own Parallax video applications
Customer Engineering	Solaris, HP-UX	Customized software development to meet your specific needs
Third Party Software	Solaris, HP-UX	Off-the-shelf utility and application software ranging from movie format conversion to video conferencing

* The Software Essentials (VideoTool, MovieTool, and video card server and driver software) are included with every Parallax Graphics video card.

+ The Video Development Environment is included with XVideo, XVideo Xtra, and XVideo700 cards. Video Development Environment is optional for other Parallax video cards.

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